Big red, time for another blog entry on those legs. I glued up the center section of my top the other day, I have access to a 21' planer. But 15 boards at once was a mess I may not have gotten it all done before the open time expire but I don't know what the significance of that will be. All Press Releases for April 14, 2020 How Are Plan Sponsors Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic? New survey finds a gap between large and small employers in adopting the optional distribution and loan provisions of the CARES Act, and in decisions regarding suspending matching contributions. Can major market tops and bottoms be identified with accuracy? And I will present data that will argue that identifying 'major' market bottoms is easier than any other change in market direction.
Old and New: Subway Tile
Posted by: on: October 31, 2008
If you haven't noticed that subway tile‘s back, you haven't picked up a shelter magazine in the last half-decade. Just about every magazine in the Home Snob‘s desktop stack has a bathroom or kitchen that's been done in the 3″x6″ rectangular tile.
Don't believe it? Dig these out and take a look:
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- Domino, August 2008, pg. 93
- Better Homes and Gardens, September 2008, pg. 52
- Martha Stewart Living, September 2008, pg. 164
- Better Homes and Gardens, October 2008, pg. 172
- Cottage Living, October 2008, pg. 60
From the current stack, only House Beautiful managed to get through an entire issue without it, but even they're not immune to the trend. (Click here and here to see kitchens they've featured with vintage subway tile for the backsplash.)
Good thing we like this trend! Subway tile is simple and versatile. Like a classic pair of jeans, it can be dressed up or down and accessorized to meet your taste. Choose your color wisely (that means white or off white, folks), and that bathroom you labored so strenuously to renovate just might survive the next redo.
When the Home Snob chose the tile for her bathroom redo, 3″x6″ tile was not yet affordable, so she sacrificed authenticity and went for a more affordable alternative: 4″x6″. Since then, 3″x6″ tile has sold so well that the price has dropped, and 4″x6″ has largely disappeared from the shelves.
3″x6″ tile can now be had for as little as $1.86 per square foot (Home Depot). Here's the catch: it can also be had for over $12/s.f., and most of the higher-priced tile isn't worth the extra expense.
What is worth the expense? True, square-edged, flat tiles, like they made in the old days. They take more skill to set, but they look like a million bucks. If you can afford it, go all the way:
- Honed marble is the stuff of palaces, and yet it's available for a mere $8.50/s.f. from FloorzBuzz
- Ceramic tile is available from Subway Ceramics, www.subwaytile.com
- American Restoration Tile,www.restorationtile.com
- Designs in Tile, www.designsintile.com
- Others are listed in this article from Old House Journal.
Myriad photos are available on the web, if you're looking for inspiration. Our favorites (so far)? Subway Ceramics' online gallery of photos from Jane Powell's Bungalow Bathrooms. As cheap frugal as the Home Snob is, we like the pics so much that we just might go out and buy the book.
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CFO's are now on notice — most enterprises are 'accidental software pirates' and face frequent, unbudgeted software license true-up bills from their vendors – often to the tune of millions of dollars annually. This is the conclusion of a new Flexera 2013-14 Key Trends in Software Pricing & Licensing Report, prepared jointly with IDC, the ninth annual assessment of key issues and trends on the minds of software vendors, intelligent device manufacturers, and enterprise IT executives and managers. The report reveals among other things that 85% of organizations are out of compliance with their software license agreements, 63% were audited by their software vendors in the last 18-24 months (58% by Microsoft, the most aggressive auditor), and 56% were handed true-up bills (21% for a million dollars or more).
IDC Research Vice President for software licensing and provisioning, Amy Konary, says these software license audits, while not widely publicized, are typical:
This video will teach you how to hack a WEP wifi network on a Mac. You'll need to follow the link, grab the prog and follow the steps. It's not too hard, so give it a try. Remember, stealing is illegal! Thanks for the A2A. Short answer is that you cannot. Long answer: The mac terminal app is just a GUI interface to communicate with the internal shell i.e. Bash/unix shell. Hack WiFi using WifiSlax 4.11 in Mac OS X and Windows By utilizing a Bootable USB, we can boot WifiSlax on both Mac or Windows PC. At for Mac, after press, the Power catch, simply continue holding the Option key to go to the Boot menu Turn Off the Laptop, plug the USB into, then boot into the USB. Check out my other channel: OSX WIFI Crack Tool fast and easyDownload Mirror: https://goo.gl/1n1RtA.
