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This is the third part in a four part series of articles on customer service.
In part one we looked at a example from Starbucks customer service, where a simple free beverage voucher left a lasting positive impression on me. You can read this article here – Reputation Management: Starbucks Offers A Simple Lesson In Good Customer Service.
In part two I walked you through the typical "growing pains" of a solo entrepreneur running an Internet business attempting to deliver personal customer service and how often as a result of success, things start to fall apart. You can read this article here – Growing Pains: How To Manage Customer Service As A One Person Enterprise.
In this next part of the series, as promised, I'm going to give you a behind the scenes tour of how I handled customer service through various different Internet projects I've owned in the past eight years. My system today is far from perfect, but it's definitely much better than what it was. My current set-up allows me to have time freedoms and still look after my most important constituents (most of the time anyway!).
To fully put this into perspective we have to take a trip down memory lane way back to the beginning of my Internet business timeline (still one of the most popular article series on this blog and overdue for an update to add the last couple of years).
My first true success online was my popular Magic card game site, MTGParadise.com started in the late nineties. I created that site as a true newbie. I learned how to FTP, code HTML, create basic graphics and spent countless nights changing my website.
To start with I wrote content for the website myself and learned some basic Internet marketing techniques to bring in traffic, which pretty much amounted to link exchanges and regular participation in popular Magic newsgroups (this was a LONG time ago, back in the Usenet heyday when newsgroups were the Internet).
My site grew slowly, but with no benchmarks to really compare against I was happy enough with my few hundred daily visitors, adding another ten or twenty new readers per month, treating the project purely as a hobby.
Eventually I started to receive guest articles from other people who played the card game, which helped lesson my writing load. I spent most of my time back then struggling to make HTML do what I wanted to do and did not write nearly as much as I do now as a blogger and information product creator.
My Magic site didn't become a big success until I added a forum to it. I made the decision on a whim because Magic players, at least in Australia, were used to using email newsgroups to communicate with and spent the rest of their time reading static websites. There wasn't a forum out there at the time for Australia magic players because they were content with newsgroups, which had a critical mass of users.
I didn't exactly see this as a business opportunity at the time. What I was interested in was playing with the forum script and seeing if I could get it to work (I was a real glutton for punishment back then, wasting time trying to make technology work when I wasn't a coder). I certainly did not expect what would happen next.
One of the reasons I enjoyed Magic had nothing to do with playing the game. What I loved was to trade cards. As an entrepreneur at heart, sometimes I preferred the act of performing commerce rather than playing the game, so I did see the potential for my forum to become a hub for card trading. I just didn't expect it to become THE card trading site for Australian Magic game players – but it did.
Within a few months the forums began to really take off thanks to the increasingly active card trading community.
If you can create a site that is based on user generated content fueled by a strong hook – a reason for people to come back to the site every day – well, then you have struck gold in Internet business terms. Many multi-million dollar web business today are based on this principle (think eBay, Facebook, YouTube).
My Magic site did not become a multi-million dollar business, but it did carve out it's own little corner in a very specific niche. As a result my traffic grew to over a thousand visitors a day, which I joked was probably the entire online population of Magic players in Australia (it's a popular card game, but Australia doesn't have a large population). I made my first real online income thanks to advertising sponsors on MTGParadise.com.
If you are interested to learn more about how I made money with my Magic site, see – How to make money from your website using advertising.
Once my forum began to take off I suddenly found myself in charge of a little business. I won't go into detail because I've discussed my days running my Magic site in many of the early archives of this blog (see the Articles page for highlights). Over the years I invested serious time into my Magic site, including running an online card store at one stage. It became the focus of my working life outside of finishing university.
As a result of my site's success I found myself for the first time, running out of time when it came to dealing with all the demands placed on me online. I wore "all the hats" when it came to my early web projects (I couldn't justify the financial cost of hiring help – to be honest, even when I could I still didn't – it took a while to learn the value of hiring help), so I was upgrading scripts, writing content, marketing, handling sponsors, moderating forums, replying to emails – basically doing everything myself.
This became an impossible range of activities for one person to do and for the very first time I realized that my Internet business was not really a business – it was a job – and something had to change.
This all happened to me way before Rich Schefren released the Internet Business Manifesto and before I heard of the E-Myth, two seminal resources on developing business systems (the Manifesto is particularly relevant for Internet business entrepreneurs who are still struggling to do everything themselves).
One concept I learned around this time had a profound impact and started me down the path towards the customer service and overall business structure I use today – The 80/20 rule. It was thanks to grasping this principle that I realized I had to find ways to free up my time to do what I did best. This made sense to me not just because it could help my business grow so I could make more money, but also because what I really wanted was to spend less time on jobs I didn't like. The 80/20 rule could deliver both outcomes.
If you have never heard of the 80/20 Rule, please read my primer here – What Is The 80/20 Rule And Why It Will Change Your Life
Chasing freedom has always been the core motivational driver for me, money is just a tool that helps to liberate that freedom. If you are not careful, money can have the opposite effect, reducing your freedoms because you don't have enough of it or you become addicted to chasing it even when you have more than enough.
Change didn't occur immediately, but I started to see where I had already made some smart decisions that had freed up time and I began to look for more opportunities to "do less".
Outsourcing is a term thrown around a lot and for the purpose of this article I'm going to apply it very loosely.
Outsourcing is the act of having other people do things for you.
There's always some form of value exchange in every outsourcing relationship, perhaps for money, traffic, exposure or contacts. Fundamentally we are talking about people doing things for your business so you don't have to do them, in exchange for something they want.
The first time I did this was when I recruited writers for my Magic site. I needed content, they wanted a little fame from writing about a subject they loved. With the success of my forums I quickly "hired" moderators and like thousands of successful forums around the world today, there were eager members who would gladly spend time moderating in exchange for an increase to their status and just because they want to help out in the community.
Outsourcing these two tasks made my life a little easier. It was because of this experience, my newly formed 80/20 attitude, my ongoing study of the what made for a successful online business (one that granted the owner certain freedoms), that I looked for new projects based on a business model that leveraged outsourcing.
As a result, my next successful project, BetterEdit.com, was structured to rely on outsourcing, in this case, a proofreading business that delivered a service entirely provided by other people.
BetterEdit, although built on the skills of a team of professional editors, still depended on me to provide customer support. Although I was becoming better at outsourcing and freeing up my time to focus on my core strengths and tasks that I enjoyed, I still invested a lot of time on what we have now well and truly established as a core marketing function – communicating with your clients and providing superior customer service.
It would take many years before I finally bit the bullet and invited a good friend, Angela, to work with me and take over the customer service role at BetterEdit. Angela was trained in my systems and slowly over a period of months replaced me as the main source of customer support and continued to do a great job until I sold the business (and still does a great job for the new owner).
This experience was a real revelation for me. Seeing that someone could actually replace me and perform as good and sometimes better customer service than I did was a quantum leap in my attitude to business outsourcing. Having people write content and moderate your forums is one thing, but letting someone inside the nerve center of your business and have complete control over your customers, is another step altogether.
This one change eventually led to a rapid business growth period as I began to take on people to help me with all aspects of my Internet empire. From installing scripts to designing graphics, managing servers and creating templates, to writing copy – I had people helping with everything.
I could go on about how this change helped me finally reach a stable six figure online income, but the focus today is customer service and perhaps most importantly, as a result of my experience with Angela, I realized that it is possible to almost entirely outsource your customer service requirements.
One of the main reasons I hired Angela to help with BetterEdit was so I could devote myself even more to blogging. I had sold MTGParadise.com several years prior and with BetterEdit no longer requiring significant attention thanks to Angela's help, my core day-to-day activities focused on what I really wanted to do – blog.
Bloggers are known to give a lot more than they receive in return. The whole concept of successful blogging is built on a foundation of free content. As a result of this there's an expectation that a blogger's time is free too, so as you become more successful more people come to you asking for a slice of your time to help them with whatever they are focused on.
As my blog grew in exposure I found myself unable to keep up with all the people emailing me asking for help or a link to their website. Even responding to comments was challenging since I always had the philosophy of "create new content" before doing anything else regarding my blog. Some queries were left unanswered as I busied myself creating my next post (actually I'm doing this right now – creating a new blog post instead of responding to the emails sitting in my inbox – though I will get to them eventually!).
Around this time I also began buying websites, starting with a second blog, SmallBusinessBranding.com. Over the next few years I would buy and sell several different websites and chronicle the experiences on my blog, creating more exposure (see – How To Invest In Websites In Your Spare Time – as a good place to start if you are interested in buying and selling websites for profit).
