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I utterly adore truffles and happen to be a fiend for truffle oil. It's utterly delicious. The bruschetta idea is going to have to be one I try!
Truffles on the Cheap
A restaurant dish featuring these delectable num-nums can sink you over a hundred bucks a person in a high end restaurant. Fresh truffles themselves can soar up in the neighborhood of over a thousand dollars a pound. What's a bargain hunting truffle lover to do?
I called the product rep at Urbani to see if she could help me out. Are there any options to enjoy these at home that don't involve selling a kidney, I asked? Apparently yes, and for way less money than I would have expected. The secret to saving money on these little mouth treasures she told me, was to switch from fresh to preserved truffle products and the careful selection of recipes. Urbani's SRP's for preserved truffle products such as oils, sauces, purees and preserved whole truffles range from eight to thirty USD per item. However, a little goes a long way and by choosing recipes that use the preserved products judiciously, your per serving cost can be much less than that.
One simple idea the Urbani rep gave me that people can try out on their own without too much cost is a simple truffle flavored bruschetta with meat. To make it you'll need black truffle oil, salt & pepper, garlic, thinly sliced grilled meat, and sliced Italian bread. Basically, toast the bread slices until slightly crispy and sprinkle with salt pepper and garlic. Then spread the tops lightly with truffle oil and top with grilled meat. This is a great way to see if you like the overall truffle flavor without investing too much cash. If you like it, there are many ways to bump things up a notch with your home menus.
You could also use paste to flavor butter for fabulous baked breads and rolls, throw a tablespoon or two of puree into a batch of risotto, or grate / shave the whole preserved truffles into some olive oil and garlic to heat through and serve over pasta with a hint of grated high quality cheese on the side. Not too much though. The purpose is to celebrate the flavor of truffles.
This same sauce is also good on grilled trout. There are tons of recipes out there, so explore and don't be afraid to be creative. With the per serving cost savings on some of these meals, you'll have lots left over for a really fabulous bottle of wine, and maybe that engagement ring, guys?
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They're pretty smashing, that's for sure. I'd always assumed they were way out of my budget with the exception of the occasional family restaurant in Europe that offers them on the cheap via a menu item as a service to its customers (there's one in Slovenia that does a bang up job and doesn't charge extra). Since I was always so sure I could never afford them and still do things like pay rent, I never really dug that deep into affordable options. Urbani's recent contest got me thinking about it.
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It's awesome. Shaved black truffle mixed with kosher salt. It's great on just about everything, especially tomatoes and avocados...
Wow! That's a great idea! Way to extend the preserved product. I'm really getting excited about this. I never ever thought they would be in my general price range for regular, keep the products in my fridge type of use. Now that I know they can be, I'm going to go nuts picking up some products.
Oh, BTW I saw the Urbani brand white and black truffle oils on sale on Amazon as I was starting to research this piece. Don't know if that helps anyone . . .
Sea salt, not kosher. My bad.
Apparently this is the lowest price available, accordig to these folks. Good thing I live nearby. No shipping! =P
I remember bringing some of this for an old girlfriend's parents when I went to visit her in California. Turns out they're truffle nuts. I chose wisely.
Great stuff and well-written...
I might also make a plug for Oregon white truffles. We're picking them at this time of year in the Christmas tree plantations. Very close to as decadent as Italian white truffles, but should be obtainable at a fraction of the price.
Of course, they're free for me...

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State officials have revised upward the number of storm related deaths in Maryland.
Ed McDonough of MEMA said there have been 10 fatalities reported and confirmed by the coroner.
There was one death in Anne Arundel County yesterday involving a worker killed by a falling tree limb. The official determination from the coroner's office has not been filed, McDonough said.
The first death blamed on Sandy happened on Oct. 29 in Montgomery County when a woman died in an automobile accident.
The most recent officially determined to be caused by the storm was a woman who died in the city from a fall yesterday.
Several of the deaths were listed as caused by exposure, including a man in Garrett County on Tuesday where the storm caused blizzard conditions.
Two adults in the city died as a result of exposure, according to the official death report.
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So, I am literally sick and tired of basically being told that I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to writing, lore, depth, story, etc. So I've decided to outline 3 basic examples of what I'm talking about when I say that "GW2's writing is weak".
