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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. The act of fomenting; incitement.
- n. A substance or material used as a warm, moist medicinal compress; a poultice.
- n. The therapeutic application of warmth and moisture, as to relieve pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
- n. The lotion applied to a diseased part.
- n. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n.
- n. The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
- n. The lotion applied to a diseased part.
- n. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of heating, warming, or cherishing; warmth.
- n. In medicine: The act of applying warm liquids to a part of the body, by means of flannels or other cloths dipped in them.
- n. The liquid thus applied.
- n. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
- n. a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or poultice
- n. application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Another kind of fomentation is composed of dried poppyheads, 4 oz.
Perhaps it's well past time to hit the real source of this fomentation - the Iranian Mullahs.
Three years later, it is the imam who the majority of Americans believe is engaging in "willful fomentation."
He called it "willful fomentation" and "gratuitous" to republish them throughout Europe.
If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must, with equal force, commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Holocaust denial and other manifestations of Judaeophobia in their midst.
Applying hot packs to the spine, hot or cold foot bath and hot fomentation to the spine before going to bed are all proven methods.
Hot fomentation should be applied to open up the skin pores and squeeze out the waste matter.
Turpentine may also be rubbed over the chest with fomentation for the same object.
Other useful measures found helpful in cervical spondylytis are a mild massage of oil to the head, shoulders and neck, hot fomentation for about six minutes twice a day and six to seven minutes of exposure to infra red rays.
There are several widely accepted methods of hydro-therapeutic treatment, chiefly among which are enema, hip-bath, steam bath, the full sheet pack, local wet packs, hot foot bath, spinal bath, localized fomentation by steam, etc.
"'...unless or until we can fashion and ship a rudder...'
'If you spend another two minutes up to your neck in water at this temperature, striving to do so, I will not answer for your life,' said Stephen. 'Last time it was nip and tuck, with hot blanket, fomentations, and half a pint of my best brandy.'"
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David Swensen on fund of funds
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Quoted from David Swensen's interview with WJS …
Fund of funds are a cancer on the institutional-investor world. They facilitate the flow of ignorant capital. If an investor can't make an intelligent decision about picking managers, how can he make an intelligent decision about picking a fund-of-funds manager who will be selecting hedge funds? There's also more fees on top of existing fees. And the best managers don't want fund-of-fund money because it is unreliable. You need to be in the top 10% of hedge funds to succeed. In a fund of funds, you will likely be excluded from the best managers. [Mr.] Madoff also relied enormously on these intermediaries. He wouldn't have had nearly as much resources were it not for fund of funds.
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Bloomberg: "Pimco plots asset strategy to mimic Yale without cash strain"
Posted September 3, 2009on:
Here is the second paragraph of the Bloomberg report:
"The richest colleges beat market indexes in the decade through June 2008 by loading up on hard-to-sell assets such as private equity and real estate, while cutting stocks and bonds, a style pioneered by Yale University's David Swensen. Pimco is refining the model to appeal to investors who want more flexibility to sell assets quickly to raise cash."
Students of David Swensen understand that the Master avoids liquid assets because "market players routinely overpay for liquidity." Serious investors benefit by avoiding overpriced liquid securities. Instead, they locate bargains in less liquid markets. This wisdom is borne out by his track record over the last two decades.
"They are the cancer of the institutional investment world." – David Swensen, Yale endowment CIO
Would you consider forming a partnership with someone you don't know, in which you would contribute the money and that someone would conduct a business that you don't understand, and do the accounting as well?
Most business owners would respond with a resounding "No!" The reason is obvious: such an arrangement is the surest way to lose money.
Yet, many of these same business owners would jump at the opportunity when presented with an "exclusive" offer to invest in a hedge fund that promises to make money in good times and bad through a magic "black box" formula.
In a recent interview with Yale Alumni Magazine, David Swenen had this dialog with the reporter.
Yale Magazine: Unconventional Success delivered a scathing critique of the mutual-fund industry. You rightly pointed out that the vast majority of mutual funds charge high fees, trade too frequently, and under-perform the markets. How did the industry react?
Swensen: I've heard stories of people in the fund management business being irate about the book. That's not surprising. The mutual fund industry is not an investment management industry. It's a marketing industry. And if somebody interferes with your marketing, you're not going to like that. So I was pleased to hear that there were senior people in the industry who were very, very unhappy with me and my book.
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Avoid the fee-ing frenzy!
A woman banks at Wachovia. Let's call her Marion. When Marion needs to rollover her 401(k) into an IRA account, she naturally asks a Wachovia financial advisor for help. He helps her open an account and recommends she buy the Evergreen Asset Allocation Fund (EAAFX). Is there anything wrong with this picture? Plenty!
First, the fund has a sales charge (front-end load) of 5.75%. Her 401(k) balance is $100,000. This means, the advisor takes $5,750 just for the act of opening the account for her.
Second, the fund has an expense ratio of 1.27%. This expense ratio includes a 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. This means the advisor will continue to collect about $250 every year for as long as Marion is invested in the fund. The fund manager will collect $1,020- every year!
Third, the fund is actually a fund of funds. Money in the fund is simply divided up and invested in a numbers of other funds, each of which has another layer of managers and fees ranging from 0.39% to 1.02%.
In fact, there are superb funds that don't charge front-end load and have low expense ratios. But financial advisors who work on commission may never tell you about what's a better choice for you. No wonder Jack Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group laments, "Too much salesmanship and too little stewardship."
Ninety percent of financial advisors are 'product pushers' on commission. Conflict of interest runs rampant. How can people like Marion, and people like you, protect themselves against what David Swensen calls a fee-ing frenzy? The answer is, by going with a fee-only advisor.
What is fee-only?
Fee-only means the advisor doesn't take commissions, product incentives, or third-party payments as hidden compensation.
Why fee-only?
Just because someone is a fee-only advisor doesn't make him or her automatically trustworthy. But fee-only advisors are more likely to be trustworthy and transparent in their dealings because they avoid conflict of interest.

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Welcome back! Last week, we looked at the benefits and drawbacks of two different types of Software Defined Storage (SDS) solutions; Software only and Vendor-provided SDS.
Now that you have made a solution decision that makes senses for your environment, we'll review a few more SDS specific considerations.
Now that you have made a solution decision that makes sense for your environment, we'll review a few more SDS specific considerations.
No rip and replace.
A main goal of SDS is to be hardware agnostic. Unless you are due for a refresh, there shouldn't be a reason to remove your existing gear. Look for solutions that enable you to protect your existing investment in servers, storage, networking, management tools and skillset experiences as opposed to requiring a rip and replace. The SDS solution should complement your environment, not compete with it.
