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Thesaury RSS Feedscharticle - Well, here?s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.?Charticles?as defined by Omaha World-Herald Deputy Presentation Editor Josh Crutchmer?are combinations of text, images and graphics that take the place of a full article. But in many newsrooms, the term refers to a bunch of blurbs floating around with no byline, no transitions and?gasp!?no nut graph.. ...Feed Source: feeds.feedburner.com window-dress - Tuesday?s markets should also be influenced by the end of the third quarter. Fund managers usually try to ?window dress??Wall Street lingo for closing out positions?before they have to report their quarterly gains or losses to shareholders.. ... doughnut effect - Asters are easily propagated by division in the early spring. Simply dig the clump up once the shoots appear in early May, and gently pull the crown apart. When they require dividing, you will notice new growth around the outside of the clump only. The center will look dead; this is often called the doughnut effect. Dig, divide and toss the old center out, then replant the healthy plants from around the outer edge of the clump in a full sun location, with a moist yet well-drained organically rich soil.. ... Southwest effect - What isn?t known is how much demand for travel will disappear this fall if fares are higher and the economy weakens further. When discounters enter markets and force all airlines to cut prices, traffic increases exponentially?the Department of Transportation once labeled that stimulation ?The Southwest Effect.?. ... glass closet - There are still many performers and industry notables, he says, who threaten to sue if their sexuality is revealed. Others live gay social lives but don?t talk about their sexuality?the so-called ?glass closet.?. ... relamp - Fluorescents should be changed all at once, a technique called group relamping, to reduce labor cost by 30-50%.. ... ghost voting - The mailer focuses on a practice called ghost voting, a widespread practice of voting for fellow members in the Texas House.. ... jallad - Ever wondered where does the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) disposes off animal carcasses? Well, it could be just anywhere?along a deserted road, a culvert?or even on a lane along the backyard of your house. A peculiar situation seems to have gripped the state capital as scavengers are not able to find a ?suitable? site to dispose off the dead animal carcasses. They had been using the banks of Gomti as dumping grounds until the river level rose. ?What can we do?,? asks Chand Mian, a scavenger or jallad in LMC parlance.. ... hanging yellow - Not all yellow lights are timed the same. Some tend to be fast and other times you get one of those ?hanging yellows? as they are called that seem to stay yellow for a long time.. ... Chekhov?s gun - There?s a literary technique called ?Chekhov?s gun? where something introduced early in a story is revealed only later as significant. In Chekhov?s play Uncle Vanya, for example, a pistol is a seemingly irrelevant prop until Uncle Vanya fires it in rage two acts on.. ... primary - Most lawmakers represent safe districts, giving them little incentive to tack to the center and work together. Indeed, many incumbents worry more about ?being primaried,? as they put it, drawing a primary challenge from within their own parties for being insufficiently orthodox.. ... mack - Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California?s Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel?the ?mack? in prison lingo?was the standard currency.. ... bridge-up - The ?reverse pushups? are called ?bridge-ups? if you?re facing upwards and your arms are ?above? your head.. ... paramount lighting - I usually place my beauty dish as close to the model as I can. Why? Because the closer the light is to your subject, the softer the light. My dish is placed high above the face, angled down on it at about a 45 degree angle. It also can be placed directly centered above the model?s face. This is normally referred to as ?paramount? lighting. It got its name from Paramount Studios. This lighting was used constantly as a female ?glamour? light. Remember the old Hollywood portraits made famous by photographers like George Hurrell? He used this lighting to accent the cheekbones and give a broad look to a narrow face. It is also sometimes referred to as ?butterfly lighting? because of the small butterfly shadow under the nose.. ... HAC - The apparel is one of many new tools medical professionals are adding to their arsenal for the fight against hospital-acquired conditions. HACs, as they are called, are injuries or ailments patients receive after admission.. ... hydraulicking - It?s not unheard of, particularly in the area of investment apartments and the practice of same-day selling, when a property is bought and sold by a middleman with a friendly valuer and a gullible end purchaser. The practice is known as ?hydraulicking? and was involved in many instances of mortgage fraud reported earlier this year.. ... waterfall structure - A single trust might be further sliced and diced to create different derivative securities, each one subordinated to the next in terms of the claim on cash flow. In the event of a default, the highest-rated?and lowest-yielding?security has the first claim to the remaining mortgage payments. The next-highest-rated security has the next claim, and so on, in what the industry calls a ?waterfall? structure.. ... doughing in - Recently, Whyte brewed a batch of American pale ale in her kitchen using hops she grew in her backyard. First, she heated five gallons of water on her stove to about 150 to 160 degrees. She poured it into a bucket full of malted barley?a process called ?doughing in.?. ... drop table - It?s a short trip for the wheels but a big step in the railroad company?s ability to perform repairs and maintenance on more than 200 locomotives and rail cars that it owns and leases. The engine house drop table, as it is called, was unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.. ... spag - Spelling and grammar, or Spag if we?re being teacherly, are high on the list of things people complain about to the Readers? Editor.. ... charticle - Well, here?s an equation that editors and designers in