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		<title>MA store home to Christmas collectibles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>

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		<title>Group of foodies digs into, rates local fare</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Park Avenue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiraz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Foodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Telegram & Gazette]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/bilde-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="From left, diners Anna Vaillancourt, Donna Dufault and John Dion are served meals by Simona Alenak, a staffer at Shiraz. (MATT WRIGHT)" title="From left, diners Anna Vaillancourt, Donna Dufault and John Dion are served meals by Simona Alenak, a staffer at Shiraz. (MATT WRIGHT)" />WORCESTER —  They may not be seasoned food critics, but like anyone, really, the group of 14 eaters that piled into Shiraz Armenian Cuisine on Park Avenue knew good food when they ate it, and knew good service when they were getting it. And at Shiraz, the consensus seemed to be they were getting both. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying close to home</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/staying-close-to-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millbury Sutton Chronicle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sutton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The People's Kitchen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaillancourt Folk Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Foodies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="82" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Foodies_091611_7570-e1319201725787-150x124.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Luke talking to members of the Worcester Foodies group at The People&#039;s Kitchen (Photo by ERB PHOTOGRAPHY)" title="Foodies" />Luke Vaillancourt gives family business a new online identity The People’s Kitchen in Worcester has an identity problem: It serves delicious food, prides itself on local, simple sounding, delicious and technically sound dishes as well as a great wine selection and comfortable atmosphere. The waiters wear vests and ties. They know how to hold, show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media 101</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/social-media-101-worcester-business-journal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 16:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[success story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Business Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lukeYoutube-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Luke - WBJ May 9, 2011" title="Luke - WBJ May 9, 2011" />&#160; &#160; What is it? YouTube is the place to be if you want to watch video. Whether you&#8217;re looking for cute videos of kittens or how-to videos on burning a CD, YouTube has it all. Founded in 2005, YouTube earned an early reputation as a place for poor production values and content with little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moved to Tumblr.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/moved-to-tumblr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As my job takes priority to &#8220;blogging,&#8221; in place of doing in-depth industry write-ups I will be using tumblr to document anything and everything, with prudent brevity. Stay tuned&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Grad applies high-tech training to family business</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/grad-applies-high-tech-training-to-family-business/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/grad-applies-high-tech-training-to-family-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chalkware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rochester Institute of Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaillancourt Folk Art]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/news_logo-150x150.gif" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="news_logo" title="news_logo" />After graduation, Luke M. Vaillancourt ’05, ’06 (print media, cross disciplinary studies) had numerous job offers—including digital asset coordinator with Victoria’s Secret in New York. Instead, he decided to return home. “The area has a ton of room for growth and I wanted to be a part of that wave,” he says. Home is Sutton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movers &amp; Shakers</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/wbj-movers-shakers/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/wbj-movers-shakers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Trustees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movers & Shakers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Business Journal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/MS-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Movers and Shakers" title="Movers and Shakers" />The Worcester Academy Board of Trustees has elected two new members: PATRICIA Z. EPPINGER and LUKE M. VAILLANCOURT. Both will serve three-year terms on the private high school’s board. Eppinger has worked as a consultant with McKinsey &#38; Co. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics and government from the College of William &#38; Mary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Trustees Elected</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/new-trustees-elected/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/new-trustees-elected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/EppingerVaillancourt-150x150.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="EppingerVaillancourt" />James J. Pietro, president of the Worcester Academy Board of Trustees, announced that the board had elected two new members at its spring meeting. The new trustees are Patricia Z. Eppinger of Grafton and Luke M. Vaillancourt &#8217;01 of Sutton. Each was elected to a three-year term on the board. Eppinger is an adjunct professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art With A Central Mass. Touch</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/art-with-a-central-mass-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/art-with-a-central-mass-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family business award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester Business Journal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/download-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="2010 Family Business Award" title="2010 Family Business Award" />History — particularly Christmas history — is alive and well at Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, where artists work year round to create exquisitely detailed, hand-painted holiday figurines that have their origin in folklore from more than 100 years ago. Vaillancourt Folk Art, which is owned by Gary and Judi Vaillancourt, has been producing American-made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Networking tool connects businesses and customers</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/networking-tool-connects-businesses-and-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/networking-tool-connects-businesses-and-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 13:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foursquare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T&G]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/lukeTG-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Luke Vaillancourt shows the Foursquare app on his iPhone." title="lukeTG" />Luke Vaillancourt, who manages the digital marketing and e-commerce branch of the family business, Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, was described by Ms. Anson as a “fellow Foursquare junkie.”