Heterogeneous platform.
Before you buy new hardware to expand your environment, confirm that additional hardware purchases easily integrate with your existing cloud or datacenter stack. The question to ask is "How Easy?" (I'd rather install a supported plug-in than to develop custom scripts for integration).
Architecture Matters.
Starting with the fundamental design of the hardware, efficiencies (and deficiencies) can be magnified throughout the solution stack. Pay attention to all storage overhead from compression ratios right down to drive replacements. While in theory SDS software stacks can run on any x86 general purpose server, in reality most SDS offerings have a Most new hardware, whether it's new type of drives, spinning or flash, or newer HBAs, just don't work automatically with the SDS software.
Test your application workloads.
A point often missed in the storage world is that the storage itself exists to facilitate data that is accessed by applications. A common mistake is not to pay enough attention to an application's workload. Testing SDS in your environment with your workloads, network performance, usage spikes for given groups, time of day, etc. is the best way to get an idea as to what to expect from a given solution. A time-honored storage tip needs mentioning here; George Teixeira, CEO and President of DataCore Software, encouraged users to try SDS software candidates within your existing storage before buying it. That's a quick way to find out how hardware independent an SDS candidate really is.
And of course always remember: the storage world is not free from attempts to market fake solutions as the real thing or to try and sell you what's on the truck rather than what's important to your business.


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I love to cook… well most of the time! Someone recently asked me when I find the time between a two year old, working full time, my multitude of hobbies and the daily chaos that comes from raising a small family. It made me think about it because believe me there are days when cooking is the last thing I want to do, but on those days when I have time, when I catch sight of a new recipe that inspires me, on those days the kitchen becomes a haven instead of a prison.
Recently I came across a blog called the Big Red Kitchen and boy does this lady have some fabulous ideas. I tried out her Cream Cheese Sheet Cake for Mother's Day (recipe below) and plan to find a reason to make her cinnamon rolls. I didn't tweak either of the recipes to make them gluten free since I'm still getting my feet wet in that arena but the cake was awesome without any changes needed.
I plan to start posting my favorite recipes and those that I get asked for often under the tag Foodie Fridays, so stick around and see what I cook up! ☺
Big Red Kitchen's Cream Cheese Sheet Cake…mmmmmmm
1 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 1/4 cups sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups cake flour
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter, cheese, and sugar for 3 minutes on high speed. Add vanilla then one egg at a time mixing well after each egg. Add flour and mix well. Pour batter into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan. Bake at 325° for 25 minutes or until cake springs back when touched. Frost immediately with this glaze:
Chocolate Glaze:
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
In a medium sauce pan combine sugar and milk and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 3 minutes. Do not stir! After three minutes add chocolate and butter and stir until blended. Pour and spread over cake. Place in freezer for 45 minutes.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Q is for Quebec
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Canada seems like such a beautiful country from its nice people to the small towns and metropolitan cities.ReplyDelete
I've not been to any parts of Quebec but I've heard stories of how beautiful it is.ReplyDelete
Q. I'm sure there are some places I'd like to visit in southeast asia that start with QReplyDelete
Quebec and Montreal are both places I'd like to visit.ReplyDelete
I'd've picked Quito. :-)ReplyDelete
That top picture belongs in a fairy tale. Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Those photos you posted are beautiful. I've been to Ontario but not Quebec.ReplyDelete
I"m going to pick Qui Nhon, in Vietnam. It appears to be a rather nice city on the coast, with an educated population and a fair amount of culture.ReplyDelete
Interesting exercise. May have to begin my own pass through the alphabet.
I"m going to pick Qui Nhon, in Vietnam. It appears to be a rather nice city on the coast, with an educated population and a fair amount of culture.ReplyDelete
Interesting exercise. May have to begin my own pass through the alphabet.Replies
I agree. I've not been there, but was not far from it taking the train from Saigon to DaNang, but it would have been at night. I did enjoy some of the beaches further north in Vietnam.Delete
You're picking some of the most beautiful spots to visit. I'm taking notes so I don't have to think about planning where to go next! Thanks.ReplyDelete
Quebec City is one of the most lovely places in the world. Good luck with your visit!!!ReplyDelete
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The pictures are beautiful. Would be a nice place to visit.ReplyDelete
I've spent little time in Canada and have never been to Quebec, an oversight I'd like to correct some day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousThursday, April 21, 2016 12:29:00 PM
I wrote about Quebec for my Q post too. If you have the chance, go. It's lovely!ReplyDelete
Yay, Quebec! I'd like to visit the north too. I've never been much further than my friend's house up by Lost River... Somewhere beyond James Bay, there's a HydroQuebec track that goes for another few hundered kilometres into the woods. Halfway along it there's the last available gas station. Beyond that...nothing. You need helicopters and private airplanes, or a boat... I've always wanted to travel as far as that.ReplyDelete


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equiping any tyope of lure breaks double right click casting canceling the lure buff restores the ability to right click cast no errors given
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These creamy little pockets of heaven make leftover turkey my favorite meal ever!
I love the holidays so much that I am one of the many people that tend to go through a little bit of after holiday blues. The decorations, the parties, the fun and festivities? Oh why can't they just go on all year long? But I guess we wouldn't appreciate them as much if they did right? So one of my consolations is that I get to eat leftovers. I don't know if anyone else gets quite as excited as I do about them. I look forward to sandwiches, soups, chowders, and salads. All of it makes my little heart go pity pat.
Some people people may think I am crazy, but I know there are those of you out there that are just like me. Right? All my leftover lovers say haaaaay. I mean I love them so much I make twice as much, ham, turkey, or beef than I really need just so I will have plenty of leftovers after I send the kids home with doggy bags. Speaking of doggy bags, does anyone else out here remember when they actually sent you home from restaurants with "doggy bags"? I can remember brown paper bags that had dogs on the bag. I think one of them said "Doggy Bag" on it, and one said something like "Bones for Bowser". Ha, what a cool little flash down memory lane did I just have? Oops, ADD moment there!
Anywho, where were we? Oh yes, leftover mania. Whether it is leftover ham made over into Jalapeno Ham Salad Sandwiches, , or a nice breakfast of Cheddar Cheese Biscuits with Peppered Ham Gravy, or maybe leftover turkey turned into some Turkey Noodle Soup, Turkey, Bacon, Corn Chowder, or to take a little Mediterranean detour with a Greek Turkey Pasta Salad, leftovers just make me do the happy dance. It is true. If you don't believe me just ask my family! They are used to my crazy food induced behavior. Most of the time they just shake their heads and walk away.
