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With all of the competition in the wedding industry, even getting website visitors in your local market can be a big win! Once they arrive on your website, however, it's vital that you guide them to take the next step by submitting a lead to get in touch with your business. It's easy to get swept up in your own desires and ideas when building your website, but ultimately you need to think about how your prospects will view and interact with it in order to drive more conversions.
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Reduce form fields
When it comes to reducing friction for your website visitors, reducing the length or number of fields used in your form is one of the easiest ways to boost your conversion rates. The fewer fields the visitor has to fill out, the more likely they are to submit a lead. Inevitably, though, shortening your contact forms is a trade-off – shorter forms generate more leads, but longer forms generate higher quality leads. The key is to think hard about which fields you truly need and which fields you can forego until you get the chance to learn more at the next point of contact or at the appointment. At the very least, you'll want name, email, phone number, and wedding date; the rest depends on your service category and routing needs. Just remember: Keep it simple!
Prioritize form placement
If you want your website visitors to submit a contact form to get in touch, give your form top placement on your website. While today's web users are used to scrolling past the "fold" to learn more, placing your contact form above the "fold" guarantees that they'll see it regardless of their next action. In fact, Education Guru Alan Berg suggests adding a contact form to each page of your website to guide visitors towards submitting an inquiry. Whichever option you choose will ultimately depend on the layout and design of your website, but whatever you do, just don't hide your contact form by placing it too far down on your homepage or by putting too many steps between their entrance and the form.
Utilize your reviews
Your WeddingWire reviews are easy to find and evaluate on your Storefront, but if a potential client is looking at your website you want to make sure they can find them there, too. When deciding whether or not to submit a lead through your website, couples are looking for proof that your work is quality and that your past clients were happy with the results of all your efforts. If a couple is reviewing your website, you've already made it through several stages of consideration and offering rave reviews will help make their decision easier. Select a few of your best reviews and add them to your website to help convince prospects that your business is the best choice. Make sure you add them close to your contact form so a happy client is one of the last things they see before deciding whether to commit.
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Awards are one of the best ways to lend outside credibility to your business. After all, you can say how awesome your business is, but your opinion isn't impartial until someone else also verifies it! Showcase what sets you apart from your competition by featuring your awards near your form or in the header or footer of your website. Unlike other awards in the wedding industry, the WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards® are solely based on reviews from real newlyweds and their experiences working with their wedding professionals. If your business is prestigious enough to be among the top five percent of wedding professionals on WeddingWire, we'll provide you code so you can easily feature your award on your website for all visitors to see.
Test your calls-to-action
Could the generic text on your button or contact link on your form be the factor that's driving down conversions? Or perhaps the color of your contact button causes it to blend in with the rest of your website? Test the color and text of your call-to-action or submit button to see if your conversion rates differ. Try changing your formal 'Contact Us' text to 'Get in Touch!', or use a contrasting accent color on the form button to attract more submissions. A word of caution, though – only change one element at a time (text or color) so that you can track which change truly had an impact.
Track and analyze changes
All of these changes will be hard to measure if you don't have enough information to see what's working! Tracking the number of inquiries you receive each month is easy enough to analyze, but then you'll only be looking at one piece of the puzzle. It's also important to use Google Analytics or other website analytics platforms (sometimes offered with your web-hosting platform) to track how many visitors you receive, how long they're staying on your website, and how many pages they visit before submitting an inquiry or leaving your website. Keeping an eye on all of these things will help you understand the behavior of your website visitors and make changes that will improve your conversion rates and time on site.
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Summer Salad
This recipe is from Pamela Fitzpatrick and Michael Grieb of Fox and Abel market in Chicago. They shared it with Martha Stewart Living Radio (Sirius channel 112).
Source: Radio, June Summer 2008
- 1 bag red leaf lettuce or spring mix
- 2 cups sliced peaches
- 1 cup seedless grapes
- 1 cup seasonal vegetables, medium dice
- 1/2 cup Fox & Abel balsamic vinaigrette
- 4 slices Neuske's bacon, cooked, cooled, and crumbled
- 1 cup pecans
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/4 cup Turbinado sugar
Toss the vegetables and fruit with the vinaigrette and refrigerate for about an hour.
Preheat oven to 400 degrees, toss the pecans in the melted butter and then in the sugar
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CHENGDU, China -- It was 12 C as I left Chengdu on a morning in late November. (It was -14 C in Winnipeg, a difference of 26 degrees). And yet as mild as it was, and with the forecast for a high of 16 C, my translator Duanduan Liu shivered and called it "a snow day" as she drove me to the airport in her new Buick Regal.
What passes for winter in Chengdu is mild by Manitoba standards. But all the same, residents dread the arrival of snow days that portend the winter to come when the average temperature slips to 5.6 C in January and often plunges to zero, even as low as -5 C -- minus five!
Cold, as every Winnipegger knows, is a relative thing. Which explains why every person in Chengdu whom I met and who had spent time in Canada said they preferred Canadian winters to Chengdu winters.
The reason? Central heating.
"In Canada, it is cold outside in winter but warm inside. In Chengdu it is warmer outside but colder inside," said Duanduan, a dietitian who spent six years in Winnipeg studying and working.
To me, Chengdu was a warm paradise in late November, when daytime temperatures ranged between 17 C and 21 C.
I found the room at my hotel, which caters to westerners and is centrally heated, was too hot. I would turn the temperature down to 18 C each night, open the window and crank up the ventilation system to ensure comfort.
But every day when I returned, I would find the temperature raised to 22 C, the window closed and the ventilation fan turned off. It was as if staff could not believe a guest would prefer cool and fresh to warm and stuffy.
But I did, and so every evening I would have to adjust, and every morning cleaning staff would readjust.
I found the climate appealing, warm and moist, the trees densely leaved, grass a rich green, and everywhere flowers -- begonias, orchids, petunias, azaleas and dahlias (the official flower).
Chengdu was recognized as "the most livable city" in China several years ago, in large part because its cuisine is superb and its new infrastructure makes it easy to get around, but mostly because of its sub-tropical climate.
The city actually is at the same latitude as Jacksonville, Fla., but because it sits on a high plain (elevation 1,600 feet compared to Winnipeg's 781) and is surrounded by mountains that block cold fronts coming down from Siberia, it is a pleasant place to be in any of its four seasons.
