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I had a very good experience learning here. The staff of ACCT-SIEC is very cooperative and friendly. They motivated me a lot to achieve my desired score. I got 67/90 as my overall score.
Probably, this is one of the best institutions in my city. I would refer other students to learn from here.

I am very much overwhelmed with the kind support I got from the teachers to clear my PTE exam with overall scores 78/90. The environment in which students study is very much friendly and stress-free. Teachers and staff is very co-operative and helps in the best way possible. Probably, this is one of the best institutes in the city and I am happy to be here.

Hi, this is Manpreet Kaur Brar. I am a Post graduate in Pediatric Nursing and with an AIM to get register with the health regulatory body of Australia. I started with PTE- Academic for which I have taken coaching from one local institute but I failed in my first attempt as the guidance I got from them was not in line with the requirement and PTE. Then my friend Navjot Suggest me to try ACCT-SIEC. My requirement was 7 each and I must say without , it would not possible. I must appreciate the hard work and passion of the faculty of ACCT-SIEC. Every time I was encouraged to do best and feel motivated. They have the best teachers. What I got is really precious for me and this is just because of them.

Hi, I am Inderpreet Singh. I just got my desired score of 8 each. I came to ACCT in just in pace and there were a few points that I was not clear of and everyone helped me a lot in this. I had given PTE four to five times, but every time when I gave my exam I missed out with either one or two marks for eight each. After coming back to ACCT I mean everyone helped me analyzing few tricks that I was not aware of that helped me a lot and I would highly recommend ACCT for PTE.

My name is Jashjeet Singh. I did my PTE from ACCT Ludhiana. It was a great experience as I did IELTS and score was 5.5 bands only so I came here and took the coaching and I have scored 67 that is equal to 7 bands. I am thankful to ACCT and overall it was a great experience.

It has been a great experience learning here. Staff is very much co-operative here and everyone deals in a friendly manner. I am thankful to all the staff who motivated me to score high. I scored 7 bands due to their wonderful teaching techniques. The staff is really hard-working and I would refer other students also learn from here. Thanks to their kind and polite behavior.

It’s delightful to be a part of ACCT-SIEC with the staff members, their competency is commendable. The ease with the motional and knowledge I admire a lot. I had a great time in the training sessions. The practice materials were quite helpful and I would recommend most of my friends to get trained and excel in their careers only through ACCT-SIEC‘s encouragement plus support.

I would like to thank SIEC -ACCT for their support. It started from my visa application in 2014 and now after 2.5 years through their support, I am able to score 84 points in all modules for PTE exam. I had already given 6 attempts before coming here but could not achieve. A huge thanks to SIEC -ACCT for helping me get the required score.

I Tanzen Kaur joined ACCT for IELTS and had a very great experience studying here. The staff here is really co-operative and teachers are really nice. I scored more than my expectations, as I got really good guidance here. Thanks to all the faculty members.

Hi, My name is Rohit Dhingra and I have scored 83 in PTE ie equivalent to 8.5 in IELTS and all my individual scores are above 8. Thanks to ACCT, all the faculties and teachers of the institute who provided such a beautiful and cooperative atmosphere. A wonderful knowledge was imparted to me due to which I am able to score this much in PTE. So please join ACCT to have a good learning experience and success.

Hello, my name is Yashika Sharma, I was the student of ACCT (SIEC), as I took coaching for PTE. It was a great experience I scored 6.5 bands in each module. All the staff members are very helpful here. I thank every employee here for encouraging me and a very big thanks to the trainer here, who made efforts to make one learn all the strategies and tacts to pass the exam.

My name is Roopali Arora. I took coaching from ACCT for just 15 days and achieve my desired score in PTE. Listening 90, Reading 90, Speaking 90, Writing 88 and Overall 90. It was such a marvelous experience studying here from the best faculty in the city. I would like to thank ACCT for their effective guidance, motivation and cooperation during the study time. I would recommend all aspirants for PTE as well IELTS.

It has been a marvellous experience studying here as the staff is quite good and co-operating. I never felt as I am studying in an isolated culture. The way they teaches is just speechless. They make sure the candidate should understand the core and the tactic to solve the paper effectively and efficiently. Facing shorts of words, my ielts result speaks more about my experience than my pen. Fortunately, I got 7.5 bands in IELTS after coaching of just one month and this speaks all about the staff here. I would like to thank each and everyone here for bearing me for a month although am not that bad. I wish all good luck and success!! God Bless!!

My name is Gurpreet Singh. I would like to share my success story with SIEC-ACCT. Like many others, I am also a person who is aspiring to get a good score for a student visa. All the staff of SIEC-ACCT is very co-operative and help every student in a very good way and more importantly with patience. I am very thankful to my teacher at SIEC-ACCT who motivated me a lot and prepare me for the exam. With the full assistance from SIEC-ACCT, I got overall scores 63/90 and most importantly, I got 85 in speaking which was like a dream come true.

I am very greatful to each and every staff member of siec-acct about very particular guidance related to PTE. So much thankful to siec-acct, because they were so concerned for to clear PTE (with 7 each). I would like to thanks to siec-acct as well about motivation for me as often said that I can clear this test.

Hi my name is Gaurav Bagga, I took training for PTE from ACCT (SIEC). It was a great experience learning at this institute. I scored overall 76 in my academic exam, which is equivalent to 7.5 bands, I scored 90 in speaking (9 bands). The staff here is very much co-operative, I thank every employee in this institute for motivating me. Special thanks to Gursimran ma’am who was the one to make me learn all the strategies and tacts to attemp the exam. I am very much thankful to each and every person working in this institute.

I Gaurav Sharma joined ACCT, an esteemed organization for IELTS Exam in 2016. By taking coaching from the best faculty and with their support I have achieved the required bands. It was a great experience studying under ACCT. I am very thankful to the whole ACCT team and especially the trainers.

I Nidhi Sharma joined ACCT, an esteemed organization for IELTS Exam in 2016. By taking coaching from the best faculty and with their support I have achieved the required bands. It was a great experience studying under ACCT. I am very thankful to the whole ACCT team and especially the trainers.

I am Sunanda. I have recently done my IELTS from ACCT. It was such a good experience of studying here. The way of teaching is good and teachers are very concerned about the scores of students. The best part of my experience was the time when my teacher gave extra time and attention to a particular topic. I came to know about very important things from this institute. It helped me very much and I will also recommend my friends to take coaching from this institute.

I Gaurav Mehta joined your esteemed organization for IELTS Exam in 2016. I had a great experience in ACCT institute. Staff here was quite helpful and friendly and also empowered students to inculcate new ideas and do better in their studies. Overall, I found this institute, a good place to enhance their English language skills.

My experience in this institute has been great and I thank all the staff members for their contribution in my success. I achieved my IELTS bands as per my course requirements. All the staff members worked hard from the day I started my class to get good IELTS results. All others also deserve thanks from my side.

I had very good experience to learn here. My trainer worked very hard with me due to which I was able to score well in my PTE exam. I would suggest my friends to join ACCT – SIEC to achieve their dream score in PTE.

I had a great experience with ACCT institute. The staff of ACCT were quite helpful and friendly. That is the reason, why I scored 7 bands. Prepare handouts and other helpful materials are being provided by the teacher. Also, some activities are being held on weekly basis, which helped me a lot. Teachers focus on my weak points and helped me to cope up with them. Talking about my trainer Mrs. Surinder Mam, she is quite friendly. She used to access me by providing extra handouts, so that I can fetch good bands. Overall, I found this institute a good place to gain more about the English language.

Hi, I am Rahul from Ludhiana. I have done my IELTS from ACCT Ludhiana. My target was 6.5 bands, but I have attain 7 bands with the help and effort of ACCT team and trainer, I had got. Although my requirement was 6.5 but they trained me with the efforts of more than that so that I could attain better bands so I would recommend my friends to go with the ACCT team to build a better career and enhance their goals.

