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Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Guy Who Invented The Idea Of Having Over 30 Flavors Of Spaghetti Sauce [Videos]

Me me me me, that's what product development and marketing is all about these days. Give people individual experiences, let them customize, and choice choice choice. It didn't used to be that way. Companies spent millions developing the one flavor that appealed to the most people, and then bombarded audiences with repetitive marketing messages. In this 17-minute talk, Malcolm Gladwell describes how this all changed because of one obsessed researcher. He believed there was no perfect spaghetti sauce, but only perfect spaghetti sauces. The food industry would never be the same.

Getting Help with a Bad Credit Personal Loan

Tip! The World-Wide-Web is the best place to get information about getting a bad credit personal loan. Simply hop on your personal computer and do a search for the right bad credit personal loan.

When you finally build up credit, you will often be excited because you can actually do a few things. Maybe you want to buy a new car, or put money down on a decent home. But, down the road you realize that your credit is not as good as it used to be. It may be a result of a nasty divorce or maybe you screwed something up by gambling too much. You find yourself in a deep hole because of debt, and you need to find a way out of the mess you’ve sadly created. This is the perfect time for a bad credit personal loan.

Do you desperately need a bad credit personal loan? This can happen even to the best of us. It’s nothing to be ashamed of by any means. My sister often complains about her past experiences with a bad credit personal loan. She fell into a whole mess of debt after she divorced her husband. The situation became complicated because her husband wanted to make her suffer. He this did by getting all of her credit card information and charging as much as he possibly could.

Her experience makes we wish that I would never have to take that path too-often traveled. I don’t want to be the one searching for a decent bad credit personal loan. I think that many people find themselves in similar situations because of credit cards. People end up with huge credit card debts and cannot afford to pay those scary monthly payments. This is where the bad credit personal loan comes into the picture. You will suddenly find that you only need to deal with one small monthly bill.

Tip! If you get approved for a UK bad credit personal loan you can borrow up to 125% of your property value and from ?5,000 to ?75,000 in some cases. A UK bad credit personal loan is a loan that is issued at a low cost using your home as collateral.

The World-Wide-Web is the best place to get information about getting a bad credit personal loan. Simply hop on your personal computer and do a search for the right bad credit personal loan. Try to get your hands on one that has a low interest rate. The last thing you want to do is worsen your financial problems by spending more cash every month to foul interest rates.

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Charlie Rose saves MacBook Air, does not save face

What would you do if you were falling face first onto the street? You'd stretch your hands out and prevent the fall, of course. But what if you had a brand new MacBook Air in your hand? If you were Charlie Rose, you'd let your face take the hit in order to get your MacBook Air away from the scene unscathed.

If you watched The Charlie Rose Show yesterday and were wondering what the black-eye was about, you now know that it was the Mac love kicking in and, for once, that wasn't a good thing. He was strolling down the 59th Street in New York and tripped on a pothole. Apparently, when it comes down to saving your face or a MacBook Air, the notebook comes first.

We are of the caring and curious sort, so naturally we wanted to know how the poor notebook was doing: the show's producers assured TechCrunch's Michael Arrington that it's just fine. There were some blood stains on it, but those were just Charlie's. Nothing to worry about!

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802.11n: What all the fuss is about

Ah, it was only yesterday when our beloved Airport Express got the 802.11n bump.

In all the excitement, we neglected to point out that Macworld's own crack team of Breen and Frakes put their heads together to take a look at the newest entry in Apple's wireless lineup. It turns out, though, there's not much to get excited about.

So, to sum up, other than the existence of the faster 802.11n networking and the trickling down of a few minor features from the latest AirPort Extreme Base Station, there's not a lot to see here. Regardless, the AirPort Express was a good bet to begin with and adding greater range and speed hardly diminishes its advantages. We'll be taking an official look at Apple's latest wireless appliance soon.

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Lightroom 1.4 disappears right before our eyes

You may remember that Lightroom 1.4 was released not so long ago (along with a Camera RAW plugin). About those updates, yeah, you can’t get them anymore. From Macworld:

According to Adobe Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty, the updated releases both contain an EXIF time stamp error and a conversion error for Olympus JPEG files. The updates also cause a DNG conversion error, though that issue is limited specifically to the Windows releases.

Oops. Downgrade instructions are available on one of Adobe’s blogs. This is a bit of a blackeye, especially considering they deemed it a big enough bug to pull it from their website.

