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By Daryl TeshimaDaryl Teshima is the editor-in-chief of Law Office Computing, a bimonthly technology magazine, and serves on the executive committee of the State Bar's Law Practice Management and Technology Section.
According to a recent Gartner Group study, computer users typically spend up to 50 percent of their time searching for previously stored documents and data. This unproductive and frustrating activity ranks among the most time-consuming for professionals working with computers. For many legal professionals, the 50 percent estimate may even be too low, especially since law firms use computers to create and edit large numbers of contracts, pleadings, and other legal documents. Nevertheless, generating documents with a computer offers several advantages. Documents in digital form require no office space for storage and can be accessed from a central server by many networked computers. Additionally, electronic documents are easy to edit and copy. Electronic documents, however, also have a disadvantage -- they can be more difficult to search. It is not easy to riffle through a "stack" of digital documents to find the right one. For this reason the time-consuming process of searching a computer disk for a document can be a problem. One solution may be a document management system.
Part of the problem stems from historical limitations in naming computer files. All versions of DOS and versions of Windows up to 3.1x adhere to the "8.3" file-naming convention, which limits document names to eight characters to the left of the period and three characters (called an extension) to the right. With the thousands of documents that law firms produce, this strict naming rule made it difficult for legal computer users to give each file a memorable name.
With the release of Windows 95 the 11-character limitation finally was overcome, but the problem of finding documents remains. Despite the benefit of having a file name that can contain up to 255 characters (including spaces), users may now find it more, rather than less, difficult to find a particular file or piece of information. The reason is that there are more computerized data and files to search. Even worse, users have to search not only their office work stations but also coworkers' computers, the server, notebook computers, home computers, and stacks of floppies on their desks. The needle may have a better name, but the haystack has grown to alarming proportions.
The right solution to this problem depends on your firm's size and the amount of paper it produces. If you work as a solo practitioner or in a small firm and generate a manageable number of documents, you may be able simply to utilize the document management features of your word processor. These features typically include full-text searching and the creation, when the document is saved, of a document summary that can contain an extended description of the file, including client and subject information. All it takes is learning how to use these features, some planning, and some commitment to the plan.
If your work generates a lot of documents or you work in a medium or large firm, consider implementing a document management system. A document management system is a customized database program that tracks and manages every legal document created by everyone in your firm. These programs will save your firm time and money because they lessen the time spent finding a particular document or piece of information.
These systems also serve as a great knowledge base for your firm. For example, if you need a good indemnification clause for a lease agreement you are working on, a document management system can find it. All you need to do is enter the terms "lease" and "indemnify" into the system. In seconds, the system will list every document that contains both of these words. Once the list is generated, you need only choose the right clause for your particular agreement.
Choosing a Document Management System
Although it is easy to see how useful a document management system can be for a law firm, selecting the right application requires considerable investigation and research. Before plunging into another computer improvement for your office, there are some questions that you will need to answer.
The first question: what document management systems are available? Before Windows, there was one dominant player -- SoftSolutions, which was tightly integrated with WordPerfect 4.2/5.1 for DOS. When Novell bought WordPerfect, SoftSolutions was part of the deal. Novell (800-861-2507) has kept SoftSolutions, upgrading and integrating it into a network software product, GroupWise 5. GroupWise 5 has added calendaring, e-mail, and scheduling features, but it also lacks several useful features that SoftSolutions had, including an archiving capability and the ability to access documents from the user's local (instead of the network) hard drive. If your firm has an existing SoftSolutions system or Novell network, however, GroupWise 5 remains a strong contender.
For large firms (especially those with multiple offices), Docs Open (617-273-3800) from PC Docs is perhaps the most powerful document management system available. From powerful search tools to secured Internet access, the feature set of Docs Open is hard to beat. However, those features do require an investment in computing power, including a separate data server to index and house all the firm's documents.
For small and midsized firms, an alternative is World Software Corporation's Worldox 96 (201-444-3228). This impressive newcomer has a feature set comparable to Docs Open, yet has a lower per-user cost, less stringent hardware requirements, and works with both DOS and Windows. Worldox has quietly turned the market into a three-product race.
Second, what computer network and database do you now have? As may be apparent, one prerequisite for a document management system is a network. Without one, almost all the benefits of such a system are lost. For this reason, you should first verify that any document management system you consider works with your existing computer network operating system. All three contenders work with current versions of Novell and Microsoft Windows NT, for example, but GroupWise 5 works only with Netware 4.1x. Both GroupWise and Docs Open also work with OS/2 and UNIX.
If you have or plan to use an SQL database (an open database architecture that allows an organization to access data from a variety of databases), Docs Open is your best choice. Docs Open also employs an SQL database for document management purposes and can easily be integrated. However, while SQL is extremely powerful and offers wonderful benefits, it also requires a large investment of capital and time to install and maintain. If you choose not to use SQL, both GroupWise and Worldox offer comparable alternatives.
Third, how does the system find information? A document management system should provide several ways to search and retrieve documents. Your system should allow for query-by-example (QBE) searches, which allows you to search for documents that match certain criteria. For example, if you are looking for a letter a colleague drafted for a particular client, but you cannot recall the date and name of the document, a QBE search will list every document created by your colleague for that client.
Besides QBE searches, a good system should also allow you to perform more advanced full-text searching -- such as Boolean, proximity, date, and wildcard searches. When researching document management systems, be sure the system can search for information in a manner that is intuitive and understandable to the people who work at your firm.
