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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Cranberries and Pecans
Brussels sprouts are one of my favorite winter green vegetables and they make for great side dishes. You can steam them, boil them, roast them or saute them. You can serve them whole, sliced or even shredded. You can add so many things to them to make them interesting and each time you can try something new. You really can't go wrong with starting with some bacon as I have done here. One of the good things about adding bacon is that you can toss the sprouts in some of the bacon grease adding a ton more bacon flavour to the dish. I know, I know, green vegetable side dishes should be healthier. :) With the holidays still on my mind I finished this brussels sprouts dish off with some toasted pecans and some dried cranberries.
Have a great Halloween!
See the Similar Recipes section below for some of my favorite ways to enjoy brussels sprouts.
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Cranberries and Pecans
(makes 4 servings)Printable Recipe
2 slices bacon (cut into 1/2 inch slices)
1 shallot (diced)
1 pound brussels sprouts (cleaned, quartered, blanched and drained)
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
2 tablespoons pecans (chopped)
1. Cook the bacon in a pan and set aside reserving 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease.
2. Add the shallots to the pan and cook in the bacon grease and saute until, tender about 3-5 minutes.
2. Add the brussels sprouts to the pan, season with salt and pepper, toss in the grease and saute for a minute.
3. Remove from heat and mix in the cranberries and pecans.
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Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Chestnuts
Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta and Parmigiano Reggiano
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Gratin
Brussels Sprouts and Bacon Covered in Melted Gorgonzola

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No More War (Rzewski, Frederic)
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Language | English |
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Browse the categories below to see some of the most frequently asked questions the ODA receives.
Annual Session
Who can attend the ODA Annual Session?
Dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, lab technicians, dental students and dental office personnel are invited to attend.
What are the future dates of the ODA Annual Session?
September 17-20, 2015
September 15-18, 2016
September 14-17, 2017
Where can I find information about Annual Session courses and events?
Please click here or request a Preview Program (availble in the spring) by contacting the ODA at (614) 486-2700 or email@example.com.
Where can I find information about being an exhibitor at the ODA Annual Session?
Please click here or contact Amy Szmania, Exhibit Hall Manager, at (614) 486-2700 or email@example.com.
Where can I obtain CE verification for courses I took at this year's Annual Session?
Please visit the 2014 CEU Credits site for a printable list of CE credits earned.
Dental Insurance and Third-Party Payers
How do I address a certain dental insurance problem or situation?
What should I do if an insurance company wrongly denies a claim?
Am I required to enroll in or opt out of Medicare?
Dental Students
How can I apply for a scholarship from the ODA Foundation?
More information about scholarships and how to apply can be found here. Eligibility includes Ohio residency, academic excellence and financial need. Eligible students must be enrolled in a dental education program at a school with ADA accreditation.
Do students have access to the members-only section of oda.org?
Dental students who are ASDA members have access to the members-only section of the website. You can activate your account here. You will need to enter your ASDA number (using no hyphens) and an email address, and you will then create a password.
Legal Issues
How should I handle the treatment of minors with separated, unmarried or divorced parents?
How should I handle problems with my employees?
Am I required to hire an interpreter for hearing impaired patients?
How can I avoid 'abandoning' a patient when terminating a relationship?
How can I avoid an antitrust violation?
Do I have to make a patient's record available to him or her?
Am I only joining the ODA?
Membership is tripartite. That means you join the ODA, ADA and your local dental society. The ODA dues invoice includes membership at all three levels. The unity of tripartite membership produces a more effective dental profession.
Can I pay my dues online?
How does retirement affect my membership? How do I qualify for Retired Membership status?
How do I enroll in the prepayment installment program for membership dues?
How do I apply for membership?
ODA Foundation
What is the ODA Foundation and how does it relate to the Ohio Dental Association?
The Ohio Dental Association Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the ODA, committed to helping Ohioans. Its mission is to improve the oral health of the citizens of Ohio and enhance the dental profession in the state. The Foundation is managed by a Board of Trustees and the Foundation Director, and assisted by other ODA staff.
What does the ODA Foundation do in Ohio?
Through donor support, the ODA Foundation helps make a difference for ODA members, future dentists and vulnerable populations in Ohio by awarding annual grants and scholarships. Hundreds of Ohio dental school students have received financial assistance through the years - and countless more uninsured and low-income Ohioans have received free dental care and a healthier smile thanks to community dental programs that we help.
How is the Foundation supported and managed?
The Foundation is financially supported and continues to grow due to the generosity of dentists and other friends of the Foundation, including the ODA and ODASC. Pledges, annual fundraisers and general donations are common forms of support. Investments are maintained in accordance with ODA investment policies, and with the philosophy of "investing prudently and with diligence while attempting to obtain a return on investment equal to or greater than the current inflation rate," as defined in the investment guidelines.
