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Johannesburg - The City of Joburg spends more money running the mayor's office than its emergency services.
The city's budget for 2014/15 – the financial year which started this week – provided R719 million to run the Joburg Emergency Management Services (JEMS). In comparison, the city will spend R1.2 billion running the mayor's office.
The eight municipal votes with the biggest operating budgets are, from the biggest: City Power, Johannesburg Water, group finance, Joburg Metro Police Department, Pikitup, municipal entities' accounts, the mayor's office and the transport department. Each of those votes spends more than R1bn.
EMS is 13th on the list in terms of size of the operating budget.
The capital budget for each vote was added to those operating budgets.
Last year's EMS capital budget was originally R70m, later boosted to R145m, while this year's is R103m. The mayor's office capital budget this year is R113m.
Joburg spokesman Nthatisi Modingoane said the mayor's office included a range of work.
"The budget for the mayor's office takes into account group audit, risk and compliance, group strategy, policy, monitoring and evaluation, citizen relations and urban management, group legal and contracts, group marketing and communications, group governance and mayoral committee support, and the office of the executive mayor," Modingoane explained.
"The bulk of the allocation to the office of the mayor relates to the citizen relations and urban management for the implementation of citywide ward-based interventions. And improved citizen relations to ensure prompt response to service-delivery requirements as they arise."
The mayor's office capital spending budget includes R50m a year for the next three years for ward-based planning interventions.
How EMS will spend its money
Emergency services' capital budget for 2014/15. The list of projects includes:
* R30m over three years to replace ambulance equipment;
* R20m for the renewal of central fire station in Marshalltown;
* R11.2m to fix the Protea Glen fire station;
* R11.2m for upgrading communication systems;
* R7m for the Martindale depot wash bay;
* R6m for fire and rescue medical equipment tracking system;
* R5.2m for CCTV cameras;
* R5m for rescue equipment, including the jaws of life, rebreathers for the Gautrain and air lifting equipment;
* R5m for generators;
* R5m for software; and
* R1.4m for protective gear for 150 firefighters.
Spending for next year includes R20m for the Alexandra fire station.
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The act of Raja Yoga meditation for at least 15 minutes in the early morning will have a positive effect during the entire day.
Upon waking have the thought; I am a peaceful soul, my aim today is to radiate peace to every person that I come into contact with.
Raja Yoga Meditation philosophy
The basis for attaining an experience in raja yoga meditation in to understand the self and the mind. The human mind is the most creative, powerful and wonderful "instrument" we possess. Using this energy called mind we have been able to search the deepest oceans, send humans to the moon and scan the molecular fabric of the building blocks of nature. But have we found our true self? We have become the most educated and civilized society in our history, but are we civil towards each other?
The soul has three main faculties; the mind or consciousness, the intellect and the subconscious.
Thoughts flow from the sub conscious mind to the conscious mind. Feelings and emotions form in accordance with the montage of thoughts flowing in the mind. Therefore our state of mind at any given moment is determined by the thoughts in our consciousness, and also with the feelings that we associate with those thoughts. Since our sub consciousness contains all our previous thoughts and experiences, it is necessary to selectively control the flow of thoughts that emerges from the sub conscious mind.
The intellect is the controller which is used to discriminate so that only positive and benevolent thoughts flow into our mind. With meditation or deep contemplation, the individual is able to strengthen and sharpen the intellect. The end result is a constant state of well being. If we are able to understand the self as the source of energy that creates our feelings, then the following will become our aims.
Become aware of our state of mind and of the thoughts that flows into the mind from our subconscious. Strengthen the intellect so that the individual can discriminate and thereby only allow positive and peaceful thoughts to flow into the mind.
Through this process of self development the individual develops more control over the mind.

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Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Season 1
If you have been following me since my debut, you would know that Jojo's Bizzare Adventure is one of my favorite series ever. Stardust Crusaders was part of Top 5 of 2015 series, while Diamond is Unbreakable was part of my Top 5 series of 2016, as well as my favorite Jojo part. Additionally, I also had the opportunity to review the first volume of Stardust Crusaders which you can find here. While the series has been available in English since last year via Adult Swim, we just recently got the Blu-Ray set which in packaged in an amazing looking box.
The Blu-ray set only includes season one, which covers both the Phantom Blood arc, featuring Jonathan Joestar, and Battle Tendency, featuring his grandson Joseph Joestar. Let's get straight to the point. While we all enjoyed Phantom Blood because it's the foundation of one of the greatest Shonen series of all time, a lot of the fandom puts it in the bottom of their list list, including myself. Battle Tendency is also in the bottom for me alongside Vento Aureo, though Giorno is best Jojo, but I digress.... read more


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How a child learns is very closely related to his or her personality. In addition, how a person teaches is also personality related. One's likes and dislikes can affect how he or she processes information.
Knowing that all people learn differently has caused educators to begin paying closer attention to both learning styles of the students and the teaching styles of the teachers.
Administrators and supervisors encourage and praise various types of teaching styles used in a single classroom setting. The more types of teaching styles that are used means the more students that are being reached. Educators also try to match learning and teaching styles when placing students into classrooms.
In many cases a child is thought to be acting out or misbehaving due to lack of control or discipline. Often, the child's personality does not match the teaching style. Once the teacher recognizes and reaches the child's preferred learning style, more desired behaviors occur.
When parents and teachers understand and identify the personality type of a child, they can work more closely together. Lesson plans can be adjusted to better fit the needs of the child.
Knowing the personalities types of both the educator and the learner can be very beneficial. One instrument has been useful in determining personality and learning preferences. The Myers-Briggs Type Indictor (MBTI) was designed to determine how one thinks, feels, and learns.
The test was first used with high school and college students. In addition, it can also give a lot of information on adult personalities.
In the next few articles, I will describe each of the personality types described by Myers and Briggs. I will then discuss an ideal learning setting for a student with each specified learning type.
It is my hopes that you will determine the personality type of your child. You can then use the information when meeting or requesting, if you choose to do so, your child's next teacher.
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PORT RICHEY — Authorities have released the names of those involved in a fatal four-vehicle pileup on Ridge Road near Galen Wilson Boulevard about 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.
The collision killed Ruben Q. Echevarria, 59, of Port Richey.
Echevarria's yellow 2007 Chevrolet pickup was hit from behind by a 1998 Mack dump truck driven by Daniel H. Arends, 49, of New Port Richey, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The pickup plowed into a 1996 black Ford Mustang driven by Darynn J. Magee, 24, of New Port Richey, and the Mustang then crashed into a 2007 black Saturn sport utility vehicle driven by John C. Shelak, 62, of New Port Richey.
The dump truck ended up on top of the yellow pickup, a report states.
All involved in the crash wore seat belts, authorities said.
Arends, the dump truck driver, sustained minor injuries and was taken to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point.
Magee, the Mustang driver, sustained serious injuries. The name of the hospital he was transported to was not available.
Shelak, the SUV driver, sustained minor injuries and does not appear to have been taken to a hospital.
