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7 Reasons Why You Cant Sell Usability
7 Reasons Why You Can't Sell Usability, And What To Do About It
Selling usability services has been on my mind quite a bit lately, and in that respect I'm not alone. Several other usability practitioners have discussed selling usability or UX. Some of them include Alan Colville, who recently posted an excellent article on selling UX to large companies, Kate Walser and her wonderful UX in the Boardroom article, and even the very useful book Selling Usability by John S. Rhodes.
All of these practitioners and more discuss the problems inherent in explaining usability and UX services to companies that are prospects for potential services.
So why then is selling usability so difficult? In my opinion, it's quite simple;
"They won't buy usability if they don't know what it is."
The problem of selling usability:
The problem with selling usability has nothing to do with you and how you pitch your usability services, or your advertising approach, your marketing materials, prospect lists or the copy you create to sell. The problem is;
"The audience is completely unreceptive to ANY sales message, because the service is not understood."
Educate first, sell second:
The best method for you to use for selling usability is to not sell it at all. Instead, work toward educating prospects first about:
- What usability is (and what it isn't)
- Why usability is helpful / necessary
- How to easily fit usability into the Software Development Life Cycle
If dealing with a prospect who either doesn't know about usability, or is misinformed about how it works, you must know who you are talking to. You must understand and deal with the reason or reasons for their lack in interest about usability. Properly educating prospective clients is the best way to sell usability.
Here's my top 7 reasons why selling usability is so difficult, and what to do about it, I hope you find these useful (note, scroll to the bottom of the page for a handy list of selling usability references used in this article):
#1 – Usability is not understood by senior management:
In many organizations, both large and small, usability is not part of the process for development because senior management has no clue what usability is. Why should they? Usability is not typically part of traditional business administration or technology training.
Also, senior management, especially technology leaders, are not compensated for usability or user satisfaction of the applications they build. They are only compensated for how well they complete projects on-time, on-budget and on-target to requirements and specifications. At mid-sized and small companies this impact is even greater.
Solution – Target usability education at senior management levels:
When usability is not understood at all in a company, I've found the best way is to start education at the top, speaking the language of executives in terms of ROI. Providing education and information about how usability contributes to improvements in application speed, reduction in errors, or increases in revenue uses the terms executives understand, and are compensated for. Human Factors International does a good job of providing calculators for ROI that executives will understand.
#2 – Just say "no"
A very wise former supervisor of mine once told me that he observed that people that moved up the corporate ladder and stayed there were excellent at saying "no."
His opinion was that by saying "no" to trying anything new, saying "no" to changing the old routine, and saying "no" to unknown results these managers could safely continue to exist in their organizations.
Perhaps you've run across a "no" man from time to time.
Solution – Go over, around or under those that say "no"
It's unlikely you'll ever get a true "no" manager to say "yes." You can try, using education about how usability will actually enable the manager's goals to be hit easier, quicker and with better certainty.
There's even an excellent book on how to deal with Getting Past "No" which you may find useful. However this is a long shot. "No" just comes naturally to these types of managers.
You may have to simply cut the "no" manager out of the equation if all else fails. If necessary, focus on someone either above, or to the side of that person (equal to, but in a different department for example). I'm not advocating not trying; rather I'm advocating spending your limited resources where the greatest good has the potential of occurring.
#3 – Usability doesn't add to revenue
I once tried to sell usability testing to a small firm that produces applications on behalf of large businesses. However, this firm was very resistant to my usability testing. Why? Because they were paid to generate code according to the requirements provided by their clients (who knew nothing about usability) and usability didn't add to their revenue.
Adding usability testing to the development process would have cost this little company money, money they hadn't budgeted for and weren't going to get back from their client. Worse, it might result in potentially needing to change the requirements, which would cause client issues and potential release delays, and thus more money. Far from being a revenue generator, usability was considered an unnecessary and potentially dangerous expense. How sad.
Solutions – Speak revenue in terms each type of prospect understands
For developer companies that build apps for 3rd parties, they could bundle usability as a component of their services, and either add a new revenue stream because they charge their clients for it, or differentiate their services from competitors by offering usability testing as part of the development package (to provide an even better application).
For marketing and sales types, pointing to the usability success of the $300 million button and related success stories of eCommerce gains would be a great usability revenue generation education tool.
For applications developers / owners, the ability to sell more units, based on improved interface performance would be useful.
The Nielsen Norman Group produced a helpful ROI of Usability study that provides plenty of rationale for usability's return on investment. All would be excellent ways to drive home the point that usability can indeed add to revenue.
#4 – Usability will slow development down
I hear this concern about usability slowing development down mostly from technology teams. The thinking is; "We already have our requirements and specifications, so UI issues are already decided. There's no time to test usability, testing will slow us down and add no value."
The real issue here is the technology team is probably acting in a reactive manner, and simply building code based on requirements received. They may have no power, or no desire, to rock the interface boat based on usability testing results, they may not own the requirements. Thus there's "no time" to usability test.
Solution – Educate the requirements owners about usability
The solution in this case is to find and educate the people responsible for drafting and approving the requirements, which may not be the technology team. Mention how usability can be added to early stage development (paper prototype stage or wireframes) with minimal time impact, and maximum effectiveness. Tout the ability of early testing to optimize UI design decisions, so that the requirements can be written and or revised with better UI information.
#5 – Usability is focus groups which are already done (or not needed)
This argument comes mostly from companies that have marketing research departments or leaders, who assume usability is just a form of market research. The issue here is lack of education about the methodology and purpose of usability testing.
Solution – Educate about the differences between focus groups and usability testing
Here's where you must clearly define that usability testing is not about gathering opinions about designs (aka market research and focus groups), it's about gather task-flow error points. I've found using a table or chart showing the differences in usability testing vs. market research goals, methods and analysis can help educate market research types who are confused about or unaware of the differences. Another handy tool is WebCredible's article on the differences between focus groups and usability testing.
#6 – There's no budget for usability (it's expensive)
I partly blame us usability practitioners for causing this confusion about usability and budgets. It doesn't help that well known usability gurus charge $38,000 for a simple usability review of a web site. Although this may be their cost, your cost might be significantly less. The assumption prospects may make is if they charge that, so do you.
Also, there are many usability agency web sites that make no mention of the cost of their various usability services at all.
And it doesn't help that the usability industry itself has no standard definitions for simple usability terms and prices vs. services guidelines for things like remote testing, usability reviews, heuristic evaluations, etc. etc. etc. We as an industry are helping to cause this confusion.
Solution – Educate about the costs of usability testing
The reality is your usability testing might cost far less than $38,000 for a basic usability review, and you need to tell prospects that. Also, applying remote research methods early in the design process is a very cost-effective way to run usability testing. Informing prospects about the costs of usability, based on each type of test (in-person, remote, moderated, unmoderated, etc.) can really help to clear up all the confusion.
A couple of good resources to use are Bolt | Peter's article on comparing remote to in-person usability testing and the how-to book, Remote Research which has case studies and related cost/benefit information for low cost remote testing methods.
#7 – Usability isn't needed, we use web site metrics and A/B testing
I hear this often from eCommerce firms that have dedicated web analytics or optimization teams. The feeling here is they already have detailed reporting and testing for all user interactions. Their reporting, and resulting A/B or multivariate testing already provide optimizations, thus no usability testing is needed. Some prospects mistakenly believe "hard" interaction data via A/B testing is much better than "soft" usability testing data.
Solution – Educate about the "why" of usability
Moderated usability testing is the only tool I know that can best uncover the "why" of user behavior. Explaining this to metrics-happy companies can be a difficult proposition. It helps to inform them that there's a difference between only knowing that button "B" had 25% more clicks than button "A", versus WHY button "B" had 25% more clicks. The usability testing "why" information can be used to make better decisions about future tests. This is because user reasoning and behavior is now part of the A/B testing equation.
A helpful tool you might use is my post on A/B vs Usability testing.
Conclusion: Top 7 reasons why you can't sell usability
So those are my top 7 reasons why you can't sell usability to prospects. The issue is selling can't happen if there is a lack of understanding about what usability is. The best approach I've found is to educated prospects about usability, based on their reason given for not needing it. If properly educated and informed about what usability is, how it works and how it can provide benefits, prospects almost don't need any selling. They will actually approach you with a potential project.
Perhaps I've not covered a reason you've run across? I hope you'll take a moment to share with us in the comments your typical reasons, and how you deal with them!
Selling Usability Handy Resources Guide:
- Allan Colville, Taming Goliath: Selling UX to Large Companies (part 1 of 2)
- Bolt | Peters, Remote Testing versus Lab Testing
- Craig Tomlin, A/B, Alpha/Beta or Usability Testing, Whats Better? Part I, A/B Testing
- Jakob Nielsen, Paper Prototyping, Getting User Data Before You Code
- Jared Spool, The $300 Million Button
- Kate Walser, UX in the Boardroom: A Solid Case for Investing in UX
- WebCredible, Focus groups vs. usability testing – what, when and why?
- John S. Rhodes, Selling Usability, User Experience Infiltration Tactics
- Nate Bolt and Tony Tulathimutte, Remote Research, Real Users, Real Time, Real Research
- William Ury, Getting Past No, Negotiating in Difficult Situations
- Human Factors International, ROI Tools
Lists of Selling Tools
- Usability Professional's Association, Selling Usability whitepapers, links, presentations
- Nielsen Norman Group, $38,000 Design Reviews (Usability Inspections)
- Nielsen Norman Group, Usability Return on Investment
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Great job Craig.
This one is a keeper. Intangibles are hard to sell before the fact. Education of clients is the key.
Thanks Marc, I appreciate it.
Selling usability is exactly like selling vinyl house siding – more than likely you don't physically need it to keep your structure intact – it's a leap of faith that it will provide value and improve the usefulness of the structure over time.
Ergo: We need more vinyl house siding salesmen in usability. 🙂
Great article, same applies to accessibility, your are so right about education, education, education….
On the sales side don't forget that people buy emotion not fact as with accessibility we are concentrating too much on the usability fact – we need to publicise the benefits more.
"It helps to inform them that there's a difference between only knowing that button "B†had 25% more clicks than button "Aâ€, versus WHY button "B†had 25% more clicks." Not just why, but the benefits derived from why. It is those that will make the difference.
Oh there is so much that could be said …
Great article Craig.
Yes educating people on usability benefits and ROI in the language they understand is more helpful to our success as practitioners.
I met a lot of people who understand and define usability as good design, good navigation, and some fancy JavaScript's tools. In the same time more senior management are using the term "Usability/User Experience" without understanding the real value of it "at least here in the middle east" and I believe this because we as practitioners didn't spend enough time to educate them.
Great work, keep up
You hit the nail right on the head.
I'm from a small country (Belgium) and I had the impression that it's even harder to sell usability here.
I've more or less the same experiences like you do.
And you're right, it starts with educating the potential customers, that's why I started a website about usability, not to promote my services, but to advocate usability in general.
People have indeed all kind of weird assumptions about usability:
• It's expensive.
Jakob Nielsen is expensive, not usability. And Jakob Nielsen is not usability, usability is larger than Jakob. He's playing in another league than most other usability professionals anyway.
It's not expensive, since a good usability expert should calculate the ROI of his own work. If the client is making a positive ROI then the cost is acceptable.
ROI is not always a matter of selling more products, increase traffic or conversion. No, you can cut in development time (and thus costs) too, achieve long-term trust, you can cut in costs for training (for desktop applications and intranets) and service calls, etc.
To give you an idea, I did once a short contextual task analysis for some company. The result was a cut in costs for about 500,000 Euro per year. The cost of the task analysis was about 8,000 Euro.
• It's only for big companies
No, it isn't. There are low cost usability practises available which are tailored for smaller companies. You don't need expensive eye-tracking and usability labs to improve the usability of your website or application a lot. And I mean A LOT.
• Traditional focus on functional analysis
If we build the functionality and features as demanded by the functional analysts then we did a good job, no?
No, they don't focus on users. There's often no contact at all with the real living humans that have to use the applications. They don't focus on them, they don't focus on their tasks and they don't focus on their environments. As a result the websites and software are working more or less functionally but are unusable for the actual user. IMHO, this is the main reason why many user-interfaces are unusable.
Usability is not only a matter of putting the right buttons on the right place, using the right colours and making sure that the gizmos have the right size. No, instead, usability is far more a process.
In fact I could go on for ages why usability is hard to sell.
Nice job Craig, keep on going!
Really nice detailed article Craig and I agree education is really important and selling usability can be very tricky. As a former sales manager who now works in UX, I really think this topic needs to be pushed as much possible. I see and speak to many excellent usability practitioners who simply can't get buy in from clients or managers. Being able to really sell the value of usability is certainly difficult, but not impossible and following your guidelines above will really help.
For me the key things are really speaking in your clients or managers language and asking questions. Don't focus on the features of usability and a good UI, but sell the benefits they will bring to the business. Managers (usually, but not always) understand dollars and cents and the bottom line, so speaking in these terms, rather than usability jargon is crucial. Similarly, asking questions and getting answers gives you invaluable information about the problems facing the business. This will allow you to shape your pitch so that you can strike the right chord with your manager to help solve the businesses problems.
[…] W.Craig Tomlin sums up the problem, and I fully agree, 'if clients don't know what it is, they won't invest hard earned resources into it'. Why would anyone buy a service they do not know about? Perhaps the real issue is education. […]
Right said Craig and all you folks. I run a usability company in India and find it pretty darn hard to sell it. In India where design itself has always been on a backbench, you can imagine how companies look at usability.
However, I guess this is a pattern that would have been in the past out there in the west as well and we are going through the same cycle.
Alastair, would you be kind enough to share some of your sale experiences, on how you educated and convinced companies, preferably ecommerce companies to adopt Usability testing
This is a great article and a great list of resources. I think you've hit the nail on the head about education. The A/B testing thing is one of my pet peeves. I've written an article about why many A/B tests aren't worth the time or money spent on them.
I'd like to add a word of caution about pricing. While NNG's prices are off the charts, it's important to remember that they're leveraging Nielsen's celebrity, that doesn't mean you should undersell your services. Remember that well done work on your part may truly help a company and enhance their bottom line. Make sure you are compensated for your hard work and brain power.


