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Managing a Culture Change
President and CEO of Underwriters Laboratories Keith Williams speaks with MBA students after delivering the 37th McCord Lecture.
By Frank Radosevich II
March 29, 2013
With decades of leadership experience in global markets, President and CEO of Underwriters Laboratories Keith Williams understands the importance of a healthy corporate culture.
Williams began working at the product testing and certification organization in 2005 and helped refocus the company as it faced tougher competition and reworked its own internal training and leadership.
"Business success is the result of shared values and culture," he told an audience of Bradley students and faculty. "And culture, whether in a company or yogurt, needs the right conditions to flourish."
Williams gave the 37th McCord Lecture at Bradley, a lecture series sponsored by Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company that features today's top business leaders discussing the challenges of leading a major enterprise.
The talk was the first McCord lecture given since the passing of Michel McCord, the University's former Board of Trustees chairman as well as the former CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Illinois Mutual. University President Joanne Glasser said the lecture series was important to McCord, both because it honored his father and because it brought the best minds and the brightest ideas to Bradley and to Peoria.
"Mike understood that there was much to be learned from great business leaders, men and women who could share their rich expertise, their vast experience, and many successes with our campus community," said President Glasser. "We are committed to maintaining the tradition that he so strongly encouraged."
Illinois Mutual also established the Robert A. McCord Endowed Professorship for Executive Management Development in 1990 to honor Robert A. McCord, the retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of the company.
The professorship, currently held by Dr. Joshua Lewer, rewards a Bradley faculty member who teaches students in the Foster College of Business Administration with creativity and passion and supports that faculty member's research and professional activities.
After the lecture, Williams met for a question-and-answer session with Bradley MBA students where the group talked about UL's expansion plans, ethical dilemmas, transitioning into a management position and life as an expatriate employee.
MBA student Miriam Gillan said she connected Williams' points on company culture with her campus studies and said the opportunity to hear his real life business examples was enlightening.
"The McCord Lecture adds another educational layer to Foster College," she said. "We're here to learn how businesses work so meeting successful people and hearing their strategies and values is another experiential opportunity for us."
Gillan, originally from Spring Mills, Pa., also visited UL's headquarters with a group of MBA students during the fall 2012 semester. Bradley alumna and Vice President of the Public Safety Advocacy, Education & Outreach at Underwriters Laboratory, Barbara Guthrie '84, led the informative tour of the company's Northbrook-based facility where it tests and rates the quality and safety of various consumer products.


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(CNN) -- The H1N1 vaccine was the "most ambitious immunization campaign ever," but vaccination rates need to improve in minority communities and among health workers, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday.
"We shouldn't have to convince health providers that vaccines are safe and that they work," Sebelius told the National Immunization Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. "But, despite the fact that we had more health providers than ever getting vaccinated last year, there was still a sizable number who did not."
She credited local and state public health workers, nurses and immunization coordinators for delivering vaccinations via mass immunizations at school gyms and drive-by clinics, and for hammering away at prevention messages.
"When you see someone in the grocery store coughing into their sleeve, a parent who keeps a child home when he's sick, or someone at work disinfecting her keyboard, you can take a little of the credit for that," Sebelius said. Her comments came at the one-year anniversary of the flu pandemic.
She noted that vaccination rates in minority communities lag and that better outreach is needed in those communities.
"There is lingering apprehension about vaccines -- beliefs that they may not work, they are experimental," Sebelius said. "But with so many African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians and others experiencing rising rates of chronic disease, not getting vaccinated is many times more dangerous than even the perceived threat of the vaccine."
On April 21, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that scientists had identified a flu strain never seen before in California and Texas, and that the strain could lead to a serious outbreak.
The CDC, Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health immediately mobilized to address the situation, she said.
"H1N1 was an enormous challenge," said Dr. Thomas Frieden, the director of the CDC. "It also was a way of showing we can rise to tremendously stressful, complicated, evolved challenges and meet them."
Because H1N1 -- unlike the seasonal flu -- affected younger, healthier individuals, the prevention message had to be tailored to a different population. In response, public health campaigns enlisted the Sesame Street character Elmo, Facebook and a hip-hop doctor to spread the word, Sebelius said.
The CDC estimated that between 42 million and 86 million cases of 2009 H1N1 occurred between April 2009 and February 2010.
She said the U.S. government sought to convey a sense of urgency to educate the American people, but not to resort to panic over the new flu strain.
Public health agencies, including the World Health Organization, have been criticized for exaggerating the flu's threat.
Sebelius said one of the lessons learned from H1N1 involved communications with the public.
"We wanted to make sure the American people knew what we knew when we knew it, but we raised expectations too high," she said. "When vaccine manufacturers provided estimates of future production, we reported that. And when vaccine grew more slowly than anticipated, we had to revise the projections downward."
This may have caused some hardships, she said. H1N1 vaccines have been so widely available that unused leftovers doses are being discarded.

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Recent Reading
-- A few of the many pieces recently posted at Jonathan Rosenbaum's website: The introduction to Rivette: Texts and Interviews, the book he edited for BFI in 1977; "Eight Obstacles to the Appreciation of Godard in the United States"; a piece on the "documentary expressionism" of William Klein; an essay, first published in Film Quarterly a few years ago, on the work of Adam Curtis; and "The Life and File of an Anarchist Filmmaker" (on Emile de Antonio).
-- Jordan Mintzer on "the legacy and continuing relevance of the French critic Serge Daney". Also: Laurent Kretzschmar translates Daney's 1984 review of Henri Verneuil's Les Morfalous.
-- Mark Rappaport on his "artist's statement" for Rock Hudson's Home Movies: "When I was asked by a film festival director for a statement of the "director's intentions" (directors are usually the last people you should believe when it comes to talking about what their films really mean), that's what I wrote. I've been using it as publicity material ever since. So now it's part of the official story. But nothing quite that grand was on my mind when I started working on what turned out to be Rock Hudson's Home Movies."
-- Catherine Grant posts a tribute (including a brief, lovely video she made) to the recently deceased film editor, critic and theorist Dai Vaughan.
-- Via Trevor Link: a very handy Hong Sang-soo bibliography.
-- David Bordwell: "Fortunately for peace in our household, I've found Kristin's claims about German cinema well-founded."
-- An interview in Film Quarterly with Patricio Guzmán on his terrific documentary Nostalgia for the Light.
-- Terrence Malick's new film To The Wonder will be at Toronto in a few weeks. Also on the program are new films by Noah Baumbach, Sally Potter, Marco Bellochio, David O. Russell, Matteo Garrone, and others. Only a small proportion of the complete festival lineup has been made public so far.
-- Adrian Martin and I have now put up the complete contents of issue 2 of LOLA. Among the pieces recently posted are: a lecture delivered a few years ago by Meaghan Morris at the International Women's Film Festival; Justine Grace on cinema at the Venice Biennale; art critic/scholar Edward Colless on the "theory demon"; and two pieces by Adrian -- an essay on the film and media theory of Vilém Flusser, and the letters he exchanged with Cristina Álvarez López about the films they saw at the Rotterdam Film Festival. (Also: At Cine Transit, Cristina and Adrian translate an essay by Nicole Brenez into Spanish and English respectively.)
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The largest winter playground in Eastern Canada is hopping this summer with new activities at both Mont Tremblant, the ski area, and at Mont Tremblant, the provincial park.
The action at Mont Tremblant runs from morning to night, from the mountain's base to its summit. The day of Club Med-style games and events starts at 8 a.m. with a Zen hour of yoga and tai chi at Parc Plage on the shore of Lake Tremblant. Then kids can join a crafts club at 9:30 at the Place des Voyageurs in the slopeside pedestrian village.
After lunch, the pace picks up. Tremblant's animators lead treasure hunts and sports at 1:30 on weekdays. New this year, a giant-sized version of Snakes and Ladders with a fun-style climbing course brings the board game to life.
Toward sunset, people can wind down at small outdoor concerts from 5 to 8 in little park spaces in the pedestrian village. Teens love the bonfires on Mondays with musicians and on Tuesdays with a storyteller; both events take place at 8:30 p.m. The activities wrap up with The Crazy Parade, a procession of musicians and clowns who prance around Place St. Bernard on weekdays at 9 p.m. Most of the sports, culture and games are free.
Sightseers who head to the summit of Mont Tremblant by gondola are rewarded with a splendid 360-degree view, weather permitting, of Lac Tremblant and the Laurentian Mountains, near and far. The mountain-top chalet, Le Manitou, has introduced a buffet brunch this year with tables along the panoramic windows. The summit also is a dramatic setting for Tremblant's fascinating Birds of Prey show, featuring live Andean condors, peregrine falcons, bald eagles and hawks ($9.75 for adults, less for children). And on Aug. 8 and 9, the summit is the setting for Tremblant Under the Stars, when astronomers will lead star-gazing sessions.
On Tremblant's north side, the Parc National du Mont Tremblant, the largest provincial park in Quebec, represents the quieter, more earthy, side of Tremblant. The park has extensive hiking trails and canoe and kayak rentals along the Devil's River. The latest attraction is the Via ferrata du Diable, a thrilling rock-climbing adventure that opened last month. The park has undergone a $4.5-million improvement program. Other new features include well-equipped yurts for overnight visits, guided hikes with a naturalist or via canoe the Devil's River.