Talking about the trainers even they taught us in such a good manner that helped us to fetch such a wonderful IELTS score.
The attachements and bonds with the staff of SIEC and ACCT are just beyond comparison. The moments, the memories shared with all of them will be cherished always. thank you ACCT and SIEC for your effects contribution for sending me abroad.

ACCT SIEC, the time spent here proved to be very productive as the training helped me score good bands. Moreover I made new friends and some amazing memories. Alongside studies, the activity time made a light hearted environment for more concentrated studies later. Better than any institute, I heard in the city.

It was a great experience studying under ACCT. All the faculty members helped me in scoring good marks. I was given full guidance on my individual subjects. Teachers were very co-operative. They immediately reacted to me all of the queries. I too learnt various other things from an institute like how to be help others and how to deal with pressure. Overall, it was an amazing experience. I will be in touch with the faculty, staff whole of my life because teachers are like god and one should always home some respect for teachers.

It was a great experience. During one month of training I gained confidence and all my hesitation and nervousness simply vanished. Thanks to my mentors, my respected teachers. They carefully listened to each of my queries and potentially explained me all the facts regarding the IELTS test and helped me in every way to gain/score good bands. I have heard about many institutes, but I choose this institute – SIEC because it’s one of the best.

I had a very, very good experience with the institute. Studying here was fun as we never had any pressure about anything. I got good bands because the trainers here were very co-operative and helpful. The best part was, I got my visa in within a week. The activity days were crazy because we played many games like Truth and Dare. I will miss everyone very much because the memories were cool and attachment with everyone is unbreakable.

Very thankful to ACCT for providing the friendly environment. The time I spent here is unforgettable for me. I am very thankful to my teachers for wonderful teaching.

It was a good experience for training over here. The environment is very comfortable. They made us so comfortable here. We had a great fun. I gained confidence here and loved my experience here.

ACCT SIEC is a best institute according to me because I learnt a lot not only about studies, but also about other aspects of our life. I always did study there without any pressure and tension infect in a relaxed way. Now I got the good band score and visa also so, I am very happy today.

I am extremely thankful to the staff of ACCT for the hardwork and efforts that they put in so that I could achieve a good score in IELTS. It is due to their guidance, that I have achieved my target. The staff’s focus on individual student and regular practice is applaudable. The coaching that I received here was truly great.


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MBTN Networking: Term Sheets – What Every Entrepreneur Must Know When Fundraising

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The MBTN Networking event series has been developed to foster relationship building and to educate entrepreneurs and other stakeholders on key aspects of the investor engagement process.

When fundraising, the term sheet is the document that lays out the terms of the investment and collateral. It details what you as the start-up are giving, and what you are getting in return. Then it lays out the guidelines of how both parties will act to protect the investment.

During this event, you will learn about the common items in a term sheet, and what you should look out for. Some of the term sheet elements we’ll look at during the event will include:

  • Who is issuing the note or stock
  • Type of collateral being offered
  • The valuation
  • Amount being offered
  • Shares and price
  • What happens on liquidation or IPO
  • Voting rights
  • Board seats
  • Conversion options
  • Anti-dilution provisions
  • Investors rights to information
  • Founders obligations
  • Who will pay legal expenses
  • Non-disclosure requirements
  • Rights to future investment
  • Other key points

You should attend this event if you are an entrepreneur or business owner thinking of one day raising outside investor money. After the talk, we will have a comprehensive networking and relationship building session.

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Saturday, 21 June 2014

Episode 15: When the lights go out

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'From Under Dark Clouds...' is a Gonzo fictionalisation of current events in Greece as seen through the eyes of our unnamed hero as he fumbles from paranoia to public office, under the mentorage of the shady Socrates.

I set about my duties at my makeshift mayoral desk full of ideas but without a clue, dear blogees. What on earth does a mayor do, I googled it. After reading Wikipedia and how stuff works dot com, I slumped back in my chair totally discombobulated.  I called Socrates and put the question to him, his answer was thorough, included some choice vocabulary and I’m pretty sure included bullet points, he asked if I understood, I said no. He told me to call a meeting. Two minutes later, I called him back. A meeting with whom?

I managed to get representatives from the police, fire service, the education authority, a handful of utilities and Tasos, the janitor.

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The electricity people said that since the central government had decided to collect a new tax hike through the electricity bills, people had stopped paying at such a rate that they couldn't keep up with the disconnection procedures. I asked him what the procedures were and how zealously he had been pursuing them.

“I assure you, Mr. Mayor, that we are doing everything in our power,” he paused and his chest puffed a little. “We have even shut down the power to some schools and citizens advice bureaus.”

 I enquired as to how successful this strategy had been.

“Over 80% of householders in arrears are now on remedial repayment plans,” he announced.

“And the schools?”

His reply was by way of pursed lips and a downward look, “a harder nut to crack.”
I asked who was liable for these arrears and he found a piece of dirt under his pinky nail. Tasos, the janitor was the only to speak, “You are, sir.”

“Great, then reconnect immediately! We’ll settle up,” the accountant chap, who had remained quiet in the corner with his laptop, coughed, looked at the screen and gently swung his head, the well-assembled secretary looked over the accountants shoulder and made another gesture but I got briefly distracted.

I told him to reconnect all public services and I would be over within the week to make arrangements. The electric man said he would be able to reconnect after terms had been arranged. Socrates, who had slipped in unnoticed and kept his silence, broke it, “The mayor said he would make arrangements within the week.” He looked at the electric man the way he had looked at me when I was in prison. The electric man made a note in a book and Socrates repeated himself. He pulled out his phone, said “within the week” emphatically and excused himself.

The lady from the education authority asked if the teachers, who had been unpaid for some months now could expect the same attention. I assured her that everyone would be dealt with in due course and Socrates smiled, almost.

The water board man was predicting another summer of cuts due to the pre-crisis building boom in the area and the lack of funds to update the network. I asked why the network had not been upgraded in accordance with the building permission applications before the building boom. His reply was something about not having access to such information and went quiet.

The fire brigade had been forced to let a number of buildings burn due to a broken down engine and some dry hydrants. The boys down the station had managed to botch up the engine with some spares from a decommissioned engine but they had come across a number of hydrants with no supply. The water board man fiddled with his phone while the fire chief spat this last comment in his direction.

I called the meeting to a close citing a very busy afternoon and everyone gladly left.
“We are so fucked!”

“We too must endure and persevere, and then courage will not laugh at our faintheartedness in searching for courage; which after all may, very likely, be endurance,” was Socrates' reply.

I looked back at him and repeated, “We are so fucked!”

I needed to clear my head so I headed into the streets to get some air. It was market day and the streets were closed to traffic, replaced with stalls full of produce and old women with wheely baskets. A group of shaven-head heavies were talking to a stall holder. As I approached I could see that they were performing some kind of check, the stall-holder had handed over his licence and the pit-bulls were examining it. They nodded and moved on. It occurred to me to confront them but my face still hurt too much. At the end of the row of stalls I found an Asian looking man picking broken plastic toys from the floor, his make-shift stall in crumbs around him. I asked what he was doing and he answered, without turning round, that he was picking up and leaving. When he did turn I recognised the face; it was like the face that had greeted me in the mirror the previous day. He was shaking with fear, grabbed what he could and ran.
It was late in the day when I arrived back at the town hall. Many had left for the day but I managed to find Tasos, the janitor. I called him and broached the subject of our infestation. He looked confused. In the basement, I reminded him and he shuffled uneasily. I asked to take a look down there to see what could be done. He told me that it wasn't very pleasant down there and maybe I should just let him deal with it.

If I was to have any hope of dealing with the prefecture, I would first have to get my own house in order. What I found in the basement would take more than Rentokill to solve; my house would need some serious order.

Some bedrooms would be a start.

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US telecommunications behemoth AT&T has been roundly criticized by its rival operators in the United States who have described its 5G marketing as ‘overhyped’ and ‘misleading’.