Guild Wars 2: Guardians
So what do we know about Guardians from within the game itself? Well, we know that they're soldiers and tacticians, that they excel at selflessly protecting their allies from harm.
Where do they draw their powers from? According to the wiki and the official website, Guardians draw their powers from their virtues. And that's pretty much all we know about Guardians canonically.
Where do they get their virtues from? Are they granted by a higher power or are they given to them upon completing their training? Where do they train to become Guardians? When I create my character and start off as a level 1 Guardian, how did I get there?
Every race in the game can be a Guardian, now that's a design choice and a really good design choice. But while creating your character you're given the option to follow some form of deity or higher power. This would lead us to believe that Guardians are not religious since each race worships different deities. Which means they can't draw their powers from a higher power since Humans/Norns/Sylvari etc don't worship the same.
So where the hell are they getting their powers from? All we really know, is that it's considered as "magic". There is nothing written in game or out of game that explains how a Guardian comes to be a Guardian. So unless I missed it somewhere, it's literally not shown in game what so ever. This is what I'm talking about when I say that the game lacks a lot of actual depth.
D&D: Paladins
Paladins in Dungeons and Dragons(all versions) are much more in depth. Every race can be a Paladin, just like in Guild Wars 2, however every race also has the option to select a deity to follow and every race can choose from all of them.
The deity you choose when you create your character is what grants you all of your abilities and powers. But there are some very strict rules which you cannot cross. For example, deities come with alignments and you're required to stay within said alignment to maintain a spiritual connection with your deity. If you follow Aendar, who's Lawful/Good, and your character shifts to Chaotic/Evil, your abilities, your powers, everything that makes you a Paladin will be ripped from you and you'll be left as a normal character that can only use basic attacks.
Each deity also grants you specific types of powers and abilities as all of them have varrying alignments and elements. If you worship an earth deity for example you'll have access to specific abilities that someone worshiping a fire deity wouldn't.
In addition, each deity has their own lore and backstories (which can also be altered and added on by the GM for even more depth). It feels more complete, it feels like you have more of a purpose and a place in the world to have this kind of depth to come back to.
But hey, that's a table top game, not a video game. Fey you're an idiot, it's completely different. So lets look at another game series
Warcraft: Paladins (and no, not just WoW. All of Warcraft)
So Paladins in Warcraft are a little different than D&D. Everything about Paladins is explained inside the games (the RTS and the MMO) as well as a metric-crap-ton of additional info outside the games. And when I say everything, I mean everything.
Where they come from. Why they exist. How they train to become Paladins. How they are granted their powers. etc etc.
Where do Paladins come from? The Knights of the Silver Hand was the original paladin order. Formed during the Second War, it was at its height until the time of the Plague. As paladins were immune to the Plague (and indeed all diseases), many members of the Order survived the initial push of the Scourge.
Like D&D, Paladins in Warcraft are the virtuous defenders of the weak and tireless. Though unlike D&D their main enemies are the Undead and the Burning Legion. Also similarly to D&D, a paladin must be good and will lose all Light-given abilities if he ever willingly commits an evil act. So basically the same minus the customization.
Now Paladins literally gain their powers from The Holy Light. The followers of the Holy Light do not worship any gods. Instead, it is a philosophy, training its followers to seek perfection within themselves. It is very much an active practice of virtue rather than a passive worship. Those who follow it closely gain spiritual awareness and guidance, allowing them to lead others. This directly translates to all of their abilities and powers through every Warcraft game.
So bam. There you go. There's obviously a lot more story and lore than that, but you get the idea. This is what they are, this is why they exist, this is where they get their powers from, etc. All of it and more explained.
Why is this important?
Because honestly it bugs the crap out of me that a game that I love is so god damn shallow. I create a Guardian, I'm lvl 1, and I can do stuff. Cool. Zero immersion for my class, no idea where I came from. I'm just here. I could always come up with an RP reason for why I'm here, but I'd just be making up 90% of it out of my ass. And any other Guardian out there could come up with their own reasons and we could easily be conflicted which is confusing.
Compared to. I created a Paladin in D&D or Warcraft, and everything is explained. Where my class comes from, what their history is, their purpose, their code. etc. And because all of this is available to me, I am then able to build myself into said story and RP accurately without risk of God-moding or creating random crap out of thin air. And other people RPing can easily understand and find reference to what my character is doing.
