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Oriental-style rugs are sold everywhere these days. How do you know it's a good one?
If you can see the same design on the back as on the front, that's woven. Buy that, not tufted, says Lisa Wagner, who writes for the blog Rug Chick.
Wool is the best, practically indestructible and sustainable.
Hand-woven is the most valuable. It's a piece of the weaver's soul.
But Karastan does very good machine-woven rugs, Wagner says.
On the other hand, if you see a canvas or burlap material on the back, that's a tufted rug. Those are typically made in India and China, where they use a lot of glue and sometimes bad latex. It may last five or 10 years. Woven wool rugs last centuries.
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Same seller as in the other batteries deal that just expired.
Good price.
Tesco direct have 8 packs of duracell reduced to £2.80 a pack but when you put them in multiples of 3 it takes off an extra £2.06 works out less than 27p per battery. Free delivery to store if you choose click and collect.
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These are decent batteries, Alkaline not the rubbish Zinc Chloride…..
For 59p delivered they're a bargain…..
Been previously posted and expired due to no free delivery, but delivery is free again, Happy days!
Note: As mentioned in previous post, you actually get AA Batteries, Just picked some up from store. (Battery Expiry date 2019).
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Wars, how many have we had, how many are presently in the making? Rather than calling on our young people to risk their lives, how about just the leaders dueling it out -- one by one -- not millions by millions.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry pushes for aggressive U.S. military response in Iraq
Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday pressed for a more aggressive U.S. military response in Iraq to combat Islamic state militants.
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Attorney General Eric Holder makes a separated statement on the unrest after the unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo.
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Senator John McCain expressed his anger with President Obama's reaction to the beheading of American journalist James Foley and called for a dramatic increase of airstrikes to the region.
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America's Middle East 'vision thing'
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently caused something of a stir in remarking that "not doing stupid stuff," which she characterized as the sum and substance of President Obama's foreign policy, scarcely amounts to a strategic vision.
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Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau announced that New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) will distribute another round dry ice and bottled water to their customers that remain out of power from the impacts associated with Hurricane Irene. The distribution points are as follows from 12:00 noon today while supplies last.
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Benjamin M. Lawsky, Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, today warned New Yorkers to protect themselves from home repair and other scam artists, who will try to take advantage of unsuspecting homeowners who suffered property damage from Hurricane Irene. Read more
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today provided advice to New Yorkers on what to do if they suffered property damage from Hurricane Irene. Read more
County Manager David Fanslau issued the following statement: "Sullivan County is in the process of cleaning up roads and bridges, and assessing damage. There are at least four bridges with potentially serious damage. There are thirteen roads with trees down, and seven with wires involved that County DPW is coordinating with NYSEG crews to address. There are three roads that just need clean-up. Read more
With new outages being reported each hour through the day Sunday (8/28), PPL Electric Utilities crews worked into the evening to restore electric service to thousands of customers affected by Hurricane Irene. Customers are being advised to prepare for a prolonged, multi-day restoration effort to clean up and repair the widespread damage. Read more
Route 06 (US-006) is closed in both directions between the intersection of Private Road in Waymart to the intersection of Brookside Rd in Waymart. Due to flooding and down trees. Read more
PPL Electric Utilitiesreports power outages caused by Hurricane Irene damage in nearly every county of its 29-county service territory and more than 200,000 customers affected across its system in central and eastern Pennsylvania. More than 9,600 are without power in Wayne County and more than 2,500 are without power in Pike County. Read more
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Sullivan County manager David P. Fanslau declared a state of emergency in Sullivan County effective 12:01 am, Sunday, August 28, 2011 and to continue through 5:00 pm, Monday, August 29, 2011. A state of emergency is issued under Article 2B of New York State Executive Law. The County of Sullivan is communicating with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service to discuss the potential track of the storm. Read more
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal aid has been made available to New York to supplement the state and local response efforts in the area due to the emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Irene beginning on August 25, 2011, and continuing. Read more
Due to the approach of Hurricane Irene, the City has issued a mandatory evacuation order for New Yorkers who live in the low-lying Zone "A" coastal areas in all five boroughs. This includes all parts of the Rockaways due to its exposure to the ocean. People should be out of these areas by 5PM on Saturday. Read more
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I, KARL A. BRABENEC, SUPERVISOR, of the TOWN OF DEERPARK, pursuant to Article 2-B, Section 24 of the New York State Executive Law, hereby certify as follows: Due to the impending forecast regarding Hurricane Irene, there exists the potential in the Town of Deerpark for SEVERE FLOODING INCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND HEAVY WINDS CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS. Read more
With the threat of Hurricane Irene this weekend, Sullivan County Manager David P. Fanslau urges Sullivan County residents to take precautions and prepare for this hurricane coastal storm. County Manager Fanslau issued the following statement: Read more
Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau announced that the Sullivan County Community College will open the Paul Gerry Field House locker rooms shower facilities to county residents that remain without power on Thursday, September 1st, and Friday, September 2nd.