US operator Verizon has urged those within the industry to resist the temptation to overhype and subsequently under-deliver on the promise of next-generation technology. In a statement released by Verizon, it’s CTO, Kyle Malady pointed out that whilst new technologies including AI, virtual reality and Internet of Things would all be underpinned by 5G, he stressed the importance of being realistic in terms of what operators can actually deliver in relation to the revolutionary technology.

AT&T launched a mobile 5G service towards the end of 2018, and claimed that it was offering the service to select businesses and consumers in 12 US cities via a mobile hotspot device provided by Netgear. The network operator has adopted an ambitious approach to 5G and was also pushing its 5G Evolution program which promised users speeds faster than your standard LTE.

In addition to this, it was also disclosed in a previous statement by AT&T that Android devices from the operator will display a 5G E logo pop-up on the home screen which would indicate they have connected to AT&T’s 5G evolution experience.

However, critics have claimed that the service provided by AT&T should not be considered as a 5G network offering. Verizon’s CTO said, “If network providers, equipment manufacturers, handset makers, app developers and others in the wireless ecosystem engage in behaviour designed to purposefully confuse consumers, public officials and the investment community about what 5G really is, we risk alienating the very people we want most to join in developing and harnessing this exciting new technology.”

Although not mentioned by name, Verizon’s comments appear to be directed at its main rival AT&T.

Verizon is still preparing for its mobile 5G launch after deploying a fixed wireless access service in October 2018.

In another apparent swipe at AT&T’s Android device move, Malady also cautioned on the industry to only commit to labelling something 5G if new device hardware is connecting the network using new radio technology to deliver new capabilities.

The CTO added, “Verizon is making this commitment today: we won’t take an old phone and just change the software to turn the 4 in the status bar into a 5.”

Also turning up the heat was T-Mobile US, which didn’t pass up the opportunity to seemingly mock AT&T on Twitter, while making the same point as Verizon. “Didn’t realise it was this easy, brb updating,” the operator said on its official Twitter account, with the message accompanied by a video of someone taping a 9G sticker on a smartphone.

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US presidential hopeful blasts ZTE

Written on Sunday, 06 January 2019 10:04

Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE may well have had draconian measures that had crippled the company lifted by the US Department of Commerce following an intervention by President Donald Trump, but the narrative that ZTE is a threat to national security is refusing to subside.

US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren became the latest politician to take aim at the telecoms behemoth and strongly criticized US senator Joseph Lieberman for serving as a lobbyist for the powerful Chinese vendor.

The ability for Republicans and Democrats to work together to form new policies and legislation in the US Senate and House of Representatives has been at an all-time low during the Trump administration.

The decision by the US to ban ZTE and Huawei from being involved in the rollout of 5G networks has drew bipartisan approval with both Republicans and Democrats voicing their concerns that both companies close association to the Chinese government was a huge threat to domestic security.

Warren, who announced she’d be seeking the Democratic nomination for the US Presidential election in 2020, denounced the US senator for acting as a lobbyist for the Chinese telecommunications behemoth on Twitter.

Warren tweeted, “ZTE is a giant foreign telecoms company that’s close with the Chinese government. They’ve violated serious US sanctions in Iran and North Korea. Their lobbyists keep blocking accountability. And today former senator Joseph Lieberman joined them. Should that be legal? No.”

Warren is an outspoken politician and is known for being a firebrand. She has faced the wrath of US President Donald Trump who has repeatedly ridiculed her claims that she was Native American.

She said that there should be a lifetime ban on members of congress working as lobbyists to make sure they only serve the public. Warren added, “We need a ban on foreign lobbying so countries like China, Russia and Saudi Arabia have to conduct their foreign policy out in the open.”

Bloomberg reported that Lieberman, who was a vice presidential nominee in 2000, began working for ZTE in November. According to a lobbying registration form submitted to the US Senate, he is conducting an assessment of the concerns members of the US Congress, the executive branch and US businesses have about national security risks around ZTE products.

The form also states Lieberman will not be advocating for ZTE, and he had been appointed in the interest of transparency and caution.

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Facebook embroiled in new data sharing claims

Written on Thursday, 14 June 2018 09:10

Beleaguered social media behemoth Facebook has been subjected to further scrutiny over its data sharing policies following a report by the Wall Street Journal.  The WSJ has claimed that Facebook offered deeper access to user records in a series of customized data sharing deals.

According to the report in the New York-based publication the Silicon Valley based social networking firm struck agreements, known internally as whitelists with a small group of companies which allowed access to users’ data which included connections, phone numbers and a metric that measures the closeness of a user with other users in its network.

When quizzed about these agreements and whitelists by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook acknowledged the deals which included agreements with enterprises such as the Royal Bank of Canada and Japanese car manufacturer Nissan, among others.

It was further alleged that the access was offered to companies which advertise on the social network or were valuable for other reasons, the newspaper said. In addition to this, it was further disclosed that Facebook continued to offer such access for periods lasting weeks and months after declaring it had cut off access to third party developers in 2015.

Company officials told WSJ Facebook struck the deals to improve user experience, test new features and allow certain partners to wind down existing data sharing projects. The latest revelation is the latest in a string of publicly damaging setbacks for the company, which faced fierce criticism in recent months over its data sharing activities.

Last week, Facebook’s data sharing practices with 60 device makers, including China-headquartered vendors, was flagged by a US politician. The company is also attempting to deal with the fallout of revelations in March that it shared data of 87 million users with Cambridge Analytica. It was also announced last week that Instagram had overtaken Facebook amongst teenagers and young adults.

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Facebook have announced that they’ve created a new tool which enables users to report fake news stories that appear on their newsfeeds. Facebook is the market leader in social networking with over 1.7 billion registered accounts. However, it has been heavily criticized in many quarters for its failure to prevent the volume of fake stories going viral on its platform.

The new tool will give users the opportunity to report stories they believe may be fabricated. Articles suspected of being fabricated will be flagged and disputed - then Facebook will work with global fact-checking organizations in order to establish the authenticity of the article.

Facebook VP Adam Mosseri , said the social networking giant had a clear focus to eradicate the issue of fake news stories, and acknowledged the negative impact they can have, although, he refuted the claim the spread of fabricated stories about Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton that appeared on Facebook swung the vote in Donald Trump’s favor.

Mosseri wrote the following in a blog post, “We believe in giving people a voice and that we cannot become arbiters of truth ourselves, so we're approaching this problem carefully. We've focused our efforts on the worst of the worst, on the clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain, and on engaging both our community and third-party organizations."

Facebook said it would begin testing a system enabling users to click on news items if they suspect they are fabricated. The social network said it would work with global fact-checking organizations subscribing to the Poynter Institute's International Fact Checking Code of Principles. Mosseri added, “If the fact-checking organizations identify a story as fake, it will get flagged as disputed and there will be a link to the corresponding article explaining why.”

Facebook and Google both released statements last month in which they reiterated their desire to shut down websites which profited from promoting fake news articles through their lucrative advertising networks. These publications known as ‘click-bait’ websites make their money by baiting readers into clicking on sensational headlines.

But an analysis by the watchdog group Media Matters found Google AdSense advertisements on more than half of sites studied with track records for pushing fake news stories. "The recent incarnation of 'fake news' is destructive and dangerous," Media Matters president Angelo Carusone said. Its proliferation and the perverse incentive that rewards it with money must be stopped. Information consumers must be discerning when reading and sharing news so as not to become part of the problem. And fake news creators should not be able to profit from their scams."

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HTC One M8 receives an Android Marshmallow update

The company’s product Manager tweeted HTC One M8 unlocked units going to get Marshmallow firmware update soon. The USA HTC One M8 owners can move to the latest version on manual or automatic method.

According to GSMArena reports, the company already listed 12 devices in the first session to Marshmallow firmware. It includes HTC One M9, HTC One M8, HTC One M9+, HTC One E9, HTC One ME, HTC One E9+, HTC One E8, HTC One M8 EYE, HTC One butterfly 3, HTC Desire 826, HTC Desire 820 and HTC Desire 816. As mentioned in the previous tweet, these devices will receive Marshmallow in the mid-December.