I follow the Holy Light, I can heal with it. I follow Aendar, I'm going to obviously be RPing as a Lawful Good character, I'm a Paladin so I can do these abilities while RPing.
Depth is important to the RPG experience of being in a god damn RPG. It is not okay to just go "oh you're here and you can use these abilities because you can" that is weak writing.
And it's not just classes either. Everything I just posted that most of you probably didn't read can be applied to almost all of GW2.
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Born in Arys (East Prussia, now Orzysz in Poland), Sanderling began his career as a repetiteur at the Berlin State Opera, but was dismissed in 1933 as a non-Aryan, and three years later was forced to leave Germany. He arrived in Russia in 1936 where he worked with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 1942 to 1960 he assisted Yevgeny Mravinsky as joint Principal Conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. During these years Sanderling was very close to Dmitri Shostakovich, and became one of his finest interpreters. Many Philharmonia supporters will remember Sanderling's final performance with the Orchestra in September 2000, an extraordinary and deeply moving performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 15.
Sanderling returned to East Germany in 1960 where he led the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Staatskapelle with great distinction. He made his Philharmonia début in 1972, taking the indisposed Otto Klemperer's place on the podium, and subsequently became closely associated with the Orchestra. He was appointed Conductor Emeritus in 1996. Kurt Sanderling retired from the concert platform in January 2002 after a musical career spanning 70 years.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, commented:
Kurt Sanderling was one of the greatest musicians of our time. His integrity was total, and his distaste for the more superficial aspects of the music business was profound. His interpretations often had a revelatory quality, as if the music unfolded the way it did because it had to, not because of somebody steering it.
"Years ago, after having witnessed a splendid, vivid and athletic, yet at times incredibly tender Beethoven Symphony No. 2, I thought of a completely unholy metaphor for Maestro Sanderling's art. There was nothing 'new' about the performance; it was more like a vintage car painstakingly and lovingly restored, every detail polished to its original glory – and beyond. It was familiar but fresh, respectful of tradition but novel at the same time. I'm not sure how exactly he achieved that, but I (along with so many others) was grateful for having experienced it."
Alistair Mackie, Chairman and Joint Principal Trumpet of the Philharmonia Orchestra, commented:
"There are few conductors of the 20th century who commanded the respect and affection of orchestral musicians like Kurt Sanderling. He was revered as a man and as a musician. The knowledge he had amassed through a lifetime of working with the greatest composers and performers of his age was brought to bear on his music making with an intense, but often humorous, focus. He conducted the Philharmonia until nearly 90 years of age and latterly would begin each new rehearsal period with a wry smile and the words "still here". His rehearsals were often coloured with imagery to describe how a passage should sound and musicians still exchange stories about their favourites. I remember a passage of Bruckner's Fourth Symphony where violins play a light staccato melody above slow trombone chords: "There are children playing in the garden" he said "but inside the house there lies a dead body". Ultimately I remember him as a man who cared deeply about music and had the utmost respect for composers' wishes. I remember many occasions when he would insist musicians write his instructions in their parts and then urge them to remember these instructions, even when playing the piece for other conductors. We did, we still do, and the Philharmonia continues to benefit from the influence of this wonderful man."
David Whelton, Managing Director of the Philharmonia Orchestra commented:
"The passing of Kurt Sanderling, with his links to Otto Klemperer and the cultural world from which the Philharmonia Orchestra was born, marks the end of an era.
"Sanderling was a giant among conductors; he had the capacity to reveal the structure and power of the great symphonic repertoire with extraordinary clarity.
"Throughout the 1980s and 90s his performances with the Philharmonia were eagerly awaited events, and, whenever possible, we invited him to open and close our London season.
"Sanderling's readings of the Shostakovich Symphonies, in particular Nos. 5, 6, 8 and 15, were legendary. For the Orchestra to be conducted from the score that had the composer's own markings was an unforgettable experience. Thankfully, his performance of the 15th Symphony was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in 2000 at what sadly proved to be his last concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra.
"Kurt Sanderling's monumental performances of the symphonies of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Bruckner were also highlights of our London seasons. The Beethoven Cycle recorded in 1980 continues to hold its own amongst its contemporaries, as do his recordings made for Teldec with the Philharmonia in the 1990s.