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Let $\{x_n\}$ be a sequence of pairwise orthogonal vectors in a Hilbert space $H$. Prove that the following are equivalent:
a) $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty \|x_n\|^2<\infty$
b) $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty x_n$ converges in the norm topology of $H$
c) $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty (y,x_n)$ converges for each $y\in H$.
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- On (b) implies (c), let $y\in H$. Then $(y,\sum_{n=1}^m x_n)=\sum_{n=1}^m (y,x_n)$ then take the limit as $m$ approaches infinity. Is this all that is needed?
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Lot's going on right now. Boys starting school. I'm starting school. Getting back on a budget after reunion-family activity weeks and weekends.
But not before I get a laptop.
For some reason if you're going back to school you've got to have a laptop. Especially if you're taking the entire course online. Not that I'm complaining. It will be nice to unplug the computer during class time and lock myself in the bedroom. Fewer 'Mom!!!' pokes and prods that way.
This thing is also the reason I haven't posted in a bit. First I have to figure out how to upload pictures to this thing while the boys enjoy Dust or Splitter or building a Roman city in CivCity Rome (I can't tell you how embarrassing it is that my 9 year old is so much better than I am at this game..not that I'm a gamer but your people shouldn't starve to death because you can't figure out how to get the food out of the store houses) on the regular computer. I can't tell you how much they like that I now have my own to IM Daddy without interrupting their trade with the Phoenicians.
Made my first pesto this week. Learned how to make a roux so I could make creamy pesto sauce with some pasta. I'm not a very good cook. It's a big deal if something I learn is in French.
I ate my first tomato today. It was excellent cut up with olive oil, garlic salt, basil, oregano, red pepper on some toasted bread. Yum.
The bad news is that I have some kind of bacterial wilt on the deck tomatoes. What started as dryness and wilt from our 5 day vacation has turned into brown dots covering all of the Yellow Lemon tomato plant, the Clear Pink Early, and bits and pieces of the others. It doesn't look good and I think I spread it from the Lemon. Lots of hand washing going on here now. And dirty looks at the miniature corn and zucchini and squash which flower but refuse to give me anything.
So the garden is passing, even as I get a few tomatoes and beans. And posts may begin diverging a little early this year.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Getting Into August
The sunflowers are getting long. Not enough to make the sunflower tent I was expecting this year but I'm pleased that most of them survived.
Some beautiful Ice Queens. Short, pretty, but I don't see any seed developing on the one that's started to dry up.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Lots Going On...the Other Update
We were on vacation in Door County and we ran into a Civil War reenactment. These guys really lived there a few days. They came from all over northern Wisconsin.
The boys liked the muskets. They demonstrated how many actions they had to do just to fire. Soldiers were expected to fire 3x a minute.
J. didn't want to be the girl in this shot. We ate across the street at some dwarfish establishment. We really should have taken more photos but we were having too much fun I think. No sunset over Lake Michigan shots. No beachs. No Peninsula State Park. No Chicago fireboat cruise. No lighthouses. Sorry.
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Lots Going On...the Veggie Update
We did get one little one. Yellow lemon or yellow pear? J. and I thought yellow lemon, nice and mellow interior with a slightly sour exterior.
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Rubbishing the Cobrapost sting operation, BJP leader Siddhinath Singh today said that it was being used by the Congress. "The BJP and Narendra Modi are fighting against 3C's. One is Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. When it failed they used CBI and now they are using Cobrapost," Singh told a rally here.
"There are certain persons in Cobrapost who were in Tehelka. Everybody is now aware of the condition and credibility of Tehelka," he said.
"It is an attempt to malign BJP, but it won't bear any fruit. The sting done by them has no truth in it," he said.
Cobrapost has alleged that IT companies were misusing social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to artificially boost politicians' popularity and malign their rivals, with many firms claiming to be working for BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Singh also slammed Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, for saying that he was secular and was trapped by the BJP.
"The law will take its own course. We just want the victim to get justice. But his (Tejpal) statement that he is secular so the BJP is trapping him is strange. Does it mean that anyone who commits rape will later on say that he is secular?" Singh asked.
He said "Congress is mixing up protection and molestation of a woman. The Congress leaders who are shouting such as Sibal, Manish Tewari and Digvijay Singh should learn the definition of protection, molestation and rape."
On the sexual harassment allegations by a law intern against former SC judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly, Singh said, "It is a serious matter since the Chief Justice of India has formed a committee to investigate the matter. Lets wait for that."