Can I donate on behalf of another person?
Yes. Donations can be made in recognition or in memory of any individual, and funds can also be established in memory or in recognition of. In addition to the Operating and Endowment Funds, nine named funds exist within the Foundation to which donations can be directed. They are:
- Akron Dental Society (Dr. James Claypool) Fund
- (Dr. James) Mercer Fund
- Faith Barlow Fund
- ODAF Board Fund
- (Dr. Donald) Bowers Fund
- Ohio Society of OMS Fund
- Cincinnatti Dental Society (Bev Fortner) Fund
- Nancy Siegfried-Burgess Fund
- (Dr.) Bob & Peg Hinkle Family Fund
Are my donations tax-deductible?
The ODA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation registered in the State of Ohio. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Consult with your financial and/or legal advisor for advice on the best form of giving for you.
How can I give to the ODAF?
There are many ways to give to the ODA Foundation:
- When paying your annual ODA membership dues
- Participating in the annual raffle fundraiser
- A donation made at any time during the year
- In support of a specific fund
- In honor or memory of an individual
- By pledging a specific amount and establishing a payment routine (one-time payment: monthly, quarterly, twice a year, or annually)
- Other types of contributions such as:
- Appreciated Securities
- Other Appreciated Asset
- Planned Giving
- Life Insurance
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (annuity and unitrust)
- Charitable Lead Trust
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- Wealth Replacement with Life Insurance
- Wills
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- Retirement Plan Assets
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What are the criteria to serve on the Foundation Board of Trustees?
How do I decide what product is best for me and my office?
A team of ODASC staff members is available to help ODA member dentists purchase products and decide which will be a good fit for their practices. ODASC representatives are experienced and are not paid through commissions, so their only interests are making sure dentists' needs are met.
To contact an ODASC representative, call (800) 282-1526.
Why should I purchase ODASC-endorsed products?
The Ohio Dental Association Services Corp. (ODASC) has researched and endorsed products and companies to help dentists save time and money. ODASC helps dentists save money by securing discounts on products and services available exclusively for ODA members and by finding products and services that provide the best value for the price. ODASC is overseen by a board of directors including ODA member dentists. Before endorsing a product or service, the board researches and tests it to make sure it is the best available and will fit Ohio dentists' needs.
ODASC representatives can also serve as liaisons between ODA members and endorsed companies because they have spent years building relationships at each company. If an ODA member should ever have a question or need to contact a company with a problem, ODASC representatives can step in and get a quick response.
For more information, click here.
I am looking for health insurance. Can ODASC help?
Experienced ODASC representatives can provide health insurance quotes from multiple different private insurance companies so you can choose a plan that best fits you and your family's needs. These plans do not come from healthcare.gov and are not government plans. ODA members and their staff who need to enroll in insurance should call ODASC at (800) 282-1526 to learn more about their options and for help enrolling in a plan. For more information, click here.
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What do I need to be aware of when interacting with government regulators?
When do I need to pay a use tax?
What rules do I need to follow when placing an advertisement?
Am I required to convert to electronic health records?
Where can I get the posters I need to post in my office?
Can I use email to send patient information?
What do I need to know about the new OSHA GHS rule?
Where can I find a copy of the Start Talking! informed consent form?
Do I need to audit my CBCT unit?
Does every dentist have to register for the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS)?
Volunteer Opportunities
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How can I become a Dental OPTIONS provider?
Dental OPTIONS providers treat patients in need through donated and discounted care. Dentists have control over the number and type of patients they decide to treat. Referral coordinators link dentists with patients and take care of administrative tasks. Volunteers also may be eligible for up to four CE credits. A Dental OPTIONS dentist enrollment form can be found here. For more information about the program, click here.
How can I plan a Give Kids a Smile event?
How can I get involved in my local community?
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Antonin Dvorak
1841 - 1904
Lyric Fairy Tale in three acts
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil based on: Udine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fougué, The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen and The Sunken Bell by Gerhart Hauptmann
World premiere: March 31st 1901, National Theatre, Prague
A production from the Opéra national de Lorraine
Sung in Czech with German surtitles
Duration: c. 3 1/2 hrs. with two intervals
About the piece
Director and Stage Designer Jim Lucassen set Dvořák's fairy tale opera in a national history museum, a paradigmatic space where different worlds and times converge. Rusalka's home, an inanimate exhibit during the day, comes to life at night. When the water nymph enters the hostile civilisation at the Prince's court she finds that only a withered skeleton of nature has survived. Lucassen's clear and sensitive production was highly praised when it was first performed in Nancy in 2010 and revived in Montpellier in 2011. The first performances of this production, in September 2013, were the first time that this important Czech opera had been performed in Frankfurt for 24 years.