'Software license audits are a legitimate way for vendors to ensure they're getting paid for their software that's actually being used. However, CFOs can be unaware of software contract provisions permitting these audits, which can result in an unexpected budget shock when IT staff present them with a true-up bill. The cost of these true-ups can be significant, so CFOs should take the necessary steps to reduce their risk by implementing software license management processes and technologies to help ensure continual compliance.'
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Audits Are Frequent and Painful – Especially for Large Companies
Software license audits are exacting painful, unbudgeted true-up fees that must be paid out to software vendors on top of the initial contract amount. Almost a quarter of enterprises – 21% — were invoiced $1 million or more for true-ups, with 56% of respondents reporting audit fees of $100,000 or more within the last year. These numbers reflect a continuing trend. In the 2012 survey, 24% or respondents said their total true up was $1 million or more and over half said it was more than $100,000.
The survey also reveals that organizations, especially larger ones, can continue to expect frequent audits from the vendors that supply their mission-critical applications. 63% of respondents report having been audited in the last 18-24 months (roughly on par with 2012, when 64% or respondents reported having been audited). For enterprises with $3 billion or more in revenues, 33% report being audited three times or more over the last 18-24 months.
All of the major software vendors use audits as a means to capture additional revenue from customers' non-compliant use. However some vendors are more aggressive in their auditing practices than others. For example, for the second year in a row, Microsoft was the most frequent auditor, with 58% of respondents reporting having been audited by Microsoft within the last year. Within that same timeframe 29% report having been audited by Adobe, 23% by IBM, 21% by Oracle, 12% by SAP and 8% by Symantec (In the 2012 study, 51% of respondents said they had been audited by Microsoft during the prior year, 27% by Oracle, 24% by IBM, 22% by SAP and 19% by Adobe).
Most Organizations are 'Accidental' Software Pirates
According to the report, most organizations are 'accidental' software pirates – they are using software they unintentionally have not paid for. This occurs when enterprises fail to implement the necessary processes and technology to track software installation and use across all environments – on-premises, virtualized, cloud and mobile – and reconcile that activity with the rules contained in their license agreements. Among respondents familiar with their organizations' compliance position, 85% reported that at least some of their license spend is associated with applications that are out of compliance, 42% of whom say more than 10% of their software spend is associated with applications that are out of compliance.
Old and New: Subway Tile
Posted by: on: October 31, 2008
If you haven't noticed that subway tile‘s back, you haven't picked up a shelter magazine in the last half-decade. Just about every magazine in the Home Snob‘s desktop stack has a bathroom or kitchen that's been done in the 3″x6″ rectangular tile.
Don't believe it? Dig these out and take a look:
Thredup Coupon Blog
- Domino, August 2008, pg. 93
- Better Homes and Gardens, September 2008, pg. 52
- Martha Stewart Living, September 2008, pg. 164
- Better Homes and Gardens, October 2008, pg. 172
- Cottage Living, October 2008, pg. 60
From the current stack, only House Beautiful managed to get through an entire issue without it, but even they're not immune to the trend. (Click here and here to see kitchens they've featured with vintage subway tile for the backsplash.)
Good thing we like this trend! Subway tile is simple and versatile. Like a classic pair of jeans, it can be dressed up or down and accessorized to meet your taste. Choose your color wisely (that means white or off white, folks), and that bathroom you labored so strenuously to renovate just might survive the next redo.
When the Home Snob chose the tile for her bathroom redo, 3″x6″ tile was not yet affordable, so she sacrificed authenticity and went for a more affordable alternative: 4″x6″. Since then, 3″x6″ tile has sold so well that the price has dropped, and 4″x6″ has largely disappeared from the shelves.
3″x6″ tile can now be had for as little as $1.86 per square foot (Home Depot). Here's the catch: it can also be had for over $12/s.f., and most of the higher-priced tile isn't worth the extra expense.
What is worth the expense? True, square-edged, flat tiles, like they made in the old days. They take more skill to set, but they look like a million bucks. If you can afford it, go all the way:
- Honed marble is the stuff of palaces, and yet it's available for a mere $8.50/s.f. from FloorzBuzz
- Ceramic tile is available from Subway Ceramics, www.subwaytile.com
- American Restoration Tile,www.restorationtile.com
- Designs in Tile, www.designsintile.com
- Others are listed in this article from Old House Journal.
Myriad photos are available on the web, if you're looking for inspiration. Our favorites (so far)? Subway Ceramics' online gallery of photos from Jane Powell's Bungalow Bathrooms. As cheap frugal as the Home Snob is, we like the pics so much that we just might go out and buy the book.