Throughout this period everything I was working on was growing and bringing me into contact with more and more people. By then I had well and truly lost my ability to respond to every person who contacted me and just like the typical scenario I painted in the preceding article on customer service growing pains, my customer service performance was a victim of my business success.
It was time to make some changes to my customer service system, and I began by filtering the messages that came through to me.
If you run a popular website or blog then you already know from experience that many of the contacts you receive come from people either too lazy, apathetic or just so new to the subject, that they can't figure out how to find the answers they want by themselves. In their eyes, it's much easier to just send an email to a blogger they come across who already offers so much great free info, even when the answers to their questions are already in your blog. They want the easy solution rather than doing the work to find it.
While you want to be able to help the people who are genuine, the majority of people are "tire kickers", at least in my experience. They want something from you and are too lazy to figure it out on their own. Usually these people are not capable of action, so when you give them the answer, they don't bother following through on that either – they just waste your time.
What you need is a system that requires people to take an extra step or two in order to ask their question. The tire kickers are too lazy to do this – they only have enough energy to send an email, anything more and it's too much for them. This helps to filter away the people who will likely waste your time.
It was around this time that I began studying some of the materials of Mike Filsaime, in particular his Butterfly Marketing package.
One concept that I really liked was his system for handling communication with his customers and the general public.
Mike set up a website called ReplytoMike.com, which acts as a central point of contact for his business. It's a very simple page that guides people to his help desk, his guestbook and provides instructions for what to do depending on your reason for contacting him (for example, joint venture requests).
What I loved about Mike's system was it allowed you to handle most types of queries with a tailored option – it could filter people for you. If a person wants to give you some feedback, they can leave a comment in the guestbook. If they are a customer or prospect they can query your help desk (which of course is manned by an outsourced customer service person).
I used Mike's set-up as inspiration for my own support system. I went and bought myself ReplytoYaro.com and created a simple webpage, which I still use today. Incidentally, now might be a good time to go see if ReplytoYOURNAME.com is available.
I decided to make use of the forum I had already set-up for my blog readers at www.blogtrafficschool.com/forums/ and created a section to function as a guestbook. The guestbook is for any person who wants to pass on their thanks and doesn't require a reply. The added benefit of this method is you create a public archive of all guestbook comments, which make for great testimonials. You can see my guestbook here.
Most of the queries I get are people asking for help or feedback on their personal project. I don't want to let these queries go without a reply of some kind because I like to be accessible, but I can't let this get in the way of my core activities like writing new blog posts, product creation and supporting my existing customers. I also prefer to help more than one person whenever I offer advice, so a personal email reply is not a good solution.
When I create content I want it to go to the public to help more than just the person asking the question, so again I decided to use the forum as the main question and answer support group.
Whenever an email is sent asking a question people are guided to ReplytoYaro.com and eventually the forums (sometimes the forums directly). What's great about this is that most tire kicker types won't go to the trouble of creating a forum user account to ask their question. The people that do, are usually genuine and have a good question, since they are prepared to put in a little effort.
Forums are a great solution for fielding general questions from the public because often if you can't personally reply, other forum members will help out. As a nice side effect, you increase participation in your forum and if you have ever tried to grow a popular forum, you know how hard that is! (See this article for more forum marketing tips – How to Build a Popular Forum Community in 5 Steps.)
I much prefer to build a community of people who can support each other, which frees up my time to support the most important people to my business – my paying customers. It's nice to be able to help people for free too (that's what blogging is about), but there are time limitations you can't avoid.
You need to prioritize different groups of people based on your relationship with them, but be careful not to ignore any group because a "free" question you take the time to attend to can convince that person to become a paying customer. It's a fine balance, but with a simple system like my ReplytoYaro.com page combined with a forum, you can get it done.
How To Become Friends With An Expert
As an aside – and I've said this before – if you ever want personal contact with an expert, a good option is to buy their product. As a customer you are immediately elevated into a higher status group in their world, which makes it more likely they will respond to your queries (no guarantees of course).
Sometimes it's worth buying products just to help foster a relationship with a person you want to know, especially if that can lead to contact with people who can help you make money – like joint venture partners.
I started using an extension for Firefox and Thunderbird called Clippings, that let me create snippets of text I could use as templates.
I created a template response to reply to any personal queries sent via email that directed people to go to the forums or ReplytoYaro.com. Most people I reply to in this manner never make it to the forums, they just disappear, hopefully because they found an answer in my blog, but unfortunately more likely because they are too lazy to set up a forum account.
This one change significantly reduced the amount of time I spent responding to general query emails. All that was left was a way to promptly support my paying customers.
After divesting myself of BetterEdit leaving me to focus only on blogging, my next project was BlogMastermind.com, the first time I would release an information product of my own creation. This also meant I would have a new group of paying customers and this time, with my choice to fully embrace outsourcing, I wanted to be sure that I used a system for customer support that other people could run for me.
I decided to install a help desk script, which I would direct my members to if they had any issues regarding Blog Mastermind. Initially I used the help desk script Perldesk as my help desk, staffed only by me to start with, although that quickly changed.
The help desk acted as a filter just like the forum. Many people decide filling out a help desk form is too much for them, so queries tend to only come from genuine customers or people who are committed enough to take a minute or two to get in touch with me.
The help desk was recently switched over to a simple Gmail email account. This was done because Gmail is brilliant. It has all the features you need to run a help desk style support system, can filter spam better than anything I know, contains flagging so you can assign queries to different people and have multiple support staff maintain the one account, is globally accessible and perhaps best of all, it is free.
I invited Angela back to help run my customer service email for my blogging business and she's been great as always. If you have contacted me recently then chances are you have been in contact with Angela. She makes use of clipping templates to quickly deal with common queries and I look after anything that she can't deal with, which is around 20% of the total queries we receive.
Whether you use a help desk script or Gmail account is up to you. There are pros and cons to both options, so make the choice based on your needs. If you want to research different help desk scripts, try the PHP Resource Archive: Customer Support Scripts.
I realize I've covered a lot in this post and intertwined it with my story to explain how things evolved. As a result, you might be confused, so to help clarify, here's a brief breakdown of how my customer support system currently operates.
In some places, such as inside my membership sites, members are directed directly to the customer support email account.
This is a basic breakdown of how things work. None of this is set in stone. I still personally reply to a lot of email, especially when it's important that it's me sending the message (for example – certain customer issues and to maintain relationships with key people).
What this system does well is filter away people who are time wasters and allows the more common and system related queries (e.g. where's this resource? my download link didn't work, etc) to be quickly dealt with without involving me.
As a result, I receive only about 50 new emails per day, most of which are Internet marketing newsletters or spam, which did not require a reply. I only receive about 2-5 emails I have to respond to each day and most of the time, unless timing is critical, I do not reply until the end of the week.
This is a dramatic difference to about a year ago, where there was an ever present 100+ emails in my inbox that I struggled to keep on top of.
This system has helped free up time so I can comfortably write blog posts, create product content and support my paying students, without worrying about everything else falling apart. I would definitely not be able to travel as I have this year, if it was not for this system.
What I haven't been able to do is stay active replying to every blog comment, read and comment on other blogs and participate in forums, maintain social network profiles and leverage social media. Some of these things I used to do more often, but they have dropped in priority, while others just take too much time to keep up to date with.
It all comes down to prioritization and the 80/20 rule in the end. My system is not perfect, but it's granted me the most important thing – freedom of choice and the option to spend most of my time doing what I like and still build a solid Internet business at the same time. I hope you can apply much of what you learned in this article to help you achieve the same thing.
None of this would work of course, without the help of Angela. Your customer service person or people have to possess a few key skills, both technical and interpersonal. It's not a position you can fill with just anybody.
In my next article, the last in this series on customer service, I will review your options for how to find a good customer service person and emphasize why this should be one of the first parts of your business that you outsource.
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Yaro Starak
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This is a very precise steps that on describing on how to free yourself, Yaro. Great explanation on every tool that you are implementing. I'm sure most people will benefit from it.
Tim Ferris did a great job too in his four hour work week. But yet you have successfully crafted out your experiences for us to share with.
Thanks, god bless.
Hello Yaro,
Excellent post as usual. 🙂
The problems you have with support staff, I have with designer.
I also slowly distribute jobs to a few other designers. Outsourcing
is among the best decisions I ever made.
It's worth it. 🙂
Good luck!
You highlighted some key points such outsourcing and having filters in place so one can focus on other aspects of their business.
Emyth is my favorite book too and Gerber's recently released Awakened the Entrepreneur Within.
Customer service is an integral part of a business, so yes you want to outsource only to the best.
I use a similar system for support, but I answer email queries personally, including from my e-newsletter subscribers (they can hit reply). That helps bond relationship with them.