His passenger, Bonnie-Jean Shelak, 59, of New Port Richey, sustained serious injuries and was transported to Morton Plant North Bay Hospital.
Authorities said the pickup, Mustang and SUV were stopped for traffic and Arends failed to slow or stop — plowing into the pickup and causing the crash, a report states. All four cars were headed east on Ridge Road at the time of the accident.


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Because of the possibility of mis-hearing and the difficulty, in some cases, of identifying individual speakers, the BBC cannot vouch for its accuracy.
On Politics Show, Sunday 12 February 2006, Jon Sopel interviewed:
Interview with Charles Clarke MP
JON SOPEL: Earlier I spoke to Charles Clarke from the Labour conference at Blackpool, and I asked him if the concessions he'd had to agree on ID cards had improved the legislation?
CHARLES CLARKE: In many respect yes.
The first question on cost, which was the concern the Lords had, Frank Dobson, my colleague, reflecting I think the concerns of many parliamentarians, wanted a more regular report on costs to the House of Commons. I think that's beneficial.
He's making a proposal to that effect, we'll support it.
On the question of the mechanism, by which the voluntary scheme becomes compulsory, we have proposed, what's called the so-called super affirmative resolution, of a vote in both Houses of Parliament, Commons and Lords, which give obviously the Lords a veto on that stage. The proposal that's been made by the Lords, and we've accepted and put forward, is that we go to do it via primary legislation; I think that's superior in many respects.
On the final proposal from the Lords, to do with designated cards, we're opposed to that; we don't think it's the right way to go.
JON SOPEL: But for you, I'm right in saying that an ID card scheme has to have compulsion at its core. Is that correct?
CHARLES CLARKE: Correct. That's why that runs right through the Bill. We've said we'd get to compulsion by a series of phased stages, for example, our issuing the ID card together with the passport, and we get to that point and we've always said, it was in the initial legislation the, the final point, where it went absolutely compulsory in some years time, that would be a case of parliamentary decision.
We'd originally proposed that it be by a positive vote in both the Commons and the Lords, at that time, some years ahead. The view that's come from the Lords and from many of my side, which we've listened to, is that it would be better to do it by primary legislation.
JON SOPEL: But it's possible then that as a result of their being this fresh legislation to enforce compulsion, if that's rejected, you'll have spent billions of pounds to set up a voluntary scheme, which in your view, would be meaningless.
CHARLES CLARKE: Well that was the case with the previous arrangements as well. It required a super-affirmative vote in both Commons and Lords to do that and precisely what you've described could have happened then. I think it's actually rather less likely to happen with the proposals for primary legislating, than giving a veto to the Lords. But in fact I think by the time we get to that date, the card will be so wide-spread, and I think so popular in this country, that it will in fact be an automatic and welcome step to make it compulsory.
JON SOPEL: In this week of key votes, let's just talk about the terrorism legislation. Can I ask you, which banner that was carried the other Friday in London would have been covered by glorification of terrorism, but would have been untouchable by the battery of laws that exist already.
CHARLES CLARKE: I haven't examined every banner, with - for the exact wording, but what is the case, is that glorification, a word by the way set out in the United Nations Security Council Resolution last September, supported by the whole of the Security Council, and by the way the basis of consultation throughout the UN system, for a common definition of terrorism, that word 'glorification', gives a greater capacity to stop those who seek to incite terrorism, than other language. That's why we're using it, it's the United Nations word, and we think it's the right way to go.
JON SOPEL: Let me just read you what David Cameron has said - many of those people carrying those placards were clearly inciting violence, or inciting hatred, and that's against the law. It doesn't need any new glorification laws. The things they're inciting people to do are against the law today.
CHARLES CLARKE: Well in fairness to David Cameron, throughout this whole legislative process, he's been trying to weaken down the legislative changes. He did it on religious hatred, he's done it in relation to the Law that we're currently considering on terrorism. He does it in relation to ID cards. At each choice, he wants to weaken the legislative power to stop people inciting hatred, glorifying terrorism. Now that's a matter for him. I don't think many voters in the country will support that and I think the Conservatives need to reconsider the position.
The simple choice we have to make is do we seek to strengthen
JON SOPEL: Well hang on a minute.
CHARLES CLARKE: ... our legislative arrangement.
JON SOPEL: It's not just the Tories. I mean there are plenty of Labour MPs who are unhappy about your legislation. We've just heard Lynne Jones saying, to suggest that people like myself and other Labour rebels, other Members of Parliament, whatever their party, are weak on terrorism, is really playing Jah Boo politics, and ignoring the important issues.
CHARLES CLARKE: The important issue, exactly as she says, is what would have the greatest impact on reducing the threat we face from terrorism. I think there's little doubt actually that to strengthen the legislation in the way we suggest, to make illegal, the glorification of terrorism, is the right way to go and we'll do that more effectively than not to do so. In fact, if Lynne Jones and the Conservatives were to have their way, the message that would be sent would be that the glorification of terrorism, was somehow acceptable. I don't think it is.
And I think most of the country, very clearly supports that position. Now there are people in Parliament, the Conservatives most of all, but also the Liberal Democrats, there are also one or two on my own side of the House, who think that it's more important to defeat the Government on this question, than to look at the actual impact of the legislation. I think they're wrong.
JON SOPEL: Let's just look at the wider politics of all of this. Do you think Tony Blair is finding life pretty frustrating at the moment. Last October, he said that with every reform that he'd introduced, he wishes he'd gone further. Now he's got these knife edge votes on the terror bill, ID cards coming up. He's also had to delay the Education Bill
CHARLES CLARKE: Well on every Bill I've taken through Parliament, and I've taken through many, there have been what you call concessions and amendments to deal with parliamentary opinion, that's one of the strengths of our democracy. And that applies on the ID cards but in the Terrorism Bill too, and I'm sure that's part of the process in relation to the Education Bill. But in answer to your actual question, I don't think the Prime Minister is finding life frustrating at all - at the moment.
I think he feels, and rightly so, that there's a major programme of reform, certainly in my own area in the Home Office, but also in Education as you say, and Health as you say, and Incapacity Benefit, as you say, which is changing the country for the better. He feels that's moving it forward in a very positive way. I certainly do as well. And I don't think it's a frustrating experience at all. What is the truth, is that on each of these pieces of legislation, it's necessary to debate and consider them properly, which is why we have a parliamentary democracy.
JON SOPEL: But maybe the reforms aren't going through in the way he wants because he has lost authority because everyone knows that he's going to go, sooner rather than later maybe.
CHARLES CLARKE: I actually think that's a ridiculous position. I know it's widely held and some commentators and pundits believe it. But I think it's absolutely not true. The authority the Prime Minister holds, is from the power of this ideas, his policies, his approach, in this case, the area you're asking me about - in the area of reform, and the stronger that idea is, that lead is, the better it will go through the country and be agreed.
I think there's not sense of not moving forward. The idea that we have a beached Prime Minister, who's not bringing forward change and proposals for change is demonstrably false.