"We do it all - on both sides of the mountain," said Nancy Langevin, who owns the appealing Avalanche Bed & Breakfast in Lac Supérieur with her partner, Philippe Lahaye. "We built our B&B here because our priorities are peacefulness and proximity to the river, but we love sports, too. In summer, we kayak and canoe, we mountain bike and hike in the park, and we go to Mont Tremblant for all the activities. "
The topnotch B&B combines the rustic coziness, great comfort and tranquility of a deluxe mountain home. Chosen by Quebec Tourism as the best B&B in the Laurentians for 2007, the bright, spacious lodge is hidden in the woods and has a stunning view of the Devil's River below and the mountains above. Perfect for sporty people, Avalanche is two kilometres from Mont Tremblant's north side ski trails and five kilometres from the park.
Langevin, an actuary, and LaHaye, who studied industrial design, developed the inn's plans by themselves, including the interior finishing: fieldstone around the fireplace, a brick wall in the kitchen and wide-planked pine floors. They thought of almost every comfort one wants in a great B&B. The interior walls are almost 18 centimetres thick for soundproofing. Three of the five guest rooms have private balconies, and all have individual thermostats, heated bathroom floors, mini-refrigerators and multiple windows to let in the mountain breezes. The dining room's patios doors open onto a sweeping terrace, a great place for breakfast or an afternoon glass of wine.
Langevin found her second calling as the inn's decorator. She chose just enough antiques and collectibles to make Avalanche feel homey, but not cluttered. Breakfast is served at large and small Quebec pine tables. And deep, cushy leather sofas are the perfect place to relax in front of the fireplace. Add a huge armoire, landscape paintings and a collection of decoy ducks, and Avalanche emerges with a pure country look, both indoors and outdoors.
Langevin starts breakfast with fresh fruit smoothies, a cocktail of fruit and yogurt, or a pastry with Brie and warm apples in caramel sauce. Her favourite main courses are smoked salmon prepared in-house, blueberry pancakes with maple syrup, or a Mexican omelette with cilantro and peppers.
If You Go
Lac Supérieur is a one-hour, 20-minute drive from Montreal. Take Highway 15 north and Route 117 to St. Faustin/Lac Supérieur and continue on Chemin Lac Supérieur for 13 kilometres. For Mont Tremblant, take Route 117 to Montée Ryan.
Avalanche Bed & Breakfast: 111 chemin de l'Avalanche, Lac Supérieur, 819-681-8991, 819-688-5222, www.avalanchebb.ca. Price: $135-$175 for two, including breakfast.
Mont Tremblant : 800-461-8711, 819-681-3000, Local 46817; www.tremblant.ca. Les Rythmes Tremblant, free concerts on weekends until Aug. 24 at Place St. Bernard. Gondola to summit includes Le Manitou brunch, Sundays at 10:30 a.m. or 12:15 p.m., costs $29 for adults with discounts for children. It continues until Oct. 12.
Mont Tremblant provincial park: 4456 Chemin du Lac Supérieur, Lac Supérieur, 800-665-6527, www.sepaq.com. Park access costs $3.50 for adults, $1.50 for children 6-17, and includes hiking. Via ferrata du Diable (500 or 1,000 metres), $33-$55 for adults; $25-$41 for children 7-15. Climb with a naturalist (800 metres), Aug. 9, 16, 23, 30 at 9 a.m., $62, or $31 for children 11-15.


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Hello kiters,
for the guys that are lucky to kite in very good spot like Maui or Cabarete etc.
Did you see any new proto kite 2003, they should start to be seen around for testing.
It will be interesting to know your observation about waht the future will bring to us. Every body speak about the X2 Naish, but it was the last release of kite in this season and I'm sure that all the other brand are not sleeping!!! SO keep your eyes open and let the gossip spreading.
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Sesame Street Season 42
Episode Recap: Week 1
Shane Keating – Well, another year has passed, which means it's time for the latest season of Sesame Street! 42 seasons, geesh, what a long time! This season is focusing on the workshop's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum. Most of the shows this week follow this idea. So, without further ado, let's get this season a-rollin'!
This was an all right season opener. I'm not sure what it was about it, but I didn't really do anything for me.
New Segments and Other Highlights:
- James Marzden and Elmo show the word "engineer" by making a device that serves spaghetti, which lands on top of James. That's using your head!
- New Murray tune-ins debut. Instead of basically introducing everything, he and Ovejita visit the New York Hall of Science to learn what makes a rocket fly. Yeah, we're going to see this one repeated many times throughout the season, but it's certainly an improvement over the last ones.
- Film: Kids make an H from blocks, noting "H" is for helping.
- Abby's Flying Fairy School: The kids open Pandora's Lunchbox, unleashing her pesky food. Take note that their theme song has new music to it.
- Super Grover 2.0: A horse has a hard time getting his cart to move. Lots of great jokes in this one, especially when the chicken lays an egg.
- Elmo and a Justin Bieber-esque Muppet sing a song about measuring. I like it and I'm glad they went with a Muppet caricature like in the old days.
The interaction between Elmo, Zoe, and Rocco was super funny in this one. Plus, "Rocco's Boat" is a catchy song.
New Segments and Other Highlights:
- Craig Ferguson and Elmo conduct an experiment involving chickens. A great line comes from Craig when the giant chicken appears.
- Today, Murray and the kids experiment with cars. I kind of wish Ovejita was more involved in this though.
- Cartoon: A dancing robot shows some J words.
- Abby's Flying Fairy School: Abby makes her hero, Super Fairy, appear in the classroom. She constantly knocks down Blögg and Gonnigan's tower, trying to find out why they don't like her. A great pro-social message in this one.
- Cartoon: A song about counting 12 chicks. I'm surprised they made another segment about 12, since they had two new ones last year. Despite that, I enjoyed this one very much.
- "Heaviest Catch" parody of The Deadliest Catch. With Frank Oz performing the Captain, you can't go wrong!
A little bland for a street story. And how many people where Chris and Alan expecting to attend? Only Abby, Elmo, Telly and three kids were there.
New Segments and Other Highlights:
- George Lopez, Abby and Elmo demonstrate what a liquid is.
- Today, Murray and friends experiment with bubbles.
- Abby's Flying Fairy School: Today is B day and Abby has let loose Little Bunny Foo-Foo, who jumps on their heads and they turn each other into goons. Several good jokes in this one; I myself liked the puns on "goon."
- Super Grover 2.0 aids a chicken get to the other side of the "Pretty Good Wall of China." It's not new, but it's my favorite one, so I'm glad to see it again.
- Jay Sean sings a song about Super Grover 2.0 and the idea of problem solving. To me, rap isn't the best method for teaching. I don't think the kids would be able to follow the lesson when it's being sung at such a fast pace.
Definitely my favorite of the week. Oscar is my favorite character and I loved his antics. I also really enjoyed Jason Jones in this.
New Segments and Other Highlights:
- Jeffery O'Donahue observes a pie Murray has baked... with pepper instead of sugar.
- Murray learns how to make an umbrella using various materials. I like the fact that these tune-ins have a plot now, but I don't think they get any closure.
- The hilarious parody of Glee, G. Needless to say, it's pitch-perfect (a little music humor there!)
- Abby's Flying Fairy School: It's picture day and Gonnigan's hair is in no shape to be in a photo. Abby uses Rapunzel Hair Gel, which makes it grow out of control.
- Super Grover 2.0: A mouse waiter can't get his customer his cheese because the door shuts. It's sort-of like a Super Grover meets Waiter Grover sketch. I also like the fact that there was a set for this one, and only a partially CGI background.
I like the Transformers parody they did here. I also liked Andy's dancing during the Shape-O-Bots theme and the (horrible) playing card puns when the King and Queen of Diamonds appear.
New Segments and Other Highlights:
- What does transform mean? Well, The Big Bang Theory's Johnny Galecki and Abby try to show you using magic.
- Today's Murray experiment involves making bridges.
- Cartoon: A page announces the upcoming presence of Queen Quagmire, but is interrupted by a duck. From 2004, this is one of my favorite modern Sesame cartoons.
- Abby's Flying Fairy School: Blogg's favorite dirty sock gets into some magic mud, causing it come alive and wreak havoc and spread filth.
- Super Grover 2.0 helps a starfish find her missing engagement ring in the sand. I'm liking these new sketches, but I don't think it's wise that they're exhausting them at the start of the season, considering they made so few of them.
- The Two-Headed Monster learns what a rectangle is with the help of Chris. I'm so glad these guys have officially made a comeback. You may notice there's a new puppet of them, with some slightly shaggier hair.
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I started with a primary source, the "Sufferings" of the Quakers in Moate Monthly Meeting — and immediately ran into the great dilemma of this type of research: who was Irish and who was English? Centuries of English colonization or "plantations" (preceded by Viking and Norman settlements), along with intermarriage, left a mixed populace. The question of whether a man was Irish or English might be restated as: "Which generation of English was he?"