Rusalka is desperate to become human so because she has fallen in love with a Prince. The Water Sprite tries to make her change her mind but she is determined. She calls for the witch Jezibaba, who mocks her delusional wishes but eventually grants her wishes on condition that she agrees to be mute in the world of men. She is also warned that should she ever loose the Prince's love she will be doomed for eternity. The Prince fall in love with her and leads her away as his bride. A week later the Prince is hurt by Rusalka's lack of passion. This makes it easy for a foreign Princess to lure him into her arms. Hopeless and dejected Rusalka returns to her place of origin, miserable that she can neither live or die. Jezibaba tells her that she can return to her former existence if she kills the Prince. She cannot bring herself to destroy his happiness and so seals her fate to wander forever between the worlds as a will-o'-the-wisp. The Prince comes to ask for forgiveness. Rusalka warns him that her kiss will bring about his death but he longs to die in her arms. She relents, he dies and Rusalka asks God to take pity on his soul before disappearing into the void.
With generous support from the Frankfurt Patronatsverein - Sektion Oper
Sunday 08.09.2013 18:00 h
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Zoltán Nyári
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General information
Stringent vs. relaxed replication
Plasmid replication control is usually controlled by balancing the levels of a positive and a negative regulator of replication. For some plasmids (pMB1/colE1 replicons) the positive regulator is an RNA and in others (e.g. pSC101) it is a protein. Plasmids with a protein positive regulator will not replicate in the abscence of protein production - stringent control (although not the same as the stringent response due to a shortage of loaded tRNAs). Plasmids with an RNA positive regulator will continue to replicate in the abscence of protein production. This is termed relaxed control. High yields of plasmid may be obtained by halting protein production (via chloroamphenicol) when the culture reaches a high density and then continuing incubation for a number of hours. This might be of practical relevance when prepping the 1 and 3 series of Synthetic Biology plasmids.--BC 19:05, 3 Sep 2005 (EDT)
Common vectors
Plasmid | Replicon | Copy number |
pBR322[2] and its derivatives | pMB1 | 15-20 |
pUC vectors | pMB1 | 500-700 |
pACYC and its derivatives | p15A[3] | 10-12 |
pSC101 and its derivatives | pSC101[4] | 5 |
ColE1 | ColE1[5, 6] | 15-20 |
Replicon compatibility
Incompatibility group | Negative control element | Comment |
colE1[5, 6], pMB1 | RNAI | controls processing of pre-RNAII into primer. pUC is derived from pBR322 (a single mutation in the pBR322 Primer RNA and deletion of the rop gene) which is derived from a pMB1 replicon, and cannot co-reside with the colE1 incompatibility group. |
IncFII, pT181 | RNA | controls synthesis of RepA protein |
P1, F, R6K, pSC101[4], p15A[3] | iterons | sequesters RepA protein |
Replication origins in different incompatibility groups are compatible. Replication origins in the same incompatibility group are not.
Some sets of vectors with compatible origins are available as a part of the Novagen Duet system. (from TK)
Individual vector links
Note: searching for cloning vector <insert vector name> when looking for vector sequences in NCBI Entrez Nucleotide search. It helps to cut down on the number of hits.
- pUC19
- pBeloBAC11
- pBACe3.6
- F plasmid
- pSCANS genbank vector info cookbook
- pSC101 replication origin
- pBR322
- pACYC184
- Bolivar F, Rodriguez RL, Greene PJ, Betlach MC, Heyneker HL, Boyer HW, Crosa JH, and Falkow S. . pmid:344137.
vector pBR322 - Chang AC and Cohen SN. . pmid:149110.
p15A origin - Cohen SN and Chang AC. . pmid:334752.
pSC101 origin - Bazaral M and Helinski DR. . pmid:4939624.
original discovery of ColE1 plasmid - Hershfield V, Boyer HW, Yanofsky C, Lovett MA, and Helinski DR. . pmid:4610576.
use of ColEI as a vector - isbn:0-87969-577-3.
- Anderson ES. . pmid:4879515.
Discusses transferable drug resistance in Escherichia coli (i.e. plasmids with resistance markers) - Cohen SN and Chang AC. . pmid:4576014.
Discusses generation of plasmids by shearing DNA, their transformation and replication. - Cohen SN, Chang AC, Boyer HW, and Helling RB. . pmid:4594039.
Discusses use of vector to propagate other DNA fragments
External links
- Novagen pET vector table
- table with links to properties/sequences of pET vectors
- note: slow to load
- Plasmids at EcoliWiki.org
- EcoliWiki.org has entered many plasmids that are available for annotation. Included are plasmid maps, features and sequences.


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15 Greatest Marketing Innovations of All Time
By -- Geoffrey James,
Over the centuries, entrepreneurs both sung and unsung have creatively transformed the way that companies communicate with customers. Here are the 15 biggest breakthroughs that created our modern business world.