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In an idyllic setting of landscaped parklands, the richly coloured ruins of Dryburgh Abbey nestle peacefully beside the River Tweed in a spot almost as secluded today as it was 900 years ago. Founded in 1150 and colonised with a group of canons from Alnwick, this Premonstratensian house was the first and most important abbey in Scotland. It is also the only foundation of that order to have survived to any substantial degree, which is nothing short of a miracle considering its turbulent past.
Throughout the 14th, 15th, and even the 16th centuries, Dryburgh Abbey suffered terribly at the hands of the English. It was very nearly destroyed by fire on at least two occasions, and sustained extensive damage from attacks at various times. By the end of the 14th century the abbey church had to be virtually rebuilt, and substantial repairs made to some of the domestic buildings. Despite these periods of unrest, the canons still seemed to get through their daily round of prayer, reading, writing and contemplation for the next world. Monastic life at Dryburgh Abbey came to end at The Reformation in 1560.
Little survives of the abbey church, but what remains standing is an excellent example of Early English architecture in its purest form. The North Transept, containing vaulted chapels, is particularly well preserved and still proudly displays the clerestory with beautiful clustered shafts supporting a row of lancet windows. A closer inspection of the magnificent carved detail shows it to be unbelievably clear and sharp. After The Reformation, the two chapels in the north transept of the abbey church became the burial chambers for members of the local nobility, and it is for this reason that they have remained in such good order. Lying in this hallowed environment are Sir Walter Scott and Field-Marshal Earl Haig, both very closely connected with Dryburgh Abbey.
The claustral buildings along the east range are reputed to be the finest in Scotland, and the Chapter House is particularly splendid. A really grand entrance leads down to a huge vaulted chamber, that would once have been colourfully painted, and decorated with elaborately carved arcading where senior members of the abbey sat. Examples of the geometric paintwork are still visible on some sections of the wall, and the stone arcading has survived along the east wall. Across the site are other fragmentary remains and foundations of domestic buildings, including the west wall and rose window of the refectory, and evidence of the 16th century gatehouse.
Marking the significance of this foundation is a carved obelisk dedicated to Hugh de Moreville that was erected by the 11th Earl of Buchan in the late 18th century. In turn, we have the Earl to thank for his foresight in preserving the ruins of Dryburgh Abbey. Without his dedicated efforts over a period of some 40 years, there may have been even less to remind us of the lovely pink sandstone monument that the Premonstratensians lovingly created. Walking through these lush, wooded parklands is a truly pleasurable and calming experience and it is not difficult to understand why the canons chose it as their refuge.