The prefixes O' and Mac served as a guide as I scanned the indices of my reference books. MacLysaght also claims Crowe, Maloney, Brady, Cock and Spencer as Irish surnames. The best source for other surnames turned out to be The Grand Juries of County Westmeath, containing an appendix of family genealogies that takes up most of the book.
Given names for men
The most common are Daniel, Hugh, George, Edmond or Edmund, Sean, Thomas or Tom, and James. There were also several mentions of Torlogh or Turlough, Robert, Con or Conn, John, Eoin, Owen, Kevin, Brian or Bryan, Keadagh or Kedagh, Terence, and Donall, Donel, Donal.
More names: Denis, Fergal, Art, Redmond, Egan, Beare, Rory, Peadar, William, Michael, Ernie, Eamon or Eamonn, Dermot, Edward, Eddie, Antony, Anthony, Lucius, Jimmy, Cormac, Stephen, Henry, Raymond, Ramsey, Joe or Joseph, Martin, Frank, Art, Arthur, Seamus, Conor, Feagh, Charles, Cahir, High, Jeremiah, Patrick, Paddy, Colm, Allen, Neil, Neill, Shane, Abraham, Nial, Aghery, Christopher, Theobald, Nangle, Phelim, Mallachy, Maurice, Richard, George, Morgan, Conla, David, Hubert, Hume, Francis, Breasal, Thadeus, Garrett, Nathaniel, Peyton, Whitney, Francis, Logan, Theobald, Walter, Peter, and Cuthbert.
I primarily wanted early modern Ireland names, but Grand Juries also provides interesting ancient names with their Roman equivalents; you can see how they morphed into more modern names.
Duachus Galach, Duach, Errnin, Eogan (Owen), Fergusius, Feargna (Fergnaus), Achaius (Eochy Tiorm), Aodh Finn, Brenain, Cathalan, Arten, Orgaille (Orgallius), Brefny, Cu-Conachi (Constantine), Mac-nahighe or Macnahighe (Nicholaus), Tiernan, Godfrey (Godfridus), Maolsachlin (Mallachy), Giolla-Joso (Gelasius), Giola-Josa-Ruadh (Gelasius), Cathal (Cathaldus or Carolus), Donogh, Murketagh, Awly, Fergall, Andach, Morough, Matha (Mathew), Matthias, Rufus, Manus, Maolmordha, Philip, Cuconacht, Cormac, Mahon, Carbrey, and Fedlim (Phelim).
The names in Modern Ireland are more recent and possibly anglicized. They continue many of the names already listed, plus Justin, Connor, Frank, Oliver, Malcolm, Michael, Heber, Louis, Nevil, Samuel, Flann, Murrough, Mairtin, Feargus, Tomas, Cahir, Jeremiah, Sylvester, Ernest, and Philip.
Given names for women
By far, the most common name I found was Katharine, Catherine, Kate. Mary and Mary Anne also showed up several times.
Other names were Maud, Bernadette, Patricia, Rossa, Patsy, Nuala, Grace, Kitty, Dorcas, Genet, Margaret, Jane, Elizabeth, Susannah, Diana, Louisa, Ruth, Jane, Eleanor, Bridget, Sarah, Margaret, and Anne.
More ancient: Fedelonia, Indearva, Ranalt, Winifred, and Finguola (Penelope).
More modern (in addition to the names above, still in use): Deidre.
You'll notice I included nicknames and spelling variants. Here's a great resource on nicknames and how some names changed.


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Pionair 1500 Standard Unit
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PIONAIR Air Treatment Systems Unlike most air purifiers, the PIONAIR Air Treatment System doesn't wait for pollutants to contact a filter or plate. Instead, the PIONAIR generates air-purifying technology that migrates through the area and neutralizes organic odors, microbes, and molds at their source. As a result, the PIONAIR produces fresh clean air throughout your home or office uniformly, by addressing the pollutant source - without the use of fans, filters, or plates. The PIONAIR is especially effective against mold, mildew, organic odors, and chemical vapors (such as formaldehyde). The PIONAIR is also effective against pollen, dust, pet dander, and smoke, although for maximum relief from these types of particulate, we recommend our new PIONAIR SMART POINTE system. For maximum effect, the PIONAIR is intended for around-the-clock use. The system consists of a base unit and a lamp module. Coverage area depends on the lamp module, which comes in four strengths: 350 sq. ft., 750 sq. ft., 1500 sq. ft., and 3000 sp. ft. (for unoccupied spaces only). The lamp modules are interchangeable, giving you flexibility to use the system in various locations. There are no moving parts or filters to clean, and the system is as quiet as a light bulb! What Size Do I Need? Replacement modules are interchangeable, which gives you the flexibility to use the system in various locations. The Pionair 350 Unit covers 150 to 350 sq. ft. It is perfect for one bedroom, hospice room, classroom or office. Pionair's 750 Unit covers 350 to 750 sq. tt. It is great for large master bedroom/suite, kitchen/family room combinations, one bedroom apartments. Our largest Pionair 1500 Unit covers 750 to 1500 sq. tt. The 1500 is perfect for ranch style and modular homes as well as one level in multi-level homes. Purchase your PIONAIR now! PIONAIR SPECIFICATIONS--Two Models, four sizes to choose from Treatment Area : Square footage depends on replaceable module used UV Output: 8 microwatt per sq. centimeter Ozone output: .04 ppm maximum output in sq. ft. area indicated on lamp module Ion Generation: Passive negative UV ions, +Active negative ions (SMART POINTE only) Weight: 3 lbs. Electrical: 120 Volts, 60 Hz, 1 amp, Fire-retardant ABS plastic outer case, On/Off Control Switch Dimensions: 4" wide x 11" high x 5" deep Warranty: Base unit: 3 years parts and labor; lamp: 1 year, pro-rated. 100% Made in the USA.


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Dear readers,
I've been answering your finishing questions both professionally for pay and pro bono for hobby woodworkers since 1980 in magazines, chat rooms, message boards, websites and for the past decade, on this website turned blog. The time has come to move on.
After I post this last batch of questions, I will no longer be adding content to this site; nor will I be answering your questions on a daily basis.
What can you do if you have a finishing problem? First, peruse this blog's archives; chances are your question has been covered here. If not, try www.woodanswers.com , at site at which I fielded over 8,000 finishing questions over a five year period. It's almost certain to have the information you need.
You might also want to read my books. Two in particular are, in my opinion, very helpful, especially as a pair. They are The New Wood Finishing Book and its natural companion, Wood Finishing Fixes. Both are available at the Books and Videos section of this website.
Finally, if you are really in a pinch, you can write to me, but I won't be doing any more free answers. You will be expected to pay my regular consultation rates. If you need a quote in advance, send the question and ask for a quote.
This does not mean I won't be writing. Starting almost immediately I will be writing a blog for my other website, www.rainydayukes.com It will take readers through my daily tasks building ukuleles by hand, using sustainable, local wood and "green" building methods. Hopefully, it will be an entertaining read; you can follow along during the birth of a ukulele, and even get first shot at buying it once it is done.
Michael Dresdner
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Special Populations Experience Course: Individuals with Disabilities (ELC63013)
This is one of several elective courses focuses on the specialties of Optometry including; Pediatrics, Low Vision, Advanced Contact Lenses, Vision Therapy, and Individuals with Disabilities. Through weekly clinical mentor meetings, participation in the already existent Special Populations CEreal Thursday's grand rounds presentations, required self-study written papers, case presentations and journal clubs, the student will gain an earlier and stronger experience in these specialties. Moreover, through concurrent supporting clinical assignments with a mentor in one of their specialty clinics, the student will be able to apply the knowledge gained through these small group discussions and self-studies to patient care. Enrollment into this elective will be application based. The application evaluates interest, academic standing, and potential extra-curricular scheduling conflicts (e.g. VOSH, etc).


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Our Fitness Blog
Common Fitness Mistakes That Lead to Injuries
Did you know that every year more than 174,000 women end up in the emergency room due to a fitness related injury? According to Dr. Joseph Horrigan, a board certified chiropractic sports medicine practitioner at DISC Sports & Spine Center in Los Angeles the main reason for these injuries is over enthusiasm. He feels that a lot of women who are fitness newbies feel great when they start to train and end up pushing themselves too far too fast. When you combine overdoing it with our natural competitive streak, it often leads to injuries. As we all know, there are many ways we can injure ourselves while working out. Here we will take a look at some of the more common exercise mistakes and look at ways to avoid and correct them.
It is important to have the correct posture for any type of workout. It helps you make sure that each muscle is working in unison with the others and carrying the weight that it should. When you use the wrong posture, you throw the entire system out of whack and not only ruin the effectiveness of your workout but set yourself up for unnecessary injuries. If you are standing, sitting or stretching the wrong way, you can pull a muscle, cause yourself days, weeks, or even months of soreness or even worse. You can injure your back, neck or shoulders or any muscle that you happen to be putting any excess stress on or overusing.
If you are in a class, your instructor may point out when you are not in correct posture; however, if you do not have an instructor or personal trainer, it is up to you to watch out for your posture. You can definitely notice after your routine if you are in the wrong posture. You can feel the aches in your body, but you want to get a hold of it before then. You can use the mirror to watch yourself and see if you are falling out of the correct posture; however, this can be difficult if you are focused on keeping your heart pumping or how many more sets you need to do. For most of us it would be a lot easier to have an instructor in the beginning to help us make the proper posture a habit before exercising on our own.