3,400 BC: Product Labeling
The world's first breakthrough in marketing was all about ensuring the customer received what was promised... with no surprises. The first known product labels were clay seals with cuneiform inscriptions sealing jars of foodstuffs in ancient Sumeria.
2,560 BC: Retail Signage
If you're selling something from a store, it helps to let passersby know what they'll find inside. It was probably in ancient Minos that store owners began painting illustrations of their goods and services on the wall outside their retail outlets.
1609: Space Ads
Once the newspaper was invented, it was only a matter of time until somebody figured out they were a great way to create product demand. The first space ads were simple notices, but as time went on they not only began to depict the goods but tried to be entertaining as well.
1870: Freebees
Freeware is all the range on smartphones, but the basic idea was pioneered in the Victorian period, when razor companies began giving away razors in order to sell blades. The innovation is credited to King Camp Gillette, but in fact Gillette was the one of the last firms to adopt this marketing model.
1872: Direct Marketing
The first and arguably most successful attempt to eliminate the proverbial middleman was the once-ubiquitous mail order catalog. Aaron Montgomery Ward (the Jeff Bezos of his day) sent the "big book" to millions who otherwise would never have been exposed to thousands of new products.
1890: Cold Calling
Nobody knows exactly when the first cold call was made, but it was probably 1) soon after the invention of the telephone in 1876 and 2) right after the first recipient of a cold call was sitting down to eat dinner with his family.
1918: Designer Labels
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1923: Broadcast Ads
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1926: The Electric Billboard
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1927: Sports Endorsements
Wheaties was indeed "The Breakfast of Champions" and for decades featured a sports star on every box, starting with uber-sluggers like Lou Gerhig and Babe Ruth. Wheaties also launched the world's first product jingle
1945: Multilevel Marketing
While huckster Charles Ponzi may have perfected the modern pyramid scheme, it was vitamin maker Nutrilite (now part of Amway) that gave the "sell distributorships not products" idea a patina of respectability.
1969: Spiff Marketing
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1984 Guerilla Marketing
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2000: Viral Videos
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Companies with successful software products often know that their user interfaces could be improved but hesitate to take action because major changes might upset their existing users. "Not only would a redesign cost me a small fortune," one executive told Macadamian "but look at the backlash against Google and Facebook's changes. I'm not willing to risk losing customers over design."
Indeed, Google, Twitter, and Facebook caused quite a stir recently by making dramatic changes to their UIs. In less than 24 hours, hundreds of users formed a coalition against the new Gmail, with a mission to "urge Google to fix the horrid new Gmail interface and take us back to productivity." And Facebook users began posting "If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" banners to express their dissatisfaction.
But for every example of a redesign gone wrong, there is a success story of a company blasting ahead of its competitors by reinventing its product design. Salesforce.com's dominance in the CRM market, for example, is largely attributable to its innovative design updates.
The risks associated with not updating a UI outweigh those associated with an update. But a successful redesign absolutely requires the right product management and UX techniques to evolve the product carefully and avoid a user revolt.
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Ninety percent of the value of an experience comes from how it works, not how it looks. Of course, it's not that visual design is unimportant; it's just not nearly enough.
This is the source of one of the major complaints about Gmail's new interface. "Gmail's new interface is form over function. Strange because the reason everyone went to Gmail was function" says one Twitter user. "Gmail's new look is uncluttered, which is a good thing until you try to navigate and then, user beware."
It is a myth among non-designers that the essence of a fantastic experience and a product's success is its aesthetic value. Although UX pros recognize that visual appeal is just one part of the experience, even they sometimes spend disproportionate amounts of time on visual design, sacrificing other aspects of UX. The importance of good looks may be the initial draw to a product, and visual design can often be a very important factor in influencing purchasing decisions. However, for a product to be endorsed by the market, development needs to be focused on much more than just how the product looks. This is especially true in a world where information and opinions about products travel quickly and unpredictably via social media.
A redesigned UI that looks pretty but fails to deliver new value will not only disappoint new users but will also alienate existing, previously satisfied users, and the news of this failure will spread rapidly. Never make the mistake of thinking that a product's aesthetic is the same as the product's actual experience.
Redesign Based on Evidence
In order to make functional (not just aesthetic) improvements, product managers and design teams need to perform research with real-world users. Most people already agree with this in principle, but vary wildly in how well they execute on it.
One of the most common mistakes companies make is to implement UI changes based on what users say they want. Unfortunately, experience shows that what people say they will or won't like doesn't always match reality. Moreover, a user's suggestion on how to solve a UI problem may be unworkable, unreasonable, or both.
While it's important to solicit and listen to user feedback, users aren't designers or usability experts so their complaints and suggestions should not be taken at face value. Don't confuse a design suggestion with a design solution. To identify the real UI problems and solutions, careful UX research must take into account facts, not just opinions.