Versi says, “working with all of them closely” to get the update out “as soon as possible.” The company still working on the update for carrier version. We don’t think, it would take long for the latest version in carrier version. They might unlock Marshmallow in the mid-January, we are not sure about it.

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There is no news on Europe M8 consumers, but let’s wait for a couple of weeks. As LlabTooFer tweeted Europe consumers will receive marshmallow before the end of December.

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Motorola May Launch Moto Z2 Force on July 25

Motorola had sent an invite for a launch event at the beginning of this month. However, the invite didn’t mention anything about the smartphone. Therefore it was not clear which model was going to be unveiled through the event. Now it seems that the things are getting clear. The company has shown a teaser through which it is almost clear that the model will be Moto Z2 Force. The complete official name is not available through this teaser. But the name of the model is almost clear through this teaser. The event will be organised in New York.

Verizon is expected to be the official partner of Motorola for Moto Z2 Force but the name of AT&T is also there. We have to wait for a few more days to get the exact details. This thing is very similar to the current edition of Z series model. The tagline for this model is “Get ready to shatter your expectations.” Therefore it is giving a clear hint that the gadget will have a shatterproof screen. The company may include the enhanced ShatterShield Display this time. Therefore it can be highly useful for many users as the display can stay protected in unwanted situations. A lot of talks are already going on for this model. The smartphone can have a 5.5-inch screen and you may utilise QHD AMOLED display.

The quality of the camera and the battery may grab the attention this time. Many specialists feel that Motorola is looking to enhance the quality more because many users look for these two things closely. Some sources are indicating that this model can have a primary camera of 12MP whereas secondary camera can be of 5MP. The gadget may be based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Octa-Core processor. This smartphone may work with Android version 7.1.1 Nougat operating system.

The company is looking to offer 128GB of internal capacity here whereas RAM can be of 6GB. The battery of this model may have the power of 3500 mAh. Makers may offer the fast charging feature here. Therefore the deal can be a good choice for many people. Generally, games and videos require a huge battery power. Therefore Motorola is looking to offer a nice deal to their customers. The company is also looking to unveil Moto X4 which has been termed as the successor of Moto X Style. We will discuss the official specifications with you as soon as the makers bring this model.

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Our Improved Inventory Zone System

A little over a year ago I wrote a post entitled New Warehouse Layout, Inventory Zones, & Efficiency where I explained our new “inventory zone” system.  Prior to implementing that system, packing slips would just print out items in alphabetical order, potentially sending one of us all over the warehouse to pull the products for an order.  We smartened up and assigned a “zone” to each shelving unit, which was then entered into our database to correspond with the products in the “zone” so that the packing slips printed products in “snaking zone order” like so:

Pure Adapt Inventory Zones

This helped pulling speed immensely, but it didn’t solve all of our problems.  Our packing slips didn’t actually say which zone the product was in so it was still hard sometimes to find a product in a brand that encompassed five shelving units.  The idea of snaking the puller through the warehouse, while making sense in theory, didn’t play out on the average order and just served to confuse people by ordering products in reverse order for half of the rows.  And most importantly, as us owners removed ourselves almost entirely from the pulling process, errors climbed above our acceptable level.

So we decided to start over.  Today we unveiled our new system, one that should be a marked improvement.  Throughout the entire process everyone was involved, particularly our employees who actually do the pulling.  I made sure to run everything by the guys in the warehouse at each step of the way to make sure it passed the common sense check.

Anyway, here’s what we did.  We now have a “three-dimensional zone” where every product is categorized by it’s row, shelving unit, and shelf.  This is the image that’s in our Admin system for whomever might be working in the warehouse and entering new product locations in the future:

Pure Adapt Inventory Zones

The packing slip now shows the zone in the first column.  We also bolded any quantity of two or more, which has been a common mistake for us to make.

New DI Invoice

We all pulled some orders today to test it out.  My initial thoughts were that it sped up my pulling time quite a bit.  I was able to see which row to start at and just go right to it, rather than thinking “I’m pulling a Meguiar’s product, which row is that in again?”  If there’s anything we might change, I could see us getting rid of the letters from the zones (so R1-U-7-S3 would just be 1-7-3).  We’ll play that by ear and solicit feedback from everyone who tries it out and then go from there.  Like with anything new, it’s good to give it some time and see how it plays out over the course of a few weeks before tweaking it too much.

After I completed work on the packing slips, I tried to estimate how much time was spent on this project, from conception to reality.  I came up with about 10 hours total.  There was probably an hour of discussion. I probably spent 2 hours programming it. Charlie probably spent 7 hours total logging all of the products into our new system and then marking all of the rows/units/shelves with large magnets. Not bad at all.

The other nice thing about this is that while it will almost certainly speed up pulling and reduce errors, it will also make training a new employee much easier.  You can literally give a new person one of our packing slips and it will tell them what box size to use and the exact location of each and every product.  While they’ll probably be slow at first, they’ll also probably be pretty accurate right from the start, which is what’s most important to us (I mean, if I told you the exact product name and the exact shelf it was on, it would be hard for you to pick up the wrong one, even if you knew nothing about our products).

All in all, this should be a big gain for us, especially considering the minimal time spent.  I think it’s also significant in that it’s the last major warehouse procedure change that I see us making in the near future.  We’ve built the processes that we’re going to be scaling with, and there’s still plenty of scaling left before those processes will need to be revisited.  Aside from minor tweaks, we can turn almost all of our focus to the stuff that makes us money on the front end.

11 comments on Our Improved Inventory Zone System

  1. Tim says:

    That’s pretty cool! It seems simple and obvious now that it’s developed and easy enough to implement too. I’m sure there is a small learning curve, but once you overcome that it probably makes the process of filling orders much better.

    My old business was a 8,900 square foot building and we had no form of organization like this, with deliveries coming in a few times/hour and inventory constantly being sold it was a disaster. Thankfully I have a very good memory and never took time off so I did a lot of yelling and pointing. Looking back I can’t believe it actually worked! I knew where everything was at all times and by some miracle kept it all straight, though when we sold we were right on the cusp of me burning out and it being too much to keep up with. Point being, I know how difficult it would have been to come up with a system like this for us, well done!

    • Adam McFarland says:

      Thanks Tim. Although our place is about half the size, we’re much much smaller than you were. We have far less employees and have much less daily inventory being delivered so it’s a lot easier for us to put a system like this in place. Hopefully it serves us well for a long time.

  2. Tim says:

    Definitely the wise move to implement a system like this before you are beyond the point of no return. Looks like it can grow with you too, adding Rows and Units seems like it wouldn’t be that big of a deal when the time comes.

    When we did sell the new owners planned on opening within a week, that week turned into 3+ months and I suspect a large part of that was cataloging and organizing the inventory. Keep in mind the business was started in 1993 and the original cataloging was a 3 ring binder with graph paper, kind of funny to think about looking back!

  3. Rob says:

    I think the XYZ system is a good one, well done on the new system!

    What happens when a company brings out a new product or you take other items on? What if it’s obvious that that item should go somewhere in the middle of your current system? How would you handle this? How do other companies handle this?

    I’ve a little warehouse experience, my only job ever being a few shifts at a local Argos, working in the warehouse. Argos is a catalogue store (that also sells though the web) with lots of branches and they rely entirely on fast, precise pulling. 10s of thousands of items in each warehouse location, the one I worked in was an odd shape, totalling about 2500 square feet. Here’s how it worked:

    The customer orders an item using the part code (in the format 123-4567 where 123 is the type of product, so for instance gardening goods would be a range, and within that rakes would be a certain code). This is a code generated by Argos and used as their SKU. The cashier confirms the name of the item and the customer pays. The customer is sent to wait at a specific bay, so for in-store orders you’ve got about 30 secs to pull the order and put it on the conveyor. Orders typically consisted of a single item and they did not need to be packaged once picked. (for internet orders I presume someone else did this).