"Sanderling enjoyed a warm relationship with the members of the Philharmonia, who never tired of his distinctive brand of acerbic humour. I count myself very fortunate to have had the privilege of working for so many years with one of the Philharmonia's - and the 20th century's - greatest conductors, whose musicianship and integrity will forever remain in our memory."


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Madonna says Romney has been gradually losing points.
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Flyers' Jersey kid, James van Riemsdyk, heals just in time to strike Devils
PHILADELPHIA — From some tentative late-series steps in limited minutes against the Pittsburgh Penguins, James van Riemsdyk seemed to make a lot of strides during the Flyers' practice-only work week.
Shelved for about a month with a foot fracture, van Riemsdyk couldn't contribute a whole lot when he returned for Games 5 and 6 against the Penguins. But the opening game against second-round opponent New Jersey Sunday was a different story.
Elevated by coach Peter Laviolette to Danny Briere's second line with speedy Jake Voracek on the off wing, van Riemsdyk suddenly looked up to speed. He logged 17½ minutes of ice time, scoring a goal amid a team-high five shots and finishing with a plus-3 rating in a 4-3 overtime win over the Devils in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"It was nice to get some more opportunities there today," van Riemsdyk said. "(Laviolette) said he was going to ease me in a bit from the start last series. I was able to take advantage of some of the chances I got. … Definitely I was a little bit excited. I love playing at this time of the year. I think it brings out the best in me."
Van Riemsdyk was most impressive while creating havoc in the Devils' defensive ranks off the forecheck, something that wasn't easily accomplished. Early in the game, the Devils did a terrific job of forcing the Flyers' top two lines of speedy forwards to the outside of the ice, leaving goalie Marty Brodeur outside of trouble.
But van Riemsdyk and Voracek eventually helped wear down the Devils' defense.
"When he plays that way, skates really hard, especially when he gets the puck full speed, he's one of the better skaters in the league," Kimmo Timonen said of van Riemsdyk. "When you see that happen, it's really hard to play one-on-one against him. We're going to need more from him. That's the way he has to play. I can't wait to see more."
Already, however, the Devils have seen enough of van Riemsdyk.
He scored a second-period goal that gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead. Then he lent a hand on the game-winning goal in overtime by new linemate Briere.
Van Riemsdyk's uncounted assist came when he crashed Brodeur's crease, at the very least creating a huge screen for Briere. But in Brodeur's opinion, van Riemsdyk knocked his goalie stick out of the way for Briere's shot. Continued...
When no referee's whistle was heard, all Brodeur and the Devils could do was head for the tunnel while the Flyers celebrated another coming-out party for them and an important late addition to their playoff lineup.
"He is a beast," Claude Giroux said. "He looks like the James (of) last year in the playoffs. He is so strong and so fast. He has everything a player would want. He was unbelievable again."
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By: Lara Greenberg
It's been more than a year since a company proposed a plan to store liquid petroleum gas in salt caverns underneath Seneca Lake. Now the DEC has released a study, citing little risk in the plan. But as our Lara Greenberg tells us, opponents aren't buying it.
SCHUYLER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Joe Campbell has been working for 13 months to put a stop to Inergy's plan.
"This is not the appropriate place for this facility. I think there are other places where they could build something like this, say far away from a major tourist destination," said Gas Free Seneca co-founder Joe Campbell.
Inergy Midstream wants to store liquid petroleum gas in salt caverns under Seneca Lake. In a study released by the DEC this week, Quest Consultants found the project would cause little risk to the public. Its most common hazards are fires and explosions, but found the risk of death outside the facility's boundaries are minimal, less than one in 10,000.
"It falls in line with what we normally see and due to the location and layout of the facility, the risk to the public is low," said senior engineer at Quest Consultants Jeff Marx. But Campbell says the study was flawed from the start and that the DEC and Quest didn't include all the elements they were supposed to.
"Impacts to tourism, traffic impacts, visual impacts. Those are the qualitative issues," said Campbell.
But a spokesperson for Inergy says a qualitative study was completed under OSHA requirements.
In regards to the new study, they sent us a written statement which reads that they are "are committed to operating this facility with safety as the utmost priority."
But Campbell isn't buying it and says he's prepared to file a lawsuit if the project is approved.
"I think this is far from over," said Campbell.
The DEC will continue gathering information from Inergy to put together a final environmental impact study. It will be months until they decide on the project.