Overdoing it
As Dr. Horrigan said we reach too far past our limits too soon. We are competitive and do not want to fall behind in class, even if others have been there a lot longer than we have. As a beginner, you should expect to be on a lower level in class than others who have been there much longer, even if you are in typically great shape. As a newbie, you may be unclear on your limits, and many fitness classes these days tell us in order to achieve the best results possible we need to push ourselves past our limits. You should never get too caught up in this and remember to never ignore your body when it is telling you something is wrong. Those pain signals mean something, and usually it means that you are about to injure yourself or it is too late and you have already caused an injury.
It is easy to look around in your fitness class and see others who may be doing better than you, but you need to remember this is okay. Everyone is at a different level, and no one is perfect. You need to focus on yourself and work on improving your own performance. However, do not base your performance on what others are doing. You should consider all the advancements you are making and feel proud of how well you are progressing. If you focus on you, you will begin to notice how much you have improved and allow yourself to see how your fitness program has benefited you, which in the end is not only a great way to avoid injuries but also a perfect way to stay motivated in your fitness routine.
Stretching in your warm up
Most of us believe that you should stretch during your warm up. However, did you know that this can cause injuries? If your body is in the warm up stage of exercising, then your muscles are cold and not very flexible. It is just like warming up your car before heading to work. You need to get your muscles prepared and ready for stretching just as you need to get your engine prepared and ready for a long drive. You are more prone to pull a muscle if you stretch during the warmup of your fitness routine because your muscles are not as loose as they would be if they were already nice and warm.
You may do some light stretching during your warm up, but it is best to wait until your body is fully warmed up to try any regular or heavy stretching. A good warm up routine is something that gradually gets your body moving and ready for your upcoming exercise routine. You can always add stretching to the middle of your workout, if you do not want to wait until your cool down and if it does not slow your heart rate too much. It is up to you, but you need to listen to your body. If it is saying you are not ready to hold a certain stretch this long or this far, then it is best to ease up and work on it later to avoid any injuries.
When we workout, we are trying to stay fit and healthy, the last thing we want is to injure ourselves. This can cause us to take an unplanned break from our fitness routines or putting an end to our fitness plans altogether. It is difficult to obtain the results we want and pushing ourselves harder and farther than normal seems to be the quickest and best way to achieve our desired results. However, for many of us this leads to injuries. It is up to us to pay attention to our fitness routines and listen to our bodies to avoid these injuries. It can be hard in the beginning to understand what our bodies are telling us, but we need to stick to our fitness routines and learn how well our bodies can adapt to our routines in order to finally reach our goals.


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Liane is an experienced full time Solution Focused Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist & Transition Coach. Gold Standard Hypnotherapy qualifications incl working with children. Works with all kinds of issues, in English & German, face to face or online.
Sam Little BA(hons) DSFH AfSFH CNHC
Sam is a full time Solution Focused Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist with gold Standard Qualifications and Great Customer Service. He specialises in Helping People, is non judgemental, and believes 100% in your ability to achieve your aims.
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Experienced full-time hypnotherapist providing professional, evidence-based, solution focused hypnotherapy to help you gain control and make positive changes. Relaxed, enjoyable and effective therapy. Contact me to see how I can help.
Alex Brounger MNCH (Reg), HPD, DHP
A Clinical Hypnotherapist and Senior Hypnotherapy Lecturer based in Stroud and Cirencester, I have developed a reputation for excellence since training in 2011. Working full time I have helped many clients with a broad range of conditions.
Anja Oelbracht ~ DHP Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy
My name is Anja and I am a Solution Focused Hypnotherapist. I can help you with a variety of issues including Stress, Anxiety, Phobias, Depression, IBS, Shyness & many more. Appointments Mon - Fri 9:30am - 7:30pm. Out of hours appointments if needed.
Rob Kerley
I am a qualified Counsellor and Hypnotherapist. I offer a number of effective person centered and integrative therapies using a range of different counselling methods. Hypnotherapy can make a transformational difference to people's lives.
andrew peer
Hello my name is Andrew Peer DAHP GQHP , I specialise in Analytical Hypnotherapy & Psychotherapy, I am fully qualified & accredited practitioner. Probably one of the quickest and most powerful forms of therapy available today.
Emma Woodward Hypnotherapy
Emma Woodward Hypnotherapy BSc hons (psych) afSFH DSFH. Friendly, professional Solution Focused Hypnotherapy service based in Dursley, Gloucestershire for adults and children. Wide range of therapies available including self hypnosis for childbirth.
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Hilary Norris Evans
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I use Hypnotherapy and NLP to effortlessly make desired lasting changes, without the need to relive past events over and over again. Make a positive new you, a you that is in control of your life, right now.
Paul Goddard
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Nicola Griffiths
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Polly Hawkins DHP HPD MNCH(Acc) AfSFH Sup(Hyp) CNHC
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I use a combination of Hypnotherapy and Coaching to help you make the changes you want. Hypnotherapy, Coaching, NLP, Kinetic Shift and The Swan Protocol, I use different methods tailored to suit the individual to help you get the changes you want.
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Solution Focused Hypnotherapy Oxford, Fairford and Cirencester. Sometimes when we get too caught up in the stresses of every day life, we can lose sight of our real selves. Sometimes we just need a little help and support to refocus on the future.
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The Patoka Lake area year-round marketing association and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have partnered together to announce, "Thunder over Patoka," the first ever fireworks display to be held at Patoka lake. This year's event will be held Saturday June 30th at approximately 10 p.m. Eastern time. The twenty-minute fireworks display will be launched from the Newton Stewart beach area of the Patoka Lake. Spectators may view the fireworks from the beach area, from their boat on the lake, or from several other vantage points around the lake. Standard gate fees will apply for admission to the lake property. Additionally, Patoka Lake marina will be taking reservations for up to 50 spectators at $15 per person on its Voyager tour boat to view the fireworks from the middle of the lake. Other added attractions include the following; the Crawford county community band will be performing patriotic music from the beach area from 8:30 until 10:00 p.m., Hoosier Hills Marina and Patoka Lake Marina, have also asked their private houseboat owners to decorate their houseboats with lights for a houseboat light show near the beach area to immediately follow the conclusion of the fireworks display. Everyone in the area is invited to spend the day at the lake, on Saturday June 30th. Proceeds to fund this event have been provided by the following sponsors: Indiana Department of Natural Resources, www.patokalakeindiana.com, Hoosier Hills Marina, Patoka Lake Marina, Dubois County Visitors Center, Orange County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Crawford County Tourism Commission, White Oaks Cabins, Patoka Four Seasons Cabins, www.exploresourthernindiana.com, Jim Uland and family, J&R guide service, Ewing Printing, and Patoka Lake Village. To find out more about Thunder over Patoka, or to contribute to the fireworks fund, contact Jeff Dukes at Hoosier Hills Marina at 812-678-3313. Don't miss out on a super fun day at the lake, to be followed by "Thunder over Patoka", Saturday June 30th, at 10 p.m. eastern time.
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Join Date: May 2007
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But that's some nice info on the pre-order bonus. Not only does it give you access to the "limited access" page of lalabit but it also has a product code to DL "The Wolrd is All One" onto the games' playlist. So I guess it's not a total loss if I can't grab the limited edition goods on lalabit. Don't really care about the third bonus as I'm not playing Cinderella Girls. All it does is give you access to a special edition of Haruka on Cinderella Girls so...
|2012-09-26, 22:53
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 27
It really does feel like a lower-quality catalog. Anyone else think with the lyrics to Furu Furu Future, this song should be Miki's alone? I mean, she sings about the Producer and calls him "Honey"; it doesn't work with the others.
Aside from that, the last portion of the sale finally arrived and I came runnin'. Here's a grand total of everything I bought:
Spoiler for Uploaded vids, since I did them anyways:
Spoiler for Purchases:
Oh, and you know what's an absolute hell to record? A run of Colorful Days where all three idols wink in the proper place. They only wink when they sing the name of their own image colour, after all.
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Bury My Shell
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Secret Society BLANKET
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco
Shame it's so short though, would've loved a more full-length MV. But what the hell, it's awesome anyways
|2012-09-28, 11:52
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Criminal Unrequitor
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jul 2010
I finished this a week ago and I CAN'T STOP REWATCHING THE DANCING PARTS. My god I've never seen animation THIS amazing. I mean it's crazy how detailed it is (the camera was even panning) especially in the last episode (no awkward in-betweens. . . how?!!?!?). I guess this is what you get when you put on board GAINAX members. . .
More Im@s please! That trailer for Fiesta -- are they trying to mimic K-On OP/EDs or something? It looks really great though.
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Cinderella Gang or Die
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: in a world of delusions & illusions
...and I've mentioned that Hyper mode is hard. The 21 retries is one thing but what counted against you the most is getting only one of the sub division regional awards. Had you gotten 2, 3 of them then you may have managed a "C", maybe even a "B"...which would still get your producer rank decreased though. I got a "B" on my first run of Hyper and they just kicked me down a level...harsh.
|2012-09-29, 12:41
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Bury My Shell
So for my setup to work, your danketsu has to be at the max (around the last few weeks) and on hyper status. You must have the Ataka Jun to increase your voltage a lot faster. You must have at least 4 least burst appeal hearts.