Sometimes they don't believe there is actually someone who answers autoresponder message.
So far so good. This is like reading Jeffrey Archer. Continue, please do, cannot wait!
You have a great story Yaro! It was great to see where you have come from and the steps you have taken. Thanks for sharing this with us!
A key lesson from your experiences, Yaro, is to get these systems set up as early in your business development as possible. Even if you are the only "staff" working on the systems, just having them in place makes it much easier to deal with and hand over to staff when the time comes.
One simple thing I've done on my blog is turn down the comment moderation filter so that all comments are approved as long as the commenter enters an email address. I just have to quickly scan the comments (all are sent to my Gmail address) and make sure they're all kosher. Sure, the odd spam comment might get through and be on my site for 12 hours, but I'm willing to take that chance to avoid the hassle of constantly approving comments.
Yay, the long awaited follow-up post! I read the whole thing word for word the second I saw the link in Twitter.
This is the info I so badly needed as I'm getting completely bogged down and starting to not enjoy what I do anymore. I'm grateful for this post and it has sparked a few ideas of my own, so THANK YOU!
I honestly think once I implement them there will be a huge turning point for me.
The more I read your tips, more I am becoming an addict to your blog 🙂
I was using XSysHelp as my helpdesk domain..but I can see a personal touch and felt an immediate closeness when I saw ReplyToName.
I booked it and will be moving to the new domain. I didn't channelize all my contacts options through helpdesk, but I am on look out of Angela-2 now 🙂
Thank you for reminding me the basic concepts, which are simple to implement but yet overlooked.
Excellent article! This is a concise internet marketing version of "E-myth" and "The Four Hour Work Week". The most important concept that must be mastered is…. Work ON your business, not IN it! Outsourcing is an important remedy for those constantly working in their business.
Thank you!
Thanks for this article Yaro! I have always liked to read success stories. They bring me motivation and hope.
By the way, in the beginning you forgot to place a link to your second article.
Thanks Greg – looks like an extra anchor close tag was switching off the link before it even started.
Hello Yaro,
Great post as usual. I really like your blog and I do like to read your posts. They're very interesting to read and helpful.
I'm looking forward to your review of how to find a good costumer service person because that's what I'm looking for for my business.
Great post Yaaro. As a newbie I always like to learn basic things from experts. Your articles give me insights and motivation. Still a long way to go for me, so still waiting another great posts from you. Big thanks Yaaro.
Hello Yaro,
Great post as usual. I really like your blog and I do like to read your posts. They're very interesting to read and helpful.
Just read your post – very informative.
Have you considered adding a knowledgebase where you can add FAQs? Or do you find that redundant somewhere within your system? I like using a FAQ area to help people with those tiny questions that always seem to pop up… like "Do you accept PayPal?" and other simple issues. Just a thought – my add a little extra value without costing any more time… even to the "lazy" ones.
Hi Yaro,
The good thing about the Internet marketing is that almost every tedious and cumbersome processes can be done automatically once the autopilot Internet business system is developed.
Another long pillar article here at entrepreneurs-journey and I enjoy reading it. Well done!
You're right, it is hard to start relying on hired help – I still have trouble finding the right person for the job. Great post!
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Customer service is one of the first things I outsourced as well. Anything that can be automated, I automate. Any "ditch digging" activities, I outsource. What most people don't seem to understand is that you cannot be creative when you work yourself into the ground.
The reason it can be so hard to find capable and good employees is because no one cares about your business the way that you do….
Thanks for the much-anticipated post about handling the customer services.
I guess the most difficult part in the system is hiring the right person for the job… A lot of qualified people, but not many who will fit well into the system you create.
Wow thanks for the great wrap Yaro!
I should print this out for my resume, if I ever go back to a 'normal' job! 🙂
(I would never find an employer as onto-it as you if I did!)
I just landed on your site blog for the first time. A great and valuable resource for Internet Business Builders. I love your input on customer service. It amazes me that some business are set up with no thought to customer service and how to handle it. No matter what the service or product there needs to be a customer service attached to it, its the most basic business skill.
Job well done.
This is really excellent advice about how you got to where you are today and the various systems you've employed. Like Dr. Gordon mentioned, there are systematic ideas that feel very E-Myth inspired and availability/creating-barriers concepts that are similar to Four Hour Workweek…but that's not the point. What's more salient here is how you arrived at them and have presented them.
Like your Problogger post today discussed, you point out how you arrived at these from your own lessons–and I think that helps a lot to see the merit in these approaches and to identify with similar problems. Rather than features/benefits, identifying with the other person can be a much more potent (although perhaps time-consuming) approach.
Thanks for all these tips. I certainly have similar reasons behind why I created AwayFind, which is like a ReplyToYaro for anyone, but your approach to presenting it is much more personal. Thanks for that.
While I've come across your articles over the years, Skellie mentioned it to me the other day and then the Problogger article pushed me over the edge. Consider yourself subscribed–thank you!
It's all about controlling the flow of information, who gets what and what need to be done. This process allow you to free up your time so you can focus on running your business and doing what you truly enjoy.
Great job
Hi Yaro, I want to sincerely thank you for all the hard work you put into your website. In the last 2.5 years since I launched my own site, it has grown to over 300K+ unique visitors per month and customers in over 50 countries. I faced many challenges and issues along the way and your site has always been an extremely valuable resource for me.
I would be very curious to here your opinion on managing blog comments. Since my site has grown, I've had no choice but to close the comments on several articles because I was getting completely inundated. Now I'm contemplating closing comments on articles older than 30 days and encouraging visitors who do want to leave comments on those older articles to go to my Facebook community page. As the content on the site expands, the thought of managing an ever increasing # of comments (which are oftentimes long fitness questions) is becoming increasingly difficult.
On the subject of this article, I recently implemented ZenDesk help desk system, which is working very well and I would highly recommend it for those who are getting above 10 emails/support issues per day.
Thanks again and keep up the great work!
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Wed., May 30, 2012, 11:09 a.m.
Campers on Friday outside of Ketchum, Idaho, picked up what they thought was a lost domestic puppy but it turned out to be a wolf.
The campers took it to a veterinary clinic, where a technician suspected the pup might be a wolf and contacted Defenders of Wildlife. A representative of that organization contacted the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Fish and Game officials spent part of Sunday, Monday and Tuesday searching for a wolf pack near the area where the pup was found, hoping to reunite it with the pack. But they found no fresh sign, a news release from Fish and Game said.
A blood sample was drawn for a DNA test to determine whether the pup is a wolf, a wolf-hybrid or something else.
Zoo Boise agreed to take the pup temporarily and to help Fish and Game find it a permanent home.
The pup is not in good physical condition and needs veterinary care.
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Investigating Stream Energy and Gradient Using Small Stream Tables
In this activity for a Physical Geology Lab, students investigate the relationship between stream energy and stream gradient using small stream tables. Students manipulate stream processes of sediment erosion and deposition by changing the gradient of their stream. Students will create hypotheses about stream processes and test them by observing stream behavior. Students compare and contrast their small stream models to real streams, emphasizing the ways in which the model does and does not approximate real life. Assessment is based on a series of questions and diagrams that students will complete.
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Methods of GeoscienceIn this activity, students create a small model of a stream system, then change the gradient of the stream to investigate the relationship between gradient and stream energy. This lab addresses the methods of geoscience through development and testing of a hypothesis, making observations of natural processes, and developing and understanding of the limitations of using models to investigate the Earth. Students practice critical thinking and synthesis of concepts from lecture and lab.
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Materials needed for this lab (see attached assignment as well): LabAids® stream tables and sediments (although home-made ones could be used as well), rulers, notebooks, string (for easy measuring of stream length), cups, water, colored pencils.
- Student worksheet for small stream tables activity (Microsoft Word 40kB May7 12)
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Bride By Mistake
by Anne Gracie
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Three stars for the quality of the writing, but two would be a more accurate reflection of my response to this book.
Ms Gracie has superb descriptive talents but, in this book at least, indulges in them at the expense of the narrative. I skipped several dozen paragraphs of heavy, cloying prose to hurry on to the next dialogue and the next development in the story.
I think it's a simple matter of compatibility. This kind of bland, verbose historical romance is not for me.