Two fundamental techniques that should be used in any major UI update are focus groups and usability testing.
Focus groups
Focus groups are a powerful exploratory technique that can provide rich information on the opinions and attitudes of the target audience regarding a new or existing product or idea.
They are best used in the early discovery and assessment stages of a design update project in order to:
- get a feel for the range of opinions on different aspects of the interface
- understand the reasons for change requests, new interface ideas, and underlying preferences
- build a raw list of user requirements
This information can provide direction to a development team in the early stages of their work so they can prepare for, and even get an early start on, development in key areas in parallel with the design effort.
However, focus groups are not a good source of behavioral data. What people say they will do, compared to what they actually do, is notoriously unreliable for several reasons. First, what people say they will do (intent) and what they actually do (action or behavior) often vary because people can't predict contextual factors that may alter their behavior in a given situation. This is why people like test drives and 30-day return policies.
Second, people are not fully aware of all of their behaviors. Some everyday actions are so commonplace that people sometimes forget they even do them. For instance, if you ask people something as simple as, "What features on a telephone do you use and approximately how often?" and compare the results to direct observation data on the same question, the results are usually staggeringly different.
That's where observational techniques like usability testing come in.
Usability Testing
Usability testing is a technique to determine the effectiveness of a design by observing and assessing users as they walk through a predetermined series of tasks in the software. For example, if users consistently stumble during a particular part of the workflow, this is a strong indicator that the design is flawed.
Researchers usually follow-up each usability test session by interviewing the user and asking more qualitative questions about the experience. Usability metrics—such as the time it takes to complete a task, the number of errors, the number of clicks, the success rate, etc.—are collected along with ease of use ratings.
Usability testing is very different from beta testing. In beta testing, users will typically only report usability problems that make it very difficult for them to accomplish a task—in other words, things that are very clearly bugs. They typically won't report that they found something challenging or unintuitive. People don't always like to admit that they failed at something. Also, beta testers (or at least the ones who take time to report issues) are often fans of the product, and are therefore also power users. They may have already learned to work around or ignore usability issues.
Hopefully, by the time a product is in beta, most of the obvious usability issues will already have been solved because the most expensive time to fix a usability issue (or any bug for that matter) is after the product has been built.
Stop the Endless UI Debates
Despite access to quality user research, many projects still get mired in unproductive debate about design and implementation issues. To avoid this, take the development and design team back to the first principles of the product. When arguing over a particular feature or screen, stop to ensure the team is in agreement about the answers to the following questions:
- Why will a user want to use this feature?
- What will be their most common tasks?
- Under what conditions, or in what contexts, will this feature be used?
- Who are the primary users of this particular feature?
Taking just a bit of time to regroup and make sure everyone on the team knows the answers to these questions will forestall wasted debate and speed project completion. If you don't, the same issues will inevitably come up again and again in the design and development process. Often when a team debates whether to include a certain feature, the true, underlying questions are, "Who are our primary users and what would they value?" If the team has considered these questions already, the answers to feature decisions will be clear, allowing the team to breeze through those discussions.
Integrating Redesign Feedback: Interpret and Prioritize
Even the best products won't be perfect or universally loved; user complaints are a perennial and pervasive part of the design (and redesign) process. So when evaluating user complaints about the UI (there will always be some!) don't react to them at face value or in a knee-jerk fashion that just closes the trouble ticket.
Experienced product managers and UX designers will take the time to gather qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of users to determine:
- how frequently each design issue is occurring
- the impact of an issue on a user
- the relative importance of one issue over another
This data and analysis allows teams to make sense of all the user reactions so that they can swiftly address issues that will most affect their product (and ultimately their business) success and put aside all the red herrings.
How pervasive is the complaint?
Some complaints may identify a common user problem, but they could also simply be gripes from a very small but vocal group of users.
This is where quantitative data becomes very useful. When Google changed the Gmail UI, it added a pop-up bar in the corner of the screen that asked users for feedback on the new design.
This is an effective mechanism for determining how widespread design problems are, and as a bonus allows users a sense of control as they vent their frustrations in direct communication to the software maker.
However, this method can be costly as it requires staff to sort through the wide variety of comments. The quality of the data provided is also; users will often offer solutions rather than explaining the reason behind their frustration.
For more cost-effective and equally powerful data gathering, consider conducting a random survey of your targeted audience through user interviews or an ethnographic study. This provides the quality and quantity of feedback necessary to ascertain whether a given complaint is common and should be immediately addressed, or is a minor issue that should be lower on the priority list.