Once you have all of that choose the Xillia audition for retry purposes. I order to achieve a score as high as mine you must burst 3 times. For the first two you must use two burst appeals and increase your vocal appeal to the max before you go into burst. The reason for that is that you want to do as many normal appeals as you can before going into your last burst in order to achieve highest score possible. For normal appeals, I'm sure you are aware that you must raise your main appeal at 1.50 or 1.49 everytime it drops down to 1.45 or 1.46 to achieve better results. Once you do figure out what to do during the song, it must be done perfectly all the way and this song is not easy! You must burst right before getting cut off. So you have to figure out when the cutoff is. This is why I would chose the Xillia audition since it demands such a high score which allows to back off in case you screw up.
So basically for my setup, you have to shell out some $$ for the song and costume. There are other methods out there that will allow you to achieve up 90,000 points, but that's like at the pro level now.
|2012-09-29, 14:27
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He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
PS: I just couldn't resist anymore and ordered a points card from play-asia (digital). Anyone knows how long they usually take to deliver it?
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Protective Footwear
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2000, 2009 Placed in University Policy Manual after EXPEDITED REVIEW, transitioned without substantive change from prior version, March 25, 2013.
Industrial Hygienist, 328-6166 Workers Compensation Manager, 328-6166 Assistant Director, 328-6166 Associate Vice Chancellor, 328-6166
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1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose:
To ensure the safety of employees, appropriate protective footwear must be worn by all persons when working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects that could crush the foot, objects that could pierce the sole, and where the employee's feet are exposed to electrical hazards.
1.2. Requirements for Foot Protection
1.2.1. Appropriate foot protection is required when employees are in areas where there is danger of foot injuries due to falling and rolling objects, slip hazards or objects piercing the sole, and where employees are exposed to electrical hazards.
188.8.131.52.Examples of job classifications likely to require safety shoes or boots include, but are not limited to, carpenters, housekeepers, welders, electricians, plumbers, maintenance mechanics, laborers, grounds workers operating power machinery or tools, and power plant maintenance workers.
1.2.2. Six to eight-inch safety shoes are recommended for employees involved in activities which include, but are not limited to, climbing, crawling, construction and demolition. This shoe height is necessary for proper ankle protection.
1.2.3. Over-the-shoe footwear should be worn over safety footwear or boots when in wet locations.
220.127.116.11.Rubber boots with toe protection are recommended for employees working in flooded trenches or other locations where ordinary over-the-shoe protection would be inadequate to insure that the employee's shoes would remain dry.
2. Responsibility
2.1. Department/Supervisor:
2.1.1. Each department is responsible for maintaining and updating their specific hazard assessment that outlines required personal protective equipment.
2.1.2. The department must provide and enforce the use of protective footwear and all other required personal protective equipment.
2.2. Employees:
2.2.1. Employees whose job duties require protective footwear will be required to obtain safety shoes before beginning work in any hazardous situation where foot injury is possible.
18.104.22.168. Once a job has been designated as requiring safety shoes, employees will not be allowed to work without the required foot protection.
220.127.116.11.If required, protective footwear should be worn at all times to complete the employment duties assigned.
2.2.2. Protective footwear is the responsibility of the employee. Damaged, lost or stolen footwear unrelated to the employee's job will be replaced at the employee's expense.
2.2.3. Sandals or other open-toe shoes are not permitted to be worn by employees working in laboratories, shops, or other job locations where glass, caustic or corrosive chemicals, or hot materials are used or handled.
2.3. Students:
2.3.1. Students are expected to wear appropriate footwear while participating in laboratory exercises, or other instructional activities involving the use of glass, caustic or corrosive chemicals, or hot materials.
2.3.2. Sandals and other open-toe style shoes are prohibited in laboratories.
2.4. Office of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S):
2.4.1. EH&S is available to assist departments with their hazard assessments and selection of appropriate personal protective equipment.
2.4.2. EH&S serves as the protective footwear facilitator and will be responsible for coordinating on-site vendors, issuing vouchers to eligible employees, maintaining the protective footwear database and coordinating reimbursement for merchandise not purchased from the on-site vendors.
2.5. Prospective Health:
2.5.1. If there is a medical request to use alternative protective footwear, Employee Health (division of Prospective Health) will review the request from the employee's personal physician.
3. Procedure
3.1. Standards:
3.1.1. Protective footwear shall comply with ASTM standards: F2412-05 "Standard Test Methods for Foot Protection" and F2413-05 "Standard Specification for Performance Requirements for foot Protection."
3.1.2. A hazard assessment is required of the employee's workplace to determine required personal protective equipment. The department must maintain a copy of the hazard assessment and forward it to the Office of Environmental Health & Safety for inclusion in the protective footwear database. A list of specific employees should be included so that vouchers for protective footwear can be issued.
3.2. Purchasing:
3.2.1. Employees must have department or University approval prior to the purchase of protective footwear. All protective footwear purchases must be authorized and coordinated through the Office of Environmental Health and Safety.
3.2.2. When protective footwear is a requirement of the job, the University will reimburse the employee for purchase, with the following parameters:
22.214.171.124.No more than one pair of protective footwear can be reimbursed in a twelve (12) month period at the current rate of $80.00 per pair (established by the Office of State Budget and Management).
22.214.171.124.The employee is responsible for any additional expense associated with the purchase of safety shoes.
3.2.3. On-site vendors will be scheduled quarterly by EH&S to provide an opportunity for employees to purchase footwear of an approved quality and to receive professional assistance with the fit.
18.104.22.168.To obtain protective footwear, employees must present a valid voucher to the on-site vendor. The vouchers are distributed to eligible employees through their supervisor.
220.127.116.11.1.The Office of Environmental Health and Safety will distribute vouchers to supervisors prior to each quarterly visit.
18.104.22.168.Costs in excess of $80.00 are the responsibility of the employee and must be paid at the time of purchase.
3.2.4. Employees who are unable to purchase protective footwear from the on-site vendors may purchase from a vendor of their choice and be reimbursed up to the current rate of $80.00.
18.104.22.168.The employee must bring the footwear and the original receipt for the footwear to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety. EH&S will verify that the protective footwear satisfies ASTM requirements and will coordinate reimbursement.
3.3. Exceptions:
3.3.1. Employees who cannot wear conventional safety shoes for medical reasons must obtain documentation from their personal medical provider and submit a formal exception request to their supervisor.
220.127.116.11.Prospective Health will review the medical record to verify that there is a medical condition precluding the use of conventional safety shoes. If the request is approved, the employee will be provided alternative foot protection. If the request is not approved, the employee may appeal to their provider.
3.3.2. A medical exception does not preclude the need for some type of protective footwear. The University is still responsible for protecting the employee and cannot waive or transfer that obligation for any reason.
18.104.22.168.If employees are exposed to a hazard then they still must be protected or otherwise removed from the hazard exposure (i.e. reassignment).


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No One Can Escape Death
The lords of hell rage within the Black Soulstone, their souls screaming for vengeance and release. Before the artifact can be sealed away forever, Malthael–Angel of Death–manifests in the mortal realms with a deadly new purpose: to steal the Black Soulstone and bend its infernal power to his will.
So begins the end of all things...
Highlights of the next Diablo III game appear to include:
- New Crusader Character Class, a clear inspiration from Diablo II's Paladin
- Malthael is formally introduced into the Diablo games, previously seen only in literature
- New level cap (presumably 70)
- Act V introduces Westmarch
- Of course, new items, monsters, allies
- New game modes for end game, still no true PvP aside hosh-posh Battleground arenas
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Create a Custom Application Block That Decouples Your CodeA while back I worked on a client application where I was significantly responsible for the components. The application was written in Delphi and the components were installed into the toolbox. I returned to the client after a few days off and discovered a huge problem. Some other developers had sent messages from the components to the presentation layer by adding references to the GUI forms in the component layer. Can you tell what went wrong?
If a component or any kind of middleware refers to the presentation layer, then that presentation layer goes wherever the components go. This kills reusekills it dead in the water. Building an application is hard enough without having to drag all of your old applications along for the ride.
So about ten years ago I devised a simple way to send information around an application without creating circular references between layers. I called the technique broadcaster and listener, because I modeled it after the notion of radio stations and listeners: A radio station broadcasts without any specific knowledge of or action towards the listeners who tune in.
I refer to the three combined elements of the implementation (the listener, audience, and broadcaster classes) as the Radio Application Block (RAB). You can incorporate and use it like any other of the readily available application blocks, such as DAAB or EMAB. (If you are unfamiliar with these, just Google them: DAAB site://www.microsoft.com.)
This article demonstrates how you can implement the Radio pattern to keep your application code loosely coupled.
Defining the ListenerMany languages in .NET do not support multiple inheritance. Thus, since I am not using events and don't want to use what may be only one inheritance slot, I elected to implement the listener using an interface.
