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Monday, July 26, 2010

AAFP National Conference Memories

This week marks a quirky little anniversary for me. It was 10 years ago this week that, in my opinion, my professional life was changed forever. In the great city of Kansas City, the American Academy of Family Physicians will have their annual National Conference of Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students. (Yes, that's a long name for a meeting, huh?)

When I was a medical student, this meeting was a great way to learn about cool medical stuff. But, more importantly, it was a great way to learn more about Family Medicine, to talk with Fam Med residents, and to hang out with my friends. When I was a resident, I started exploring more the advocacy side of the meeting. For example, if Family Docs are not their own advocates in the walls of government, then no one will.

For my last annual meeting as a resident (10 years ago), I decided that I would do something that I have never done before - that is, to run for national office which entails preparing and giving a speech in front of my peers. Let me tell ya, it was terrified at this prospect. You'll see the pictures of me in action in this post.

What was amazing to me was that I actually won that election. And, it was this point which changed my professional life forever. With this risk that I took and with this election won, this event opened so many doors for me and tremendously helped my self confidence. Something that is funny is that the other person in the picture above is the 2010 chair of the AAFP National Conference of Special Constituencies. So, for the students and residents who read this, the leadership positions and friendships that start now - will last for years to come. I will always have fond memories of this annual meeting....

Danny said...

I've got a few memories of you from those meetings too... they don't all involve speeches- well, at least not at podiums... LOL

Good Times!

Michael said...

Good times. And my professional life would have been very different if you had not been so welcoming and encouraging me to run for delegate. Big thanks to you and those who inspired and helped you to run.

But my favorite memory is of the Board members singing along to the A-A-F-P song. That was priceless.

Mike Coffey


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Napoleon Hill, in his classic book, Think and Grow Rich, details the mindset changes that are necessary to achieve success at life, accomplish goals, and live a life of abundance. In a similar way, your ability to obtain quality and refreshing sleep also requires changes in how you think about sleep before you take the necessary physical steps.

Sleep Better, Live Better

Numerous research studies have shown that a good night’s rest is vital when it comes to your ability to focus, concentrate, remember, be creative, and various other mental and cognitive abilities. Your athletic abilities are also enhanced significantly when you sleep well. Needless to say, consistent, high-quality, refreshing, rejuvenating sleep can enhance almost every aspect of your emotional, mental, physical, sexual, and spiritual live. Unfortunately, in our fast-pased, information-driven, stress-filled modern lives, sleep is the first thing that’s sacrificed when we have too much work to do. The common corollary to getting that promotion or making more money is to work harder, and longer, and in the process, forgo even the most basic necessities. Forgoing a balanced meal, and substituting fast food instead, and sleeping less to work more, becomes the habituated norm for the success minded. Nonetheless, how can you enjoy the fruits of your success if you’re so tired and sick all the time?

Reasons For Your Sleep Deficit

Sleep deprivation can be so insidious and cumulative that you may not realize that your depression or anxiety may be from months or years of chronic low-grade levels of poor quality or quantity of sleep. Not only are we not getting enough sleep, our sleep quality has diminished significantly in modern times. In my book, Sleep, Interrupted, I explain how due to major changes in our diets and with the addition of bottle-feeding, our jaws are much more narrow with dental crowding. Smaller jaws leads to smaller breathing passageways, especially when we’re on our backs and in deep sleep (due to muscle relaxation). This leads to various degrees of partial to full obstruction, disrupting deep sleep, and preventing you from getting restorative, refreshing, and rejuvenating sleep.

Sleep Well and Prosper

Here are 5 habit and mindset changes that will help you to begin your journey towards a better nights’ sleep today.

1. Make an appointment with yourself at bedtime. If you had an important job interview or meeting, would you ever come late because you had some work left to do or you wanted to finish watching your TV show? Think of sleep as an appointment that’s just as important as an important meeting. Dr. Mao of recommends setting an alarm to go to sleep, as well as for waking up.

2. Plan your activities well during the day so that you can fall asleep quickly and stay asleep. What you do during the day has significant effects on how well you sleep at night. Exercising in the morning exposed to early morning sunshine can strengthen your internal sleep clock. Eating healthy meals with lots of fiber and multi-colored vegetables will not only keep you regular, it can also affect the the type of foods that you’ll crave, since your appetite, weight and sleep are all inter-related.

3. Set SMART goals. Commit yourself to goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and timely. Rather than just saying, "I want to sleep better," say something like, "I’m going to eat 3 hours before (8PM) going to bed (at 11PM) for the next 7 days," or "I will get up at 6 AM to jog 3 miles on Tuesday and Thursdays for 4 weeks. Yes, getting better sleep is your bigger goal, but it’s easier to succeed if you break it down into small bite-sized chunks that have SMART features.

4. Be mindful of how well you sleep in relation to your diet, activities, and your sleep times. The best way to is document this by writing everything down in a sleep journal. Short of doing this, be more aware of how you feel in the morning or during the day after you went out to have a late dinner, or during the weeks when you exercise. Which foods make you feel better and which make you feel more tired or sluggish? Bare minimum, make a quick mental note of how well you slept when you first wake up and how you felt during the day as you’re about to fall asleep.

5. Unclutter your mind just before you sleep. Turn off all forms of electronic stimulation such as your computer, TV, and radio at least one hour before you go to sleep. Watching the news is the worst thing you can do, since not only is it stimulating, but also disturbing stories and images that you don’t want cluttering up your subconscious during sleep. Read a relaxing book, do some light stretching, breathing or meditation before going to bed.

There are plenty more tips I could list here for you, but all of this is a moot point if you can’t breathe properly at night while you’re sleeping. Any by definition, all modern humans are susceptible to breathing problems while sleeping to various degrees. This is the one major flaw with Western medicine as well as alternative and complementary forms of healing. Everyone naturally assumes that you’re able to breathe properly at night. But this is not true. You can do everything I listed in this article, as well as every sleep hygiene recommendation that’s mentioned in thousands of books, articles, and reports, but if you’re not able to breathe well, you can only get so far. Lack of inspiration can definitely hinder your brain’s ability to think at all, let alone sleep or grow rich. Something to think about.

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3 thoughts on “Sleep And Grow Rich: 5 Steps to More Restful, Rejuvenating, Refreshing Sleep

  1. Do you know you should start sleeping MORE than 8 hours now? We are moving into the darker days of winter and your body heals best this time of year. It also heals best when you sleep as the blood goes deepest into the organs. Dramatically lower the lights by 9pm, play slow gentle music, light candles and enjoy a nice bath or conversation tp ease you into the”rest and digest” state. Sweet dreams!

  2. Dear Dr. Park,
    I wrote to you once before and have appreciated your e-mails and, since receiving your informative book, “SLEEP INTERRUPTED”, ( having been Dx with Sleep Apnea several years ago and for 6 mos. used a C-Pap), I now know where I fit as far as my sleep disorder is concerned and am grateful for your help.

    My self assessment is as follows: ˆ I am 85, (10/16). 5′ 1+, wt. 104 lbs.