    In the warehouse, a printer spits out a 3×4″ ticket with the time, item number, truncated item name, quantity, collection bay, and a 3-2-1 number (explained below).

    The shelving units are arranged in rows about 15-20 feet long, back to back in whatever unusual shaped space is available above/at the back of the store (they’re usually city centre locations). On the end of the row it says the start SKU and the end SKU contained within that row. I don’t seem to remember identification of how far down the row, or what shelf the item is on being listed on the picking ticket, but once within a row, they were organised in order and were quite easy to find, but not as precise as your method. Because the SKU is the primary way of identifying an item they all have stickers on the boxes (which of course added extra work). The 3-2-1 number however, was a really good idea. I think Argos promised to give you an item for free if they said it was in stock but it wasn’t. Because of this, they needed very good stock control. Every picking receipt had the quantity that should be remaining on the shelf listed on it. If the quantity was 3, 2 or 1 it was in bold and you were required to notify a manager if the quantity listed on the ticket did not match the quantity on the shelf if it was 3, 2 or 1. There were big signs up everywhere “remember your 3-2-1s” etc.

    After an order was picked, the ticket would be taped to it with coloured tape corresponding to the collection bay and it would be sent down the conveyor to customer facing colleagues.

    Occasionally they’d do an all-night shift and do an entire stock check, but just keeping track of the stock when it got low like this made it very unlikely that an item would be listed as in stock when it wasn’t.

    Like you we occasionally had issues where a customer would order multiples but as we were so used to pulling singles we’d miss it. Luckily as the customers were just downstairs they could complain and get it sorted immediately. I don’t know a good solution to this really, other than perhaps listing them in a separate section, or rather than having (eg.) 2x chemical guys wax XYZ, having the item listed twice as 1x and 1x. Could get long if a customer orders hundreds..

    Do you still do the thing where you pull all orders in one go to a central area, and then re-pull each individual order from that pool as required? That seemed like it could save a lot of repeat paths.

    • Adam McFarland says:

      Rob –

      Very interesting insight into how things were done at Argos – I just Googled them and played around on their site a bit to learn more about them.

      We space our shelves pretty well, so for the most part we don’t have any issues integrating new products. We have a pretty good idea in advance what we’ll be getting and where we’ll be putting it. It’s fairly simple for the guys in the warehouse to change the zone if need be. Occasionally we’ll have to move a whole unit to accommodate an expansion. The physical labor is more time than changing it in the system.

      At some point though, we are planning on ramping up expansion and probably re-designing the floor space, which will require every item to be entered in again…but that’s probably 1-2 years away so it’s not really a factor now.

      We actually don’t pull orders to a central area. The only time we did it was for Amazon when we’d sell say qty of 1 x 15 orders of the same product. For DI, we’ve never seriously considered it. The physical steps saved probably wouldn’t come close to offsetting the additional step of sorting the products in a sorting area. It’s something to consider though as we grow. I know most larger warehouses do it this way.

  4. Rob says:

    I think the thing to realise is that you’re probably a lot, lot more optimised than the vast majority of companies your size. Obviously with so few staff and such high inventory turnover it makes sense to optimise as much as it is efficient to do so, and it sounds like you’ve done a good job on that.

    Another thought – how did you actually decide what items went where? Were items that are heavier, or ordered more frequently grouped together near the packing area, for instance, or is it based on supplier (for ease of unloading and setting the shelves) or something else?

    • Adam McFarland says:

      Another good question 🙂

      The location of the brands on the shelves were basically determined by the order we’ve picked something up. So if we add a new brand of products, we put in a new row of shelves behind the last row. We do have several rows behind the last unit for buffers, buffer pads, towels, buckets, hoses, and other things that don’t fit well on shelves.

      Within the brands though, we’ve got it optimized pretty well. All of the most popular products are on the middle 3 shelves, which are the easiest to pull from. The bottom shelf is reserved for larger sizes like gallons. The top is for products that don’t sell often. We went through one day with a sales report and re-organized accordingly. We also try to keep products with similar names or similar labels apart from each other to prevent confusion, both when loading the shelves and pulling.

  5. Rob says:

    That’s such a good idea about the similar names, I hadn’t even considered that!

    Another thing I thought of that they did at Argos that was smart was that they had products that were often bought together placed together. Eg. blank CDs and CD cases, torches and batteries, DVD players and cables.

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Sleep As A Productivity “Tool”

I think that our culture has a warped view of sleep. Jason Fried recently wrote a great post entitled Being tired isn’t a badge of honor. One of my favorite passages is:

Your brain is still active at night. It works through matters you can’t address during the day. Don’t you want to wake up with new solutions in your head rather than bags under your eyes?

Back in 2008 I wrote a post about productive napping after having read Take a Nap! Change Your Life. by Dr. Sara Mednick At the time I wrote:

However, the most important thing that this book taught me was that it’s OK to nap. And not only is it OK, it’s very beneficial for your health and productivity. That got rid of the mental block I had that napping was somehow lazy or unproductive. The book also gets into how to get rid of the “nap stigma” at work/school so you can work napping into your lifestyle

If people aren’t willing to prioritize their sleep for their health, maybe they’ll be willing to prioritize sleep as a productivity tool. People are always looking for an edge, as evidenced by the explosive growth in “smart drugs“, when one of the biggest edges that almost everyone can improve upon is their sleep. It’s free, it can be done anywhere, and it has massive benefits in both the short term and long term.

No one is going to market sleep though. There’s money in nootropic-infused-smart-coffee. There’s not much money in telling people to take a nap. It’s on all of us as individuals, bosses, parents, and friends to change the stigma. If doing that successfully means downplaying the long term benefits while playing up the immediate productivity boosts, I’m all for it.

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  1. Dale says:

    Hear hear! Read the book and really enjoyed it. I nap pretty much every day, and it feels really refreshing!

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Jessica Simpson Nude In Elle Magazine

In case we didn’t already know that Jessica Simpson was extremely pregnant, she’s absolutely massive right now, she decided to pose naked for Elle magazine. I’m not sure how I feelabout this, if we could crop out the bottom half, this would be awesome. I’ve loved those big boobies of hers for years now, but a big airbrushed baby bump isn’t really my thing. I guess I shouldn’t complain, Jessica Simpson nude is always a good thing. Enjoy.


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Spar Invites Consumer Interaction with Gigantor Clam Shells

Spar, a restaurant sitting in a beach in Mumbai, India, recently conducted a guerilla campaign where large clam shells were strategically placed along the shore. When people reached down to open the shells they found a talk bubble ad that says "Looking for Seafood? Spars Seafood Festival."

Definitely something we'd take home to show the natives to demonstrate how much cooler every other country is besides our own. "Even the ads are better!" we hear ourselves boasting before some disgruntled relative bitchslaps us with the very shell we brought to brag about.

Cheers to Spar. It would have been awesome to throw in a plastic Mardi-Gras style pearl necklace, though. You know, make the whole festival idea seem more festive. It's kind of a buzzkill to open a huge shell and have nothing but a piece of paper to show for it. Oh, well. We'd still take it home.

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Topic: Campaigns, Good, Guerilla

Blatherific Agency Founder Gets YouTube Spoofing

Cahan Associates Founder Bill Cahan who, in a video on his agency's site and on YouTube, says he's concerned about the video featuring just him but them proceeds to feature just himself in the video. In oh-so-tired, oh-so-overdone close crop, shaky camera, ego-centric style, the video goes on in wondrously blatherific style explaining how the agency wants people/clients whose hearts beat a little faster, whose palms are sweaty and who are not quite sure what they are going to get. Now that sounds like a smart client doesn't it? Anyway, Cahan says he's not going to use buzzwords and then, yes, proceeds to use them.

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Topic: Agencies, Online, Spoofs, Video

Penis Photos, Oddly Placed Ads, Body Manipulation

Reverse Cowgirl directs us to a weird series of photos involving penises dolled up like faces to showcase KSUBI sunglasses. What struck us was not the penises but the other ads that appeared on the Papermag blog.