Summer temperatures can hit 35 C, although 27 C is the norm, and it never is as hot as it is in Chongqing, 300 kilometres southwest, where it can hit 44 C.
If there is a drawback for Winnipeggers, it is the lack of sunshine. The moisture and moderate climate that make Sichuan province, of which Chengdu is the capital, the "land of abundance," also make it a dark and dreary place in winter.
I was lucky. I had two sunny days, but usually fog hid the sun or reduced it to a pale yellow ball that was so dim, it often would not register in photographs. The only blue sky I saw over China was at 30,000 feet on my flight home.
The fog tends to hide the smog, which is always there but on most days is moderate compared with levels in other Chinese cities.
But smog levels often were higher than 100 on the air pollution index posted by the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu. An API of 100 to 200 will affect "sensitive" people but it never affected me in ways that I was aware of. Had it reached "hazardous" levels of more than 400 API, as it has done, I suspect I would have noticed.
Surprisingly, perhaps, relatively few pedestrians wore masks, although masks were more evident on the faces of cyclists and scooter drivers jostling with three million cars for the right of way on the city's excellent roadways.
It is perhaps no accident "hot pot" is a traditional means of preparing food in Chengdu. To cook hot pot, a fire is built under a cauldron to boil water into which dinner is dumped and cooked.
You can imagine in ancient times families gathering around the hot pot for warmth and hot food. Today, hot pot is not so much a source of warmth as it is a source of heat -- from fiery Sischuan pepper, which smells divine but which paralyzed my throat the one (and only) time I tried it.
The absence of central heat is intensified by concrete, the staple building material everywhere. And not just some concrete, but massive amounts needed to raise typical 30-storey and 40-storey buildings divided into hundreds of typical 100-square-metre (1,100-square-foot) apartments.
The concrete absorbs and retains cold, so much so that space heaters and reverse air-conditioners can't dispel the chill or the damp.
One day when it was 18 C, my translator Yanjiao (Ivy) Zhang told me she had been forced to leave her parents' apartment that morning and go outside to warm up.
"In Canada you talk about the temperature outside, not inside," she said. (Zhang, like Liu, had spent five years in Canada studying.)
Little wonder that centrally heated department stores and supermarkets are making relics of traditional open-air markets and relegating them to a rapidly disappearing past.


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1 tablespoon oil
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10 cm (4 inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
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4 spring onions (scallions), sliced
200 g (7 oz) asparagus spears, cut into short pieces
2 tablespoons soy sauce
40 g (1 1/2 oz/ 1/3 cup) slivered almonds, roasted
1. Heat a wok or large frying pan over high heat, add the oil and swirl to coat. Add the garlic, ginger and chicken and stir-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until the chicken changes colour.
2. Add the spring onion and asparagus and stir-fry for a further 2 minutes, or until the spring onion is soft.
3. Stir in the soy sauce and 3 tablespoons water, cover and simmer for 2 minutes, or until the chicken is tender and the vegetables are slightly crisp. Sprinkle with the almonds and serve over steamed rice.


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The people of the 23rd Congressional District of New York are ready to shake things up, and Doug Hoffman is coming on strong as Election Day approaches! He needs our help now...
The federal government borrows, spends, and prints too much money, while our national debt hits a record high. Government is growing while the private sector is shrinking, and unemployment is on the rise. Doug Hoffman is committed to ending the reckless spending in Washington, D.C. and the massive increase in the size and scope of the federal government. He is also fully committed to supporting our men and women in uniform as they seek to honorably complete their missions overseas.
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Urban ruins were the remains of buildings that were damaged during fighting, located within the Middle Eastern city that was host to Liquid Ocelot's PMC activities.
Guns of the Patriots Incident
- See also: Liquid Sun, Solid Sun, Third Sun, Twin Suns, Old Sun, and Naked Sin/Naked Son
After meeting with Drebin 893, Solid Snake travelled through some urban ruins while attempting to rendezvous with Rat Patrol 01. As he passed though the settling rubble of a fallen apartment building, the unstable structure gave way several times. Several local militiamen took cover in the ruins, but were shot by the Praying Mantis forces from above while they attempted to snipe PMC soldiers below them. At least one soldier also acted as a suicide bomber when another soldier approached him, killing both in the process. After navigating the heavily damaged building, Snake attempted to hide from a militia soldier behind a wall, leading to the downtown area, but a member of Rat Patrol unwittingly distracted him and was chased away.
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Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy home! This is your centralised home for all your monitoring needs!! Our aim at the Academy is simple....We want to share our daily hands on product knowledge, directly with you! We encourage you to...
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NT LAN Manager version 2 (NTLM v2) Authentication failed in IBM Rational Performance Tester
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If you encounter the NT LAN Manager version 2 (NTLM v2) "Authentication failed" error in IBM Rational Performance Tester, you can follow the steps in the below technote to set up NTLM v2 in RPT: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg2703...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
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Dearest Debuggers, Last week I stumbled across an interesting question in BPM. As it took me some time to figure out why BPM was behaving the way it did, I thouhgt I'd share my findings with you, as it may help you some day as well. The scenario was...
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Moving the work items to a different repository with history in RTC
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One of the users using IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC) 4.0.1 were planning to move some work items to a different repository. To do this, they were considering the following options along with some requirements: a. Move the work items,...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
CLM 2012 beta how-to video roundup
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The fine folk at Jazz.net have been busy recently, uploading a ton of awesome CLM 2012 beta videos: CLM 2012 Beta - Scriptable setup for Jazz Team Server CLM 2012 Beta (RTC) - "Express Setup" demo for Jazz Team Server CLM 2012 Beta (RTC) - Cross...
Assess the Impact of a Change in IBM Rational System Architect
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Assess the Impact of a Change - Scott McBride, Senior Managing Consultant with IBM demonstrates how you can link a business service to supporting processes, applications and technology components. Knowing these dependencies will enable you to identify which...