Mr. Vaillancourt called himself a casual user of social media and said he likes to use Foursquare mostly to keep in touch in real time with college and professional friends and select media news sources....]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking a brand</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/breaking-a-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/breaking-a-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forbes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger woods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titlest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods&#8217; brand is worth $82 million according to Forbes, as big as that sounds, it is down from the $110 million he was worth in 2008. Woods started his professional golf career in 1996 after signing his first endorsement deal from Nike and Titleist (totaling $60 million). It took approximately 12 years to increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re-branding Success</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/re-branding-success/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/re-branding-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Garfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brandnew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coca-cola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dunkin donuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hill holliday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matt stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[widen & kennedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/01_dunkin_donuts_logo-150x150.gif" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="01_dunkin_donuts_logo" />In a world with over a million ads being directed at you each year (of the 5,000+ ads you are exposed to on a daily basis, fewer than 250 will get your attention and less than 50 of those will snag your perception) even the most successful companies can have a hard time breaking through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tipping Strippers with text messages.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/tipping-strippers-with-text-messages/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/tipping-strippers-with-text-messages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[currency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death of print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ereader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paypal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[venmo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/98274_main2_MAP-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="98274_main2_MAP" />Books go to eReaders. Magazines go to the web. Dollar bills to your cell phones. The debate of the death of printing has existed since lithography dominated the industry in 1796. The strongest argument, coinciding with the New Media/Social Media movement, deals with the integration of real-time technology and moving print into the archiving world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>area code</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/area-code/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/area-code/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[area code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google voice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/SIT-Grammont-Desk-Telephone-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="SIT Grammont Desk Telephone" />Area codes used to mean something. They represented who you were, by associating yourself with a geographical location. When you heard &#8220;212&#8221; you knew New York City, &#8220;508&#8221; Central Massachusetts, or &#8220;315&#8221; as the Boonies. The area code was what identified who you were and where you were from. Even as a child we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Mine is Yours… unless it is digital.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/whats-mine-is-yours-unless-it-is-digital/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/whats-mine-is-yours-unless-it-is-digital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AHRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple tv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[audio home recording act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/kindle/turing/photos/earths-biggest-selection-450px._V251249388_.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="kindle" />What does it mean to buy something? One is able to go to a grocery store, purchase some food, bring it home, prepare it, and ultimately, consume it. That food, once giving the teller your money, is yours to eat, play with or let sit in your refrigerator until it is past its expiration date. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Down with Physical Media!</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/down-with-physical-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/AppleTV-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="AppleTV" title="AppleTV" />Jay Gatsby was known for, amongst other things, being deceitful with a library of books that he had never read. After reading this scene from The Great Gatsby, I too can remember a time that I had purchased the beautiful 10-volume set of History of Mathematics, from a library&#8217;s nickle book sale, for the sole [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let content slow you down: Google FastFlip</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/fastflip/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/fastflip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fast flip]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google labs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Google-Fast-Flip-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="Google-Fast-Flip" />A great experience with print is that the reader dictates how quickly they spend finding and reading content. Unlike with the printed page, digital advertisers have a lot of technologies available to them to deter the reader&#8217;s attention from the content and focus on their advertisement. Whether it is a non-obtrusive technique—like a simple banner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview on Radio WCRN 830AM</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/wcrn/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/wcrn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AM830]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christina Andrianopoulos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dining Out Metro West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WCRN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worcesterscene]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/19370_1303374860371_1110473639_957680_1611731_n1-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="19370_1303374860371_1110473639_957680_1611731_n" title="19370_1303374860371_1110473639_957680_1611731_n" />Christina Andrianopoulos interviews WorcesterScene.com founder, Luke M. Vaillancourt, on Dining Out Metro West with on WCRN 830AM]]></description>
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		<title>Wake Up Worcester</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/wake-up-worcester/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/wake-up-worcester/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hank Stolz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wake Up Worcester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Worcester]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=515</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Picture-1-150x150.png" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="Wake up Worcester" title="Wake up Worcester" />Charter TV3&#8242;s Hank Stolz speaks with WorcesterScene.com founder, Luke M. Vaillancourt, on the emerging Worcester scene on Wake Up Worcester.]]></description>