But, my darling foodies, these little beauties have far surpassed any of my previous leftover loves. They have made me toss aside those mile high turkey sandwiches topped with stuffing and cranberries. These are now my new favorite vehicle for leftover turkey nomification!
What about you? Tell me you have a least one leftover dish that you look forward to all year long? Do you turn your leftover side dishes into something tasty too?
1 year ago - Chili con Queso
2 years ago - Chicken Soup with Brown Rice and Spinach
3 years ago - Reuben Mac and Cheese
Leftover Turkey Pockets
Published 12/30/2014
- 2 cups chopped turkey
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning, plus a pinch for the gravy
- Kosher salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) tube crescent rolls
- 1/2 cup Parmesan bread crumbs
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken stock
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a large bowl, combine turkey, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, parsley, poultry seasoning, salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour the bread crumbs into a shallow dish.
- Remove rolls from the can and separating them into triangles.
- Roll a heaping tablespoon of the turkey mixture into an ball with your hands. Place the ball onto the large end of the triangle and carefully roll it up, tucking the sides in as you roll.
- Dredge in bread crumbs, pressing to coat. Place seam-side down onto the prepared baking sheet and bake until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes.
- Meanwhile, to make the gravy, melt butter in a small saucepan over medium high heat. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute. Gradually whisk in chicken stock and cook, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, about 3-4 minutes; season with salt and pepper a pinch of poultry seasoning, to taste.
- Serve crescent rolls immediately with gravy.
Total time: 27 mins.
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Take part in a strong political initiative
With your signature, you make more than a public statement: you commit to contributing to the achievement of the European Union's energy and climate objectives. Via the Covenant of Mayors, you take part in a community that brings together local authorities with the same engagement and ambitions. You can share your experience with other local authorities, at regional, national or international level, and benefit from inspiring examples. This section provides you with information, ideas and practical steps towards our common goal of achieving local climate change mitigation and adaptation.
An ambitious commitment
All Covenant of Mayors signatories make a voluntary commitment to going beyond the EU objectives in terms of reduction of CO2 emissions and to increasing resilience to climate change.
To reach these objectives, local authorities commit to:
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- a Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
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- Reporting progress every second year following the submission of the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan.
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Please have a look at the key principles & steps that all Covenant signatories should keep in mind when elaborating their SECAP. These principles are linked to the commitments taken by signing the Covenant and constitute key success factors.
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19 December 2007
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A Dutch small walnut longcase clock with 'scheepjesmechaniek' (automaton ships)
Johannes Uswald, Amsterdam. Circa 1785
The caddy-topped hood with fretwork panels and surmounted by cast brass Atlas, Mercury and Ceres finials, with ormolu mounts to angled pilasters, fretwork side panels, the trunk door with moulded frame and with cast brass lenticle frame modelled with a flower basket, above bombé plinth and on claw and ball feet, the 36 cm. (14 in.) wide painted brass dial with aperture showing ships rocking against a harbour scene, with penny moon in the sky, silvered and arcaded Roman and Arabic chaper ring above, the matted centre embellished with engraved scrolls, with silvered seconds ring centred by a date aperture and flanked by signature banners for JOH.S USWALD/AMSTELDAM, with fan-shaped day of week indication also engraved with representational figures, ringed winding holes, the blued steel hands centred by an alarm-setting disc, the eight day movement with four pillars, Dutch rack strike and alarm on two bells; pendulum, door key
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Johannes Uswald is mentioned in 1782 and 1795 and was probably working in Amsterdam from circa 1765 to 1795. He had a workshop at Oudezijds Voorburgwal 316. Zeeman shows another small longcase by Uswald. Tardy shows a small longcase clock by Jan Hendrik Spiering of Amsterdam, without automaton ships.
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perfect for a hot summer's day
or a tropical getaway!
Melissah xox
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Beautiful photos!!! Love it! <3
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Monday, 17th | Tuesday, 18th
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The Spirit Of The Web
With the explosion of Web-enabled devices of all shapes and sizes, the practice of Web design and development seems more complex than ever. But if we can learn to see below this overwhelming surface to the underlying Web beneath, we can learn to make sites not for specific devices but for the people using them. This talk will demonstrate how tried and tested principles like progressive enhancement are more important than ever. By embracing the spirit of the Web, you can ensure that your websites are backwards-compatible and future-friendly.
The Future of Content Management
The use of modern markup in HTML5 and modern techniques of Responsive Design bringS new challenges when developing or deploying a content management system. In this session, we will look at what the future of content management might look like, and how we can use our existing systems to create structured content, and support a responsive approach to design today.
Style guides are the new Photoshop
Use of image editors for creating web design mockups has worked until now, but responsive design is forcing us to find alternatives, as we can't simply create more mockups as we design for more screens. Have no fear, there is at least one method of replacing Photoshop for web design. Let's take a look at one of the most important aspects of this method: the creation of clear, semi-automated, self-updating style guides.
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Is Time Standing Still?
Apple's hardware looks like it was designed by Dieter Rams. Microsoft shapes an entire operating system based on the Swiss classic grid design school. Instagram tries hard to make everything look like it happened in the seventies. Nostalgia doesn't just dominate the digital realm, it dominates art and design as a whole. Whether we are looking at literature, music, painting, fashion, movies—in the last twenty years we haven't seen the birth of a truly new "style" in any of those domains. The only tangible progress we have made is that we have become better and better simulating old styles. New is dead. Old is new. Modern is classic. Digital is analogue. What is going on?
OOCSS and Preprocessors in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Many developers believe they need to choose between OOCSS and CSS preprocessors like SASS/Compass and LESS. Nicole believes that the best sites pair the strengths of both approaches, pulling the architecture from OOCSS and the language additions from SASS. She will share with you some of her war stories, including everything she screwed up when switching to using preprocessors and how she finally found a balanced approach to developing large sites using preprocessors.
Better Websites, Happier Clients and Improved Job Satisfaction
As Web designers we love to boast about our user-centric approach to Web design, but what about our clients? Most Web designers resent clients, seeing them as a barrier to producing great websites. However, a website doesn't just need to meet users needs; it also must meet the needs of your clients. Web design is not just about building websites. It's about providing a service to our clients. In this talk, Paul looks at how to establish a collaborative relationship with your clients that produces websites far better than you could build in isolation.
