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I wear all the hats in this company (inventory control, accountant, bookkeeper, packager, research & development, web designer, customer service, pick up and delivery of supplies, scheduler, box-maker, peace-keeper, cleaning lady, cook, etc.) and there just isn’t enough hours in the day to do everything I have to do to ensure orders go out in a timely manner and also answer phone calls. I ship out between 60 and 80 orders per day 6 days a week, answering (or making) phone calls just isn’t possible at this time (I barely have time to talk to my mother as it is).
To be honest, the vast, vast majority of the questions I am asked are answered right on the product pages or on this page, our frequently asked questions page.
I am more than happy to answer any question you may have via email. I can generate an email response in about 30 seconds, while the average phone call lasts 15 to 20 minutes (or more).
I apologize in advance if you do not like this policy. Until I learn how to clone myself a few times, this policy will remain in effect.
If you are nervous about putting your credit card information on the internet, please feel free to mail in a check or money order for your order. Think about this: It’s much more dangerous to hand your credit card to some 16 year old with purple hair and a nose ring working the cash register at a convenience store than to put it on a site like this that has digitally encrypted security surrounding credit card transactions. As soon as your click on 'checkout', the web address changes to https//: which signals a secure page.
Most orders ship out within 1-3 business days (and a few even ship within a few hours). We do not ship Fed-Ex, DHL or USPS Media Mail. Some products have a 7-10 business day lead time (or more), most are marked as such but from time to time there may be lead times on additional items.
We will ship UPS Next Day Air or USPS Express Mail by request only & only if the following applies: The order MUST have the same shipping and billing address AND that must exactly match the name and address on the credit card payment. No exceptions, ever. If paying with Paypal, must ship to a confirmed address only. UPS Next Day orders will always require a signature at delivery with no exceptions. Our daily UPS pick-up is at 9:30 am (est). Orders placed for expedited shipping will typically ship out the next business day.
**Choose USPS Priority Mail shipping (domestic) and the cost seems very high?
Please be advised that whenever possible we try to use the USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate products. We then either refund the excess shipping or add in extra product to make up the difference most of the time. The small flat rate boxes and envelopes are approximately $6 to $8 for each box or envelope the order requires including insurance. The medium flat rate boxes are approximately $12 to $16 for each box the order requires including insurance. Please note that not all orders can be shipped in this fashion due to size and some orders require multiple boxes.
Will you ship my order using my UPS account number?
No. Please do not ask. If you put 'ship on account #XXXXXX' in the comments section, we just delete it.
Your card is charged when you place your order. Approximately 99% of all orders ship within 1 to 3 days so this really isn’t an issue. If you are placing an order for an item that is not in stock or for a larger order with a lead-time, we will still charge your card at the time of purchase. This pre-order effectively secures your order so that when the product is back in stock we can ship immediately.
Hey, I emailed you and never got a response. Why?
Many ISP's send our emails to a bulk mail folder so please check those first. Or, you may have asked a question blatantly answered by a mere glance at our site (Do you have adhesive magnets?) or a question answered on our 'frequently asked questions' page.
Do you have any restrictions on international orders?
In addition to the countries above, we do not ship to any other locations in Africa.
We will not at any time ship to an international freight forwarding service here in the US.
This list may change at any time at our discretion due to an increase in insurance claims and fraudulent credit card transactions and other country’s trade restrictions or import practices.
1. Front and back copy of credit card to be used.
2. A photo identification that contains a signature and matches the first and last name on the card being used.
We are in no way responsible for late international orders. We ship in a timely fashion in the method you select, if it takes longer to receive your order we apologize but we will not make any refunds for international orders. They take up a lot of time to fill out customs forms, make a special trip to the post office, wait in line, etc.
Hey, I tried several times to place my order yesterday and it kept declining. I finally realized I was entering the wrong billing address. Once I fixed the billing address, my order went through but now I see my credit card has been charged 4 times for my order. Can you please refund the other 3 transactions?
You are seeing authorizations placed on your account by your credit card company each time you attempted the transaction. Those extra authorizations will drop off your account in about 24 to 48 hours (sometimes more, depending on the financial insitution you are dealing with). We do require that you enter the exact billing address as shown on your credit card statement.
If I select ’Personal Check’ or ’Money Order’ as my payment preference, how does that work?
Once you have selected one of the 2 above options, you are given the chance to print out your invoice. The invoice will include our payment address on it. Print out the invoice, mail it to us along with your payment. Orders DO NOT ship out until we have received your payment and the payment hascleared the bank. No exceptions.
If you select check or money order as your method of payment, we do NOT hold merchandise. This means that if a product shows in stock when you place your order but goes out of stock while we wait on your check, your order will ship out when the item becomes available again.
If you pay with a mailed in check or a money order and need to return your order for any reason, credit is issued as store credit only.
*This also applies to payment via Paypal E-Checks. The E-Check must clear before we ship the order out. No exceptions.
Can I pay with a Purchase Order or C.O.D?
No. We accept Paypal, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, E-Checks, Checks or Money Orders. Payment must be received before any order is sent out. If you email, mail or fax a purchase order it will be discarded with no notice given.
We currently accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover & Paypal.
Will you send me free stuff to help our charity Save the Snails, Empower the Emus, etc?
We receive approximately 25-35 requests per week from people asking for donations of material for all kinds of causes, some near-and-dear to my heart (others, not so much). We used to send donated material to organizations, but we found a better way to help more people.
We donate 10% of our monthly profits to several organizations that help people all over the US (and also the world). Among the recipients of the donations are: Red Cross, United Way, Doctors Without Borders, American Cancer Society, Relay for Life plus several other smaller and local charities including a battered women’s shelter, several youth organizations and local schools.
I firmly believe that I have been blessed with the success of this business and it is my responsibility to give back and this is the way I have chosen to do so.
Can the standard thickness (12 to 18 mil) inkjet printable material be printed on my printer? I have a (insert printer model).
Please don’t email and say, ’I have a _____ printer. Can this be used in it?’ I don’t have every owner’s manual to every printer ever made and each printer has different wear patterns and capabilities based on previous use. I have been selling these products for 8 years and have only come across three customers that said the standard thickness of magnet (12 to 16 mil) wouldn’t feed through their printers properly. All three of those were the all-in-one type printers (printer-copier-fax). Read the owners manual for your printer or look up the manufacturer’s online documentation for the specs on your printer. If the sheets will not feed through your printer properly, please visit our returns page.
What’s the difference in the 12 mil, 20 mil, 30 mil & 60 mil Adhesive Business Cards?
The 30 mil business cards are a thicker material, more like the business cards you would purchase at the big office supply stores. The 20 mil business cards are perfect for people that want to include magnetic advertising in mailings, as they are lighter. The 60 mil business cards are really, really thick and also have a closer pole spacing making them magnetically stronger. The 12 mil magnets are really, really thin and are meant to pretty much just hold a paper business card to a fridge.
Is a thicker magnet a stronger magnet?
Not necessarily, but usually. The magnetic properties of a magnet are not determined by the thickness of the magnet, but rather by the spacing of the magnetic poles of the magnet. I know this is vague, but it's not an exact science. On average, the products we sell on our site will be stronger the thicker they are. Not a lot, but a bit stronger.
Is this product exactly like the ones I bought at the store (or thinner, thicker, etc.)?
I do not have access to every office supply store’s inventory nationwide. I can tell you how thick our material is and how it compares in general to office supply store products.
Our printable material is, in general, thicker than printable products sold nationwide. If you are concerned about the thickness, see the next question.
How thick is a mil?
One sheet of copy paper is about 4 mil in thickness. Thus, a 20 mil magnet is about as thick as 5 pieces of copy paper stacked together. A 16 mil magnet is comparable to 4 pieces of copy paper stacked together, etc.
If you would like to know how thick a certain product is in inches, millimeters, etc., please visit one of the many unit conversion tools available free online. I have included a link below to a good one we use a lot. In the box on the left scroll down and highlight ’mil’ and in the right box scroll down and highlight what you would like to convert it to. Enter the mil given on our site (16, 18, 20, 30, 60, etc) and click ’convert’.
I placed an order two weeks ago and placed one a few days ago for the same product and this order feels a bit thinner/thicker than my last order. Why?
We specifically state on our homepage (and at the bottom of every single page on our website) that all magnet will be +/- 2 mil in thickness. While we strive for consistency, you may notice a small difference between orders since they may come from different batches. If you are purchasing magnet to print on to fill an order for one of your customers, please try to order all of the magnet at one time. This will better ensure all sheets are the same thickness for your customer’s order.
Are the Adhesive Business Cards magnetically strong?
Each card will hold up several pieces of copy paper on the fridge with the exception of the 12 mil, which is meant to just hold a paper business card to a fridge.
Are the Printable Magnetic Business cards strong?
Again, each card will hold up several pieces of copy paper on the fridge.
If I buy 1,000 sheets of material, will you give me a discount?
The pricing on each product is set up so that the price per piece drops as the quantity increases, so the quantity discount is already included. If you would like to place an order for over 1,000 sheets of any one of the materials (or a combination of printable products), please visit our wholesale site at www.wholesalemagnet.com.
I want to buy a bunch of stuff, will you ship it for free?
No. When you checkout, the shipping costs for the materials you have purchased will be calculated and added to your order. We do occasionally run special ’free shipping’ offers on certain products to US Addresses but you must be signed up for our newsletter to receive notice.
I chose one method of shipping and my order was shipped via a different method. Why?
We will never downgrade your shipping method to a slower method. We will, in some cases, upgrade orders from USPS Parcel Post or UPS Ground to a faster shipping method depending on where you live. This won’t happen all the time, but it will happen occasionally. If this is a problem, please let us know before placing your order and we will make sure your order ships out via your selected shipping method. (One customer’s ex-husband is her UPS delivery person so she’d rather the mailman brings her orders, etc).
If you give a P.O. Box as your shipping address but select UPS Ground as the shipping method we will attempt to contact you via email for a corrected shipping address. If we receive no response from you within 12 hours we may use USPS Parcel Post as the shipping method. No refund will be given in these cases for downgraded shipping.
I want to try one sheet of (insert product) to see if it meets my standards. Will you send me one sheet or piece for free?
We do not send free samples.


