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By default django's authentication module (django.contrib.auth) does a case-sensitive username look up. This means that a user with username 'farhan' will not be able to login as 'Farhan'. Obviously, this is not the standard behavior that users expect. There was a ticket filed, but, unfortunately, the team doesn't have time to fix (understandably, it is not just about making the change, they also have to worry about backwards compatibility). So, let's see how we can quickly create a new authentication backend that supports case-insensitive backend.
So, we are writing a new authentication backend class, as always, my goal is to only rewrite what I have to rewrite and in this case since most of the functionality is already implemented by django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend (the default backend), we will be inheriting this class and overriding one function. Once we have the new backend, we will specify it in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS and we will be done. One caution though, make sure your sign-up process accounts for this and does not allow users to pick two variations of the same username (Farhan vs. farhan).
The model is pretty simple.
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth.models import User class CaseInsensitiveModelBackend(ModelBackend): """ By default ModelBackend does case _sensitive_ username authentication, which isn't what is generally expected. This backend supports case insensitive username authentication. """ def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None): try: user = User.objects.get(username__iexact=username) if user.check_password(password): return user else: return None except User.DoesNotExist: return None
Once you have the model defined, edit your settings.py and specify "AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS".
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('myproject.myapp.backends.CaseInsensitiveModelBackend',)
That's all you need. Restart your server, or in case of 'django-admin runserver' it would have restarted automatically, and your application will now have case-insensitive logins.
For more details about writing authentication backends please see this section in the django documentation.


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Corica Pastries – 27 Jan 2012
I didn't care for a few of the pastries but the others were delicious. The standouts were the coffee eclair, canoli, horns, and puff. And yes I like the Italian custard and no, I didn't eat this all myself, I did share, and it was consumed in 3 separate sittings over the course of a few days.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008
This is ....the space in which I create (and created)
I have loved to cook since I was a young teenager and saw Julia Child on tv, slapping her hindquarters and saying you need to show the butcher where you want a cut. Butcher? that wasn't a concept in the rapidly growing suburban lifestyle. But a seed was planted, I learned how to make a great quiche, and still have the recipe for African Pickled Peaches from a 1960s Gourmet magazine. Living all around the world only opened my eyes and taste buds to all sorts of food and cooking styles. It was wonderful.
Fast forward to 2001 and I am married to my 2nd husband and he says the magic words...Anything I can do to make your cooking easier... And we plunged like fools into renovation. There is a whole Flickr collection of 11 sets about that project.
By this point, dh had built me an island to test out the concept and I finally had a cooktop that could boil water. We also bought and installed some Ikea drawers to see if I really liked having drawers. OMIGOD, did I!!!
I'm here showing how happy I am with the test island and marvy Fisher and Paykel cooktop. Note the little jar of chimichurri sauce on the red formica. Yum!
June/July 2004 the back porch and deck were gone, and then the foundation for the addition was laid.
There was a lot of this kind of examination of the blueprints
to get to this point.
But by fall I was chiseling away at the stone for the new bathroom.
And Christmas 2004 was simple.
By Jan 2005, we were waiting for the soapstone counters.
and on a bitter cold day they arrived.
The final time was over 14 months from breaking ground till the final punchout items.
It tested a new marriage, but we learned pretty well then that we are on the same team, and that our different ways of thinking CAN be complimentary, not combative. We didn't want to make our contractor the enemy either so we had to talk, cry and work our way through want WE wanted vs what I want and what you want, so that we could put a united front in discussions. That was hard because until something came up I know I couldn't always see what I wanted. It was easier to see what I didn't want. (Life lesson for me???)
But this IS my creation and my creative workspace...and I love it.
Want to see other spaces? come on, you know you do!! Then check out Angela at ThreeButtons . She maintains the list of players.
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- Serena said...
Lovely kitchen, it's probably about the same size as my whole apartment..... (that's the price you pay to live in an inner city location)
- June 15, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- Lisa said...
Just last week you were saying my husband is a keeper. Right back at you.
What a beautiful kitchen, and lovely to see you basking in each stage of it's creation.
- June 15, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Jenny said...
Oh I love it too-what a wonderful kitchen-no wonder you like spending so much time there. Loved reading your renovation story too and if your relationship can survive renovations it can survive anything!
- June 15, 2008 at 8:24 PM
- Sasparilla Sue said...
Your kitchen turned out beautifully. It sounds like you and your husband learned a lot about each other during those 14 months.
- June 15, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- hrsj said...
Oh wow Maureen, your kitchen is beautiful! I agree with you that doing a reno during early marriage can be something!
You have beautiful success here, I'm glad I came to see it!
- June 15, 2008 at 10:49 PM
- danica said...
That is one of the best kitchens I have ever seen, Maureen! It looks like something out of an interior design magazine!
- June 16, 2008 at 1:19 AM
- Bird Bath said...
WoW! that kitchen is a beauty..Those glass doors are stunning. Loved seeing the blow by blow account of how it came together. We have just experienced the stress of renovating - albeit on smaller scale.
You must really be enjoying your creation...that let's you keep on creating!
- June 16, 2008 at 8:26 AM
- Hila said...
You have a dream kitchen - so spacious and white and I love the view from the windows. Great space!
- June 17, 2008 at 3:16 AM
- BigCat said...
It's a stunning kitchen. A wonderful space to create.
- June 18, 2008 at 8:06 AM
- CurlyPops said...
I love looking at renovation pics, especially of kitchens. Dont you just love drawers! I installed drawers instead of cupboards too and they're so much better!I love the soapstone benchtops too, they look fantastic (pity they were out of my price range)
- June 18, 2008 at 6:51 PM
- Melanie Gray Augustin said...
Oh I was hoping you`d have a lovely kitchen space to show us in this week`s theme. It`s fabulous - and what a great hubby!
It`s funny, just last week, I was looking at my pathetically small japanese kitchen (with no oven - Japanese apartments don`t have ovens) and was thinking `I bet Maureen has a fabulous kitchen` ;) Right I was!
- June 19, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- Lorih said...
This kitchen is gorgeous! We're house shopping right now and a well-outfitted kitchen is one of our priorities (my husband cooks and I bake). Yours is one to strive for!
- June 27, 2008 at 3:06 PM
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Beer-Tender Series at RedRocks Arlington
December 19, 2013
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Redrocks Neapolitan Bistro
2501 9th Rd. South/Penrose Square
Arlington, Virginia 22204
The series will showcase independent brewers and their innovative concoctions. Bill Butcher of Port City (11/21), Ben Brown of Anchor Brewing (12/5) and Tommy Hunter of Flying Dog and our Ugly Christmas Sweater Party (12/19) are on the docket to chat about their beers, brewery history and pour some pints! Folks can bring growlers to be filled or purchase new ones at the events (prices will vary). RedRocks will be offering some new pizzas during the events.