    1) I was born tired. My most frequent entry in a teen diary is, I am so tired today”
    2) Cold hands & feet — concluded it was from extended ice skating in cold climate.
    On my honeymoon in June (age 23) my husband said, “Something has to be done” about your cold feet”. I wear socks year round. (Hand & ft. warmers, too)
    3)I have a small mouth, torus palatinus, a deviated septum, hoarseness , stuffy nose (esp. @ bedtime- I previously took benadryl for sleep & didn’t understand why it didn’t affect my stuffy nose).
    4) Snorer– Husband early on said, “I’m surprised you don’t wake yourself up”.
    5) Cough frequently following swallowing
    6) Recently dizziness when getting out of bed & sometimes back into bed.
    7) ADHD
    8) Hypothyroidism since age 23
    9) Osteoporosis Dx at 58.
    10) always been a night person nor retiring 11 P.M. on average. Unless using an alarm clock I tend to be a late riser–9 :30-10 A.M.
    Recent medical problems:

    High blood pressure, A-fib — Cardioversion Jan. 2012 (lasted 4 mos.)
    Rx for above

    I am very active for my age. Regular exercise, volunteering

    Thank you for reading & look forward to your e-mai. Wish I was close to N Y so I could meet you.

    Margaret Dahl (retired R.N.)

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Setting Proper Audio Levels

When you work with audio, you need to make sure you set proper levels at each stage of your production:

Setting Levels for Capture

When you capture digital audio, you usually cannot make level adjustments because an exact copy of the digital information is transferred to your hard disk. However, if you are capturing analog audio using a third-party audio interface, make sure you set each input channel so the meters in the Clip Settings tab of the Log and Capture window match the audio meters on your video or audio device. For more information, see Capturing Audio from Tape.

Detecting Audio Peaks

When you capture audio, clipping occurs if any part of the audio signal goes over 0 dBFS. Because 0 dBFS is the maximum digital level possible, all levels that would have been above 0 dBFS are set (clipped) at 0 dBFS. Because of the nature of digital audio recording, such clipped audio typically results in a crackly, brittle sound. Excessive peaks indicate that your audio was recorded at unsuitable levels.

If your program has peaks in the audio, you can either recapture the audio at a better level or edit the audio appropriately to avoid the peaks. You can use the Mark Audio Peaks command to identify audio peaks in your clips. It’s then up to you to decide whether to not use those sections of audio or rerecord them.

Note: Final Cut Pro considers your clips’ audio levels when analyzing levels. For example, if you set a clip’s audio level to +12 dB, audio peaks may be detected. However, if you reset the audio level to 0 dB, audio peaks may no longer be detected.

To find and mark audio peaks
  1. To detect peaks in a clip, do one of the following:

    • Select one or more clips in the Browser.

    • Open a sequence clip from the Timeline.

  2. Choose Mark > Audio Peaks > Mark.

    A status window appears with a progress bar showing how much of the process is complete. Markers are placed at each peak.

    • If you selected a clip in the Browser: Markers appear for the clip and are labeled “Audio Peak N,” where N starts at 1 and increases, depending on how many audio peaks are detected. These markers also appear in the Viewer when the clip is opened there.
      Figure. Browser window showing audio peak markers for a selected clip.
      • If you selected a clip in the Timeline: Markers appear in both the Timeline and Canvas.
        Figure. Timeline window showing audio peak markers for a sequence clip.

You can clear audio peak markers that were previously added, if you like.

To clear all audio peak markers in a clip
  1. Select one or more clips in the Browser or Timeline.

  2. Choose Mark > Audio Peaks > Clear.

Raising Audio Levels Using Audio Normalization and Gain

When you edit, your audio may come from a variety of sources, and the levels often vary. Final Cut Pro includes a Gain audio filter that allows you to amplify (or attenuate) the level of an audio clip far beyond the +12 dB gain available with audio level keyframes.

To amplify the audio level of clips whose levels are too low, you can manually apply the Gain filter. The only risk with manually applying gain adjustments to a clip is that you may amplify the audio too much, resulting in distorted audio. To guarantee that clips with low audio levels have the optimal gain, you can normalize your audio clips using the Apply Normalization Gain command.

How Normalization Gain Works in Final Cut Pro

Audio normalization works by scanning audio for the peak (loudest) sample level and then applying a Gain filter that brings the peak level to the level you request. By default this value is 0 dBFS, the highest level possible before clipping occurs. The Gain filter raises the overall audio level.

Figure. Diagrams showing an audio waveform with a peak, the same waveform with gain added so that the audio peak is set to 0 dBFS, and the waveform normalized with the peak level set at 0 dBFS.

In most applications, audio normalization is a destructive process because it permanently modifies audio files. Final Cut Pro applies normalization nondestructively by applying a Gain filter to a clip instead of affecting the clip’s audio file. You can disable or remove the Gain filter and hear the original, unmodified audio file.

To apply normalization gain to audio clip items in a sequence
  1. Select one or more audio clip items in a sequence.

  2. Choose Modify > Audio > Apply Normalization Gain.

    The Apply Normalization Gain dialog appears.

  3. In the “Normalize to” field, enter the value you want to raise each audio clip’s peak value to, then click OK.

    The dialog displays a progress bar and Final Cut Pro begins calculating the peak value for each clip. After processing, each selected clip has its own Gain filter applied with a gain adjustment appropriate for that clip’s normalization.

How Linked Mono and Stereo Clips Are Normalized

The Apply Normalization Gain command works differently depending on the type of clip items selected:

  • Single mono clip item or multiple linked mono clip items: A separate Gain filter is applied to each clip item, and peaks for each clip item are calculated independently.
  • Stereo clip items: A stereo Gain filter is applied to the stereo clip items, and the Gain setting is based on the peak value across both channels.

Reapplying Normalization Gain

Final Cut Pro searches for peak audio only between a clip’s In and Out points, not for the entire duration of the clip’s media file. If you trim a clip’s In or Out point, new peaks may be introduced and the Gain adjustment may no longer be appropriate. In this case, you can easily reapply normalization gain to set an appropriate level.

Reapplying normalization gain is no different from applying normalization gain for the first time. The only difference is that no new Gain filters are added to clips that already have them. Instead, the values of the existing Gain filters are adjusted based on the current audio peaks of the clips.

Choosing Normalization Gain Versus Audio Level Keyframing

The Gain filter and the Apply Normalization Gain command are best used for broad audio level adjustments, such as when you have clips with fairly low audio levels. For subtle level adjustments and more complex mixing, you should use audio level keyframes in the Viewer or Timeline.

Troubleshooting Audio Normalization

There are a few issues to be aware of when you use the Gain filter and the Apply Normalization Gain command:

  • Applying gain raises the level of an audio signal, including the noise. Very quiet audio, when normalized, may be very noisy. When possible, the best solution is to rerecord the audio. If this is not possible, you may be able to minimize the noise using Soundtrack Pro.

  • Loud peaks in audio clips that otherwise contain low audio levels make audio normalization more difficult to use. For example, suppose you have a clip containing dialogue that was recorded too quietly. At the beginning of this clip, there is a brief peak when the slate was clapped together. When you attempt to normalize the audio of this clip, the sound of the slate is so loud that very little gain is applied. To apply more gain, simply trim the clip until the audio peak from the slate is gone, then use the Apply Normalization Gain command again.

What Reference Level Should You Use for Mixing and Output?

The dynamic range of your mix is dependent on the final viewing environment. For example, movie theaters have large, relatively expensive sound systems that can reproduce a large dynamic range. Television speakers are much smaller, and often the listening environment has more ambient noise, so very quiet sounds may not even be noticeable unless the overall signal is compressed and the level increased, reducing the dynamic range.