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Saxophonist Avram Fefer and bassist Michael Bisio will bring 25 years of chemistry to tonight's Kerrytown Concert House show. Fefer photo via Burnt Sugar; Bisio photo by Marek Lazarski/cooljazzphotos.com.
If saxophonist Avram Fefer can play a compelling duet with a towering wall of sheet metal, chances are good he sounds great improvising with just about anyone. Which sets the bar pretty high for tonight's Kerrytown Concert House performance with longtime collaborator bassist Michael Bisio.
Fefer was recently in London for the latest session in his Resonant Sculpture Project -- which he described by email as "a series of immersive, site-specific performances exploring the relationship between improvisation, space, acoustics, permanence, and sculpture" -- during which the reedman plays at, around, and sometimes within the large-scale, minimalist creations of sculptor Richard Serra.
It's easy to imagine tonight's show going more like a conversation between old friends who happen to be experts in their fields; a two-person TED Talk on intersecting disciplines as told on reeds and strings.
Or as Bisio put it by email, "Both Avram and I tell a good musical story."
The two players, composers, and bandleaders have been telling that story together in some form since the 1990s, either in Bisio's Quartet or as a duo. Fefer's lyrical approach to sax and bass clarinet effortlessly folds in several styles to create an organic, singular sound that pairs perfectly with Bisio's limber double-bass lines and expressive bowing.
We talked with Fefer by email -- with Bisio chiming in, too -- about developing his rich, varied style; composing and tracking the duo's lone solo record in roughly 25 years of playing together; and how he got started jamming with inanimate objects.
Q: There's a really fluid blend of sounds in your playing -- from blues to Ethio-jazz to European "out" -- that all sounds very natural together. How did you come to appreciate and digest these diverse styles? Do you think in these terms when you're writing and improvising, or is it based more on feel?
Fefer: I’ve been told my playing shows a wide variety of influences. I guess I’m not surprised since I have had the pleasure of listening to and playing a lot of different music over the years. My earliest influences were Stanley Turrentine, Grover Washington, Stevie Wonder, Ohio Players, and all sorts of funky music. Later I became obsessed with a variety of sophisticated jazz, including straight ahead, free, and avant-garde. I lived in Paris and Barcelona for a few years and was introduced to an abundance of African Music -- North, West, East, and South -- but, honestly, I was not attracted to European improv at that time because as a young aspiring musician I was extremely focused on playing with my fellow Americans and learning from them. People like Bobby Few, Alan Silva, Archie Shepp, Kirk Lightsey, Steve Lacy, John Betsch, Rasul Siddik, etc.
I’m sure my music has been informed by my travels throughout the world, my embrace of different languages and cultures, and the huge influence of other arts, like literature, cinema, painting, dance, and sculpture. My main interest has always been producing music that is authentic, heartfelt, provocative, and organic. It needs to be approachable on different levels -- intellectually, spiritually, and physically. So long as these criteria are met, style is not really relevant.
Q: How did you and Michael first come to work together and what has kept it interesting for the two of you over the years?
Bisio: It was so long ago neither of us remembers the first time, but certainly in the early '90s we'd do West Coast dates. I was living in Seattle and Avram would come for visits. He was living in Paris and/or New York at the time.
Both Avram and I tell a good musical story. Therein lies the interest, not only for us but for everyone willing to journey with us. We also share a deep level of commitment to this music and strive to continually grow within its borderless parameters an entire vibrational universe.
Q: I could only find one duo recording of the two of you -- 2005's Painting Breath, Stoking Fire -- what were those sessions like to record, and why haven't there been any more since? Any plans to get back into the studio, just the two of you?
Bisio: I returned to New York in August 2005. If memory serves, this session is from earlier that year, maybe January. In addition to our duo, I was leading a quartet at the time with a front line of Avram and Stephen Gauci. Jay Rosen and I were the rhythm section. We were all part of the Cadence/CIMP (Records) stable, having recorded both as leaders and sidemen numerous times. Producer Bob Rusch wanted one Michael Bisio Quartet and one Fefer/Bisio Duo recording, both from the same couple of days. It was bitter cold that January in the North Country (of New York), and the fire in the Spirit Room (recording studio) was blazing on many levels. This situation had a profound impact on both recordings. The warmth of the studio was instantly vaporized by the stinging cold -- negative 14 degrees Fahrenheit. Waiting outside, your breath would simply hang in the air. Thus Painting Breath, Stoking Fire.
Fefer: We’ve only recorded one duo album, but we have five albums together as the Michael Bisio Quartet and have performed so many times as a trio and duo that I’m sure another small group document is not far off.
Q: There's a beautiful restraint to the playing on the album that's well demonstrated a little over halfway through "BC Reverie/Inner Child." It sounds like you're both playing free during this big climax, but it's still so controlled. How much thought goes into setting and keeping a tone like that, and how does locking in with another player at that same, measured pace work?
Fefer: I wrote the 60-minute suite that comprises the album specifically for Mike and I. I wanted to document a variety of ways we approach the duo format, including using a number of different textures and woodwind pairings with Mike’s bass. I think Mike would agree that most of the thought goes into the written material and choice of musicians. After that, we are expected to think, play, listen, and feel the music on a level that we’ve grown accustomed to in our travels and here in New York City.
Q: Where did the idea for the Resonant Sculpture Project come from, and what has the response been? Are there any sculptures you'd love to try playing with and haven't gotten to yet?
Fefer: I was performing with sculptures in the Hamptons, just outside of New York in 2012. I noticed that there were powerful acoustic effects produced by the sculptures as I was playing. This gave me the idea for my project, and I began searching for the best pieces to work with. I had always loved Richard Serra’s work and soon found that many of his sculptures were not only profoundly inspiring but also perfect for exploring sonic resonance with a live audience.
Musically, the challenge is to create a coherent improvisation that is expressive and compelling, while remaining open and responsive to the effects produced by the sculpture. I recently returned from London from what was probably the best event so far, and I have a list of 20 different Serra pieces around the world that are perfect for the project. My production team and I are in the midst of planning the next events now.
The audience reaction has been incredible at these events, and it’s especially rewarding to be able to share the excitement and surprise of live performance, sculpture, and sound exploration together.
Q: What else are you excited about working on currently or do you have coming up down the road?
Fefer: Mike and I have a trio with Michael Wimberly that will play more in the future, and I am supposed to go to Paris to play with my old friend Bobby Few, with whom I’ve recorded a number of albums. I will continue to play regularly with Adam Rudolph’s Go:Organic Orchestra and Greg Tate’s Burnt Sugar, two very different, but equally amazing ensembles.
I am especially excited about two recent projects of my own that are in the middle of recording our first albums. One is a four-piece abstract, electric groove ensemble called Rivers on Mars that features laptop, electric guitar, drums, and myself, and the other is a three-piece African Chamber Ensemble, featuring percussionist Tim Keiper on Malian ngoni (string instrument). These groups are on opposite ends of the sound spectrum, but I love them both and they are equally challenging to me as a player.
I also continue to play with my six-piece Afro-funk project Big Picture Holiday, which features Kenny Wessel and Alexis Marcelo, among others. Our debut album (Shimmer and Melt) came out last year on Ropeadope Records and, thankfully, people seem to love it!
Eric Gallippo is an Ypsilanti-based freelance writer and a regular contributor to Concentrate Ann Arbor.
Avram Fefer/Michael Bisio Duo play on Monday, April 24 at Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. 4th Ave., Ann Arbor, at 8 pm. Tickets are $5-$30.

