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text: Polling Station Staff Briefing Session European Parliamentary election 4 June 2009 1 Introduction Local Returning Officer Electoral Services Manager 2 Objectives of the training session • In order to prepare for the election we will: – outline the European Parliamentary election – discuss the duties of the polling station staff – look at pre-polling day activities – look at the set up of the polling station – outline those entitled to be present at the polling station – discuss the voting procedure – think about health and safety issues – highlight administrative arrangements 3 Overview of the • On 4th June there will be elections to the Elections 2009 European Parliament across the UK • Polling hours: 7am to 10pm 4 It is essential that you… – Act impartially at all times – Comply with any instructions issued by the Local Returning Officer – Ensure the secrecy and security of the ballot 5 The Presiding Officer – management of the polling station – Ensure the secrecy and security of the ballot – Liaise with the key-holder of the building and organise the layout of the polling station – Instruct and supervise the work of the Poll Clerks – Be responsible and account for all the ballot papers, ballot boxes and paperwork – Ensure that proper procedure is followed, including ensuring that the corresponding number list is marked correctly. 6 The Presiding• Officer – practical tasks Practical Tasks – Overview of issue of ballot papers to voters – Deal with special voting procedures – Ask the prescribed questions when necessary – Receive postal votes delivered by voters – Manage the attendance of those entitled to be present in the polling station, and ensure they do not interfere with the voting process – Monitor the activities of tellers – Keep the polling station neat and tidy – Ensure that all signs and notices are clear, visible and remain in place 7 The Poll Clerk - general duties – Comply with the instructions of the Local Returning Officer and the Presiding Officer – Assist with the layout of the polling station and prepare for the opening of the poll – Be polite and professional in dealing with voters, candidates, agents and others entitled to be present – Check that electors are eligible to vote in the election and at that polling station – Ensure that voters cast their votes in secret – Maintain the secrecy of the ballot at all times 8 – Check and mark the elector numbers in the register of electors – Enter the electors' elector numbers on the Corresponding Number List (CNL) – Issue ballot papers to voters, ensuring they bear the official mark – Ensure that voters cast their votes in secret – Help with any other polling station duties on the instructions of the Presiding Officer The Poll Clerk – specific tasks • 9 Countdown to polling day • Essential tasks – Visit polling place and check out contact and access arrangements – Check out arrangements for ballot box collection and check contents as soon as possible – Contact other members of the team – Dress code – ensure clothing reflects professionalism and impartiality but is also comfortable – Read Handbook for polling station staff 10 Handbook for polling station staff • and quick guide 11 Polling station inspectors • Supplies of stationery and equipment • Responsible for – – – – Checking layout of stations Checking things are running smoothly Collect any returned postal votes Distribute payments • Contact numbers 12 Risks • • • • • • Can't make contact with key-holder Can't gain access to the polling station Staff failing to turn up or being late Problems affecting the display of notices Wrong registers allocated to the station The ballot paper numbers do not match those pre-printed on the CNL 13 The Polling Station 14 Setting up the polling station • Layout – must work primarily for the voter – walk route voter expected to follow – accessible to all voters • Notices – – inside and outside polling • Location of ballot box(es) – accessible and secure • Arrange each set of ballot papers in numerical order • Tellers and agents – Who can enter the polling station? • Sealing the box 15 Polling station layout 16 Polling station layout 17 Who can enter the polling station? – Voters – Local/Regional Returning Officer and staff – Candidates (party list and individual), their election agents, sub-agents and polling agents – Police officers on duty – Representatives of the Electoral Commission – Accredited observers – Under 18s accompanying voters – Companions of voters with disabilities 18 Two types of ID issued by the Electoral Commission Customer care • • • • • • How do we care for the electors? Show a personal interest Take responsibility and act on own initiative Be helpful and approachable Listen and empathise with them Allow them to put their point across before responding • Tell them what you can do • But the election rules must be followed at all times • Ensure that the voting process is Customer care accessible to all: • layout must work for all voters, including wheelchair users • stationery provided in alternative languages and formats should be clearly visible • tactile template needs to be clearly visible and you should be confident in using it • you must be able to provide information to disabled electors on options for voting aided and unaided Who can vote? Using the electoral register and corresponding number lists Chapter 5 Polling station handbook Who is Eligible? • Electors with no letters or dates before their name • Electors who are 18 years of age or over on the day of the