Application Cache: Douchebag
The Application Cache is one of the cool bits of HTML5, allowing sites to work without a network connection brings us much closer to native app-like behaviour. However, from HTML5 roundup articles and talks you may be left with the impression that it's a magic-bullet fix, unfortunately it isn't, the Application Cache is a douchebag.
I don't mean 'incompetent' or simply 'difficult', he's just a 'douchebag'. The Application Cache has skills we need, but if you asked him to paint your bathroom he'd somehow manage to flood your kitchen and break your TV in the process, and he wouldn't care.
We'll look at how to use the features of Application Cache without the horrible side effects, comparing techniques you'd use for a simple clientside app and a large content-driven site. We'll explore the many gotchas left out of most AppCache articles and how you can build your site to survive them.
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Where there's muck, there's brass
When was the last time you looked at a user interface and noticed it? Was it shiny? Beveled edges and drop shadows? Faux leather and grey satin? Or did you skip over all of that and just get on with that you were doing?
The quest for the perfect aesthetic in user interface design is hotting up. New technologies give us faster machines, more crisp display resolutions - all capable of showing every user interface blemish. You see, perfection can be a problem.
This talk will celebrate happy accidents, revel in grime and explore how we can make our user interfaces feel more human: warts and all.
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Have you ever visited a website, spent about 10 minutes on it, and still left wondering what exactly that company does? If yes, you have definitely experienced the confusion of gobbledygook.
Gobbledygook is jargon or technical language that is incomprehensible to a mainstream audience. When companies incorporate it in their language, it sounds a lot like this: "We are the flexible scalable solution for improving business process with cutting-edge technology because we have mission-critical applications." After reading this, you are left thinking, "So what the hell do they do?"
Gobbledygook exists in a lot of marketing materials and, ironically, it's only good at reducing your marketability. "When you are talking to your existing and potential customers your job is to use the language that they use," says David Meerman Scott. "Don't speak using your own egotistical jargon."
Eliminate the Gobbledygook
Gobbledygook doesn't help your potential customers find you. It not only makes you boring and strips you out of a unique identity, but it also turns you into a mirror of your competition. What is more, it can actually start costing you a lot in the context of search marketing. If all companies in your industry are focused on the same keywords, these phrases become more competitive and expensive to rank for. So eliminate the gobbledygook and, as David says, "speak like a real human."
How to Find the Right Words
The best way to find the right language to use across your website and in your marketing materials is by listening to your customers. For example, David pointed out, if you are a marketing manager at a hotel, you can look into the customer reviews you've received. People will use their own words to describe your services and thus guide your marketing language.
Interviewing your customers and finding patterns in their language is another way to shape your marketing lingo. If a message resonates with your audience and is right for them, it's a great opportunity for you. "Then, you are using the actual words and the actual phrases that people are using around your marketplace," says David.
Look for Data to Support Your Choice
Are you using a marketing analytics solution that tells you what words searchers entered to find you? Such intelligence offers valuable information for marketing as it shows you how people talk about your industry. (Although getting to this data might be more difficult with Google's update to organic search results on SSL search).
So go to your website today and eliminate all the gobbledygook.


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My Room: Noah
What a terrific example of incorporating a theme into a room without feeling like it all came out of a box. Vanessa shares details of Noah's 'Space': After just moving into a new house and now that he just turned 5, it was a big rush to get his room up and going to make him feel 'at home'. We're still working on the 'moon' wall and hoping to keep personalizing the space, but so far he's loving it!
Here are some of my resources:
• Antique bed that I bought after college (antique to me too!) from Roundtop, TX (bi-annual acres of antique sale).
• Bedding and posters from Land of Nod.
• Retro tin robots bought online...
• Solar System hanging planets and nightlight moon from Uncle Milton.
• Rocket & stars wall decals from Etsy.
• Lamp & pillow covers from Target.
• Lampshade, curtains, and ties sewn myself.
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San Diego Football Academy is a community-based soccer program committed to providing a family oriented and safe atmosphere for soccer players and their parents. Our goal is to develop soccer players at the recreational and competitive levels by placing an emphasis on technical skills, good sportsmanship, community involvement and excellence both on and off the soccer field.
Under the leadership of our Director of Coaching, Johnson Asiedu, the club has one of the most experienced, brightest and most ambitious coaching staff in the San Diego area. The coaching staff bring extensive international experience and are guided by the SDFA blueprint for training and coaching.
At SDFA, whether you are a so-called "A" team or "B" team, the training and practice methods are almost the same to develop each player to be the best that they can be.
Why Are We An Academy?
At San Diego Football Academy, we believe our soccer (football) program is not just a club but an institution devoted to the development of the "total player." The "total player" refers to players who are technically, academically, tactically, physically and socially trained and developed.
Technical development of our players is a central part of our training at SDFA, as it enables our players to cultivate a love for the game of soccer and enjoy playing it to have the optimum soccer experience. In order to achieve this, we have established the SDFA way of coaching and training.
The SDFA Way Of Player Development
|Goals & Objectives
|5-7 years
|Ball is the target
Learn to control the ball
|Skillful exercises and drills
|7-12 years
|Ball is central to practices
Basic principles of soccer
|Technical development and tactical
awareness of the player
|12-16 years
|Game is central to practices
Game maturity
|Team tasks/roles (positions)
|16-18 years
|Game is target
Competition maturity
|Game coaching, tactical adaptation
in the game, analyzing the game
|18 years
|Competition is target
Optimum maturity
|Specialization or multifunctional
Physical Training
All SDFA teams receive training from our physical training coach who coaches players in plyometrics, coordination, agility and core training.
Academic Support
As part of our commitment to developing the total player, we offer a tutoring club twice a week to assist players in their academic pursuits. Our parent and student (college) volunteers provide tutoring and academic support to players before or after practice sessions.
Social Development
At SDFA we believe our players should be the best off the field as well as on the field; therefore, we communicate with players, parents and others frequently to promote the social awareness and cognition of our players. Players are expected to adhere to the guidelines for conduct and behavior as set forth in the SDFA player handbook both on and off the field.


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Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR) Publications
Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
UMMS Affiliation
Massachusetts Supranational TB Reference Laboratory; Center for Health Policy and Research
Publication Date
Document Type
Adult; Ambulatory Care; Antitubercular Agents; Combined Modality Therapy; *Directly Observed Therapy; Drug Therapy, Combination; Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis; Female; HIV Seronegativity; Humans; Male; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Peru; Retrospective Studies; Social Support; Sputum; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant
Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Public Health
BACKGROUND: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis has been reported in 45 countries, including countries with limited resources and a high burden of tuberculosis. We describe the management of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and treatment outcomes among patients who were referred for individualized outpatient therapy in Peru.