Consider the Consequences of not Making a Change
Jumping into a design update can be costly both during the design process and, worse, if the updated product causes user backlash. It's tempting to take the conservative approach and maintain things the way they are, hoping to avoid hurting customer goodwill with a bad UI decision. But with products such as the iPad and SalesForce.com setting a new bar for software UX, companies are being forced to update their products' UIs in order to meet rising consumer expectations. The risk of falling behind exceeds the risk of alienating existing users.
Fortunately, you can have your cake and eat it too. Proper product management and UX techniques can reliably produce UI updates that keep a product ahead of the curve without losing loyal users. It's a discipline based on the fundamentals of good UX design: collecting, interpreting, and prioritizing user research. These are core competencies that companies planning to stay market winners must cultivate within their organizations.
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Good for Hank for calling me out on "Ninety percent of the value of an experience comes from how it works, not how it looks" and asking if the statement has an experimental basis. Its not as if I came up with an operational definition of 'how it works' and then spent a year doing a meta-analysis across a bunch of experiments to come up with a defendable conclusion and that number. The statement was meant in a much more colloquial way. Although I did have in mind a few things. Here's what I was thinking when I wrote the article. One, Steve Jobs well known quote about design along the lines of design is about "how something works not how it looks". Two, my own experience in 20 years or so where most of the experimental evidence I've seen - and even talking to experts - is that much of the value (again not an operational definition) is attributable to things like the matching the users mental model, correct information architecture, workflows and so on. And third, I actually did have in mind a meta-analysis IBM did on usability (which of course is not the same as value) which did have a number like this. So is the "ninety percent" quote defensible? Strictly I'd say not literally or scientifically. And "value", however you may define it, will vary from product to product. Sometimes 'how it looks' may play a much bigger role, and sometimes a much smaller role. However, the gist of the quote I'd still stand by. Typically a large percentage of the value in the user experience of a product goes much deeper then just how it looks. That was really the point. Great question/point though.
I'm curious how you came to the conclusion that "Ninety percent of the value of an experience comes from how it works, not how it looks." How did you quantify the value of an experience?
Regarding David's "sometimes you need that power to push a change through so that you can then examine analytics data to validate the changes". I agree that no matter how much you do up front there is still some follow up information that needs to be done. In experimental psychology they call this the difference between an "internally valid" experimental result (ie. in the lab) and an "externally valid" result (i.e. in the real world). You can't learn everything in the lab. But you can learn a lot. Good point.
Regarding the discussion about "releasing slowly" when changing vs. the potential of "fragmentation" of supporting two designs. I'm not trying to be politically correct here, but I really believe they are both good points. And not actually necessarily mutually exclusive. I think there are a bunch of factors at play here. Google can release an old and a new partly because they are Google and can afford to test and iterate the new one while allowing people the convenience of the old one (if they so desire). This allows for a transition to the new where they are learning before completely committing. So, I think, its actually in the spirit of what I said about "testing" with users. I agree though this can't go on forever and then there is eventually a "fragmentation" problem. Its really about timing. You can't support two designs forever. For other companies in different situations they might not be able to afford what Google does, so you have to commit with a more abrupt change; but you still test somehow ahead of time in other ways to try and manage the impact.
Really interesting article on a topic that I have been wrestling with for a long time. I agree with the focus needing to be on user research. The biggest problem I have faced in re-design situations are summed up in the "How pervasive is the complaint" section. Making stakeholders understand that just because one person doesn't like something doesn't mean you have to change it. Testing with real end users can help, but sometimes you need that power to push a change through so that you can then examine analytics data to validate the changes.
I really enjoyed this article, very well thought out and logical.
As Steve mentioned in the comments, what would be your opinion on supporting the old design. This understandably would content the unhappy customers, but I personally feel this is the wrong move, progress for progress's sake is bad, but supporting multiple designs just leads to fragmentation and the same displeasure with the audience when it eventually comes to end the support.
Still good article, thanks!
Thanks for writing the article. Any thoughts on managing the release of the UI so as to cause as little user frustration as possible? I remember reading an example of ebay and how they changed a color by slightly fading it over many releases so it was not as noticeable. I've always liked what yahoo's done and google for that matter. Letting you have the 2 versions for a while and then letting go of the old one after a period of time.
@Richard, simply put, lack of money. We don't have extra cash for design and engineering work, and we always prioritize content over all else. Hopefully some day we'll have a chance to make our site into a glorious monument to UX, but until then... thanks for reading!


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>No traditional voice actors
Typical Disney. Such elitists.
For what will be Hayao Miyazaki's final feature, Walt Disney has announced their English speaking cast. Check out this great collection of actors in the official press release from Disney. The trailer for The Wind Rises has been re-posted again below.
Press Release: An A-list roster of voice talent has been assembled for the English-language version of Studio Ghibli's "The Wind Rises," which opens in select North American theaters on Feb. 21, 2014, expanding wide on Feb. 28, 2014. The film marks director Hayao Miyazaki's final feature, as the legendary animation veteran announced his retirement in September 2013.
