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![]() Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!. Henry Miller |
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![]() There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all. Sydney Smith |
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![]() I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. Harry S Truman |
vit·ri·ol·ic adjective. 1. Of, similar to, or derived from a vitriol. 2.
Bitterly scathing; caustic: vitriolic criticism.
"If you are not good, none is good"-- those little words may give a terrific
meaning to responsibility, may hold a vitriolic intensity for
remorse.
George Eliot, Middlemarch
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary
Over the next several days the facts here on the DM will be about
Serendipitous Discoveries.
This is the first fact on this subject.
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SERENDIPITY 12 It
is not all that often that a new product comes along that has us wondering - "What
did we do without it." Post-it, those little (once only) yellow notes we see stuck
everywhere is one of those products. These little notes were invented by 3M and named
"Post-its." Since their invention they have been imitated by many. The initial
development was rather serendipitous. Art Fry says, "I don't know if it was a dull sermon or divine inspiration, but my mind began to wander and suddenly I thought of an adhesive that had been discovered by another 3M scientist, Dr. Spencer Silver." Dr. Silver had discarded the adhesive because it was not strong enough to be permanently useful. Fry's inspiration was that the discarded adhesive might be used to keep his place temporarily in the choir book without becoming permanently attached. Fry thought it could be "a temporarily permanent adhesive." |
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Art Fry returned to work on Monday ready to work on the project. He envisioned many other uses for the bookmark product. The adhesive idea was not an instant success. The discarded adhesive had to be modified to be both temporary enough and permanent enough. The experimentation and development took nearly a year and a half. Fry then showed the product to the marketing personnel. They were not sure that the public was looking for a sticky note pad that would sell at a premium price. The product was finally test marketed in four cities in 1977. It was quite successful in two of the cities, but in the other two cities the results were quite discouraging. Investigation into the wide difference in the reception of the notes disclosed that the two cities where the Post-its were successful the dealers were giving out free samples. Once the product was in the consumers' hands they were quite a success. By 1980 the Post-its were widely used in the US. By 1981 they were just as big a success in Europe.
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"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable." Joseph Addison |
TRUE FACT ... Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day. SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University
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Have A Great Day Phillip Bower |
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