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LACKAWAXEN, PA —Save Lackawaxen, a group of landowners living near the Holbert quarry, and the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) have both filed appeals of the Lackawaxen supervisors' approval of a permit to expand quarry operations to 40 acres. The UDC appeal requested that the decision be reversed, or alternatively that it be vacated and the issue remanded for another hearing. Read more
Sullivan County lawmakers have long complained that the majority of county spending is mandated by officials in Albany and Washington D.C., and local lawmakers have no control over it. Now, they have moved to change property tax bills so that they show how much of the money will go to state and federal programs, and how much will go for local programs and uses. Read more
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Thai Silk Magic, like most business entities, wants to ensure we can maximise our profit potential so that we can achieve our key mission of improving our village lifestyles. The development of our business necessitated overcoming many challenges and we wanted to share some of our experiences with you in the hope they will be interesting and helpful.
As you think about how to improve your business profits, do not forget the basis of creating profit. As everyone knows profit is what is left over after we have paid all our expenses. The problem is how best to improve your sales revenue and how can you optimize your expenses?
Far too often business owners lose sight of the key issues in running their organization because they are inundated with data, consultancy advice and other factors than can complicate otherwise very simple facts and trends.
This report goes "back to basics" on purpose so that you can apply these well known principles and guidelines to your current business.
Four Basic Profit Factors
As an initial reminder, the four basic things that effect profits in any organization are:
- Price
- Quantity or volume of sales
- Variable Costs – costs that increase or decrease as sales volumes increase or decrease (e.g. acquisition costs)
- Fixed Costs – costs that normally do not change as sales volumes change (e.g. rent, salaries)
There is nothing magical about what needs to happen to improve profits. These 4 factors are critical to your business and constantly need your attention. The problem for many business owners is not their awareness of these key issues but rather doing something about them when things start to unravel. Often it is a matter of timing, commitment as well as strategy.
Key Conditions for Profits
It is important to note that profits can be increased by either increasing or decreasing any of the four factors, as long as some conditions are met.
· All four factors will affect each other· There is no standard formula to improve profits
· An increase in sales and/or a reduction in variable costs will increase gross margin/sales
· An increase in sales and/or a reduction in fixed costs indicate greater productivity and lower overhead costs/sales
Any profit improvement strategy must focus on either or both of two things:
1. Achieving a higher gross margin in sales by increasing price and/or reducing variable costs AND/OR
2. Achieving greater sales per fixed cost by increasing productivity of those things that have a fixed cost
So What Happens to Your Profits If:
A. Prices Increase – sales volumes could stay stable or decline. If sales declines then this decline would have to be less than the offset created by the price increase and resulting gross revenue increases.
B. Prices Decrease – sales volumes would have to increase to compensate for decline in price. If sales volumes was to increase there is a possibility of a decrease in the per unit fixed and variable costs because of increased economies of scale
C. Variable Costs Increase – increased variable costs should lead to or be a result of improved product or service quality. The market would have to accept a higher price, or the improved product would have to attract enough new customers to offset the increase in variable costs.