Modify Splash Screen in UrbanCode Deploy & UrbanCode Release
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A splash screen is a graphical control element consisting of window containing an image, a logo and the current version of the software. A splash screen usually appears while a game or program is launching. Splash screens cover the entire screen or web page,...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
CLM upgrade script parameters for the automation framework
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The Collaborative Lifecycle Management ( CLM) upgrade scripts - Jazz Team Server (JTS), Change and Configuration Management (CCM), Quality Management (QM), Requirements Management (RM) provides an additional command line parameter( -noEditor ) to prevent it...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
How to index DOORS 9.6 artifacts in Lifecycle Query Engine
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How to index DOORS 9.6 artifacts in Lifecycle Query Engine - John Carolan demonstrates the steps required to enable DOORS 9.6 as a Tracked Resource Set (TRS) provider and how to add that feed to Lifecycle Query Engine (LQE) as a new Data Source. ...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
DOORS 9 - DXL tricks - How to delete multiple linksets
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Is there a way to delete multiple linksets from a link module including all the contained links? The DOORS UI does not provide that feature but it is possible by using DXL. Here is a sample that will delete all the linksets and links contained in a...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
An RTC WorkItem Command Line
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Ralph Schoon has posted a great reference, tutorial, and code on his personal blog which provides for A Rational Team Concert WorkItem Command Line ! He provides code for a simple Work Item Command Line Client and explains the usage in a detailed but...
Installation Manager, and other Rational videos now on YouTube
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Recently posted on YouTube is an IBM Rational Installation Manager (IM) video detailing how to install and/or remove the Installation Manager (IM). In addition to the IM video, you can also view how-to style videos on silent installs of ClearCase and...
How to perform tasks on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise
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The following library of articles, written by IBM Cloud experts, shows you how to successfully perform certain tasks on the IBM Cloud. In many of these resources, you'll find not just the steps to perform the task, but some explanation of the concepts behind...
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Adding widgets to the widget catalog of IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (V4.0.6)
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Adding widgets to the widget catalog of IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation (V4.0.6) - This video demonstrates how to include OpenSocial gadgets in the widget catalog so that they are available on Jazz Team Server and its applications. The gadgets in this video...
Why and How to Blog about Technical Content!
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Why do I blog about Rational License server, RPT, RFT, CLM, anyway? Why do I even recommend it? Who will gain anything out of it? If you ask me I will have loads to say as I love blog posts, especially those that can take you through the entire process...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Configuring Rational System Architect with Oracle 11 on 64 Bit system
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This blog is for users who can answer a "Yes" to the following Questions: 1. Are you thinking of Migrating your existing 32 Bit System with Rational System Architect with Oracle as back end to 64 Bit Systems? 2. Are you...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Maximo - Verifying deployed XMLs using the WebSphere Console
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Maximo - Verifying deployed XMLs using the WebSphere Console : How to confirm deployments in the WebSphere Console related to integrations By Eugene BonksModified on by AcdntlPoet
Resolving conflicts in RTC: two new how-to videos
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Rational Team Concert: Resolve a Conflict - This video describes how to resolve a conflict in Rational Team Concert v4.0. More info: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYMRC_4.0.0/com.ibm.rational.clm.doc/helpindex_clm.html https://jazz.net/prod...
Helping you to help yourself..........AOS - SOS!! Community Blog
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Overview With the AOS tool, a member of our support team can view your desktop and share control of your mouse and keyboard to get you on your way to a solution. The tool can speed up problem determination, collection of data, and ultimately, your...
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Rational DOORS v9.x: Realizing Efficiencies by Reusing Requirements
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Rational DOORS v9.x: Realizing Efficiencies by Reusing Requirements - In this demonstration Rational Technical Specialist George Siampos talks about the following: What is requirement reuse? Reuse in Product Maintenance Product Compliance The benefits in...
Troubleshooting Tririga record updates not updating in Maximo via the IBM Maximo Tririga Integrator
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In order for the Maximo Tririga Integrator to work properly and have updates done in Tririga be updated in Maximo a Maximo System Property must be set. This property name is, "mxe.int.keyresponse". More information on this Maximo system...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Rational Developer for System z (v9.0.1): Integrated Debugger
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Rational Developer for System z (v9.0.1): Integrated Debugger - This video features the new Integrated Debugger that is part of Rational Developer for System z, version 9.0.1. This debugger is much more than your typical debugger. In this video you'll...
Author a simple report in Rational Publishing Engine v1.2
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Author a simple report in Rational Publishing Engine v1.2 - This video describes how author a simple report in RPE v1.2. It shows how to build a simple template in Document Studio, and how to run it in a document specification to check the output of the...
Getting started with BlueMix
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Ralph Schoon (Unleash The Labs, Leading Technical Sales Professional ) provides two great no-nonsense views into starting up with projects in IBM BlueMix on his external blog rsjazz.wordpress.com ! With a deep expertise in the RTC / Jazz products, Ralph brings...
A 3 part round up of articles on how to set up a Jazz Build Engine to run an Ant script
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Learn how to set up an IBM Rational Team Concert main build that performs an IBM Rational Developer for System z code review. Based on the result of the code review, the process either submits the build to compile, or stops and reports the code review errors....
Rational Quality Manager v4.0.4: Understanding and Managing Test Case Execution Records
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Rational Quality Manager v4.0.4: Understanding and Managing Test Case Execution Records (1 of 6) - This video is the first in a series of videos aimed at explaining how you can use test case execution records to plan, execute, and report on testing. Part 1...
IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation Document Import
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IBM Rational DOORS NG v4.0.1: Document Import - This presentation shows you how to import a Microsoft Office Word document from the web client of IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation and as a result create a module and requirements artifact.
Preconditions and follow-up actions in Rational Quality Manager
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Preconditions and follow-up actions in Rational Quality Manager - Watch how team members work with preconditions and follow-up actions in Rational Quality Manager web UI.
Deploying and Using IBM Rational Product Help Software
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Here is a great tip and trick to find help directly on your local system! Various Ways of Deploying and Using IBM Rational Product Help Software - This video contains information about how to use IBM Rational Help systems. The Help can be deployed and...
Follow-up Tests with Reports/Queries in Rational Quality Manager
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Follow-up Tests with Reports/Queries in Rational Quality Manager - Rational Quality Manager includes reporting and querying capabilities to help you stay informed about the status of your project. Use these wherever you are in the test effort to gather...