You've just given yourself a long list of areas where the Prime Minister is proposing change, which I hope the country will agree.
JON SOPEL: You said the Prime Minister's authority hasn't been eroded. Would Gordon Brown be in a stronger position politically if indeed it is him, who succeeds Tony Blair at some point in the future, if he's come to power via a leadership contest.
CHARLES CLARKE: That depends on the circumstances of time. I don't think I, I don't have any fixed view as to whether a leadership contest is in principle a good thing or a bad thing. Er, it's it not - it depends entirely on the circumstances. We've seen elections where there's not been a leadership contest, for example, the election of Michael Howard and elections where there has been a leadership contest, the election of David Cameron. Same is true for the Liberal Democrats, the same is true for us. There's a choice at each juncture.
JON SOPEL: But I just ...
CHARLES CLARKE: I don't myself think, I don't myself have the view Jon that it's good or bad to have a leadership contest, it depends entirely on the circumstances of the time.
JON SOPEL: I just wondered whether the problems that Tony Blair is facing now will be even more magnified, if people have not had a chance to elect the new leader of the Labour party.
CHARLES CLARKE: Well, that's a perfectly reasonable position, for what it's worth, I'd be very surprised if there weren't a leadership contest - I think there are forces within the Party, you mentioned Lynne Jones earlier on, and others, who are likely to promote a Leadership contest in whatever circumstances, so I think actually, a Leadership contest is likely if you ask my political judgement. You were asking me before, did I think it was as good thing, and I said I didn't have a view on that.
That depends on the political circumstances at the time. There are those who believe in the clarifying circumstances of a Leadership contest, others who believe it can be a distraction, it depends on the nature of the Leadership contest and how its conducted. You look at the Deputy Leadership contest in the Labour Party in 1981, about which you've written, and you have a model of a Leadership Contest in that case the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party, which was one of the most destructive things in the history of British politics. It depends entirely on the circumstances of the time.
JON SOPEL: Has Gordon Brown been damaged by the Dunfermline by-election, after all, he invested a huge amount of energy in to it and this is after all his own back yard.
CHARLES CLARKE: I don't think he personally has been damaged. I think the fact that the Labour Party, the Labour Government has been weakened, because it was not a good result and of course we then have to think why it happened and how it happen.
JON SOPEL: Okay, but a lot of people have questioned, what is Gordon Brown's appeal to middle England, and as a result of Dunfermline, people are starting to say, well what his appeal to middle Scotland as well.
CHARLES CLARKE: Well I think you should look at the record of the Chancellor during this government. You look at interest rates and mortgages; you look at the issues about unemployment, youth unemployment, the policies there. You look at the minimum wage, which also has an impact in Middle England as you call it. There's a whole range of economic changes, stables mortgages, and so on, which are credit to way he's led the country economically.
And I think when people come to consider the choices at the next General Election, er, they will look at that very carefully, and they'll ask themselves, in the case of David Cameron, whether the kind of boom bust policies that he wants to return to, are the right way for the stability of the country. Gordon has an outstanding record for middle England, as indeed for the rest of the country.
JON SOPEL: Charles Clarke, thank you very much.
CHARLES CLARKE: Thank you.
End of interview
Interview with David Davis MP
JON SOPEL: I' m joined now by the Conservative Shadow Home Affairs Secretary, David Davis. David Davis, welcome to The Politics Show.
DAVID DAVIS: Hi.
JON SOPEL: We heard Charles Clarke there saying, at each choice, David Cameron wants to weaken the legislative power to stop people inciting hatred, glorifying terrorism, and frankly, he says, that the people in the country will not support that.
DAVID DAVIS: Well that's simply not true I mean 'weakens' is entirely the wrong word. I mean take glorification. Glorification is a very woolly word.
I mean Charles Clarke says well it came from the UN, actually one of the critics of this er, policy is the UN High Commissioner on Refugees, himself ; so it's not got any particular UN locus. In truth it's very vague. I mean you could, you could theoretically lock people up for singing Irish songs or for, or for talking about how good Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress is and so on.
Because in the past there have been what might be described as terrorist events, in their history. What we have done in the Lords, along with almost every other party by the way, is create an offence which is indirect incitement to terrorism; in other words, if you say something which will lead the listener to think it's a good idea to emulate a terrorist, that is a crime. It's very very specific. And so on the one hand ... (interjection)
JON SOPEL: But what about those placards that we saw in that demonstration the other Friday, ten days ago. I mean there was glorification of terrorism there.
DAVID DAVIS: Well there was actually, incitement to violence, right across them. I mean when you talk about incitement murder in fact. If you talk about beheading people or massacring people, or annihilating people, and it was very interesting actually, it's a very good example of what's wrong about the way the government addresses all of this. That and Abu Hanza, because this government always talks about new laws but doesn't use the laws it has.
Last weekend, on Friday and Saturday, Labour Ministers were sort of turning a blind eye to that demonstration. People were getting quite angry about it. On the Sunday, I was quoted in the Telegraph saying, Somebody had to be prosecuted for this, because this was er, an incitement to murder, and by Monday, they'd sort of caught up, and said, oh yes, we're going to have to do something about it. Nothing's happened yet. ... do something about it. Similarly, Abu Hamza. They've had any number of laws to prosecute Hamza. It took seven years to do it. When they eventually convicted him on eleven different counts, six of them were the 1861 law, four of them were 1986 law and only one of them was a Counter Terrorist law.
JON SOPEL: Look, let's just talk about the other issue, identity cards that's up this week. In the past fourteen or fifteen months or so, the Tories have been against identify cards, have been for identity cards, you're now back against identity cards - to use the phrase of the vogue phrase of the moment, you do seem to have flip-flopped on this issue rather a lot.
DAVID DAVIS: Well, if you read, if you read all my speeches through this, you can see very clearly at the beginning of ... (interjection)
JON SOPEL: I said, very advisedly, the Tory Party.
DAVID DAVIS: Let me just tell you, let me just take you through what I said. I mean at the beginning, and I've been the Shadow Home Secretary from the be (fluffs), with the previous leader and the current one. I said there are five tests. Basically, the big tests - there are civil liberties tests, there's test of competence, there is a test of money, test of technology and so on.
This thing is going to cost between twelve and eighteen, nineteen billion pounds. For that, you could double the size of the security services. You could have a whole new border control system. You could have vastly more police, about 50% more police. All of which would do more to improve the security of the state and the citizen, than the identity card scheme. The scheme itself is technologically flawed; it's not going to work very well. And now we're hearing, actually for the first time to-day, from Charles Clarke, they're now accepting it's compulsory from the beginning. Up until now, they've been saying, well it's voluntary until it comes back.
He actually said, it's going to be partially for anybody who has a passport or has to get a new driving licence, they're going to have to pay probably hundreds of pounds in order to get a new document, because their name then has to go on the national identity register. It's compulsory from the beginning. It's been an act of self-deception by the Labour Party this exercise. And it's going to be a very very bad policy. It's not going to help security, it's going to cost a fortune and take money away from things that could help security.