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kriptik all the way still, i heard rumors fangol payed sketch to go on logan, nd that hype up was all planned lmao, i thought fangol was swag before i even heard that rumor tbh, only heard a few kriptik tracks but hes quite a bit more rated in the midlands lol
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raddy man, raddy man.
Fangol is better on grime though, Kriptiks yardy stuff aint too bad though.
When he was in militry, couple sets, tracks and videos.
Recently, I think hes done a collab or 2 with a couple south mcs n that.
neva heard of kryprik untyl diss day now
but ima say dat he's betta dan fangol
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fangol can't do dis
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The one change I would make is I would run the Men's marathon at the same time as the closing ceremony and not provide any footage of it - and just provide 10km updates on who was winning - and then in the middle of the closing ceremony have the athletes run in to complete the race. The marathon is THE olympic event and should have a special place.
My usual beef is that there is too much gymnastics but this year by having 4 channels on TV I didn't have to watch any of it.
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I don't often agree with him, but he does have a point here. Stupid rules that only serve to dilute the quality of the competition that don't seem to have been brought in across the board.
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What stupid rules?
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But I also meant the stuff like the road cycling where GB got shafted and the points race in the omnium, where a bunch of no-hopers generally end up lapping the rest of the field. I'm glad it got removed as an individual event.
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Lots of the sports have two or more. Outdoor cycling, diving, triathlon, badminton, archery, gymnastics, canoeing etc. Obviously Australia won't want two or more because only the athletes that get medals will be allowed to live above the breadline. Last edited by Scaly piscine; 13-08-2012 at 07:27 AM. |
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Last time I checked, two still limits a country's chances of winning medals.
Over 200 Kenyans ran the Olympic qualifying time for the marathon, as an example. They could have had their own race. Interesting comment about the bread line. You wouldn't be scoring too many economic medals ATM mate. Last edited by Burgey; 13-08-2012 at 07:31 AM. |
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It's Shmonty and Bob Moog's birthday! Shmonty is one year closer to hanging out with the Grim Reaper and Bob is dead!
If you didn't know, Shmonty is the Morning dude on 93.3 KDKB. Robert Moog is the guy that invented gadgets making all kinds of wicked sounds you hear in Kraftwerk albums. Genesis, Rush, Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, Pink Floyd, Parliament-Funkadelic, and tons of other bands used various Moog devices to create music we love. Shmonty sang in none of those groups, but has played them on the radio.
If Moog was still around it would have been his 78th birthday. Google dedicated a doodle in his memory. If you go to Google.com today (5/23/12) you'll see this:
Shmonty is still around and you'll find him on 93.3 KDKB weekday mornings 5:30a-10a.
It is quite the accident that both Shmonty and Mr. Moog share the same birthday. To honor both individuals, I'm going to teach you the "Shmonty Mirfday" song. My original intention was to have you sing "Happy Birthday" but Warner Music claims the United States copyright to the song, and unauthorized public performances of it are technically illegal unless royalties are paid.
When you listen to Shmonty on KDKB sometimes you'll hear him create new words. Often the new word is a combination of two or three words. For example I heard him say, "Good Morphternoon!" Where morphternoon is the time between morning and afternoon. Nothing serious but often entertaining. Shmonty said this is a byproduct of eating Playdoh when he was a kid.
Alright, enough with the back story. Let's learn a new Musical Birthday or "Mirfday" song and impress Shmonty with our singing abilities.
Go to Google.com with a modern web browser. (Netscape or IE3 don't work)
At www.google.com click on the Moog Doodle Synthesizer and hit keys on your computers keyboard then use your mouse and adjust the knobs until you find the sound you want. Tell your co-work to "shut-up" and add, "you should mind your own bidness!" Continue making sounds.
Below is a quick guide on how to use the Moog Doodle Synth.
After finding the perfect noise that resonates well with your off-pitch singing voice then you can proceed and learn how to play "Shomnty Mirfday" on the Moog Doodle Machine.
Here's the keyboard pattern for the "Shmonty Mirfday" song.
00HFGF (those first two notes are zeros)
Practice it a couple of times. and once you get it down add the lyrics:
Shmonty Mirfday 2 U
Shmonty Mirfday U 2
Shmonty Mirfday it's Shmonty's Birthday
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Shmonty's Birthday Musical 4 you
0 0 H F G F (hold until you have to go pee)
-Or something like that!-
Now you are ready to call Shmonty.