The "In a Rush Guide" to installing, configuring and starting DOORS Web Access 184.108.40.206
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I suspect I could get DOORS Web Access (DWA) installed and running on Windows in 5 minutes. But I hear grumbling about it so I am sharing and timing a DWA 126.96.36.199 install in a rush. I'm usually in a rush. [Start the stopwatch] Download it,...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Stopwatch demo showing model-driven development with IBM Rational Rhapsody in Ada
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Stopwatch demo showing model-driven development with IBM Rational Rhapsody in Ada - Ada is a rich high-level language designed for embedded real-time, high integrity and large scale systems development. Progressively, in the Ada 95 and Ada 2005 revisions, it...
IBM Service Request streamlined problem submission process
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IBM Service Request streamlined problem submission process - This video demonstrates how to use IBM Service Request (or SR) to open a problem online with IBM Support. Visit Service Request at: http://ibm.co/SRfromYT
Happy Labor day to those in the US, plus a video for those at work
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Ah, yes, it IS that time of year when many Americans roll out that one last big blow-out barbecue party before the summer comes to a close and we look toward welcoming winter, albeit a bit trepidatiously. While the holiday has indeed come...
Two Rational Team Concert how to videos
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Here's a two-fer on this Friday to help you get the most out of your Rational Team Concert implementations: Rational Team Concert 2012: Application development using Rational Developer for System z and RTC - This video demonstrates improvements to the Rational...
Three CLM 2012 beta How-To videos!
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The Rational Team Concert Source Control Management Team has stepped up again and published three new videos covering the CLM 2012 beta with topics on locating change sets, deleting file contents from source control, and file & folder permissions; always a...
Common features used in the flexlm licensing options file
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It's always good to have options! Let's discuss the options a license administrator has to use for a license. The options file is a plain text file that allows a floating license administrator to control user access to specific features or versions of...
Top FixCentral tips from IBM eSupport!
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Our friends in IBM Electronic Support have been hard at work lately producing some great videos to help walk through various support tasks on IBM.com. In the three videos below, you will find them focused on specific scenarios with finding and downloading...
Video: Introduction to Rational Publishing Engine v1.2 for Beginners
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Introduction to Rational Publishing Engine v1.2 for Beginners -This video describes the basics principles of using IBM Rational Publishing Engine v1.2, and shows a demonstration of RPE for the end-user. The demonstration shows opening a document...
Dymanic value contents affecting the placement of loops during script execution under IBM Rational Performance Tester.
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In a given scenario under IBM Rational Performance Tester, assume that the token ID's and User session ID's are present in the request as dynamic values. These values would thereby be present throughout the requests in the script. Once the script...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Creating your first app with IBM Rapid Apps for Bluemix (a 10 Part series)
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Introduction - Creating your first app with IBM Rapid Apps for Bluemix (Part 1 of 10) : Would you like some help getting started with Rapid Apps? Watch this video series to learn how to create your first app. You can follow along and create your own simple app...
Using IBM Internet of Things Foundation application on IBM Bluemix
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Rational License Key Center and its features overview
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License Key Center and its Features: Most IBM Rational software products require specific license keys in order to use them. The instructions discussed in this blog will guide you to the IBM Rational License Key Center (LKC), and the on-line service for...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
IBM Maximo 7602 - New Feauture - Invoice Cost Variance Report
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Maximo 7602 - New Feauture - Invoice Cost Variance Report - In the Maximo 220.127.116.11 release, the new Invoice Cost Variance Report for LIFO/FIFO items is delivered. This demo highlights the new report, what variances it contains and how it can be applied in your...Modified on by AcdntlPoet
Non-Programmer's Guide to Troubleshooting Java in CLM video series
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In July I presented a paper in Rio that predicted that the Chinese would soon pass the US and EU to lead the world in S&T: The Race for World Leadership for Science and Technology: Status and Forecasts, by R. D. Shelton and P. Foland. This paper got little notice at the Rio conference and later in the US, but in China, people are paying more attention. At their request, it was translated into Chinese by their Academy of Sciences and published in their journal, Science Focus in February, 2010. All the versions of the paper are posted at http://itri2.org/Rpaper/
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Jimmy Carter He ran an effective campaign and did well in debates. He was born, October 1st 1927 Lived in Plains, Georgia and penut farmed when he was a kid. Grew up in nearby in Archery. He was the first candidate from the Deep South to be elected president. In the 1960s he served two terms in the Georgia State Senate. James Carter was the 39th presdentFull transcript


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Germany is known for having particularly passionate soccer fans. (Or should we call them, "futball" fans?) Their passion grows exponentially during the World Cup. Which was evident when we sent Colm, an American soccer player from NYU, to Berlin to watch the German vs U.S. World Cup game. Equipped with Rosetta Stone German, Colm quickly learned how to navigate the waters as a U.S. fan in a sea of German hooligans.


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Rare 1935 Desoto Airflow SG Coupe, 1 of 307 made, xlnt restoration project
- Location: San Fernando, California, United States
- Make: DeSoto
- Model: Airflow Coupe
- Type: 2 door coupe
- Year: 1935
- Mileage: 100,000
- Color: na
- Engine size: straight 6 w/ manual transmission with Over Drive!
- Number of cylinders: 6
- Transmission: manual 3 spd w/ OD
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: na
- Vehicle Title: Clear
1935 DeSoto Airflow Coupe overview
Up for auction is this ultra rare car, 1 of 307 produced in 1935! Our 1935 Desoto Airflow SG coupe is 95+% original and complete, and as such, an excellent restoration project.
If you've been looking for an Airflow coupe you know how rare these are and may also know that restored examples have been fetching high five digits when they do come up for sale.
The Chrysler (8 cyl) and Desoto (6 cyl) Airflow cars were truly revolutionary groundbreaking cars and introduced many major technical advancements in automotive design, including being the first car designed in a wind tunnel to improve drag and speed without adding horsepower, moving the engine over the front axle so in turn both of the passenger seats would ride 'between the wheels' for a smoother ride, and perhaps the most significant; this was the world's first 'uni-body' design, you passengers rode 'inside the frame' which greatly improved survival in case of a crash....all features common to automobiles ever since!
This Airflow 1935 SG Coupe has some minor rust in the usual places; rear truck area, edges of lower fenders, but overall it is a 95% complete and solid car with it's original drive train in tact (engine turns, never tried to start). Our seller told us it was driven on and off the trailer when he picked it up in Arizona many years ago. The seller was a well known Mopar collector and operated the largest Mopar salvage lot on the West Coast of America and was active in the Airflow Club of America. He had intended to restore this ultra rare coupe but Father Time caught up with him first. We had also to restore her but we have just too many projects already started and so we decided to let her go in order to help finish several other projects. Our loss can be you gain!