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Is the Mississippi Drying Up?
Barge traffic was stopped on the Mississippi this summner. Now, months later it's still restricted due to drought.
Like Sam Clemens, I grew up along the Mississippi. Every few weeks we drove along windy, blue-brown expanses of river, barges, and rusty bridges to visit my grandma who lived across the river in Illinois. I took days off of high school to help fill sandbags during floods, so I remember how we stood on a hamlet Main St. watching the Illinois River flow at neck level just five feet away across a line of sandbags while a dark green Huey overhead scouted for levee leaks. Old white wooden houses loosened from foundations just 150 feet away, their rooftops visible in the muddy water. One night we worked by the Mississippi, passing sandbags to fill a sinkhole eroding half way up a levee, which, had it failed, would have ruined farms and grain elevators near Hannibal. It was eerie to stand in the dark watching the biggest man at the end of the line hurl sandbags into the hole, just yards away beneath a floodlamp. He had to stand close enough to toss a 60 pound bag into the hole but not so close that he'd be swallowed by quick mud.
The Mississippi was our ocean, changing color with passing clouds, churning brown when it rained, brimming wide and moving slowly. Standing on a wooded bluff or far out, barefoot on one of the shifting, sandy islands that formed along big bends, I figured the river was at least half a mile wide. Young Lincoln steered barges heaped with farmers' goods downstream, where he no doubt witnessed the misery of floodplain slavery. He didn't have to venture far---just a few hundred yards from the house where I grew up in south St. Louis County stood the ruins of an old farmhouse by a tiny pond and what was said to have been slave quarters.
Last July, I sat in a jet flying above the Ozarks to Charlotte. Years earlier, somewhere down below, a friend had died trying to jump from one eighty-foot rock column to another. Two Ozark lakes curved for over a hundred miles. And then I saw the Mississippi. Snaking off to the south, it defined the entire landscape. But as we got closer I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Large stretches of river water were gone. In their place, roughly two-thirds of the riverbed was dry, empty stretches of pale mud and clay. Surely it's just one section, I thought. The Mississippi never dwindled. But the spectacle ran for miles in both directions. The mighty Mississippi was drying up, and it may not be a single year's drought. Scientists say global warming will reduce the region's rains and bring higher temperatures, raising the question of whether millions of acres will continue to be arable. The sight below me was so unexpected that I couldn't comprehend it. So, on my way to Spain, I just forgot about it – until I read that barge traffic on the lower Mississippi had to be halted for weeks because there wasn't enough water for barges to pass. On July 3, the river was only 4.86 feet deep in Vicksburg.
The drought has continued. This week's Guardian reports, "Barges are being sent off with lighter loads, making for more traffic, with more delays and back-ups. Stretches of the river are now reduced to one-way traffic."
Meanwhile, Obama insists oil production is up, meaning decades more of internal combustion. Even if we were to stop using cars and coal-powered electricity today, CO2 levels wouldn't dwindle for another 60 years. So, we're left to wonder: if a mostly empty Mississippi is what we see now, at the shallow end of a what is almost certain to be years of global temperatures rising, just think what it will be like a few decades from now.
Yes, the Mississippi has sharp mood swings. During last year's flooding its waters were 52 feet higher in Vicksburg.
However, in a decade when even George Bush Jr. conceded that we can expect to see mountain meadows disappear, the question is whether, during the worst of future droughts, Midwestern vegetables will be restricted to narrow, irrigated strips of land beside shrinking rivers, something like the Nile delta in Egypt. That would be a jolt – like the slowing of the Gulf Stream, or the melted lake at the North Pole.
Or torrents of water called moraines that plunged into the Antarctic ice shelf before Connecticut sized sections broke off and drifted away. Like the disappearance of continental US glaciers, they, too, are disturbing benchmarks that were once thought impossible.


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A Great Day
The warm sun came through Aaron's bedroom window. "Today is going to be a good day," Aaron thought. "I'm going to see Grandma and Grandpa."
Grandma and Grandpa lived just down the road, and he usually visited them after breakfast. It was the best way to start the day. Aaron jumped out of bed.
After breakfast and chores, Mom smiled and said that he could go to Grandma and Grandpa's house. As he went, the late morning sun felt good on his back. The sand squished under his shoes. It made him laugh. "This is going to be a good day," he said out loud.
He saw a shiny black rock with a stripe down the middle. "I bet Grandpa would like to see this." Aaron slipped the rock into his pocket.
He checked the pine tree just outside Grandma's back door. The robin was sitting on her nest. "I think she has eggs." Aaron climbed the fence. Standing on tiptoes and stretching his neck as far as he could, he thought he saw something blue in the nest. "I'm going to tell Grandpa!" He slid down and ran to the kitchen door.
Grandpa thought he was right about the eggs. "Pretty soon there will be little birds," he said. Grandma had made applesauce cookies. They were really good! Grandma and Grandpa both liked his rock.
On the way home, Aaron noticed that the lilac bush was covered with purple flowers. This was such a great day!
That night as Aaron got ready for bed, he thought about everything that had happened. He said his prayers, thanking Heavenly Father. "Thank Thee for the beautiful flowers, the warm sun, the sand, and the robin's eggs. Thank Thee for Grandma and Grandpa. Thank Thee for this whole great day! Oh, and Heavenly Father, I love Thee."
As Aaron climbed into bed, he remembered something his Primary teacher had said. When we feel love for Heavenly Father, that feeling is called reverence. Aaron fell asleep feeling very reverent.
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Disappearing-Marshmallow Rolls
You will need: eight large marshmallows, 1 tube (8 ounces/ 226g) refrigerator crescent-roll dough, a cube of butter/margarine, and 1/2 cup sugar mixed with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Ask a grown-up to melt the butter. Coat the marshmallows with the melted butter, then roll them in the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Enclose each marshmallow in a section of dough, pinching the dough to completely seal the marshmallow in.
Ask a grown-up to bake the rolls as directed on the tube.
Serve the rolls as a family home evening treat. As you eat the rolls, you will find that the marshmallows have disappeared but that each roll has a delicious marshmallow lining.


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Yooo wasup people!! first post on here woohoo loll just thort i'd say hello and show you my new car, cheeers!
Yooo wasup people!! first post on here woohoo loll just thort i'd say hello and show you my new car, cheeers!
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Im only new myself.