election • Electors with an 'F' before their name • Electors with a 'K' before their name • Electors with an 'L' before their name • Electors with an 'E' before their name • Electors who have registered anonymously who have an 'N' instead of a name Who cannot vote? • Electors with date of birth on register which shows they are not 18 years of age on polling day • Electors with a 'G' before their name • Electors with an 'A' before their name Issuing the ballot papers • Marking the register and the CNL – Mark electors' elector number in the register – Enter the electors' elector number on the Corresponding Number List (CNL) – Do NOT write the elector number on the ballot paper! • Ballot papers – Official mark – Unique Identifying Mark (UIM) – Folding the ballot paper Marking the register Queen's Walk BC JP12 7AS 411 G Vella, Eva 1 412 G Vella, Tolek 1 413 K Vella, Christina 1 414 __________ Brown, Robert 3 415 Evans, Gareth 5 416 __________ Hall, Peter 7 417 Myers, Martin 7 418 A Bishop, Stephanie 13 Smith, Ben 13 418/1 04 June • Return to 'issuing the ballot papers' The Corresponding Number List (CNL) BC 27/1 • Return to 'issuing the ballot papers' Back of ballot paper 28 Marking the ballot paper • Some electors may need to have the voting process explained to them: – Voters have one vote. They can vote for a party (and its list of candidates) or for an individual candidate and should place a cross in the blank box next to the party or individual candidate they wish to vote for. 29 What happens if…? • a voter spoils the ballot paper • a voter has nominated a proxy but the voter arrives before the proxy • a person arrives to vote but the register indicates the person has already voted • a person arrives to vote but the register indicates the person is a postal voter • emergency proxy voter procedure • a person believes they should be on the register but they are not listed • there is a disturbance at the polling station The prescribed questions • The prescribed questions must be asked: • when the Presiding Officer requires them to be • when polling station staff suspect personation • when a registered elector is clearly under age • when polling station staff suspect the elector or proxy may be incapacitated due to alcohol or drugs or for some other reason • when a candidate, an election agent or polling agent requests them • always before issuing a tendered ballot paper Postal Votes • voters can hand in their postal votes at polling stations in the same local counting area (check they are for the area) • procedure for collection of postal ballot packs by the Local Returning Officer during the day • 'A' markers cannot be given a ballot paper at the polling station: • direct to Local Returning Officer for replacement (before 5pm) • tendered ballot paper procedure • returned postal ballot packs must be sealed and labelled as instructed Close of Poll Close of Poll • Must close at 10 pm • Make sure the doors are closed • Anyone who has been issued with a ballot paper by 10 pm must be allowed to vote • However cannot issue after 10pm, even if elector was in a queue at 10pm • Seal ballot box in the presence of candidates, election and polling agents, accredited observers, Electoral Commission representatives and Police Officers on duty. Agents entitled to affix seal. After close of poll • Absolutely essential that the ballot paper account is completed accurately • The ballot paper account must be placed in the envelope provided – keep this with the ballot box • Ensure all documents placed in correct packets and signed as appropriate • tendered papers are wrongly issued What happens if … • an accident occurs in the polling station • an incident outside the polling station prevents the Presiding Officer from leaving for the count Health and safety • • • • • • • Never put the safety of anyone inside the polling station at risk be aware to any potential risks to safety inspect the premises regularly if hazards are discovered – find a remedy if an accident occurs – follow procedures be careful when lifting heavy objects Questions Additional Information • Election Team Contacts – ESM – Staffing Officer – Polling Station Officer • Electoral Commission website – www.electoralcommission.org.uk – www.aboutmyvote.co.uk • Feedback Sheets

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When Bernie Ecclestone announced his latest idea to spice up Grand Prix racing earlier this week it made a few jaws drop - but are shortcuts a crazy concept or could they be the future of Formula One?
Many different ideas have been put forward over the years to try and make motorsport more exciting; and, while many fans feel the chess-like strategic contemplation on the pit wall is as much part of the sport as the high-speed wheel-to-wheel action, there remains a focus on finding a way to create more overtaking.
The concept of KERS, which offered a high-speed boost for drivers with the system on their cars, was a step too far for some. It was seen as a contrived way for drivers to power past less fortunate rivals who did not have the system onboard.
Even before that boost button, though, there were similar systems designed to give drivers some extra speed when they needed it most, including dials in the cockpit to change the fuel mix and launch control buttons on the steering wheel paddles to ensure a perfect jump off the start line.
Ecclestone's latest ideas were brushed off by some, but the did cause the kind of reaction he was hoping for from others.
"This is not a game," exclaimed Lotus driver Jarno Trulli. "This is a sport."