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Basin2 - advanced sedimentary basin modeling
Trace the evolution of groundwater flow regimes in sedimentary basins over time. Detailed information is available here. Courtesy of The University of Illinois HydroGeology program and the USGS.
Convert - unit conversion
A free, easy-to-use unit conversion utility. Offers a simplified method for finding equivalent values between U.S. Customary measures and their corresponding SI (metric) equivalents. It handles 11 different categories of conversions! Courtesy of Joshua Madison (joshmadison.com).
Coordinate Calculator - coordinate conversion
The Coordinate calculator performs the conversion of the coordinates of a point from one geographic coordinate system to a second geographic coordinate system interactively. The coordinate system reflects the combination of a cartographic projection and datum. The Coordinate calculator supports 24 of the most common projections and 225 datums, allowing many different transformations. Courtesy of Norm Olsen, Mentor Software Inc. (mentorsoftwareinc.com).
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DXF2XYZ converts a DXF file to an XYZ file (a comma delimited text file containing just xyz coordinates). It can be useful for extracting the raw XYZ coordinates from a DXF file containing say contours or other elevation entities. The current version will extract the XYZ coordinates from the following DXF entity types: Point, Line, Polyline/Vertex, Lwpolyline. Courtesy of Paul Guthrie, GuthCAD software (guthcad.com).
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ERUPT is a graphical program that simulates various volcanic eruption types, including Strombolian, Plinian, Vulcanian pyroclastic flows and surges, Hawaiian fluid lava flows, fumarolic activity, and Pelean viscous lava dome emplacement. Tectonic (faulting), caldera and sector collapse, and erosional events are also simulated. In addition to a greater variety of eruption types, virtual 3-D with topographic and geological maps, and a greatly enhanced user interface, Erupt3 offers the user built-in upgradability with web-access and features that make it a much more robust teaching and research tool. Courtesy of Ken Wohletz, Los Alamos National Laboraotory (Erupt home page).
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GeoModel for Windows allows the simultaneous forward modelling and inversion of gravity and magnetic data. Easy to use! Courtesy of Gordon R.J. Cooper, University of the Witswatersrand.
LogPlot to RockWorks2004
If you are working in RockWorks2004, you can use this tool to select one or more LogPlot DAT files for import into a RockWorks borehole (.BH) format. Note that more recent versions of LogPlot and RockWorks share data without having to use Import tools.
(Save the ZIP file to your computer, extract the EXE and CHM (help) file to your LogPlot program folder.)
LogView 7
Distribute RockWare LogView free of charge to your clients and co-workers, for viewing compiled and saved well logs generated by LogPlot 7 (and earlier versions). Print the well logs too!
Magnetic - evaluate seafloor spreading and magnetic reversal data
For use in college-level geology and geophysics courses- Magnetic lets students evaluate some of the experimental data supporting seafloor spreading and geomagnetic field reversals, by comparing the predicted magnetic anomalies from their magnetic model of the ocean floor with experimental measurements in the literature. Courtesy of Robert Detenbeck.
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Usually, free doesn't get you much. NOT with FelixCAD LT, where nearly 300 Powerful 2D drawing and editing commands can be used to create professional quality designs from scratch, or to edit billions of existing designs saved in industry standard DWG®, DXF® and FLX® file formats. From students to professional CAD users, FelixCAD LT delivers unprecedented power and industry compatibility at a price that can't be beat. Courtesy of Wilfried Graebert, Graebert, Inc. (Grabert Website)
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Loved the seasonings! Fairly easy but did not understand what to do with the last 1/2 cup oil so did not use it. I don't think I flattened them thin enough, so I ended up flipping them to get both sides done. Served with North African-Style Stewed Chicken, Stir Fried Carrots With Mango and Ginger, and Stir Fried Carrots With Mango and Ginger. Thank you littlemafia for posting. Made for Unrulies Under the Influence while traveling through NA*ME during ZWT6.
As I sow the photo of this recipe I could not resist and i had ro prepare some.
Delicious! Really worth to try them!
We had this with Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic and Creamy Thyme Sauce #463221. So yummy! Thanks a lot for posting this!
The flavour of the topping is great. I changed ours to be gluten free so I can't speak of the bread part since it didn't turn out perfect. I used the basic idea with the addition of an Arabian white cheese chopped fine in the topping. I used previously made za'atar, the olive oil and onion. DD1 (4 years old) and I loved it. DH didn't try because I had wrapped the bread in a clean tea towel and not a BREAD(?) towel to stay soft!!! (Gluten free bread may get hard easily)
"What do you want for lunch today?" "Oh, I don't know. Maybe we should Manaquis Bil-Za'tar." "Yes, good call. Let's Za'tar." lol...Made for A-NZ Reunion Tag.
This was very good! I scorched a couple of the rounds in the pan, so next time I'll have to watch the heat a bit more closely, but other than that, these were very easy to make. I don't usually make bread by hand (I use the bread machine instead), but I did this the old fashioned way and had great results. It took a bit more kneading than I expected to get my dough smooth, but it did finally achieve a very nice texture. I served these with roasted chicken and sauce, and the bread was perfect for wiping up those last bits of sauce on the plate. The seasoning was great- very herby from the thyme, and a bit tart from the sumac. Thanks for a great recipe!