Nice motor mate. i always loved the coupe just couldnt afford one.
Best of luck with er.
cheers mate, just got her remmaped last week aswell, wantd to see what all the fuss was about, nd so glad i did!! u got urs mapped?
na not yet. getting the swirl flaps taken out and changing to vortex type oil breather. and a few wee other things. Then...............full st/st exhaust and a remap..
Did you notice much power gain with your remap. What bhp did you get?
im lookin at 190ish bhp, but the torque is amazing, u here it all the time, but until u get the remap the 320ds are abit sluggish with the lagg etc, but yh get ur swirl flaps out nd remap it asap!!
New myself - but welcome all the same
Welcome, nice car
nice motor mate, welcome.
cheers lads, just got a question tho, what exhaust would you recommend on my car? cuz frankly speaking da stock exhaust on the 320d is pants!! lol
welcome dude lovely car
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Michael Russo from the Startribune has some more free agent nuggets today. I love this time of year, this is where the big free agency moves happen. It will be interesting to see what the Wild do next week. I am excited about some of the names that are being thrown around.
Michael Russo, Russo's Rants – Fletcher did set up meetings in Philadelphia with Thomas Vanek's agent, Steve Bartlett, and Matt Niskanen's agent, Neil Sheehy, who helped deliver Ryan Suter to the Wild in 2012. Remember, it was at the St. Paul Airport where I was hiding in the bushes behind a fence (I wish I was exaggerating) and witnessed Fletcher, Craig Leipold, Mike Yeo, Suter's financial advisor Tom Sagissor and Sheehy get off of Leipold's private plane after meeting with Suter in Madison.I am glad that the Minnesota Wild are looking at adding another high-end defenseman. I wrote about this subject over on the Hockey Wilderness. Matt Niskanen would really look good in a red Minnesota Wild jersey. I am sure that Running with The Dogs would love the move as well.
Leipold's plane then gave Sheehy a ride back up to International Falls and about 18 hours later on July 4, Suter and Zach Parise were officially signed on the dotted line.
Well, perhaps Sheehy will soon ink another one of his clients on the Wild.
According to sources, the Wild has significant interest in Niskanen, 27, the right-shot defenseman who had a career year in Pittsburgh. But so do other teams, so it'll be interesting to see how high and how long the Wild's willing to go. Remember, you can only allegedly talk in general parameters about a contract but nothing can be binding until Tuesday after 11 a.m. CT. Niskanen is 100 percent going to become a free agent.
As for Vanek, he has made big money, so the question is how much does he want to play in Minnesota. I believe the Wild would love him to sign a contract between one to three years so it can also fill two holes.
In my humble opinion, the Minnesota Wild are a player or two away from having a really good d-corps. If the Wild could add a high-end free agent defenseman, and delete a defenseman (or two) they could shore up their d-corps substantially. While some might
disagree with me, I think that the Wild are a bit thin on blue line, and their top-six defenders could use an upgrade.
Perusing my twitter feed, a fair number of Wild fans have suggested that the Wild forget about signing the former Golden Gopher Thomas Vanek, and attempt to sign UFA Matt Niskanen during the 2014 free agent signing period. I don't think it's bad idea at all. However, based on how the former Bulldog played this past season, he's not going to come cheap, either. In 81 games with the Pittsburg Penguins, Niskanen scored (10g-36a-46pts). He was also a plus/minus rating of plus-33.


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The Cuban Evolution captures the Cuban people's trepidation and excitement over economic reforms that are changing Cuba's direction from a Soviet-style economic system to one that more closely resembles that of China or Vietnam. Fifty-five years after the Cuban Revolution, this group of Silicon Valley photographers captured images of Cuban life at a historic turning point. Thirty photographs by thirteen photographers are on display at the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) Gallery through Feb. 28. Admission is free; parking is $3.
During a two-week professional research trip to Cuba led by Foothill Photography Instructor Ron Herman, the photographers, many of whom are associated with Foothill College, captured images of Cuban life on the cusp of change. Some photographers were visiting Cuba for the first time, while others were all drawn back to witness firsthand the visible changes that haven taken shape since their first trip.
"It is an amazing place to visit and revisit to watch the metamorphosis of the Cuban country as the technology and computers become part of their daily lives," said Julia Gary, who has traveled with Herman twice to Cuba. "Even though access is limited, the Cubans are becoming familiar with social media through computers."
Returning for her second visit to Cuba, Melinda Miller noted that "while walking along the Malecon and through various neighborhoods on this trip, it was clear that the lid had been lifted to some degree on commercial activity. Almost any crevice of space was buzzing with new commercial ventures—small cafes, clothing stores offering local and foreign products, appliance repairs, even puppies for sale."
"The changes are so interesting to monitor on a yearly basis," said Herman, "although the free market is limited, it has had a big impact on the lives of many Cubans." Bill Scull from the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies returned to Cuba for his third time. He noted that "some small businesses that we saw open up last year weren't successful and had already closed down, while others who found a way to survive with limited supplies and clientele, were enjoying and displaying their new financial success in interesting ways."
Relationships established through prior visits afforded the photographers the opportunity to explore beyond the traditional tourist destinations, including photo walks with Cuban photographers, visits to art and ballet schools, and cultural exchanges with Cuba's leading artists. The group travelled outside Havana to various provinces, exploring both the rural and urban landscape.
Exhibitors are Carla Bohnett, Loren Bohnett, Sheila Botein, Allen Gary, Julia Gary, Ron Herman, Bob Hills, Kathy McGovern, Melinda Miller, Aphra Pia, Bill Scull, Bob Thomsen and Don Wheatley.
The exhibit is located in the KCI Gallery, on the lower level of the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. Gallery hours are Mondays–Fridays, 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed Sundays and holidays.
Parking Lot 4 provides the best access to the gallery. A parking permit is required at all times. Purchase permit for $3 at dispensers in any student lot. Dispensers accept one-dollar bills and quarters.
For more information on the exhibit and the experience of photographing in Cuba, view the exhibit blog, TheCubanEvolution.wordpress.com.


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The 15th Annual Lobster Boil – You Plan the Party, the Rochester Junior Woman's Club Will Cook
Rochester, MI (July 29. 2013) – The Rochester Junior Woman's Club is preparing for its 15th annual Lobster Boil on Saturday, September 28th.
Live New England lobsters are flown in fresh early Saturday morning. Each Lobster is between 1 and 1 ¼ pounds each. Members of RJWC will cook the lobsters on-site at the Older Persons' Commission located at 650 Letica in Rochester.