METHODS: A total of 810 patients were referred for free individualized therapy, including drug treatment, resective surgery, adverse-event management, and nutritional and psychosocial support. We tested isolates from 651 patients for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis and developed regimens that included five or more drugs to which the infecting isolate was not resistant.
RESULTS: Of the 651 patients tested, 48 (7.4%) had extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis; the remaining 603 patients had multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis had undergone more treatment than the other patients (mean [+/-SD] number of regimens, 4.2+/-1.9 vs. 3.2+/-1.6; P<0.001) and had isolates that were resistant to more drugs (number of drugs, 8.4+/-1.1 vs. 5.3+/-1.5; P<0.001). None of the patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis were coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis received daily, supervised therapy with an average of 5.3+/-1.3 drugs, including cycloserine, an injectable drug, and a fluoroquinolone. Twenty-nine of these patients (60.4%) completed treatment or were cured, as compared with 400 patients (66.3%) with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (P=0.36).
CONCLUSIONS: Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis can be cured in HIV-negative patients through outpatient treatment, even in those who have received multiple prior courses of therapy for tuberculosis.
DOI of Published Version
N Engl J Med. 2008 Aug 7;359(6):563-74. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
The New England journal of medicine 19051373
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Repository Citation
Mitnick, Carole D.; Shin, Sonya S.; Seung, Kwonjune J.; Rich, Michael L.; Atwood, Sidney S.; Furin, Jennifer J.; Fitzmaurice, Garrett M.; Alcantara Viru, Felix A.; Appleton, Sasha C.; Bayona, Jaime N.; Bonilla, Cesar S.; Chalco, Katiuska; Choi, Sharon; Franke, Molly F.; Fraser, Hamish S.F.; Guerra, Dalia; Hurtado, Rocio M.; Jazayeri, Darius; Joseph, Keith; Llaro, Karim; Mestanza, Lorena; Mukherjee, Joia S.; Munoz, Maribel; Palacios, Eda; Sanchez, Epifanio; Sloutsky, Alexander; and Becerra, Mercedes C., "Comprehensive treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis" (2008). Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR) Publications. 58.


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My mom had a stroke 7 years ago.
We all converged on the hospital around the same time. She looked so old to me. Her hair was whiter than I remembered and she had lost the ability to move the right side of her body. The doctor had warned us that she couldn't speak and may not understand what we said to her.
Often in college she would try to talk to me about current events. I was always much closer to my father and I think she wanted to develop a friendlier relationship. She would comment on this movie or that article, but I rarely had anything to say. She even tried literature, in consideration of my studies, but I was never very interested in Danielle Steele or Stephen King. I doubted if she had read Foucault or Angela Carter (from my Feminist lit days). Sometimes she would say, "You know your father loved this book," or "I read that so and so was a very good writer". That day in the hospital I dreaded every moment of silence that ever passed between us.
Finally she did speak but the words were just a jumble of syllables. Oddly, she spoke the same jumble of syllables over and over in response to every question. "Ayeleepahlo" is what we heard. Increasingly over about a weeks time she gained more control over her lips and tongue and perfected her mantra. Her blue eyes would fill with tears every time she would speak to one of us. My niece trying to decipher her words repeated the syllables as Mom did the same this exercise went on and on until finally we heard "I sleep alone". The doctor theorized that this might be a verbal imprint left in her memory from when she tried to check into the hospital. To me it was an indictment.
Weeks later we moved her in with my sister, so I traveled to Tennessee to pack up her belongings. Her home was always neatly kept. Everything had a place. Tables and shelves had tiny dust outlines of knick-knacks and picture frames. Her bed was still made with the sheets pulled so tight they formed tiny trampolines over the buttons on the mattress.
Now, 7 years later, she still can't speak and gets around my sister's home in a wheelchair. She is a creature of routine: wake up at 5 AM, get insulin shot and eat
breakfast, get shoes put on, watch TV, 10:30 AM nap, eat lunch, watch TV, 4:30 PM get shoes taken off, go to bed. Her shoes have to be tied perfectly, even though she will never walk a step in them. Her bed still has to be made perfectly, with the sheets pulled tight and when in bed her feet have to be covered, even though she can't feel them. She will insist, watching the foot of the bed intently until she sees the two pyramids sticking up in the air. Then she'll sleep arms at her side, without the slightest shift all night.
One night when I was left to care for my mom, my sister and her husband had decided to take a rare vacation, I was watching TV in my sister's living room when I heard a frantic rustling of sheets and creaking bed springs. I followed the sounds into my mom's room and saw her fighting with her bed sheets. Startled I asked her what was wrong and she replied in a ferocious tone…"Ayeleepalo…Aleepalo…!" Obviously I was unable to understand so I became frustrated also. I raised my voice, "Now hold on Mom, what is the problem." She gestured frantically to the foot of the bed and after fiddling with the bed sheets I realized she wanted her feet covered. I had upset her with my impatience, and once I covered her feet she waved me out of the room, her eyes again filled with tears.
My son was born 2 and a half years ago. I watch him develop and am amazed at his ability to learn. He is in perfect health and is generally a pleasant kid.
The other night it was very late and I heard him crying. I walked into his room and saw him fighting with his blanket with his eyes closed. After a closer look I saw that the corner of his blanket had folded under and he couldn't get his feet covered.
He heard me come in and started slamming his arms and legs around violently. I started to scold him but thought better of it as I approached his crib. "You just have to cover your feet buddy," I said smiling down at him. He rolled over on his stomach and giggled in affirmation. He pulled his hands under his chest and closed his eyes as I pulled the folded blanket over his feet. He had a smile on his face, the kind of smile only small children have, because they know they are secure and will never be alone.
As I closed the door it occurred to me that I had to become a parent in order to be a better son. My mom has since passed away and I wish I would have worked harder to understand her. Too often we want our relationships to work like romantic comedies, with poignant one liners to sum up all of our feelings. Too often the reality is that there are significant barriers between us and the ones we love. As I learned with my son, the rewards are great when we show some patience and try to break through the walls that separate us.
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Let me address one aspect of your very complicated questions -- How do you run a successful mystery in a game where the PCs have divination magic?