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Microsoft Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device plug-in for delivering the next generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.
Both Microsoft Silverlight and Eclipse technologies focus on delivering a rich, differentiating and interoperable environment to their respective audiences: Web Users and Developers respectively.
By integrating the Microsoft Silverlight technology with the Eclipse platform, this project proposes to extend the Silverlight Development Experience to all Web Application Developers should they be running Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
The Silverlight Development Toolkit (SLDT) is a proposed open-source project under the Eclipse Development Process, and will incubate under the top-level Technology project. This proposal is posted here to solicit community feedback and additional project participation. You are invited to comment on and/or join the project. Please send all feedback to the eclipse.sldt newsgroup.
The purpose of this project is to provide a cross-platform development environment to build the RIA Web application on Microsoft Silverlight. It consists in a set of Eclipse plug-ins that address two main issues: Silverlight applications development, and easing the integration of Java-based web sites and services into Silverlight applications.
In today’s heterogeneous computing environments and with the emergence of Web services and service-oriented architectures, interoperability has become a critical business and IT need. The interoperability between Silverlight and Java middle wares is the main focus of this project. Based on the standard technologies, this project will propose the common patterns with necessary tools, best practices, or out-of-the box solutions to help developers to connect quickly the RIA Web application on Microsoft Silverlight with Java-based enterprise services.
SLDT leverages the Eclipse platform blocks to provide features such as resource management, source edition, code generation, build and launch of applications. WTP components are the most heavily used.
Soyatec offers an initial code donation, which is hosted on sourceforge: http://eclipse4sl.sourceforge.net. The SLDT implementation consists in Java packages : the org.eclipse.wtp.sldt.* namespace.
The team of initial committers will explore statements of interest from additional developers experienced in Web and UI development or willing to gain such experience.
It is expected that the user community for this component will consist primarily of Web developers, given that it is essentially tools for building RIA Web applications for the Microsoft Silverlight technology, connecting to Java Business Logic.
More advanced features will be released in Spring 2009. Summer major release is planned for June 2009 aligned with annual release of Eclipse.

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Fill in the below details. We would like to hear from you.
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Percentages: FG .467, 3PT .458, FT .758.
Percentages: FG .462, 3PT .409, FT .474.
Officials-Curtis Shaw, Steve Gordon, Jamie Luckie.

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We all remember the increase in sales of Yakult after To All The Boys I Loved Before…From Tom Cruise’s Rayban to Lara Jean’s Yakult, here are a few more examples.
The perks of movie marketing have been tried and tested to the point wherein certain brand placements led to the product going viral.
Everything about a movie is iconic. It’s like a fairy-tale people choose to believe in. So, when they see their favorite actor wearing Aviators or their dearest actress wearing a dazzling dress, they want to wear it too. It doesn’t matter if the brand has integrated a paid promotion or the product placement is to signify the characteristic of a character or a scene, that the product represents too.
Time & again Bollywood movies have set trends over the years. Religious fans know no length, if they see something in a movie they like, they want to buy it. If their pockets are not deep, they would make a hole in it to buy the product. Which is why products have picked up after being spotted in a movie and the sales have stayed high at least till the movie buzzed around.
Tom Cruise redefined Aviators and their prominence.
Social, was cleverly placed in the story-line and paved path for the transition course in the feature and gained eminence.
Rohit was as good as a superhero (not as good as Krrish) coming over his vulnerabilities. Children were a big fan of this movie and of Bournvita.
Rahul may be a cheater but he sure was responsible for GAP’s increasing popularity in India after the movie’s release.
Yakult was used to portray a character’s ethnicity. And it also introduced itself to the audience previously oblivious about the brand.
This is The One that couldn’t be left out as F.R.I.E.N.D.S. was not a movie but Rachel Green set trends that are still running, most foremost being athleisure and her outfits are still the G-Thing.
Introduction of a premium brand in a prime scene.
These brand placements could be organic or paid, but sure did manage to get the products flying off the shelves and how.


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Victims of car accidents in the New York City area can consult personal injury lawyer Nicholas Rose to understand their legal rights and options. For more than a decade, Mr. Rose has represented injured individuals in claims for compensation, often securing verdicts in the millions of dollars. He understands that the events following a car accident are traumatic and can lead to lifelong consequences, and he strives to provide tenacious yet compassionate legal representation.
Following a motor vehicle collision, victims and their families may decide to pursue compensation for the harm that they have endured. Often, personal injury cases stemming from car accidents proceed under a negligence theory of law. The victim must demonstrate that someone else acted negligently and that this negligence caused the accident in which he or she was hurt. In most ordinary situations, such as operating a vehicle, a person may be held responsible if he or she did not use the same precautions that an ordinary, reasonable person would take in similar circumstances.
To prove negligence in a personal injury lawsuit, the accident victim must show a duty of care, a breach of this duty, causation, and quantifiable damages. A driver may breach the applicable duty of care when he or she fails to yield at an intersection, texts while operating a vehicle, or otherwise engages in conduct that poses a foreseeable risk of harm to others.
A victim of a car accident must show that the defendant driver’s careless conduct caused the collision. This causation element of a negligence claim requires demonstrating that the accident likely would not have happened if the defendant driver had not breached the duty of care. It also must have been a reasonably foreseeable result of the defendant’s carelessness.
Victims who prevail in a negligence claim after a car accident may be able to pursue a broad range of damages. Economic damages refer to medical costs, lost wages, and property damage, such as vehicle repairs. Non-economic damages may include pain and suffering as well as loss of consortium. Victims of motor vehicle collisions may have both immediate expenses, such as hospital bills, and long-term costs like physical therapy needs and lost earning capacity.
Under New York law, negligence claims must be brought within three years from the date of the accident. Complying with this deadline is vital to preserving the right to compensation.
As a motor vehicle collision attorney advocating for victims in New York City and the surrounding communities, Nicholas Rose brings years of experience to his representation of clients. He can carefully explore the details of your situation and craft a strategy tailored to your needs and goals. Mr. Rose serves injured individuals throughout Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx, as well as residents of Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. Contact our office by calling (877) 313- ROSE (7673) or using our online form to set up a free consultation.