Proceeds from this years' Lobster Boil will benefit Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester Area Neighborhood House, OPC and other local charities.
It's a great way to entertain friends and family or enjoy a quiet dinner for two. You choose the pick-up time; your dinner will be on time and ready! RJWC will cook, wrap, and have them hot and ready for you at the OPC drive-thru site. The lobsters will stay HOT for up to 2 hours in the packaging.
Just pre-order your desired amount of lobsters, drive up to the OPC at your reserved time and your lobsters will be given to you! "You don't even have to get out of the car," said Cyndi Toupin, co-chair of this year's Lobster Boil. Toupin is co-chairing the event with club members Pam Teimorzadeh, Noelle DuBois, Susan Gordoa and Nikole Meier.
Orders will be taken through September 13th for both live and cooked lobsters. If you prefer to order your lobsters live, please bring a container to transport them home. The lobsters are $18.00 each. Buy a baker's dozen and get the 13th free!
If you would like to order your lobsters today, or if you have any questions, please contact Karen at (248) 693-4178 or email@example.com or Cyndi at (248) 941-7991 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also print out a Lobster Boil order form on the events page at www.rhpl.org./rjwc/.
The funds from the Lobster Boil will help to support specific projects for the recipients; In an effort to move individuals and families toward self-sufficiency, Rochester Area neighborhood House provides financial assistance in the areas of shelter, utilities and transportation, food and clothing assistance and other basic needs to those clients who cannot meet these obligations without other means. Funding received through the Rochester Juniors woman's Club will allow Neighborhood House to assist local families in their efforts to move toward self-sufficiency.
"We use a holistic approach to address the underlying cause of financial distress in an effort to help families look at how their request for assistance fits into the total spectrum of their needs. Examples include having a client meet with our job counselor, budget coach or mental health counselor. Through these efforts, the Neighborhood House mission is to move individuals and families who are dealing with a crisis or unexpected downturn in financial conditions toward a higher level of self-sustainability. The willingness of the Rochester Junior Woman's Club to support Neighborhood House demonstrates their confidence in our ability to provide long-term assistance to our community and our local families in need; we take that charge very seriously. We are sincerely honored by their support," Linda Riggs, Executive Director of Rochester Area Neighborhood House.
Meadow Brook Hall will be using the funding for the Historical Interpretation of Danny Dodge's Cabin and Workshop. In January 2013, Danny's Cabin, the historic log cabin and workshop built for Danny Dodge, son of John and Matilda Dodge, was moved from its original site on the Meadow Brook farm property to a new site near Meadow Brook Hall's Knole Cottage, the playhouse of Danny's sister, Frances Dodge. The objective of the project is to structurally restore the building back to its original design and purpose, to interpret its significance as an important historical asset on the Meadow Brook estate and to utilize the Cabin as a site to host educational and community programs including tours, youth programming and special events.
"We have been fortunate to have worked with Rochester Juniors on previous preservation projects — most recently the club's funding of the reproduction of the silk wall covering in Matilda Wilson's bedroom by Scalamandre in New York, the original manufacturer," said Geoff Upward, executive director of Meadow Brook Hall, "It is especially meaningful to us that such a prominent community organization, particularly one that espouses the contributions of women to the workplace and society, so actively and passionately supports our efforts to preserve and interpret the home and estate of one of our country's most accomplished, civic-minded and forward-thinking women of the first half of the 20th Century."
The club is also planning two other events to raise funds for their recipients. The first event the club has planned to raise funds for the recipients will be held on January 25, 2014 at Meadow Brook Hall. The evening will include tours of the hall, a strolling gourmet dinner, music, dancing and a silent auction. The club is also currently planning their annual "Spring Highlights" Luncheon and Shopping Boutique for March 29, 2014 at the Royal Park Hotel.
For over 50 years the Rochester Junior Woman's Club has been proud to contribute to the growth and vitality of the community through volunteer service and donation of funds to local charities and organizations. Since their inception, the Rochester Junior Woman's Club has donated more than 1 million hours of community service and raised more than $820,000 to support the local community.
- September 28, 201315th Annual Lobster Boil
For more information on Rochester Junior Woman's Club, please contact Cyndi at (248) 941-7991 or email@example.com. You can download the Lobster Boil Order Form, visit their website at www.rhpl.org/rjwc or follow them on Facebook at "Rochester Junior Woman's Club."
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Maybe you've seen the sign just above the Flush button on the toilet on the airliner----
TR: "Do Not Flush While Seated On Toilet." Wonder what that means? Oh well----
GK: And one day you're in the toilet when the plane hits sudden turbulence (SHAKING OF PLANE) and without thinking you press the Flush button and (FLUSH, SUCTION) you feel the toilet suck you down like a rat in the mouth of a python --- (SUCTION) And an alarm goes off. (KLAXON) And it startles you and you accidentally press the Flush button again (FLUSH, SUCTION) -----and now you're locked onto the toilet seat.
SS (MUFFLED): Is everything okay in there?
GK: If only you had----
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SS: A package of white powder? Whose is this?
TR: I have no idea!!!
GK: Accepting packages from strangers to carry aboard an aircraft and then flushing while seated on the toilet. You'll go to prison for probably ten to fifteen years.
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Kissing thin air is not comme il faut, especially among Europeans.
Boris' uniform, spurs, tie, and the way his hair was brushed were all comme il faut and in the latest fashion.
But I have not got no breeches, no boot-jacks—no notin, comme il faut.
comme il faut, is the Frenchman's description of good Society: as we must be.
It is not comme il faut: you can not pass in: Monsieur must retire.
It was comme il faut, and then one walked in the Park afterwards for church parade, and met all one's friends.
According to her, it was not comme il faut to board or live in a rented house.
In some ways she might almost have been a French girl, so exceedingly neat and comme il faut was her little person.
"I'm afraid there's not enough perception of the comme il faut in him to suit the every-day world," muttered he.
But how strange that even a distant relative of one so comme il faut should be of a sort to do this!
1756, French, literally "as it should be;" from comme "as, like, how," from Old French com, from Vulgar Latin quomo, from Latin quomodo "how? in what way?," pronomial adverb of manner, related to quam "how much?," qui "who" (see who).


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Michael Berry is a Royal Society research
professor in the physics department at the University of Bristol
in the U.K., where he has been for many years. He has received
numerous awards, including the Dirac medals and prizes awarded
by both the Institute of Physics (1990) and the Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (1996), a
knighthood (1996) and the Wolf Prize in Physics (1998).
Michael is a dear friend and a staunch advocate of the principle
underlying Sightings—the power of visually
representing ideas in science. Here, he and I have a short
conversation about one of the first images I saw of his
F. F. You describe the material you used to
photograph this image as "a black-light sandwich." Tell us more.