Fourth, does the system work with your current applications? Document management works only if everyone in the law firm uses the system. Otherwise, the searches you perform will be incomplete, missing the documents created by those who do not use the system. The one way to ensure participation by all is to integrate the program seamlessly with your firm's word processor. This means that anytime someone creates or saves a document, the system will automatically name the file, record the document creation information (author's name, date created, type of document, and so on), index its contents, and prompt the user for other descriptive information (for example client or subject number, description of contents). This way, all documents will contain information that the system can database and catalog. Accordingly, make sure that the document management system you choose will work with your firm's word processing software. The three products all can support popular Windows word processors. Worldox, however, is the only product that supports WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS if it is running in a DOS box in Windows.
Fifth, can you customize the system to work for your law firm? A good document management system is flexible, since all law firms handle documents and information differently. For example, verify that your existing client and matter information can be included with any document you create in the system. Both Docs Open and Worldox offer impressive customization features.
Also examine how your office creates and revises documents. For instance, do you work on documents away from the office? If you do, then you will probably want a system that allows you to "check out" a document -- just as you would check out a library book -- during those times you cannot be connected to the network. With GroupWise and Docs Open, a checked-out version is "locked," so that no changes and revisions can be made until you check the document back in. This feature also prevents your colleagues from making revisions to an older version of a document.
Sixth, does the system archive and delete documents after a certain period of time? Another important feature is the system's ability to utilize and manage network storage space effectively. Even though the prices of high-capacity hard drives have dropped, tempting firms to store great numbers of documents on servers, there comes a time when older documents need to be archived and removed from active storage. Make sure the document management program purchase can perform these functions automatically.
Ironically, searching for the right document management system is not as easy as searching for a key document using the system. Perhaps the best advice is to negotiate a trial test period. Only under battle conditions can you truly assess the reliability and performance of document management software.


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Looks a lot like the A4. Which I wasn't much of a fan of. Loved, loved, loved the A2. Sigh.
I still havn't worn out my original Type A's. For which I'm not a huge fan of the heel counter, which I guess they changed for the A2, but for longer races they're still great.
2013 Goal: Make 3:00:16 go away - FAIL.
2014 Goal: Make 3:00:16 go away.
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It's the same midsloe & outsole as the A4. The upper is made of a lighter material. I loved the A4, the A3 wasn't my favorite.

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I purchased morning star bamboo strand click flooring from Lumber Liquidators. Little did I know that it would release a bad acidic odor which will not go away, it actually made me sick. I paid someone to install it and now i have to take the flooring out and LL wont give a full refund and is charging 20% restock fee. After researching i found out that LL is aware of the problem and does not disclose it to consumers who are purchasing the product. |
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ours had that, but it went away. |
- Posted by Directorcustcare444 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 31, 12 at 9:28
We're sorry to hear you're dissatisfied. No matter where you source bamboo, some items may need to "gas off" as other postings note. The process simply means the packaged material once unpackaged and allowed to adjust to the rooms temperature and humidity will begin to normalize and the scent will dissipate. Installed material is deemed accepted and the problem you shared is not one common as a concern raised by consumers. We sell thousands of sq ft of this material each week and would be flooded with this type of concern if it was truly a broader issue. The care instructions are as follows: HANDLE WITH CARE To prevent board warping or bowing; do not cut the packaging plastic support bindings until ready to install. Do not stand flooring on ends or sides. Do not store directly on bare concrete or next to outside walls. Cartons should be placed as close to the center of the installation area as possible. Store flat supporting to the ends and center sections. Store in a dry place being sure to provide air flow under and around cartons. Keep out of direct sunlight and away from air vents. You regulation of interior conditions may be a contributing factor. All wood items have their own "smells" and if this was an issue it would be known as the product was removed form the box and the invoice states we will take product back. Fully installed material is accepted, so you failed to follow these instructions and we regret this ended up leaving you dissatisfied. This case highlights the importance of reading and following these detailed instructions. |
I'm sorry you had this problem, and agree with you about hating restocking fees and feeling it's wrong. I too just installed a bamboo strand floor in my kitchen, I purchased it at Costco, and it had no significant odor (except a slight new product odor). I left it in my house for 4 days to accument prior to having it installed, and didn't follow the list given above, since they were stacked in my lvingroom one on top of the other. |
are you kiding me with your post directorcustcare444?? The instructions were followed, and you tell me that its my fault your bamboo product outgases formaldehyde?? Which is defined as "A gas at room temperature, formaldehyde is colorless and has a characteristic pungent, irritating odor etc...In view of its widespread use, toxicity and volatility, exposure to formaldehyde is a significant consideration for human health.[5] On 10 June 2011, the US National Toxicology Program has described formaldehyde as "known to be a human carcinogen". Is all of this in your instructions that you say i didnt follow? Does it say in your instructions that formaldehyde, a carcinogen, will be released into your home, but according to you its ok because it will eventually go away? |
rg100, the person who wrote that from LL should be ashamed of him/herself! (What does LL stand for?) It's horrible putting the blame on you. Have you thought of taking it one step further, to Shame on You (local TV stations here have it)? Showing the answer you got here should be embarressing enough to them to give you a full refund, which I feel you deserve. |