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Apple Fixes Rush Limbaugh's Mac After He Complains On-Air [Tech Support]

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh was having problems with his Mac. A program called Time Machine wasn't restoring his emails properly and repeated calls to Apple Support were fruitless. Based on complaints in online forums, he wasn't the only one either. So finally he complained about it on-air and that caught Apple's attention enough to assign an engineer to go fix it (the guy had to delete the "null mail folder" and rebuild it in the internal directory with the terminal command). That's the power of leveraging your voice . But you don't need to have your own radio show, just deploy some of the technique that we described in "The Ultimate Consumerist Guide to Fighting Back" or in our interview with Ron Burley to get real customer satisfaction.

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Japan Again?

JAPAN AGAIN?....Dueling stories at the Wall Street Journal today. In the first, a suggestion that it might be "healthy sign" that the Swiss bank UBS isn't willing to sell its mortgage portfolio at a price anyone else is willing to buy it at:

The world's bankers woke up yesterday to a new concern: Can they trust the bank next door?

Tensions were high in Asia, Europe and the U.S. as banks and brokers became increasingly wary of trading with one another....Among banks facing the most intense scrutiny: Swiss bank UBS AG, which saw the price of its American depositary receipts fall 11% yesterday.

....The Swiss bank, for example, has in recent weeks reached out to investors to discuss a possible sale of all or part of a large portfolio of mortgage investments, according to people close to the matter. So far, they haven't met with success, in part because UBS hasn't been willing to slash the price of the bonds to lure investors....The rejections could be a relatively healthy sign for UBS, suggesting that the big bank isn't yet desperate enough to dump the mortgage portfolio at fire-sale prices.

Italics mine. In the next story, a suggestion that the unwillingness of banks to face reality about the value of their mortgage portfolios is creating a "toxic cloud" over the entire market:

The Fed probably doesn't want to hear this, but there are echoes of Japan's 1990s financial crisis in some of its recent actions.

...."We haven't had a full gut-check of truth-telling; that's what's causing the market jitters," says Joshua Rosner, managing director at Graham Fisher & Co....As with Japan in the 1990s, delay in finding a true clearing price for mortgage-backed securities and similar assets could keep uncertainty hovering over the market like a toxic cloud. Banks will stay more interested in fending off potential disasters than in lending money and keeping the economy growing.

Italics mine again. So which is it? Should banks hold tight and wait for buyers to come to their senses? Or get on with the business of facing up to the near worthlessness of a big chunk of their assets? The fact that I don't know isn't especially scary. The fact that no one else seems to know either is.

Fingerprints lead to Uniondale burglary arrest

Using latent fingerprints found at a burglarized house in Uniondale, Nassau police detectives tracked down and, on Tuesday night, arrested a woman who lives just down the street, a police report said.

High Speed Satellite Internet Access

By Stephen Long
You may not have access to high speed Internet service. In fact, if you live out in the country your ability to get even dial up Internet access may be limited. The best way to get high speed Internet service at home is through satellite internet access.

Satellite internet does not use telephone lines or cable systems but uses a satellite dish for two way data communications. The connection to the satellite is not quite as fast as cable internet or some DSL service but when you get high speed satellite internet access, the service is many times faster than dial up.

Here is how satellite internet works:

A two way satellite dish is installed. The satellite dish has a dish that is about two feet and has an uplink modem, a downlink modem. The two modems and the dish are connected with coaxial cables. The satellite installation requires the satellite have a clear view of the southern sky as the satellites that deliver the internet are almost all over the equator. The satellite dish uses IP multicasting technology which means that a single satellite can serve up to five thousand channels of communication. This system sends data from the single satellite dish to many different points (the satellites orbiting the earth) at the same time.

Pros of Satellite Internet Service

* Even people who live in areas in which dial up internet is not possible might be able to use high speed satellite internet service

* Satellite Internet service is affordable-often more affordable than other types of high speed internet connections

* Satellite internet service is available just about everywhere in the Continental United States.

* The connection speed of high speed satellite internet service is much faster than that of dial up.

* There is virtually no limit on uploads and downloads from the internet as there are so many points of contact.

Cons of Satellite Internet Service

* It can be slowed down by weather conditions (like satellite television)

* Depending on the high speed satellite internet service provider you might still need to be able to dial up to the internet (though those are becoming rarer)

The installation is a little bit tougher than cable internet or DSL So, should you get high speed satellite internet service? Well, that really depends on your circumstance and your budget. If you live in an area where cable internet is not available, it is definitely a better option for internet than dial up. It might even be your only option for receiving Internet service in your home if you live in the country. Virtually anywhere in the continental United States that has a clear view to the south can bring you high speed satellite internet service and with the two way satellite receivers, you don't have to worry about the speed slowing down if a bunch of other people are using the internet at the same time you are.