There were quite a few aspects I enjoyed about this wonderful conclusion to a adventurous series by Anne Gracie. Bride By Mistake is Luke's story, and in the past books we see him as a scoundrel and famous among the ladies. Luke is a full blooded male, a fierce protector, tortured past, and determined to claim his wife when annulment is no longer available. Isabella, is the type of heroine I fell in love with from the beginning. Even though she cares for Luke, she has had to do things to survive. She has alot of passion and wildness about her, she has a longing for adventure. There was such a sense of fun and playfulness between these two. I lost count the number of times I burst out laughing. There was such a spark between these two. I loved how Isabella treats Luke, she isn't a meek mouse, and takes him on a adventure. We see how she starts to have him wrapped around her finger---which is always great to see when the hero is too arrogant for his own good. There was alsoa enriching story full of emotion and sensuality to charm you. A beautifully crafted tale of love, exciting plot, adventure and an irresistable romance!!! Definitely "Chocolate and swoon" worthy of a read.
Nice read - liked the heroine and the hero, but felt that the tone was periodically off in terms of the heroine's background and experience. The ending was also a bit too melodramatic and over the top and had a few too many coincidences for my taste. Still love Gracie's stuff, and will buy her next book.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0425245799, Mass Market Paperback)
At the age of thirteen, in the middle of a war, Isabella was saved from a forced marriage to a man she hated when handsome young English Lieutenant Luke Ripton married her. Lieutenant Ripton, tall, dark, and as beautiful as an archangel. He placed her in a convent school, and left. She waited -- like a princess in a tower dreaming of her prince -- for eight years. Now those dreams have withered and Bella is taking charge of her life...
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"I'm leaving the convent." Bella's announcement was followed by a stunned silence.
"Is he comi--" Paloma began.
"Nobody is coming for me, Paloma." Bella glanced at Sister Beatriz, who was still asleep, and said in a lowered voice. "I'm leaving anyway."
"I don't believe you. What will you do? How will you support yourself? Who will protect you? It's dangerous--"
"I will support myself, " Bella said. "And I will protect myself. I won't stay here, waiting forever for someone to rescue me. Life isn't a fairy-tale."
"Isabella Ripton," said a voice from the doorway.
All the girls jumped guiltily.
"Isabella," Sister Josefina repeated as she entered the door. She was the youngest and prettiest of the nuns, merry and lively and dedicated to her vocation. "Tidy yourself. Reverend Mother wants you in her office. You have a visitor!"
"A visitor? Who?" In eight years, Bella had never had a visitor.
Sister Josefina smiled. "Can't you guess?"
Mystified, Bella shook her head.
"An Englishman."
Bella froze.
Sister Josefina nodded. "Tall, dark, and as beautiful as an archangel."
Bella couldn't move a muscle. She couldn't utter a word or marshall a single coherent thought.
"A very stern, very masculine archangel." Sister Josefina sighed. And a blush rose on her cheeks.
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By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
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Super middleweights Ben McCulloch 10-0, 7 KOs) and Les Piper (14-10-3, 3 KOs) both made weight for their twelve round IBF Pan Pacific and PABA super middleweight title clash on Wednesday night. McCulloch and Piper both scaled in at 167.5 lbs., one-half pound below the division limit. The fight will take place at the South Sydney Junior Leagues Club in Sydney, NSW, Australia.


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"2001. I was about 5 months old here."
This tag game is especially fun because we make up a special question for our tagged pals to answer at the end.
First, here's Roxy's question:
Q - If you were human for 1 day what is the first thing you would do?
A - Well, I think I'd first go to the all day food buffet. Then, even though Roxy didn't ask, the second thing I'd do is go to the all night food buffet.
Second, here's Tosha's question:
Q - At bedtime do you have your own bed or do you sleep with your human family?
A - Not only do I sleep in my humans' bed, I sleep on the pillow around my mom's head.
Here are 7 things about me:
1. I askeeredy cat :OOOOO
2. I lick things. Everything. My paws. My mom. My dad. The floor. The couch. The doggie bed. The human bed. This has earned me the nickname of Mrs. Licks
3. I love going for walks on our creek with my pawrents and Copper. Sometimes we get to see my neighbor pup, Lucy Lu Lu! She's a Belgian Laekenois and she's super pretty!!
4. I tap my front paws when I'm super excited like I'm marching in place.
5. I'm a little proud of this trick: I can poop and eat grass at the same time :D
6. I love being a Snoop Dog Beagley!
7. I miss my sister Sybil.
I will now tag 7 puppers.
1. Harry
2. Mr. Pickles AKA The Dogfather
3. Prince Buddy Todd
5. Pebbles
6. Bailey
7. Sophia
And here's my question for them to answer:
What is the most trouble you ever got in?
1. What is the color of your collar?
Right now I'm wearing my Black Orvis collar with my name and number embroidered in. I have one in blue and green, too! :)
2. What kind of food do you eat?
Science Diet Kibble
3. What are your favorite treats?
I love biscuits, but I really get excited for a pig's ear!!
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
I have many, many great friends, but my Valentine is Mr. Furley.
5. Do you get table scraps?
Only if a scrap falls on the floor, via Daddy. :D
6. What is your favorite toy?
I like when my mom stuffs peanut butter in the Kong, but I won't play with it if there's no food.
7. When is your birthday?
April 2001
8. Do you have a favorite color?
I like green. :)
9. How many times a day do you eat?
I eat twice a day, but sure wish I could eat more than that!
10. Do you have a favorite celebrity dog or human?
All Snoops are my favorite dogs and they're all famous in my life!!
These are the game rules: Answer all questions, post them in your diary, then tag 6 friends by sending a rosette or pawmail.
1. What is the color of your collar?
My color is green. Black stitching says my name and my phone number.
2. What kind of food do you eat?
Science Diet
3. What are your favorite treats?
I'll take a pigs ear any day of the week. But I hardly get 'em.
4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?
Me & Mr. Furley like each other a WHOLE BUNCH! xoxo
5. Do you get table scraps?
Only if mommy isn't looking.
6. What is your favorite toy?
Seesh, I'm not very interested in toys. I do, however, like to chew on things like a pen or a water bottle cap. Mom gets me kewl chew toys, but I'd rather play with things I'm not supposed to. She ends up donating them to homeless puppers...
7. When is your birthday?
Exact day is hard to determine. My gotcha day is in April 2001. I was around 4 months old then.
8. Do you have a favorite color?
I like whatever my mom likes. She's into green this year. :)
9. How many times a day do you eat?
I have breakfast and dinner every day! And sure wish I'd get a lunch, too.
10. Do you have a favorite celebrity dog or human?
Is Eddie a celebrity outside of Snoops? If so, I pick him.
Now.....I'm off to tag 6 pups...
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Correlation is a useful measure – it helps us make predictions about a variety of events. But it's also a bit tricky – while there are relationships that seem stable (such as the fact that rich people tend to spend more on luxury goods than the less wealthy), there are some that do experience some volatility. These require special caution, as relying blindly on what was seen in the past without checking whether it is still true can lead to disaster.
Unfortunately, precious metals markets fall into the latter category, hence the relationships between particular assets need constant monitoring in order to be useful and – which is even more important – not to be harmful to the investors. We have already written about the correlations between gold, silver and U.S. dollar turned upside down, and it seems that a lot of what was written then is still in place, however, due to the fact that markets change every day, it is a good idea to see if there are any indications that the situation will soon return to normalcy.
To do so, let us move on to the technical part of today's essay – we'll start with the analysis of euro's long-term chart (charts courtesy by http://stockcharts.com.)
We saw a sharp rally last week as the declines of late 2012 were erased and the index is back to levels not seen since December. With the correction behind us, it now seems that higher values are likely as a short-term uptrend is in place.
The most recent declines stopped at two Fibonacci retracement levels. The first was the 38.2% level based on weekly closing prices and the second the 50% level based on intra-day lows. The Fibonacci retracement levels once again have shown their value as a useful technical tool.
Let's move on to the U.S. currency and see whether the rally in euro has had any influence on the USD.
We begin the analysis of the USD Index with the long-term chart since it gives us a bigger perspective. With the situation bullish for the euro, it seems that a bearish outlook here would be no surprise. This is very much the case as the index closed below the resistance line yesterday. No breakout has been seen and a recent attempt to move above this line was invalidated. The outlook here is clearly bearish at this time; the resistance line appears strong enough to hold a possible short-term rally in check.
Now, let's have a look at the USD Index short-term chart.
Here, we have similar implications to what was seen from the long-term perspective. The index dropped significantly on Thursday after an unsuccessful attempt to break out above the declining resistance line based on tops seen last year in July and November. The invalidation is a bearish factor and likely a major contributor to Thursday's decline. The index closed even lower on Friday after having tried to move much higher that day which is a bearish indication. It seems that additional moves to the downside are ahead along with additional rally in the Euro Index.
An encouraging development last week was that the precious metals rallied when the USD Index declined, seemingly a step towards return to normalcy, that is, negative correlations between the dollar and the metals. We would like to see more of this, however, before stating that this bullish development is once again in place.