Indeed, it does smack a bit of Super Mario Kart or a Scalextric set. But, like Scalextric, the real F1 cars seem to run on rails - so why not throw something in to add a bit of uncertainty, a bit of excitement?
Sport in general seems to be doing this more and more each year. Tennis took a step towards the contrived when it introduced its appeals system, where if the player did not like the umpire's decision they can contest it.
New technology has allowed accurate measurement of whether the ball is in or out, and when a player launches a challenge the replay is viewed in the stadium to a great "ooooooooooohhhh!" from the crowd.
Win, and the decision is overturned; but lose too many times and the challenges are all out, there is no way left to dispute.
Cricket followed suit with a similar solution that allows batsmen to contest their dismissal.
This appeal is much more private, aimed less at getting the crowd going and more at getting the decision right, and once again there are limited opportunities to use this system if you get it wrong.
Football, too, is inevitably going to introduce goal-line cameras sooner rather than later.
Yet Ecclestone's suggestion is very different.
All the aforementioned systems give competitors the chance to see justice done when a wrong decision has been made. They may be new ideas, but they are aiming to make pure performance a greater factor than luck and judgement.
Ecclestone's shortcuts seem to do the opposite, adding in a luck factor that makes things more exciting but takes away from the skill of the driver.
That said, it could be argued that offering drivers a certain number of shortcuts per race would add to the strategy that many people like in the sport.
Yes, it seems contrived, but so were fuel stops, so are tyre stops and so, some argue, are the penalties handed out at races on some occasions.
Fundamentally, though, the shortcut idea won't happen; and that's because it is merely the latest example of the cunning negotiating technique used by Max Mosley and the FIA in the past.
Just as Mosley did with his budget cap, Ecclestone has put forward "a number" of proposals along with his outrageous shortcuts idea.
By offering a completely ridiculous suggestion in the mix, he hopes the rulemakers will feel his other ideas are more sensible to vote in, even if they are still at the outrageous end of the scale.
Trulli's reaction proved it works. Let's just hope Ecclestone's other ideas are not so crazy...


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The best fall foliage in New York
Searching for gorgeous fall foliage? New York offers many parks, gardens and getaways for leaf peeping.
The city is buzzing with the best NYC events in October, but for many Gothamites, there's nothing better than exploring our city's fall foliage. New York is bursting with vibrant-colored trees. And, sure, experienced New Yorkers will know that the leaves start to change color earlier upstate—oh, how we love sniffing that fresh air during one of our fabulous fall getaways! But if you're patient, you can see some truly stunning fall foliage in many gardens and NYC parks in the city. We've rounded up the top spots, in NYC and New York state, so you can certainly check leaf peeping off your New York bucket list this year.
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Best fall foliage in New York
Central Park
Start at the Conservatory Water, near the entrance at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, where you can spot hawthorn trees covered in red berries. Then continue to the 38-acre Ramble in the middle of the park, where you'll find a large tupelo tree at the southern end of an area known as Tupelo Meadow; the leaves appear in various shades—red, yellow and purple—throughout the season. Continue your nature trek in the North Woods, a rustic landscape alongside the Ravine, featuring brooks, various oaks, elm, red maple and black cherry—enter at the eastern edge of the Pool (between 100th and 103rd Streets) and follow the trails north. Near the Great Hill, look for European beech trees, which has leaves that turn a warm shade of orangey-red.
Fort Tryon Park
After a stroll into the Heather Garden's vast swath of perennials and a walk through the Cloisters, hike through the arching trees and take a seat at the Linden Terrace, one of the highest points in Manhattan, where you'll be able to gaze across the water at the Hudson River Palisades, which has 20 miles of cliffs that will be covered in vivid copper and orange foliage.
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Prospect Park
Sugar and red maples—which you can spot around the park's lake—are the first trees to change, turning orange and red, respectively. The rest of the park's foliage should follow by late October, with species like elm, sour gum and sassafras all displaying fall colors. Head to the Ravine, a densely wooded area at the center of the park, for the highest concentration of plants. Seen enough trees? Climb the hill behind the Audubon Center; there you'll find a wildlife garden filled with plants such as holly shrubs, whose berries also transform in cooler weather.
Alley Pond Park
At just over a half-mile long, Tulip Tree Trail is a great place to spot this species. The park is home to what's purported to be the oldest and largest tulip poplar in the city (called the "Alley Pond Giant"), at a towering 133.8 feet tall. Other varieties that you'll spot within the Queens green space include white oak, red maple and sassafras trees, which turn yellow and red.