This Zune ad at the top of the page uses the same idea, manipulating elements of hands and fingers to create faces and features. Cool juxtaposition.

And we couldn't help smiling at the Dewar's ad whose tagline, "The quality of the article should be its greatest advertisement," was just too funny alongside the penis shots.

Oh, man. Can somebody please write a book or at least some kind of blog on the delicate feng shui involved in web ad placement?

by Angela Natividad    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Good, Online, Opinion

Doritos Begs Customers for Super Bowl Ads

Yahoo and Doritos marry up for a consumer-generated-media contest in which the best Doritos video to hit their site by mid-January gets aired on a coveted Super Bowl spot. A crass man at the bottom of the screen repeatedly shouts, "Watch and vote for your favourite Doritos commercial NOW!"

We were really into Doritos for a minute because they had that Japanese nut-crushing thing going on, but then they started littering and now they resort to the all-time laziest but most prevalent campaign style of the web 2.0 world: begging.

We're embarking on a new horizon in which we were supposed to work with consumers, not beg for creative at every open opportunity. Are we just going to hand over our cushy jobs and Foozball-ridden offices like that? Just like that? Come on, guys.

by Angela Natividad    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Bad, Cable, Games, Television, Video

Perez Promotes, McLennan Fires, Brides Brided

- The networks never saw a meme they didn't want to jump on so it is without surprise they're all slapping ads for their shows up on celeb site PerezHilton.

- Dammit, online customers are good for the music business!

- This Fall, New York City taxi cabs will begin showing NBC programming. Come on! We don't want to be distracted from the city's eye candy now do we?

- Anyone with the name Hamish McLennan is bound to attract attention and the Hamish McLennan that is the CEO of Y$R did just that with the terse firing of the agency's vp world creative director Michael Patti who was said to be under delivering.

- Conde Nast is going after brides-to-be on MySpace with a page offering Brides.com video and photo content.

by Steve Hall    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Agencies, Online, Outdoor, Television

Bose Good Enough to Court Imminent Death, Doesn't Go Extra Mile

Saatchi and Saatchi throw together this print illustration of a rower fit to slip into a formidable Scylla-and-Charybdis-like vacuum because his Bose noise cancellation headphones are so awesome he just can't pay attention.

Funny how you get punished for not paying attention in real life, but this same deficit comes as a premium when illustrating how distractingly awesome a given product happens to be. Does that really help sell shit? We love the idea of getting lost with Beethoven but if the composer himself can actually fly down from heaven and lift us out of a boat destined for disaster then all the better, you can sign us up for some Bose headphones right now.

We somehow doubt the sound quality is that great, though.

by Angela Natividad    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Bad, Magazine, Poster

Draft FCB Does Cookies Right, Still Can't Stop Thinking About Lions

Under the tagline "Milk's favorite cookie," Draft FCB orchestrates a playful set of Oreo prints that illustrate "the dunk aspect of the Oreo twist, lick and dunk ritual and showcases the simple fun that dunking Oreo cookies in milk can bring," says Laurie Guzzinati of Kraft.

Okay. We can't fault Draft for saying "twist, lick and dunk" considering that's exactly what we do when we have the occasional Oreo. But after that lions-fucking insanity, which comes to mind every time we type out "Draft FCB," we just can't keep a straight face.

by Angela Natividad    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Campaigns, Good, Magazine, Online, Poster

Celebrity Pubic Hair Collected to Aid Charity

No doubt, this is some marketers cheeky idea of a promotion but we're going to have to wait a while before we find out who's behind it. But let's not let details get in the way of celebrating the collection of celebrity pubic hairs which, when mounted and autographed, are sold...all to make money to donate to charity. Locks of Love? Screw that. With everyone body grooming these days, there ought to be a whole lot more pubes to donate than head hair. So when you celeb Shave Everywhere, don't just let it all go down the drain. Use your god given attributes to help those in need! Besides, you drain won't clog and it'll be much nicer on your house cleaner.

Oh, there's a countdown clock on the site insuring we check back to see what this is all about on January 15. Hmm. Philips? Yea, we think so.

by Steve Hall    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Celebrity, Online, Promotions, Spoofs, Strange

3 Big-Ass Brands Get Print-Pwned by Bentley

We're not sure if these are real and have a strong suspicion they're not, but the idea that they could be makes us happy. And even if they aren't, the strength virals have in consumer-generated media makes them just as legit WOM-wise for the respective companies involved. Just look at the arguments they generate.

To wrap up the whole car-wars thing, the super-short synopsis: BMW gets snarky with Audi. Audi bitches them out. Subaru jumps in. Bentley pwns all. In fact we think we've just been sold on it. Why couldn't the Pepsi/Coke wars have ended like this?

by Angela Natividad    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Best, Consumer Created, Online, Poster, Spoofs

'Truth in Advertising' Begets 'Truth in Sales'

If you work in advertising, you've certainly seen the hilarious but extremely truthful parody Truth in Advertising. It was only a matter of time before the classic got an update and, today, it got a big one. This parody of the parody, called The Truth in Ad Sales does a great job uncovering what really happens between a media agency and a media seller and how the final sales pitch makes it to the conference room for presentation. It's British so it's be funny even if it isn't but it is so it's worth watching. It's got all your favorite Wanker and Bugger All commentary complete with mention of social media and "MyTube." Hmm, MyTube. Now there's a possibility. Oh wait. Silly us. The porn industry has already jumped on that one.

by Steve Hall    Jan- 5-07
Topic: Agencies, Good, Online, Spoofs, Strange, Video

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Raleigh, always ranked highly compared to all other cities, recently was ranked 3rd best place for young and upwardly mobile. Also, home starts are the worst they've been since the Kennedy administration.

All of this while Raleigh attracts 3.9% more people every year (3 times the national population growth of 1.2%). Raleigh was also recently ranked in the top 5 for job growth (2010 expected to be 16% more jobs than 2009).

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Here Comes China’s First Lady!

While Sinologists are busy trying to determine why Xi Jinping chose Russia as his first foreign visit as President of the Republic, the rest of the world – less severe but more relevant for the media –has been in a frenzy over the fashion sense of China’s new first lady. When Peng Liyuan descended the aircraft stairs in Moscow, hand in hand with her husband, commenters began asking themselves if a new character was emerging on the Chinese stage. The more frivolous speculated on her self-confident manner, her stylish trench coat, and her elegant (but unbranded) handbag. When the presidential delegation continued on to three different African states, Chinese state television did not hesitate to record images of her smiling face and elegant pant suits that modestly recalled traditional Chinese style.

Analysts both Chinese and foreign have instead noticed significant news that was barely overshadowed by the glamour. The figure of a first lady is not part of Chinese tradition, either communist or imperial. The consorts of the Chinese leadership have always been demure, faithful to their families, and a more neutral grey than even the bureaucratic tint of their husbands. They have no public function and their biographies are largely anonymous, and the exceptions to that rule have hardly been fortunate. Jiang Qing, the last wife of Mao Zedong, spent the last days of her life in prison after her line was defeated. The death of her husband and the arrest of the “Gang of Four” that she led were fatal for her political ambitions. Fate was also very harsh with Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s arrogant but powerful wife. A rising star in the CCP and governor of Chongqing, Bo lost his fight for the top spot in the organization and his fate is ultimately tied to its disciplinary measures. His wife was sentenced to death for the murder of an English businessman, the revelation of which exposed illicit ties with a vast and shadowy personal empire.

Xi’s wife is far from these indiscretions, instead projecting an image of stability. It works to the advantage of a less threatening soft power, because China itself needs to project a more reassuring image made up of normal, everyday events rather than economic aggression. Peng will surely be seen active with acts of charity and social and cultural causes. One is reminded immediately of Raissa Gorbachev, the unforgettable Russian first lady who lifted the international status of a Soviet Union already in decline. Peng Liyuan will also have an important place in internal politics. In a period tarnished by scandals and corruption, her familiar face offers a sense of security and an image rooted in the genuine traditional values of the country.