In "The Wind Rises," Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. The voice cast of the English-language version follows.
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT ("Don Jon," "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For") lends his voice to Jiro Horikoshi, who harbors strong ambitions to create his own beautiful airplane. A bubbling mix of wild excitement, extreme focus, individualism, pride, realism and idealism, Jiro also has a cool and brilliant mind and is recognized for his talent.
JOHN KRASINSKI ("The Office," "Promised Land") provides the voice of Honjo, Jiro's college friend and fellow aviation engineer.
EMILY BLUNT ("The Young Victoria," "Edge of Tomorrow," "Into the Woods") voices Nahoko Satomi, a beautiful and cheerful girl who is a passenger on the same train as Jiro on the day of a natural disaster. Ten years later, they reunite.
MARTIN SHORT ("Father of the Bride," "Saturday Night Live") was tapped to portray Kurokawa, Jiro's grumpy boss.
STANLEY TUCCI ("Julie & Julia," "The Hunger Games" films, "The Devil Wears Prada") provides the voice of Caproni, an airplane creator known worldwide from the dawn of Italian aviation through the 1930s, who appears in Jiro's dreams to stir up, advise and voice Jiro's thoughts and emotions.
MANDY PATINKIN ("Homeland," "The Princess Bride") lends his voice to Hattori, the senior designer at Mitsubishi.
WERNER HERZOG ("Jack Reacher," filmmaker "Grizzly Man") voices Castorp, a mysterious visitor to Japan who encounters Jiro at a mountain resort.
WILLIAM H. MACY ("Shameless," "Fargo") steps into the role of Satomi, Nahoko's father.
MAE WHITMAN ("Parenthood," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower") was called on to voice Kayo Horikoshi, Jiro's younger sister, who adores him. Whitman also voices Kinu, Nahoko's caretaker.
JENNIFER GREY ("Dirty Dancing," "The Cotton Club," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off") provides the voice of Mrs. Kurokawa.
DARREN CRISS ("Girl Most Likely," "Glee") lends his voice to Katayama, a jovial junior engineering colleague of Jiro.
ELIJAH WOOD ("Wilfred," "Grand Piano," "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy) voices Sone, a studious engineering colleague of Jiro.
RONAN FARROW ("From Up on Poppy Hill") is the voice of the Mitsubishi Employee.
Also featured in the English-language version of "The Wind Rises" are Zach Callison ("Sofia the First," "Mr. Peabody and Sherman," "Steven Universe"), who voices young Jiro; Eva Bella ("Frozen," "Despicable Me 2," "Almost Heroes 3D"), who lends her voice to young Kayo; and Madeleine Rose Yen (Broadway's "War Horse," "Irving Berlin's White Christmas"), who provides the voice of young Nahoko. Rounding out the English-language voice cast are Edie Mirman ("Epic," "Howl's Moving Castle" English-language version) as the voice of Jiro's mother, and David Cowgill ("Madagascar") as the voice of the flight engineer.
The English-language voice cast of "The Wind Rises" is directed by Gary Rydstrom, a seven-time Academy Award®-winning sound designer ("Saving Private Ryan," "Titanic") who worked on "Wreck-It Ralph" and "Brave." Rydstrom also directed the English-language versions of "The Secret World of Arrietty" and "From Up on Poppy Hill." The English-language version of the film is produced by Studio Ghibli and executive produced by Frank Marshall, who produced dozens of landmark films, including the "Indiana Jones" series, "The Bourne Legacy" and "War Horse," and executive produced the English-language versions of Studio Ghibli films "PONYO," "The Secret World of Arrietty" and "From Up on Poppy Hill." Mike Jones ("In the Event of a Moon Disaster") is credited with the English-language screenplay adaptation for "The Wind Rises."
"The Wind Rises" was released in Japan in July 2013, topping the Japanese box office and the $120 million mark. The film opened for Academy Award® qualification engagements in New York and Los Angeles Nov. 8-14, 2013, showcasing the original film in Japanese with English subtitles.
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Did you just make something up so you could direct some manufactured rage at Disney? WTF is "traditional voice actors"? And you're totally discounting the fact that Disney is introducing a whole new audience to Miyazaki's work.
Typical Fan Boy snob. Such elitists.
Yeah, I have to agree JacenBlade. Disney has done a good job bringing some of Hayao Miyazaki's films to our screens.


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What test are you trying to run? If it was a test you made, can you post the contents of the scripts you wrote?
The tests are installed to ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/
I added one test under phoronix, right now I can install the test(even I don't know where it is, at least it has no error message), but when I run it, I got "The test executable could not be found.. Test terminating"
I did edit the install.sh under test-resources.
What should I do?