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Yes, your response rings loud and clear and answers our concerns with respect to this relationship.
Under the circumstances, we are inclined to offer a new employee relationship and put him on payroll IF our doing so will not rock the boat, launch a new inquisition from an "aggressive" jurisdiction into what has been done in the past, and find us entangled in an employment nightmare. We also do not wish to rock the boat for the previous owner, assuming he is liable.
Please forward the worksheet you mention to us. If that helps us determine this man is more of an employee than an independent contractor, then we think we will either establish a new relationship from here on out (assuming, again, it doesn't trigger an investigation into the past). If it does, we think it best, XXXXX XXXXX as it hurts to do so, to simply terminate the relationship.
Along those lines, if we terminate the relationship and this man decides to seek early retirement benefits (he is at the minimum retirement age), would that trigger an investigation?
Thank you for your help with this matter!
Thank you for the clarification. If the forms you mention trigger an investigation, then are we to assume that putting this man on payroll from here on out will not likely trigger any investigations?
If an investigation were launched, how far back in time could the investigation reach?
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Thank you for the clarification. If the forms you mention trigger an investigation, then are we to assume that putting this man on payroll from here on out will not likely trigger any investigations?
A: There won't be an investigation, because as far as EDD and IRS know, the worker is a "new hire."
A: Three years (state and federal).
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Vital Signs: Worldwide majority says abortion is 'unacceptable'
Global opinion. A new Pew Research Center poll reveals that a majority of the world finds abortion morally wrong.
Pew's 2013 Global Attitudes Survey assessed the opinions of more than 40,000 people in 40 countries on eight moral issues: extramarital affairs, gambling, homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex, alcohol consumption, divorce, and the use of contraceptives. Fifty-six percent of respondents deemed abortion unacceptable, while only 15 percent considered it acceptable, according to the median survey response. The rest said abortion was "not a moral issue."
Of American respondents, 49 percent considered abortion morally wrong and only 17 percent considered it morally acceptable. The highest percentage of people who disapprove of abortion (93 percent) came from the Philippines, while the majority of French respondents considered abortion either acceptable (38 percent) or not a moral issue (47 percent). Generally, more Westernized countries considered abortion moral. Developing nations tended to hold more traditional values, Human Life International's Adam Cassandra told Life Site News.
Technical changes. Kansas is backing away from abortion restrictions that have raised legal questions in state and federal lawsuits filed by abortion providers. The bill, signed by Gov. Sam Brownback on April 18, revises a requirement that the home pages of abortion providers' websites link to a state health department site about pregnancy and fetal development. Providers no longer have to post a statement saying the state's information is accurate and objective. The measure also revises language in Kansas laws on abortions for medical emergencies, in which abortion restrictions are waived. Pro-life groups say the minor changes to existing laws don't set new policies.
The bill's passage highlights a disparity in the Kansas pro-life movement's approach to pro-life legislation. While some preferred legislation that limits abortion based on fetal heartbeat, Republican leaders shot down the amendment in fears that it would lead to court rulings that could strike down both it and restrictions already in place. Instead, the bill passed makes changes technical enough that Planned Parenthood remained neutral. "Yes, it's frustrating, but I wouldn't call it foolish," said Rep. Scott Schwab, an Olathe Republican who has supported fetal heartbeat legislation. "It's probably pretty smart."
Bill signed. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill last week banning abortions at 20 weeks' gestation. House Bill 1400, which becomes law July 1, allows exceptions in cases involving the mother's possible death or permanent injury and in cases of severe fetal abnormality. The new law does not provide exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.
Although abortion advocates claim the bill is unconstitutional, supporters say it's designed to protect women's health. Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Washington-based Americans United for Life, said the Mississippi legislation was based largely on suggestions from her group. "We know that with each passing week of pregnancy, the health risks of abortion increase," Yoest said in a news release. "I commend the leadership in Mississippi who worked together to achieve commonsense limits on dangerous abortion procedures."
Inalienable rights. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled April 18 that Alabama's chemical endangerment statute applies to all children whether born or unborn. The court upheld a lower court's prior conviction of Sarah Janie Hicks for exposing her unborn son, referred to as J.D., to cocaine before birth. When he was born, J.D. tested positive for the drug. Although Hicks argued that the term "child" only applies to born children, the court affirmed that the protections offered in the statue apply also to the unborn. "Because an unborn child has an inalienable right to life from its earliest stages of development, it is entitled not only to a life free from the harmful effects of chemicals at all stages of development but also to life itself at all stages of development," Justice Tom Parker wrote in his concurring opinion.