Greenbelt Nature Center
Consisting of 2,800 acres of interconnected open space in suburban Staten Island, the Greenbelt offers 35 miles of trails through parks and woodland. Start your expedition at the Nature Center, where you can pick up a copy of the trail map (which can also be downloaded from the website) and talk to naturalists. The eight-mile Yellow trail passes the ironically named Moses' Mountain, which was created from debris from Robert Moses's nixed plan to construct a highway through the area. From the 260-foot hill, you get a panoramic view of the surrounding treetops—the mix of oaks, sweet gum, tulip, sassafras and red maple provide a blaze of autumnal color. On the other side of the mountain, cross Manor Road and head back into the woods toward the 90-acre High Rock Park, where you'll glimpse ponds and clusters of red maple.
New York Botanical Garden
For the best leaf spotting, get lost in the garden's Thain Family Forest. The 250-acre woodland area is the city's largest patch of old-growth forest (with some trees dating to the 19th century), and numerous species—including a high concentration of oak, red maple and tulip trees—can be found within the site. Keep an eye out for sweet gums, whose star-shaped leaves turn red and purple as autumn progresses, and scarlet oak trees, which are rich in tannins and display brilliant shades of orange and red. To learn more, head to the garden for two Fall Forest Weekends, which include guided foliage-themed tours, among other activities.
Bloomingdale Park
This 139-acre park features scores of verdant woodlands and a vast diversity of trees. Join a free Fall Foliage Hike on October 23 at 1pm to learn about how leaves change and to see the shifting palette of greens, browns and oranges in Staten Island's dense, untouched woods.
Van Cortlandt Park
This enormous Bronx park can overwhelm, with more than 1,000 acres (and an estimated 80,000 trees) within its borders. But that also makes it ideal for leaf peepers, who can see species such as oak, sweet gum and hickory displaying rust and orange leaves. For superlative views, take a stroll along the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, a 1.1-mile nature walk built atop a former tunnel that shuttled water from the Croton Reservoir down to New York City. Check out tulip and maple trees in shades of goldenrod and scarlet.
Photograph: Courtesy CC/Flickr/Steven Pisano
Wave Hill
Vivid foliage is in evidence as soon as you enter the grounds of Wave Hill—look out for a golden larch south of the main entrance. It's best viewed from beneath its branches on a clear day when the sun shines through the gilded leaves, says horticultural interpreter Charles Day. Take a seat in the open-sided structure to admire the fiery palette of the New Jersey Palisades on the other side of the Hudson—the pristine oak-hickory forest is scattered with maples, sweet and sour gums, black birch and tulip trees, resulting in an impressionist patchwork of rich hues. If you still crave more, venture into Wave Hill's eight-acre woodland to stroll amid sugar maple and hickory trees.
Sunken Meadow State Park
Though Long Island is better known as a summertime beach destination, there are plenty of reasons to head east after Labor Day. Sunken Meadow State Park (Rte 25A at Sunken Meadow Pkwy, Kings Park, NY; 631-269-4333, nysparks.com) is just 50 miles outside of the city, and offers dazzling views of Long Island Sound and even a slice of Connecticut in the distance. The park's diverse topography allows you to view the seasonal changes in a variety of settings, from beachfront to bluff top. The fall harvest season is also a great time to make your way to Long Island Wine Country (liwines.com) to visit the tasting rooms of more than three dozen local wineries.
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Check out the 20 best fall shows to see on Broadway and beyond
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The police service would have nothing to fear from a royal commission (Editorial, 24 October), particularly if comparisons are made with policing in other developed countries. The call seems ironic, however, given we have just been through a programme of fundamental reform which has included the introduction of locally elected police and crime commissioners. The Labour party's review into policing is also due to report soon.
Chief officers of police have been clear that what is required is the establishment of policing on the same footing as other professions, working to evidence-based practice and recognised for its expertise. The newly formed College of Policing is a good start but needs to be allowed to build a long-term strategy rather than knee jerk. The Winsor report failed to deliver the degree of change in processes of reward and recognition seen in the health and teaching professions and this will need to be revisited. The strengthening of the Independent Police Complaints Commission needs in my view to be supported by a system of a local ombudsman to direct investigations into complaints and provide stronger local oversight.
In Greater Manchester we are already experimenting with the use of body-worn cameras to film the work of our officers but some citizens will have concerns at this form of surveillance. When I joined policing over 30 years ago, it was largely a law-enforcement role but has moved more to an agency of social change taking a far wider responsibility. This has enabled us to achieve fundamental improvements on issues such as the level of youth offending and gang activity, but some in this debate seem to want us to revert to a narrower role.