If you are running an investigative campaign, yes, you have to throw out the spell 'Find Murderer' or any spell/power that allows you to 100% reliably question a witness for guilt or innocence. That spell does not serve the purpose of fun. It makes the game boring. Just as giving the PCs a sword that kills with a single swing takes the challenge out of combat, these spells make investigation a pointless exercise. Establish the rules early and don't waver from them.
If you are running a campaign where investigation is a sideline then you have more flexibility. Disable the PCs divinatory powers for a session and force them to solve a mystery. In the city-state of Tyburn, magic and psionics not cast by official state wizards (i.e. the PCs) are disabled thanks to a powerful ancient artifact the city is built around. Or the law forbids the use of magic and a local sheriff is with you or more less the whole time. Result -- no magic. For this session.
Many systems also make the brainy wizards skill mongers. They are chock full of arcane information. To keep the magic-deprived wizards from being useless, make their skills important for a change. "The Banethistle root soaked in whiskey -- why that forms a potent poison!"
Adding the mystery back to a world with ESP, detect thoughts, and zone of truth can be challenging. But even R.E. Howard in his Conan saga paused the sword and sorcery action for a single story ('The God in the Bowl') to have his steely-eyed Cimmerian solve a murder.


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Ind in BD, 2007
India take command in after toss blunder
Bulletin by Khondaker Mirazur Rahman
India took full advantage of an inexplicable decision by Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar to put them in on a batting paradise, and ended day one on 326 without loss of any wicket in the second and final Test in Dhaka today (Friday).
Indian openers took the gift by Bangladesh captain with both hands and punished the depleted Bangladesh attack under exhausting conditions on a placid surface. After seeing the early hours with caution, Indian openers Wasim Jaffer and Dinesh Karthik dominated the rest part of the day with stroke full innings and shared a record breaking 175 run opening partnership to put India in the driving seat.
India take command after toss blunder ? Cricinfo
Wasim Jaffer, fresh from a Test pair, hammered an elegant 138 off 229 deliveries with 17 boundaries before becoming the second victim of grueling condition. His opening partner Dinesh Karthik was first to go after making 82 off 153 deliveries as hot and humid Mirpur conditions emerged as the most potent opponent to the Indian batsmen.
After the return of the openers to the pavilion, the Indian skipper Rahul Dravid joined the run feast and remained unbeaten on 88 to guide India to a commanding position at stumps.
However, fans' and journalists remained baffled at the end of the day as the mysterious decision of Bangladesh skipper was beyond any cricketing explanations. It is interesting to note that in all previous occasions when Bangladesh won the toss at home, they decided to bat first.
After offering India to use the batting paradise first, Bashar's unimaginative and defensive field setting further dented Bangladesh's hope of remaining alive in the game. The captain positioned himself in the third man and opened the field to let singles flow; Indian batsmen gracefully milked the hapless Bangladeshi bowling taking full toll of the mistakes.
Bangladesh also failed to capitalize on their opportunities, and dropped vital catches in the early on in the Indian innings. Karthik was dropped at 10 by Shakib Al Hasan at second slip when he edged a Syed Rasel delivery, and Mohammad Rafique failed to grab a simple return catch from Wasim Jaffer in his first over after lunch. Umpiring mistakes continued to haunt Bangladesh, and Daryl Harper failed to give Dinesh Karthik out who edged a Mohammad Sharif delivery to wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud.
Earlier, Bangladesh started the game with a depleted bowling attack as lanky paceman Shahadat Hossain missed out due to high fever and Mohammad Sharif, who last played Test in 2002, entered the fray. Bangladesh also picked Syed Rasel in place of Enamul Huq Jr to strengthen the pace bowling attack.
However, neither Sharif nor Rasel managed to pose any threat to Indian line-up with their military medium pace, and the bowling attack remained wicket less after 90 overs of play. Among Bangladeshi bowlers only Mashrafe Mortaza showed some character despite suffering ankle injury in his 10th over, but failed to do any damage to Indian party.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed the first national limits on mercury pollution from power plants, the largest source of the emissions.
The rules meet a court-ordered deadline to curb the release of mercury and other metals.
"This has been a long time coming and I'm sure there has been a lot of concern about the rules," said Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, EPA Region 4 administrator. "But [the limits are ones] that we at EPA have worked very hard on to make sure that it's done in a reasonable fashion that allows for the most health protection and benefit possible with reasonable cost."
EPA projected the proposed rules would stop about 91 percent of mercury emitted by burning coal and oil in power plants. They would impact 10 facilities in Georgia.
Keyes Fleming said the regulations will cut 91 percent of the mercury emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants, 91 percent of acid gases and 55 percent of sulfur dioxide.
She said limiting mercury, arsenic and fine particulates in the air will prevent thousands of heart attacks, asthma attacks, and premature deaths.
Georgia environmental groups applauded the new proposed rules.
"[The rules] will prevent over 12,000 trips to the hospital, save 17,000 lives, so this is a really good day for our health," said Jennette Gayer, policy advocate with Environment Georgia.
She said the new rules are exactly the direction the nation should be going.
A federal study released two years ago showed Georgia fish have some of the nation's highest mercury levels.
Mercury can cause health problems, especially in children.


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To be is to blog. Blogging is CB radio on steroids. It's all the rage. I first addressed the subject several years ago in Jeremiad Jottings: 'These days Hyde Park is only a few HTML tags away. The Web has become the universal soapbox. No voice need be unheard; no whine denied oxygen. It's the fusion of vanity publishing and the bully pulpit. Every idea, no matter how trite or crazy can see the light of digital day.'
However, in my gleeful disparaging of this Web epiphenomenon, I seriously underestimated its significance for investigative journalism. Trent Lott and Dan Rather did as well; and lost their jobs as a result. At least that is what the blogging community would have us believe.
Blogs can keep stories alive, bring them to the surface and propel them into the media mainstream. Take note: a new communicative dynamic is at work in the public sphere. Just ask Arianna Huffington who is about to launch a group celebrity blog.
Some blogs are akin to pamphlets or broadsheets, others more like diaries or journals, while yet others function as a kind a community alerting or information sharing mechanism. Many genres and sub-genres can be identified. Admittedly, some blogs are highly professional, reliable and informative, but most are not.
Lately, I've been wandering around Blogland, and I'm struck by the narcissism and banality of so many personal blogs, of which, if the statistics are to believed, there are millions. Here, private lives tumble into public view, with no respect for seemliness or established social norms. Here, as the philosopher Roger Scruton said of Reality TV, '[a]ll fig leaves, whether of language, thought or behavior, have now been removed.' What desperate craving for attention is indicated by this kind of mundane, online journaling? Surely, one writes a diary for one's personal satisfaction; journaling is, after all, a deeply private act.