Thredup Coupon Code Blog
CFO's are now on notice — most enterprises are 'accidental software pirates' and face frequent, unbudgeted software license true-up bills from their vendors – often to the tune of millions of dollars annually. This is the conclusion of a new Flexera 2013-14 Key Trends in Software Pricing & Licensing Report, prepared jointly with IDC, the ninth annual assessment of key issues and trends on the minds of software vendors, intelligent device manufacturers, and enterprise IT executives and managers. The report reveals among other things that 85% of organizations are out of compliance with their software license agreements, 63% were audited by their software vendors in the last 18-24 months (58% by Microsoft, the most aggressive auditor), and 56% were handed true-up bills (21% for a million dollars or more).
IDC Research Vice President for software licensing and provisioning, Amy Konary, says these software license audits, while not widely publicized, are typical:
This video will teach you how to hack a WEP wifi network on a Mac. You'll need to follow the link, grab the prog and follow the steps. It's not too hard, so give it a try. Remember, stealing is illegal! Thanks for the A2A. Short answer is that you cannot. Long answer: The mac terminal app is just a GUI interface to communicate with the internal shell i.e. Bash/unix shell. Hack WiFi using WifiSlax 4.11 in Mac OS X and Windows By utilizing a Bootable USB, we can boot WifiSlax on both Mac or Windows PC. At for Mac, after press, the Power catch, simply continue holding the Option key to go to the Boot menu Turn Off the Laptop, plug the USB into, then boot into the USB. Check out my other channel: OSX WIFI Crack Tool fast and easyDownload Mirror: https://goo.gl/1n1RtA.
'Software license audits are a legitimate way for vendors to ensure they're getting paid for their software that's actually being used. However, CFOs can be unaware of software contract provisions permitting these audits, which can result in an unexpected budget shock when IT staff present them with a true-up bill. The cost of these true-ups can be significant, so CFOs should take the necessary steps to reduce their risk by implementing software license management processes and technologies to help ensure continual compliance.'
Thredup Blog
Audits Are Frequent and Painful – Especially for Large Companies
Software license audits are exacting painful, unbudgeted true-up fees that must be paid out to software vendors on top of the initial contract amount. Almost a quarter of enterprises – 21% — were invoiced $1 million or more for true-ups, with 56% of respondents reporting audit fees of $100,000 or more within the last year. These numbers reflect a continuing trend. In the 2012 survey, 24% or respondents said their total true up was $1 million or more and over half said it was more than $100,000.
The survey also reveals that organizations, especially larger ones, can continue to expect frequent audits from the vendors that supply their mission-critical applications. 63% of respondents report having been audited in the last 18-24 months (roughly on par with 2012, when 64% or respondents reported having been audited). For enterprises with $3 billion or more in revenues, 33% report being audited three times or more over the last 18-24 months.
All of the major software vendors use audits as a means to capture additional revenue from customers' non-compliant use. However some vendors are more aggressive in their auditing practices than others. For example, for the second year in a row, Microsoft was the most frequent auditor, with 58% of respondents reporting having been audited by Microsoft within the last year. Within that same timeframe 29% report having been audited by Adobe, 23% by IBM, 21% by Oracle, 12% by SAP and 8% by Symantec (In the 2012 study, 51% of respondents said they had been audited by Microsoft during the prior year, 27% by Oracle, 24% by IBM, 22% by SAP and 19% by Adobe).
Most Organizations are 'Accidental' Software Pirates
According to the report, most organizations are 'accidental' software pirates – they are using software they unintentionally have not paid for. This occurs when enterprises fail to implement the necessary processes and technology to track software installation and use across all environments – on-premises, virtualized, cloud and mobile – and reconcile that activity with the rules contained in their license agreements. Among respondents familiar with their organizations' compliance position, 85% reported that at least some of their license spend is associated with applications that are out of compliance, 42% of whom say more than 10% of their software spend is associated with applications that are out of compliance.
Significantly, organizations that are most proactively managing their software licenses are the most satisfied with the results. For instance, 54% of respondents who report that they have implemented automated commercial software for managing their software licenses, like a Software License Optimization solution, report being satisfied or very satisfied with their methods. Satisfaction is only 31% for those who use vendor-provided software to manage their licenses, 22% for those who use home-grown systems, and only 6% for those who use manual methods, such as spreadsheets.
Software vendor audits are a fact of life today, as are the large checks CFOs are writing to their vendors to pay unbudgeted true-up fees. Best practice processes and technology are being implemented by prudent organizations to help ensure continual software license compliance. With these reasonable measures now so readily available, IT managers should no longer have to present their CFOs with six-, seven- or eight-figure true-up bills.
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