It is the way you like to see them, still in original condition...and most importantly, it has it's legendary waterfall original grill and mascot in tact with just minor pitting and no 'broken bones'....so will restore to show quality no problem. The only obvious missing item is the rear bumper, and we may have a lead on one of those (same for all 1935 Desotos).
This airflow coupe has the rare optional window washing system and the original jar is in tact. Also has original under dash heater still intact as well. We may have additional parts stored separately that are not shown in pictures, please ask if you see something missing before bidding, otherwise what you see is what you get!
The Airflow Club of America is an excellent club for supporting your restoration and has re manufactured many of the rare items needed for restoration.
Free delivery within the SoCal area, or we can help to arrange transportation for you.
Note, we will also be listing a 1936 Desoto S2 sedan, in similar very restore-able condition in a separate auction.
Please see attached photos for details, and ask us if you'd like to see more. The car is available for inspection at our Woodland Hills shop during normal business hours, appointments on weekend possible. Thanks for looking, Penta Motorsports. (and please check out our website)


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Dimensional Upgrade: Draw In 2-D, Design in 3-D
Noah J Nelson on Friday, May. 23rd
As we get deeper into the voxelpunk era it feels like we are seeing a new 3-D user interface every other week. Or day for that matter. The last one that turned my head was Metaio's thermal touch augmented reality interface, which we posted about yesterday. Today it's a 3-D drawing system called Gravity Sketch that uses a transparent grid tablet and pen linked to AR glasses to create 3-D objects from 2-D drawings.
Current 3-D drawing systems, including the holographic zSpace or this 3-D-printer pen, ask you to be part sculptor, part surgeon as you draw wisps in boundless midair. It's a weird concept to get accustomed to.
Gravity Sketch takes a different approach. It only lets you draw on the flat plain of the tablet itself. But you work with your design in 3-D as you draw–and the program give you a set of rules by which to manipulate your design. "By providing a simple set of rules, people quickly learn the limitations of the tool and work their way around them," the team explains. "Through experiments, we found that people could build their ideas out in a three-dimensional space while playing to their natural instincts and the ease of drawing in two dimensions."
Fast Company wasn't able to get their hands on the device, but the idea itself is intriguing. It strikes me as a more "natural" way to design in a 3-D environment. Each of these interface breakthroughs expand the field of what is possible for AR and VR systems, and as we get closer to the commercial release of that technology generation the need for intuitive UI becomes more apparent. These demos leave me thinking that the UI will get there in time.
3-D design • augmented reality • Gravity Sketch • virtual reality


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By The Associated Press
TITLE: "Troops."
LENGTH: 30 seconds
AIRING: Denver; Harrisburg, Pa.; Washington, D.C.
TRANSCRIPT: Announcer: "Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hadn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops. And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras. John McCain is always there for our troops. McCain. Country first."
McCain: "I'm John McCain and I approve this message."
KEY IMAGES: Still photo of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama superimposed over changing images that include a map of Afghanistan, a map of Iraq, U.S. soldiers and grainy video of Obama preparing to shoot a basketball before U.S. troops in Kuwait. The Obama images fade to give way to a still shot of McCain at a podium with a U.S. flag behind him.
ANALYSIS: The ad is part of a broader effort by the McCain campaign to raise questions about Obama's trip last week to Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and Europe. It seizes on Obama's decision, late in the trip, to cancel a visit with wounded U.S. troops in Landstuhl, Germany. Obama has said he didn't want the visit to be perceived as political.
While the McCain campaign has tried to keep the issue alive with statements and press releases, the ad has made only limited appearances.
When releasing the commercial over the weekend, the McCain campaign said it would run in "select markets" in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. In fact, it has had an abbreviated run in Denver, Harrisburg and Washington. Evan Tracey, who tracks political ads as head of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group, said the ad aired four times on Sunday -- a barely perceptible showing.
The ad claims Obama "made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops," while displaying footage of Obama with a basketball in a gymnasium. The ad misleadingly does not mention that the footage is from Obama's visit with troops in Kuwait. On the day he was to visit troops in Landstuhl, Obama did go to the gym but he also gave an interview to CNN in his Berlin hotel.
Obama explained the decision this way Saturday:
"We were treating it in the same way we treat a visit to Walter Reed, which I was able to do a few weeks ago without any fanfare whatsoever. I was going to be accompanied by one of my advisers, a former military officer. And we got notice that he would be treated as a campaign person, and it would therefore be perceived as political because he had endorsed my candidacy but he wasn't on the Senate staff.
"That triggered then a concern that maybe our visit was going to be perceived as political. And the last thing that I want to do is have injured soldiers and the staff at these wonderful institutions having to sort through whether this is political or not or get caught in the crossfire between campaigns.
"So rather than go forward and potentially get caught up in what might have been considered a political controversy of some sort, what we decided was that we not make a visit and instead I would call some of the troops that were there."
Obama still could have visited the troops by himself; as a sitting senator, he is entitled to do that. Such a step could have denied McCain an attack line. Obama aides, however, have said that still could have been perceived as a political event, given that it came during the campaign-paid portion of the trip. Obama did visit wounded soldiers earlier in the trip, but those visits were during the taxpayer-paid leg of his travels, when he was part of a congressional delegation with Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. Hagel has called McCain's ad "inappropriate."
The ad's infrequent airplay suggests the campaign believes it is faring better with another ad that blames Obama for high gas prices. That ad is airing in 11 states. Whereas the "Troops" ad appeared four times on Sunday, the energy ad appeared 700 times, said Tracey, the ad tracker.
Campaigns are known to briefly air commercials to test their impact with voters before deciding whether to expand the message. Despite limited air play, the ad has helped keep the issue alive for several days because references to it have cropped up in daily media coverage of the campaign.
"McCain doesn't want to draw more attention to Barack Obama's trip but wants his spin in the coverage of it," Tracey said.
A McCain spokesman said the campaign would not discuss its ad strategy.
Analysis by Associated Press Writer Jim Kuhnhenn
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Stars such as Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins and Drew Barrymore clamor for even small roles in his films.
Though Kaufman has written only five films —Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Human Nature, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which opens Friday — it's hard to think of any other writer who summons up a similar response among Hollywood's A-list.