JON SOPEL: We've heard Gordon Brown this morning talking about - that since July 7th, there have been three attacks that have been thwarted. Were you aware of this, and if you were aware of it, doesn't it make your opposition to the government proposals, more incomprehensible.
DAVID DAVIS: No. I mean yes, I was aware is the answer. I mean all of them have been thwarted quite early on, in the procedure, they weren't imminent, as far as I'm aware, if they're the ones I'm aware of. But you know, when we've been making these arguments before, we knew that we were a target for attack, we've known this all along, for years.
Indeed, we actually made preparations in the run up to the General Election because I was expecting the July 7th, more likely to come during the General Election campaign, as it happened in Madrid. But the point about this is the Tory Party, are the hard nose defenders both of freedom and security. What we're getting from the government is sort of incompetent authoritarianism, they don't use their current powers, they don't use the powers that are there. They're not firm enough, not as firm as they need to be, and they try and cover this up by a whole new series of laws.
And I have to say, I do wonder a little about the propriety that every single time we have a piece of legislation come before the House of Commons, we hear some new story about what's been going on the terrorist front. I mean if it's true, I don't deny that it happened. But I just think it's rather odd that politicians start talking about operational matters at this time.
JON SOPEL: Labour seem to have settled their attack on David Cameron, that he's a bit of a PR man, a chameleon, that was pretty much your line of attack wasn't it when you were talking about, I'm not a fan of image politics, I think eventually substance wins and you know, we don't want a chameleon as a leader.
DAVID DAVIS: Actually, and I never used those words actually.
JON SOPEL: Well, charlatan, charlatan.
DAVID DAVIS: I didn't say charlatan either. I was talking about Blair when I said charlatan, not about David. No, I mean what we're actually in to under David is actually a new era of politics. We've got the Liberals imploding, well they had one success last week, one has to admit, but they've had serious problems of leadership.
We've got the Labour Party in desperate recrimination over Dunfermline. We've got Mr Brown trying to sort of make himself a new image on the security front of all things. Here is a man who's cut down the Navy, cut down the Army, cut down the Air Force, and comes along and says, I'm your friend in terms of security. We've got, now we've got a very principled leader here, he's doing a very good job, and we're in to a new era, when we're in front of the Labour Party, not the other way round.
JON SOPEL: David Davis, thank you very much indeed.
DAVID DAVIS: Thank you.
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Developing Solutions with Microsoft Outlook 2002This content is no longer actively maintained. It is provided as is, for anyone who may still be using these technologies, with no warranties or claims of accuracy with regard to the most recent product version or service release.
Paul Cornell and Acey Bunch
Microsoft Corporation
November 2001
Applies to:
Microsoft® Outlook® 2002
Summary: This article discusses how you can develop Microsoft Outlook 2002 solutions by using the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library and creating custom forms. (20 printed pages)
Exploring the Outlook Object Model
Exploring Outlook Forms
Distributing Outlook Solutions
Additional Resources
There are many different approaches to developing solutions with Microsoft® Outlook. One key aspect of developing Outlook solutions—no matter which approach you use—involves the use of the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library, also referred to as the Outlook object model. When working with the Outlook object model, you typically use the Visual Basic® Editor in Outlook and the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language.
One approach to developing Outlook solutions is to develop interactive Outlook forms. With this approach, you use the Forms Designer in Outlook, the Outlook Forms object model, and the Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) programming language (you cannot design or use Outlook Forms outside of Outlook).
Another approach is to use the Outlook object model through other Component Object Model (COM) application development tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic or Microsoft Visual C++® by setting a reference to the Microsoft Outlook 9.0 Object Library (for Microsoft Outlook 2000) or the Microsoft 10.0 Object Library (for Microsoft Outlook 2002).
Additionally, you can call the functionality of the Outlook object model through Web pages by using VBScript. You can adapt the code in this column for any of these scenarios. Whenever there are significant differences, we will provide side-by-side code samples demonstrating the use of both VBA and VBScript.
Exploring the Outlook Object Model
The Outlook object model allows programmatic access to various Outlook components and features such as the Outlook user interface, folders, e-mail messages, address lists, and contacts. In Outlook 2002, the object model is given the name Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library.
To view the various members of the Outlook object model, start Outlook and then display the Visual Basic Editor by clicking the Tools menu, pointing to Macro, and clicking Visual Basic Editor, or by pressing ALT+F11. Once the Visual Basic Editor appears, you can use the Object Browser to explore the Outlook object model by clicking the View menu and clicking Object Browser, or by pressing F2. In the Object Browser, you can use the Project/Library list to select a particular object model to view. In this case, we are interested in viewing the Outlook object model as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. The Outlook object model as displayed in the Object Browser
As you select members in the Classes pane, members associated with the given class are displayed in the Members pane. Note that when you select a given member of the object model in either the Classes or Members panes, you can press F1 to open the Outlook language reference Help topic for that member.
When programming with the Outlook object model, there are few objects that you will most often use:
- Application
This is the root object that provides access to the rest of the object model. When using VBA in Outlook, the Application object is implicitly declared so you can choose whether to use the Application keyword.
- NameSpace
This object is used to gain access to store items such as folders. "MAPI" is the only available namespace that you can use.
- Item
This is an object that contains a particular piece of Outlook data such as an e-mail message, appointment, or a contact.
- Folder
This object serves as the default storage container for Outlook items.
- Explorer
This object serves as the default interface for displaying collections of Outlook items. There are different explorers for each of the different item types.
- Inspector
This object serves as the default interface for displaying each individual Outlook item. These are normally implemented as forms.
The following table lists some of the other objects in the Outlook object model.
|Action, Actions
|A specialized action that can be executed on an item. For example, a mail item has a "Reply", "Reply to All", "Forward", and a "Reply to Folder" action.
|AddressList, AddressLists, AddressEntry, AddressEntries
|Address lists (such as your Contact List, your Personal Address Book, or the Global Address Book) containing zero or more addresses.
|The root Outlook application object.
|AppointmentItem, ContactItem, DistListItem, DocumentItem, JournalItem, MailItem, MeetingItem, NoteItem, PostItem, RemoteItem, ReportItem, TaskItem, TaskRequestAcceptItem, TaskRequestDeclineItem, TaskRequestItem, TaskRequestUpdateItem
|Types of items that are stored in Outlook folders.
|Attachment, Attachments
|Document links or documents within Outlook items.
|Exception, Exceptions
|Exceptions to recurring appointment schedules.
|Explorer, Explorers, Panes
|The Outlook user interface, and panes within the Outlook user interface.
|All available Outlook folders at a specific level of the Outlook folder hierarchy.
|Inspector, Inspectors, Pages
|A window that contains a specific Outlook item, such as an e-mail message or a contact, and any tabbed pages within the Outlook item (for example, the Details tab of a task item).