D. Variable Costs Decrease – the sales volume would have to remain unchanged. The decrease in variable costs could not be allowed to affect product or service quality – which would have a negative effect on sales volumes. If sales did decline, the fall in gross revenues would have to be less than the decrease in variable costs
E. Sales Volume Increases – the price could either remain unchanged or decline. If the price was reduced, the reduction would have to be less than the offset created by the volume and resultant gross revenue increases. Another possibility is to achieve a reduction in per unit fixed and variable costs due to an increase in economies of scale.
F. Sales Volume Decreases – a savings in fixed costs would have to be achieved by reducing the size of the business or production levels would have to be evaluated to find variable costs economies of scale. This savings would have to be greater than the reduction in gross revenues due to decreased sales volumes
G. Fixed Costs Increase– the increase in fixed costs should lead to or be a result of improved products or services. The market would have to accept a higher price, or the improved product would have to attract enough new customers to offset the increase in fixed costs.
H. Fixed Costs Decrease – sales volumes would have to remain unchanged. The decrease in fixed costs could not be allowed to affect product or service quality – which would have a negative effect on sales. If sales did decline, the fall in gross revenues would have to be less than the decrease in fixed costs
Distribution and Marketing Strategies
Improving your profit potential requires you to clearly differentiate your business, improve productivity, have correct pricing strategies and establish effective customer retention programs.
Your marketing program must try to differentiate your offer. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) can easily be "unique" by ensuring you place "you" and "your particular offer" into your marketing TOGETHER. There is only one "you" so make sure you use it.
Customer retention programs are included as part of distribution and marketing strategies as it's important that your sales and marketing staff are fully committed to this vital issue as well as any specific customer service department you may have.
Getting bigger margins for each and every sale you make is the name of the game. This usually means that either you have to sell more at a higher price or make more at a lower cost whilst maintaining your existing price.
If you can manufacture your products and services more efficiently then you can improve your margins otherwise the key factor or variable is your selling price. However, many business owners are reticent to increase their prices for fear of losing market share to their competitors.
It is more common to see businesses lowering or discounting their prices in order to improve sales and market share but be aware that this has very short term viability. Competitors will match you sooner or later and then you will have no where to go!
If you really believe in the quality of your products and services then focus on your customers and not your competition – provide your customers with the very best service, advice, quality product and delivery systems in order to differentiate yourself and justify your pricing strategy.
Thai Silk Magic
Creative Distribution and Marketing Strategies from a Thai Village!
An good excellent example of differentiation and creative pricing strategies comes from our newly established Thai Silk Magic group based in a small, rural village near the Cambodian border. The world market for Thai silk is dominated by some very large operations who have almost unlimited supplies of Thai silk available to sell at wholesale or highly discounted prices.
Our small team of weavers could never match the supply quantities of our competitors nor their very low prices. Instead Thai Silk Magic with our original high quality handmade silks using only 100% natural dyes, established our prices 10 -15% higher than our much larger and more established competitors.
We then focused our attention on promoting the fact that our supplies of high quality silk were not only unique but extremely limited because of the labor intensive processes of spinning, natural dyeing and weaving required to make our totally original handmade silk fabrics.
We also provide our customers with a wonderful story about the reasons for our business operation as well as creating an excellent personalized service via our customer focused website.
Thai Silk Magic's distribution strategy for our high quality silk fabrics included world-wide free shipping. In order to further our market differentiation we provide services that our competitors do not offer. Thai Silk Magic recognized that our competitor websites only focused on Thai silk and this was another opportunity to achieve differentiation.
Create Value AND Perception of Value
Our website provides practical advice and guidance on a wide range of topics from leadership, work ethics, online shopping and work place recognition programs. These topics are all relevant to our website as we use real life examples related to our Thai Silk Magic group or our village as illustrations. These "extra customer care" articles are designed to provide our readers with interesting and helpful ideas.
All these strategies show the strong belief our Thai village has in the quality and value of our product offer. By developing a "real perception of value" that truly differentiated ourselves from our competitors, we hope to have initiated what will be a remarkable successful business model.
Get a Fresh Perspective on Your Business!
Irrespective of your industry one can always learn valuable lessons if you are prepared to look and listen, especially to business experiences far removed from your typical industry resource list. All your competitors will be fully aware of your usual industry resources and most likely will have the same information access.