M.B. The "bread" consists of two
polarizing sheets with their optic axes at right angles, and the
"filling" is a sheet of transparent viewgraph foil.
Different parts of the image correspond to light traveling through
the sandwich in different directions. Without the filling, the
polarizer closer to the camera would cut out the light transmitted
by the other one, so the sandwich would appear black. But the
filling acts like a transparent crystal and transforms the state of
polarization so that some light gets transmitted. Inside the
crystal, two light waves travel at different speeds, which depend on
direction; therefore the waves get out of phase and can interfere.
The colored rings are interference fringes, centered on a bull's-eye
indicating a particular direction where the two speeds are the same.
The black "brush" through the bull's-eye arises from a
geometric peculiarity of the polarizations of the two waves.
F. F. We see a number of colors. Is there any
particular information we get from those colors?
M.B. The colors always appear in the same order, as
a result of the interference of light with different wavelengths. In
the slightly different situation of a crystal with optical activity
(twisted internal structure), the center of the bull's-eye is not
black, and its color gives information about the amount of twist.
F. F. Can you tell us how you made/captured this
particular image?
M.B. In optics these colored bull's-eyes are well
known as "conoscopic figures." Usually they are produced
by filling the sandwich with a thin slice of crystal (such as
aragonite). It was Rajendra Bhandari, in his laboratory in India,
who showed me how easily the bull's-eyes could be produced with
transparency foil. We worked on the phenomenon with Susanne Klein.
Because the bull's-eye is not localized anywhere, it always appears
along with whatever the eye or camera is focused on (in this
picture, it is the trees).
F. F. Did you find that visually expressing this
particular phenomenon clarified some of the physics involved?
M.B. Certainly. The sandwich beautifully
illustrates interference and polarization, geometric phases and an
aspect of crystal optics that was historically important in the
understanding of light. Moreover, it is a model for the preparation,
propagation and measurement of a quantum state (of spinning photons
in this case). It illustrates mathematics too: matrix algebra,
needed to describe the polarization states (the sandwich can be
interpreted as a nontrivial square root of zero), and singularities
(the bull's-eye and the black brush). I like to discover "the
arcane in the mundane," and this is one of the best examples I know.
F. F. Did new questions crop up when you actually
studied this visual representation?
M.B. Yes. Seeing the bull's-eye led to a
general reformulation of crystal optics, developed with Mark Dennis,
making comprehensible the complications occurring when the material
is absorbing and twisted as well as anisotropic. And if the
polarizer farther from the eye is removed, the "open
sandwich" becomes a device for revealing and exploring the
polarization of the blue sky through the faint bull's-eyes
that are still visible, leading to clarification of the pattern of
polarization singularities in the sky (still incompletely understood
after its discovery nearly 200 years ago).
F. F. When you work with a formula, do you ever
actually imagine a pictorial representation of that formula, or is
it a different kind of thinking?
M.B. When I was starting out as a physicist, I
thought sequentially and algebraically. But, under the influence of
a strong geometric culture in the Bristol physics department, I soon
learned to visualize much of the mathematics I needed to use, to the
benefit of my physical understanding. This process accelerated in
the late 1980s, with easy computer visualizations made possible by
Mathematica, etc. Peter Atkins has written: "Determining where
mathematics ends and science begins is as difficult, and as
pointless, as mapping the edge of a morning mist." I spend my
life wandering in and out of that mist; in such obscure terrain,
visualization is a very helpful navigational device.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by 2Tough4You, Jan 10, 2010.
Exactly. Just keep Ben back as the goalie.
He would need to borrow Rips mask !!
There is no rule that says a basketball player is banned from using an old school goalie mask, is there?
LOL Thats right- because Shaq wore one at last years all star game >>
I've been trying to come up with a response to this...but there's just no way. This commentary from Stuckey is laughable. Of course the #1 player who's been a disappointment is now determining that the way to success is to do more of what he's already doing poorly. Forcing things. Great. Not only that, but here comes the Ben Wallace is a hindrance crowd...man...even playing at his level this year, he hasn't made it to the All-Star break before the Anti-Ben Brigade is back in full force. I want to take this season apart and go over all the details, but what's the use? I guess I could really get worked up about all this, but this team his awful and it's just not worth the energy. We need changes...BAD. "Rebuilding on the Fly" was as bad a project as picking Darko and we need to take the same medicine...go in a completely different direction.
I feel like I should disagree with Low. And normally I wouldn't advise such a thing. IMHO, we are only a few pieces away (Amare the main one, if that is possible or not) to actually being a good running team. Obtaining a 5 that can run the floor next to CV (maybe even Biedrins), and a point guard that is unselfish who wants to push the ball (Maybe Jordan Farmar), dump Rip and Tay for nothing more than cap space, and get the young guys minutes, it could happen. Bryon Scott at the helm. Farmar facilitating the break (notice I did not say running the offense), Stuckey playing the 2, Daye at the 3, CV at the 4, and Amare at the 5, on paper looks like they could run. You have Bynum backing up Farmar, BG coming off the bench behind Stuckey, or even vice versa, JJ backing up Daye, Max backing up CV and Amare, even using JJ at the 4 when needed and Summers playing both the 3 and 4. All of those pieces we have in place, except for Farmar and Amare. Two crucial pieces I know. Just a thought.
You're suggesting putting a running team out there that includes Charlie V?
Amare is horrible on defense. I like what Stuckey is saying...I don't think Ben is holding them back as much as Tay and Rip falling into their halfcourt comfort zone.
You don't need Farmar, and certainly not to start. You can play Bynum/Stuckey, with Gordon backing up both. There are not enough minutes for 4 guards. We are already in this quandary.
We have the 2nd slowest tempo in the league... but it seems to me that tempo is not very correlated with winning basketball. There are fast paced teams that are terrible and slow teams that are very strong. When you sort the teams by pace, there is no noticable pattern. So, are we considering running because it is a good idea, or because we are searching for a change? I was initially suggesting that our big men are weak in a half court game on offense and that weakness would be lessened if they weren't stuck in half court sets all the time. The point that has been raised is that we may not have all of the pieces necessary to be a running team and why force square peg into a round hole? The point that Ben Wallace might not fit that style can be argued either way. In general, older players are not right for this. Also, he's a fantastic defensive help defender and in a chaotic environment, he may not get to show that ability. We have some of the parts, but probaby not all of them. We'd probably be a very mediocre team, even if we improved from our current state. To become a good running team, we'd have to look for other players to add to the mix and we'd be committing to a new syle of play that may not be the right answer. My suggestion is that if we are going to suck, we may as well suck at a faster, more entertaining tempo. Just force a running style on the team with the current personnel and don't let it affect the long term direction of the team.