The objective of the listener is to tune in and listen for messages. These goals can be captured in a simple interface with a Boolean that indicates a tuned-in state and a method that receives messages. Alternatively, strings and an object would work too. Listing 1 contains the implementation of the IListener interface. (An I prefix is used by convention.)
Listing 1: An Implementation of the IListener Interface
Public Interface IListener ReadOnly Property Listening() As Boolean Sub Listen(ByVal message As String) End Interface
You could add methods to accept an object, a DateTime, or some additional information, but to make the Radio pattern easier to use, leave it to consumers to format the message into a string.
Defining the AudienceAudience simply refers to any listeners. A listener is any class that implements IListener and adds itself to the listener's collection. I used a strongly typed collection of IListener to represent the audience. I have covered typed collections several times in previous articles, so I will just provide that code in Listing 2.
Listing 2: An Implementation of a Typed Collection of IListener
Imports System.Collections Public Class ListenerCollection Inherits CollectionBase Default Public Property Item(ByVal index As Integer) As IListener Get Return CType(List(index), IListener) End Get Set(ByVal Value As IListener) List(index) = Value End Set End Property Public Function Add(ByVal Value As IListener) As Integer Return List.Add(Value) End Function Public Sub Remove(ByVal Value As IListener) If (list.Contains(Value)) Then list.Remove(Value) End If End Sub End Class
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The cervical spine is the part of the spine in your neck. The spinal cord sits inside a tunnel created by the vertebrae (bones making up the spine). It is also protected by a soft layer of tissue called the dura. The epidural space is the area between the boney canal and the dura layer of the spinal cord.
An epidural injection is a procedure to deliver medicine into this epidural space. The medicine may include an anesthetic that will numb the pain and a steroid that can decrease swelling and irritation.
An epidural injection may be done if you have pain in your neck and upper limb that is not responding to conservative treatment, such as oral medicines and physical therapy.
Damage to local joints or discs of the spine can irritate the nerves exiting the spinal cord. This can cause inflammation around the nerves, which leads to pain. The pain may be in the neck or may travel down to the shoulders and arms, and even to the hands and fingers.
The injection may provide relief for a few weeks or even a couple months depending on the exact cause of pain.
This procedure may help manage the pain until the injury that caused the nerve irritation has time to heal.
Potential problems are rare. But, all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
Smoking may increase your risk of complications.
Your doctor may not want to do this injection if you have:
Talk to your doctor about these risks before the procedure.
Your doctor may begin with conservative treatment, such as rest, medicine, physical therapy, and exercise.
Before the procedure, your doctor may:
In addition, talk to your doctor about your medicines. You may have to stop taking some medicines up to one week or more before the procedure, like:
Additional considerations include:
You will be awake during this procedure. A local anesthetic will be used to numb the skin before the injection. Your doctor may also give you medicine to help you relax.
You may have devices attached to help monitor your blood pressure, heart, and oxygen levels. You will be asked to lie on your stomach or side on an x-ray table or sit in a chair. The skin around the injection site will be cleansed. A local anesthetic will be given to numb the area.
The doctor will inject a contrast dye. This dye will help highlight the area to guide the needle. This is done using a type of x-ray called fluoroscopy. Next, when the doctor has reached the epidural space, the steroid will be delivered.
The nurse will place a small bandage over the injection site. You may be able to go home after being observed by the nurses.
The injection only takes a few minutes. The entire procedure may be 30-60 minutes.
There is local discomfort as the numbing medicine first goes in. But the rest of the procedure should not be painful. Once the injected anesthetic wears off, you may have some discomfort.
1. At the Care Center:
Your doctor will assess your level of pain relief.
2. At Home:
When you return home, take these steps:
If you have diabetes, monitor your blood sugar levels more carefully a few weeks after an injection. The medicine that was injected may cause elevated blood sugar levels.
Call your doctor if any of these occur:
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In the franchise world, I'm often watching trends in what types of businesses are becoming popular and successful. Take the frozen yogurt trend for instance; it's still going strong. New franchises are opening every day. It will be interesting to see how long the buzz in frozen yogurt continues.
I've noticed another recent trend toward healthier food options. With statistics like the fact that more than ⅓ of adult Americans are obese,* it's no surprise, really, that the franchising world would respond in kind.
Move Over, Burgers
Used to be, salads were the thing you didn't want to order on a fast food menu featuring hamburgers.* They were wilted, waterlogged and anything but appetizing. Then a few years ago, fast food franchises like Wendy's started offering better-tasting salads. And they sold pretty well.
Now those old standby fast-food chains have to compete with franchises that specialize in salads. Consumers are increasing their demands for healthier options and more and more franchises that focus on healthy eating will continue to spring up.
Changing the Formula for Fast Food
Not only are we seeing a trend in franchising away from traditional burger franchises, we're also seeing a shift in expectations. "Slow" fast food brands like Chipotle* have appeared on the scene in the last few years, focusing not on delivering food in seconds but rather customizing orders and using quality ingredients. As long as consumers can wait for "slower" fast food because they can see and taste the difference, franchises will emerge that specialize in this way of cooking and presenting food.
Thinking Outside the Traditional Franchise
We're not just seeing new restaurant concepts popping up in the area of healthier eating. There are now healthy vending machine franchises being offered. Healthy options that can now be found in vending machines include fruit juice, smoothies, fresh fruit, granola bars and organic and gluten-free options. For franchisees, these are particularly enticing because of the premium people seem to be willing to pay for some of these "healthy" snacks.
Don't Forget About the Kids
More and more parents are becoming concerned about the unhealthy options offered in school cafeterias. While the government has made great strides in improving school meal standards over the past few years, some schools are taking matters into their own hands by partnering with franchises like Wholesome Tummies.*
Back to the Question
So will these healthier food franchises make America healthier? Or are they simply a reflection of a movement that is already in place: one of making more conscious choices about what we eat? Either way, there seems to be plenty of room for franchisors, franchisees and customers alike to benefit.
And the increase in the number of these healthy franchise options really has the attention of the fast food moguls. McDonald's announced it would offer healthy options as sides* this year in all locations worldwide by 2020. That might not be soon enough, judging from the speed at which the healthy food franchise niche is growing!
I'll be keeping my eye on this industry to see what comes up in the next few years.
You should too.
*Non-US Government link
About the Author:
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
My New Kindle
I'm working on the first fifteen pages of my new wip for a local SCBWI Advanced Writers Retreat in April. The first fifteen pages will be critiqued by Viking Children's Books editor Kendra Levin at the retreat. I can't wait to hear what she has to say!
My hubby got me a Kindle for Valentine's Day. It was quite a surprise - I hadn't even asked for one. I haven't bought any books for it yet because I have such a stack of previously purchased books already waiting for me. I did put my own manuscript on it, though, and it was so cool to read my book on my Kindle! Which brings me to...
A VERY HELPFUL POST: I found this post on agent Vickie Motter's Navigating the Slushpile blog about formatting your manuscript for an e-reader. The changes are so easy to make, and make such a difference on an e-reader. I downloaded both my original manuscript and my manuscript after making the changes, and it was so much easier to read after following Vickie's instructions. If you aren't reading Vickie's blog, you really should! It's packed with practical and easy-to-follow querying advice.
Are there any extra-super-helpful blogs you'd like to give a shout-out to?
52 comments:
- Old Kitty said...
Awwww what a lovely valentine's surprise! Awwww! Quelle romantico! (Yes I spliced two languages there! LOL!).
Good luck with your wip - the retreat sounds amazing!!!
Take care
- Tue Feb 28, 06:11:00 AM
- Bish Denham said...
I'm so excited for you! And I'm off to read Vickie blog! Thanks.
- Tue Feb 28, 06:16:00 AM
- The Happy Whisk said...
This is a super exciting post. All wonderful and I look forward to hearing about how it goes in Aptil, and what book you buy first for the Kindle.
Have an oogie boogie day.
- Tue Feb 28, 06:40:00 AM
- DEZMOND said...
ooh, congrats on the Kindle and yay for the hubby ;)
- Tue Feb 28, 06:43:00 AM
- Anne Gallagher said...
I'm thinking I might buy myself a Kindle for my birthday this year. I've downloaded so many books to my PC and I just can't sit and read them at my desk. I'd love to be able to read in bed.
I'm diving back into my WiP today to see if I can work out all the bugs I created 4 years ago.
- Tue Feb 28, 07:08:00 AM
- Laura Marcella said...
That's such a generous Valentine's Day surprise! I'm not into eReaders, but I have some family and friends who LOVE their Kindles so I think your hubby made a good choice!
Hope you have a great week, Susan!
- Tue Feb 28, 08:09:00 AM
- Talli Roland said...
Yay for Kindles! I loooove mine. And reading your MS on it is super-helpful because it's so much easier to pick up typos.
- Tue Feb 28, 08:32:00 AM
- Brian said...
That is a nice gift and I will have to check out the magic that makes something work on the Kindle!
- Tue Feb 28, 08:43:00 AM
Have fun with your new toy. I found I'm not nearly as impatient with long lines now that I have an eReader. I'm like take your time lady. I'm reading
- Tue Feb 28, 09:37:00 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
I love reading and critiquing on my Kindle!
- Tue Feb 28, 09:45:00 AM
- Lauren said...