For example, television stations normally accommodate only 6 dB between the average loudness and the peaks. Dolby Digital feature film soundtracks, on the other hand, can accommodate up to 20 dB between average and peak levels. This is why loud sounds in a movie theater sound so loud: they are much louder than the average level.

Acceptable amount of dynamic range
Theatrical Dolby Digital
20 dB
Average videotape
12 dB
Television broadcast
6 dB

When you mix your final audio, you choose a consistent reference for the average level. When you choose the average reference level, you are actually choosing how much additional headroom you have before your signal distorts. The higher you set the average level, the less safety margin you have for peaks in the signal. This means that the loudest sounds in your mix cannot be much louder than the average levels, so the mix is less dynamic.

If you set the reference level of the Final Cut Pro floating audio meters to -20 dBFS, you have nearly 20 dB of headroom because 0 dBFS is the digital limit for the loudest sound. If you set the reference level in your sequence to -12 dBFS instead, you have less headroom. Even though the average level of your audio is higher, there won’t be as much dynamic range.

Figure. Diagram of audio meters showing the available headroom when the reference level is set to -12 dBFS.

How much dynamic range you allow in your audio mix depends on its ultimate destination. If you’re editing a program for TV broadcast, a reference level of -12 dBFS is fine, because you are only allowed 6 dB of dynamic range anyway. But if you’re working on a production to be shown in movie theaters, consider using a reference level closer to -18 or even -20 dBFS (both of these are frequently used standards).

Remember that the ultimate goal is to ensure that audio doesn’t peak over 0 dBFS in your mix (as displayed in the Final Cut Pro audio meters) and won’t peak over +3 dB or so on an analog meter.

Outputting Bars and Tone at the Head of Your Tape

When you output your program to a tape for duplication or delivery to a broadcast facility, you’ll typically include a 1 kHz reference tone at the beginning of the tape. The level of this tone is supposed to indicate what the average level of your audio mix is. For this tone to be meaningful, you must mix your audio so that the average level of your mix matches the level of the tone. Here’s why:

  • If you are duplicating the tape: Most tape duplication facilities use the reference tone at the beginning of the tape to set the audio recording levels when copying your master tape. If your average mix levels are too quiet or too loud relative to this tone, the audio on the copies will be either too low or distorted, respectively.
  • If you’re delivering your program for broadcast: Most broadcast facilities have very stringent requirements about what they’ll air. If your program’s audio levels are too hot (loud) or too soft, you might run into trouble with the broadcast engineer. In the worst cases, they’ll return your tape to you as unsuitable for broadcast and require you to send them a new one with proper levels.

Labeling Your Tapes

If you’re outputting to a digital format, make sure you note what level your 1 kHz tone is set to on the label of your tape. If you’re outputting to an analog format, like Betacam SP, you’ll always set your 1 kHz tone to 0 dB.


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Squeeze Page Magic: Guest David Merrill

I’ve worked with many people seeking to be successful online.

My first question to them is always, what do you need to accomplish to be successful?

Often, the answers are vague, like having a popular blog, or a lot of Facebook friends. But further prodding usually reveals that the real reason for being online is to make money. So, really, whether or not you have a great blog or a lot of friends is only a side issue. It becomes prominent only when you believe that it will lead to profits.

In truth, blogging and social media are great ways to make money online as long as they are seen as steps along the way, and not an end in and of themselves.

So how do you go from being active, knowlegable and popular online, to the point that you are also profitable?

Here are some ways to converting followers into customers:

Offer them great products that they need (auto-responders, clickbank offerings, tutorials)

Create and sell your own products online (ebooks, video courses, memberships)

Get them to join your business opportunity

Create mini-sites that promote single products or groups of closely related products

Drive your email subscribers to webinars that you or an associate offer, or a entry level one that your business opportunity provides.

One of the main reasons that people fail to jump the gap from providing valuable information to others to converting them into paying customers is that they don’t know how to initiate the mechanics of moving people from their blogs, articles, social media and videos, into their email subscriber list.

The technolgy required to bridge that gap is the creation of highly targeted squeeze pages. Once you know how to create your own squeeze pages, and connect them artfully to all the content you are creating online, you will have the “missing link” to joining the inner circle of online earners.

If you’d like to learn more about how to do this, grab your own copy of my free video series called “Squeeze Page Magic”. It walks you through the step by step process of creating squeeze pages, and turning them into a profitable online business.

Donna Merrill
Donna is a well known blogger and creator of "Blogging Magic" - an intensive guide to blogging. "Blogging Magic" is for beginners who are trying to figure out how to bring their blogs to life with tons of visits, comments and social media interaction. It's even for advanced bloggers looking to reach new levels of authority and engagement with their audience.

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27 Responses to Squeeze Page Magic: Guest David Merrill

  1. marquita herald
    November 2, 2011 at 3:17 am #

    Great information and offer Donna. You’re so right about the value of creating the most effective sales and marketing funnel. People are so darn busy these days they may not realize just how much they want your product unless you help them along a bit to get the full picture. Thanks for the tips and inspiration!
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  2. clare November 2, 2011 at 1:07 am #

    Squeeze pages are a great way to handle a campaign with a specific message. I think many of us in the online world fail to take our online activity to the next stage. We have social media presence, blogs that are building traffic but what next? Squeeze pages offer a great way to run a specific campaign to generate real sales.

    Thanks for sharing!

    • Donna Merrill
      November 3, 2011 at 5:55 pm #

      Glad you understand it all Clare! I usually write about the self-help field, but felt that most of my followers are on line with their businesses and haven’t reached the point of kicking out their business. This Squeeze page is so important for generating traffic.
      Thanks for visiting, Donna
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  3. Darryl Burgess November 3, 2011 at 7:14 pm #

    Thank You Donna, I appreciate the insight that was shed on your squeeze page. The video of you really makes it personal and brings that true real person into the equation. I look forward reading more from you.
    I wish you all the Success possible. Darryl
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  4. Julieanne van Zyl November 5, 2011 at 3:27 am #

    Hi David and Donna, I waiting on the video to actually see David:-) Never mind, I’ve seen him on his own blog, but I did miss seeing him on here!

    Your Squeeze Page Magic video series sounds great, it’s something all new marketers need to know, especially the part about turning the pages into a profitable online business. This is what ALL successful internet marketers do!

    Thanks for your post Donna and David, and have a fantastic weekend!

    Regards from Julieanne
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    • Donna Merrill
      November 5, 2011 at 3:59 am #

      Hi Julienne, Good to see you here again. David is the mastermind behind all the technical work I do. I’m more of the social media type while he sits behind his computer all day doing things I could never be interested in. So as a team, Life is good!
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  5. patricia November 7, 2011 at 8:07 pm #

    Hi Donna,
    This is so useful to me , the timing is magical too as your squeeze page offer. I’m about to create one as my most imortnat goal now is to grow my list with potential clients.
    I have to admit I’m overhwlemed with all that is offered on internet and I think this is what I need now, a super attractive squeeze page.
    Thanks for this I’m going to look for more info in your site.

    • Donna Merrill
      November 8, 2011 at 11:33 pm #

      Hi Patrica, Thank you for visiting my blog. I know how difficult and overwhelming tasks can be. We can have a product all ready to launch, but there is so many aspects to it. I would say take one task at a time and don’t rush it!
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  6. Andrei kroff November 8, 2011 at 2:54 am #

    This is definitely one of more unique pieces of info out there. Most people will recycle what everyone knows and put it on a website for the sake of content. Thank you Donna for thought-out content,

    Donna, if your at all interested in some more, in depth information, as far as
    why marketing works, and the psychological foundation of why we want things.