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Whether you are talking about a breakfast cereal called Corn Flakes or one called Flakes of Corn may not sound a big deal in the human world, but when it comes to exchanging information about products in the supply chain it could mean the difference between getting paid or not.
Gathering product data and maintaining it accurately in a standard format so that it can be used in electronic trade sounds like a no brainer, but product data synchronisation, as its is called, has proved a tough nut to crack.
For four years GS1, the European body responsible for bar coding and radio frequency identification (RFID), has been building up a worldwide system for swapping product data called the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN).
The GDSN, which started in August 2004, now consists of 26 local data pools covering 50 countries in which suppliers deposit information about the attributes of their wares according to strict rules. In January this year, GS1 announced it had amassed details of two million products worldwide, twice as many as a year earlier.
The data is accessed by retailers and others via a global registry that acts as a kind of telephone exchange, directing calls to the appropriate data pool. Product information – tied to the 14-digit global trade identification number (GTIN) – is used in logistics, accounting and warehouse applications.
Accurately identifying goods is vital to efficient business transactions. Cash and carry firm Makro, part of the German Metro Group, says it suffers from the fact that over three per cent of its invoices contain invalid GTINs that cause failures in its systems, at a cost of nearly €1m per year.
Makro has also been experiencing problems with missing or inaccurate product dimensions which resulted in queries on an average 500 orders per year. The company says the errors also cause problems in planning shelves and in warehouse operations.
The company has started to use data synchronisation to align supplier product data so that just one description for each item is used in the supply chain. The first step is to carry out data cleansing to eliminate errors from data already stored about products.
Although Makro has not completed the move to data synchronisation, it already sees improvements, according to Philip Steedman, the firm”s e-commerce manager. Introducing new lines used to take a week because of the time involved in gathering information and filling in forms. Now the exercise can be completed in 24 hours with the help of the GDSN.
However, both suppliers and retailers have been slow to adopt synchronisation. One of the reasons is that getting accurate data posted in the pools involves a lot of hard work. Information has to be collected from different parts of a manufacturing organisation and that can be quite labour intensive because individual products must be weighed and measured.
Another reason that suppliers have been dragging their feet is that retailers, who call the shots in such matters, have been slow to insist that they put data on the GDSN. This despite the fact that some of the leading lights in supply chain automation including Wal-Mart, Metro and Ahold are committed to synchronisation.
In the UK some 1,000 suppliers have joined the network and nine retailers including Boots, Comet and Spar. Originally, GS1 had forecast that there would be 3,000 suppliers and 300,000 products on its books in the UK by the end of 2005. The organisation admits its estimates have been over optimistic.
Significantly, Tesco, the UK”s biggest supermarket company, is not a part of the UK data pool. When GDSN was launched in 2005, Tesco”s IT director highlighted the question of data quality. Smaller and medium-sized companies, he said, had not taken steps to address the issue.
Accurate data is critical to making data synchronisation work, especially when data is used in important business documents such as orders and invoices. Often quoted research by management consultancy AT Kearney revealed some time ago that a third of data in retail catalogues contains errors.
When the company looked at invoices it discovered 60 per cent contained errors because of mistakes in the data used to draw them up. As much of 3.5 per cent of sales are lost each year due to supply chain inefficiencies, AT Kearny concluded. These glitches cost between €60 to €90 to rectify, said the consultancy.
GS1 is aware of the data quality problem. When it set up its UK operation it contracted a company called Udex to clean up errors such as spelling mistakes, bad punctuation and wrong abbreviations. Product data also suffers from multiple variations of the same product and missing or incorrect weights.
Data pools store data about a minimum 52 aspects of a product such as its weight, dimensions, GTIN and so on. The price of a product is not a compulsory part of the mix, although individual trading partners may exchange price information.
The information held in the synchronisation network has many uses. Retailers can use it to learn more about their business. One retailer has looked up information about packaging to estimate the amount of cardboard and plastic waste the company is likely to have to deal with.
Suppliers adopt data synchronisation to ensure that customers use the right GTINs and to simplify the process of informing customers about new lines. R & R Ice Cream, one of Europe”s largest ice cream makers, says data synchronisation has been a key factor in driving up service levels over the last three years. The company introduces a new product or change to an existing product each day in the fast changing ice cream business. It has to supply customers with details of up to 20 ingredients in a typical product.
R & R has used the UK data pool to provide more accurate information to customers at a lower cost. ”Because the data we deliver to customers is more accurate and they are using the correct GTINs we see fewer failures and exceptions when getting products listed in our EDI-based ordering and invoicing,” notes Bemrose.
For now GS1 is concentrating on the fast moving consumer goods that have been allocated GTINs. The EPC code that is used for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is not included. ”At the moment EPC is not part of the solution because it is not as developed (as GTIN codes),” says Besford.
However, experts point out that synchronisation is also vital to effective use of RFID. ”You can”t use RFID if data synchronisation is not 100 per cent,” says Eddy van Herbruggen, group specialist RFID at services company Zetes. ”I have no doubt it will happen, although that may be some time off.” But for now, GS1 is concentrating on persuading more retailers and suppliers of the business benefits of data synchronisation.


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Priya Prakash Varrier who rose to fame with just winking and fire gun kissing expression and she became an overnight internet sensation with millions of social media followers and several movies offer after a clip from her movie Oru Adaar Love hit the social media.
The young talented actress who rose to fame all due credits to social media. As having millions of followers on social media is flattering, but also has its own drawbacks such as being targeted or trolled.
The wink sensation is an active social media user. Currently, she is having a social media nightmare as one of her posts went viral for all wrong reasons which have been quickly deleted. If a little goof-up caught the eye of the citizens of the net it only takes a few minutes to go take screenshots.
Priya shared a picture promoting a perfume brand, the picture which should have grabbed the eyeballs of the netizens instead the caption received all the attention of the massive goof up and she again became the victim of trolling on social media.
She mistakenly copy-pasted all the instructions mail given by the brand also became every advertiser’s nightmare and every netizen had a new topic to laugh at.
The post was later corrected and posted by Varrier.
Previously Disha Patani also became the nightmare of every advertiser, after putting a promotional Instagram post for a mobile brand.
She copy-pasted the entire instruction provided to her by the brand.
Well, celebrities should put more attention while copy pasting. So that they don’t become the victim of trolling and the brands can promote their product without any negative publicity.
The post Priya Prakash Varrier Gets Trolled For Goofing Up With Copy Paste For A Brand Promotion appeared first on RVCJ Media.


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Japanese TV Special 003: "Poketto Monsutaa Kurisutaru - Raikou Kaminari no Densetsu"
Pokémon Chronicles Episode 01: "The Legend of Thunder"
Kenta, Marina, and Jun'ichi are three Pokemon Trainers who have all gone their separate ways in pursuit of their dreams. Kenta and Marina reunite one day at a Pokemon Center and decide to have a battle to see how they've grown as trainers. However, the battle is interrupted when the sky turns dark and unleashes lightning bolts on our heroes! Marina's Muuma runs off, so Marina and Kenta chase after it. When she finally catches up with the ghost pokemon, she and Kenta witness two members of the Rocket-Dan, Bashou and Buson, trying to capture the legendary pokemon Raikou! The young trainers want to help the pokemon, so they battle the two Rockets to prevent them from succeeding. After driving Bashou and Buson away, the young trainers take Raikou to a nearby Pokemon Center, where it heals the wounds it got in battle. Once the pokemon is conscious, it breaks out of the Pokemon Center and runs back to the wild. Kenta and Marina, who are eventually reunited with Jun'ichi, follow the legendary pokemon to the Rocket-Dan's "Crystal System," a device that is used to lure Raikou out of hiding. This time, the Rocket-Dan succeeds in capturing Raikou, but they also capture Marina by mistake! After the young "Idol Trainer" helps the pokemon escape, Bashou and Buson turn the ship around and begin to chase after it again. Their search brings them face-to-face with Kenta and Jun'ichi, who vow to rescue Marina and protect Raikou! Raikou fights back and frees Marina, but the Rocket-Dan still has a few tricks up its sleeve. By changing the Crystal System's settings, they are able to sap Raikou of all its strength! Our heroes band together to stop the device, and after a long and frenzied fight, the Crystal System is destroyed. As Bashou and Buson flee the area, Raikou returns to the wild where it can finally live in peace. After our heroes rest up a bit, they all go on their separate ways again, vowing not to forget the wonderful adventure they all had together.
So here I am, revisiting "The Legend of Thunder." In case you missed it, I did a comparison for the TV Special turned three-part Pokémon Chronicles episode a while ago. So why am I making another page for the special? To show the differences between the version that aired on television in the UK and the DVD version! And would you believe the DVD's even more edited than the version shown on TV?
First thing's first - all of the edits that occurred in the TV version appear on the DVD, which hasn't been released in the US yet. This page tracks the additional edits made for the DVD version, which includes extra paint edits and time cuts.
First of all, there's some general stuff to point out. The version on the DVD is re-edited to flow more like a movie, meaning all the added opening themes, recaps, and TO BE CONTINUED... edits are removed for the DVD version. They weren't there in the Japanese version, since it wasn't broken up into three parts, so this change actually makes the dub closer to the Japanese version.
Also, the faux-letterbox effect that shows up in the TV version of Part One doesn't transfer over to the DVD.
In addition, the title screen for Part Two and Part Three are taken out while the title screen for Part One is changed to read "The Legend of Thunder - The Movie" instead of "The Legend of Thunder - Part One."
Yet oddly enough, they left the text in this shot alone.
4Kids always liked to erase random text (or, in this case, scribbles) from all their other dubs, so I guess it was only a matter of time before they got around to doing it with Pokémon. Why they left it in the TV version but edited it for the DVD release is beyond me.
The final shot of Raikou in this episode (which had the TO BE CONTINUED... text added to it in the TV airing) is shortened by three seconds in the dub.
Hun: "The control unit's busted, but the crystal itself has officially switched over to auto-destruct. Tell them what that means, Atilla."
Atilla: "It's power's twice as focused now!"
There's a six-second close-up, in the TV version, of the crystal while Hun says "Which means your precious Raikou's history!" This is cut from the DVD.
The ending credits seem to have been redone for the DVD version. The animation is the same as it is in the Japanese version, as opposed to the generic Chronicles ending the TV version gets.
The only other notable thing about the credits sequence is that the DVD now credits Ikue Ohtani as the voice actress of Pikachu despite the fact that the pokemon didn't appear in this special at all.