Unless you thought Stuckey was going to develop into some Chris Paul/Deron Williams type of pure point guard, I don't see how you can call Stuckey a "disappointment" this year. Other than Ben's defensive play earlier in the year, and maybe Jerebko/Daye here and there, Stuckey has been the LONE bright spot on this team. That's not to say he hasn't had his own struggles too... but look at the team he has around him.
Ya know...I could understand screwing up my order if the guy I asked to make my fast food was a mechanic. But, you make fast food FOR A LIVING and you can't get it right...anyway, I digress. Disagreement doesn't really bother me so, it's cool with me cause there are always new ideas to toss out there. I think a lot of fans on PF.com may not like is your suggestion for a running team. You can't have a big, strong, dominant big man if you wanna run which begs for more small ball and you KNOW how hated "small ball" is on this forum. If we dime out Rip and Tay for nothing other than Capp Spayce, then all was have is our awesome weather and Joe D's world reknown "Respect Factor" to bring in a guy like Amare. I see no scenario where he would play here. Also, if we are going to bring in Farmar, we might as well start Bynum and look for a back up because we won't have a player anywhere near Kobe's ability to hide Farmar's shortcomings. For the long run, we need to build a team that can play half court basketball and execute efficiently because that's what we are going to need if we plan on competing once we reach the playoffs. If we start off by building a running team, when we think we are ready to compete again, we are going to have to reinvent ourselves to be able to play the post season half court game. Yes, it's much more fun to watch (I HATE that phrase with a passion), but I think in the long run, we'd all rather win than be exciting and sometimes winning and excitement don't always go together (Just ask the Spurs and the Patriots).
Chris Paul/Deron Williams no. But, if you're going to bounce Chauncey Billups for a worthless Allen Iverson, then I expect to see no less than 75% of what Billups brought to the table from Stuckey (Especially if you're going to make that kind of decision after 1 year). We haven't seen 45% of what Billups gave us so far. Looking at the team around Stuckey is exactly why he's a disappointment. Just tossing up a bunch of points doesn't make you the best thing a team has going for it. Arguably, he hasn't had much to work with, but he's done nothing (generally speaking) to improve the play of his teammates as well as himself. He's shown him self to be a poor (or questionable at best) outside shooter, and he's shown no capacity for being an extension of the coach on the floor. Just dribbling the ball up the court in less than 8 secs. doesn't make you a PG. Stuckey is supposed to be the PG. If he was excelling as a PG, I would be fine with him. He is not. He's doing fine as the Leading Scorer, but our team doesn't field a lineup of C, PF, SF, SG, LS. Sure, there isn't a lot in terms of having 600 scoring options, but that's not all that Stuckey is responsible for. If we were accusing him of not being able to score, then that would be inaccurate. However, he's being accused of not being a good PG IRREGARDLESS of how much he scores and right now, that's the only thing he does relatively well. He shows no floor leadership, no recognizable understanding of how to run the team, and even less ability to get anyone else involved. That's a big problem if you're talking about your starting PG as opposed to your starting LS.
From what I have experienced, teams that run the ball are not the least bit concerned with defense...which is why I suggested Amare.
I agree with the half-court mindset. I like the half court style of play, I enjoy defense, I really enjoyed back when we used PRESS! Just commenting on what Stuckey has said, and some of the responses on the forum. IF we are going to be a running team, changes will need to be made, as they already do.
Well, he's not a point guard (he rarely played the position in collegiate ball) and I think it's time that we stop expecting him to do all of those things that the better point guards in the league do. It's pretty obvious that he is a natural scoring guard. He's playing out of position, and until Dumars can make a move, he will continue to. Stuckey is not exactly being put in the best possible situation to succeed. That falls on the shoulders of Dumars, not Stuckey.
I agree with you there, but if we are going to stick with the current game plan and not make a serious move for a PG, then Stuckey should be able/willing to make the necessary adjustments. I don't blame Stuckey 100%, but he's the one making the statement and he's the one that hasn't adjusted to improve his performance in his given role. That's all I'm sayin. I lay 75% of this on Joe and 25% on Stuckey for his play.
Now you are stretching it. 45% is a pretty harsh assessment of Rodney Stuckey compared to Billups. It is interesting to compare Chauncey's numbers from 03-04, his second year as the starting PG, to Stuckeys year this year. The numbers aren't that far off from one, Billups owns assists, scoring efficiency, and three point shooting, but Stuckey boards better and has been playing with how many different line-ups, where Billups had great consistency from his surrounding 4. You are selling Stuck short here.
Last year, Stuckey was giving us a fraction of what Billups would've provided. This year, it's less than Billups's hypothetical production. Next year, it'll be about equal. After that... well, you get the point. I still would've done the CB-AI trade with what I know today. That chapter of Pistons ball was done and we all know it. We can question what Joe's done since that trade, but that trade itself was the right thing to do.
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This is a discussion on Few Pics of 05 STI within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Detailed the car back in December and never posted pics. So here are few....
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Nice, I want your FMIC and your wheels, lol! Looks amazing!
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Subaru Guide
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2012 WRX 5 door - White - Stage 2
Cobb AP, ProTune, Downpipe, Intake/Airbox, short shifter, shifter bushings, heat shield
Clean car, pics look great. What turbo you running?
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car looks good, like the wheels
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Looks great.
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Looks good.
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Looking good!
What's your current mod list?
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Nice ride!!!
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That looks like one of Ralph's old cars.
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Submitted to: Journal of Muscle Foods
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/5/2003
Publication Date: 4/10/2003
Citation: SCHILLING, M.W., MARRIOTT, N.G., WANG, H., SOLOMON, M.B. CHARACTERISTICS OF USDA UTILITY COW BEEF SUBJECTED TO BLADE TENDERIZATION AND HYDRODYNAMIC SHOCK WAVES. JOURNAL OF MUSCLE FOODS. 2003. v. 14. p. 131-142. Interpretive Summary: Meat tenderness is considered to be one of the most important sensory characteristics by the consumer. Tenderness enhancement of beef from mature cattle is especially important since increased chronological age is associated with decreased tenderness. Hydrodynamic pressure processing (HDP) has been shown to be effective at improving tenderness in meat from young cattle but not from older cattle. This difference could be due to HDP ability to tear the muscle fiber structure of meat but not the connective tissue component. Blade tenderization (BT) technology is used commercially to increase meat tenderness by partial severance of both connective tissue and muscle fibers. However, food safety issues (introducing bacteria into the inside of meat products) are a concern when using BT. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of combining HDP and BT to enhance meat tenderness of mature cow beef and the combined effect on bacteria. Both HDP and combining HDP with BT were effective at improving meat tenderness of cow beef. No additive effects of combining the two treatments were observed for tenderness. HDP either alone or in combination with BT reduced the bacteria present in the meat. Results suggest that using the HDP treatment either alone or in combination with BT offers more potential for marketing beef from mature cattle than BT alone.