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		<title>Whoa.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/whoa/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/whoa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modernista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web 2.0]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2008/whoa/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bes1.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="bes1.jpg" title="" />I firmly believe that when someone does something right, its better to not have to recreate the wheel. &#8220;Web 2.0&#8243; is a phrase that has been circulating for a long time, it is the &#8220;globalization&#8221; of the Internet where the main ingredient is collaboration. With that said, some of the super powers on the Internet: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vaillancourt Et Cetera</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/vaillancourt-et-cetera/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/vaillancourt-et-cetera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Et Cetera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaillancourt Folk Art]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/LukeJudi-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="LukeJudi" title="LukeJudi" />Sutton, MA — Artist and designer Judi Vaillancourt of Vaillancourt Folk Art introduced the company&#8217;s new line of home décor and giftware at the studio&#8217;s silver anniversary event last week. Joined by co-designer Luke Vaillancourt, Judi unveiled &#8220;Vaillancourt Et Cetera&#8221; that incorporates her work into canvas prints, Christmas dinnerware and gift items such as Knickerbocker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Shots: Gen Y, flying high</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/hot-shots-gen-y-flying-high/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/hot-shots-gen-y-flying-high/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hotshots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lukeMV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rod Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T&G]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/HotShot001-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="" title="HotShot001" />Under-30s are using technology to full advantage in their quest for a place in the new American economy. Enter the &#8220;Gen Y&#8221; set, a new type of entrepreneur defined to a large extent by the modern gadgets with which they are building businesses of every kind imaginable. Take Luke Vaillancourt, for instance. Son of Gay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Effectiveness of Media</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/the-effectiveness-of-media/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/the-effectiveness-of-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In The News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael graham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not to bring up politics, however it is important to understand the effect that media can have on an entire nation. The &#8220;Spin&#8221;–which exists for both Right and Left politics–exists and has an overwhelming effect on all those who listen, read, or see. It is important for all people, all over the world, to question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pennies metal value exceeds their face value.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/pennies-metal-value-exceeds-their-face-value/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/pennies-metal-value-exceeds-their-face-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copper]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2008/pennies-metal-value-exceeds-their-face-value/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/080331_r17209_p233.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="080331_r17209_p233.jpg" title="" />Several years ago, Walter Luhrman discovered a copper deposit of tantalizing richness...]]></description>
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		<title>The Suicide of the Postal System</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/the-suicide-of-the-postal-system/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/the-suicide-of-the-postal-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inefficiencies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[post office]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2008/the-suicide-of-the-postal-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/stamp.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="stamp.jpg" title="" />When Benjamin Franklin first stepped in as the United States Postmaster General in 1775 he had visions to propagate communicate from one person to another. The Post Office’s postal rate in 1885 was 2¢ per ounce. Business was booming, as there were no other ways for individuals, or businesses to effectively disseminate a tangible message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You are Better Than the Rest.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/youre-better-than-the-rest/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/youre-better-than-the-rest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2008/youre-better-than-the-rest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ladders.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="ladders.png" title="" />The past month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate was at 4.9%. There are several sites out there that play matchmaker for the unemployed, like the popular Monster.com who boasts hundreds of thousands of jobs, but recently a new site has come into the playing field; the Maserati of job finders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Ode to Print</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/an-ode-to-print/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/an-ode-to-print/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To all of my printing friends out there.]]></description>
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		<title>advertising never misleads</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/advertising-never-misleads/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/advertising-never-misleads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2008/advertising-never-misleads/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/magnescribe3.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="magnescribe3.jpg" title="" />Often at 2 in the morning when I can&#8217;t sleep I find myself watching a commercial and wondering to myself &#8216;why hasn&#8217;t someone done this before?? It is a no-brainer, it&#8217;s brilliant, it&#8217;s magic, its so simple and easy and does just what I would ever want&#8230;this product needs to be seen during the day&#8217;&#8230;then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas. The Countdown begins.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/merry-christmas-the-countdown-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/merry-christmas-the-countdown-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/merry-christmas-the-countdown-begins/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/santa.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="santa.png" title="" />It&#8217;s nearly Christmas. My favorite time of the year and although our world of Political Correctness tries to &#8220;protect&#8221; people&#8217;s feelings from getting hurt; I just want to say Merry Christmas. You can see that Norad Santa is already on his way.]]></description>