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The character of Donald Duck has been around for more than 80 years.
Before Daisy Duck became Donald Duck’s love interest, he had a crush on another girl named Donna, who did not feel the same way about him.
Donald Duck is the mascot of the University of Oregon and appears on the school’s merchandise and apparel.
Donald Duck has a twin sister named Dumbella, although her name has been changed in various cartoon episodes.
Donald Duck is partially colorblind.
The Donald Duck character won an Oscar in 1943 for the short film Donald Duck in NutziLand; which was an anti-Natzi cartoon.
The special microphone, called the Neumann TLM-170, has been used to record Donald’s voice, due to the crazy high pitched sounds he makes.
Donald Duck is the only known major Disney character, who has a known middle name. His middle name is Fauntleroy.
Donald Duck’s license plate number is 313, demonstrating how unlucky he is.
The twin chipmunks Chip and Dale are his greatest enemies.


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On Wednesday, 1st October an eight-week campaign trail through Europe was launched to convince all governments to sign a groundbreaking treaty banning cluster bombs, in Oslo on December 3, 2008. Beginning in Belgrade, Serbia and ending at the signing ceremony in Norway, the Ban Bus will rally public support for the treaty and turn the eyes of the world on governments who are resisting putting pen to paper and curbing ending the suffering of millions.
The global ban on cluster munitions is the latest development in the field of international humanitarian law. The Convention bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions and puts obligations on countries to clear affected areas, assist victims and destroy stockpiles. It is the most significant treaty of its kind since the ban on anti-personnel landmines in 1997. Like the Mine Ban Treaty (or Ottawa Treaty), this new treaty is likely to have a powerful effect in stigmatising cluster bombs, so that even those countries that do not sign the treaty will not be able to use them without being subject to international condemnation.
The Cluster Munitions Process, also known as the Oslo Process, began in February 2007 in Oslo, Norway, with the issue of the "Oslo Declaration". In this Declaration, 46 nations committed themselves to conclude a legally binding international instrument on cluster munitions. The Oslo Process previously held meetings in Lima, Peru in May 2007 and Vienna, Austria in December 2007. The "Wellington Declaration" of 22 February 2008, resulting from a final preliminary meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, briefly set forth the principles to be included in the draft treaty. At the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions from 19 – 30 May 2008, 107 countries agreed to adopt the Convention. It will be open for signature in Oslo on December 3, 2008.


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LISA GAY HAMILTON (Lola Jansco) first worked with director Jonathan Demme in the 1998 drama Beloved with Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. Her other film credits include True Crime with Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the independents Palookaville and Drunks, Showtime's A House Divided opposite Sam Waterston, and director Campbell Scott's Hamlet, as Ophelia.
Hamilton earned an Ovation nomination for best actress for her work in Athol Fugard's Valley Song at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. That performance, in the role of Veronica, also won her an Obie Award, the Clarence Derwent Award and a Drama Desk nomination.
A graduate of the Julliard School's drama division, Hamilton has extensive theater credits including Measure by Measure at the New York Shakespeare Festival opposite Kevin Kliine and Andre Braugher.
She was also a member of the original Broadway company of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson.
She is currently a series regular on David E. Kelley's Emmy Award-winning drama The Practice.


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How Much Will CBS News Save by Cutting Staff at Tel Aviv Bureau?
Earlier this week, we wrote about heavy cuts that CBS News made to its Tel Aviv bureau shortly before the outbreak of war in Gaza.
The layoffs come at a time when just about everyone in the media is suffering from a serious downturn in advertising.
So how much money will CBS News save by reducing a once bustling bureau down to a bare-bones staff, which will henceforth consist of a bureau chief, Gaby Silon, one cameraman, one editor-technician and one researcher-producer based in the West Bank?
According to a source with knowledge of the CBS budget, in recent years, CBS News has spent roughly $4.2 to $4.3 million dollars annually on the Tel Aviv bureau. That figure represents in the ballpark of 1 percent of the entire budget for the news division.
So depending on an number of variables—how long the conflict in Gaza continues, how many freelancers CBS News has to employ throughout the year to maintain its coverage, etc.—the division probably stands to save somewhere in the range of a couple of million dollars a year.
CBS is hardly the only network looking to curtail expenses on overseas reporting. Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter‘s Paul Gough broke the news that ABC and the BBC are expanding their partnership in Iraq, allowing ABC News to reduce its day-to-day presence in the war zone.
ABC will continue to have a Baghdad bureau, though there will be fewer employees than there have been since the war began in 2003 and no full-time correspondent. ABC News will continue to have correspondents covering the war in Iraq, for larger stories like the upcoming elections as well as when the situation warrants.