  7. Dave and Dawn Cook November 8, 2011 at 7:47 pm #

    Hi Donna & David,

    Great guest post, David! (Thanks, Donna for bringing David in as your guest.) You have a good list of ways to monetize from your online presence and yes, a squeeze page, like you said, can be the missing link that is required.

    Well-written squeeze pages are not easy to produce so providing your knowledge on how best to create and make money from them is very valuable. Thanks for offering that value here on Donna’s blog!

    To your continued success as a husband/wife team!

    (Dave) and Dawn

    • Donna Merrill
      November 8, 2011 at 11:39 pm #

      Thanks Dave & Dawn,
      Absolutely, squeeze pages take a lot of time to produce, the accurate words, the answer to the question and so on. David can handle that part, but I’m more of the socialite. Together, it all works.
      Thanks for visiting,
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  8. Paul Reimers November 9, 2011 at 3:36 am #

    Squeeze pages are a great way to build a list, which is at the core of Internet Marketing. I have seen a number of people who put out great content but don’t really have an opt in offer to act as a lead magnet.

    For anyone who loves what they offer and intend to make money at it, they owe it to themselves to have a great offer in place and a good squeeze page to present that offer is important.
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  9. Anna November 9, 2011 at 9:07 pm #

    Again you are providing us with useful and clever advices about sales and marketing! But I also agree that being a “real and truthful person” is what must be appreciated!
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  10. Joyce Edwards November 9, 2011 at 6:19 pm #

    Thanks for the great info. I always wondered what else I was missing on my blog. Understanding the path to go to be profitable is a great time saver.

  11. Cherrie Bautista November 14, 2011 at 3:37 pm #

    Great post, Donna! I have tried doing some of those on your list to make money online. I have created my own e-book, and have been doing affiliate marketing. I haven’t done squeeze pages yet, it’s one thing that I’ve been meaning to look into but never really gotten that far yet. I tried watching your video but it’s only 1 minute and 6 seconds long, and only up to the point where you were introducing Dave. Am I missing something?
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  12. Dr. Erica Goodstone
    November 15, 2011 at 5:05 am #

    The Squeeze Page is essential but there has to be a system in place. Once someone comes to the Squeeze Page, where do they go. Even if they opt in to your list, what do they get from there? Each autoresponder message and each subsequent email or video need to entice the person into signing up for your membership site, buying your product, enrolling in your coaching program, etc.

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      Hi Joyce. I think we are both neck and neck when it comes to our products and other things we are working on. David is the go-to guy when it comes to all the marketing stuff I do. I wanted to introduce the squeeze page to people because many are on line, producing products, giving great information, but don’t have a list. That’s only one part of it. There are so many other aspects to developing a list for your sales funnel.
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Feb 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Looks like ZipIt doesn't add empty directories in version 1.9.

I run ZipIt 1.7 and it does.

I run Zipit 1.8 and 1.9 and it doesn't.

I'm curious if that was intentional or if I am misunderstanding a command line parameter.

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Feb 11, 2010 at 8:41 PM

I didn't understood if the PKZIP specification allowed explicit delaration of directories. I will now wait to know.

Feb 11, 2010 at 11:15 PM

Mark - between 1.7 and 1.8, There was a change in behavior regarding directories that was an unintentional but expected side-effect of rationalizing the way directories were added and stored.  On the other hand, even with this change, it seems correct that empty directories should actually be stored in the zip.   I just tried this with v1.9 and found what you reported: an empty directory that was present in the filesystem was not stored in the zip.   I think this is broken.

Gilles - in response to your side question, the PKZIP spec allows entries in the ZIP file that are directories.  But, the directory entry is not a container object.  There is no relationship in the zip data format between a directory entry named "Foo/" and a file entry named "Foo/File1.txt".    It is possible to have a file entry by that name, whether or not the corresponding directory entry is included in the zip.

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Suppose the current directory contains a directory hierarchy that looks like this:

And suppose within the current directory, I run this command :

  zipit.exe M.zip -r+  markus

Using DotNetZip v1.9, The tool interprets the name "markus" to be a directory name, because a directory by that name exists in the current directory. The tool then expands that into a file selector criterion, formally "name = .\markus\*" . Translated, this means "select any filesystem object with a name that begins with .\markus and ends with anything."

The current behavior is that the created zip contains 2 entries only - one for each of the text files. In other words, the tool interprets "filesystem object" to be "file".

As for the expected behavior:...I think the created zip should contain entries for the 2 directories. In other words, "filesystem object" should mean "file or directory."

Mark, do you agree? Does that make sense for you?   I think you will agree; I don't think this is too controversial.

A more interesting question comes up when the file selection criteria is more complicated than a simple directory name. The rest of this post supposes that you're familiar with the selection criteria used by zipit (and by the DotNetZip library in general).

Suppose the criterion is, "size > 100kb". This will be true for some files, but will never be true for directories. Likewise for file attributes (hidden, system, readonly, archve). Would that behavior make sense?   Using the behavior I am proposing here, with the criteria string of "size > 100kb", the created zip file would have entries in the zip for files above 100k in size, but would have no entries for any directories at all, even if those directories in the filesystem contained files that were above 100k in size.  The files themselves would be included, but the created zip would contain no entries for their parent directories.  Would that behavior make sense to you?

An interesting twist occurs for the timestamp criteria (ctime, atime, mtime).  An example might be "mtime < 2010-01-20", meaning, select any filesystem object with a modified time before midnight on 20 January 2010.   Directories have all these timestamps, as do files.  Should inclusion of files be done independently of inclusion of directories?  In other words, a directory might have a last modified time (mtime) of 22 January 2010, and would therefore fall outside the criterion.  but a file contained within the directory might have a mtime of 17 January 2010, clearly within the criterion.  The logical behavior would be that the file is selected, but the parent directory is not.   Now, if both the directory and the file fall within the criterion, both would be included in the zip file.  (for example if the criterion was "mtime < 2010-01-24").   The weird part is that extracting the zip created from either of these situations would produce the same result in the filesystem.

Thinking about it further, it would make sense to add a way to explicitly select files or directories.  The current set of types of criteria includes: filename, size, ctime/atime/mtime, attributes.  For the file attributes, the possible properties are:  hidden, readonly, system, archive, and indexed (indexed for search).  It would make sense to add "directory" and "file" as additional values for the attributes.  So if I wanted to explicitly select only files, I could use "attr = F" while if I wanted to explicitly select only directories, "attr = D".  Following my proposal here, using a criterion string of "attr = D", you'd get a zip that contained only a directory hierarchy, and no files at all.

Before I implement all these changes, I'd like some feedback on this!

Feb 12, 2010 at 8:22 PM

An interesting concept to hash out.

If you want to match PKZip 2.04g or WinZip functionality then you would include the directories.  If you want to end up with the smallest .zip file then you would want to skip the directories.  If you want to preserve and restore a folder structure (empty folders and all) then you would want to include the directories.  I would think the default action would be to include the directories (as you suggested).

Would you default selection criteria to "attr = F" if no "attr" is given?  I would assume so.

I like the "attr = F" and "attr = D" idea.

What would a directory "size" mean?  The total size of files in the directory including sub directories?  If you wanted to eliminate empty directories then you would say "(attr = D) and (size > 0)"?