Technical Abstract: Longissimus lumborum samples were removed 24 h postmortem from six U.S. Utility carcasses to be utilized in determining the effects of tenderness enhancement methods and aging time on quality attributes of beef. Within each sample, sections were randomly assigned to hydrodynamic shock waves (HSW), blade tenderization (BT), a combination of BT and HSW (HSBT), or no treatment (C). Steaks within each treatment (excluding HSW) were aged for 7 and 14 d. Sensory evaluation included subjective ratings for myofibrillar tenderness, connective tissue amount, and overall tenderness. Objective measurements included thaw and cooking loss, shear force, and standard plate count. HSW and HSBT were effective in decreasing (P<0.05) Warner-Bratzler peak force, total energy, and standard plate count. However, aging time (14 d) was more effective (P<0.05) in decreasing peak force shear values than BT, HSW, or HSBT. Sensory values, thaw loss, and cooking loss were not affected (P>0.05) by any treatments.


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Thoughts and Prayers
WOW she was a good singer.
But other than that she was just a joe.
Living a life of drugs and booze doesnt go on forever.
Nothing against her. Tired of this celebrity crap. Just saying.
It was such a sad news to hear. Whitney Houston will remain a great singer even though her private life wasn't such a happy one.
This is Caroline by the way new to the forum... loves music, mainly violon and just starting to like racing !
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I can't remember, did they fly the flags at half-staff when Elvis died. He DID serve in the military.
One less black drug addict in the world so not all bad... It is shameful they lowered the flags when so many have given their lives for this country and they didnt get the same respect.
I was upset to see that they lowered the flag for her. Especially since with her background with drugs. What is incredible was a local Marine was killed in action and they didn't lower it for them. Just sad.
Originally Posted by 15jr
I was upset to see that they lowered the flag for her. Especially since with her background with drugs. What is incredible was a local Marine was killed in action and they didn't lower it for them. Just sad.
Who didn't lower the flag??
Thanks for sharing great article +rep
Who said you could butt in?
Look at the bright side...she's been sober for ten days now.
Originally Posted by p-towne
Who didn't lower the flag??
Sorry P Towne missed your post. The same town that lowered the flag for Whitney did not do the same for a local Marine that was killed.
I just did a little further research and found that Gov Christie has indeed lowered the flag for every single soldier, police officer, and fire person every killed in action in NJ. I posted on another forum and someone mentioned that a Marine was killed and they didn't lower the flag for him. I should have done my research before I posted here. My apologizes. That said I believe the flag should only be lowered for those listed above as well as State politicians ( in most cases). I do not agree with lowering the flag for celebrities no matter how great of a singer they were, unless they served in the military.
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Social Sigma -- getting customers to improve your products
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If you're a typical CEO, you're probably wondering what the hell all of these social technologies like Twitter are useful for. A question I get from a lot of leaders is: "How can we use social to make money?" Actually, the more frequent question is: "Why do these social things have such stupid names?"
Many CEOs only encounter the downside of social -- the disparaging YouTube video or the irrational Twitter attack on the company's brand or products. I've got personal experience here -- Forrester was recently the subject of a small Twitter tantrum based on inaccurate information. So it's easy to understand the skepticism and the questioning.
Trust me though -- social networks contain utility that your company will use to get ahead. I'll be posting some examples in the near future.
But for the moment, let's stay focused on one specific way that you will use social to make money -- something I call Social Sigma. While Six Sigma is a discipline for improving products through better process, Social Sigma is about improving products through social feedback. It's about using social networks as a means for customers (and potential customers) to continually critique, analyze, and offer suggestions about your products. It's a powerful tool for continually increasing the value of what you make.
I see three elements of Social Sigma:
1) Listening -- closely monitoring social channels to pick up faint and strong signals from the marketplace about your products. Zappos and JetBlue, have dedicated staff for this task. Here's the secret: Many companies gather and resolve complaints using social, but they don't mine product data and get it to the right place at the right time in the company. Valuable Social Sigma data ends up on the cutting room floor before it ever reaches product managers or R&D staff that could use it.
2) Soliciting feedback -- actively using social channels to engage customers in the act of creating or improving a product. Credit Mutuel in France and Domino's Pizza in the U.S. have made product leaps through programs they ran on social networks. Credit Mutuel improved their banking services, while Domino's built a better pizza. I'll have more on these guys in a later post. There's a simple way to get feedback flowing: have a place on your site where people can give you their ideas. See Starbucks for a great example.
3) Marketing -- clearly communicating to customers that the company is listening, making changes based on feedback, and responding. In other words, making sure that the world knows that the company isn't faking it -- it is closing the loop. Toyota is doing just that here.
And now for the CEO caveats. Social Sigma will take guts to pursue -- this is not for the faint of heart. You will be exposing your defects, flaws, and problems to the world and actively discussing them in public. But hey -- people will discuss your products whether you are there or not. It's better to be there.
A second caveat is around execution. Social Sigma is not a one-way communication like a press release. You're initiating a continuous, real-time, fast interchange with hundreds or perhaps thousands of customers. Don't get involved in Social Sigma unless you're ready to uphold your end of the conversation. In other words, operationalize your Social Sigma effort, with staff, budget, planning, and a strategy. Social Sigma done badly will do more damage to your brand and company name than if you'd done nothing.
I'll be following up this post with some case studies that will show Social Sigma in action. In the meantime, what do you think -- how will Social Sigma unfold? What are the risks? Who has done it well? What companies have done it badly? I'd love to get your thoughts.
Comment from Pavan Sabharwal (not verified) on Tue, 11/23/2010 - 13:45
This is an interesting topic especially in markets with a great degree of digital social penetration. Would also like to see how makers of Social CRM can (or are) incorporate your 3 steps into their products (including sentiment analysis). The interesting challenge is to see how can this have an impact in developing digital social economies such as India, SE Asia, ... wherein there is still a greater 'real world' social impact rather than the digital effect. What could be a few reasons (besides being first to market) for companies in such situations to invest money and more importantly time in this kind of an effort?