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After last week’s non-starters, this week we see the release of the much talked about Varun Dhawan – Anushka Sharma starrer SUI DHAAGA – MADE IN INDIA. Set against a rustic backdrop, the film sees Varun playing a tailor and the challenges he faces. But will the film entice the audience is the question of the hour.
Reports state that SUI DHAAGA – MADE IN INDIA has opened on a sluggish note with occupancy rates during morning shows being pegged at 15%. On the other hand, the other release of this week PATAAKHA has opened to a 5% occupancy rate. As for SUI DHAAGA – MADE IN INDIA, the film, which has released across 3200 worldwide (2500 domestic + 700 overseas) and receiving positive reviews from the critics, is expected to see an increase in footfalls over evening and night shows.
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John Cleary | History of Dundalk F.C.
Bromley (Ballyfermot), CIE Ranch and Ballyfermot in the Leinster League was centre-forward John Cleary’s preparations for his League of Ireland debut with Shelbourne in the 1979-80 season. After spending two years with a Reds team rooted firmly to the bottom of the League, he moved to St Patrick’s Athletic where he spent another three fruitless years with the middle-of-the-table regulars and perennial first round Cup departees.
Tommy Connolly enticed him to Oriel Park for the 1984-85 year where he made his club debut in a friendly against Glasgow Celtic who expressed an interest in signing him but nothing came of it.
In a season that also saw club debuts for Martin Murray, Tom McNulty and Dessie Gorman the team sweated its way laboriously to the finishing line and just avoided becoming founder members of the about-to-be-inaugurated Division One.
His first Oriel Park spell was a short one, ended after one season by new manager Turlough O’Connor and John returned to St Patrick’s for another two seasons. After a couple of good years at Richmond Park he was pursued by both Jim McLaughlin (Shamrock Rovers) and Turlough O’Connor, now keen to have him back.
Turlough got his man and over the next three seasons John played a central role at Oriel Park. No longer a full-time striker, he had spells in midfield, defence and up-front, as well as becoming the club’s penalty taker, never missing one during his stay.
He was at the heart of the 1987-88 League-Cup Double action, being one of four League and Cup ever-presents—with Joey Malone, Alan O’Neill and Gino Lawless—and scoring the penalty goal that settled the Cup final against Derry City.
Early in the 1990-91 season, and at the age of 32, he got an offer he couldn’t refuse, and that Turlough O’Connor encouraged him to take, when he was invited to join Joey Malone, newly appointed manager of Galway United who already had Larry Wyse on board.
After resolving early season League problems, the Westerners confidently strode through the Cup and the ex-Dundalk trio, heroes of the 1987-88 Double winners squad, collected another FAI winner’s medal after Cup aristocrats Shamrock Rovers were overcome 1-0 in the Lansdowne Road final. Playing at centre-back, John shackled the Hoops young hotshot Vinny Arkins.
After another season at Galway, when he made his eighth appearance in European competition, he was appointed manager of St James’s Gate but that did not last long.
The following December he went Northwards, completing the season with Crusaders in the Irish League, joining fellow Southerners and ex-teammates Martin Murray, Derek Carroll and Robbie Lawlor.
He scored on his debut and dividing his time between the no 5 and no 9 shirts in almost equal measure, he played in 15 League and Cup games while collecting an Irish League runner up award after Crusaders lost the Championship to Linfield on goal difference, but celebrated their first ever qualification for the UEFA Cup.
For a further three years John mixed playing with managing, spending time as player-manager with Division One sides Kilkenny City and finally Longford Town and he also had a playing spell with Monaghan.
4 Wins: League and FAI Cup 1987-88; League Cup and Presidents Cup 1989-90.
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The first time I saw Allen Hopkins and Pat Fleming, they were dressed in tuxedos and entering, virtually side-by-side, the Grand Ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Hopkins wore a black tux and sported a neatly trimmed beard. Fleming's tux was light brown with dark brown velour lapels. Hopkins carried a black cue case under his arm. Fleming, who at the time used a one-piece cue, had his cue in a long case slung over his shoulder, with the tip end jutting above his head like a hunting bow. (It gave him a Robin Hood look.) The year was 1981, and the event was the Professional Pool Players Association World Open straight pool championship.
It's funny the things you remember all these years later.
The next time I see Hopkins and Fleming they will be entering, again virtually side-by-side, the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame. (Hopefully, Fleming has long since ditched the brown tux!) The recently elected pair will enter billiards' hallowed halls through different doors - Hopkins in the Greatest Players category, Fleming for Meritorious Service - but with similarly impressive resumes. And I suspect the memory of their inductions will stick with me as long and as clearly as that August day in 1981.
I have a special place in my billiard memory bank for Hopkins and Fleming, because they were among the game's elite when I first started with Billiards Digest. They were, along with their contemporaries Mike Sigel, Steve Mizerak, Nick Varner and Jimmy Rempe, among the smooth-stroking, tuxedo-clad stars of the day. They were also among the first players I met, and I remember being somewhat surprised by their accessibility and openness, and how readily they accepted me into the pool subculture.
Hopkins was one of the game's most versatile stars. He played all the games, and played them well. As a money player, Hopkins was both feared and fearless. He was a tournament force from the '70s right through the '90s, and won major titles in straight pool, 9-ball, 10-ball and one-pocket. He won the PPPA World Open in 1977, the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship in '77 and '81, and the Camel Tour Denver 10-Ball Open in '99. Hopkins' action reputation was that the longer the race, the better the chance he'd win. Turns out those sessions were simply a microcosm of his career.
Meanwhile, Fleming, always one of the game's analytical minds, packed away his cue in the '80s in favor of the sport's preservation. He devised a formula that statistically analyzed a player's performance at the table and assigned it a quotient. His Accu-Stats Total Performance Average became pool's equivalent of baseball's batting average, and suddenly players were boasting about the TPA they'd just posted in a match.
Soon Fleming began installing video recorders to chronicle matches (more dependable than scorekeepers, he surmised). The videos soon became sought-after by both players and fans. Thus was born Accu-Stats Video Productions. Fleming created his own niche in the game, but what he could never have imagined is that his library of taped matches has proven to be the most complete video history of the game over the past 25 years. Such contributions to a sport that has a history of neglecting its past cannot be overvalued.
Sigel, Mizerak, Varner and Rempe may have preceded Hopkins and Fleming into the BCA Hall of Fame, but their places alongside the others are no less earned, no less deserved.
The Hall of Fame did right by saving them seats at the table.


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Volkswagen’s new Southeast/Global Distribution Center is being built in Roane County.
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It is estimated that up to 9,500 indirect supplier, construction and other related jobs could be created to support Volkswagen’s facility.
Roane County has a number of available sites which range in size from 3.82 acres to 1,080 acres that may be suitable for automotive suppliers. The county also has a number of buildings available, which range in size from 2,265 square feet to nearly 1.5 million square feet, that may be suitable for automotive suppliers.
Roane County has a total labor force of more than 26,000 workers. Within a 30-mile radius of the county center, there is a workforce of more than 324,000.
An estimated 20.4 percent of the workforce in Roane County is employed in manufacturing providing a workforce with related skills. Some 50 skilled workers a year are graduating from a new and unique intensive advanced manufacturing training (AMTEC).
Roane County is located on Interstate 40 and has nine exits off the interstate. The county is also within close proximity of Interstate 75. Roane County is served by Norfolk Southern Railroad.
Roane County has three navigable rivers including the Clinch River, the Emory River, and the Tennessee River, and there are also four river terminals or barge facilities in the count.
Roane County is located within 30 minutes of UT-Knoxville. UT-Knoxville’s 11 colleges have a faculty of more than 1,400 and offer more than 300 degree programs. Colleges and schools that may be of interest to automotive suppliers include: business administration; communications and information; and engineering.
RSCC, headquartered in Harriman, has an enrollment of more than 6,200 students. It is ranked #1 among community colleges in the state and 27th in nation.
RSCC offers Associates of Arts and Associates of Applied Science degree programs, as well as technical certificates. Degree programs of interest to automotive suppliers include Associates of Science degree programs with concentrations in: business administration, chemistry, computer science, and pre-engineering.
In addition, there are Associates of Applied Science Degree programs in: business management technology (with options in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, e-commerce, general business and office administration.
The Tennessee Technology Center at Harriman provides technical instruction and skill training in eight technology programs including automotive technology, diesel powered equipment technology, industrial maintenance technology, machine tool technology, and welding technology.
Tennessee Technology Center also provides customized industry training to meet the individual and job-specific training needs of business and industry.
From a tax perspective, on the 2011 State Business Tax Climate Index, prepared by the Tax Foundation on how state tax systems compare, the state of Tennessee ranks 27th overall.
Tennessee is a right-to-work state and most foreign-owned automotive OEMs and suppliers prefer to locate in a right-to-work state where unions are not as prevalent. Roane County has a low percentage of union activity.
TVA is the largest public power provider in the United States. TVA provides reliable and competitively priced power to 56 directly served accounts and 155 power distributors that serve approximately nine million consumers in seven southeastern states. For the tenth year in a row, TVA’s transmission system delivered power to customers with 99.999% reliability.