Feb 12, 2010 at 11:15 PM

Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, I propose to include the directories, which would be a change from the current behavior.

I looked into the "attrs = F"  and "attrs = D" and decided that it's the wrong "noun".  The attributes are a concrete bit of metadata on each filesystem file, and there are well-defined bits for things like hidden (H), system (S), readonly (R), and so on.  There are no bits in that structure for object type (File or Directory).  So I think extending the meaning of the attributes "noun", which already is supported in the selection criteria string, is potentially confusing.  I think something similar can be done with a new "noun", such as "type".  So instead of "attrs = F"  it would be "type = F".    The default for the "type" criteria would be "any".  In other words, if you don't specify "type = F" or "type = D" then any filesystem object would be selected - all files and directories.   If you don't want to include directories in the selection, then you'd specify "type = F".

Regarding size, I propose to define the size for directories zero.  In other words, you wouldn't be able to select a directory based on the aggregate size of all of its files.  So if you were to provide a criteria string of "size > 100k and type = D" you would get NO matches, always. This is my proposal.  I could be convinced that it would be useful to do as you suggest.  Right now I'm not seeing a ton of utility in that.


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With Operation Steel Curtain underway, terrorist insurgents trapped by the operation are turning to desperate measures to avoid capture or death. Like dressing up as female and hiding among women and children.

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Iraqi Army Soldiers shot and killed three terrorists dressed in women’s clothing near the entrance to the safety zone established for displaced persons. The trio brandished weapons as they neared the checkpoint the Iraqi Soldiers were manning, but were unable to use them before being killed by the Soldiers. Iraqi Soldiers identified the terrorists as foreign fighters. The three terrorists were trying to hide among the women and children and gain access to the area for residents temporarily displaced.

Armed terrorists used a similar tactic at a police checkpoint Nov. 5 in the town of Buhriz, 35 miles north of Baghdad. While the terrorists posed as women, they killed six police officers and wounded many civilians.
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Cheesecakes: Light & Asian-Inspired Workshop

Pardon for the absence once again, have been busy with many things, among which was following the Singapore General Election 2011, that just concluded early this morning. Made a short trip to Tokyo early this month too, to attend a Shinto Wedding. Shall update on that, and my other trips as soon as I can. Great, I seriously need to get my act together to blog more often huh?

Okay, enough of the ramblings. Attended a Cheesecakes: Light & Asian-Inspired Workshop by Chef Valerie Kong at Shernay's Cooking School last Friday. Chef Valerie is new to Shermay's Cooking School, and will have several workshops upcoming as well (have signed up for another one this coming Friday :p).

3 recipes were demo-ed during the 3hr workshop.
1) Japanese Cheesecake - soft, airy and moist, tangy tasting cheesecake.
2) Strawberry Hearts - buttery biscuit crust base, smooth cheese centre topped with a heart-shaped strawberry and red jelly.
3) Tofu Cheesecake  - made with cheese and real tofu, smooth and delicate cheesecake with crunchy biscuit base.

I guess many of the attendees signed up for the class because of the Strawberry Hearts, yours truly included :) Well, there are some recipes available on the internet, but I just wanted to have a foolproof recipe. And seeing the whole process would also make things easier right? Okay, I admit I was plain lazy.

Anyways, Chef Valerie was very friendly and clear in her instructions and gave many useful tips throughout the class. And like many female chefs, meticulous too (from the way she cut and arranged the strawberries and making sure each one looked perfect).

We tasted a slice of the Strawberry Hearts in class. It was pretty to look at and absolutely yummy. Crunchy base, smooth and creamy cheese centre, sweet and bouncy jelly topping with slightly tangy strawberry. I think this dessert would definitely be a party pleaser.
Just look at the strawberry hearts, weren't they pretty? Each piece looked almost the same. Well, lots of effort went into choosing and cutting of the berries.
3 layers of the strawberry hearts. The recipe is actually pretty simple but lots of labour of love required. Nevertheless, this is definitely on my top baking list (it doesn't even need to be baked :P).

The Japanese cheesecake was fairly easy as well. Egg whites beatened separately before mixing together with the batter to make the texture airier. The cake was light and moist but I felt that the lemon taste was a tad too strong.

Chef Valerie actually invented this recipe after tasting the one sold at Sun with Moon Restaurant. That was also where I had my first tasting of tofu cheesecake.

The tofu cheesecake was rich and creamy, and I absolutely loved the base which had crunchy caramel bits! A secret ingredient was added besides digestive cookies (psst... it was Werther's Originals caramel candies). She is a genius!

So far, I had tried 2 other recipes of tofu cheesecakes, one from Chef Keiko and the other from a blog. I must say, Chef Valerie's version is my favourite :)

Each participant also brought home a goodie pack of 2 pcs of tofu cheesecakes and strawberry hearts respectively, as well as a slice of the Japanese Light Cheesecake. I let dear son try all 3. He disliked the Jap cheesecake, I guess coz of the strong lemony taste. His favourite was the strawberry hearts, kept asking for more :) Well, I know which one to bake for him in future.

Bagi's Mummy said...

is it possible to share the receipe on the strawberry hearts?

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Sorry that I can't post the recipe here coz it's under copyright by Shermay's Cooking School and chef. But you could refer to the following blog for a very similar recipe.

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Hi, is it worth attending ? It really kinda expensive without hands in... Need ur advice whether if i should sign up

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Hi, for me, I like foolproof recipes and I do get lots of useful tips (not found in the recipe) from the chef when she was doing demo. There are recipes available on the internet, you can try them out first and if the results are to your satisfaction, then consider signing up.

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Schouten, Michael and Siems, Mathias (2010) 'The evolution of ownership disclosure rules across countries.', Journal of corporate law studies., 10 (2). pp. 451-483.

In recent years, a number of regulators have launched proposals to expand the obligation to disclose major share ownership in listed companies. This article shows that these are not stand-alone developments. Using a unique dataset comprising data from 25 countries over 11 years (1995-2005), collected by the Centre for Business Research at the University of Cambridge, we empirically study the evolution of ownership disclosure rules across countries. The analysis demonstrates that these rules have become more stringent over time, in the sense that disclosure thresholds have been lowered, and that there has been convergence. A breakdown of the results suggests that the degree of countries' economic development is a relevant factor in explaining the differences between countries. The analysis also suggests a positive correlation between ownership disclosure and other variables that protect minority shareholders, as well as a positive correlation between the stringency of countries' ownership disclosure rules and the degree of dispersed ownership. In the article, we offer various possible explanations for these results. Looking to the future, while it appears unlikely that disclosure thresholds will be lowered much further, ownership disclosure rules can be expected to continue to evolve in other dimensions. Regulators are likely to broaden the definition of the stake that triggers disclosure, so as to ensure that the ultimate owner is reached. In addition, regulators may require more information be disclosed when the notification is made, so as to enable other investors and issuers to adequately assess the implications of major share ownership.