LL is lumber liquidators. tx for your reply ilene. here is another post on the web from a person with similar problem: .Sick of bamboo floor fumes problem |
rg100, I was serious when I suggested taking this to a "shame on you" type place, they would shame them into at the least not charging you for a restocking fee, which I truly think is shameful. |
Lumber Liquidators customer care has refused to return my calls. So I will now unleash a campaign on the internet to inform everyone about this incident. I will also get a group together to picket in front of Lumber Liquidators stores including the main offices and I will also speak to the media. If anyone from Lumber Liquidators is reading this post, you should be ashamed of yourself because i was so polite and nice and all i wanted was a refund despite the fact that your product got me and my family sick. |
RG100, I'm glad your reacting to what they aren't doing. I'm wishing you the best of luck! Where are their home offices? Where are you? I'm in NY, Long Island. |
this is getting comical. Lumber liquidators manager told me that its all my fault because i didnt do extensive research and should have known that formaldehyde was used to make the flooring and that i apparently should have read everyone elses complaints LOL. LL refuses to refund the unopened material and will not exchange for something elses. i am out almost 1000 dollars and the manager offered me $50.00 for my troubles, what a joke Lumber Liquidators. i even emailed Tom Sullivan the founder and chairman, no response. lumber liquidators will not let me put a review on the website they only pick the reviews that mostly benefit them apparently. what a joke. |
correction on last post LL will not return opened items |
- Posted by LovesPurple (My Page) on Thu, Apr 19, 12 at 19:49
Wow! I am really glad I found this post! We are getting ready to put down 2,600 ft of bamboo.....and we may have ended up at Lumber Liquidators. We really wanted the click strand carbonized to float our floor on concrete, but I guess we may need to go with the T&G from iFloor. |
I didn't know about bamboo flooring having such a stink either. Thank you for the post. I bought a box of it at Lowes to test the color. When I unpacked it my eyes started to burn and my nose stuffed up. I put the opened and unpacked box of flooring in the basement to outgas. A week later I put it outside to outgas, then back in the basement for the last 2 months. I just took a couple of pieces up to the room where it was going to go and they still stink! I'm pretty sure Lowes will take it back if I can find the receipt. I'm very surprised that it still smells so bad. |
- Posted by hollysprings (My Page) on Fri, Apr 27, 12 at 15:36
If having low emission flooring was important to you, you should have researched the brands that sell it. You would have quickly found out it is available, but it won't be as cheap as the chinese crap that LL sells. One whiff of an open box should have told you that the manufacturing process used formaldehyde, and back to the store it should have gone. When you go ahead and do the install, it means that the flooring as delivered is acceptable to you. NO ONE returns installed flooring, not even companies with the best customer service, and LL is far from that. Once you install it, you permanently own it and the only thing that comes into play at that point is a manufacturer's warranty for defects. Formaldehyde content isn't considered a defect. Not doing your homework about something that you feel is an important issue IS your fault. Not taking the crap back to the store as soon as you opened a box is your fault. Blaming a crappy company for selling a crappy product is also just kinda "duh". Even the slightest look for reviews for LL would have given you this information before purchase. You've got understandable buyer's remorse, but the person to be mad at here is yourself. |
Hollysprings Wow, that is incredible that you would have that attitude. How do you know that the purchaser didn't do their homework??? That is what drives me up a wall about folks with attitudes like yours. You assume to know exactly what the other person actually did do. Personally we did a lot of research on the product we bought, including the formaldehyde rating. The company CLAIMED that their product had low VOC and formaldehyde ratings.. granted, did we take them at face value instead of demanding they show us formal industry level documentation? Perhaps. However, the company STILL misrepresented themselves and their products. Here is another story: I got food poisoning one time from either our local Renaisssance fair or Burger King (the Health department was required to investigate all food poisoning issues) I had a 2,000 plus ER bill. NOW, according to YOUR belief system it was MY fault that I got food poisoning because somehow I didn't do MY "homework". What? That I demand they show me their latest heath dept report on their rates of camphylobactor in their chicken? Consumers can only do so much "homework". It is challenging when you have so much misinformation and disinformation out there and misleading and confusing and often times frustrating and useless message boards that don't offer any real solutions or help. (Most of the time 1/2 comments are positive and 1/2 are negative.. ) I am tired of the industry blaming the consumer for not somehow taking "personal responsibility". How about these companies own up to their lack of integrity and lack of quality control, visibility honesty on the products they sell? Consumers can only do so much and I think we all are getting a bit tired of being treated like worthless animals that have wallets to exploit! |
That Arrowana Bamboo from Costco, isn't bad at all. Way better than anything that comes out of LL. |
- Posted by Betsy_at_Mannington (My Page) on Mon, Jul 2, 12 at 12:28
Unfortunately these floors often do have an odor. When purchasing flooring, you should look for the FloorScore certification.. this is a third party certification through SCS and RFCI (see link). If you scroll to the bottom of the page it will take you to the SCS site and you can locate products that have FloorScore certification. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Floor Score certification for good indoor air quality
I also installed Supreme Bamboo from Lumber Liquidators. Every time I go into the room where we installed the flooring, my eyes burn and nose runs. After the process of elimination, it is my understanding that the formaldehyde from the flooring is producing gas that causes these symptoms. I have an air quality technician reading the manufacturing safety data sheet. According to what I read on the sheet, the flooring has a 5 rating, which is a moderate level for formaldehyde gases. I would not recommend the Bamboo flooring from Lumber Liquidators, and I highly suggest that you review the safety data sheet before purchasing any of the wood flooring from LL. You can usually access the sheet online, or you can ask them at the store. |
- Posted by rudysmallfry (My Page) on Thu, Dec 27, 12 at 20:16