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Last week I spoke with Vonage's Michael Tempora, Senior VP Product & Program Management about the launch of Vonage World and Visual Voicemail. The big news was "Vonage World" with unlimited calling across the world to over 60 countries, which covers 2/3 of the world's population (4.5 billion) - all for $24.99/month.
Sources have revealed that Vonage has submittd their app to Apple. Having a Vonage iPhone app combined with Vonage's World's global unlimited $24.99 plan could be a killer app that gives Vonage a shot in the arm. Imagine a SIP client on the iPhone that lets you call 60 countries - 2/3 of the world - as much as you want for just $24.99/month. Combine the large user base of iPhone users and the millions of Vonage users and what you could have is the most largely deployed WiFi VoIP phone on the planet! Forget about buying those standalone WiFi SIP or Skype phones which is another device you have to carry.
But it gets better... Vonage's current SIP client called Vonage Companion has unique technology which enables it to "share" the same SIP credentials with your ATA device connected to your home cordless phone system. Thus, you can accept an incoming call on your PC using Vonage Companion or answer the call using your regular analog phone connected to your SIP-compliant ATA. I discussed this single identity to multiple SIP devices with Vonage last year.
In a mid-2008 interview I had with Mary Grikas, Vonage's Executive Director of Device Development I asked, "What sort of technical challenges did you have having the same CallerID and the same phone number? Obviously, you are leveraging SIP and the ATA that sits at the home residence logs on with one set of SIP credentials and Vonage Companion logs on with different SIP credentials, but it's mapped on your back-end to the same phone number."
Mary responded, "That's really a great question because we actually had to put almost a whole new infrastructure in place with a lot of new equipment. And we actually have proxies that are just dedicated to Companion to handle those calls. We do differentiate between the home TA DID credential and we do have flag for Companion. That way we know, as you said on the back-end it's all mapped and then we know where the call originates. We know if a call originates from Companion versus originating from the TA." Mary continued, "That was a lot of work for our call processing team. They had to do a lot of work configuring that system and all the redundancy and mapping. It was a pretty big effort, but it's something we were committed to doing because we had such an overwhelming request from our customers to implement a feature like that.
So what does this mean for the iPhone & the Vonage app?
Well, since their single SIP identity technology is done on the back-end, you will have a Vonage iPhone app that does the same thing as Vonage Companion. Thus, you will be able to receive calls to your home phone directly on your iPhone using VoIP or of course you can answer the call on your home phone.. No more remembering to setup your home phone to call forward to your cell phone when traveling! Further, your outbound calls can use your home phone number's CallerID and use your unlimited bucket of VoIP minutes.
The real question will be if Apple allows the Vonage iPhone app to work over 3G. Don't hold your breath. They haven't allowed a single "official" VoIP app to work over 3G. Actually, I just remembered siphon for the iPhone allows you to turn on VoIP over 3G & Edge in the Settings screen in the app. How did that get past the Apple censors? Though, I only got siphone to work 1 time over 3G. Must be AT&T blocking port 5060 on their network.
Update: I just tried siphon in California at ITEXPO and then back here in Connecticut and siphon worked both times over AT&T's 3G data network. Maybe was just a hiccup that one time I was trying it and siphon didn't work. I can now make & receive VoIP calls over the 3G data connection through my corporate PBX. I don't get it though -- why is Apple allowing a 100% standard SIP client to run on the iPhone while limiting other VoIP clients (such as Skype - or even other SIP clients such as fring or Nimbuzz) to just WiFi?
I'll see if I can get Vonage to commit to a tentative date. So stay tuned for the launch of the Vonage iPhone app.
Finally somebody gets it....the functionality of Vonage Companion on a portable device is THE killer wireless voice app. The analytical community lost interest in Vonage well before the company released Companion, so it's almost a secret except to Vonage subscribers who use it. One number for the folks back home AND the road warrior--at the same time. A win-win-win for Vonage, Apple, and ATT----or for Vonage and whatever wireless carrier is smart enough to lever VG's subscriber base and technology.
There is no way that Apple will make an exception for Vonage and allow VoIPo3G. If they do, it will open the door for a lot of complaints from the likes of Truphone, Fring, Skype and... Google. Without 3G, I don't really see the use as WiFi is nice and well, but just not suited to be always on and connected. It also is plagued by handoff issues which pretty much nails you down to one spot during the call.
Also, I wonder how (and if) Apple's Push Notification service works with incoming calls. If it can't be used for that I don't see this going anywhere even with 3G support because without multitasking the client can't be used both both ways whenever it's not running then. Given that others have figured remote notifications out though (see Intel RWT) I guess being able to use 3G is the biggest issue.
Vonage Companion on the iPhone, even just with WiFi, is the KILLER app for me.
However, having used Vonage Companion extensively on my laptop while traveling, it's just not as clear and reliable as using the home router.
"Visible Voicemail" app in the App Store does the following 2 items and works 100% over 3G or Edge or WiFi.
So, Vonage Mobile has been launched. Doesn't integrate with your existing Vonage World account. FAIL. Back to the drawing board Vonage.
What in the world? I just phoned Vonage, thinking that this new Vonage Mobile application would allow me to use my iPhone as a Vonage headset (around the house or perhaps even remotely if I had an internet connection). Nope. It ONLY does international phone calls and is totally separate and not integrated with the Vonage Home service at all.
Well, that's worthless to me.
Though it is not integrated with the existing service, it's still a great service to customers.
You can make FREE calls to anywhere in the US and Canada using your iPhone number in WiFi coverage. I just begin to worry how Vonage can make money on this kind of usage.
Vonage Mobile enables iPhone users to make FREE domestic calls even when you are out of country!
This Vonage app is TOTALLY WORTHLESS. After months of waiting and anticipation, it was a total let-down to find out that this was only for international calling and separate from home service. This could have been a great app and value-add for Vonage customers. Instead they stuck it to us. I won't use this service, period. I'm also tempted to cancel my Vonage home service. If I can manage to get Google Voice and Gizmo5 setup on a VOIP adapter like SUNROCKET, I'll be ditching Vonage immediately.


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Noted Catholic inspirational speaker Greg Wasinski shared some thoughts with AM 1260 The Rock business members and advertisers at the second AM 1260 The Rock Business Member Networking Breakfast on Tuesday, June 19th. The event, hosted by Cornerstone of Hope in Independence, allowed Catholic business leaders to network, share some fellowship, and gain insights into living our lives in the image of Christ within the day-to-day demands of their business life.
If you are a Catholic business owner and would like to have a presence on Catholic radio, click on business support for information on becoming a business member and for our commercial advertising rates. We would love to include you among the many businesses who are making new connections with their messages on AM 1260 The Rock.