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Authors: Lopez-Camacho, Eunice
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Citation: Lopez-Camacho E, Terashima-Marin H, Ross P & Ochoa G (2014) A unified hyper-heuristic framework for solving bin packing problems, Expert Systems with Applications, 41 (15), pp. 6876-6889.
Abstract: One- and two-dimensional packing and cutting problems occur in many commercial contexts, and it is often important to be able to get good-quality solutions quickly. Fairly simple deterministic heuristics are often used for this purpose, but such heuristics typically find excellent solutions for some problems and only mediocre ones for others. Trying several different heuristics on a problem adds to the cost. This paper describes a hyper-heuristic methodology that can generate a fast, deterministic algorithm capable of producing results comparable to that of using the best problem-specific heuristic, and sometimes even better, but without the cost of trying all the heuristics. The generated algorithm handles both one- and two-dimensional problems, including two-dimensional problems that involve irregular concave polygons. The approach is validated using a large set of 1417 such problems, including a new benchmark set of 480 problems that include concave polygons.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

"The Beatles: Rare and Unseen"

If a product breathlessly hyping itself makes you wary, be prepared. You'll hear that a lot throughout "The Beatles: Rare and Unseen."

The single disc DVD starts out with promoting its exclusive unseen footage through "rare and previously unseen home movies, personal photographs, recently discovered film and true stories told first hand by the people who were really there." And on that score, it lives up to the hype.

Well, sort of.

The rare footage includes the earliest known footage of the Beatles onstage in Liverpool in 1962, a rare film of the Caird Hall, Dundee, Scotland show in October, 1964, footage taking during the making of "Help!," home movie footage from the 1964 Paris Olympia show and a rarely seen French TV interview with John Lennon.

And it's all there -- if you don't mind the fact that the interviewees are superimposed over the rare footage more often than not. Sadly, none of the rare film is seen unedited. What is there, though, is tantalizing, like dangling a carrot in front of a horse. It sure makes you wish for more of it without the unnecessary obstructions.

Some of the interviews, on the other hand, are quite good. The best are Abbey Road recording engineer Norman "Hurricane" Smith, Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers and former Beatles press officer Tony Barrow. Others offering comments include Ken Dodd, Sylvie Vartan, Sam Leach, Quarrymen member Colin Hanton, Phil Collins and Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel. But even the interviews have a few snags. In near succession, different interviewees recall "the original Beatles" as having different lineups. An eight-page booklet features text by Barrow and more rare photos.

Even more frustrating is the fact that the disc's special features are extended interviews with everyone on the disc -- but not the raw unedited rare footage.

Still, just seeing this stuff is great. And at least some of the interviews aren't the deadweight talking head interviews usually found on many of the endless line of DVDs that tell the Beatles story.

If only, though, someone had figured out that the rare footage would have been better appreciated if left the producers had left it the hell alone.


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Utilities are third party applications useful for Dwarf Fortress players and modders, and this page serves as a list of them. Dwarf Fortress is a difficult game to play, and any help that can be had in the task is welcome help. This page lists utilities useful for modders and player alike. If you would like to add an article on a specific game utility to the wiki, please do so under the Utility namespace. Not included on this page: tileset repositories and graphics set repositories have been given their own, separate page. Mods have also been listed under their own Modification namespace. To avoid namespace clutter websites are considered utilities, though they really aren't, and have been included.

A subsection of the Bay12 forums is devoted to such third party programs, and contains development threads for most of them.

The Lazy Newb Pack is an effort to make Dwarf Fortress more accessible for new players by bundling and configuring utilities, graphics and tilesets, and extras such as reference material or more intuitive controls.

[edit] Lazy Newb Pack

A commonly-used software bundle with a nice launcher. Allows to start playing DF really quickly on a new machine - no need to download and integrate tilesets and tools like Dwarf Therapist, SoundSense, etc. - or even know what you need to get. The newer packs also include many third-party fixes for common bugs, which work automatically, and a large number of significant user interface improvements. The launcher makes changing settings or graphics options much easier (press button, instead of editing files) and can even remember to launch selected utilities whenever you open a game of Dwarf Fortress. See the Lazy Newb Pack page for more information, or the forum thread for your platform.

[edit] 3D Visualizers

[edit] Stonesense

Stonesense is a third party visualizer, implemented as a DFHack plugin, that lets you view your fortress in a classic isometric perspective. It runs alongside Dwarf Fortress, and can follow the main game's view, updating in real time. It is included in DFHack, and can be opened by typing stonesense or ssense into the console window.

[edit] Fortress Overseer

Fortress Overseer is the only 3D visualizer supporting v0.31. It has been completely rewritten and is currently updated to support v0.34.11 and v0.31.25). Overseer works indirectly, by using DFHack's mapexport to export a file which can then be rendered in 3D. DirectX 9 must be installed, though this requirement is not documented.

[edit] Isoworld

Isoworld is an isometric world map viewer, which can display each of the detailed maps exported from Legends Mode. It also has a pictographic view which makes finding waterfalls easy.

Isoworld can link with DFHack to display a game view at full spatial resolution in wider context, including tracking the game view. This is particularly useful for adventure mode.

[edit] Music and Sounds

[edit] SoundSense

SoundSense is a tool that parses game logs and reacts to game events with sound effects, incidental music and dwarfy comments. You can look it up on the forum thread, or directly download it at the SoundSense homepage.

[edit] Game manipulation tools

[edit] DFHack

DFHack is an advanced Dwarf Fortress memory access library and a set of tools and scripts using this library, providing direct object-oriented access to Dwarf Fortress's internals as if it were compiled into the game itself. Releases support versions up through 0.34.11 (as of June 22nd, 2012). Runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X.

DFHack has an official forum thread. Code and binary releases are available from the Github site.

As of June 2014, the current version is r5; however there still may exist some compatiblity issues with plugins and scripts who have not been yet updated to r5 (because of development that has been halted for instance).

Falconne's UI plugins work through DFHack, as do automation tools such as Autolabor, Workflow, Autobutcher, and many others.

[edit] DFHack User Interface Plugins

[edit] Falconne's Plugins

A collection of DFHack plugins that improve the in-game interface with features such as:

  • Search function in screens with big lists.
  • Ability to place furniture before it's built and have it automatically allocated when available.
  • Ability to place constructions with box select (like laying designations), including easier material selection and open space placement (without having to wait till adjacent constructions are built).
  • Easier pasturing, live happiness monitor, mouse support, stocks dashboard.
[edit] Autobutcher GUI

[edit] DFHack Bugfixing Plugins

[edit] Binary patches

Binary patches are utilities made by users to fix known bugs that haven't been addressed by the development team yet.

  • This executable contains many bugfixes, including the long-standing armory bug that prevent racks and armor stands from ever being used.

[edit] Feature plugins

These plugins add features to the game.

  • Digging invaders, a plugin that allows hostiles to dig and deconstruct walls to path to one's fortress.
  • Rendermax, a plugin that implements a lighting system at the graphics level.
  • Dwarven Emigration, a plugin that allows unhappy dwarves to emigrate with their families.

[edit] Interaction plugins

DFHack scripts designed for use in interactions as "spells"

[edit] Miscellaneous plugins

DFHack script collection

[edit] Dwarf Therapist

[edit] Dwarf Therapist

Dwarf Therapist gives you an advanced GUI to manage and check dwarf job allocations, military assignments, statistics (such as attributes, personality traits and happiness), sort dwarves by various criteria (e.g. profession, migration wave, happiness, number of assigned jobs etc.) and generally manage the Dwarven Resources of your fortress in a very convenient way. This version contains the "labor optimizer" semi-automatic labor management system.

Splinterz' fork of Dwarf Therapist is the currently updated version, and available for Windows, Mac and GNU + Linux. Besides the Bay12 forum thread, there's more information on the GitHub project page.