"There's only one other person who springs to mind, and that's Shakespeare," says Kate Winslet, who stars in Eternal Sunshine.
Though they're no Romeo and Juliet, Winslet and Jim Carrey play star-crossed lovers in this offbeat relationship saga. They meet, fall in love and break up, but not exactly in that order.
At a time when most movies are written by committee, Kaufman, 45, is a rare solo practitioner.
"When you're sent a Charlie Kaufman script, the first thing you want to do is put it in a frame," Winslet says. "You just want to preserve and polish it."
Elijah Wood, who plays a computer technician and part-time love interest of Winslet in Eternal Sunshine, says it's the way Kaufman looks at the world that attracts actors. "His characters tend to be flawed, with awkward sensibilities," Wood says. "The things they say are not always right in every situation, which makes them immediately relatable."
In a Kaufman script, the size of a role doesn't matter.
"You know the characters are going to be original, even from the smallest walk-on person," says Mark Ruffalo, who in Eternal Sunshine plays a technician for a company that has developed a process to erase painful memories.
The worlds that Kaufman creates are unquestionably offbeat:
• In Adaptation, Nicolas Cage stars in a dual role of twin brothers who write scripts.
• In Being John Malkovich, John Cusack plays a puppeteer who discovers a portal in the actor's head.
•Human Nature is about a young man raised as an ape.
•Confessions of a Dangerous Mind weaves a fantastical spy intrigue around real-life game show creator Chuck Barris.
"As strange as the world may be, you can relate to the human experience," Wood says.
Winslet was drawn to Kaufman's eccentric characters and one-of-a-kind plots.
"You watch his movies thinking, 'This shouldn't make any sense,' and yet it does," Winslet says. "I don't know how he does it, but I just want him to keep writing."
With Eternal Sunshine, Kaufman focused on creating a realistic relationship between Winslet's Clementine and Jim Carrey's Joel, even though the plot revolves around their decision to erase each other from memory.
"The sci-fi element was secondary," Kaufman says. "We wanted the focus to be on the relationship and not on the hardware."
Kaufman may be offbeat and eccentric, but he's not interested in being clever without reason. "Weirdness just for the sake of weirdness and inside references just feels insular. The movie has to be about a human experience."
Eternal Sunshine's reverse chronology "allows you to see Clementine as Joel sees her," Kaufman says.
Kaufman is not comfortable with the notion that he's the "it" writer in Hollywood these days.
"It's good for writers to be recognized for their work," he says. "There's a bit of a conspiracy in show business to call it a director's medium. The person who comes up with the story and creates the characters should be recognized."
But Kaufman says celebrity is not his thing. "I'm a very private person. If your name becomes well-known, you still have the same problems and the same life. The good thing is I've been able to do the work I've wanted to do."
So it's not a heady feeling to have stars jump on board at the mention of his name?
"It's a better feeling if they say they read the script and they like it," Kaufman says. "If they say they want to work on it because I wrote it, they could be making a mistake. I think it's good that each piece of work stand on its own, apart from my name or anybody's name."


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SanDiego Getaway @luvsandiegosurf
I finally ventured out of my Newport Beach bubble and did a mid-week vaca down to SD. I was able to gather a few amigos and stay a night down south in a beautiful spot in Mission Beach. The crew over at Luv Surf San Diego hooked us up with such a fun spot. We got a fun little surf in at Scripps Beach to start the day, then hit up the Suja Juice factory and got the full rundown… (more…)Tags: friends, luvsurf, Oakley, SD, suja, surf


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Men's Green Montecarlo Woven Leather Bracelet
Taking inspiration from sports cars of the infamous racing event, Tateossian 's Montecarlo bracelet exudes contemporary appeal. The translucent layer of enamel sits beautifully on a sheet of alutex foil creating a carbon fibre effect which dominates the clasp of the bracelet. Color: green


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adaptive mesh
I am applying the adaptive mesh in an elliptic equation, and when I use Neumann conditions for one linear or quadratic equation, the convergence is reached, but when the trigonometric equations is used the maximum residual doesn't reach the tolerance that I want (e10-8), or be, it stall. I am thinking that the problem can be in the order of the polynomials that I am using to do the interpolations between the coarse and fine mesh for the ghost cells or in the restriction and in the prolongation of the multigrid method. Will I have a good behavior for this case.?
Re: adaptive mesh
My experience with multigrid for a equation with Neumann boundary condions, care is needed for the corresponding Neumann conditions on the coarse grid. The incremental form of the Neumann conditions is desirable, rather than the original form.
Re: adaptive mesh
but when you said "The incremental form of the Neumann" are you talking about the third order in the discretization of the neumann condition??? because I am using the second order.
Re: adaptive mesh
The initial boundary values Q_b on a coarse grid is restricted from the next finer grid, now you are going to iterate Q as well as Q_b. It is suggested to solve LHS * Delta Q = RHS on the coarse grid, where Delta Q is itearted incremental form. Once Delta Q is obtained, Q_i=Q_i^n+ Delta Q_i+1 (first order accuracy), if i=1 is the boundary point.
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How It's DUNN
We use only the finest materials in our handcrafted pieces. It is our philosophy to deliver products that reflect our commitment to nature, craftsmanship, and good design, letting you indulge in your DUNN pieces for many years to come.
This page provides an overview of the unique characteristics of each material and the techniques we use in the creation of our pieces. Natural materials and handcrafted pieces have an imperfect beauty, otherwise referred to as "natural variations." Please browse the following sections to learn more about these variations.
At the bottom of this page you can purchase finish sets. Each set comes with multiple finish samples that are individually labeled for your specification purposes. Other materials and finishes are available for custom orders (additional fees may apply). Please contact us for custom requests.
Wood is one of our most abundant and renewable resources. It can be composted, returning to the earth, or its by-products, such as sawdust and chips, can be used for making other products like wood stove pellets.There are three cuts of timber: plain sawn, rift sawn, and quarter sawn. Each has its pros and cons to consider in the design process that will affect the aesthetics of the grain characteristics, the wood's expansion and contraction, the ease or difficulty of machining and working the wood, the structural integrity of the joinery, and how the piece will accept finish. Each style cut produces some waste, though plain sawn is generally considered to produce the least. As a company that values sustainable and responsible practices, we tend to use plain sawn as much as possible.