So get completely away from your typical industry thinking and make the time to really look at your organization and your future planning. Successful businesses are all around you -so you can be one as well.
If you are not completely satisfied with your profit potential then be prepared to do something completely different. You will amaze yourself if you just give yourself the time to think creatively by learning from others outside your normal industry reference sources.
Of course, any major adjustment or change in your strategies should be carefully tested with market sampling before you implement a full blown change in strategy. But do not let this deter you from possibly creating an incredible break-through business decision.
So do you really believe in the quality of your products and services?
Can you think of simple ways to differentiate yourself from your competition?
What can you provide that your competitors are not offering?
Your distribution and all your other business systems should implement strategies to differentiate your business where ever possible. Apply your own creative distribution strategies to increase productivity and sales whilst at the same time assessing the potential impacts of these strategies on both your fixed and variable costs.
Quite often it's a case of trial and error so always use market sampling before establishing any full blown distribution strategy.
Your Customers – Do You Really Care?
As part of your fresh perspectives ask yourself how much you really known about your existing customers.
How much contact do you have with them?
How important are they in your future planning?
What percentage of them are repeat customers? Do you know? Do you care?
Have you ever really asked them for products and/or services suggestions?
So many organizations spend a fortune looking for new customers rather than keeping close contact with their existing client base. Always remember that "people buy people" so show your customers "how much you care" rather than focusing on "caring how much you can show."
Research shows that more than 65% of customers leave because of perceived indifference so constantly look for ways to delight and surprise your customers. It makes good economic sense to have this type of customer focus and it's also a key factor in any profitability strategy.
Honesty Time – Some Key Questions
There are a series of questions you must consider with total honesty and then apply the findings to your business in order to optimize your profit improvement strategies. The answer to some of these questions may involve delicate negotiations between various parts of your organization and may also potentially conflict with the answers to some of the other critical questions.
However, the key is to get the BEST answer possible if you really want to clarify your organization's strategic directions and improve your profits. It's not rocket science but it will take courage, honesty and conviction.
In Reviewing Your Fixed Costs:
1. Are you doing everything you can to retain your customers?2. Are you satisfied with your staff turnover rates?
3. How can you improve your staff morale and enthusiasm for their roles?
4. Does your staff understand and support your key business strategies?
5. What service/support does each component of your organization provide to your business?
6. Can you eliminate this service/support?
7. Can you get the same service externally at lower cost?
8. Is it realistic to move to another supplier of that service?
9. If you moved to a new service supplier, would you get similar or better quality support?
10. Would this move affect your sales and services?
11. If you spent more on this service/support function, would it create more revenue than costs?
In Reviewing Your Variable Costs:
1. Is your advertising effective? If you don't know then why continue with it?
2. Are you attracting the right potential customers?
3. Is your marketing strategy in line with your distribution strategy?
4. Are you paying too much commission and bonus for lower performing sales staff?
5. Are you paying too much for Joint Venture business?
6. Are your sales bonus payments linked to sales quality as well as quantity levels?
7. Are you maximizing your website conversion rates?
8. Are you optimizing your current market positioning?
So there you have it all in a nutshell. This article has been deliberately simplistic in its approach because so often business owners complicate the key basics of how to improve profits!
Keep it simple, be positive, always look for creative ideas away from your industry and apply the principles learnt with common sense.
Remember there is no magic when it comes to creating and maintaining a profitable business.
A Final Word from Microsoft's Bill Gates re Common Laws of Business!
"It is not smart to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the things you bought were incapable of doing what it was supposed to do.
The common law of business prohibits paying a little and getting a lot – it cannot be done. If you pay low or deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better."


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Ag Groups Largely Praise Senate Immigration Vote
Agricultural groups largely praised the U.S. Senate for its 68-32 vote on Wednesday to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
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While in the country illegally it is easiest to work hidden in the ag industry. How many, as soon as they can work legal, are going to drop the hoe and pack up and move to town to work?
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The firm is holding on to 46 out of 58 of its qualifying trainee cohort, giving it an NQ retention rate of 79 per cent.