What a cool retreat you're going on! Good luck with your WIP!
- Tue Feb 28, 10:16:00 AM
- Laurel Garver said...
Hope the retreat is great. I just got a Kindle for Christmas and have been burning through books faster than ever--classics, library ebooks and friends' books too. I plan to put some apps on it as well, like address book and appointment calendar. Less to carry!
- Tue Feb 28, 10:43:00 AM
- Kittie Howard said...
Your husband seems like a really thoughtful guy. Once I got the hang of my Kindle, I couldn't imagine life without it. Hope April is a fantastic time for you.
- Tue Feb 28, 11:04:00 AM
- LindyLouMac in Italy said...
I love my kindle as well, but it will never replace my love of real books.
- Tue Feb 28, 11:05:00 AM
- DL Hammons said...
My wife had a Kindle...loved it...began pining for a Kindle Fire...so I gave her one for Xmas. Loves it even more!! She gave the old one to our daughter. Me...I'm happy with my iPad! :)
- Tue Feb 28, 12:16:00 PM
- Jai Joshi said...
Great, thanks for the link!
- Tue Feb 28, 12:55:00 PM
- Carole said...
I hope you also got a sturdy cover for it - I did a post about my Kindle experiences http://caroleschatter.blogspot.co.nz/2011/10/benefits-of-having-kindle.html
- Tue Feb 28, 12:55:00 PM
- Robyn Campbell said...
Yay you!! And might I say, Yay for your hubby!!!!!!! (He scored points) :-)
I will check out Vickie's blog, Susan. If you recommend it, then it must be bodacious.
- Tue Feb 28, 01:30:00 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
I didn't know you could download your manuscript onto the kindle?!!
I'll be sure to check out Vickie's blog!
Enjoy the new Kindle! (I got one for Christmas. Still not entirely used to it yet!)
- Tue Feb 28, 02:29:00 PM
- Carol Riggs said...
Yay for you getting a Kindle! Yep, I've loaded my ms onto my hubby's Kindle and taken it with me to a retreat so I could keep working on it. :) I probably don't know much about formatting it though, so thanks for Vickie's link!!
- Tue Feb 28, 02:44:00 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Such a nice gift!! I haven't tried putting my ms on my Kindle yet! I'm going to have to try that :)
- Tue Feb 28, 04:13:00 PM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Glad you have an eReader now!
Moody Writing offers great writing tips and I always learn something at Elizabeth Spann Craig's site.
- Tue Feb 28, 04:56:00 PM
- Amy L. Sonnichsen said...
What a sweet Valentine's Day present from your hubby! And how awesome that you'll get a critique from Kendra. She is awesome! Hope you get a lot out of it! :)
- Tue Feb 28, 06:12:00 PM
- DeniseCovey_L_Aussie said...
Hello Susan. Congrats on having a big gun critiquing your new WIP. Hope it's favourable.
Lovely hubby to buy you a Kindle. I'm still reading in my cloud reader. Must be a thrill to read your own ms on it.
Thanks for that link to ...slushpile...I'm checking it out now.
- Tue Feb 28, 06:14:00 PM
- Lara Schiffbauer said...
Oooh - great link! I'll be checking that one out. Good luck with the critique - that kind of feedback is wonderful.
- Tue Feb 28, 06:45:00 PM
- Kathi Oram Peterson said...
Thanks for the link.
What fun to go to a retreat with an editor from Viking.
I have a Kindle. Last year I had to go on a trip, and I needed to read through one of my books, so I loaded it on my Kindle. I was so glad I didn't have to take my laptop. The Kindle is much easier on your lap in a car.
Enjoy your Kindle.
- Tue Feb 28, 06:48:00 PM
- Deniz Bevan said...
I *still* haven't made the jump to e-readers...
Love Kait Nolan's blog - she's always helpful, and fun!
- Tue Feb 28, 09:44:00 PM
- Lydia Kang said...
I might get an iPad soon. We'll see. What a great Valentine's present!
- Tue Feb 28, 11:14:00 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
Very cool of your brilliant hubby. You'll have to show me your new ms on your ereader when I come and see you in a couple weeks. :-)
- Wed Feb 29, 12:04:00 AM
- Lynda R Young said...
aw, now THAT's a romantic gift for Valentines :)
Isn't it fantastic to read your manuscript on the kindle. It's amazing how mnay mistakes I pick up on it rather than reading it from word.
- Wed Feb 29, 01:06:00 AM
- Jo Schaffer said...
Cool! I love my kindle! I got it in December and have already put some serious miles on it! (=
- Wed Feb 29, 02:03:00 AM
- Shelley Sly said...
Yay for your new Kindle! :) Thanks for the helpful link to Vickie's blog, too. I'd like to learn to format my MS's for e-readers, just in case.
- Wed Feb 29, 08:08:00 AM
- Cynthia Chapman Willis said...
What a lovely Valentines Day gift! Enjoy!! And thanks for the blog link. I'll check it out.
- Wed Feb 29, 09:37:00 AM
- Carolyn V said...
I'm behind the times. I still need a kindle. *sigh* What a great present! I've only heard great things about it!
- Wed Feb 29, 10:12:00 AM
- Lola Sharp said...
Aww, what a sweet gift. <3
I recently bought a kindle touch, but only for reading CPs MSs. Readign fulls on the computer got old fast. I don't mind it for a chapter or two, but reading an entire book on the computer is torture. Anyway, I love it for that. I haven't downloaded any published books yet.
There were, now that you mention it, a few formatting glitches, so I'll have to read Vicki's post. Thanks. :)
I can't wait to hear all about your retreat. :)
- Wed Feb 29, 11:04:00 AM
- Margo Berendsen said...
I have shiny new gadget syndrome and I've been wanting a Kindle Fire since they came out... so tempting to use my tax return... and to see my own writing on a Kindle!!!! Thanks for the link to Motter's site, I have not found that one yet.
- Wed Feb 29, 11:48:00 AM
I read my WIPs and beta read on my Kindle. It makes things so much easier.
Happy writing. That's exciting about the editor.
- Wed Feb 29, 05:27:00 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
I remember reading that post of Vickie's. Fortunately I was already doing things right without realizing it. :)
Congrats on the Kindle present.
- Wed Feb 29, 10:09:00 PM
- Romance Book Haven said...
What an awesome Valentines gift. Have you got the cover with the light on it?
- Thu Mar 01, 04:33:00 AM
- Ciara said...
Thanks so much for sharing her blog. Wow, what a great opportunity for a critique!
- Thu Mar 01, 05:29:00 AM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
Awww, and all I got was flowers...
Hehe. Well, sounds like a lovely Valentine's Day.
And I agree-Vickie has a wonderful blog!
- Thu Mar 01, 11:43:00 AM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
What kind of Kindle did you get? I'm tired of fighting with the family over the Ipad and want to buy myself my very own reader.
- Thu Mar 01, 02:37:00 PM
- The Golden Eagle said...
That's a great Valentine's Day gift! :)
- Thu Mar 01, 06:24:00 PM
- Trisha said...
Thanks so much for the link to that blog post - I don't have an eReader, but I know that if I ever have my work available for eReaders I want it to be formatted properly!
That's awesome about your 15 pages being critiqued! Good luck with that :)
As for me, I'm just chugging along with my weekly goals, trying (not too successfully) to make good progress in advance to make up for the weeks I'll be overseas.
- Thu Mar 01, 06:58:00 PM
- Pk Hrezo said...
Oh cool! I'll check it out. And I always upload my ms to my kindle for editing purposes. It's amazing how much it helps to read it as an actual book... i always found more areas to fix.
And congrats to you on all your Cupid success!!
- Fri Mar 02, 03:43:00 AM
- nissa_amas_katoj said...
Congratulations on the Kindle. I go to Manybooks.net for free ebooks. There's a lot of older books there like Jane Eyre and Moby Dick that I've downloaded.
I like the Kindle because as I'm getting older I can change the print size to large print on all my Kindle books.
- Fri Mar 02, 03:41:00 PM
- Marcia said...
This is a great tip. Thanks!
- Fri Mar 02, 09:25:00 PM
- RAJEEV KULSHRESTHA said...
nice post
- Sat Mar 03, 06:26:00 AM
- Clara said...
Thank you so much lady, I was looking for ways to format my manuscripts into e reader format like five minutes ago!
Great post :)
- Sat Mar 03, 08:21:00 AM
- Cindy said...
That retreat sounds fun. I always wanted to go to one of those...someday. It's also fun to put your own stories on your Kindle.
- Mon Mar 05, 05:35:00 PM
- Connie Arnold said...
That was a lovely surprise for you! I got an e-reader last year and love it. Thanks for sharing about Vickie's blog.
- Mon Mar 12, 04:18:00 PM
- TerryLynnJohnson said...
have fun on your retreat!
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This week, the world was introduced to the Perfect Strangers game, a fun little diversion that let you take the role of Balki Bartokomous, the iconic character from the former anchor for ABC's "TGIF" lineup as he tries to live out his dreams and move to America and fly and stuff. We got to thinking...what other '80s live-action shows should get the video game treatment? Here's our picks.