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		<title>Clap if you believe.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/clap-if-you-believe/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/clap-if-you-believe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/clap-if-you-believe/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/absinthe.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="absinthe.png" title="" />It&#8217;s official, absinthe is now legally available in the United States, and Bostonist and the Boston Globe have found some good places to sit back and have a drink. Although the drink has been available in its &#8216;wormwood free&#8217; form (think alcohol-free beer) the true absinthe (which has been none to sneak into my liquor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europeans have smaller…cars.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/europeans-have-smallercars/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/europeans-have-smallercars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting european football video&#8230;.. I am not entirely certain it&#8217;s purpose, but I do know that if the Brazilian team were to play the USA team they would have more injuries as a result of our &#8220;larger players&#8221;. Their only way to win would be to have our players move around enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Busted and Outed. Facebook the new HR.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/busted-and-outed-facebook-the-new-hr/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/busted-and-outed-facebook-the-new-hr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/busted-and-outed-facebook-the-new-hr/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/kevincolvin-thumb.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="kevincolvin-thumb.jpg" title="" />Thanks to Dave to sending me this link of a widely circulated photograph. It only goes to show that &#8220;privacy&#8221; is a relative term&#8230;.sure, most of us have pictures and information that a stranger can&#8217;t directly access, but our friends are our enemies in the on-line social networks. General rule of thumb, if anyone can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I don’t need YOU anymore.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/i-dont-need-you-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/i-dont-need-you-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/i-dont-need-you-anymore/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/radiohead.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="radiohead.png" title="" />There are arguments out there citing that technology forces social isolationism. I can certainly see this my first year at Rochester Institute of Technology when my freshman year roommate failed out of college after playing video games literally 23 hours a day. Technology has also created social independence, most notably in 1985 with Aldus&#8217; PageMaker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Well, I could always make car commercials.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/well-i-could-always-make-car-commercials/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/well-i-could-always-make-car-commercials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After watching the Colts on Monday Night Football—more specifically, sitting through 90 seconds of torturous commercials–I had an epiphany: no matter how bad things get, I could always create local(global term here, my region isn&#8217;t the only &#8220;local&#8221; blunder) car dealership commercials. I never understood, and still don&#8217;t, why car commercials are made the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paint with Light</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/paint-with-light/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/paint-with-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great commercial. Using a technique that is similar to RIT&#8217;s Big Shot called &#8220;painting with light&#8221;. A great effect, but understanding that all of those images are created by people swirling lights is mind boggling to understand.]]></description>
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		<title>GrandCentral</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/grandcentral/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/grandcentral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/grand.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="grand.png" title="" />I recently was invited to partake in a Beta launch of Google&#8217;s newest acquisition GrandCentral. The product allows you to take several of your phone numbers, and route them to 1 phone&#8230;.beyond that, however, is its on-line interface that allows you to screen calls easier, be alerted by SMS and Email when you have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching buyers</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/reaching-buyers/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/reaching-buyers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/?p=512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" height="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/reachingbuyers-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft tfe wp-post-image" alt="reachingbuyers" title="reachingbuyers" />Online shopping exploding, but customers still like stores and catalogs The gifts from The Red Envelope have arrived. So have the purchases from The Wine Enthusiast. The Lord &#38; Taylor cash-mere? Well, that didn’t work out so well for Mary B. Lucius. The retailer shipped her the wrong items. Despite that setback, Mrs. Lucius of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Waldo?</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/wheres-waldo/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/wheres-waldo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/wheres-waldo/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I have been away for a while. The reason being that I have left my advertising gig and spent a month working my little side project. In addition to that, I recently have taken over as Director of Digital Marketing for Vaillancourt Folk Art. I have noticed that I am not the only one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right Mind For Print Advertising.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/the-right-mind-for-print-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/the-right-mind-for-print-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/the-right-mind-for-print-advertising/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/djstock.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="djstock.png" title="" />After months of speculation and debate, News Corp. has announced its acquisition of Dow Jones &#038; Co Inc. (who&#8217;s co-founder, Edward Davis Jones, was a Worcester Academy alumni) for $5.6 billion. Rupert Murdoch has been acclaimed for his understanding of the role of new media within today&#8217;s society. As newspapers have been in debate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porn drives everything.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/porn-drives-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/porn-drives-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/porn-drives-everything/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/709919.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="709919.jpg" title="" />I heard a statement a few years ago that went along these lines, &#8220;Every single medium that exists today is in existence because of the drive of pornography.&#8221; Whether it be films (one of the first &#8220;new media&#8221; outlets to watch porn), video cassettes (created to distribute porn more easily than film reels), or the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madening.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/madening/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/madening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertising in the 50s&#8230;smoke anywhere, women expected to be treated like girls, the famed 3-martini lunch&#8230;ah &#8220;those were the days.&#8221; Matthew Weiner&#8217;s (producer of The Sopranos) Mad Men is finally premiering tonight on AMC at 10:00pm.]]></description>