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Comment from null on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 14:15
George, thought it might help to mention that folks planning to come to Forrester's Marketing Forum in LA next month will hear more of a prescription for the Social CEO in your upcoming keynote: http://www.forrester.com/marketingforum2010
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Comment from Max J. Pucher (not verified) on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 02:56
Goerge, I utterly and totally agree. Social networks puts us back where we belong, In front of the customer. We no longer can drown out the voice of this unhappy individual with billions (for me it might be rather millions) of advertizing. I go personally to user group meetings and I stand the tough questions online and in person. I have however always done that and saved a few million.
I just don't like the term Social Sigma, which I assume you relate to Six Sigma. I think Six Sigma is not only nonsense but it is inhumane and a statistical illusion. If you make numbers your goal then what you produce is numbers. Six Sigma and ISO9000 organizations look inside and not outside no matter how much they plan differently. Efficiency is measured inside and effectiveness is customer perception and can't be measured.
People don't come standardized no matter how much you process their data statistically. If you classify your customers in five groups then your target definition will be off by up to twenty percent. Six Sigma cannot account for that and will report that as error free.
In service operations we need errors to improve things. Errors are not wrong! They are the normal and the more the organization does not treat them as aberratin but as a service aspect then the more the customer will perceive satisfaction. Errors are the customers way to be treated individually.
Pushing your error rate down to that level can only be achieved by faking statistics in terms of what constitutes a satisfactory result. It means you have to standardize the product you deliver, which is fine for manufacturing but not for human interaction.
Imagine you go to a restaurant and the service is perfect. But you feel your steak is too well done. The waiters response: 'No, sir. It is perfect! That's how we cook it for your age group.'
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Comment from Max J. Pucher (not verified) on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 04:03
George ... sorry for the previous typos ... too early morning here and someone yelling from behind to get going. Question: Do the typos really reduce the content of my message? I certainly don't think so.
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Comment from Janice L Brown (not verified) on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 08:28
Mr. Colony:
Great article. One additional point: the techniques that you mention are accessible not only to large companies, but also to smaller companies. Here's a story about how a small business (a restaurant) uses social media to improve operations, thereby improving its product (the dining experience). And helping it become a large company.
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Comment from Nitin Goyal (not verified) on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 08:23
One has to be careful though - a company can easily get social s*t*igma which can snowball.
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Comment from Prince (not verified) on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 13:50
George - great post!
The three things you listed - Listening, seeking feedback, and marketing, are all vital cogs in the social sigma wheel.
However, the most important bottleneck could very well be the ability of a company to A) change company culture from within to make info gathering & decision making more democratic, more participatory,and inclusive in nature & B) have a social media policy & Enterprise 2.0 strategy (process) in place to take advantage of the "feedback", and turn it into a sustainable competitive advantage. My $0.02 :) What do you think?
Thanks again for a very topical post, and I look forward to the real world examples you plan to expand on.
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Comment from null on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 08:32
Thanks for a very instructive note. See the following however for a few complications related to listening to customers:
Thanks for you perspective.
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Comment from Ned Kumar (not verified) on Sun, 03/07/2010 - 10:01
Nice post, and you bring out some key points for success. The one thing I will add to the points you mentioned is the need to have an Analytics team that rocks.
In today's world with a plethora of technologies and tools available, it is relatively easy (if you put your mind to) to monitor, listen, collect data, do research etc. using the social channels. However, I am willing to bet there are very few companies out there that have modeled what this incoming data means in relation to the data they collect about their customers from the other channels. Anyway, this is a big discussion by itself - but did want to post a note that analytics is key to separating the noise from the signal, decoding the signals, and finding relationships between the signals (pattern recognition).
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Comment from Rich Hadermann (not verified) on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:10
Mr. Colony: Great article! I strongly feel that every small business should have some kind of Twitter presence. The amount of social media tools that are now available to us today makes it so much easier to network and to get our message out. I really enjoy reading your blog. Keep up the great work! Richard Hadermann http://entrepreneur.podbean.com/
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I like coding designs from PSD documents and I was thinking, with all the PSD designs that never make it into production, it would be cool if there was some sort of system in place that would allow someone to code another authors design and split the profits 50/50. I have no idea how this would work or be set up, but I just though it was kind of an interesting idea none the less. Just wanted to see if anyone else found the idea intriguing.
Yeah, I like that idea. I'm not quite sure how it could be executed either though. But I definitely do like the idea. I design, and I don't really like to code that much, so I'd definitely go for something like this.
Hi, I think some authors already do this, they set up a separate account for collaborative work and then split the money from that account.
I wonder if this is allowed (having joint accounts like that)? Perhaps someone from Themeforest would be able to clarify this. It would be a really great feature to have something official put in place though.
I wonder if this is allowed (having joint accounts like that)? Perhaps someone from Themeforest would be able to clarify this. It would be a really great feature to have something official put in place though.
Can't think of any reason why this shouldn't be allowed… In the end, if more top-notch designs make it from PSD to HTML or WP this will increase sales which benefits Envato.
It would be actually be great if Envato could serve as mediator between designer and coder. When regular joint accounts, you're always at risk of your partner taking off with all the profits instead of sharing it (which is what has been holding me back to go down this road).
I would be very interested in this. I love coding designs, and designing them, but I spend way to much time designing and never get around to actually releasing files.
Yes, I agree. I would be very nervous that my partner would run off with the money. Not to mention, I would have to create multiple accounts if I wanted to work with various authors.
I can take a design and code it into a functional HTML /Wordpress theme really quickly and there are tons of PSD designs on here that I would would love to covert. I would really like to see a feature implemented that made this possible.
I imagine that it would work like this: When someone uploads a PSD , there would be an option to "allow this theme to be converted by other authors". Then someone can download it (for the normal price), code it, and upload it again with a feature to choose the original author. Themeforest would then automatically split the profits based of the theme's price and the authors individual percentages.
It sounds like it might be difficult to implement but I'd definitely be interested in it. I've had people offer to convert my designs to wordpress but I just wasn't sure how to go about splitting profits.
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Interesting idea, perhaps something that can be done in conjunction with FreelanceSwitch (another Envato site! ); "Jobs from the marketplace" Would require any material in the PSD categories to have a checkbox for each item "Allow item to be re-coded" which'd automatically create the item as a job on FreelanceSwitch and then follow its natural process there.
Just thinking out loud here, but that sounds pretty solid to me. (As long as they'll take off the $7 / month pricetag for FreelanceSwitch )
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I like the idea of the FreelanceSwich job posted too, very interesting way to link the two sites together.