Finally, let us have a look at the intermarket correlations to see how what we saw last week translates into the numbers, and whether we can expect any improvements in the correlation structure soon.
The Correlation Matrix is a tool, which we have developed to analyze the impact of the currency markets and the general stock market upon the precious metals sector (namely: gold & silver correlations). On Thursday, we saw something that contributed to a possible move back to the normal correlations. It is too early to say, however, that the negative correlation between gold, silver and the mining stocks and the USD Index is definitely back. What's normal? Negative correlation between metals and the dollar and positive one between metals and stocks – just like you can see in the medium term columns. Why should you care? Because without this correlation in place, lower values of USD Index may not translate into higher values of precious metals – this is what we've been seeing for a few weeks now.
We prefer to see a few more days of declines in the dollar and higher prices for precious metals before saying that the worst is over with respect to the upside down correlations. While it is more likely than not that lower values for the dollar will coincide with higher precious metals prices, this is not yet something we would describe as "highly likely". And this could be viewed as the answer to the title question: Correlations should be constantly monitored in order to avoid formulating conclusions and forecasts automatically – someone who's heard that "when USD rallies, gold falls" could decide to sell the yellow metal because of the strong dollar and lose lots of money in the profits that they would not make – that could be the case when gold rallies along with the USD Index, when it's being pushed higher by the demand from Europe and Asia. Such scenarios will likely take place some time during this and/or the following years, so it is important to keep the correlations in mind and check them before taking big steps regarding your gold & silver investments.
Summing up, the outlook for the euro is bullish for the short term but bearish for the USD Index for both the short and medium term. The implications from the currency markets this week are bullish for the precious metals sector overall, but may have no direct, instantaneous effect until correlations return to their normal values.
Please keep in mind that the situation on the precious metals market may change quickly and what you read above may become outdated before you read our next free essay. That's why our premium subscribers receive Market Alerts as soon as anything important takes place (the latest one was sent out today right after markets opened in the US) - they remain covered at all times. Moreover, our subscribers read full versions of our articles that we call Premium Updates - they are much more in-depth and thorough than free commentaries posted in this section, so by reading them you are better and earlier prepared when major changes regarding gold and silver occur. Premium Updates include price targets and trading suggestions as well. Our subscribers also enjoy up-to-date and tailor-made (!) gold stocks ranking, silver stock ranking and more. Traders particularly value the ability to track the accurate SP Indicators dedicated to the precious metals market without the weekly lag. We encourage you to join our subscribers and also enjoy all of the above-mentioned benefits.
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- Log into your voicemail account by pressing the message button on your phone and entering your password when prompted.
- At the main menu, choose option 4 (setup options).
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Oops, forgot to mention a date: c 1926
My grandmother "performed" as a lingerie model/dancer? in a/the Parisian Lingerie Revue. The first production was presented before the movie "Devil's Island" with Pauline Frederick, and the second edition of the revue played before a production of "Oh Baby", a play with Graham McNamee, a few weeks later. I'm writing about her experiences on Broadway and am looking for more info on this time period and these particular performances. If anyone's interested, I can post playbill and ads for these shows.
Plenty of showmanship and style in that program. Makes you want to attend that theatre. I appreciate S. Porridge letting us see it.
Renewing link.
Link to a 1927 program from the Colony:
Visited the Broadway in 2003 to see Baz Luhrmann's "La Boheme" — thanks to all for filling in the history and various aliases.
Thanks, Warren. Never saw that marquee before. I love the old ones, with the individually-placed letters. I was always intrigued when moviehouses outside New York used the names of actors who weren't necessarily the top-billed ones, violating the contractual billing, so to speak, to favor a hometown actor, a singer who was at a local nightclub, etc.
But I did like the Broadway Theatre's script-like marquee from the 1980s and 1990s.
As a Broadway theater during the past few decades, the Broadway had one of the best marquees in Manhattan. No more. Does the city prevent theaters from maintaining old-style marquees or is the theater owners who keep shrinking them or replacing them with nondescipt new marquees?
Nana Mouskouri 1977
You forgot Nana Mouskouri in 1977 or credit to IBDB.COM.
The Broadway/Colony showcased Vaudeville in the thirties and has presented some non-play stage shows since, such as Robin William and Elvis Costello performing live.
daytime exterior shot taken nov 2007
The photos I posted in January are now located in this Broadway Theater album, now that I've reorganized my photobucket album.
here is the theatre's name timeline.
The B.S. Moss's Colony Theatre opened on Dec. 25th, 1924.
Universal's Colony Theatre reopened Feb. 7th, 1926, Film.
B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre reopened Dec. 8th, 1930, Film.
Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre reopened Sept. 27th, 1932, Legit.
Broadway Theatre reopened Dec. 26th, 1932, Vaudeville house.
B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre reopened Oct. 12th, 1935, Film.
Cine Roma 1937, Film.
Broadway Theatre 1939, Film
The B.S. Moss stands for Benjamin S. Moss, who was a theatre owner and operator. The Shubert's bought the house in 1939.
The Broadway Theatre was also known as Cine Roma back in 1937, it showed Italian films.
Thanks Warren. I am not sure how one would list them, but the old Criterion and the Vitagraph both deserve a listing.
Sorry, I found that one. It is the VITAGRAPH (44th & Broadway) that appears to be missing.
There appears to be no listing for Paramount's Broadway Theatre. (1915-1928)on 41st street. Does anyone have any information?
While remodeled several times, there are some typical DeRosa features, particularly the "swish" trim around the top and bottom of the boxes.
The last time I had been in the Winter Garden was for "Beatlemania" back around 1977 or '78. "Not the Beatles, but an incredible simulation." Wow, nearly 30 years ago… time flies when you're having fun!
Wow, I haven't been to the Broadway theater in many years. The 2 shows I rmember seeing there were "The Wiz" with Stepahie Mills in the eighties and "Miss Saigon" in the mid nineties. I have to say I am surprised to see the relative lack of ornamentation on this theater. Especially after just having popped my head on Sunday into the incredible "Hollywood" theater just around the corner. Thanks Ed for the pictures!
I visited this theater Sunday afternoon and took in a performance from 8th row center. The proscenium opening is huge, particularly from that perspective, so I can only imagine what it must have been like with the large, curved Cinerama screen installed! I'm not sure what the original decor was like, but it looks like it could have been in the Beaux Arts style or possible Adams (judging from the foyer), with lots of arch moldings creating space for mural work. Today, it is probably one of the least ornamented theaters on Broadway. The wall space in the auditorium between the moldings is now predominantly adorned with red velvet to match the seat upholstery. The most dominant feature in this space is the elliptical dome and chandelier, which is now partially obscured with rigging for stage lighting. The main foyer is much more elegantly appointed and ornate. I snapped a series of photos while I was there; however, some of the shots in the auditorium came out a bit dark. I also lacked a wide enough lens to really capture the proscenium and dome:
Facade and adjacent skyscraper
Dome and chandelier
Balcony view 1
Balcony view 2
Left side boxes view 1
Left side boxes view 2
Seat end-cap
Right side boxes
Proscenium arch view 1
Proscenium arch view 2
Main foyer
In the 2nd shot, you can see the way the new facade was incorporated into the adjacent skyscraper as Warren pointed out in one of his posts above. In the balcony views, you can make out where the projection booth was located (particularly in the 2nd view where you can make out the large windows at the rear of the balcony). What I'm wondering is, for the Cinerama exhibition, did they use this high projection booth? Or did they build a new booth at the rear of the orchestra (where there is a sound board now)? I know that Cinerama required a more level projection field than most rear-balcony booths provided and I notice in the ad posted by RobertR in June that the illustration seems to depict projection from the rear orchestra.
Here is a 1952 teaser ad for "This is Cinerama" at the Broadway View link
Here is an ad from the legendary "This is Cinerama"
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According to nytheatre.com's Broadway theatre listing page, the Broadway currently has 1752 seats.
And yes this is where "Steamboat Willie" starring Mickey Mouse had its world premiere, November 18, 1928, which is recognized by the Disney company as the official birthday of Mickey Mouse. Steamboat Willie was actually Mickey's third film, but the first two were silent ("Plane Crazy" and "The Gallopin' Gaucho") and were swept aside in the rush to talkies.
"Fantasia" opened in New York on November 13, 1940 at the Broadway Theatre and played there for over a year. The sound system was named "Fantasound"; the original installation cost for the theatre was $85,000 (1940 prices). Only a few engagements of "Fantasia" were presented in Fantasound. The main problem was the cost to the theatres for the sound system and the possible war in Europe. Fantasia would not be heard in stereo again until 1956, when it was restored to it's original length and released in the four-track magnetic stereo format. The "This is Cinerama" engagement only moved 5 blocks down to the Warner Theatre (aka:Strand)in Times Square.