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– an Article by Saad and Ray Dinno in Baystate Magazine.
Keyes Drug is a prescription pharmacy that is committed to providing the highest quality of care for each customer. A family-owned business, Keyes Drug is owned by brothers and pharmacists Raied and Saad Dinno. Their father, Ramzi Dinno, who is also a pharmacist, bought the drugstore in 1985 and since then the family has focused on superior customer service, including free delivery in the Newton area.
Keyes Drug offers prescriptions, compounded medications and other specialty items such as Baby Ease™, our own natural diaper rash ointment formulated to prevent and heal mild or severe cases of diaper rash. Our pharmacists – some of whom have worked at Keyes for decades – are passionate about providing individualized care to each customer, including one-on-one counseling for prescriptions and health issues, and care coordination to ensure that prescriptions are authorized and expedited. We listen to and care about our patients’ concerns and tailor all of our compounded medications to the needs of each individual. We also work very closely with physicians and other health care providers to determine the best possible therapy for our patients.
Keyes Drug works collaboratively with physicians and health care providers to provide compounded medications for patients who have unique health needs that off-the-shelf, manufactured medications cannot meet.
Ramzi Dinno is a registered pharmacist, who bought Keyes Drug in 1985. His sons Raied and Saad are co-owners of Dinno Health.
Saad Dinno is a registered pharmacist and co-owner of Acton Pharmacy, Keyes Drug and West Concord Pharmacy with his brother Raied Dinno.
Raied Dinno is a registered pharmacist and co-owner of Acton Pharmacy, Keyes Drug and West Concord Pharmacy with his brother, Saad Dinno.
Ruth has been a pharmacist at Keyes Drug since 1998. Ruth received her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Northeastern University.
Frank joined the Keyes Drug staff in 2013 as a registered pharmacist. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from MCPHS University.
Maryana joined the Keyes Drug staff in 2013 as a registered pharmacist. She received her PharmD degree from MCPHS University.
Beth Gardner, MS,LE is a Certified Lifestyle Educator and Director of Health and Wellness at Acton Pharmacy, Keyes Drug and West Concord Pharmacy.
Special thanks to the staff of Keyes Pharmacy and Acton Pharmacy! You went out of your way to help me with my son’s medication and dealing with the insurance company. The staff with whom I dealt with were polite, caring, and pleasant. It is so rare to find such excellence customer service. Thank you!
Best pharmacy – super caring staff, personalized, knowledgeable service, excellent selection of durable medical equipment items (& can always order, if what need isn’t in stock), some less expensive but still qualitative brands, and interesting vitamin supplement options. After becoming a customer here, you’ll never want to settle & use chain pharmacies for your prescription needs.
I can’t say enough about the wonderful customer service at Keyes. Our son’s prescription is not covered by our insurance and a very sweet pharmacist at our local CVS recommended we check with Keyes to see if it’s less expensive. Sure enough, it’s $30 less and they mail it to our house! Every time I have called they are a pleasure to deal with. I would recommend them to anyone.
Great service, very quick with refills as well as getting any medication to you whenever you need it. Staff is very knowledgeable and friendly.
Babyease is awesome for diaper rash.
Thanks for 26 years of amazing personal and professional top notch service. Awesome employees that go above and beyond to satisfy their customers. Thanks again!
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Q1. When is the site open?
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday - Sunday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Check our Bulletin Board for information on closures.
Q2. How much does it cost to visit the Canadian National Vimy Memorial or Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial?
Access to both sites and their activities are free of charge.
Q3. What is the best time of day to visit?
We recommend that visitors to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial or Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial plan to arrive early to ensure you have plenty of time to explore. This is particularly important if you are travelling with large groups or visiting during peak times (March-June and September-November).
Q4. How much time should I plan for my visit?
Visitors to the Canadian National Vimy Memorial should plan to be at the site for a minimum of 90 minutes if they wish to visit the monument, the cemeteries and the Visitor Education Centre. Guided tours of the preserved trench and tunnel system are 30-minutes long (see below for more information).
A visit to the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, including trenches, cemeteries and the Visitor Education Centre can be completed in approximately 90 minutes (see below for information on site tours).
Q5. Do you offer guided tours?
Canadian National Vimy Memorial - Exploration of the Vimy Memorial, cemeteries and the Visitor Education Centre is self-guided. Self-guided tour brochures are available in our Visitor Education Centre.
Regular tours of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial’s preserved trench and tunnel system are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours last 30 minutes and begin every half hour on the hour from opening until 30 minutes before close. Because the frequency of tours and the language in which they are given is adjusted daily depending on demand, those wishing to visit the tunnels should begin their visit to the site at the Visitor Education Centre where one of our guides will be happy to share information on daily tour schedules. Please plan to arrive early in the day as our tours fill up quickly. Once you have signed up for a tunnel tour, you will be given a meeting time around which you can plan the rest of your visit.
All visitors should consult our Bulletin Board for the latest information on upcoming events and current site restrictions.
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial - Canadian student guides offer regular tours of the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial site on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours are approximately 45-minutes long and generally begin every hour on the hour.
Q6. Can I make a reservation in advance?
All interpretive services are provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. We do not accept reservations.
Q7. Are food and washroom facilities available?
Picnic areas and washrooms are available at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial. Additionally, a limited selection of snacks and beverages can be found in vending machines located at the Visitor Education Centre.
Picnic areas and washrooms are also available at the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial, however, there are no food services or vending machines at this site.
It is highly recommended that those planning to visit either site for an extended period or over meal times pack adequate food and water. Read more about how to prepare for your visit in our Tips for Visiting Overseas Memorials.
Q8. Do you have wireless internet (WIFI) connectivity?
WIFI is not currently available at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial or the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial.
Q9. May I bring my dog?
Only assistance and guide dogs are permitted at Government of Canada memorial sites. Animals may not be left unattended in parked cars under any circumstances.
Q10. I am a member of the media. Who do I contact?
Members of the media wishing to arrange an interview or to obtain permission to film on-site should contact us at vac.vimy.acc@canada.ca or vac.beaumonthamel.acc@canada.ca.
Q11. Where can I find more information on events marking the First World War centennial and/or events marking the 100th anniversary of important battles?
Visit the World Wars Commemorations page for information on upcoming anniversaries, including videos and learning modules.
Q12. Will any special events or ceremonies be taking place during my visit?
Information on events taking place at overseas Canadian cemeteries and memorials can be found on our Bulletin Board and Calendar of Events.
Q13. Am I allowed to organize an event, play the bagpipes, perform the Last Post or sing a commemorative song?
We would be pleased to discuss your planned activity with you in more detail. Generally, acceptable behavior at commemorative sites is quite broad as long as it doesn't disturb other visitors' experience. This means that all areas of the site must remain accessible, performances should be short and the activity should reflect a respectful and appropriate form of commemoration.
For more information, please contact us at vac.vimy.acc@canada.ca or vac.beaumonthamel.acc@canada.ca.
Q14. Can I take photos at the site?
Yes, you can take photos—in fact, we want you to! One of the best ways to honour Canada's fallen is to share your experience of visiting our memorials and cemeteries with your friends and families on social media. We ask that you be smart and respectful in choosing appropriate photos and selfies however, and that you ask other visitors for permission before taking photos in which they will be easily identifiable.
Also note that commercial photographers and media must receive advanced permission to film or take photographs. Wedding and fashion photography are not permitted at Canadian commemorative sites.
Q15. I will be visiting France, can you recommend a place to stay, make arrangements for me to get to the site or help me plan my route?
Employees of Veterans Affairs Canada are unable to provide trip planning assistance or advice/recommendations regarding transportation or accommodations. We recommend you contact a tour provider, a travel agency or consult tourism websites for the area you will be visiting. For additional information and helpful links, please consult our Planning Your Trip and Tips for Visiting Overseas Memorials pages.
Q16. Where can I find out more about other monuments or attractions near where I am staying?
Information on where to find overseas Canadian memorials and cemeteries can be found on our interactive map. For details on additional sites of interest, we recommend consulting tourism websites for the area you will be visiting. For additional information and helpful links, please consult our Planning Your Trip and Tips for Visiting Overseas Memorials pages.
Q17. I would like to follow the path of a relative or friend. Can you help me access information on where he/she served?
Veterans Affairs Canada does not have access to archives or databases containing information on any individual's war time experiences. If you are interested in tracing the path of an individual or regiment, you will need to begin your research well in advance of your trip. Accessing service records, attestation papers and regimental diaries takes time and may require formal access to information requests and associated wait times.

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Crystals can absorb energy from you and the environment around them. This energy may be positive or negative, but over time the negative energy can build up, interfering with the effectiveness of your crystal. Cleansing may be particularly important if you have used crystals for healing or when in a negative state of mind. You don’t need to wait for a full moon, there are many ways to cleanse your crystals.
Using crystals during meditation, takes things to the next level. Crystals can help in deepening your consciousness, intuition, awareness and insight.
Time to freshen up your home with an uplifting and energising space clearing ritual.
Do you shudder when you hear the words Mercury Retrograde? Maybe you have heard about it, but aren't quite sure what it all means?
Crystals have the ability absorb and hold unique energies, both positive and negative. So its important to cleanse them often and the Full Moon is the perfect time to do this. When we say "cleanse" in this context, it's on a energetic level, not just cleaning the dust off them. Many people believe that the Full Moon can clear a crystal's energy and recharge the positive energies it holds.
The New Moon is all about rebirth, renewal and clearing away the old, to make room for the new. So now is a wonderful time to harness that energy by setting some intentions for the month ahead, by doing a crystal grid.


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Please note that applications for this program have closed as of March 25 2019. All mentor applications will be processed in late March / early April and applicants will be notified of the outcome on April 8 2019.
Applications forms sent out to VIC ABP alumni (February 19). Applications open until March 25. For any questions, please contact ABP Alumni & Stakeholder Relations Coordinator Simon Elchlepp.
Matching mentors and mentees (late March).
Confirmation emails of successful and unsuccessful matches are sent out to mentors and mentees (first half of April).
Opening event and workshop with mentors and mentees (first week of May).
Program runs until the end of semester 2 (October 28); mentors and mentees meet at least three times; both parties receive handouts and email reminders to help structure meetings.
Closing celebration with mentors and mentees (October 10).


text: Brief Description: The Glynneath Golf Club is located within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The views of the mountains and vales surrounding this course are splendid. The course provides many challenges. This course is suggested to be a hilly course, however it is reasonably flat with some moderate slopes.


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Our Vision is to inspire a love of learning and discover how to make a difference in our world.
We aim to be a kind, caring community built on Christian values of love and respect.
Where everyone is proud of themselves and proud of the school.
We aim for our learners to be able to show and live these values in everything they do.