KDKB Studio: 602-260-9393.
If he's unavailable call the Front Desk and ask for Shmonty's voice mail: 480-897-9300 (make sure you're polite to the receptionist)
If the Voice Mail box is full then grab your webcam and make him a YouTube video and post that on Facebook.
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A "troll" in social media speak is someone who comments or posts things that have NO relevance to the topic at hand. Since this blog and group of authors are here to help establish a new social media culture, the message is simple: STOP TROLLING!
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Ragan has published a survey looking at how companies structure their social media teams. An infographic summarizing the findings is below and the full report can be downloaded here. In summary: 42% of companies have just one person looking after social media.40% of companies have 2-3 people looking after social media.9% of companies have six or more people managing social media.25% of companies have interns helping with social media.86% of companies measure social media in terms of likes and followers.Of all comms departments, advertising is the least likely to be in charge of social media in 26% of instances – marketing and PR are most likely (70% and 69% respectively).Via Lauren Moss
Two Pens's curator insight,
April 14, 11:41 AM
Interesting that writing skill is such a low priority for social media personnel (only 18%). Might be why only 5% of companies are happy with their social media activities :-)
Laser Focus Coaching's comment,
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I agree, content needs to be written by someone with writing skills..
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Yes, but not only. Writing skills + Social Media & Marketing skills :o)
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By Pawan Deshpande, CEO, HiveFire. "Last year my company, HiveFire Inc., shared the results from our B2B Marketing Trends survey". Here's what they found and found: **82 percent are incorporating content curation Click through to this recent post titled "Content May Be King" for more content curation definitions and trends.) **The fact that this represents a notable increase (up from 48 percent) from the Content Curation Adoption survey that we issued earlier that year sent a strong message that curation is gaining favor amongst marketers. For our Curation Habits Report, we analyzed over one million articles curated by our customers to identify: which curation methods drive the highest engagement rates and identified some interesting trends. Here are a few things they found: Original Content vs. Third-Party Content On average, approximately 87 percent of curated content are third-party articles and 13 percent are original content. **Additionally, on sites where there is a mix of original and third-party content **original content receives approximately 17 percent more click-thru activity **Curated sites that have between 16-30 percent original generate the most pageviews. Capturing Reader Attention Throughout the analysis, it became clear that there are several ways that curators can draw attention to their content. **For starters, articles that included a picture generated 47 percent more click-thru activity than articles without. Medium snippets (between 141 and 1,200 characters) generate 20 percent more click-thru activity than small snippets (140 characters or less) for any given curated site. Curated by Jan Gordon covering "Content Curation, Social Business and Beyond" Read full article here: [http://bit.ly/HWl5DO] Via janlgordon Delete the scoop?
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I selected this piece by Steve Olenski for Forbes because it's good for B2C marketers to see the results of their social media campaigns. This article is specifically aimed at B2C marketers where their consumers want instant gratification - promotions, giveaways, etc. Having said that, part of the purchasing cycle can include content in some cases depending on what you're selling and who your audience is. Here are findings of a survey recently conducted by Market Force - a worldwide leader in customer intelligence solutions. 12,000 consumers in the US and UK were asked how they engaged with varying industries via social media: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Google+ Here's what caught my attention: **81% of US respondents indicated posts from their friends directly influenced their purchase decision **80% of respondents "tried new things based on friends' suggestions." **78% of respondents said the posts by companies they follow on social media impact their purchases. **consumers are not all that interested in content but rather want something i.e. a promotion, giveaway, etc. when it comes to social media and their favorite brands. Are Brands finally "getting it" when it comes to social media? **They are getting more and more cognizant of the fact that what they post, share and so on can and will impact what the end user does – in this case, make a purchase decision. **out of the 12,000 who participated 75% were women. This is incredibly significant given the fact that women account for 85% of all consumer purchases Selected by Jan Gordon covering, "Content Curation. Social Business and Beyond" See full article here: [http://onforb.es/KQTqAR] Via janlgordon Delete the scoop?
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raptor wrote:This is not good news but it is a single refinery business.
The refinery business is a tough business as a pure refinery play, like Petro Plus. They buy crude at market prices and sell refined product at market prices. So if they buy crude at $100/bbl but the price of oil goes down before they refine and sell it, they have a loss on their inventory holdings.