One wonders for whom these hapless souls blog. Why do they choose to expose their unremarkable opinions, sententious drivel and unedifying private lives to the potential gaze of total strangers? What prompts this particular kind of digital exhibitionism? The present generation of bloggers seems to imagine that such crassly egotistical behavior is socially acceptable and that time-honored editorial and filtering functions have no place in cyberspace. Undoubtedly, these are the same individuals who believe that the free-for-all, communitarian approach of Wikipedia is the way forward. Librarians, of course, know better.
--SLIS Dean and Rudy Professor of Information Science Blaise Cronin, reprinted from SLIS Network spring 2005.
Posted April 27, 2005
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NEW YORK - A former "Dateline NBC" correspondent claims that in the aftermath of September 11, the network diverted him from reporting on al Qaeda and instead wanted him to ride along with the country's "forgotten heroes," firefighters.
John Hockenberry, who was laid off from "Dateline" in early 2005, wrote in this month's Technology Review that on the Sunday after the September 2001 attacks he was pitching stories on the origins of al Qaeda and Islamic fundamentalism. He claimed that then-NBC programming chief Jeff Zucker, who came into a meeting Hockenberry was having with "Dateline" executive producer David Corvo, said "Dateline" should instead focus on the firefighters and perhaps ride along with them a la "Cops," the Fox reality series.
According to Hockenberry, Zucker said "that he had no time for any subtitled interviews with jihadists raging about Palestine."
NBC News wasn't impressed by this or any of Hockenberry's other claims.
"It's unfortunate that John Hockenberry seems to be so far out of touch with reality," an NBC spokesperson said. "The comments are so utterly absurd, we will have no further comment." Another NBC executive said it didn't sound like Zucker, who was promoted out of the news division and was at one time "Today" executive producer.
Hockenberry is a distinguished fellow at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. But for more than 20 years, he was a broadcast journalist working at National Public Radio, ABC News and from 1996-2005, a correspondent at "Dateline." Hockenberry's blistering article trained much of its fire on the controversial NBC newsmagazine, which has been criticized for its "To Catch a Predator" series -- a "highly rated pile of programming debris," in Hockenberry's words.
Another bombshell is Hockenberry's claims that General Electric, NBC's parent company, discouraged him from talking to the Bin Laden family about their estranged family member. Hockenberry asked GE, which does business with the Bin Laden family company, to help him get in contact with them. Instead, a PR executive called Hockenberry's hotel room in Saudi Arabia and read a statement about how GE didn't see its "valuable business relationship" with the Bin Laden Group as having anything to do with "Dateline."
In another instance, Hockenberry claimed a story he did about a Weather Underground member wouldn't appear on the Sunday edition of "Dateline" unless its lead-out, the 1960s family drama "American Dreams," did a show about "protesters or something." And for another story on the abuse of mentally ill inmates, Hockenberry was told by a producer that video of a fatal attack on a prisoner by guards wasn't enough.
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12 October 2012
Games Design students from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) have teamed up with a local musician to create an innovative games app that teaches children how to play the piano.
Course leader Bev Bush mentored second year student Hannah Spikings and final year student Emma Smith to create the graphics for the frog themed 'Plinky Plonk' app. It has been developed by musician Jane Cull to help children to learn how to play the piano and read music and is now available to download on iTunes.
Bev and the students spent six months working with Jane in addition to their studies to create the graphics for the app and were encouraged to contribute their own ideas to the project.
Hannah commented: "I've really enjoyed working on a live project and have learned a lot over the last six months. Emma and I were always encouraged by Jane to share our ideas and I am really pleased with the final product.
"The project really gave us a taste of what it's like working in the games design industry and knowing our work has gone into a product that is now available to download on iTunes is fantastic."
"The project really gave us a taste of what it's like working in the games design industry and knowing our work has gone into a product that is now available to download on iTunes is fantastic."
Jane, who is a former member of the Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra, was inspired to create the app by her two young children as she believes every child should have equal opportunity to develop musical talent.
She said: "We all worked really well together and valued each other's input. Bev was very helpful for bringing her experience from the games industry and providing some objective input where required. Hannah and Emma were very enthusiastic and motivated which helped keep the momentum going; they provided the majority of artistic and games design expertise and without them the project would not have been possible.
"I am really pleased with the end result and that we have successfully launched it on the app store. It has received some excellent reviews which have included praise specifically around the input UCLan provided. I am hoping to be able to work with UCLan again on future projects."
Other students and graduates have been involved in similar ventures that have also proved to be successful.
UCLan Games Design graduates Oliver Farrell and James Burton have teamed up with NJ Apostel, a Music Practice graduate from the University, UCLan Games Design lecturer Pete Bottomley and Ben Hill from the Manchester School of Media to create 'Ether'. Collectively the group work as the White Paper Games team and will release their game in PC and Mac in 2013.
UCLan Games Design lecturer Aaron Foster has created 'Routine' along with his fellow developers and designers at Lunar Software. The game's trailer has so far had over 100,000 online hits and has been well received by the online gaming community website Steam.


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Monday, February 8, 2016
NEW Cricut Disney Princesses - Believing in Dreams Digital Cartridge!
Cricut has put out a new digital cartridge called Disney Princesses - Believing in Dreams, available now in Design Space by the image or for $29.99.
You can purchase it within Design Space.
It will be released in regular cartridge form later this year.
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Hi Joy. Oh how awesome. My granddaughter is so into these princesses....I just bought it!ReplyDelete
Great pics,of the handbook!! YOU so ROCK!!
I cant figure out how to ourchase the entire cartridge. Same with frozen fever. I only see the option to buy individual images. Thank you for the heads up!!ReplyDelete
I really can't believe they waited this long to release this cartridge. I would have bought it in a heart beat when Tangle came out about 5 years ago! Sad my girls are now older and not into these princesses that much any moreReplyDelete
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Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Jeremy Feist Apr 24, 2013 12:17 PM (in response to Aaron Torberg)
assumingthese are from holewizard holes, the automatic notes are controlled by the calloutformat.txt file - there are several discussion on how to edit it.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Aaron Torberg Apr 24, 2013 12:26 PM (in response to Jeremy Feist)
Thanks Jeremy,
I am aware that a lot of notation is controlled by the calloutformat.txt file. I have modified this file as much as I can to generate the look I desire, however there is no mention of "<NUM_INST>X" in the file, and therefor I cannot edit it this way. Also I am interested in removing the pitch from my thread callouts - can I just use "<hw-threadsize>" in place of "<hw-threaddesc>" to do this?