Wow, interesting thread. I have bamboo in my bedrooms and was just about to order more for the rest of the house. What little odor it had on day 1 quickly went away, but then the stuff I bought was aged 5 years with a janka hardness rating of 2155. The crap at LL is barely a year old with a hardness rating somewhere below pine. Both times I attempted to shop a LL, the person behind the counter was so condescending, I quickly walked out. I wonder if the age has to do with how much chemical is involved in the processing of the flooring? |
my husband and I also purchased this bamboo flooring in Sept 2012....not only is it seperating EVERYWHERE....but the odor is also making my husband and I sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we paid $325 to have an inspector come out and we are getting ready to take legal action....our attorney is reviewing all our documents as we speak.....I could not believe it today when I found all the rest of you poor people that are also suffering.It makes me sooo upset that LL has known about the problem since at least 2006 and they are till getting away with selling it!!!Lets do something about this..... |
I was about to purchase a Morning Star engineered bamboo floor for my entire home and stumbled upon this review site. I spoke with LL and asked for the emissions numbers. This is off of their website- (copy of link below. ) Free gaseous formaldehyde (contains less than 0.1% free formaldehyde) How can it be emitting such a strong odor if this is the data? I am scared off now and will look elsewhere for flooring but something is very wrong that the numbers say one thing and people are having such strong reactions |
Here is a link that might be useful: Morning Star msds
rg100 and odinfang - My name is Jessica, and I am a legal investigator. I am looking into consumer complaints regarding fumes from Lumber Liquidators' bamboo flooring, and I would like the opportunity to speak with you regarding your experiences. Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or 800-901-5119 at your convenience. Thank you. |
- Posted by bleephilly (My Page) on Fri, Nov 22, 13 at 16:07
I was close to purchasing 1500sf of strand bamboo flooring from WELL known store that specializes in flooring. I actually did buy half and canceled the order after further investigation. Thank God I didn't take the floor with me otherwise I would have been charged a huge restocking fee. Anyway, I would like to share information I found so that if someone is on the fence with their decision to purchase strand bamboo flooring they can decide for themselves. As for me, I found out that based on the MSDS located on website of this well advertised flooring store that the strand bamboo is glued together with the use of urea formaldehyde (UF) resins. After reading the description on the MSDS downloaded FROM THE WEBSITE it will list clear as day that the strand bamboo is glued together with urea formaldehyde. After I was able to establish that as a fact I then did research on the use of urea formaldehyde as it relates to indoor air quality. Apparently it's used in multiple items that could be in a home but one must consider the elevated levels when potentially flooring an entire home with the stuff or the room that you would be sleeping in. Hence in my opinion the reason some people are having bad reactions to the stuff after getting it installed. Please visit this website http://www.epa.gov/iaq/formaldehyde.html . After reading the information about how urea formaldehyde can affect the indoor air quality I decided that IT WAS NOT FOR ME. I KNOW, not all bamboo flooring uses glue that is formaldehyde based. You will have to do the research and ask questions before buying but do not go on the words of the sales rep, read the MSDS. Granted, I would assume that depending on how much flooring is use would impact how much air quality would be affected but as stated I decided it was not worth the health of my family to find out. Not to mention the stuff isn't cheap by any means depending on how much flooring you need. I have no bones to pick with the store or the manufacturer but I think it's fair that everyone knows the facts. I can think of ten other businesses that sell or manufacture products that are questionable all in the effort to make a buck. My issue is putting a large amount of material in a living space that is potentially toxic to the health of human beings. I even told the customer service rep at the store when I was canceling my order with my concern of the glue used to bind the material containing urea formaldehyde and they said in a dismissive tone, 'the flooring does not have formaldehyde but...whatever.' The rep was the same rep that sold me the flooring may I add! My sole purpose for posting this info is to hopefully to inform someone but in the end it is still your decision. I hope that I was able to help make a difference in a positive way, God bless!!! |
- Posted by bleephilly (My Page) on Mon, Nov 25, 13 at 18:05
Well guess what folks, after I made the post above.....the store altered the MSDS on the website which means my post got into the brain of someone at headquaters and had them thinking. What happens if more people view this on our website and we are stuck with all this flooring that no one wants to buy??? We better alter the MSDS so that it's not so obvious immediately and keep selling this stuff! Damn shame, damn shame! Whoever did that you must sleep well at night! You altered the information three days after my post went up. Although your MSDS still says the stand bamboo flooring contains formaldehyde it just doesn't say urea formaldehyde anymore and it's not as easy to find the info like it was before. On one hand it's good to know my post reached someone that high up in your company on the other hand innocent people are going to spend hundreds or thousands of their hard earned money, LIKE I ALMOST DID, buying something that I wouldn't take for free after finding out what it's made of. Think about the proud Mom or Dad or Mom and Dad that just installed all the urea formaldehyde glued flooring throughout the house and into the kids room not knowing what it could do to them, potentially. |
If anybody is interested in being represented regarding bad odor problems with Lumber Liquidators products, please contact David Cohen at Cell - 917/301-0430. I am an investigator for a firm in NYC which brings such actions. |
Thanks for the info. Sorry you had to go through this. I was just looking at some of the LL Morning Star bamboo flooring and was strongly considering it for a 1,500 sq ft job - not anymore. Thanks! |
I believe altering the MSDS is a crime. Wife was considering bamboo instead of solid hardwood which we've installed in other homes. Glad I read this - putting any product that off gasses formaldehyde into our home is not an option. |
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I've mentioned several tools that we use here, many of which cost money. We're very lucky here that we can have most of the tools that we want, I know it pains the check writers--"What? Another $300s per dev?!?!" but thankfully they understand that it helps us immensely. I can't help but notice that occasionally people will mention on their blogs that they really like a tool, but that their company won't buy it for them. I think that usually, that shows a bit of shortsightedness in their management.