Plain Sawn, Rift Sawn, Quarter Sawn
In woodworking we consider wood to be a living thing even after it is harvested and dried. You can think of it like a sponge that is always trying to reach its equilibratory moisture content.
Humidity changes regionally and seasonally. As the humidity in the air lessens, so does the moisture content in the sponge, and the sponge shrinks. If the humidity in the air increases, so too does the moisture content in the sponge, and the sponge expands.
In woodworking we consider this to be the wood's movement and it is important to take into account when designing wood furniture. This movement is what eventually causes timber to bow and warp. We employ woodworking techniques that control and minimize this movement in our pieces.
At DUNN we work with the following domestic hardwoods. Other woods are available for custom orders (additional fees may apply):
The most common species of Walnut in North America is the Black Walnut. The coloration of the heartwood, or the centermost portion of the tree, ranges from tan to deep chocolaty brown. The sapwood, or outermost and youngest portion of the tree, is a pale yellow. Walnut is an abundant hardwood in North America; however, it grows more slowly than Cherry and Oak and, if harvested early, produces only narrow boards containing minimal rich, dark brown coloration.
Walnut is easy to work with; relatively stable, enduring only minimal seasonal movement; cuts and sands evenly; and finishes nicely.
Cherry exhibits beautiful colors and grain patterns, making it widely used despite being less available in large boards and less abundant than Walnut and Oak. Cherry is photosensitive: when initially cut it is a pinkish-yellow hue; but, with exposure to sunlight, cherry darkens to a reddish brown and grows richer in color over time.
Cherry is very workable, experiences mild seasonal movement, and finishes beautifully. However, we do not recommend its use as a base-wood for staining because stains can penetrate unevenly.
White Oak
Oak is abundant in North America, containing several hundred species. We most commonly work with White Oak. White Oak is lightly brown in color with some yellow or green hues. It is very durable - so much so, in fact, that it was the lumber of choice for old wood frame boats, whiskey and wine barrels (also adding flavor to its contents), and a smart choice for wood flooring.
Oak possesses favorable woodworking qualities, though is much harder and denser than Walnut and Cherry, making it slightly more intensive to work with. It has mild seasonal movement and finishes beautifully, though sometimes absorbs more finish than other woods due to its higher grain porosity.
Our woodwork is sealed with oil-based finishes. We offer two series of finishes: NATURAL and TONED, explained below. Other wood finishes and colors are available for custom orders (additional fees may apply). For commercial applications, we recommend that you request our custom, water-based polyurethane blends, as they are better suited for more frequent use and cleaning.
Oil-based finishes accomplish two things: they protect the wood and they nourish it, allowing the wood to expand and contract seasonally while sparing the finish from cracking over time. Though oil-based finishes can provide a thinner layer of protection than finishes that sit on the surface, they soak deep into the wood, protecting the pores and bringing out the natural beauty of the wood's grain, producing a rich and desirable look.
NATURAL is our purest line of wood finish. The finish is hand-massaged into our choice domestic hardwoods: White Oak, Cherry, and Walnut. The NATURAL finish produces a satin luster and highlights the particular characteristics of each type of wood grain. This finish is oil-based, mixed with a combination of drying agents. Many oil-based finishes use drying agents that can release volatile organic compounds, referred to as VOCs. Our finish is unique because it contains zero VOCs.
TONED is our tinted line of water-based wood pigments sealed with an oil-based finish. It is hand-applied to White Oak and then left to rest until all the excess moisture has dried. The colorant has a slight translucency, allowing the grain characteristics of the White Oak to show through. White Oak is an ideal candidate for wood pigments owing to its large pores, which allow the wood to absorb the greatest amount of colorant. The colorant is then sealed in with topcoats of oil-based finish.
Seasoned Black, Weathered Grey, Vintage White
Our metal pieces employ a wide range of techniques, including metal bending and welding, laser cutting, spinning, casting, and machining, all of which help achieve our design aesthetic of simple, clean lines. We emphasize working locally, with the majority of our metal manufacturers located within a 30-minute drive of our Rhode Island studio. Before any metal parts can receive their finish coatings, the surfaces need to be treated, whether they be brushed or polished surfaces.
METALLURGY refers to our line of metal finishes and includes plating and powder coating. This range of finishing techniques helps our line of products meet the needs of diverse settings and projects. In addition to our standard offerings, custom metal plating finishes and powder coating colors can be achieved (additional customization fees may apply).
Plating, known in the industry as Electroplating, is a process in which two metal pieces are placed in a bath. One piece is usually an ingot - or block - of the desired metal (for example, brass or nickel); the other piece is the part that will be plated in that metal. An electrical current is passed through the ingot, known as the anode, and received by the part, known as the cathode. During this exchange, the anode dissolves, travels through the solution, and is deposited on the cathode, creating a coherent metal coating. The part is then sealed with a durable, clear-coat finish to protect it. Our plated finishes include Brushed Nickel, Brushed Brass, and Oil-Rubbed Brass.
Brushed Nickel
Brushed Brass
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. It can be mixed in different ratios and incorporate other alloys to achieve desired characteristics, ease of machining, corrosion resistance, and degrees of elasticity and strength. The coloration varies based on the ratio of alloys, ranging from yellow to red-brown hues. Our brass is actually a combination of gold and alloys, as gold possesses more favorable plating properties. For this reason, our brass finish favors a yellow shade. After plating, the metal is sealed with a durable clear coat to protect the parts.
Oil-Rubbed Brass
To achieve our Oil-Rubbed Brass finish, the metal is first plated with brass, and then a patina is hand-applied. This process creates a rich darkness with hints of subtly revealed brass. Due to the nature of the hand-applied patina, this finish contains some natural variations. Following the rubbed process, the finish is sealed with a durable clear coat to protect the parts.
Powder Coating is a technique in which metal parts are suspended in the air, then sprayed with a polymer powder until fully coated. While still suspended, they are rolled into an oven and baked. The baking melts the fine powder and it becomes one fused surface. This technique can only be applied to parts that have little to no friction in their application. For this reason, some metal lighting designs are offered in fully powder-coated finishes, while others are offered in partially powder-coated finishes with brass or nickel accent pieces. The accents are not coated because they are moving parts susceptible to wear, thereby risking chipping on the powder coated surface.