Where are the tests which downloaded?
What test are you trying to run? If it was a test you made, can you post the contents of the scripts you wrote?
The tests are installed to ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/
Hi Michael,
Thanks for looking into my question.
I extracted the bundle of the phoronix-tests-suite.tar.gz file in my suse machine, didn't see installed-tests under phonronix-test-suite, do I need to install it in my machine?
Here are the files I wrote and put them under pts/test-resources
one is downloads.xml, one is install.sh. Please see the file as following:
echo "#!/bin/sh
cd src-maskops
if [ \$SYS_MEMORY -ge 1280 ]
elif [ \$SYS_MEMORY -ge 768 ]
java -Dsun.java2d.opengl=True -Xmx\$JAVA_VM_MEMORY SrcMaskOps
" > javaogl-test
chmod +x javaogl-test
Thanks for the help.
The Phoronix Test Suite can be ran locally or can be installed (either through a distribution page or running the included install script).
The first time you run the Phoronix Test Suite, whether it be locally or system-wide, it should create the ~/.phoronix-test-suite/ hidden home directory for storing the configuration files and installing the tests in installed-tests/
Okay, then with those two files (install.sh and downloads.xml) in say test-resources/javatest/ directory. Or a better name may be test-resources/javaogl-test/
Then you need to write the XML profile. It should then be called javatest.xml or javaogl-test.xml and be placed in the test-profiles/ folder. If you haven't looked at the documentation, check out http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/d...irst_test.html and some of the other profiles to get a better idea.
if you have any other questions, let me know.
I added echo pwd in the install.sh
and re-run the install, and find the .phoronix-test-suite under my home dir and there is installed-tests under it, my tests are there, looks like the problems is the permission, right now I can run it.
Anyway, thanks for helping.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the information.
I did create javaogl-test.xml under test-profiles as well,
I can see the download working(files are there), and install.sh created a script which it should run the tests.
When I do ./phoronix-test-suite run javaogl-test, I got the executable would not found and terminating, but if I am in the .phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/javaogl-test, and manaully call the script called javaogl-test by sh javaogl-test, it works.
So it make me think pts-run-cmd.php should call the script which created by install.sh in somewhere, am I right?
I am close to make it works, everything is there, but just executable wounld not found, but it is there, wondering which executable the harness wants to find.
Right now, I am trying to add some of our tests under the harness, rigI and evaluating the harness now.
If there is a javaogl-test script that's executable within ~/.phoronix-test-suite/installed-tests/javaogl-test/ it should be automatically called. Otherwise you'd need to add an executable tag within the javaogl-test.xml profile that specifies an alternate name (example: http://www.phorogit.com/index.php?p=...43a24bce43d54a). As to why it wouldn't be calling it if you do indeed have it named exactly the same, that is puzzling.
if you're continuing to run into issues with it and want me to take a look, you can email any of the scripts to michael [at] phoronix.com and would be glad to figure out what's going wrong.
Hi Micheal,
Thanks for the help. Right now, I can use phoronix run our tests, but looks like the results are not saved, when I run the tests, it asks me Y/N for save a result, I type Y and gave a file name and the number, after the test is completed, I checked savefile dir, there are no results saved, only the sample-program which I tried before.
Besides giving the options during launch the test, what I should do in order to save our results in the dir, so I can use phoronix to view the results.
If you can give me a tip, would be great.
What type of data is the test returning? Is it say a frame-rate or just a pass-fail scenario or what? Unless the only thing returned is the result (with no extra text), you'll need a parse-results.php file. The entire contents of whatever was printed to the screen during testing is set as $argv[1] inside the parse-results.php and from there you need to strip out everything except for the actual number (permitting it is a numerical result you're testing). That number should just be echo'ed inside the script. Look at some of the other test profiles for more examples.
Permitting that's going on, then it should automatically save the results for you. Right now it's likely not saving the results as the Phoronix Test Suite isn't detecting the result.
If that's not clear or you're still running into problems, let me know.
Any other progress with the JavaOGL tests or any other issues you've ran into?


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The longest cable-car in Central Switzerland takes you from the centre of the village of Beckenried up to the hiking and biking area of Klewenalp-Stockhütte. At the top station of the Klewenalp cable-car (1593 m) is a large children's playground, a pet's zoo and a "marmot park". You can spend the night in the mountain inn or, for a special adventure, in a tepee camp. A panoramic circular walk offers excellent views of the surrounding scenery.
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The little resort of Seelisberg (800 m) is like a peninsula, surrounded by Lake Lucerne, with beautiful views of the lake and mountains. A nostalgic funicular railway leads from Treib on the lakeside (with a boat stop and bathing beach) up to the village. The little lake or "Seeli" which gives the village its name is a little mountain lake near the village, ideal for bathing or camping fun.
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