|Items, ItemProperty (new in Outlook 2002), ItemProperties (new in Outlook 2002)
|Outlook items (and their associated built-in and user-defined properties) in a folder. An Outlook item is the basic storage unit in Outlook and is similar to a file in a folder. Items include things like e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, and posted items and documents.
|An Outlook folder that contains one of the many Outlook items types.
|An abstract root object for a data source. The only supported data source is "MAPI", which allows access to all Outlook data stored in a user's mail stores.
|OutlookBarGroup, OutlookBarGroups, OutlookBarPane, OutlookBarShortcut, OutlookBarShortcuts, OutlookBarStorage
|The Outlook Bar, located on the left side of the Outlook window, which contains groups (such as Outlook Shortcuts or Other Shortcuts) and shortcuts (such as Inbox or My Computer).
|Recipient, Recipients
|An e-mail message addressee.
|The recurring schedule of an appointment or task item.
|Reminder (new in Outlook 2002), Reminders (new in Outlook 2002)
|Outlook reminders that can occur for tasks, contacts, and e-mail messages.
|A remote e-mail message. This item contains only the subject, received date and time, sender, size, and the first 256 characters of the e-mail message. It is used to give someone connecting in remote mode enough information to decide whether to download the corresponding e-mail message.
|An e-mail delivery confirmation report.
|Results (new in Outlook 2002), Search (new in Outlook 2002)
|Outlook searches and the results of Outlook searches.
|TaskItem, TaskRequestAccept, TaskAcceptDecline, TaskRequestItem, TaskRequestUpdate
|Tasks and task requests, as well as the accept, decline, or update actions on these items.
|UserProperty, UserProperties
|User-defined properties of Outlook items.
|View (new in Outlook 2002), Views (new in Outlook 2002)
|Customizable representations of Outlook items. View types include olTableView, olCalendarView, olCardView, olIconView, and olTimeLineView.
Using the Application and NameSpace Objects
As with the other Office object models, you use the Application object to gain entry into the Outlook object model. Only one instance of Outlook can run at any time, so using the New keyword (or the CreateObject function, if you are using VBScript) creates either a new, hidden instance of Outlook (if Outlook is not running) or returns a reference to the running instance.
After you have a reference to the running instance of Outlook, use the NameSpace object along with the "MAPI" namespace type to access Outlook folders and items. For example:
' VBA ... Dim objApp As Outlook.Application Dim objNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace Set objApp = New Outlook.Application Set objNameSpace = objApp.GetNamespace(Type:="MAPI") ... ' VBScript ... Dim objApp Dim objNameSpace Set objApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set objNameSpace = objApp.GetNamespace("MAPI") ...
Working with Outlook Folders and Items
Outlook items (such as e-mail messages, appointments, tasks, and so on) are contained within Outlook folders, similar to files and folders in the Windows file system. The MAPIFolder object can contain Outlook folders as well as items. You can also use the Folders collection to return MAPIFolder objects at a particular level in the Outlook folder hierarchy.
The GetDefaultFolder method returns the default folder based on the FolderType argument (for example, the olFolderInbox constant returns the Inbox folder for the currently logged-on user). Other default folders include:
- The Calendar folder (olFolderCalendar) containing AppointmentItem objects (meetings, one-time appointments, or recurring meetings or appointments).
- The Contacts folder (olFolderContacts) containing ContactItem objects and DistListItem objects.
- The Deleted Items (olFolderDeletedItems) folder.
- The Drafts (olFolderDrafts) folder.
- The Journal (olFolderJournal) folder containing JournalItem objects.
- The Notes (olFolderNotes) folder containing NoteItem objects.
- The Outbox (olFolderOutbox) folder.
- The Sent Mail (olFolderSentMail) folder.
- The Tasks (olFolderTasks) folder containing TaskItem objects.
- The All Public Folders (olPublicFoldersAllPublicFolders) folder.
The following example reports the number of mail items in your Inbox sent prior to today as well as those sent today:
Public Sub InboxSendDates() Dim objApp As Outlook.Application Dim objNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace Dim objMAPIFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder Dim objMailItem As Outlook.MailItem Dim lngOldMailCounter As Long Dim lngNewMailCounter As Long Set objApp = New Outlook.Application Set objNameSpace = objApp.GetNamespace(Type:="MAPI") Set objMAPIFolder = _ objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(FolderType:=olFolderInbox) For Each objMailItem In objMAPIFolder.Items ' Uncomment the next line if you want to verify results. ' Debug.Print objMailItem.SentOn & vbTab & _ objMailItem.Subject If objMailItem.SentOn < Date Then lngOldMailCounter = lngOldMailCounter + 1 Else lngNewMailCounter = lngNewMailCounter + 1 End If Next objMailItem MsgBox Prompt:="You have " & lngOldMailCounter & _ " items in your Inbox sent prior to today and " & _ lngNewMailCounter & " items in your Inbox sent today." End Sub
To work with subfolders, use the Folders collection. For example:
... Set objMAPIFolder = _ objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(FolderType:=olFolderInbox) _ .Folders("My Urgent Items") ...
To create new Outlook items, you can use the Application object's CreateItem method without having to go through the NameSpace object. The following example creates a private appointment and adds it to the current user's Calendar:
Public Const SUBJECT_MATTER As String = "Dinner Party" Public Const PLACE As String = "Championzone Restaurant" Public Const START_TIME As String = #8/13/2001 6:00:00 PM# Public Const DURATION_MINUTES As Long = 90 Public Const MINUTES_BEFORE_START As Long = 45 Public Const BODY_TEXT = "Don't forget to bring a gift!" Public Sub AddAppointment() Dim objApp As Outlook.Application Dim objAppointment As Outlook.AppointmentItem Set objApp = New Outlook.Application Set objAppointment = objApp.CreateItem(ItemType:=olAppointmentItem) With objAppointment .Subject = SUBJECT_MATTER .Location = PLACE .Start = START_TIME .Duration = DURATION_MINUTES .ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = MINUTES_BEFORE_START .BusyStatus = olOutOfOffice .Body = BODY_TEXT .Sensitivity = olPrivate .Save .Display End With End Sub
Other items you can create with the CreateItem method include contacts (olContactItem), distribution lists (olDistributionListItem), journal entries (olJournalItem), e-mail messages (olMailItem), notes (olNoteItem), posts (olPostItem), and tasks (olTaskItem). You can also use the CreateItemFromTemplate method to create new items from Outlook template (*.oft) files.
Using the Inspector and Explorer Objects
An Outlook explorer is equivalent to the Outlook user interface. Inspectors are individual Outlook items opened within the Outlook user interface.