Many of us in the police admire the way the health professions encourage staff to admit mistakes and accept that in complex procedures there will be inevitable failings and human error which has to be learnt from. The constant thirst for holding officers to account and to find an individual to blame, while understandable, does not create a healthy organisational culture and ultimately works against the public good.
Peter Fahy
Chief constable, Greater Manchester police
• This country is very good at appointing insiders to examine its failings, and those insiders have helped to ensure we have a financial crisis and energy price-fixing. The insiders cost a lot of money – think of the money that goes on the IPCC or the cash Lord Hutton made out of his exculpation of Tony Blair. And they are getting more absurd – a chief constable is currently making slow progress inquiring into claims that police spies sought to smear the family of Stephen Lawrence. Why don't you call for an international commission of inquiry, or at least a commission with international members?
Eddie Thomas
• Politicians have spent £237,000 of taxpayers' money to depict Andrew Mitchell as the injured victim in a sordid little spat (Report, 24 October). This is the same Mr Mitchell who, during the MPs' expenses scandal, as the Tory in charge of party policy on alleviating world poverty, claimed more than £21,000 for cleaning, redecorating and furnishing his constituency home. One of the leading lights censuring the police with similar self-righteous indignation is Keith Vaz, who claimed more than £75,500 in expenses for a flat in Westminster despite his £1.15m family home being 12 miles from parliament. This mindless storm in a tea cup calls to mind the expression "the kettle calling the teapot black", with the taxpayer picking up the tab.
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De Winter reappeared in the doorway. "Seoc, are you frightening my guest?"
Seoc pulled a face that Fern could see but the detective couldn't. "O' course no'," he answered innocently. "Why would I ever do that?"
"Hm," the merman grunted skeptically. "I'll be back in an hour. If I'm not, don't you dare come looking for me, I will be fine. You," he pointed to Fern, "are coming with me."
They left Seoc at the hut and took to the road. "Did you really break him out of an asylum?"
"Is he...?"
"He isn't crazy, if that's what you're asking. He's emotionally unstable."
"Oh. What is he doing here, though?"
"He's my assistant. And he can cook. I don't know how I'd survive without him."
They walked in silence for a while. Gradually, the mud huts became fewer and more sparse, until finally they petered out entirely, and they were in the desert, the sun on their faces and Alyaport behind them. The hot, orange dust swirled in eddies at their feet as the merman led the way off of the road and into the dunes. Fern wasn't sure why she trusted him, but still she followed.
After they had been about fifteen minutes of trudging along the sides of the immense waves of sand, the wind began to pick up, pulling layers off the tops of the formations. It sounded almost like many voices whispering. Despite the heat, Fern shivered. The noise was eerie.
De Winter stopped abruptly and Fern nearly walked into him. "We should go back now."
"But we haven't found anything, have we?"
"Yes and no. But I'm on a time limit, as you recall. I don't want Seoc to worry. He's liable to do something rash, like setting out to look for me...and, well, something could happen to him." He bit his lip and shrugged his shoulders. "So come."
He led her back the way they had come. As they went, the wind became softer and less talkative, and there was less tension in the air. Nevertheless, she still had the horrible sensation that they were not alone. "Did you notice that too?" she asked. "How the wind sounded like voices?"
"Yes. What did it sound like they were saying to you?"
She thought about it. "I don't know. Shar ah or something like it."
"Did you also get the feeling that something was watching us?"
"Yes. I still do."
"Want to move faster?"
He laughed nervously. "I wouldn't be opposed to that, now that you mention it."
They ran all the way to the road, determinedly not looking back. Once in shouting distance of Alyaport, however, they relaxed their pace, and trudged, panting and soaked in sweat, the rest of the way to the mud hut wherein they had left Seoc and Cedric.


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Jaggy, also known as Jagged or Jagg, ookamiamaterasu and ieatd0gs (real name Joy Brandon; born in Orange, California, USA),[1] is an artist, fursuiter and fursuit maker who lives in San Bernardino, California.[2] She is the domestic partner of Culpeo Wolf.
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Guangxi, ChinaWikipedia: Guangxi | Official Government Website: www.gxzf.gov.cn
Updated: Apr. 18, 2013
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About Guangxi, China | Styles of Tea Produced in Guangxi, China | Best (Top-Rated) Guangxi Teas | Examples of Guangxi, China
About Guangxi, China | Styles of Tea Produced in Guangxi, China | Best (Top-Rated) Guangxi Teas | Examples of Guangxi, China
About Guangxi, China
The Li River in Guangxi.Guangxi (广西) is an autonomous region (like a province but with a different organizational structure) in south China, bordering Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangdong, as well as Vietnam.