Peng’s story seems unimpeachable in public opinion. She comes from a humble family, different from her husband’s Red aristocracy, even though she became famous long before he did. At the age of 18 she started her career in the army, where she put her soprano voice to good use. She specialized in military songs, patriotic marches and musical folklore, and quickly gained fans and popularity. She is a legitimate TV star, even though she had to leave her career in entertainment behind when Xi was nominated vice president in 2007. Her pedigree is excellent, her debut promising, and the reception has been warm. The ingredients are valid and all there, although it still remains to be seen whether the new Chinese direction will make use of them, or reduce them to a matter of habit to be quickly left in oblivion of yesterday’s news.


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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Back to School with Allergies

For us the start of the new school year is just two short weeks away.  The summer passed in it's usual lazy blur, with the time continuum only summers have.  Long days full of sunshine and unscheduled relaxation and silly fun.  Days packed from dawn until dusk with a flurry of fantastic summer activities.  And the ability to control (mostly) how those days are interspersed, so that no one is ever too tired of one or the other.

School however, means return to routine.  Standard bedtime, standard wake time, standard school day.
Packing lunches.  Training the new new teacher to see the subtle signs that you pick up on so easily.

I'm in prepare mode now.  I thought I'd share my checklist with you:

  • Gather medication authorization forms.  We have one for the epinephrine auto injector, one for the inhaler, one for the topical steroid, and one for the benadryl fast melts.  We also have an allergy action plan that stays with her medications.  (Print out several on florescent paper.) This time of year is crazy busy for allergists doing last minute forms, so if you haven't turned them in yet hustle over and drop them off soon!  Most allergists now charge a small fee for this service.  (If I were filling out a few hundred forms I would want to be compensated for my time too!  Be kind, the fee is well deserved. Yes, even if the nurse did do many of the forms.  She needs paid too.)
  • Create a medicine kit.  I've seen too many nurses stations overloaded with zip-lock bags of medicines they must dig through to find the appropriate child's stash.  I prefer to put my kiddo's medicines into a container that is instantly recognizable. (I like this one.)
  • Make a folder of teacher handouts.  Yes.  I do this.  I put together some basic allergy information that I feel is essential for the teacher to understand, and I deliver it to them the week before school starts.  We have a short meeting and I hand it off, so that the information can be fresh in her mind at the start of the year.  Nothing lengthy, a few short bits that convey a lot of meaning for us. Teachers have enough to do the week before school, they are not going to read any novels on allergy care!
  • Review your 504.  Make sure it is current, and does not need updates or additional accommodations based on the new grade, or health changes over the summer.
  • Make sure your child's self carry epi-case is up to another year of service.  Order a new one now if needed. (There's a great list of places to buy here.)
Keep in mind, this is a BACK to school list.  Not a first time at school list, which is very different.  My little one is going into 5th grade (How did that happen?!?) and this has become a less intense preparation mode.

I hope that back to school goes well for all of you!  New teachers can make for a nervous first week, especially for us allergy mamas.  Have faith that teachers chose their job because they love kids, and they want to keep yours safe.  Just a bit of extra education and kindness from you and it'll be a great team.  But that's another post!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Monday Menu Plan

The focus this week is on simple meals that come together quickly.  Summer here is about seizing the moment, not sticking to a tight schedule.  That means meals need to be familiar and fast for days when we are really off schedule.  Nothing new on the menu this week, just familiar favorites that I know will keep hungry tummies fueled up.

Breakfast: cereal with non-dairy milk
Lunch:  leftover pulled pork
Dinner: chili mac (bison), carrots, raspberries

Breakfast: Cinnamon bread with sunbutter and green smoothie
Lunch: leftover chili mac
Dinner: turkey meatballs, coleslaw, cantaloupe

Breakfast: turkey sausage and Alexia Harvest Sature
Lunch: meatballs
Dinner: lentil dahl over quinoa pasta, peas

Breakfast: cream of buckwheat made with sunflower milk
Lunch: sunbutter and jelly
Dinner: bourbon salmon, green beans, pineapple

Breakfast: Alexia saute sweets, green smoothie
Lunch: salmon
Dinner: cajun beans and quinoa with andouille sausage, broccoli

Breakfast: bacon and waffles with berry reduction
Lunch: ham roll ups
Dinner: beef burgers, carrot salad

Breakfast: blueberry muffins
Lunch: burgers
Dinner: creamy turkey casserole, mixed veggies

I'll fill in the holes with leftovers and specials from the market after shopping on Tuesday.  Have a great week everyone!


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October 27, 2007

guess where I went to yesterday...the E.R.

Well I had work yesterday at job 1. It was a half day for the students and a professional development day for the staff. I had some pain in my right ear beginning around 10am and it steadly became worse by 1pm. I couldn't take it anymore and decided I need to see my doctor. Now get this....I call my dr. earlier around 11:15am and found out that he had RETIRED!!! So the new dr. was there and guess what he was BOOKED UP for the day.

So the nurse suggests that i go to a hospital with an Urgent Care Facility. Not the same as an E.R. So I call St. Mary's Hospital and they say that they don't have an Urgent Care facility but Barnes Hospital does. So Im like DAMN I know it's about to be hood-city around this time and packed. So I inform my prinicpal, my cousin who works at the school with me, and call my sis to let her know what's going on too.

I drive myself there and park in the E.R. I get myself registered in the system and take a seat. About 45 min. later I see a nurse who takes my blood pressure 150/90 and I explain to her my symptoms. She states she'll put me on the urgent care list and that I will be seen quicker than some of the other patients because of what's going on with me.

Sure enough I speak to another individual and give him my insurance and then within a hour I'm taken to the back for treatment. Now this is where it gets funny to me. People who have been there before are becoming aggrivated and are cursing because they mad. Now they really are mad because they see my ass is about to get serviced quicker than them. I didn't say anything but just giggled to myself.

So now Im finally in the back and I have a room to myself and a dr gets to me about 40 minutes later. Inform's me that I have an ear infection that probably was from my cold earlier this week. She said it was really red and irriated. So she gives me some drug prescriptions and states I shouldn't go to work today. So I called my supervisor, Tracey while I was still there to let her know i wouldn't be at job 2.

They give me my stuff and I call my mom to let her know that I'm on my way home.As I walk out of the private area back into the waiting area, someone makes the comment, "I can't believe this shit, she got in and out within 4 hours that's fucked up." So I stopped turn to the lady and say "Next time come in and have job that pays insurance" and I walked my ass out to elevator with smile on my face and took it down to the parking lot to my car.

Went to Walgreens took an hour for my prescription to be filled. Did some shopping while there and then went home got drugged up and went to sleep. Oh and did I mention it was my parent's anniversary also. Gotta love the timing;)

October 20, 2007

Chrisette Michelle - Best of ME

I came across this song yesterday and it just made me sit down and think damn. It summarized how I feel every now and then. Thankfully not as much as I used to, but you know how old ghosts will creep up on you from time to time. Every time I play this song I can't help but smile;) It's my ringtone, ringback, and a full song on my verizon phone. Overall she is a wonderful artist.

Chrisette Michelle - Best of ME

I saw you again at the parlor,
Crossing the walk with your lady,
I caught your eye from a far off,
I noticed she wore a ring, mmmm,
I found a smile against my will
wish it was genuine.
I put away my desire
No more in love with you still,
Look I'm moving on.

Loved you, Lost you
Thought I'd give you all the best of me, uhhh
We departed, broken hearted,
I need to be free
What we had was oh so lovely
I'll swallow my pain,
It's my time to find the best of me

Can't be the type to be begging
Can't be the type to plead,
My mama made me much wiser,
What's mine will be just for me, yeah
I'm trying hard to just focus,
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When it's my time it will be.
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Loved you, Lost you
Thought I'd give you all the best of me, uhhh
We departed, broken hearted,
I need to be free
What we had was oh so lovely
I'll swallow my pain,
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Not realizing the beauty that your eyes once saw in mine
I guess it's time to find the best in me

Loved you, Lost you
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We departed, broken hearted,
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October 15, 2007

Cool weekend

Hey yall what's up;) I know it's been about a week since my last post and I apologize. I have been busy. This past Saturday was Mina's birthday and Danielle and I took her out for dinner. We orginally had agreed upon Cheesecake Factory but Mina hit me up and told me the wait was 90 minutes. So that pretty much was a hell no. So we went to J Buck's in Clayton. I ordered an appetizer for us to share and then ordered for my main course a herb chicken dish. Pretty much it was trash and I was very dissapointed in it. The Cheesecake Factory version was to die for and that's what I had my heart set on.