[edit] Dwarf Therapist Addons Repository

A collection of customizations for Dwarf Therapist submitted by the community.

Addons include:

  • custom professions
  • custom roles
  • optimization plans
  • filter scripts
  • new grid views

[edit] Fortress layout tools

[edit] DF Designator

DF Designator helps you build fortresses from either image files or Quickfort .CSV files. It also has a user interface that allows you to assign hotkeys to blueprints and to combine blueprints in multi z-level designs. Windows, Mac and Linux versions are available. DF Designator uses 'typewriter style' playback, and is thus very slow for large projects.

[edit] Quickfort

Quickfort is a utility for Dwarf Fortress that helps you build fortresses from "blueprint" .CSV files (comma separated values). These files are easily created and edited in an app like Excel. Most building-oriented DF commands are supported through the use of multiple .CSV files to describe the different phases of DF construction (designation, building, stockpiles, and making adjustments. Recent versions of Quickfort work by converting the blueprint into a native macro for Dwarf Fortress, then executing the macro. This allows for enormously faster playback compared to early versions or DF Designator.

[edit] Quickfort Community Blueprints

A large collection of blueprints, published to remove the last hint of hassle in creating a fortress. You can download the lot without a paid account here.

[edit] ChromaFort

Chromafort is a tool designed to complement Quickfort, by converting images into quickfort-compatible .csv files. It works with 24-bit bitmap (.bmp) files. There are a number of known issues that can affect any image that is not square, and the size must be an exponent of two (8, 16, 32, 64...); other images may show nonexistent colours and/or come out highly distorted.

[edit] Picturefort

Picturefort is an attempt to make "Chromafort, but better" - it performs the same function of converting an image to a Quickfort-compatible .csv file. Unlike Chromafort, Picturefort can handle a large number of image formats (though .bmp or .png are recommended); images can be of any shape and within reason size; and while as of May 2014 it is only available on Windows there are plans for a Linux version.

[edit] Modding tools

[edit] Blast

A raw compiler and assembler that helps with compatibility. It also has a more minimalistic, lighter (but less hand-holding) fork called Rubble.

[edit] Raw Explorer

Raw files manager.

[edit] World Map / World Gen Tools

[edit] Perfect World DF

requires an additional (tiny) download to be functional for current versions (34.#): http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=5491 . generate worlds to your liking easier or faster than df's ingame map maker. easy access to world settings too to modify. forum thread

[edit] Fortress World Generator

A bash script for automating world generation of large numbers of worlds on GNU/Linux. Available on pastebin.

[edit] Dwarf Map Maker

A photoshop action script which turns legends mode exported maps into a much prettier fantasy map. There is also a version available for GIMP.

[edit] Filesharing websites

[edit] Dwarf Fortress File Depot

The Dwarf Fortress File Upload Service - an excellent place to store mods, community games, tilesets and other files. Courtesy of Janus; for files related to Dwarf Fortress only.

[edit] Dwarf Fortress Map Archive

The Dwarf Fortress Map Archive is a large collection of user-submitted maps and videos and a nice flash viewer for perusing them. Maps are uploaded, stored, and downloaded in a special compressed format created by the DF Map Compressor; videos are stored in a compressed version of Toady One's own video-recording format.

[edit] Other/miscellaneous

[edit] dfterm

Dfterm3 is a remote Dwarf Fortress playing software for multiple users through a web interface. DFterm3 enables play through a web interface, and games can also be viewed on modern - or even played if a bluetooth keyboard is attached. The web interface should work with Chrome or Firefox browsers, and there are known problems using Internet Explorer.

It is a successor to dfterm2, which functions similarly using telnet instead of a web browser.

[edit] Exita

Exita is a python program that takes your DF world map exports and dump them into several different text outputs.

[edit] Legends Viewer

Legends Viewer loads up the legends you can export in a much more usable format than the legends mode of DF itself. Legends viewer can open pages in new tabs, filter information on a wide range of criteria, and displays information on the map as well.

It takes four files as input: the legends xml file, the sites and pops text, world history text, and a map image. It can load these separately, but it is recommended to load them as a single compressed archive (folder) - the xml can be multiple GB uncompressed for long histories, and reduce to less than 5% of its size.

If you have played a fortress and then exported legends, you may get an error about unreadable HEX characters. This is caused by Workflow, which saves it's settings as unreadable historical figures. There are several ways to fix this:

  • Clear the workflow settings in fortress mode before exporting legends
  • Edit the xml by hand, as described here (any platform)
  • Use the Legends Processing script (windows only), which fixes the xml and also creates a compressed folder as described above

[edit] DFMon

An announcement monitoring/filtering program, useful to hide some types of job cancellation spam or other more advanced filtering. Note that you can set the game to announce no job cancellations without any utilities or mods from the orders menu, with x.

[edit] DwarfFamily

A tool that lets you import your legends XML file and converts all dwarf entries to a .GED file, which you can use in Family Tree programs like MyHeritage to display a family tree for the dwarfs.

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Business districts celebrate – with food, music, awards

From north to south across outer East Portland, take a look at how the Gateway Area, Midway, and Foster Area business associations ring out 2012 …

Members and guests of the Midway Business Association enjoy the David Douglas High School Concert Choir performance during their Holiday Gathering.

Story and photos by David F. Ashton
Last week, East Portland News brought you the story of the Parkrose Business Association annual Holiday dinner and awards [CLICK HERE to see that article].

Although smaller in scope than the Parkrose event, three other business districts also celebrated the arrival of Holidays with lively gatherings – all within one week.

Midway Business Association

Midway Business Association President Bill Dayton, of Pizza Baron, welcomes guests to the Holiday Gathering.

Around noontime on December 11, the Pizza Baron Restaurant on SE 122nd Avenue began to fill with businesspeople, as the annual Holiday Gathering of the Midway Business Association got underway.

The restaurant swelled with music, thanks to the David Douglas High School Concert Choir, under the direction of Director Christopher Silva. The group performed a cappella renditions of classical music and traditional Christmas tunes.

Some of the many guests at this annual event listen to a presentation.

About 40 members and guests dined on pizza of all varieties, networked, and heard brief presentations about the organization – and the allied Division Midway Alliance, a “Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative” group.

Wrapping up the lunchtime gathering, several guests won door prizes, ranging from fine bottles of wine, to hand-made chocolates, and gift baskets.

Gateway Area Business Association

Santa Claus (we suspect it may be Kevin Minkoff CPA, in costume) brings surprise Holiday greetings to members and guests at the Gateway Area Business Association Holiday Party.

After the workday, on December 13, the Gateway Area Business Association (GABA) Holiday Party was in full swing at the offices of Opti-Con, Inc., courtesy of board member David Panichello.

With the help of his magical keyboard, Gordon Neal Herman of Another Time Music provided outstanding musical entertainment and a festive atmosphere. The group of about 30 folks dined on prepared croissant sandwiches and finger salads.

GABA President Fred Sanchez presents the 2012 “Citizen of the Year” plaque to Portland Police Bureau East Precinct Officer Michael Gallagher.

“We’re privileged again to announce our ‘Gateway Citizen of the Year’,” GABA President Fred Sanchez, of Realty Brokers, announced.

“Thank you to educational superintendents [Dr.]Karen [Fischer] Gray [of Parkrose] and Don Grotting [of David Douglas] for choosing our 12th annual honoree – this year, Portland Police Officer Michael Gallagher. He, his wife and daughter will ride as Grand Marshalls in the 2013 GABA Fun-O-Rama Parade.”