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Lionsgate // 2011 // 89 Minutes // Rated R
Reviewed by Judge David Johnson // January 9th, 2012
The fate of an empire is in their hands.
Finally, the dream team that fans have been clamoring for: Kevin Sorbo and Michael Paré!
In the kingdom of Abelar, the diabolical demon sorceress Xia (Whitney Able, Pound of Flesh) has threatened to usurp the Queen and allow her vampire horde to run amok, drinking the blood of all manner of Renaissance Faire expatriates.
The Queen reaches out to a dashing rogue (with crow's feet) named Aedan (Kevin Sorbo, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), who has a lead on the only hope for the kingdom's survival: Oda (Michael Paré, Eddie and the Cruisers), a legendary yet dilapidated swordsman who has proved his mettle against Xia and her undead in another time.
Tales of an Ancient Empire is terrible. Here's why:
* Michael Paré wears a wig and looks ridiculous in it.
* Paré plays Kevin Sorbo's biological father, when the two probably attended high school together.
* The cinematography is bathed in bright startling lights and fuzzy resolution, as if the cameraman rubbed K-Y on his lens and went to a rave in Soho.
* For a movie allegedly about warriors and swordsmen there is essentially no action, save for Sorbo stumbling around in a barroom brawl.
* Vampires are in this...why? Because vampires are awesome again? Not that they doing anything interesting anyway, besides occasionally biting the necks of topless women. Vampire fighting is severely under-represented.
* Way too much narration strewn throughout the runtime. It's almost as if the pointlessly dense plot is so poorly written and executed that we need some woman to directly address the audience and offer play-by-play.
* The big fight scene -- to which all this has been building -- is lopped off, leaving us with some hastily drawn stills to depict the heroes battling a monster (really) and -- you guessed it! -- more narration.
But do not fear adventurers, for there is one quality that utterly redeems Tales of an Ancient Empire: it is laughably short. The film officially clocks in at 89 minutes but the opening and closing credits run for about 10 minutes each. That's only like an hour or so of crap you'll have to sit through!
The DVD: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, 5.1 Dolby surround, and a perplexingly lengthy making-of featurette.
The only other tale from this ancient empire I want to hear is the one where everyone gets vaporized by an asteroid.
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Video: 70
Audio: 75
Extras: 80
Acting: 60
Story: 50
Judgment: 52
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Studio: Lionsgate
Video Formats:
* 2.35:1 Anamorphic
Audio Formats:
* Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround (English)
* English (CC)
* Spanish
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Release Year: 2011
MPAA Rating: Rated R
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By Suzanne Ross
September 22, 2000 12:00 AM PT
Researchers have a habit of experimenting on themselves consider Dr. Jekyll. Microsoft researchers aren't any exception to this rule, which is why employees in the Research department might soon find themselves on camera as they run to the kitchen to grab some Good N' Plentys or a cup of coffee.
Anoop Gupta, the manager of the Collaboration and Multimedia group, wanted to virtually connect researchers located across multiple buildings and floors. The project, code-named Virtual Kitchen, is a collection of audio and video equipment linking the separate kitchens into a single virtual space. The intent is to create more opportunities for social interaction.
Virtual Kitchen was invented after Microsoft Research (MSR) employees moved to their new quarters at Cedar Court. When they lived on the main campus, their digs included an airy, carpeted stairway that ran through the center of the building. Researchers would see each other walking up and down the stairs or meet a colleague heading into one of the kitchens, which were located on the wide landings at the top of the stairways on each floor. It had the feel of a busy, exciting community space.
According to Gina Venolia, the project's user interface designer, this open space led to spontaneous conversations and an exchange of gray matter among the researchers. These interactions, Venolia says, are "incredibly important to getting the work done, they have cash value to Microsoft."
The new building, on the other hand, is a delight to dedicated introverts. The stairways, instead of being open and attractive, are hermetically sealed visions of industrial pink cement behind thick doors at the ends of the building. Research is now spread out over two buildings and seven floors, instead of one building with three floors. The kitchens, located near the elevators, are quick way stations for a cup of java instead of the cozy conversation-brewers they were on the main campus.
However, the echo from the big bang heard years ago when other companies failed with the video phone was loud enough to make the developers of Virtual Kitchen proceed with caution. Venolia says, "Video connected space is not the same as visibly connected space. Any gesture you make has to be extremely broad to be seen in a few dozen pixels. You can't make subtle gestures. People are great at adapting to different things, but only if they want to�only if there's something in it for them."
Gavin Jancke, the development engineer on the project, is attempting to solve the technical problems. One of the biggest challenges was the computational requirements. Each of the kitchens capture, compress and stream audio and video at 374x244 pixels, and then decode and receive three other videos at once. To make the interactions between kitchens as natural as possible, the delay needed to be under a quarter of a second.
Current technologies are peer-to-peer and have unacceptable delays due to buffering. They don't provide interfaces to analyze audio and modify the captured audio/video data, control compression, or change the frame rate or image size. Jancke had to develop his own proprietary software to solve these problems. Another big challenge was the audio�the kitchens are completely open mike, open speaker, and picked up the noise of the refrigerator, the microwave, vending machines, and clanking cans. The noise echoed, as there is nothing in the kitchen to absorb the sound, such as squishy carpet and furniture. Jancke needed to find a way to avoid echo and acoustic feedback. Existing echo cancellation software didn't work as claimed, and hardware solutions were pricey or inconsistent. He found a solution brewing in a Microsoft product group. Jancke worked with the group's developer to tweak the code, and it worked. "You can have lots of noise in the kitchen and there's just no echo or feedback," says Jancke. He also developed a solution that would identify and filter errant feedback tones that might slip through and cause a screeching, earache-producing noise.
In addition, he needed to take care of the daily housekeeping and get the computer to turn the projectors and speakers on and off automatically. He developed the electronics and software to do this.
Meanwhile, Venolia was considering the social problems�such as people's reluctance to be seen on camera. She points out that we are under observation all the time. Grocery stores, restaurants, and a street corner: all have video cameras acting like digital police. She says that they're trying to produce some good out of the technology that already exists by making it a plus for the observed.
Venolia has provided privacy features for the Virtual Kitchen. She placed a large, red, can't-miss-it button that says "OFF" right outside the kitchen, allowing the camera-shy to "opt-out" of the virtual experience. Jancke integrated motion detectors with the PC. Venolia also prepared the kitchen users for the system deployment by placing posters on the wall showing a mock-up of the Virtual Kitchen display. The camera was poised above the counters for weeks before the deployment, letting people get used to it, ignore it, and generally forget about it. She's also provided a question and answer forum on an internal Microsoft Web site to explore participant's objections and suggestions.
The video displays the images of each of the three kitchens and a news feed onto a blank wall. If you can't think of anything to say to the co-worker who is clutching a Twinkie in one hand and licking a blob of creme filling off his chin as he stares at you from the video display, just glance at the news ticker and say, "How about them Mariners?"


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True, actually. If this is Inle Lake in Burma (which I'm taking a wild shot in the dark that it is), women might actually fish and row boats like this. And they might even wear pants! Women are tough there!
lol, but seriously, it's definitely a dude, and it's definitely an awesome pic.


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Description: WDE Engineering specialize in the leasing and maintenance of fork lift trucks in Northern Ireland.
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penflare said on Nov. 24 '08
again, love this one and really liked the process on your blog. great idea with the forklift from that perspective and love the font choice - rockwell works really well here.
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The Clippers Cargo Shop is the main souvenir shop for the Columbus Clippers. It is located on the first floor of the Left Field building, accessible from Neil Ave.
At this time, the Cargo Store will be open by appointment only. To set up an appointment, contact us at 614-402-6337