Developers are expensive and impatient. Good developers are often even more expensive and even more impatient. Tools help developers write more code faster, better, and with less distraction. We'll use ReSharper as an example to try and calculate true cost of the tool.
Let's say a developer's salary is $60,000 per year, that's about $240/day, or $30/hr. Say you build 10 times in an hour, half those times, you accidently typo'd something so you have to rebuild. We'll say fixing/rebuilding costs you 2 minutes per hour. That's 16 minutes per day or $8/day, $40/week, or about $2000/year. All for losing 2 minutes per hour. It's worse than that too, because 2 minutes is a gross exaageration, and that 2 minutes is during a developer's most productive time... the time they actually spend producing.
Now what if, for $300 you could have something that would warn you of impending build errors, so that you could fix them before you actually built? What if it had keybindings (I use Ctrl+Shift+N and Ctrl+Shift+P) to skip to the next error so you can quickly correct it? What if it saved you not only those 2 minutes per hour, but also gave you several other nifty features that saved you time with navigating, formatting, and several other things. Would you spend $300 to save $2000 per year? I would hope the answer is yes. Many other tools share this same productivity boost to cost ratio.
Does this mean developers should have carte blanche for tools? I don't think so. There still needs to be some filter in place, some time for evaluation, and someone who is in tune with both a developer's need for a tool and the company's need not to spend money senselessly, but please, managers, seriously consider requests for tools.


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I don't think it will ever happen, but I'd like to be able to create max level characters. I don't think some newb should be able to but if you can prove that you know how to play every aspect (or atleast most aspects) of a class you can create a max level character of that class. They could test you by putting you in random raid/dungeon/pvp encounters with different specs and making it necessary for you to do well in order to succeed.If you perform well you get your char. The whole point of leveling is to learn a class anyway so I don't see the problem. It would likely be extremely difficult to implement, however. I can hope :)


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6 Embore str.
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166a Simeonovsko Shosse Blvd, Sofia, Bg, 1434
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37 Pop Gruyo Street, Botevgradsko Shousse Boulevard, Sofia, BG, 1517
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Georgi Nastev Str, Bansko, Bansko, Bg, 2770
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Holiday Village Diplomat - Hotel Gloria 3 stars
51 Nikola Petkov blvd.
6.1 km to NDK (Show map)
Diplomatic club "Gloria Palace" is a complex for sport and recreation situated at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the ecologically clean Gorna Bania quarter which is famous with its mineral springs.
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Mladost-1, Sofia, Sofia, Bg, 1784
6.1 km to NDK (Show map)
Just 4 km from Sofia Airport and 200 metres from the Mladost 1 Subway Station, the Elate Plaza offers a buffet breakfast, free Wi-Fi and wired internet as well as free parking. Elate Plaza Hotel provides shuttle service from and to the airport and city tours at a surcharge.
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64- Tsarigradsko Chausse Blvd, Sofia, Bg, 1784
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Melbourne based, online only.
Specialises in Tasmanian wine, online sales and will ship internationally.
Not quite a shop, but effectively a (useful) buying portal for the LCBO which allows customers to search for a particular wine and locate it at their nearest local store in Ontario, British Columbia or Quebec. Provides critics scores, allows you to build your own virtual cellar and add personal ratings (a kind of CellarTracker, but with LCBO wines).
An exceptional importer of non-French wines into France! But despite the smart address, this is for online sales only; no shop.
Specialising in sustainable, biodynamic, and organic wines.
See website for other branches in mainland China
Italian Wines Specialist.
Quaint bijoux wine shop in an old fishing cottage.
A large online wine retailer national delivery. They have a warehouse in Hawke's Bay where clients are welcomed.
Selling his own burgundies direct to consumers.
Online only, specialising in champagne.
Specialising in all things English. Wine bar as well as a wine shop.
Online specialist in same-day (London) or next-day (outside London) delivery of top-end champagnes.
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With the ever rising boom in Internet marketing and Search Engine Optimization, it has become essentially important to understand and know the value of links. Google's Penguin updates have got hysteria over the negative SEO techniques, which have, quite well, succeeded in putting your precious efforts in vain. You might surely have done a bunch of good things together; however, it is not necessary you will always yield good returns for all your good deeds.
Well, if you are trying to find some relation to the context of link building and so-called "Negative SEO", too many backlinks may actually spoil your entire SEO strategy. In fact, when you plan for any SEO strategy, trying too many good things together will always backfire. That is one obvious reason, which importantly calls for understanding the vitality and techniques to use links that enhance your website or blog.