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Jeremy Feist Apr 24, 2013 3:19 PM (in response to Aaron Torberg)
you will have to wait for someone else to answer - we do not use the holewizard callouts.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Mike Pogue Apr 24, 2013 4:00 PM (in response to Aaron Torberg)
Just for my curiosity, why do you want non-standard hole-callouts? I'm sure you don't want to remove the thread pitch. How would the machinist know whether you want 1/4-20 or 1/4-28? If you want to remove the thread series (UNF, UNC etc) you can use <hw-threaddesc> which contains size and pitch only. However, if you remove thread series, you will have no grounds whatsoever to reject a part so long as it has threads. The thread standards provide the tolerance, without which you are left with "get it on the part" Also, if you put the quantity in parenthesis, you will make it reference, and all holes in the callout other than the one with the leader will be undefined.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Matthew Lorono Apr 29, 2013 11:42 AM (in response to Mike Pogue)
In ISO standard, thread pitch is assumed to be course unless otherwise stated.
There is a list of variables at the bottom of the calloutformat.txt file. I believe there is a variable that just gives you the hole without the pitch. Check it out and let us know.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Aaron Torberg Apr 25, 2013 7:19 AM (in response to Aaron Torberg)
Mike -
Let me start by saying I am relatively new to this company. We are a metric company (everything is metric!), and we are huge on the reuse of design data. Our title block states "unless otherwise specified all threads are metric coarse pitch" so unless noting a fine pitch thread there is no need for a pitch callout. Our parts manufacturers all get a copy of our "terms" and a lot of this data is also conveyed here - including the thread class of the holes so it is also not needed. I realize that the parenthesis makes the quantity refrence however we have decided to adopt this callout to isolate the qty callout from the hole callout making it easier to glance at a print and decipher the qty from the hole dimensions (its basicly an in house machinist thing). Holes and such appear like so;
(4x) Ø2 THRU
Or in the case of a thread;
(6x) M6 - 30 ↓ (that last character is the closest thing I have to a depth symbol)
I can't tell you much more about why they do what they do, they have been doing it for a long time and I am just trying to accomodate. Hope this helps - thanks.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???David Bertrand Apr 29, 2013 11:58 AM (in response to Aaron Torberg)
You can go in and modify the .txt file that drives that. If you go to Options > File Locations > Hole Callout Formate File, it will tell you where your current file is located. save a copy to go back to if you make a mistake. modify all the callouts you need, they are broken down into different types so you will have to read the titles carefully to make sure you are in the right area of the .txt file. after you complete your changes save it and do a test to make sure all call outs are right. if all is good place a copy on your server and have everyone point to that location to have everyone doing the same thing and if changes are needed in the future they will be pushed out to everyone at one time.
Re: Changing the look of "<NUM_INST>X"???Alex Taguchi Sep 9, 2013 7:42 PM (in response to Aaron Torberg)


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The Innovator's Dilemma: Why Lysacek won
I can't believe I'm writing about figure skating again, as this is clearly not one of my preferred sports to watch, but in my last two posts, I already mentioned Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko. He "only" won the silver medal in Vancouver, finishing second behind U.S. American Evan Lysacek. No big sensation so far, as these two were considered the two big favorites, but what happened after the event was quite remarkable:
Plushenko was shocked, did not accept the verdict and claimed in all interviews that he would have earned the gold medal. Why?
Plushenko was clearly the best skater from a technical point of view. He finished off a quadruple jump, something Lysacek did not, and even combined it with another triple jump. From an athletic standpoint, he was without any doubt the best participant. Lysacek on the other hand concentrated on the performance. He delivered emotions, not quadruple jumps, and his show transported a warmth that Plushenko did not produce.
In his 1997 classic book The Innovator's Dilemma – for me one of the best business books of all times – Clayton Christensen describes disruptive technology or innovation as a radical change that occurs when all other market participants continuously come up with incremental improvements to an existing concept, whereas a radical innovator offers a new product with less features that gets closer to the real requirements of the users. The incremental improvers don't take this new entry serious, as its product performance is initially well below that of their products. This allows the new entry to easily grab the "low" parts of the market and grow from there, pushing out the incremental improvers over time.
I believe this process is happening in figure skating right now. Plushenko did not understand how someone who did not perform a quadruple jump could win gold. But are even more complicated jumps really what the audience is looking for?
Plushenko argues that in nearly all other Olympic sports it would be all about going faster, higher, further and asks why not in figure skating. However, the figure skating audience is different from (ice) hockey or downhill skiing. Statistically it is a very female and relatively mature audience. People that often prefer aesthetics over power, that love to see an emotional display. When maybe 80% of the viewers (including myself) can't tell a flip from a toe loop, who do you want to impress with even more complicated jumps? The judges decided according to the taste of their audience.
It seems like the figure skating market has changed. Sometimes it pays not to go for faster, higher, further but for the smarter product instead. Not only in figure skating.
2 Responses to "The Innovator's Dilemma: Why Lysacek won"
Vcarrie Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 01:34
Your comments are half right. Plushenko put out a product that was no appropriate for today. You are incorrect however on why and how Lysacek's "product" was more appropriate. It wasn't artistry. In fact according to the scores the men tied in that area. It was, in fact, athleticism that Evan won with scoring higher on technical merits. . No he didn't perform the single most difficult element, the quad. But he did perform the more difficult program overall. He had more jumps in the second half of the program when they are more difficult to perform and the jumps were clean speaking to a high level of physical conditionon. Where as Plushenko's jumps whose jumps were front loaded in the program and at least two If not more, had shaky executions. Both his axels were badly rotated in he air and the landins suffered. . Evan's program included transition steps between jumps that made each jump more difficult where plushenko glided from jump to jump. Evans spins and footwork, although not as showy as a jump are still technical and require a high level of fitness and atheticism, were better. And last Evan skated almost the entire time where as Plushenko stopped and posed on the ice so he could rest in between more difficult elements. . The now favored " product" doesn't reward artistry over athleticism. It values overall, well rounded, better executed athletic performance over one, showy element combined with shaky overall execution.
Johannes Says:
February 25th, 2010 at 00:05
Thanks for your comment, Vcarrie. A gerat point you add is execution: It is typical for radical innovations that they focus on one factor and execute that factor perfectly instead of just adding more features in a rush and maybe not executed perfectly.
Example: The iPod executed design perfectly, it was not adding any additional features or gimmicks the other media players did not have.