Just give them the "Arkham City" engine, let the main man be able to jury-rig gadgets and you're absolutely set. GOD, THAT SOUNDS COOL.
'The Cosby Show':
Has to be a Kinect dance game where you re-create the intro sequences. If this doesn't occure, America has failed as a country.
'Saved By The Bell':
Oh man, this would be great. Think about the game "Bully." Taking the role of Zach Morris, you have to save The Max from like a land developer or something while avoiding detention from Mr Belding. Screech can be your sidekick and you have to stop Jessie Spano from popping coffee pills in a mini-game to avoid this happening.
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Not too sure how it would play out but there has to be a way to spin the loveable-yet-creepy tale of a family whose patriarch designes an android named V.I.C.K.I., right? Maybe the family gets kidnapped and she has to get her "Max Payne" on to save them?
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Yeah, we know there exists an A-Team video game. It's horrible. Like "watching your grandma get a Stone Cold Stunner" horrible. The show deserves another go-round. I'll even do you a solid. There's a game already in existence called Mercenaries that you can just use the game engine from. Wouldn't it be amazing to use Face, Murdoch, B.A. or Hannibal in an open-world game where you could do this?


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Multiple brands (URLs) - see "Brief Overview" for list
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URLs for which you'll be designing these banners:
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- Once approved, will need those same banners output 9 more times, each time using different color scheme and URL address
- Banners must include 1px, #666666 border
- The 3 sizes required are: 728x200, 728x90, 160x600
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3 pounds canned sweet potatoes, drained
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1 cup milk
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1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2/3 cup raisins
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together potatoes and apple pie filling until smooth.
2. Add milk, melted butter, brown sugar, molasses, eggs, cinnamon, nutmeg and raisins. Stir to combine.
3. Turn mixture into a two-quart casserole and bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
Note: Can be mixed a day in advance. Store mixture in refrigerator. If chunky apple pieces are desired, add pie filling after beating sweet potatoes.
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We are a brand new company about to launch a mattress deodorising spray into the household retail market. The deordorising spray is specifically designed to be used on mattress covers and significantly helps reduce the ammount of germs, bacteria and dustmites on the mattress while leaving behind a fresh lavender scent.
The target audience will be people who are buying a new mattress or who want an old mattress freshening up. The spray will be on sale in many furniture shops and will be used as a great upselling product for retailers who will want to give the customer the option of buying a mattress care kit with their newly purchased mattress. i imagine this product will be of more appeal to females as most mattress purchases are made by this demographic.
This is a mattress deodorizing spray that can be used on any type of mattress. The main selling point of the spray is that it kills off germs, bacteria and dustmites which not only can help reduce discomfort for allergy suffers but is an all round mattress cleaning product. The spray is lavender scented and can remove unpleasant smells from the mattress
Color: This bottle will be sold at POS at most furniture shops so the colour needs to stand out and be eye catching, needs to be aimed more at females as this will be the target market . The design will be going onto a white bottle (See images)Purple would be a possibility as this helps convey the lavender scent of the spray
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Destroys germs and bacteria
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A question that I see being asked a lot is – Should I buy a DJI drone from SSE Photo & Video?
There isn't a ton of information on the internet about individual 3rd party sellers on Amazon, so let's start here:
First of all, let's make sure you've looked through their current promotions and sale items. Sometimes items are listed separately as part of limited-time promotions. Currently, they do have a Save 20% off with purchase of another qualifying item promotion.
Click here to check specials and promotions for SSE Photo & Video on Amazon.
So should you purchase a drone or other DJI product from SSE Photo & Video instead of other websites, or sellers on Amazon?
Authorized Dealer
The first thing to ask when buying any sort of DJI product – whether online, or in a physical store – should be: Is this seller an authorized DJI dealer?
As far as SSE Photo & Video is considered, the answer is yes. This is from DJI's homepage:
They are listed as Power Photo Corp. (probably the parent company).
Buying from an authorized dealer is as important as getting a good price. If you don't purchase from an authorized dealer, you won't be entitled to the manufacturer warranty – even if the seller claims that you are.
Price and Shipping
There are a lot of online store selling DJI drones. Their prices are usually higher compared to Amazon, where shipping is almost always free too.
Let's look at an example:
On other electronics websites, you can purchase this DJI Mavic Pro Collapsible Quadcopter Starters Backpack Bundle for around $1000-1100. Depending on which site you purchase from, and where you live, you can probably add another $20 or so on top of that for shipping – at least!
Here is the same DJI Mavic Pro Backpack Bundle sold by SSE Photo & Video on Amazon.
Pricing aside, you are still saving $20 or more on the shipping alone.
I showed one price example. You might be looking for a different model from DJI. If so, it's really easy to find the best deal on Amazon. Just use the Amazon Discount Finder tool that appears at the top of this page (for desktop users). It looks something like this:
After you choose your desired country, click on the All Categories section, and in this case, choose Photo or Electronics, like this:
Then just type in DJI, and the model or type that you are looking for. You can choose your desired discount level if you wish to, but it's not necessary. Then click on Search Discount. It should then bring up all of the models available, and at the top of the list will be those with the highest discount currently available on Amazon.
On a related side note, many online merchants also sell on Amazon. You'd be surprised by the amount of sellers/websites that sell their products for less on Amazon. With all the competition on Amazon, stores have to offer up their best price, in order to get the sale. They don't have to be so generous on their own site, since you only see their price. Often times, a discount code will bring the cost down to the Amazon price.
Feedback is an important thing on Amazon. It's not a highlighted feature like it is on eBay, but it determines a seller's success on Amazon behind the scenes. To have a successful store, a seller needs to maintain a high level of feedback history. Since most of us have never heard of some of the 3rd Party Sellers on Amazon, it's easy to be skeptical. So take advantage of the fact that Amazon shows their feedback score.
As far as SSE Photo & Video is considered, they have a earned over 30,000 positive feedback ratings, with a current 97% overall score.
If an item even SLIGHTLY looks like it might be a counterfeit or knock-off, customers on Amazon will leave bad feedback. Any and all flaws will usually be reflected in a seller's feedback as well.
Given their strong feedback history, SSE Photo & Video is definitely a well reputed seller on Amazon.
If you are interested, you can read more about SSE Photo & Video in this review.
If you purchase from a random website, the return/exchange guarantee period is always variable. Sometimes its 7-days, sometimes 14-days, etc. And they usually come with certain restrictions and limitations.
On Amazon, you get the A-to-z Guarantee when purchasing from a 3rd party seller, regardless of their return policy. You are entitled to a 30 day period – from the date you receive the item – to file your claim. It really does take the risk out of purchasing online, and makes you feel secure with your purchase. If you ever have any issues with your order, Amazon's 24/7 customer service is there to help you.
If you have ever had to file a claim with your credit card company, or waited months for a refund on a return, you will appreciate Amazon's A-to-z Guarantee.
Product Availability
Amazon is the largest retailer on the planet. No matter what brand or product you are looking for, chances are they will have it, and offer a number of options as well.
You can find any DJI product there, like a DJI Phantom 3 Quadcopter, or a DJI Spark mini drone, or even a DJI Phone Camera Gimbal, etc.
Ease of Use
Let's face it – we all use Amazon. We're familiar with the site, how to use it, how to check out – everything is where it should be, and everything works every time. It's comfortable. And it's fast!
On other websites, that's not exactly the case. If you want to sort by brand, and then by price, it doesn't work sometimes it doesn't work as smoothly as you'd like. You're left sorting through a bunch of results. Different brands, different categories, etc.
And if you try searching for a specific product, sometimes they load, other times they don't. You're left wanting much more functionality than they are able to deliver.
Amazon Authority
3rd party sellers who sell on Amazon, want to remain in good standing with Amazon. As a seller, you have to meet very strict selling guidelines. You have to maintain a minimum performance rate in order to keep selling on Amazon. On top of that, you also want to receive positive feedback for all transactions.
In other words, you have to ship by the guaranteed ship by date, you have to deliver the item as described, and you have to process timely refunds (if they are initiated). You can't take any liberties that you might on your own website.
You are pretty much guaranteed a consistently positive purchase every time you order something on Amazon. You can't say the same about other websites or merchants.
Final Thoughts
We all want to find the best price available. For something on the expensive side, like a DJI drone, it pays to shop around. Check the Amazon Discount Finder tool above to find the best deals, and to find out what is currently on sale.
Normally, you have to click a few options to find what is currently discounted. And it's not such an easy option to locate. The discount finder tool does all the hard work for you.


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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Install VLC 1.0 In Ubuntu
VideoLAN's VLC media player, arguably the world's best media player, hit version 0.9.9 in early April. Three months and more than 78 million downloads later, VideoLAN has announced VLC 1.0.0, or "Goldeneye."
First, download and install the trusted key:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7613768D
This commands tells apt-key to download key 7613768D from keyserver.ubuntu.com and add it to your trusted repository keys.
Next, we need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file with root privileges (sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list or gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list) and add the following two repository lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main
Make sure to save the file when you're done. Alternately, this can be done as:
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
These two commands will append the two lines mentioned earlier to /etc/apt/sources.list.
Next, update the package lists:
sudo apt-get update
Then, just install VLC the usual way:
sudo apt-get install vlc
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