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DAVIDSON – Many people are surprised when they walk into Lake Norman Publications and see how efficient our small newsroom is at churning out three weeklies and two monthlies.
Interns have proven to be extremely valuable. They help us compile listings, write stories and build infrastructure.
Sarah Obeid interned with Lake Norman Publications during the spring semester. The UNC Charlotte grad did such a good job that we hired her this month to write about Huntersville issues for The Herald Weekly.
We also hired Josh Carpenter after a successful summer internship in 2010. The UNCC graduate now writes for Charlotte-based SportsBusiness Daily Journal.
Other interns have gone on to pursue careers in journalism.
Alyssa Lang, a North Mecklenburg High alum, interned with us in summer 2012. The University of South Carolina grad now works as a sports reporter and anchor at News 19 WLTX in Columbia, S.C.
Lauren Baheri writes about public safety issues for The Gaston Gazette, a daily newspaper in Gastonia. She interned at our offices when she attended UNCC in 2011.
We want to recognize interns who have helped us this semester. Regardless of their educational and career pursuits, we thank them for their work and value their contributions to our team.
Natalie Brenner, 19
• From: Huntersville.
• School: N.C. State University.
• Major: Communication.
• Interests: Fashion, food, entertainment.
• Career plans: I hope to be journalist or reporter for a TV station.
• Favorite publication: People.
• What brought you to this internship: I saw the ad in the local paper and thought it would be a great experience and start to my career in journalism.
Emmanuel Morgan, 17
• From: San Diego, Calif.
• School: SouthLake Christian Academy.
• Interests: Wrestling, writing, lifting weights.
• Career plans: I either want to be a sports writer or a lawyer.
• Favorite publication: Sports Illustrated.
• What brought you to this internship: A friend's reference.
Madison Siegfried, 16
• From: Mooresville.
• School: Lake Norman High School.
• Interests: Writing, reading, poetry, travel, attending museums and plays.
• Career plans: Considering careers in chemistry and finance.
• Favorite publication: Mooresville Weekly.
• What brought you to this internship: My love for writing and desire to inform the community about my school and teenage issues.


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The fully padded DC Radar Lite Snowboard Bag protects that ape-man skeleton you dug up in your backyard so you can take it to the forensic lab for testing. You can also use the Radar Lite to transport your deck (sans bindings) to snow-caked mountains the world over.
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IBM recently published reference architecture blueprints to simplify Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) sizing and deployment, "Blueprint and Server Automated Configuration for Linux x86". Feedback from IBM Business Partners has been positive. In December 2013, Version 1.2 was released for free download.
What is a Reference Architecture Blueprint?
A reference architecture blueprint is a detailed hardware specification designed to manage a specific workload. In this case, the blueprints specify hardware requirements for small, medium and large TSM workloads, using Best Practices for data protection.
Why Use Reference Architecture Blueprints Instead of Sizing?
Traditional backup server sizing is extremely flexible and recommended for unique workloads or where precision is critical. Most of the time, however, a reference architecture blueprint can reduce time and complexity, and improve data protection through standardization and automation.
IBM reference architecture blueprints for TSM have companion configuration scripts that set up TSM for the requested workload quickly and consistently.
I supported TSM for 5 years as an IT Specialist Manager, and have seen many clients struggle with traditional backup server sizing. Even if you can capture details about the current backup workload, which is often impossible, you have to estimate the data growth rate. Sizing errors can result in unhappy application owners or an inability to meet recovery objectives. In contrast, a reference architecture blueprint takes you to a known destination quickly and safely.
Recently, TSM experts had a TSM sizing discussion on ADSM.org. Baltimore-Washington TSM User Group Member Wanda Prather, Stefan Folkerts, and Sergio Fuentes discussed sizing variables: Workload, hardware, storage features. As Wanda says, sizing is, "both an 'it depends' and a 'what not to do' answer." I recommend reading her post if you're interested in backup server sizing.
Reference Architecture Blueprint Details
These reference architectures are based on x86 hardware running Linux and are optimized as disk only storage using TSM data deduplication technology. They have been tested to determine the optimal workloads and limits for each size: Small, Medium or Large. The blueprint includes a document, or "Cookbook", that describes the three reference architectures in detail, including IBM hardware model numbers and configuration requirements.
IBM also includes two scripts to speed up the installation and configuration, increasing time-to-value:
The first script does a configuration check that will verify the hardware configuration meets the blueprint specifications, validate Linux kernel settings, and verify the configuration of required file systems prior to running the standard TSM Server installation. The script also configures the TSM Server using best practices and: creates a DB2® instance, defines deduplication storage pools with optimal performance settings, defines administrative maintenance tasks optimized for de-duplication scalability, defines TSM database backup to disk, creates a dsmserv.opt file with best practice option overrides, creates policy domains for database, mail and file servers with management classes for 30-, 60- and 120-day retention, and defines backup schedules for all client types that can be easily selected when deploying the desired client workloads.
The second script runs simulated TSM database and storage pool workloads and provides performance measurements that can be used to compare as a reference against those measured on the blueprint configuration.
Please share your experiences with TSM reference architecture blueprints and backup server sizing. What works for you?
Mike Barton is a Worldwide Storage Marketing Manager for IBM.
The opinions expressed herein are sorely mine.


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I've selected some of my favorite photos to feature on free e-postcards you can send out in email.
For each e-postcard you have choices of which photo to use, a printed greeting from a long list, background color of card, fun drawings for 'stamps', and a space for your personal message.
Click on this link to go to the Meditation Site E-postcard area of BellaOnline
Check out the above link (the postcard sends the full size image) Have fun with this free way to keep in-touch!
I invite you to join me in a daily world peace group cyber meditation. Click the article here to read about it.
Meditation Lessons for Teens and Adults
More than 70 offerings, from guided meditation techniques to on-the-go stress relief and relationship meditations interspersed with verse, and a section of special occasion prayers. 114 pages. PDF Ebook | EPUB | Paperback | Mac Users | B&N NOOK eBook
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|EAES participates in the Epilepsy Foundation of America's national School Alert program. This program is designed to respond to the special needs of children with epilepsy, their teachers and their classmates.
|What is School Alert?
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on epilepsy. It is designed to inform teachers and other adult members
of the school community about epilepsy so they will:
|A well developed school health education program can significantly benefit a child with epilepsy. School Alert aims to eliminate fear and misconceptions about epilepsy by helping teachers and other school personnel to understand that epilepsy can affect anyone, that the condition should not be feared, and by demonstrating how to help a child in the event of a seizure.
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Masturbation talk inside. Ya'll know I kinda just speak my mind one such topics. I'm just sayin this post is probably gonna be TMI.
To masturbate or not to masturbate, that is the question.
Since that I've now had le sex (a grand total of three times) I haven't been on my normal fap-sched. I now know sex releases more of my sexual tension than just masturbation, but masturbation still just accents the fact I don't get to do this with an actual person (it's always done that, now just worse).
So I either gotta ignore my not entirely flaccid penis or be kinda sad sad frustrated the rest of the night. I'll probably give in, haha.