You access Inspector and Explorer objects directly through the Application object. The following example displays the Outlook Bar, the Folder List, and the Preview Pane if they are not already visible:
' VBA Public Sub EnableExplorerUI() Dim objApp As Outlook.Application Dim objExplorer As Outlook.Explorer Set objApp = New Outlook.Application Set objExplorer = objApp.ActiveExplorer With objExplorer If .IsPaneVisible(Pane:=olFolderList) = False Then .ShowPane Pane:=olFolderList, Visible:=True End If If .IsPaneVisible(Pane:=olOutlookBar) = False Then .ShowPane Pane:=olOutlookBar, Visible:=True End If If .IsPaneVisible(Pane:=olPreview) = False Then .ShowPane Pane:=olPreview, Visible:=True End If End With End Sub ' VBScript ... Dim objApp Dim objExplorer Set objApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set objExplorer = objApp.ActiveExplorer With objExplorer If .IsPaneVisible(1) = False Then .ShowPane 1, True End If If .IsPaneVisible(2) = False Then .ShowPane 2, True End If If .IsPaneVisible(3) = False Then .ShowPane 3, True End If End With ...
The following example uses the Inspectors collection to display the names of all of the Outlook items that are currently open:
Public Sub InspectorList() Dim objInspector As Outlook.Inspector Dim strInspectors As String Set objInspector = Application.ActiveInspector If TypeName(VarName:=objInspector) = "Nothing" Then MsgBox Prompt:="No Outlook items currently open." Exit Sub Else For Each objInspector In Application.Inspectors strInspectors = strInspectors & vbCrLf & _ objInspector.Caption Next objInspector MsgBox Prompt:="Open Outlook items:" & vbCrLf & _ strInspectors End If End Sub
Working with the Outlook Bar
The Outlook Bar, located on the left side of the Outlook windows, contains groups (such as Outlook Shortcuts) and shortcuts within these groups (such as Inbox).
You can traverse the Outlook Bar programmatically through the following objects and collections: OutlookBarPane | OutlookBarStorage | OutlookBarGroups | OutlookBarGroup | OutlookBarShortcuts | OutlookBarShortcut. For example, the following line of code adds a shortcut to MSDN in the "My Shortcuts" group on the Outlook Bar:
ActiveExplorer.Panes.Item("OutlookBar").Contents.Groups _ .Item("My Shortcuts").Shortcuts _ .Add "http://msdn.microsoft.com", "MSDN"
Working with Views
View objects allow you to create customizable views that can help you sort, group, and view data of all different types. You can use a variety of view types:
- The table view type (olTableView) allows you to view data in a simple field-based table.
- The Calendar view type (olCalendarView) allows you to view data in a calendar format.
- The card view type (olCardView) allows you to view data in a series of cards. Each card displays the information contained by the item and can be sorted.
- The icon view type (olIconView) allows you to view data as icons, similar to a Windows folder or explorer.
- The timeline view type (olTimelineView) allows you to view data as it is received in a customizable linear time line.
Views are defined and customized by using the View object's XML property. The XML property allows you to return or set a customized XML definition that defines the various features of a view. The XML definition describes the view by using a series of tags and keywords that correspond to the various properties of the view itself. The following example creates a new inbox folder view and then, using the XML property of the View object, displays the XML definition for that view in the Visual Basic Editor's Immediate window.
Sub XMLView() 'Creates a new view and displays the XML definition 'in the Immediate window. Dim olApp As Outlook.Application Dim objViews As Views Dim objView As View Set olApp = Outlook.Application Set objViews = _ olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Views Set objView = objViews.Add _ ("New Table View", olTableView, _ olViewSaveOptionAllFoldersOfType) Debug.Print objView.XML End Sub
The following is the XML definition as seen in the Visual Basic Editor's Immediate window:
Figure 2. The XML definition of an Inbox folder view (click image to see larger picture)
Exploring Outlook Forms
When developing a custom user interface for your Outlook solutions, you can use two types of forms. One type is a UserForm, which is created in the VBA environment and uses the VBA programming language. The other is a custom Outlook form, which allows you to customize one of the built-in Outlook forms such as a Contact form, but uses the VBScript programming language in the Outlook Script Editor.
Using UserForms
UserForms are best used for custom forms that do not need to display built-in Outlook item features. With UserForms, you can create your form, and then using the Forms Designer, add various controls to the form. You can then add VBA code behind the form to respond to various events. Figure 3 shows the various components used in the Visual Basic Editor to create UserForms. To create a UserForm:
- Open the Visual Basic Editor (ALT+F11).
- On the Insert menu click UserForm.
- On the View menu and click Toolbox to show the basic intrinsic controls.
- Add controls and set their properties as needed.
- On the View menu, click Code to open the code window and write code for the forms' and controls' events as needed.
Note The UserForm and its associated programming code is saved in the VbaProject.OTM file on your local computer.
Figure 3. The Forms Designer as shown in the Visual Basic Editor (click image to see larger picture)
Using Outlook Forms
Creating custom Outlook forms is a very different process from creating UserForms. For custom Outlook forms, you start with an existing Outlook form such as a Contact, Appointment, or Task form. Then, using the Outlook Forms Designer, modify the existing form to fit your needs, including adding custom fields to store custom information. You can customize the standard forms, or create a new form based on the standard forms. To create a new custom Outlook form:
- In Outlook, on the Tools menu, point to Forms, and then click Design a Form. This displays the Design Form dialog box as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4. The Design Form dialog box
- In the Design Form dialog box, select the type of form that you wish to customize, then click Open. This will display the form in design mode as shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. A Contact form in design mode (click image to see larger picture)
Once you have the form opened in design mode, you can then start making changes, such as:
- Adding extra fields using the Field Chooser.
- Changing the location of existing fields.
- Removing existing fields.
- Adding your own custom fields.
- Adding new controls such as check boxes, list boxes, and command buttons.
- Changing the tab order of the controls.
- Enabling new pages in the form and giving them custom names.
- Changing the default properties.
- Changing or adding new actions.
As mentioned previously, a big difference between Outlook forms and UserForms is the use of the VBScript programming language to automate various aspects of the form. Outlook has a built in VBScript editor that can be opened by clicking the Form menu, then clicking View Code. Figure 6 shows the Outlook Script Editor:
Figure 6. The Outlook Script Editor
Once you are in the Outlook Script Editor, you can create VBScript functions and procedures to interact with the form and the Outlook object model. In addition, you can use the Insert Event Handler dialog box to enter the function declarations for standard events that are associated with the particular type of form you are customizing. To insert an event handler:
- On the Outlook Script Editor menu, click Script, and then click Event Handler. This will display the Insert Event Handler dialog box as shown in Figure 7.
- Click the event that you wish to write code for, and then click Add to insert the function declaration into the Outlook Script Editor.
Figure 7. The Insert Event Handler dialog box
Once you have finished making your changes to the form, you can save the form as an Outlook template file (*.oft), or publish the form to your Personal or Organizational Forms Library.
While a complete overview of customizing Outlook forms is beyond the scope of this article, you can find more information in the Microsoft Press book Building Applications with Microsoft Outlook Version 2002.
Distributing Outlook Solutions
If you are distributing Outlook solutions created outside of Outlook, you will need to make sure that recipients have the correct version of a licensed copy of Outlook installed on their computer. Otherwise, you can use the Package and Deployment Wizard, the Microsoft Visual Studio® Installer, or other types of software distribution tools.