There might be several queries running down to your mind – about whether backlinks make or break your website. Let's look for things you need to ensure while getting a link.
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Quality Vs. Quantity:
In the war between quality and quantity, the former wins. It is more important to build quality links than to have a bundle of unnatural links turning down your SEO strategy. So, how exactly will you determine if your backlink is a quality one? Here, the golden rules of SEO:
(1) Getting a link from your niche and
(2) Quality of the website from where you are getting a backlink.
There are many factors to be taken into consideration before taking a backlink from the website.
- Domain Authority:
Always check the Domain Authority of the website before taking a backlink. Avoiding such vital things can spoil your SEO strategy. Three factors will help you determine the domain authority – Age, Size and Popularity. The reason you should check for domain authority is that search engines have grown a long way to provide users with the most trusted results.
Age of the domain will indicate the longevity of the website.
- Popularity of the domain will measure the number of inbound links the domain has from quality sites.
Size of the domain will contribute towards the amount of content that can generate inbound links.
- PageRank:
We all know that PageRank is nothing but a mathematical number given to a web page that indicates importance of a particular page. PageRank is one of the most important factors in Search Engine rankings.
One wrong step can destroy all your SEO efforts. Having spent a worthy time in the industry, I believe the most important piece of advice I can propose is 'do not offer reciprocal links just for the sake of it'. It is always wise to get links from high PR, popular, relevant, niche sites to increase PageRank of your website.
Must Read: Five Most Neglected On-page Error That May Lower your Ranking
- Alexa:
Alexa is a ranking system that ranks a website based on traffic and web usage information obtained from various sources. Alexa's ranking system is a little complex, Alexa computes the value derived from the number of pages that has been viewed by the users on a daily basis. High Alexa rank means a low website traffic while the low the Alexa means the high website traffic. Alexa is one of the important factors to be considered while making a SEO strategy. Try to get a link from a good Alexa ranked websites which can further help you to improve the Alexa rank of your website. Having a good Alexa ranking will determine the worth of your website.
The above are the basic factors to be considered before getting a backlink from other websites. As we know, Google wants to show high quality websites in their SERPs and for that, they do 500+ algorithmic changes each year – the major ones being Google Panda and Penguin updates which rolled out in Mid-2012. They definitely hit hard to the spammers and low quality websites. Till date many websites are still suffering to come out from Google's manual penalty that was raised to them for unnatural links.
Must Read: 7 Rules you should Follow for Off Page SEO
Google has already signaled that there are major updates on the way to be rolled out in 2013. Therefore it is very important for Internet marketers to make an effective SEO and content strategy from future prospects. We always have to stick to the fundamentals of the SEO. Google still counts backlinks as one of the important ranking factors, as I said high quality backlinks helps and low quality backlinks destroys your website ranking. I have evaluated some useful ways to get quality backlinks.
Guest Blogging – While content marketing has become an undeniable buzz of 2012-13, it is necessary that you have your content posted on others sites as well. Well, having exceptional quality content, but failing to plan the right strategy to use them might put you into serious troubles. For guest blogging, choose sites that have good number of page visits and hits. This is possibly the only way your content will have high viewership. However, a wrong choice of the subject for your content or the guest site would contribute to backfire your business.
Content Marketing – Content marketing has gone a long way from merely having to post blogs and article which are keyword rich but meaningless. You might come across a familiar phrase, "Content is the king", throughout the virtual world. Web content has a crucial role to play in the process of link building. It is only the content of your website which will drive customers to link your site to theirs. You will find people linking to you only if they get some useful and worthy content on your site. Make sure that you look into your link building content wisely to avoid spamming, especially while planning your SEO strategies.
Comments – Having a lot of comments on your posts will determine the readability of your content. This would not only fetch your site enormous traffic, but help you in the link building process, as well. However, your role doesn't stop only at receiving comments for your posts. In fact, it is a good practice to reply to those comments for building great relations with your readers as well. Just like PageRank and Alexa ranking, the comments on your posts will lead you to great link building.
Authority of Content – What contributes to the best SEO and link strategy practices is, having a content that is not only useful, but entertaining and educating as well. If content is the king, it should equally have the authority to take your websites to the top. Only and only if the content is genuinely qualitative will it arrive at the top of the heap on web search. The more useful and unique your content is, the more prevalent and long lived it will be. It is definitely a key component for determining the success of your online presence. The more authoritative and trusted your website is, the higher it will always rank.
- Link Juice – Link juice is nothing but a secret evaluation given by search engines to incoming links redirecting to your website. It is always better to add backlinks to a site which has more link juice. The reason is quite simple. A site with more link juice will outrank the other. Link juice is not a meticulous science but it's a vital concept to understand that high quality links create a big difference in the optimization process.
Conclusion – Building quality backlinks is extremely important to increase your PageRank and to help your business grow to the next level. The above mentioned things are some of the important factors you can consider during your link strategy. These are things that remain untouched by Google's Penguin updates, no matter what.