Our two standard powder coat colors include Black Poppy and Country Cream, both with a satin sheen. We can also produce custom colors to meet your individualized needs (additional fees may apply).
Black Poppy, Country Cream
Glassblowing is a highly skilled craft, and we collaborate with a myriad of New England glassblowing studios to produce our glass pieces. In these studios, artisans mix raw ingredients, then melt them together to make glass; more commonly, though, they melt 'cullet' (glassware with defects from other industries) in a furnace. The glassblower gathers glass from the furnace onto the end of a blowpipe and forms a bubble in the glass by blowing through the pipe, inflating the bubble until it reaches the desired size. From there, the glassblower may use shaping tools to work the bubble into a desired shape, or may continue to inflate the bubble until it conforms to a mold of the desired shape. After crafting the shape, the glass is removed from the blowpipe and placed in an annealing oven, used to cool the glass slowly, preventing it from cracking under stress.
The glass is now "cold-worked," which refers to the grinding, sanding, drilling, polishing, and other techniques that can be performed only after the glass has fully cooled. The combination of hot-forming and cold-working in our designs embodies the DUNN philosophy - the interaction of organic forms with the precision of industrial machinery.
We currently produce glasswork in two colorways: Smoke Grey and Opal White. Glass that is hand blown has slight variations and may contain small bubbles, which is part of the hand-blown process.
Our Smoke Grey glass is translucent, allowing you to see the elements inside the shade while polarizing the bulb and diffusing the light.
Our Opal White glass has depth and greater opacity, lowering your visibility of the elements inside the shade, while creating a diffused light with an orange-pink glow throughout the entire shade.
Smoke Grey, Opal White
It is difficult to reproduce the quality of our glasswork in a small sample. For this reason, we do not provide a sample kit for these materials. However, we are happy to lend our shades, on deposit, to parties interested in borrowing them to ensure they will meet the needs of your project.


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Inside pitch
The Pres, no prankster
Devil Rays manager Larry Rothschild,
who was nearly fired at the end of last season, already is in trouble,
team sources insist. Tampa Bay got off to a rotten start, and there appears
to be little hope in sight. If Rothschild is fired look for Triple-A manager
Carlos Tosca or former manager Buck Showalter to be his
replacement. ... Rockies general manager Dan O'Dowd looks like
a genius for having unloaded the monster contracts of Dante Bichette,
and Mike Lansing. The two players are riding the bench in Boston,
earning $12.5 million this season. O'Dowd, meanwhile, already has made
19 trades in 17 months on the job. ... The Rangers will be bucking history
if they make the playoffs this year. No team with the highest-paid player
on an Opening Day roster has reached the playoffs since the 1986 Mets
when Gary Carter led all players with a $1.96 million salary. ...
Did you realize that while no Met has ever thrown a no-hitter, Hideo
Nomo became the sixth former Met to accomplish the feat? He joined
Nolan Ryan, Tom Seaver, Mike Scott, Dwight Gooden and David
Cone. ... Devil Rays reliever Ken Hill accused Blue Jays third
baseman Tony Batista of corking his bat after Batista broke the
handle of his bat and still hit a home run to center.
- Bob Nightengale
With President George W. Bush dropping by
to celebrate the inaugural game at Miller Park in Milwaukee on April 6, Secret
Service agents searched the park for explosives and hidden weapons, and fans had
to pass through metal detectors before taking their seats. But Bush had his own
pre-emptive strike ready for the Brewers' 6-foot-7 first baseman Richie Sexson
and his arsenal of pranks.
"He came up to me and said,
'Richie, I know about your shock pen, so don't even think about it,' " Sexson
said of Bush, who, along with Commissioner Bud Selig, took part in pregame
ceremonies by throwing out the first pitch at the opening of the $400 million
Boggs left some marks on the outside, too
Boggs spent 11 seasons (1982-92) tattooing Fenway's left field wall but never
visited the ancient scoreboard inside the Green Monster. But when Tampa Bay went
to Boston last weekend, Boggs, the Devil Rays' hitting coach, decided it was time.
and several Rays ventured into the cramped space where past players, both great
and small, have scrawled their names.
Now the name of
Wade Boggs is also etched in its innards.
Ynnuf yrev
s'taht, heay
The Pirates certainly have adopted
a fun attitude about this season. The Pirates' public relations staff put out
a release about the first "fan" to catch a home run at new PNC Park.
club said "Lirpa Sloof," 30, of Norway, caught the first home run at PNC Park,
a shot by Mets catcher Mike Piazza in an exhibition. The Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review fell for the April Fool's prank (the spelling of April Fools
backward) and ran the item.
Plus, Wells can wear
that slimming replica flannel
Usually when a team
wears a retro uniform, it's for one game, then they're, well, history. But the
White Sox will be wearing 1917 replica outfits for every Sunday home game this
Why 1917, you ask? Simple: It was the last time
the Sox won the World Series.
Here's our question:
Why are they calling attention to this fact?
Brewer's new digs
Players and fans aren't the only
ones enjoying the comforts of new Miller Park. Milwaukee mascot Bernie Brewer's
chalet and giant beer mug are gone, but now he has a steeper, slick yellow slide
that lands into a pad shaped like home plate. An objective observer, Reds public
relations director Rob Butcher - who went down the slide at County Stadium
during the final homestand at the old ballpark tried the new setup.
one's cooler, cleaner and safer," Butcher says.
he can't be hiding in his beer mug, Bernie has trimmed down, grown his mustache
a little bigger and traded in his lederhosen for a Brewers uniform.
buffed, he's tanned," said Lynn Sprangers, Brewers vice president for community
and government affairs.
Oh, and he's available for parades
and other public appearances; just ask him for his business card.
fly Air Jordan
For most of this season, the Reds
will travel in a charter plane formerly used by the NBA's Chicago Bulls.
sure Michael Jordan had a favorite seat in there," manager Bob Boone
The craft is a 727-200 with 56 first-class seats
and a couch that can hold up to three passengers. Four staterooms are located
toward the front of the plane, with tables for working or eating or playing
cards toward the rear. You know one thing for sure: The plane has plenty
of head room.
It's a good thing the Reds have a nice
plane, because they had the distinction of being the road team for the grand opening
of two ballparks last week (Miller Park and PNC Park).
Chris Colston, Steve DiMeglio, staff and wire reports.