If you are distributing Outlook solutions created entirely within Outlook using VBA, you should be aware that Outlook supports only a single VBA project. This project is associated with a single user and a single running instance of Outlook. Outlook does not support associating VBA code with an individual Outlook item (you use VBScript to write code associated with an individual Outlook item). Overwriting the VbaProject.OTM file on a computer destroys the file's previous contents. The single Outlook VBA project file, VbaProject.OTM, is located in one of the following folders:
- If you are using versions of Microsoft Windows® prior to Microsoft Windows NT®, and user profiles for multiple users have been set up, VbaProject.OTM is located in the C:\Windows\Profiles\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder. If user profiles have not been set up, VbaProject.OTM is located in the C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder.
- If you are using Windows NT or later, VbaProject.OTM is located in the C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook folder.
A better approach for distributing VBA-based Outlook solutions is to use Component Object Model (COM) add-ins. For more information about creating COM add-ins, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article HOW TO: Create Office COM Add-Ins by Using VBA and Office Developer.
If you are distributing individual Outlook items with attached VBScript, you can save Outlook items as Outlook template (*.oft) files and distribute them as you would any other type of file. If you are using Microsoft Exchange Server, you can also host Outlook template files in an Organizational Forms Library for easier access throughout your organization.
This article discussed some of the basic techniques used in creating Outlook solutions. When creating an Outlook solution, you use a combination programming code and the Outlook object model, UserForms with VBA, and custom Outlook forms with VBScript programming code. Once you have developed your custom Outlook solution, the method you use for deploying it will depend on the needs of your organization.
Additional Resources
For more information about the technologies that you can use when developing Outlook solutions, please visit the following Web resources:


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There was once an executive who suffered from what I like to call "Selective Blindness Syndrome." This may sound like a terrible disorder that could insinuate turning a "blind eye" to issues but, in fact, it is just the opposite.
You see, this executive couldn't stand the senseless meetings, politics, and hoops that were required to get things done. So, for certain projects, she decided to bypass the system a bit – she didn't pay attention to titles, niceties, and, for lack of better terms, the BS.
She pulled together some talented folks from various teams to work on a project – she didn't care if they were a Manager or VP, she didn't check with their managers to make sure it was ok, she also didn't mind if they were located in Australia or Alaska or Kalamazoo.
Best of all, she protected and shielded them from any political mindlessness or escalations- because she had the power to do so.
The small group became a "dream team" of sorts. They learned how to get work done without the time wasting activities that we all become so accustomed to. They got the opportunity to focus on the task at hand and they didn't worry about the politics that can be so draining.
Now obviously this approach doesn't work in every situation. But once in a while it may be worth your time to put your blinders on. Try a week without paying attention to titles and status and politics - you may be surprised at what you see. Think about whether a step in the process is really needed.
As the famous blind musician Stevie Wonder once said "Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision."
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I saw a Tanning home tanning product being advertised in Taxidermy Today, that stated that $2.78 is the cost of tanning a wt cape at home using this product, but it stated nothing about the value of a Taxidermists time, when quoting this figure. The article quoted the cost of using a comercial tanner, at $43.22, on the same cape, including shipping. I took a little survey the other day, asking how long it took to split, turn, flesh, pickle, shave, and tan a wt cape. The average was around 2.25 hrs for the whole process. Heres my math.
1. Comercial Tan with fleshing service- we will use his figure of $43.22 per cape for tanning cost with shipping. Add $20.00 for a fleshing and splitting service, and $4.00 extra for the shipping of a frozen hide that has not been fleshed, and you come up with $67.22 dollars per cape.
2. Home tanned cape- with a value of $30.00 per hour, and time spent @2.25 hrs, you come up with $67.50 plus $2.78 in material costs, equals $70.28.
3. You have saved $3.06 per cape by comercial tanning, and you also are left with 2.25 hrs to spend with your family, or get a darn good start on mounting another deer, which both, are worth alot in my opinion.
The article also talks about taking on other peoples tanning, along with an initial investment of $1200.00 to $1900 for the product. I wont even begin to begin to get into money or time being lost on that. Not to mention your liability. Im just saying, there are two very different ways to look at sending out tanning, and doing it at home.
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The article was all about selling the equiptment and supplies. This guy pushes his and the products he sells very hard in his siminars. To hard I think. Oldshaver i agree with you.
just curious on who can split,turn,flesh,pickle,shave and tan in 2.25 hours...me thinks ya might need to ask around some more.
He is talking about actual hands on time spent. Not the waiting time for pickle and tan. I average that time hands on.
thought about that after the fact,however .we know the machine in question and i have talked to several taxidermists using it and they swear buy it..i am not saying it is a machine of gold .but it can save alot of time . and the only other thing i would question is,who would flesh ,turn and split for 20.00? i know i wouldn't consider it for 20.00. i guess the advantage over the commercial tannery would be more of a personalised service...just my opinions guys,not trying to get an arguement going...thanks Rich
I agree that financially it is more lucritive to send capes out to be tanned. My position on this is, the time spent waiting 6 mos and the trust factor in the employees in the tannery. I figure it is worth that extra time spent on my part to know the status is on my skins at all times. My very few customers like the idea that their skins never leave my hands. OS's tannery and a couple of others are the only one's I might trust, but the 6 mos. wait is too long. I am a part timer and I don't get a huge volume of skins. I doubt that your tannery would even accept my business because I am not a full time taxidermy business. I will continue with doing my own skins until a good tannery can reduce the waiting period by at least half.
I agree entirely, I just happened to have a brochure frome The Wildlife Gallery up in Blanchard Michigan right here in front of me..$40+s&h to flesh, turn and split a frozen cape and then $38 to tan it, that make $78 +s&h both ways from frozen to tanned. I'd say if my time was worth anything at all...
i never have to worry about someone losing my capes or for that matter ive never had to sew an ear back on ... or find one to sew back on - i think there is a place for 'send away' tanneries but for my money i'll NEVER use one
the only concern I have on "home tanning" is disposal of the liquid waste when done? I have done the "search thing" but would like to know how some of you home tanners handle this problem(?) thanks
I know that I sent a bear out to be tanned and I forgot to split the lips everything else was done and they charge $45.00 bucks and hacked it to pieces. I just received a bear that I sent to another place and I went over it with a fine tooth comb and the only mark on it was the bullet hole, got it back with 2 huge marks on its nose, the tannery said no way they did it. Bears where the only thing I send out everything else I tan in shop with the machine everyone is talking about. It takes 3 gallons to do 4 deer hides so I have about 9-10 bucks in tanning, but I can start these on friday and be ready to mount as soon as the form shows up. As far as disposal of the liquid waste, pour baking soda in to neuralize it and then dump it in the sewer.
The biggest problem is if you have a septic system. If you have municipal sewer system you can netralize the acids to an acceptable level for disposal. I use saftee acid and paratan. I contacted my sewer system admin and ask how to dispose of legally.