Later, after Gallagher accepted, he confided to East Portland News, “I’m very honored by this award. I’ve worked with the association as long as I’ve been in the bureau.”

Host David Panichello of Opti-Con, Inc., welcomes reelected Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz – a previous “GABA Citizen of the Year” – to this year’s festivities.

Also at the meeting, the 2013 GABA Membership Directory was unveiled by the GABA member who produced it, Dean Wiest of Wholesale Printing USA. These colorful booklets will be available at each GABA meeting, while they last.

Foster Area Business Association

Guests look to see who’s arrived, at the Foster Area Business Association Holiday Meeting.

In the rustic setting of the lodge at “Carts on Foster”, folks associated with the Foster Area Business Association (FABA) held their Holiday Party on December 18.

Attendees had the opportunity to bid on silent auction items, ranging from hand-made macadamia nut chocolates, to kitchen appliances, DVDs, and books.

Guests graze a table laden with snacks during the FABA Holiday meeting.

About 15 people attended the evening gathering that included snacks of shrimp, “sliders” and other appetizers provided by the food court vendors and volunteers.

During their formal business meeting during which FABA and neighborhood leaders highlighted some of the advancement made by the business organization, neighborhood associations and Foster Green Eco District.

FABA President Seth Richardson, of Metacon Bicycles, listens to reports about projects taking place along SE Foster Road, from SE 50th Avenue to SE 122nd Avenue.

Meet the members in 2013

All of these neighborhood business districts hold monthly meetings. You’ll find their times and locations by checking the East Portland News Community Calendar: CLICK HERE to see that page!

© 2012 David F. Ashton ~ East Portland News

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Los Melódicos

Don't let the deer-in-the-headlights album cover fool you, Los Melódicos really tear up the place. At least this particular band called Los Melódicos-- a simple search turned up several bands with the same name from every possible era. Maybe it's like Menudo and they replace them every few years and keep the name. Whatever the case, this album kicks ass.

Holy crap, here's a MUCH better Los Melódicos cover from the same blog....sadly, the file has been deleted so I can't hear it...how do you say "please re-up pronto, it is truly a matter of life and death" in Spanish??


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Pickled Onion and Monterey Jack Quesadillas

  • ½ teaspoon whole black peppercorns
  • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 2 cups grated Monterey Jack
  • dried hot red pepper flakes
  • fresh coriander sprigs
  • 2 small red onions
  • 4 garlic cloves
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    • 2/3 cup cider vinegar
    • 2 scallions
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 8 7-inch flour tortillas
    • ¼ cup fresh coriander
    • ½ teaspoon coriander seeds

In a saucepan boil the onions in just enough salted water to cover for 1 minute, drain them, discarding the water, and return them to the pan with the vinegar, the garlic, the peppercorns, the coriander seeds, the cumin seeds, and the salt. Add just enough water to cover the onions and boil the m...

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Funding your college education, and emerging from the college experience fully prepared for the 21st century STEM workplace, is, by far, one of the most difficult challenges you will face. There are many decisions to make that will potentially impact your future, in a very short amount of time.

You already know that getting good grades is important, but what else does it take to be "competitive" in the current economic climate? What more should you be doing to better position yourself to further your education? What should you be doing to develop professionally, in your field? What scholarships, awards and internships should you actively pursue?
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  • OSCAR (Optical Science Center for Applied Research)/CREOSA (Center for Research and Education in Optical Sciences and Applications) Student research program with an emphasis on lasers and optics; scholarships, internships available
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Ever wonder what to do with that balled up, tangled mess of holiday lights that don’t work anymore? Some might be tempted to just toss them in the trash, but there is another option that keeps the environment in mind.

Chisago County has partnered with the Recycling Association of Minnesota to “Recycle Your Holidays” and is now collecting old and broken holiday lights for recycling.

This holiday season, county residents can drop off old, unwanted or broken holiday lights in the lobby of the Chisago County Government Center, 313 North Main St., Center City, or at the Chisago County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 39649 Grand Ave., North Branch, during regular business hours, through Jan. 25, 2013.

Collections from “Recycle Your Holidays” in Chisago County have doubled every year since the start: 225 pounds the first year, 500 pounds the second and 1,200 pounds collected last year. Statewide, RAM hopes to collect 200,000 pounds and encourage the use of LED light strands instead, which will save energy and money.

Unlike any other holiday lights recycling program in the country, the lights and cords are recycled by adults with developmental disabilities at local vocational centers, providing meaningful jobs and job training for over 200 Minnesotans.  Every bulb of light strands are properly recycled in Minnesota.

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Working for an Romanian Environmental Consultancy – Not Easy But Fascinating

In Romania, green consultancy field is still an emerging economic sector. Ciprian works in Cluj-Napoca as a socio-environmental expert. He focuses on social factors and how they affect the environment.

What is environmental sociology?

Socio-environmentalists not only research the impact of social factors on the environment, but also the opposite – how the environment affects various social matters.

“Environmental sociology, as I see it, is dealing with social implications of our environmental challenges. Thus, my job requires knowledge of both issues as well as the links between them” – says Ciprian. He admits that the success of the company he is working in, ”Green Partners” lays in this interdisciplinary approach.

His background bases on social sciences, environmental policy and education. “We develop and implement environmental projects for our clients – state authorities, private multinational companies, NGOs and CBOs.”

What does the job entail?

Green Partners” started in Hungary, but moved to Romania in 2001. Their main fields of expertise have been climate change, renewable energy, waste management, environmental and social impact assessment, environmental policy and environmental sociology.

Ciprian says that most of his projects are involved with things that have a social component, such as raising awareness, advocacy, policy making, and communication with people who are involved in the projects.

The bulk of the day consists of collecting and processing data, analyzing results, and communicating with project partners and coordinators. “2/3 of my working time requires site visits of our clients or active data collection in the field, for example among focus social groups. In each new project you need to acquire new information and new skills – it is a continuous learning process which requires a lot of attention and concentration.

To give an example, currently, I’ve been working on the social assessment for improving the water infrastructure system in Romania. As in any other European country, each region of Romania has a regional water operator – which is responsible for restoring and extending waste water treatment systems throughout the region. Before any water project starts, environmental and social assessments need to be done. The social assessment is focused on identifying the company’s and project’s impacts on society.”

What kinds of skills do you need for this job?

“Positive attitude,” says Ciprian. ”It is the base of all the good results in my career so far. Then, the positive attitude has to be backed up with strong, ever-improving socio-environmental knowledge. Of course, you also need soft skills like communication, the ability to be a good listener, and presentation and facilitation skills.

Green consultancy is still an emerging sector in Romania

“There are many international consulting companies which have opened subsidiary companies in here. Still, Romania lacks competent, Romanian-owned environmental consulting companies. Also, more environmental professionals are needed! This country is not an easy market; it’s not very well structured and thus difference from Western Europe. But as always, where the market is not yet saturated, there are also good opportunities.

“I had the chance to study abroad and work with various international and national consultants” says Ciprian “after getting some experience abroad, I came back to Romania – it turned out to be far more challenging and interesting. You have to deal with unpredictable situations, resistance, and with different mentalities. Combing the social, environmental and economic aspects in here has not been easy, but it’s been fascinating. Challenges drive your personal development. And besides, Romania is still a very nice place to work and live.”

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