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Despite the numerous challenges they grapple with, the Burmese media in exile still play a crucial role in urging the people to speak out against Burma's repressive military government and take the long and dangerous road to democracy, says Burmese journalist Htet Aung Kyaw. Speaking at about the role of the media at a conference earlier this February in Barcelona, Spain, the journalist for the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a non-profit media organisation run by Burmese exiles and journalists, gave an overview about the media situation in the South-east Asian country ruled by the Gen. Than Shwe-led junta. "Here in Barcelona, Spain, or elsewhere in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan, media workers are safe and sound. But in Burma, while the world's most notorious military junta is still in power, it is very difficult and dangerous work," he said. Apart from Japanese photojournalist Kenji Nagai, who was shot at the height of the September 2007 demonstrations, Htet said that citizen journalists in his country are still missing. Twelve journalists, including some undercover reporters for the DVB TV were detained in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and the constitutional referendum in 2008, he added. Burma's government controls majority of the country's multi-media, including 75 percent ownership of private print media ranging from journals to magazines numbering to about 300. Htet Aung Kyaw said that there are some media-in-exile organisations that offer satellite TV, short wave and radio services. These are the DVB, Radio Free Asia, Voice of America and the BBC's Burmese Service. The Internet also has the Thailand-based English-language 'The Irrawaddy' and India-based 'Mizzima', as well as the New Era and Network Media Group. Ethnic-language Internet news service also abound, with the independent 'Mon News Agency', 'Kachin News Group', 'Kaladan Press', 'Kantarawaddy Times', 'Kaowao News', 'Khonumthung News', 'Narinjara News' and 'Shan Herald Agency for News' leading the pack. The number of anti-government blogs within and outside the country is also increasing. Htet Aung Kaw noted that due to this tight control of content in his country's media, people have begun to "lose interest on the government-owned media" and instead, turn to Korean teledramas and movies. When they do buy newspapers, "they skip the front pages and go straight to the back pages to read the obituaries section". "Journalists working for the 300 private journals and magazines have no chance to write about political, economic or social issues as these are censored by the Press Scrutiny Board (PSB)," he said. Thus, it's no surprise that many reading fare in Burma offer nothing but photos of sexy women, fashion, pop music, horoscopes and foreign sports news. Htet also said that the media-in-exile have their share of problems. "Journalists in exile, especially donor-based media organisations, face a different form of censorship or self-censorship," he explained referring to an "unofficial warning" from Burmese pro-democracy groups to the media to avoid criticising the former. "'You can criticise the military regime as much as you want but leave us alone' has become a running joke in our circle. Many politicians in exile and inside the country have a limited understanding of the role of independent media," he said. Continued Htet: "Some politicians have even told me that this is not the right time to criticise the movement, as all it will do is benefit the enemies of the pro-democracy movement." Other excerpts from his speech: "Some pro-democracy groups have sent letters of complaint to donors when we have criticised the weak points of the government-in-exile. This could make it very hard for media organisations that want to play an independent role in the coming 2010 elections, which most pro-democracy groups oppose. They are still holding on to the result of the 1990 election and are demanding this result be respected before new election can be held." On censorship: "The main job of publishers and chief editors is to try to strike a good deal with PSB officials, which means giving gifts of whisky, tobacco or money to encourage them to approve their stories on time." "Moreover, every journal and magazine must add at least one story from the Information Ministry � either propaganda about government activities or an attack on the opposition and the pro-democracy movement." "Every journalist needs permission from the relevant ministers to interview any civil servant. Young and active journalists have often been detained on the accusation that they have not had proper permission from a minister." On the international community's role: "I would like to urge the European Commission and the western community to support the media-in-exile and look for opportunities to challenge the Burmese government-controlled media. Unless the generals' negative view of independent media is changed, it will be hard for foreign journalists to go to Burma." (http://www.theasiamediaforum.org/node/1014)
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How Many People Like That Shirt? These Hangers Let You Know
Most shoppers are governed by the rule of supply and demand. There's also the rule of majority wants. (If it isn't obvious enough, that's something I coined myself.) So basically, my self-made rule states that most people will tend to want something more, if they see that a lot of other people like it. This doesn't apply to everyone, although I know a fair amount of people who shop by this rule.
That's probably what Brazillian clothing retailer C&A is using as basis with their Facebook "Like" hangers. C&A has hooked up their hangers with a display the shows the number of likes the same article of clothing has received on their website.
Doing this works both ways, of course. If a person is on the fence about something and sees that it has ten thousand Likes, then he or she will probably end up buying it. But if it has just one or two Likes, it'll probably go back on the rack.
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Here are some of the best posts/articles regarding comic book reprints and collected editions that I have retweeted on @ChrisCCL, Facebook, Google+, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.
Jim Unger (21 January 1937 – 29 May 2012) – a Canadian cartoonist, best known for his syndicated comic strip Herman which ran for eighteen years in 600 newspapers in 25 countries.
Leo Dillon (March 2, 1933 – May 26, 2012) – an American husband and wife (Diane Dillon) team of illustrators. They won two consecutive Caldecott Medals.
Richard "Dick" Beals (March 16, 1927 – May 29, 2012) – an American voice actor.
Announcements / PR
IDW Publishing Revisits "The Creativity of Ditko" this July – This is a follow up the Craig Yoe's book The Art of (Steve) Ditko
from Comic Book Resources. There is also a short promotional video, too.
D+Q to Publish MY DIRTY DUMB EYES by Lisa Hanawalt
Preview: No Man's Land by Blexbolex
Here's a special sneak-peek of the original cover art by Howard Chaykin for the September release of Agent 13 – A great series and one book that you should budget for in the fall. Possible Eisner winner next summer.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7 – The Third Wheel Due in November – I admit I read all of my son's Wimpy Kid books. I love 'em.