What about turn around time?
I know 2.25hrs with the kids would be great! But I stated in the orig. post that I could have 10 capes mount ready in two days. And I usaly stop before the hole is 6 inches long (I hate sewing!) If I had the $1900.00 bucks to spend in the shop I would buy a new tumbler.
If your lacking work and have no other income it may be wise to save a few bucks over the tannery cost, even if your shop time is only worth 6 bucks an hour, provided your doing a complete tan and disposing your waste in a responsible manner. I really don't want to work for less than 35\hr. and I cant tan my own capes for that. My work-load dictates turn around time at a tannery is not an issue. One must make intelligent decisions when deciding how to run a business, I'm not personally to the point where I send raw capes to the tanneries fleshing service, but may have to go that route this yr. Again it will be a decision based on whats best for my business.
Will I hire someone? Take the time to train and deal with mistakes and lost valuable time in my shop along with the liability and cost of an employee
The cost of doing business, never will come out of my pocket. Just like the big shot corporate CEO's, you pass the cost on to the consumer


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"We're still evaluating things at this point so I don't think anything's going to happen today," Pagano said in a conference call with reporters. "It'll probably happen tomorrow at some point. I don't rule out anything but I think we're shooting for tomorrow at some point."
That means players such as quarterback Chandler Harnish, running back Kerwynn Williams (92 yards in the Colts' 27-10 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the final preseason game on Thursday) and defensive back Larry Asante must be patient as they await their fate.
The cuts might be tougher for the Colts this season because of the seeming close competition at a number of positions.
"It's a funny game," Harnish said of anticipating the roster moves. "You just wait, continue like it's a normal day. Get a workout in. You don't want to drive yourself crazy."
Williams, a rookie, said everyone looks back and wonders if they could have done something to make a stronger case for inclusion on the roster.
"I tried to give my best effort out there and show the coaches something," Williams said. "I just tried to be a factor out there on offense. ...Hopefully, you did what you had to do to make the team."
The Colts made one move Friday, reaching a injury settlement and releasing defensive back Teddy Willliams.
There were rumors that the Colts were investigating some trades. A number of Twitter posts suggested linebacker Kavell Conner was among those on the block. Pagano said it's normal for teams to investigate some moves as the roster deadline approaches.
"I'd be lying to you if I didn't say the phone lines in probably all 32 organizations ain't burning up right now at this time of the year," Pagano said. "It's just the nature of the business and the time of year that we're in. After last night, I wouldn't be shocked to see my name on the trading block."


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Twilight's Kristen Stewart opened her mouth one too many times in July's Elle U.K., so now the actress is backpedaling double-time to make up for comparing fame to sexual assault. Does she not realize people can read stuff on the Internet?
In the latest issue of the mag, she says being a movie star is pretty darn difficult: "What you don't see are the cameras shoved in my face and the bizarre intrusive questions being asked, or the people falling over themselves, screaming and taunting to get a reaction. The photos are so ... I feel like I'm looking at someone being raped."
Wow. Yeah, except people can choose not to be famous, and don't have to go to counseling after being photographed, you idiot. Realizing what she'd done, Stewart issued a mea culpa via People.
"I really made an enormous mistake – clearly and obviously," Stewart said. "And I'm really sorry about my choice of words. I've made stupid remarks before, and I've always reasoned: 'Whatever. They can think what they want.' ... 'Violated' definitely would have been a better way of expressing the thought."
We give credit to Kristen for not saying she was misquoted, but really, we're sick and tired of celebs complaining they have no privacy. You also have no problems paying the electric bill or getting a seat in first class, either. That's the price you pay, kids.


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ST. PETERSBURG — It was teeth-chattering cold, his players were on the bus and ready to go, but Joe Fabrizio was taking a few minutes to bask in the glory of St. Petersburg's 20-10 playoff victory over Dunedin.
It was a victory that seemed a million buck sweeps away when he took the job three years ago.
It was …what's the word?
"Fab-ulous," yelled one of his players from the bus window, playing off his coach's name and trying to embarrass him.
Fabulous it is.
Friday night, it was 10-0 at one point. The Green Devils couldn't get around the corner on a fast Dunedin defense, they couldn't get through the middle, and they couldn't hold onto the ball.
Four fumbles. Two others that didn't count because of embarrassingly bad calls by the officials. Three personal fouls.
"It was an atrocious start," Fabrizio said.
The coach looked at the clock and prayed for halftime. His team was falling apart and he needed to get them into the locker room to clear his players' heads.
While St. Petersburg's offense ineptly stumbled around, the Green Devils defense showed what really makes the county's Cinderella dance.
It pushed and scrapped and grappled and granted the coach his wish.
The Green Devils were losing 10-3 at halftime.
It was never really close again.
They came out and drove 13 plays, failing to score when a bad pass was picked off by the Falcons and returned all the way to the St. Petersburg 30.
But the tone had been set. It seemed to matter little that Dunedin was knocking on the door.
The Falcons, looking for the knockout punch, swung and missed.
The Green Devils didn't.
Te'Jay Brown applied the pressure, which allowed Dominic James to rush the middle and get the sack and strip the ball, which led to a recovery and long return by Willie Culver, which set up a touchdown run by Malik Wilson, which vaulted St. Petersburg into a tie and on the way to its first playoff victory since 1984.
You see, this is how it works for the Green Devils.
There are no stars. When trying to figure them out, the stat sheet offers you nothing.
You just watch, and you will see.
"Team," said Brown, then for good measure, he repeats it, as James nods along. "Team."
You want heroes, we got two: Green. Devils.
And they all play defense for coordinator Keith Powers, who played for Fabrizio when he was an assistant at Seminole.
The numbers fly by in a rush: 5, 27, 78, 87, 56, 7 and others you can't quite make out in the pile, then you look up and Dunedin is going nowhere fast, unless you count the offseason, where the Falcons find themselves this morning.
"We were mad," said James, who switched from tackle to noseguard at halftime and made a huge impact.
Dunedin ran 17 plays in the second half for 24 yards. It had 3 yards or fewer on 13 of those plays. Fumbled on four of them. Was sacked on three others.
"We knew we had to make some plays, or this was going to be our last night," said Brown, a senior.
On one play, its James hitting talented running back Darius Bellamy for a loss. The next, it's sophomore linebacker Cody Pogoreic rushing through the center of the line to recover another fumble. Then it's a reverse by Stevie Murph, and a field goal by Devon Papandrew to give St. Petersburg the lead with just under five minutes left, and another fumble recovery leads to another touchdown by Wilson and then, it's over.
Or is it just beginning?
Three years ago, Fabrizio's program has an undefeated junior varsity team. His varsity assistants wanted to tap into that talent — guys like Culver and defensive back Marques Sumbry — to help ease the frustration of a long losing season.
The head coach said no.
"I said let's just muddle through this and let them develop," he said. "Though at times, it was hard not to call them up. But we knew, in the third year this team would be good."
Or even …fabulous.