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		<title>Call me.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/call-me/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/call-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/call-me/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/picture-1.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="picture-1.png" title="" />At the beginning of the month Google acquired GrandCentral. The service can be used to manage all of your phone numbers (cell, work, home) and consolidate them into a single number. On the web site, you are able to manage your numbers, forward them to specific umber, forward callers to voicemail (and listen to them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to Worcester, $1.25 sir.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/welcome-to-worcester-125-sir/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/welcome-to-worcester-125-sir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/welcome-to-worcester-125-sir/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/bilde.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="bilde.jpg" title="" />Just think that its noteworthy that Worcester, MA has finally taken its title as New England&#8217;s second largest city over Rhode Island&#8217;s capital, Providence for the first time since being bumped to third in 2001. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette cites the US Census Bureau&#8217;s estimate that July of 2006 pushes Worcester, MA over Providence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diet for thought…</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/diet-for-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/diet-for-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/diet-for-thought/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/brazilad3.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="brazilad3.png" title="" />These three Brazilian ads are attempting to shed some &#8220;truth&#8221; in advertising, taking a few steps back from Dove&#8217;s real beauty campaigns. AdAge points out the tag line to these ads translates to: &#8220;Forget about it. Men&#8217;s preference will never change. Fit Light Yogurt.&#8221; There is some reality to that, which is kind of sad. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple makes Black the new White.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/apple-makes-black-the-new-white/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/apple-makes-black-the-new-white/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/apple-makes-black-the-new-white/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/apple.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="apple.png" title="" />In 2001 Apple Computer redesigned it&#8217;s website to the slick white and &#8220;beveled&#8221; buttons to match the modern look of the &#8220;i&#8221;-generation. Well, with the introduction of black powerbooks, black iPods, and new hardware and software, Apple (no longer &#8220;Apple Computer&#8221;) has launched it&#8217;s newly designed web site. Now, Apple&#8217;s brand is changing slightly, yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future of Online Advertising</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/future-of-online-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/future-of-online-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/future-of-online-advertising/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/fooa.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="fooa.png" title="" />Just got back from NYC where I was fortunate to be involved with CarsonSystem&#8216;s first Future of Online Advertising conference&#8230;and what a show! This two day conference featured some amazing speakers; which included, but certainly was not limited to, Greg Stuart of IAB, Ron Belanger of Yahoo!, Kim Malone of Google, Chas Edwards of Feedburner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ask this, Google.</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/ask-this-google/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/ask-this-google/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/ask.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="ask.png" title="" />While there is so much hype with Google, rightfully so, one of my favorite search engines has made some changes that are pretty amazing. When I was in high school, Ask.com (Ask Jeeves) was my favorite search engine because I would always phrase my searches as questions and Jeeves would—most of the time—answer the question. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Advertising</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/virtual-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/virtual-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/virtual-advertising/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/googlemapsproudct.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="googlemapsproudct.png" title="" />Well, product placement has been around for a long time—original television shows were fully sponsored by certain products before commercials (as we kno(e)w them) existed. As you may be aware, however, is the phenomenon called Google Maps. Not only were you able to interact with maps, but you are able to plan trips, monitor traffic, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When E-Mail Marketing Should be Used</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/when-e-mail-marketing-should-be-used/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/when-e-mail-marketing-should-be-used/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 19:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/when-e-mail-marketing-should-be-used/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/emailmsg3.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="emailmsg3.png" title="" />In my office we have this box with buttons and lights. This box is my company&#8217;s personal communication line with a small restaurant. Every morning at 10:30 this box spits out a menu—it is dependable and informative. What I did not know is that this mystical box is not our version of the Cold War&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desktop (National Radio) Publishing</title>
		<link>http://lukemv.com/desktop-national-radio-publishing/</link>
		<comments>http://lukemv.com/desktop-national-radio-publishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lukeMV</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lukemv.com/2007/desktop-national-radio-publishing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img align="left" hspace="5" width="100" src="http://lukemv.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/googradio.png" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="googradio.png" title="" />Thanks again to Joe Cappo’s The Future of Advertising for this quote by Keith Reinhard, Chairman and CEO of DDB Worldwide Communications Group inc., “Let’s face it. We made a mistake a hundred years ago. We should have never been paid on the basis of how much media we bought. And when we asked the [...]]]></description>
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