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Creating A Sellable Product

Creating A Sellable Product by Rich Samurai

Many marketers have created or acquired products that they thought would sell well and, in their enthusiasm, set up everything from sales letters to websites to getting traffic. However, a lot of these marketers have forgotten the single most important factor that will affect their product sales ? the 'sellability' of the product.

When you begin creating products or buying rights to a certain product to sell, the most important factor you must take into account is the demand of the product. Do people want your product? It is simply stupid to waste a month's time preparing a product, setting up the website and required sales techniques only to find that people do not even flick an eyebrow at your product!

Your final goal is to deliver the product to your customer and collect his or her money. In order to do this, you must make sure your customer wants to buy your product in the first place. How do you find out if they want your product? Simple. Just ask! Ask in forums related to your niche. Hold a survey or public poll. The Internet is a flat playing field, and you have the power to reach just about anyone in the world who has an Internet connection.

Let's say you have this brilliant idea on creating a step-by-step instruction on how to cook Malaysian food. First, you must find out if anyone is interested (or even heard of) Malaysian food. To do this, go to a food-related forum and ask tactfully if anyone would be interested in learning Malaysian cuisine. Do not ask blatantly whether anyone would like to buy an ebook with instructions on how to cook Malaysian food, or you might be in danger of being accused of spamming.

On the other hand, you can give out a few samples of your Malaysian recipes to test the waters ? see how the forum members react to them. If they show enthusiasm for learning more, then you definitely have a market in this. If they show no interest, then it is time to look for a new idea to market. You save time in the long run because you don't have to find out the low demand for your product the hard way.

If your idea is welcomed by the forum members you surveyed, you can go ahead and compile your extensive ebook on cooking Malaysian food because there is interest in the information you possess. Where there is interest, you can easily build up desire for your product, and with desire (plus good marketing), your purchases will arrive naturally!

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What Are The Different Types And Qualities Of Stai

What Are The Different Types And Qualities Of Stained Glass?
By David Gomm

Many times we meet people who are interested in stained glass, but they haven?t learned enough about it to really be able to tell whether a piece of glass is a true work of art or just a good piece. I once overheard a woman gushing over a piece of glass that had been painted with fake glass paints, the kind that craft stores sell. ?Oh, Look at that, I love stained glass, that is just exquisite!? Her comments were nice since she had an appreciation for art glass, but they were also ridiculous because painted fake glass just isn?t in the same class as other techniques and certainly should never be described as ?exquisite?.

So that incident prompted me to write this brief description of what the different types and qualities of stained glass are. After reading the following paragraphs, you will be more qualified and more able to distinguish between good glass and great glass than the majority of people you meet. You will be well on your way towards becoming a ?Stained Glass Expert.?

1. Brass And Glass ? made of Brass pre-shaped metal (or brass encased lead), called ?came?. The stained glass is encased in the pre-formed metal and the joints where the metal meets are then soldered. After the panel is completed and soldered, the joints are colored with a brass colored paint so that they look brass.

Advantages: Brass windows match the brass plated hardware on many homes. Brass windows are almost always mass produced, so cost is usually lower than other styles of stained glass.

Disadvantages: Brass windows usually don?t get the glass and metal cemented to each other, so they are not as strong and have a tendency to rattle more often than any other stained glass window. If the panel is sandwiched between tempered glass sheets, the lack of strength is not a big deal.

Quality: This is the lowest quality of stained glass available and is usually found in cheap furniture and mass produced door frames. It hasn?t been around for a long time and is often associated with the cheap waterbeds of the 1960?s.

2. Leaded Glass ? refers to both beveled glass and colored glass surrounded by pre-shaped lead, called ?came?. The stained glass is encased in lead and the joints where the metal meets are then soldered. The solder and the lead look very similar, so no special treatments are needed in the joints as with brass came. After the panel is completed and soldered, the windows are cemented by forcing cement in under the metal and the glass. Then the exposed glass is cleaned thoroughly.

Advantages: Lead construction is the most common type of stained glass to be found. If cemented well the window is fairly strong. The leaded method is fast to construct, so is quite popular in commercial installations.

Disadvantages: If the window isn?t cemented, the lead will easily stretch over time and the glass shapes will deform quite easily. Windows that are placed in insulated units can?t be cemented because the cement reacts with the desiccant in the foam tape used to create insulated units.

Quality: This is the mid-range of stained glass quality. It?s not bad, just not the best. There is pretty good detail available in this type of panel and it is quite good for many styles of glass design. If it wasn?t fairly good it wouldn?t be found in so many highly respected installations.