They also have to pay cash up front and wait for their cash on the sales end. In other words it needs a billion dollar revolving loan just to stay in business. In this case the banks are looking at the volatile oil prices and the borrower's balance sheet and collateral...crude oil and refined products. That is a scary borrower. Even more so if lending lines are getting trimmed like they seem to be doing now.
They use futures to hedge their market risk, and they have revolving credit lines for working capital. That is what concerns me most frankly, is that they a line of credit for working capital was frozen. That means the banks see deep problems in the company otherwise they would never do it because they probably have other credit facilities they will take a loss on if they default (which became a lot more likely when their operations were shutdown due to lack of WC).


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Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:43 am
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Scurra will be pleased to see this glowing review on BGG (where I am a regular browser and occasional contributer):
Sounds like people really enjoy Key Market! I might have to look into picking up a copy if R&D does a reprint.
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:16 pm
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Chicka badass! =D
When is the ubb version coming?
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 12:07 pm
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That's awesome, Scurra! Congrats!
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 10:53 am
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Well, my game "sold out" before the first morning of the Essen Games Fair. By this I mean that all the production copies have been accounted for, but some of them went to retailers who still have it in stock (although there still aren't that many copies around!) There were some production issues but at least we got most of the games produced in time for people to pick-up - some companies (even quite big ones) had far worse problems than us.
And the general response has been pretty positive too.
So I'm pretty happy right now. And hey, I might even get some royalty payments at some point.
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:00 pm
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I saw
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(describing your game) the other day. Had you not posted this thread, I never would've made the connection.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 10:06 pm
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There's a reason I love the fact that you can hide behind pseudonyms far more easily on the interwebs...
But indeed, that is my "real" name. And believe me, I've heard them all
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:35 pm
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Thanks! That was exactly the description I needed. Also, it sounds like the sort of game I would like!
Your link wrote:
The game is designed by David Brain, ...
Brain? Seriously? Now I'm afraid I won't be smart enough to play it.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:48 pm
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Also, your name is cool.
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:17 pm
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Which bit?
"Relatively heavyweight" means longish playing time (especially for new players) but it's not a six-hour epic. I have an expected play time listed of 30m plus 30m per player (so it's about 2hrs for three.) The best player will generally win (since there is only a little luck) but it's not guaranteed.
"Euro-style" means that it is more about crisp interlinking mechanics than strong thematic or simulationist approaches. Basically, an elegant or interesting system will trump immersion - although it doesn't deliberately include clearly silly things. Here, for instance, there is a "market" (hence the name of the game) but one in which there are defined rules about buying and selling that make the game interesting but would never exist outside of a game environment like this...
"Worker placement" means that the central mechanic is based on the idea that the player has a limited number of pieces that they need to deploy in order to collect the resources needed to enable them to place more pieces and so on in a growth cycle. The game has a fixed length to ensure that this growth cycle ends just before you are quite ready to really exploit it!
Here, the game is based around using workers to produce resources (crops and livestock) but the trick is that there is a shifting season pattern that means that different resources produce more or less (or even nothing!) during different turns of the game. However, since the production pattern is known ahead of time, you can see where the "best" spots are on the board - but so can everyone else...
These sort of games basically offer you a limited number of actions which are never quite enough to enable you to do everything you want, so the challenge is to determine which are the most effective, both at the strategic and tactical levels. They also tend to be more based around "indirect" player interaction - you can't attack another player's workers, for instance, but you can get in their way quite successfully if you know what you are doing.
I'm obviously pretty pleased with it as a design, and I know that people who like this sort of game and have so far played it seem to generally quite like it, which is about all I could reasonably ask for,
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:43 pm
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Way cool! Congratulations!
Scurra wrote:
It's a relatively heavyweight "Euro-style" worker-placement game for those who know or care what I'm talking about.
I care, but don't know. Could you go into a little more depth?
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:42 am
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I would have posted this in the "What made you happy today" thread, because it did.
But my first published boardgame (being released at the Essen games fair in October) was officially listed on BoardGameGeek yesterday.
Somehow this makes it feel more "real" to me, even though I've been seeing all the separate parts as the production process has been going along; a BGG listing means that other people are starting to get to know about it as well. (It's a relatively heavyweight "Euro-style" worker-placement game for those who know or care what I'm talking about.)
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