The Broadway theater was host to several films: Fantasia (1940 I believe), which tried and failed to get stereo sound into the movies, and the stop-action animated version of "Hansel and Gretel" in 1954, one year AFTER Cinerama moved downtown to the Warner Theater fo finish its record 2.5 year run.


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An Investment Opinion
Registers Ring, Are You Listening? Dave Marino-Nachison (TMF Braden)
December 23, 1999
You might think that, being Jewish, I could just sit back and observe the pre-Christmas shopping madness with bemusement served with a side dish of potato pancakes, applesauce, and sour cream.
But thanks to a mom nostalgic for her Catholic childhood days (long story), we've got two shopping seasons in the Nachison household -- and I was right there with the masses this week, praying to whomever might listen that the spoils of my e-shopping would arrive in time for our family's annual Christmas Day dinner.
By most accounts, the holiday shopping season has been a success. LJR Redbook Research's weekly sales report, released Tuesday, showed U.S. retail same-store sales (they measure sales at stores open at least a year, which leaves out openings and closings) up 3.7% from last year's levels for the week ended Dec. 18. For the month-to-date, sales were more than 4% ahead of the year-ago comparison.
More data? The National Retail Federation trade group thinks the final November/December total sales growth number will beat its 6.5% projection. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., which regularly publishes sales data, is looking for a rise of 5% to 5.5%, up from earlier forecasts of 4.5% to 5%. Shoppers, simply put, are smiling as a strong economy and low unemployment -- much like last year -- has meant more dollars to pull from pockets and put on credit cards. (Already feeling the sting of debt deferred? Click here.)
Goods have been racing out of the stores. Consumer electronics are hot; apparel is in; jewelry, housewares, and books are being wrapped faster than a Fu-Schnickens lyric; and Pok�mon is just going on being Pok�mon. (Incidentally, two Fools took on the Trainer mantle earlier this week to Duel over Pok�mon licensee 4Kids Entertainment (Nasdaq: KIDE).
It hasn't been all stars and popcorn strings, though. Retail bellwether Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has seen sales trail off recently, though it still expects to hit holiday targets. Things are on target at J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), though sales are still seen coming in flat for the month. And at Radio Shack operator Tandy (NYSE: TAN), the company couldn't get enough of the season's hottest electronic trinkets and the stock took a dive as early-December sales disappointed.
Sales have also been strong in the online space, though the malls have reportedly been busier as the proverbial sleigh has flown nearer to the proverbial chimney. Over the past few days, some companies have been stung by bad publicity as word spread that the jolly red man might not make it in time: that sort of news is exactly what Toys 'R' Us (NYSE: TOY) didn't want to have to report, but the company nevertheless confirmed late-summer suspicions with the revelation that some Internet orders won't be home in time for Christmas.
The holiday shopping season is unique not only in terms of its sheer intensity and volume -- and I don't mean of the holiday Muzak -- but in that everyone who's in the stores and online has the same deadline.
That means the season is all about fulfillment. If you're bricks-and-mortar, you've gotta have it in on the shelves when the people get there or they'll just go down the street. If you're online, you've gotta be absolutely, positively sure you can get it there on time, as ordered.
And if you're me, you've gotta be hoping my mom was waiting all year for a... She wouldn't be reading this, would she? Better not chance it.
Happy holidays, Fools.
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it is very simple to do nail art..
other than nail polish and clear polish (top coat) we need nail art kit (gem nail art kit) and nail polish striper brush.
apply light color nail polish as a base.
use striper brush and apply green nail polish as shown. (draw inclined line. and then make design as if you are drawing palm tree leaves)
Step 1:
then take different shade of green color and put a big dot on nail as shown ( at the center of palm tree leaves like structure)
once it is slightly dried, put a yellow color dot on green one.
we dont need dotting tool, coz here we need pretty big dots, which can be done by nail polish brush.
while the yellow polish dot is wet, put blue colored gem on it.
let it dry
then secure it with clear top coat.
Step 2:
if you find previous step difficult, you can skip green dot and directly put yellow dot and then blue gem on it.
then put top coat..
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Composition FOR PIORIDEPioglitazone(15mg),Glimepiride(2mg)
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There is no data available. Please consult doctor before consuming the drug.
Taking pioglitazone with alcohol may affect blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes.
Alcohol intake may increase or decrease the blood sugar lowering action of Amaryl in an unpredictable way
Alcohol intake may increase or decrease the blood sugar lowering action of Amaryl in an unpredictable way
Pioride 15 mg/2 mg tablet may be unsafe to use during pregnancy.
Animal studies have shown adverse effects on the foetus, however, there are limited human studies. The benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk. Please consult your doctor.
Animal studies have shown adverse effects on the foetus, however, there are limited human studies. The benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk. Please consult your doctor.
Pioride 15 mg/2 mg tablet is probably unsafe to use during breastfeeding. Please consult your doctor.
Pioglitazone is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
How it works
Pioglitazone restores the body's ability to use insulin, lowering the blood sugar levels. Pioglitazone also decreases the amount of glucose absorbed from food in the intestine and decreases glucose production in the liver.
Common side effects
Blurred vision, Respiratory tract infection, Bone fracture, Numbness.
Glimepiride is used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
How it works
Glimepiride increases the amount of insulin released by the pancreas, which in turn lowers the blood glucose levels.
Common side effects
Hypoglycemia (Low blood sugar level), Nausea, Headache, Dizziness.
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Expert advice FOR PIORIDE
- Notify your doctor if you have liver disease.
- Notify your doctor if you have or ever had urinary bladder cancer.
- Pioglitazone does not help patients who have type 1 diabetes.
- Type 2 diabetes can be controlled with a proper diet alone or a diet along with exercise. A planned diet and exercising are always important when you have diabetes, even when you are taking antidiabetic medicines.
- Notify your doctor if you had a heart failure in the past.
Frequently asked questions FOR PIORIDE
Q. Does pioglitazone cause hair loss?
No, pioglitazone does not cause hair loss. However, if you experience such side effects, consult your doctor
Q. Does pioglitazone cause bladder cancer or any other cancer?
In clinical studies, more people who took pioglitazone for more than one year developed bladder cancer as compared to those who did not take pioglitazone. It is recommended to consult your doctor about the risk of taking this medication if you have had bladder cancer in the past or have a history of passing blood in urine. No other cancer type has been linked with use of pioglitazone
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Q. Does pioglitazone cause heart failure?
Pioglitazone can cause fluid retention, which may worsen or precipitate heart failure
Q. Is pioglitazone safe?
Pioglitazone is safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor.
Q. Is glimepiride a generic drug?
Yes, glimepiride is a generic drug sold under several pharmaceutical brand names (Amaryl, Zoryl, etc.)
Q. Can I take glimepiride with metformin or insulin?
Glimepiride may be given in combination with metformin and/or insulin depending on your medical condition and as prescribed by the doctor
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Q. Does glimepiride cause fluctuations in weight,diarrhea, hair loss, erectile dysfunction, swelling, constipation?
Glimepiride is reported to cause low blood sugar level,weight gain, and swelling, but is not reported to cause diarrhea, constipation, hair loss, or erectile dysfunction
Q. Is glimepiride a fast acting sulfa drug?
Glimepiride is a medium- to long-acting sulfonylurea drug against type 2 diabetes mellitus (action lasts for 24 hours). Its maximum effect is seen after 2-3 hours of drug intake
Q. Is glimepiride same as glipizide, glyburide, metformin, or insulin?
They are not same. Glimepiride, glipizide and glyburide belong to the same class of drugs called sulfonylureas. Metformin belong to class called biguanides.Glimepiride causes release of insulin but it is not insulin.It should only be used if no other alternative drug is available. Please follow your doctor's advice regarding its use.
Q. How is Glimepiride different from teneligliptin?
Both Glimepiride and teneligliptin are effective in lowering blood glucose levels, however, they work in different ways and have different side effect profile. Hypoglycemia and weight gain are common side effects of Glimepiride while teneligliptin causes hypoglycemia only when used along with insulins or sulfonylureas and it does not cause any weight gain. It commonly causes a headache and nasopharyngitis.


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Ahead of an official CES debut, Samsung has revealed its new Series 7 monitor range, which is comprised of two monitors specifically designed with Windows 8 in mind.
The Samsung Series 7 Touch SC770 and the Samsung Series 7 SC750 each sport a unique feature that will enhance a Windows 8 PC set-up in some way.