3. Copper Foiled or ?Tiffany Style? Glass ? refers to stained glass construction where each piece of glass is individually wrapped in a copper foil tape and the gaps between the glass are soldered with lead and tin based solder, usually 50/50 mix or 60/40 mix. After the panel is completed it is very strong and pretty often water tight. Chemicals are then added to color the lead lines, either copper, bronze or black. The lines can also be left pewter-like gray or they can be polished to bright shiny silver. It?s often called ?Tiffany Style? because the studios of Louis Comfort Tiffany are credited with coming up with the method in the late 1800?s.

Advantages: Copper foiled windows are very strong and allow the artist the most detail of any of the construction methods. It also allows for the most ranges of patinas of the methods discussed. The copper foil method allows an artist to follow contours and so lamp shades and other 3d construction is almost always built using this method.

Disadvantages: It takes a lot of work and is more labor intensive to hand solder each and every solder line in a stained glass window, so these panels usually cost more than the leaded type. Also, because the resulting windows are so very strong, they can develop very slight hairline cracks as the glass expands and contracts in the heat of the day and the cool of the night. These cracks usually develop in the first year after a panel is installed and are minor.

Quality: This is the highest quality of stained glass, but there are different ranges of quality in this style. Imports will often have very thin lead lines not as a design element, but as a way to save money on the amount of lead used to construct the panel. The highest quality of copper foil constructed lamps will feature a built up lead line which will often stand up the same height as an extruded lead line. Best quality soldering will feature very consistent lead lines and few if any areas where the lead has shrunk after cooling.

4. Epoxy Glued Faceted Glass ? refers to a technique where thick slabs of glass are broken in rough pieces and glued together using epoxy glue to form the joint between the various pieces of glass. It?s very uncommon and not available in any but the most unusual commercial construction.

David Gomm started building stained glass windows professionally back in 1983 and has become an expert at many aspects of stained glass building, design and repair. He writes a monthly newsletter at http://www.betterstainedglass.com

He also has a website with many other articles at http://www.gommstudios.com

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Quick Ways To Lose Weight | Tips To Help You Lose

Quick Ways To Lose Weight | Tips To Help You Lose 50 Pounds Or More by Susan Helton -

Setting Goals When Dieting

As with most things in life, setting goals is very important when dieting. When you look at things truthfully and objectively you should notice that most of the things you've accomplished in life have been accomplished because you not only had a goal but also had a clearly planned and well thought out process for achieving that goal. That being said, why is goal setting so important when it comes to dieting?

First of all, it is difficult to achieve a goal if you do not have a clearly defined goal. There are times in life when it is almost impossible to tell whether you are succeeding or failing because you aren't certain exactly what the desired outcome should be. Identifying your dieting goals before you begin eliminates this particular possibility.

Second, having dieting goals gives you a measuring stick by which you can judge your process. This is important so that you know when your efforts are failing behind and when you're moving along schedule or ahead of schedule. In other words, you will know when to celebrate and when to give yourself a swift kick to the rear.

Now that we know why we set weight loss goals, let's discuss how we should go about setting those goals that are so important for dieting success. You want to set goals that are aggressive without being impossible to achieve. If you set goals that are beyond your reach you will find that frustration will be your dieting partner until you reach the point where you give up all together. In order to avoid this you should take great care to insure that your goals are possible for you to achieve.

When it comes to weight loss be specific when setting your goals. Rather than setting a total goal of 40 or 60 pounds start with a specific goal such as 10 pounds in one month. Then you can extend the goal to the next month until you've reached the overall goal of 40 or 60 pounds. It is much easier to lose 10 pounds four times than it is to lose 40 pounds at once. It's a trick of the mind but it works. Ten pounds sounds simple and achievable. Forty pounds sounds like an insurmountable obstacle.

Another thing about goals is that you want to hold yourself accountable but you shouldn't call the whole thing off if you only lose 9 pounds instead of 10. Instead, find out where you dropped the ball for the final pound and set your 10-pound goal for the next month.

You should also take great care that you are working with your personal goals and not the goals that someone else is pushing on you. The truth is that if it's personal to you, it will be much more rewarding than if you are doing this for someone else. If your heart isn't in it, there are very few goals that are going to motivate you properly.

Finally, you should establish small (non-food) rewards for accomplishing your dieting goals. Perhaps your reward will be a new accessory for your new (or new old) wardrobe or a pedicure for your new look. Make your reward something fun and frivolous and teach yourself that accomplishing your goals can be accomplished by something other than food. This is a key to dieting successfully.

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