Fantagraphics To Publish Franquin's Last Laugh In 2013
Preview of Back Issue 57 – Jenette Kahn
Preview of Alter Ego 110 – 1940s Captain Marvel radio drama
Rex Mundi Omnibus Volume 1 (of 2) is set to collect Rex Mundi Volumes 1–3 and will feature the complete Brother Matthew short story; on sale September 5, 2012
66th Annual The National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Awards – Cartoonist of the Year went to Tom Richmond (Mad)
Claws Are Out for The Eagle Awards – What?!?!?
Novelist Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel, The Song of Achilles
IDW Publishing Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel
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J. Michael Straczynski vs The Wall Street Journal
Letter to the Department of Justice from Peter Glassman, president of Books of Wonder on the price-fixing lawsuit against Apple and several major publishers – Serious stuff in the relm of digital and ebooks. Could this possibly effect digital comics?
Presenting the science fiction issue of the New Yorker – Some stories are subscriber only. "Crashing the Gate," by Daniel Clowes (cover above).
Essential Marvel Two-in-One Volume 4 (Marvel)
Teen Titans: Prime of Life TP (DC Comics)
Star Wars: Darth Vader and the Lost Command (Dark Horse)
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Five Most Influential Croatian Comic Book Artists – I add this in only because my wife is of Croatian descent.
Want more of Croatia? Anthony Bourdain recently visited Croatia on No Reservations
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Seletha Butler joined Georgia Institute of Technology's Scheller College of Business as an assistant professor of business law and ethics in July 2011. Prior to joining Scheller, Professor Butler spent fourteen years, collectively, with global law firms in Atlanta and Chicago and one of the nation's largest commercial banking organizations. During her tenure in private law practice and corporate America, Professor Butler's legal practice focused on complex domestic and global commercial transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology licensing, and outsourcing, and corporate governance matters.
Professor Butler's research agenda focuses on corporate governance issues specifically the structure, obligations, and activities of boards of directors (including board diversity). She teaches courses involving the intersection of business, law, ethics, and policy, including developing a Corporate Governance course for undergraduate students for which she received the Scheller Professor of the Year Award—Elective Business Courses (2013) on her first semester teaching the course. Professor Butler also is the recipient of other honors recognizing her work at Georgia Tech, including Professor Appreciation recognition from the Georgia Tech Women's Basketball team, Men's Basketball, Baseball, and Football teams, and Swimming and Diving team; and Thank-a-Teacher recognitions from students through the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
In February 2014, Professor Butler was honored by Georgia Tech Women's Basketball as a 2014 Women Out Front honoree. In 2011, she was a recipient of the Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40, an honor by the National Bar Association and IMPACT to recognize a cross-section of legal professionals age 40 and under within the African American legal community who have achieved prominence and distinction in their career.
Professor Butler is a speaker on organizational governance, diversity, professional responsibility and ethics in business, and career development and advancement strategies for education institutions, professional associations, governmental organizations, and not-for-profit organizations. She is the author of All on Board! Strategies for Constructing Diverse Boards of Directors, Butler, S., 7 Va. L. & Bus. Rev. 61 (2012), "Financial Expert": A Subtle Blow to the Pool and Current Pipeline of Women on Corporate Boards, Butler, S. 14 Geo. J. Gender & L. 1 (2013) (lead article), and working paper, Higher Education Governance: Proposals for Model Child Protection Governance Policy. Media outlets have quoted Professor Butler regarding corporate governance issues.
A native of Alabama, Professor Butler has a Bachelor of Science in Corporate Finance, summa cum laude, from The University of Alabama, a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School where she served as current development editor of The Harvard Journal on Racial and Ethnic Justice, formerly the Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal, and a Master of Business Administration (global focus) from Georgia Institute of Technology.
Among Professor Butler's professional and community activities, she is on the Board of Trustees of MedShare International, Inc. (and its Nominating and Governance and Development Committees) and a former member of the Board of Governors of Tech High School, Inc. Professor Butler currently serves as a Faculty Associate for the Georgia Tech Grand Challenges Program and served as the Faculty Advisor for the Scheller Society of Entrepreneurs and the Scheller College of Business Graduate Minorities in Business. She also is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the Georgia Tech Leadership Roundtable, Fall 2011 and the 2005 Class of Leadership Georgia.
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I have a laundry room layout similar to yours, but my hanging space and cabinets are reversed. I wasn't sure the hanging space over the sink would be a good idea as if something slipped off a hanger and the sink was soaking something, I'd end up with my clean item all wet in a sink of soap and/or stain remover. Can you tell me why you decided to have your hanging space over the sink? Curious, in case I missed something! LOL This is a pic from our cabinet guy of how the laundry room will be: |
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Oh, and my laundry room has a 9' ceiling so I didn't take my cabinets to the ceiling like you did as they would interfere with my light on the ceiling. |
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My NAT tree is seeding very well. At this stage, all the seeds are a healthy green. If anyone has experience as to the viability of these seeds and when to pick them, I'd appreciate hearing your comments.
I believe the seeds have a very short life span. My own experience has been a 'dead' seed when left on the tree to brown, then held for a month or so. If they are sold in catalogues, they must be 'fairly old'! Maybe they should be picked when still green? If anyone has a tree, I've had excellent results with 'air layering'. |
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