newsrooms ranging from small dailies in Oregon to major metros in Florida are increasingly turning to: Chart + article = charticle.?Charticles?as defined by Omaha World-Herald Deputy Presentation Editor Josh Crutchmer?are combinations of text, images and graphics that take the place of a full article. But in many newsrooms, the term refers to a bunch of blurbs floating around with no byline, no transitions and?gasp!?no nut graph.. ... window-dress - Tuesday?s markets should also be influenced by the end of the third quarter. Fund managers usually try to ?window dress??Wall Street lingo for closing out positions?before they have to report their quarterly gains or losses to shareholders.. ... doughnut effect - Asters are easily propagated by division in the early spring. Simply dig the clump up once the shoots appear in early May, and gently pull the crown apart. When they require dividing, you will notice new growth around the outside of the clump only. The center will look dead; this is often called the doughnut effect. Dig, divide and toss the old center out, then replant the healthy plants from around the outer edge of the clump in a full sun location, with a moist yet well-drained organically rich soil.. ... Southwest effect - What isn?t known is how much demand for travel will disappear this fall if fares are higher and the economy weakens further. When discounters enter markets and force all airlines to cut prices, traffic increases exponentially?the Department of Transportation once labeled that stimulation ?The Southwest Effect.?. ... glass closet - There are still many performers and industry notables, he says, who threaten to sue if their sexuality is revealed. Others live gay social lives but don?t talk about their sexuality?the so-called ?glass closet.?. ... relamp - Fluorescents should be changed all at once, a technique called group relamping, to reduce labor cost by 30-50%.. ... ghost voting - The mailer focuses on a practice called ghost voting, a widespread practice of voting for fellow members in the Texas House.. ... jallad - Ever wondered where does the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) disposes off animal carcasses? Well, it could be just anywhere?along a deserted road, a culvert?or even on a lane along the backyard of your house. A peculiar situation seems to have gripped the state capital as scavengers are not able to find a ?suitable? site to dispose off the dead animal carcasses. They had been using the banks of Gomti as dumping grounds until the river level rose. ?What can we do?,? asks Chand Mian, a scavenger or jallad in LMC parlance.. ... hanging yellow - Not all yellow lights are timed the same. Some tend to be fast and other times you get one of those ?hanging yellows? as they are called that seem to stay yellow for a long time.. ... Chekhov?s gun - There?s a literary technique called ?Chekhov?s gun? where something introduced early in a story is revealed only later as significant. In Chekhov?s play Uncle Vanya, for example, a pistol is a seemingly irrelevant prop until Uncle Vanya fires it in rage two acts on.. ... primary - Most lawmakers represent safe districts, giving them little incentive to tack to the center and work together. Indeed, many incumbents worry more about ?being primaried,? as they put it, drawing a primary challenge from within their own parties for being insufficiently orthodox.. ... mack - Mr. Levine and his client were prisoners in California?s Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex. Like other federal inmates around the country, they found a can of mackerel?the ?mack? in prison lingo?was the standard currency.. ... bridge-up - The ?reverse pushups? are called ?bridge-ups? if you?re facing upwards and your arms are ?above? your head.. ... paramount lighting - I usually place my beauty dish as close to the model as I can. Why? Because the closer the light is to your subject, the softer the light. My dish is placed high above the face, angled down on it at about a 45 degree angle. It also can be placed directly centered above the model?s face. This is normally referred to as ?paramount? lighting. It got its name from Paramount Studios. This lighting was used constantly as a female ?glamour? light. Remember the old Hollywood portraits made famous by photographers like George Hurrell? He used this lighting to accent the cheekbones and give a broad look to a narrow face. It is also sometimes referred to as ?butterfly lighting? because of the small butterfly shadow under the nose.. ... HAC - The apparel is one of many new tools medical professionals are adding to their arsenal for the fight against hospital-acquired conditions. HACs, as they are called, are injuries or ailments patients receive after admission.. ... hydraulicking - It?s not unheard of, particularly in the area of investment apartments and the practice of same-day selling, when a property is bought and sold by a middleman with a friendly valuer and a gullible end purchaser. The practice is known as ?hydraulicking? and was involved in many instances of mortgage fraud reported earlier this year.. ... waterfall structure - A single trust might be further sliced and diced to create different derivative securities, each one subordinated to the next in terms of the claim on cash flow. In the event of a default, the highest-rated?and lowest-yielding?security has the first claim to the remaining mortgage payments. The next-highest-rated security has the next claim, and so on, in what the industry calls a ?waterfall? structure.. ... doughing in - Recently, Whyte brewed a batch of American pale ale in her kitchen using hops she grew in her backyard. First, she heated five gallons of water on her stove to about 150 to 160 degrees. She poured it into a bucket full of malted barley?a process called ?doughing in.?. ... drop table - It?s a short trip for the wheels but a big step in the railroad company?s ability to perform repairs and maintenance on more than 200 locomotives and rail cars that it owns and leases. The engine house drop table, as it is called, was unveiled in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.. ... spag - Spelling and grammar, or Spag if we?re being teacherly, are high on the list of things people complain about to the Readers? 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