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Nanning in Guangxi is also home to the Tea & Tea Culture Expo, a relatively new expo, having its first show in 2011.[1]
References:1. Tea Culture Expo to Held in Guangxi, China Travel News, Nov. 2, 2012.
Styles of Tea Produced in Guangxi, China
This is a selection, not an exhaustive listing, of the styles of tea most commonly produced in Guangxi, China.
Best Guangxi Teas
The notion of the "best" Guangxi teas is subjective, because different people have different tastes. We present the most often-rated and highest-rated teas produced in Guangxi, China, and allow you to draw your own conclusions.
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Mortimer Brewster has just been married, but little does he know that his honeymoon might be postponed by comedy, mayhem, and murder! Warning: this show has been known to produce side-splitting laughter.
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Corduroy and I observed the fork together.
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"No, no, no," Corduroy muttered as he watched the copper blob glide closer. His torso pushed back from the table but his left hand swung up and slammed down, directly in the path of the copper liquid. Jaw clenched with effort, he attempted to lift his arm and splayed hand. His fingers scissored together on the table. The puddle slid right up to his finger pads, then disappeared as it was absorbed into his skin.
Cordy's eyebrows were almost touching his hairline. A glint of copper came again from his skull but this time, the line of copper grew wider and longer. Generous copper lips filled my brother's mouth. And still the line kept going down, splitting his face in half.
My jaw slackened.
The crack in Corduroy sliced his throat, then his chest, in half. No blood, just a glistening copper creature emerging from my brother's body, like unzipping and peeling off a wetsuit. The two halves of my brother's body fell to the seat on either side.
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But all of these examples come from B2C marketers. Can B2B marketers use video to engage and build relationships with customers? Even B2B marketers at SMBs?
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Many of the keys to success with B2B video are ones that B2C marketers use to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock:
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- Customizing your YouTube channel.
- Exploring YouTube advertising.
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- Studying YouTube success stories.
Morgan the dirty tongue, star of
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One of the case studies that I discussed during my SES Chicago presentation was originally shared with me by Jeffrey Harmon, the chief marketing officer at Orabrush, and Austin Craig, Orabrush's spokesman. Orabrush is the first product to jump from almost no sales online or offline to nationwide retail distribution only using YouTube.
In 2009, the 75-year-old inventor of the Orabrush, Dr. Bob Wagstaff, teamed up with Harmon and Craig, then college students at BYU, to figure out how to sell his tongue cleaner online. They went on to sell more than a million tongue cleaners using YouTube. But even after tens of thousands of consumers asked via Orabrush's YouTube channel if they could buy the tongue cleaner in major stores, the company had difficulty getting a hold of major retailers like Walmart.
A Walmart store manager in Utah had seen Orabrush's videos and ordered a tongue cleaner. After using it for several months, he contacted the company and said, "Hey, I'd love to carry your tongue cleaner in my store." Walmart managers from other stores who were going on a tour through his Walmart were so impressed by Orabrush's display that they decided to carry the product.
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Then Orabrush sent a link pointing to an unlisted YouTube video to the buyer at Walmart headquarters. The personalized video addressed the buyer by name and featured Craig and Orabrush's mascot, Morgan the dirty tongue. "Hi, we're Orabrush," they said. "Here are our sales numbers from the test market in Utah." They incorporated clips from Orabrush's video ads, episodes of the "Diary of a Dirty Tongue," and excerpts of user reviews. They also included a lot of mainstream media coverage.
Orabrush was hoping that the buyer at Walmart would email them to request a face-to-face meeting. Instead, Orabrush received an email that asked, "Can you support 735,000 Orabrushes by August?" There was no in-person meeting; there wasn't even a phone call. With one email linking to an unlisted video on YouTube, Orabrush got nationwide retail distribution in 3,500 Walmart stores. And it did it in the oral hygiene category – a remarkable accomplishment considering that this category is dominated by a few big companies.
So, yes, B2B marketers can use video to build relationships with customers. Even B2B marketers at SMBs.
This article was originally published in SES Magazine – Chicago in November 2012.