The Samsung Series 7 Touch SC770 is a 24-inch monitor that supports, as you might expect, touch input. The screen's 10-point multi-touch capabilities should make swiping through that live tile-infested interface much easier.
As Samsung itself puts it, "users can drag, rotate or select objects on the monitor using their fingers."
The Series 7 Touch also features a stand with 60-degree tilt capabilities, as well as an ever-so-slim bezel, rather like Samsung's latest TV sets.
The Samsung Series 7 SC750, meanwhile, doesn't feature any touch magic. It has its own tricks to boast off, chiefly its 90-degree rotating facility. Yes, you can turn this 27-inch display on its side courtesy of a uniquely jointed stand.
Both the Samsung Series 7 Touch SC770 and the Series 7 SC750 feature 1920 x 1080 resolutions, as well as 5000:1 aspect ratios - that's around five times that of your bog standard monitor. Add to that a healthy 178 degree viewing angle and HDMI connectivity and you have a pretty complete set-up.
Both monitors will be made available in the first quarter of 2013, and will be on display at Samsung's CES stand in Las Vegas from January 8. Hopefully Samsung will supply some pricing information then.


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With Keurig 2.0, Green Mountain Wants Its Monopoly BackBy
When Green Mountain's K-Cup patents expired in September 2012, the marketplace opened for rivals to sell their own pods for the company's single-serving Keurig coffee machines. Now the company has found a way to recreate the competition-free conditions that made the early Keurig so lucrative: Redesign the coffee machine.
This fall, Green Mountain will start selling a new brewer called Keurig 2.0 that will replace the existing lineup about one year after the launch. The new machines will be compatible only with pods made by the company, which has just changed its name to Keurig Green Mountain). This strategy has landed the company in court over allegations of anticompetitive practices.
Keurig 2.0 brewers will use proprietary "interactive technology," meaning the machines will have a reader that scans Green Mountain-licensed packs for specific "recipe" instructions for a particular kind of coffee, tea, or other beverage, much as current Keurig Vue brewers do. Unlike the existing machines, Keurig 2.0 will also be able to make more than a single cup of coffee.
A lawsuit filed on March 10 by a Florida consumer, Judy Hoyer, claims that because the 2.0 machines "lock out" unlicensed pods, consumers may not have access to their preferred brands or to lower-cost options offered by rival manufacturers. The design of the Keurig 2.0 machines only helps the company "maintain its monopoly over the markets for the sale of portion packs and compatible cups by excluding competition and the lower-priced competitive cups," according to the complaint.
Hoyer's complaints are similar to a separate suit filed in February by TreeHouse Foods, an Illinois-based pod maker seeking an unspecified award for punitive damages, according to the Associated Press. TreeHouse Chief Executive Officer Sam Reed, too, argues that allowing competitors to produce pods for Keurig machines results in such consumer benefits as better pricing and assortment.
Unlicensed pods have quickly grown to about 14 percent of the single-serve market, with the rest still controlled by Green Mountain, which has licensing and manufacturing deals with major brands like Starbucks and Folgers. As Businessweek.com reported last week, Keurig Green Mountain has been trying to take over production of the unlicensed pods and expects the unlicensed share to begin declining later this year. The packs have come to represent the bulk of the company's revenue.
"We believe the suit is totally without merit and we intend to defend it vigorously," said Green Mountain spokeswoman Suzanne DuLong in an e-mail. Because Keurig 2.0 machines are designed to optimize the beverage with specific recipes, she added, "it is critical for beverage quality that the system only brews Keurig brand packs." All of the roughly 50 brands currently sold in K-Cups will be available for the new machine.
"Since entering the market, we have been instrumental in the growth of the
single-serve coffee market," Treehouse's Reed said in a statement. Green Mountain, it seems, would rather grow the market itself.


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Try cossing state lines and getting caught with cold medicine in your purse!Yes I have lost a freedom. The Health care law forces me to engage in commerce. It forces me to purchase health insurance against my will. And if I refuse Im determined to be guilty of committing a crime for doing nothing.
it has always been the rule of common law since the Magna Carta that a person cannott be forced to pay for goods & services that he did not personally order. You can try and twist & spin it any way you want but I no longer have the freedom to live without health insurance. also in alabama & mississippi you dont have the freedom to brew you own beer for your own use. All the other states allow you to brew your own beer.
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23335 Mar 7, 2013
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23336 Mar 7, 2013
There are people of different political persuasions in law enforcement and military all over the world. You put all this emphasis on liberal and conservative and you don't even know the meaning of the words!
Do you think a REAL conservative would EVER ask a woman if she or a friend has big tits?
In my world, that violates all moral principles!
I have never seen that question, and others he's had the gall to ask, posed by Barney or other liberals on Topix.
Seems the liberals have a higher value set than you. It shames me to think others get the impression that conservatives think this way because you profess to be a conservative.
#23338 Mar 7, 2013
Tell me which Policy you bought. You bought one right? Did you purchase it in Belize or here. You do have one right now do you not that the government made you buy? Nobody can make you do anything you do not want to. You must be a weak minded individual.
#23339 Mar 7, 2013
Do you even know how to read? I am for DEPORTING ALL illegal aliens, old, young, rich, poor, skinny and fat. ALL illegals need to be deported. All legal immigration needs to stop until we can sort this mess out. You liberals love the illegal vote!
#23340 Mar 7, 2013
You still have never posted one freedom you have lost. All you ever say is I have to wear a seat belt, I can't camp where I want, people play their music too loud. You talk about laws and rules and policies and regulations but you can't name one CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM you have lost!
#23341 Mar 7, 2013
I was born here. My people were born here. You are not a native species of this land..
#23342 Mar 7, 2013
LMAO! You crack me up!
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23343 Mar 7, 2013
Too funny. You believe humans can tell other people what they can eat and where they can get their food from!! Yet you insist you are free!!
#23344 Mar 7, 2013
Why don't you tell me the meaning of the words?
I told you I fight fire with fire and if some LIBTARD BIMBO wants to be cute and ask me to go settle a disagreement on another forum then she gets what I dish out.
It is obvious you do not have the same moral principles as I have. You put animals over people and you would let innocent people die if it meant violating some silly code of ethics YOU have!
You should get along with Barney well both of you are Libtards!
#23345 Mar 7, 2013
Where did I tell somebody what to eat and where to eat it at? Are you still sick? Maybe you are taking too much or not enough medicine. Whatever it is you should really have it checked out!
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23346 Mar 7, 2013
A parasite isn't determined by someone's employment. It's determined by their work ethic. Not everybody can make a product. And not everybody can, or wants to, perform all their own services. Anyone who works providing goods or services that are in demand is a productive member of society.
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23347 Mar 7, 2013
What a silly, silly post. How would I ever let some human die to save an animal?
#23348 Mar 7, 2013
Tell your boyfriend Churm that!
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23349 Mar 7, 2013
It appears you STRONGLY support the government telling people they need a permit to hunt, fish or trap on their own property. Name one animal species on earth that needs permission from others of their kind to hunt for the food of their choosing any time they please.
Robin 1 to Robin 2: "You can only hunt for worms in April and May and you are limited to 20 per day, as long as they are longer than 5.2 inches in length. Other robins can search you at random to make sure you don't violate the rule created by me and my friends for you to follow."
Robin 2 to Robin 1: "KMA.... LOL"
I am starting to feel better, but a far cry from well. Knocked me flat on my ass for a week! I have not been this tired, weak and run down in many years. I went to work yesterday, but couldn't finish out my shift, so I took today off too.
The doctor says it's the flu.
"Conserve Wildlife Habitat"
Since: Dec 10
SE Michigan
#23350 Mar 7, 2013
I just did.
#23351 Mar 7, 2013
Nope parasites produce nothing they add no value or dollars to the public coffers. If what you do does not use the natural resources of the planet to make build or grow something that adds to the GNP your a parasite. Your very existance depends on some producer to produce for you. Without the making producer you couldnt survive. however the reverse is that the making producer would survive without the taking parasite. Now there are different degrees of parasites. politicians welfare drawers and folks with do nothing goverment jobs are the worst parasites. parasites are always wanting to recieve more & more money ,benifits or goods & sevrvices from the public coffers. The few producing makers cannott afford the large & increasing number of taking parasites. the farmers who grows the grain is a producer, also the transporter who hauls the grain ,and the miller who processes it is a producer all the way to the store that sells the product. the road builders are producers but to a smaller degree. the police on the road are parasites . the fact is you may not admit it but if your a parasite you know that you are.
Since: Dec 10
Kansas City Ks.
#23353 Mar 7, 2013
Sounds as though you have group insurance, and you are in a PPO.