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Money is great, but championships are even better. You have your whole life to make money, but how many chances do you have to win championships?
NHL defenseman Brian Rafalski, on why he turned down the league's most lucrative opportunity, free agency, to remain with the Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils.
This is where I want to be.
Convicted murderer Michael Carneal, on the appropriateness of his life-in-prison term without a chance of parole for 25 years. Mr. Carneal killed three girls and wounded five other students at a 1997 morning prayer meeting at Heath High School in Paducah, Ky. His comment was in an affidavit filed last week as he turned 18 and a judge considered transferring him to an adult prison.
This is such a thrill. This was my dream. I always wanted to get them in Cooperstown.
Baseball memorabilia collector Karen Shemonsky, on baseball great Ty Cobb's dentures, which are on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum until late fall as part of a memorabilia exhibit. Ms. Shemonsky paid $8,000 for the dentures at an auction in 1999.
When you get over 95, every day is your day.
Entertainer Bob Hope, after his daughter informed him that the Los Angeles County supervisors had officially declared May 29 "Bob Hope Day" in honor of his 98th birthday.
They're giving Elvis a bad name.
Elvis Presley impersonator Kent Ripley, in The Washington Post, on some of the other Elvis impersonators who, like him, perform weddings in Las Vegas. "They only do it for bucks," said Mr. Ripley, wearing a red jumpsuit covered in gold sequins. "I've even seen ministers dressed like this make a pass at a bride. It gets me upset." Mr. Ripley is part of a movement calling for regulation of the Vegas wedding industry.


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During the storm last week, a young and healthy tree fell into the neighbors yard and crushed a portion of his wooden fence. Two questions. Do I have to pay for his fence repair? Do I have to remove or pay to have the tree removed?
Editor's Response
If the tree was healthy and you had no prior indication that it might fall, you are probably not liable for damages caused by the tree to the fence. You might be liable if you new the tree was diseased or likely to fall and did not takes steps to prevent damage to your neighbor's property. Follow this link for more information about damage caused by trees and branches.
However, as to your second question, you need to remove the tree or pay to have it removed. It is your property and, regardless of how it got there, it is now a trespass on your neighbor's property. Good luck.
Fallen Tree las in MA
The editors response to these (three) questions appears inconsistent with one another and inconsistent with MA rulings. Under the nationally recognized MA "Tree Law" liability for consequences arising from a healthy fallen tree appear to favor neither of the interested parties and instead consider the event an "Act of God". So, unless the injured party tries to claim a trespass and barring negligence by the owner, the MA courts have generally ruled the tree owner owes no duty to the injured party. The spirit of the law is based upon the notion that if we were all so concerned our trees would damage others property or harm them we'd either never plant a tree in the first place or cut them all down.
Now while this seems a bit ridiculous - and the logical notion of liability stands on its head - it appears so, at least in MA. Other states, after many years, appear to be changing their position, recognizing that the forested, rural and bucolic world of yesteryear has been replaced by a densely populated litigious society.
And your homeowners insurance policy is not likely to rescue either party unless there is damage. Time to write to your (MA) congressman.
Liability for trees
Not sure I follow your comment, but to clarify for other readers:
There is no liability for damage caused if your tree falls and damages property or injures people, UNLESS you were negligent in ignoring an obvious problem, such as a sick or damaged tree.
If your tree, or any other piece of property you own, is trespassing on a neighbor's property, it is your obligation to remove it. If you do not, and your neighbor is forced to pay to have your tree removed, he may be able to collect the cost of that removal in an action brought in small claims court.
There is a separate issue of whether your insurance company will pay for any damage to your property caused by fallen trees or limbs. In a negligence situation (owner of tree failed to remove tree known to cause risk to people or property), the insurance companies may argue or litigate which of them should pay. In an act of God situation (wind blows a healthy tree onto a house), most policies will cover such damages, less any deductible. However, the question of which insurance company will pay for the damage, usually breaks down as follows: (1) If your tree falls on your neighbor's house, the neighbor's insurance pays; (2) If your neighbor's tree hits your house, your insurance pays; (3) If your tree falls on your house, your insurance pays; and (4) If your tree falls in your yard with no damage to property, your insurance will likely not pay, so you must pay to remove tree).


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Allows users to create and use short links in a SharePoint environment instead of long and unattractive ones. Short URLs can be created for site pages, documents, views and list items.
Below is a typical address of a SharePoint 2010 page:
With SharePoint Short URL, this page can be accessed with a URL which looks like this:
After installing SharePoint Short Url, a new option will be available in the Site Actions and Items Context Menu.
One of the great selling points of SharePoint for an organisation is the ability to keep documents and information centrally and the supporting mechanism for this is to send hyperlinks to colleagues and clients. By having a cleaner way to manage lengthy hyperlinks, you will gain a very significant productivity improvement with hardly any effort or expense.
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Before attempting to deploy the solution, please make sure your account is a Farm Administrator and your account has db_owner rights on the Admin content database. This is a generic requirement for being able to deploy solutions in SharePoint and is not specific to our solution.
The software may not work on any new servers that have been added to the SharePoint farm after the initial deployment of our solution. Although SharePoint deploys any installed solutions to any new web server added to the SharePoint Farm, it doesn't have the ability to trigger certain parts of the installation process. When encountering problems please execute the following command on every new SharePoint server that is added to the farm: stsadm -o copyappbincontent Note that STSADM is located in %CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN


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In the words of our little Bridget: "Ding Dong."
The dashing Hugh Grant (Grahhhhnt) walked through London's Chelsea neighborhood (the same area where Pippa Middleton resides) today with a copy of The Gaurdian and an Ipad in his hand.
We told you last week that plans for a third installment of Bridget Jones's Diary are underway, with Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth attached to the project. Grant is the only star not confirmed to reprise his role, which is a tragedy. What is Bridget Jones with Daniel Cleaver?
PHOTOS: A Look Back At The Last Two BJD Premieres
An insider at Working Title Films told The Mirror, "Everyone is keeping everything crossed that he does. Cleaver is his role and it wouldn't be good if he wasn't in the film." DUH!


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Defines condensation polymer, describes the synthesis of some condensation polymers, and lists some of these polymers.
Illustrates an example of condensation polymerization. When ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid react they give off a water molecule.
Reviews the synthesis of condensation polymers.
With this KWL Chart, reflect on your prior knowledge of a concept, come up with questions you're curious about, and come up with answers from the reading.
Covers the development of Kevlar, properties and application of this material.


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Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)
Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, Kangxi period, 1662/1722
porcelain with famille verte enamels on the biscuit
overall (figure): 27.5 x 14 x 9.2 cm (10 13/16 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.) overall (throne): 12.1 x 16.5 x 10.5 cm (4 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in.)
Widener Collection
Not on View
Object 17 of 24
Conservation Notes
With the exception of the top of the throne, which has a colorless enamel glaze, the bases of both the figure and the throne are unglazed. One finger of the figure's right hand is missing. The back and left sides of the throne have been repaired and repainted.
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