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Hiya folks,
I've just picked up an old Playmaster 200 I'd like to refurbish. One channel works fine, the other sounds dead - but there was some warmup "rustle" on the other when turning the bass control, so I think both output channels are good. I haven't started troubleshooting yet, I had hoped it was the balance pot but that checks out OK, although a bit odd - it seems to be 2 linear 10k pots where the range works zeroR to centre then rising to 10k for last 1/2 turn - mirror image each side - presumably to keep crosstalk down. Don't fancy finding a replacement for that, will probably go with Left and Right volumes if it's an issue. BUT! Does anyone have a copy of the circuit diagram, or even the construction articles? I though it must be on the net somewhere, but a couple nights on google haven't found anything... cheers,
|3rd December 2012, 09:58 AM
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hehe, Mines dead on one channel on the preamp as well. I have a bypass of the preamp and I'm running it off the HTPC direct. I thought that if I didn't fix the preamp that it would give me motivation to work on my new one. Unfortunately not
I have the schematic somewhere, but I have moved house recently so finding it might be an issue.
I've actually modified mine. I bypassed the tone and balance controls completely, and also made some modifications to the last opamp stage (I think after the volume control) based on the revision to the design of the Playmaster 60/60. This improved stability as the preamp section was prone to oscillation.
I like the amp. Definitely worth fixing I'd say. Even if you just bypass the preamp and use it as a power amp
here is a thumbnail (the gallery is dead at the moment) of mine the first time one channel died. My 2yo poked a chopstick in through one of the holes where balance or tone pots used to be and broke a component leg off
|4th December 2012, 04:26 AM
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Hmmm - thanks for the suggestion - that's not a bad idea at all. I think I'll pop in a set of pre-out/in sockets, that way I can feed it straight from the PC in my study while I think of my next move. I was hoping to move it to the workshop next door and run some big old Sansui's off it, but that can wait - I have a Sansui AU-D9 that has a dead output side that I'd like to fix for the study, then I can either sort the preamp in the Playmaster or just run it off the tape outputs of the Sansui... hmmm, way too many broken toys, way too little time
|4th December 2012, 10:44 AM
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Just one thing to be wary of. The output of the preamp section has quite a dc offset on it. If you switch from direct to internal preamp you may get thumps. Best to switch the speakers off with the speaker switch before changing between direct input and preamp input.
|15th July 2015, 05:51 AM
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I also have a 200 Playmaster Amp, still goes but need a circuit
|15th July 2015, 08:16 AM
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I posted the schematic for the power amp here --> suggestions for improvement about 12 years ago...
edit: I've also completed the B1 based preamp since the above post
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|23rd September 2016, 03:47 AM
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Hello folks, new starter here.
I have a Playmaster Series 200 which I built in 1985 from a Jaycar kit. It worked straight away, but has had a few problems.
The first is that the Dubbing 1-2 light always comes on. It goes off when pressed and doesn't cause any other problems, so didn't bother to fix it, as it is probably related to a faulty IC on the sub-board, which would have to be unsoldered.
The major problem has been failure (twice) with extreme prejudice (BANG!!) of the mains power switch. Not hard to replace, but the trouble is that both times it took out Q20 (a BC327) involved in speaker switching relay activation - hence Local/Remote/Both/Off switch out of action. Replaced the puny switch on the second failure with a much meatier toggle switch, and routed the mains cables to the switch as far away as possible from circuitry, between the internal fins of the heat sink. No such failure since.
Another major problem has been failure of Aux left channel. This occurred after a loud blat!! on this channel, cause still unknown. Went around this area of the board re-soldering suspect dry joints, but no luck. Am now going to replace IC10 switching IC as the most likely candidate.
When re-soldering dry joints did notice an obvious dry joint at the central earthing point pin. Probably loose because the pin is vulnerable to tugging by the wire when disassembling the amp. This re-soldering fixed a faint background noise audible on occasions.
Also much trouble with the sub-board locating screw posts coming adrift from the bottom panel. Soldered these to the bottom, but not a good fix as they sometimes come loose.
This amp is now over 30 years old so I am wondering about replacing electro caps. Has anyone found a need to do this? It sounds just as good as it ever did, and there are no suspicious bulges or leaks, so I am reluctant to fix what ain't broke.
My overall impression of the amp is that it is great, and as good as I'll ever need for stereo work, but a remote volume control at least would be good.
|23rd September 2016, 10:01 AM
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The CMOS switching IC's are very sensitive to static, so could go if some static discharged on the input I guess (edit I know I have had to replace a few over the years). Not sure it would go with a blat though...
At 30+ years old I would not be surprised if some caps have failed, I re-capped mine at somewhere around the 16 year mark I think (except the main supply caps, which I purchased some time ago but have not yet replaced.