You did not have to change Doctors, you could have changed insurance companies, or usually they offer an option of opting out of the PPO but your premiums would be higher.
All the above has nothing to do with health care reform.
#23354 Mar 7, 2013
Spoken like a professional deceiver. Or someone who knows they're wrong but too much of a coward to admit it.
#23361 Mar 7, 2013
How do I STRONGLY support the government telling people they need a permit to hunt or fish or trap on their own land. Post where I said that. You are either lying or stupid. I stated a fact, if you do not hunt or fish or trap on your own land then you are required to buy a permit. The only food you hunt for is in the grocery store and you know it! Robin 3 to Robin 4 you have more than the flu, you have a solid case of the dumb ass!
#23362 Mar 8, 2013
Another test to determine if you a parasite. I the rperson or company you work for must make a profit from whatever you do your a producer. one good example of a do nothing goverment job is employees like a county historian or grant writer. They dont make anything that produces a profit. Their just a parasitic drain on the public coffers.
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An Even Bigger Bear
I received an email from Rob Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates, today about this story . It seems the Royal Bank of Scotland is even more bearish than Arnott. The firm is telling investors to brace for "a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks."
"And BusinessWeek thinks I'm 'the bear'?" Arnott says of the recent profile I wrote about him in BusinessWeek.
Arnott gives RBC's scenario "very low odds, though of course anything is possible."
"I'm just calling for another leg to the bear market, not a global market crash!" Arnott adds. "The prescription in both cases is simple: Invest conservatively until bargains abound."
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Today I ran across the story of the Venerable Channa's suicide in the Majjhima Nikaya (MN 144.12). I recall from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta that just before the Buddha's Parinibbana he declared an act of censure would be carried out by the Sangha against Channa (DN 16.6.4) Were there more than one Channa in the early Sangha? And which was the Channa who served as the Bodhisatta's charioteer?
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RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond International Raceway has been the site of two of Jeff Gordon's 87 career NASCAR Sprint Cup victories. And one very memorable runner-up finish. Last September at the three-quarter-mile track, Gordon entered the last race before the 12-driver "Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup" field was set on the outside looking in. He qualified second, but then fell nearly two laps behind the leaders just past the halfway mark of the 400-lap race. Gordon and the No. 24 Drive To End Hunger team battled back onto the lead lap, though, and into the Chase field with a spirited runner-up finish. "That certainly was memorable – probably my most memorable second-place finish," Gordon said. "We struggled early but regrouped during the rain delay and never gave up, fighting all the way to the checkered flag. That never-give-up attitude is what I love about this team." Gordon has faced adversity again this year. A strong performance at Bristol ended with a heavily damaged No. 24 Chevy SS while a top-three run at Texas ended early with a left-front hub issue. Despite those poor results, he is still 15th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings eight races into this season – a position he did not attain in 2012 until after race No. 20 at Indianapolis. "We've made some gains with the Gen-6 car – especially on the intermediate tracks," said Gordon, who started 43rd at Kansas last weekend and finished 13th. "But I'm really looking forward to running this Chevy SS on a short track this weekend." Along with two wins at the Virginia track, the four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion has five poles, 16 top-five finishes and 25 top-10s in 40 starts. Gordon has a 7.9 average starting position and he has led 1,415 laps – both tops among active drivers at the short track. However, bettering those numbers will require some guessing. "When you practice during the day and race at night, you have to guess," Gordon said. "And I feel like every time we race here something is changing. I feel like we are advancing the technology of the cars – gaining more downforce and gaining more mechanical grip. You are always trying to figure out what combination is going to work best for the night race. "We've been very successful three out of the last four times here, but we also missed it big one of those times. Our goal is to find that right balance. "And make sure we don't miss it big."
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Hello my real name is "Duarte", yes it's a weird name, but that's because im Portuguese.
Im 15 years old and i love gaming, i have been gaming all my intire life, i started with SEGA and gameboy consoles, im 15 but i have seen a lot of "old" gaming consoles.
At the moment im playing Minecraft and Diablo III, really addicting games.
I'm not a 100% gamer, i have a "life" too, i listen to music, study, read, go to school, hangout with friends, etc...
This intruduction wasn't really "good", im not good making these. I have been using MMOHUT to find the best MMO's out there, but i never had the chance to register in the forum, now i will and i will be active.
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Nintendo did say sorry repeatedly for cancelling Swapnote. They know that most everyone was using the app for fun and the few sickos just totally ruined it. I just wish that Nintendo woulda told the parents, "Okay, okay. We understand your concern. We strong suggest you use the Parental controls and delete the person from the 3DS Friend List. Furthermore there is also a Filter Note feature on Swapnote that allows you to block notes from anyone." I would much fine with that than just the randomly cancelling of Swapnote. And why didn't Nintendo just give a heads up? They coulda been like, "In a few hours or tomorrow we will cancel Swapnote. Please use this remaining time as you wish." That woulda softened the blow SOMEWHAT than just cancelling it.
And then there's the fact that special stationary is gone.... Like, REALLY? No more epic Aonuma notes? No more Reggie notes? No more Shigeru Miyamoto notes? No more notes from Nikki????
We won't get FlipNote 3D and Miiverse 3D for a good long while so how are we supposed to connect to certain 3DS users we don't see face to face until those apps come? Swapnote gave a great way of communication and now...its just dead. I feel like deleting the app but I just can't. Something tells me to hang on this app like a bittersweet memory. I'll click on it one day and scroll through all the replies and special stationaries... I'll reread Aonuma's note about Zelda and read one of my friends notes about Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and his/her life in general...
I'm somewhat comforted that I'm not the only one really sad by this. Various other forums are having people discuss the situation and they are also saddened by this.
Rest in peace, Swapnote. You was a great and highly popular app for the 3DS. You had incredible worth and people loved you for it. Sadly... you are now a shadow of your former self. You lost all purpose because of some jerks who disgraced your name.
insert a image of Nikki waving at the 3DS user of Swapnote and saying, "Hi! Welcome to Swapnote!"
insert a image of Shigeru Miyamoto doing his funny Luigi's Mansion 3D promotion stationary
insert a image of Swapnote saying, "You have recieved a new note!"
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PARIS — The European spacecraft Rosetta performed a fly-by of a massive asteroid on Saturday, the European Space Agency said, taking images that could one day help Earth defend itself from destruction.
Racing through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter at 47,800 kph , the €1-billion probe flew within 3,200 kilometres of the huge potato-shaped rock Lutetia.
"The fly-by has been a spectacular success with Rosetta performing fautlessly," ESA said in a statement.
"Just 24 hours ago, Lutetia was a distant stranger. Now, thanks to Rosetta, it has becomme a close friend," the agency added.
Holger Sierks of Germany's Max Planck Institute, who is in charge of the spacecraft's Osiris (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System) camera said the more than 400 "phantastic images" showed many craters and details.
"Rosetta opened up a new world which will keep scientists busy for years," he added.
"We have completed the fly-by phase," Rosetta's director of operations Andrea Accomazzo said earlier on the ESA's website from the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
The aim of the fly-by of the asteroid, measuring 134 kilometres in diameter, is to measure Lutetia's mass and then calculate its density, knowledge which could one day be a lifesaver, according to ESA scientists.
If a rogue asteroid enters on a collision course with Earth, knowing its density will help the planet's defenders to determine whether they should try to deflect the rock or, instead, blow it up.
As Rosetta is around half a million kilometres from Earth, the probe's signal and images took 25 minutes to be received.
Once widely dismissed as bland lumps of debris left over from the building of the planets, asteroids have turned out to be intriguingly individual.
They are extremely different in shape and size, from just hundreds of metres across to behemoths of 100 kilometres or more, and also vary in mineral flavours.
Most measurements suggest Lutetia is a "C" type of asteroid, meaning that it contains primitive compounds of carbon. But others indicate it could be an "M" type, meaning that it holds metals.
New data proving this could rewrite the theory about asteroid classification.
Metallic asteroids are far smaller than Lutetia: they are deemed to be fragments of far larger rocks that, in the bump and grind of the asteroid belt, were smashed apart.
The fly-by comes halfway through the extraordinary voyage of Rosetta, launched in 2004 on a 12-year, 7.1-billion-kilometre mission.
One of the biggest gambles in the history of space exploration, the unmanned explorer is designed to meet up in 2014 with Comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 675 million kilometres from home.
The goal is to unlock the secrets of these lonely wanderers of the cosmos, whose origins date back to the dawn of the Solar System, some 4.5 billion years ago, before planets existed.
To get to its distant meeting point, Rosetta has had to play planetary billiards for five years, using four "gravitational assists" from Earth and Mars as slingshots to build up speed.
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