The result marks a slight boost from the firm's September 2011 qualification round, when it kept 38 out of 53 trainees, leaving it with a 72 per cent retention rate.
Meanwhile, rival magic circle firms Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters posted NQ retention rates of 77, 89 and 78 per cent respectively (10 August 2012).
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Nov 02, 2011 by Oscar Raymundo
This week, GayCities takes you beyond the museum and down the city's alley ways and unexplored sidewalks for an insider's look at the queer artists who've made San Francisco their ultimate canvas.
With several subjects wearing surgical masks, Oakland artist Eddie Colla evokes a post-apocalyptic near future, yet the message is one of hope among the dust. He employs this subversive outlook in his queer-themed work as well, a sort of riot-starter mentality the gay rights movement could embrace.
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Neal Katyal on defending Obamacare
Neal Katyal served as acting solicitor general for the Obama administration from May 2010 through June 2011. During his tenure, he successfully defended the Affordable Care Act in front of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, where Judge Jeffrey Sutton, a George W. Bush appointee, found the law to be constitutional. He also won a 2009 Supreme Court case on the Voting Rights Act, Northwest Austin v. Holder, by an 8-1 vote, after surviving an aggressive questioning by the Justices.
Katyal and I spoke this morning about what we can — and can't — glean from Supreme Court oral arguments, how the legal challenges against the Affordable Care Act have developed, and why the government cannot require Americans to eat broccoli. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our discussion.
Sarah Kliff: Tell me a bit about how we've seen this case develop. At the very start, these legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act were written off as frivolous. Now, after two days of oral arguments, many think the Supreme Court will strike down the health care law.
Neal Katyal: It's not surprising that the Court is taking these challenges seriously. They're going to take any challenge they agree to hear seriously. I think it was predictable that we would see this litigation, since there was even a constitutional point of order raised in the Senate on these issues.
These are arguments that have been in circulation for awhile. I think one of the hardest things about constitutional law is that there aren't clear answers to questions. There's some room for discretion on the part of the judges. I think the challengers have done a masterful job at using those discretionary arguments, and blending them with policy concerns, in the lower courts.
SK: What do you think we can glean from the oral arguments that have happened so far?
NK: It's way too difficult to predict. The experience I had, when I argued the Voting Rights Act in 2009, was there were a lot of people who came out and said we were going to lose. Justice Kennedy was asking really hard questions, and then it was an 8-1 decision written by the Chief Justice. One of the great things about the Court is they ask hard questions about what's on their mind, and test the logic of each side.
SK: What was that experience like, arguing the Voting Rights Act in front of the Supreme Court? As you mention — and others have written — nearly everyone expected the Obama administration to lose that case, and then you won by a very wide margin.
NK: I felt they had given me a very thorough inquisition on our position. I know it sounds a little hokey, but I've always felt very privileged to be in a room where they're actually asking hard questions, it's very refreshing to see that.
SK: When you defended the Affordable Care Act in front of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last year, again, there were lots of predictions after oral arguments that you would lose. And, again, you won. Did you think you'd be successful in that case?
NK: I did feel the odds were going to be very tough. Justice [Jeffrey] Sutton did such a masterful job inquiring into every nook and cranky of the argument. So I definitely thought it was going to be tough.
SK: I wanted to go back to something you said earlier, about the opponents of the law doing a "masterful" job with the arguments they used. What do you mean by that?
NK: The constitution is very short. It's about 3,000 words, so it makes a great outline of what federal power looks like but doesn't get into the specifics. There's room to make certain arguments, even if they're not directly supported within the text of the constitution. I think the challengers have framed this as an issue of individual liberty, and one of the government forcing individuals to buy private products, and I do think that's very innovative. In 230 years, the Supreme Court has never accepted such an argument. So what they're doing is asking for a new rule.
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Lajkó, E., Szabó, I., Andódy, K., Pungor, A., Mező, G. and Kőhidai, L. (2013), Investigation on chemotactic drug targeting (chemotaxis and adhesion) inducer effect of GnRH-III derivatives in Tetrahymena and human leukemia cell line. J. Peptide Sci., 19: 46–58. doi: 10.1002/psc.2472
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