Mine was a Dick Smith kit. Not sure whether the Circuit board quality is better in the jaycar, but one thing to be very careful of if doing a re-cap is not lifting tracks on the board! I did mine with Panasonic FC's at the time for the electros, and I think I used evox pps for the greencap bypass caps, and replaced all of the ceramics with NPO types.
If you are happy with it and there are no obvious problems then it's probably safest just to leave it as is. There are a LOT of electro's on the board, and pulling the amp apart to get good access is not fun, you need to set aside some serious time if you are going to tackle it
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|23rd September 2016, 12:10 PM
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Thanks for the tips and thoughts wintermute. Have ordered the IC to fix the aux left problem and will check all the voltages around the board (written on the board when first assembled) and if any have changed will consider looking at the electros. The amp had constant use for the first 5 years or so of its life and intermittent thereafter - so hopefully hasn't seen too much heat stress.
Re the blat!! The RCA connectors have always been rather tight, and I assumed at the time that the connections to the board had been strained to failure. If the earth was open circuit there might be loud buzz. Re-soldering all these joints (which looked OK) didn't fix the left channel - but might have caused the original failure if the IC proves to be u/s.
The Jaycar kit has a fibreglass board and I haven't encountered any track lift problems.
Disassembly to the point required for easy access means removing both top and bottom, back and front and unsoldering the main DC leads - not fun as you infer. Won't do this unless I have to that's for sure. If care is not taken reassembling, strain on the input and output panel soldered joints and volume, balance and tone control soldered joints can cause them to fail. For some reason the volume control was worse in this respect, so in the end I made the connections for it flexible.
The Dick Smith kit came out later than the Jaycar and had better presentation as I remember. The Jaycar kit has sockets for all of the ICs on the main board, but not for he sub board.
Other problem I had was failure of the volume control - noisy, not fixed by cleaning and lubrication. Couldn't get the multi detent original, had to make do with 10 detent, quarter of the original 40. Bass control also became noisy but cleaning and lubrication was a fix.
Also fitted a relay to prevent plops in the headphones.
Just been listening to Dire Straits, Money for nothing - still does the percussion soon after the start of this track beautifully through a pair of Richter predator Sabres. Has to be loud!!
|23rd September 2016, 12:51 PM
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Yes volume pots were my biggest problem. I bypassed the tone controls and balance pot years ago when pots started getting dodgy. I also changed the preamp section to add the components that were in the playmaster 60/60 which had a slightly revised version of the series 200 pre (without all the cmos switches) which improved stability.
My preamp is completely bypassed now (I never went back to find the fault on one channel) and a DC-B1 with my active crossover now feeds 270Hz and down to the series 200. an LM3886 handles the frequencies above 270Hz.
I prefer the sound of the mosfet amp to the LM3886 running full range, but this makes the most sense for a biamped setup.
I built mine in 1987, and it has been in pretty much constant service (except for about 1 year when I was using the LM3886 because there was something wrong with the preamp (again) and I didn't have time to fix it. It copped a lot of abuse at UNI parties and never missed a beat! I don't think you have to worry too much about heat stress!
It's funny you say the Dick Smith kit had better presentation, I wanted a jaycar one, but the DS one was on runout special and I got it for $399 (which was already a stretch for a uni student supporting himself), I think the ones at Jaycar were still selling for the original price which from memory was $599.
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Gordie Howe has drawn some of the biggest names in hockey, including Wayne Gretzky and Gary Bettman, to the Motor City to celebrate his life and legacy.
Howe's funeral was to begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday in a packed Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
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The home of the Detroit Red Wings, Howe's team for more than two decades and four Stanley Cup championships, was opened at 9 a.m. and was scheduled to close at 9 p.m. -- for No. 9, of course -- but so many people showed up that the visitation lasted longer than planned.
Paul Snapp was ready and willing to wait as long as it took to honor his hero.
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"I wouldn't have missed this opportunity to see him one more time for anything in the world," said Snapp, sporting Howe's No. 9 Detroit Vipers jersey from his one-game stint as a 69-year-old forward during the 1997-98 International Hockey League season, his sixth decade of professional hockey.
Howe broke records, threw elbows and fists and became an idol to Gretzky and many others while elevating the profile the NHL had in the U.S. With strength, speed and grit, he set NHL records with 801 goals and 1,850 points -- mostly with the Red Wings -- that stood until Gretzky came along.
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The Great One wore No. 99 in a tribute to Howe, a man he got to know when he was a kid.
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