So as dinner comes to a close we order Mina a birthday gooey-butter cake slice with chocolate ice cream. Afterwards she had to make a quick run and meet us back at the Galleria where she would pick herself out a present from the COACH store. She decided on pretty purse and since Mina was still going to kick it, Danielle and I decided to go back to my house. While we were out though we decided to just take in a movie and saw Tyler Perry's new movie, "Why did I get Married?" I have to give the movie A+++++++++++++++++++ across the board!!!! It's the kind of movie you could probably see 2 more times and not get bored.

Afterwards Danielle and I were discussing the characters in the movie and we both agreed that Mina and Danielle were definitely Angela's, Kai could definitely be a Diane, and I USED to be a Sheila strongly. Now I don't mean any of them in a negative way except for myself. I mean I notice different aspects of each character in my girlfriends. Patrina (another friend of ours) could probably be Janet Jackson's role. Actually now that I think about it Kai could also be Janet's role too......Boy it really made me look at relationships.

Oh well beyond that night, I had work on Sunday. I also had work Saturday morning too. Well I had work today and I'm taking off for tomorrow. I have a doc. appointment and just need some more me time. Suppose to meet up with the girls at Harrah's tonight for 25 cent wings special and be able to watch Monday night football (I think). pure bliss;)

October 8, 2007

howdy doody

Hey there hope all is well, Yes I took that nice lil ol vacation on Friday. Ya know what I did? I cleaned the damn house. Now isn't THAT a hoot. Yet I found that more relaxing and refreshing than going to work. So what does that say??? Well anyway I just chilled out the whole day at home. nothing much to tell on that day besides going out once I think. Yet I don't really remember what for so it obviously wasn't that fun.

Saturday- I had a 7am meeting, followed by work from 10am to 4pm. Took myself to the house and chilled out for the rest of the day. I might have gone out on that day too...don't remember. Damn i'm boring lololol

Monday- Had work, blah blah blah, had school, blah blah blah but decided to skip today and just come to UMSL (University of Missouri Saint Louis) to just study. Bored out of my Phuckin mind. So bored I don't know if I'll finish this sent....ance.

October 4, 2007

When you have reached the limit

I'm offically going to take a day off from work tomorrow. I just need it and yes it's just that bad. Today was something out of the wood works. Even I didn't think I could ever sink as low as I did today. By the time I went home, I was so far gone I didn't even say bye to people. i just packed up my shit and went home. Yet before going there I went to Lee's chicken to pick up some lunch. I get home and they shorted my order so I packed the food back up and get in my car and just burst into tears. I calm myself down and get back to Lee's so they can fix my order and then I go back home to eat it and try to calm down.

I don't make it to class on time, my favorite class, did the homework that was due and emailed my classmates with it and I get there about 40 minutes late. funny thing is that he is letting people leave EARLY so luckly my group is still there and I'm able to put input on our assignments.

I leave and I'm about to walk to my car when I realized that i promise to print up a list for a fellow co-worker at the library (which is where I am right now). Just got done with that but I'm wondering how I'm going to get it there to her. Probably will get to the job early so I can just drop it off to her.

My brain is just so fried with shit it's crazy. Sometimes I feel that when my plate is full of crap I just want to drop it on the ground and watch everything just shatter. Been one of the weeks.

October 2, 2007

Can we say flashback?

Ok so ya girl had school yesterday in the class she absolutely hates, economics. After class I go to the library and finish up my favorite class for work, Business Writing. After that I'm feeling absoutely bored and decide to go to Hooter's for dinner. While there I was talking to one of my favorite waitress at the bar, I decided that I could take in a movie while I was out.

So after getting the rest of my wings to go I head on out to the St. Louis Mills and go to Books-a-million and Old Navy to pass the time. Around 9:45pm I head over to the movie theater and go see GAME PLAN with the Rock. When I first get there I'm the only person in the theater. Then the funny thing was that I had to go find someone to START THE MOVIE. Maybe because they didn't think anyone was in the there. Overall I give the movie an A. I was shocked I didn't think I would like the plot but it really was a damn good movie. Laughed my ass off!!! After the movie I went home and went to sleep.

Then TODAY while I'm at work someone calls with a sexy ass voice and I'm like damn... So upon furthering the conversation I find out that he was a guy that I know from my high school single days that I had one of the biggest ass crushes on, Justin Tatum. I of course did verify that he went to CBCHS (Christian Brothers College H.S.). He's the high school basketball coach at Soldan H.S., go figure. Such a small world;) Also I have seen him around from time to time and he is STILL FINE.

October 1, 2007

UPDATE TO POST: For all you old heads that went to UMSL in 1999 and before POSTED ON 092007

Hey guys sorry for late update on this particular post. I called Carolyn Allen again today and left a message. She returned my phone call 10 minutes later and we spoke for 10 minutes. She told me that what I heard wasn't exactly right.

It's a scholarship that you have for the next 24 years, for around $500. The scholarship is available to be used once out of a school year. Which means you can choose to use it for the Fall, Summer, OR Spring session of a academic school year. NOT ALL THREE IN THE SAME YEAR. The application to fill out online will be active to complete on October 19th, 2007.

Pretty much in a hand basket you have to go to a website:

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Qualifying Student must meet the following requirements; view the full Tuition Settlement Agreement here

The qualifying student attended one of four (4) University of Missouri campuses (Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla, St. Louis) during the period from Winter Semester 1995 through Fall Semester 2001 inclusive; and

The qualifying student was a Missouri Resident Undergraduate student at the time of attendance; and

The qualifying student was at least 16 years of age, but under age 22 on the first day of class in at least one semester during this time period

Again you want to call Carolyn Allen at 573-882-3611

where the wind blows

Well hello there. Hope all is well with you. Today is Monday. Had work this past weekend at job #2. Which was somewhat okay but better than the Friday that I had at job #1. Deadlines...Deadlines....Deadlines..... What can I say, my life is full of never-ending deadlines.

Yesterday after work Danielle and I grabbed some food at Applebee's and just chilled out. Mina was out of town with her family, Kai is doing well, and Amy of course is busy being a new mom;)

Another close high school buddy of mine, Laura had sent me a message via Myspace informing me that she had to have an emergency C-Section because there were some difficulties with her newborn. There were complications but luckly mother and baby are doing great. Baby is still at the hospital last time I talked to her and they are expecting her home very soon.

Of course I am still in school trying to hang in there. One class I'm doing great, the other I'm doing my personal version of the TITANIC. Sinking...Sinking...Sinking.
Sometimes I wonder how am I even surviving with the schedule I have. I work 7 days a week and have to go to school for 4 days. The only day I get a day off is if it happens to be a holiday, or I just say phuck it I'm taking a day off.

Lord knows my personal life is just virtually gone. The only time I feel as though I'm doing anything fun is if I have the time to get to the mall. That might be on a whim after I've studied.

Yet the really sad thing is when I say I have no time to do anything I literally mean to get to anything or further more get anything done to me. Yet that particualr part has been the case for quite some time. ha-ha-ha

Talked with Kai last night while I was on the porch and just enjoying the breeze of the night, the moon was a tad bit foggy but full. We talked for about 30 minutes. Went inside changed clothes. I don't know what the deal is when it comes to me and PJ's for some reason I just can't stand them. LOL but anyway I dozed off watching cartoon network's Robot Chicken and woke up to Ed, Eddie, and whatever the last part of the that show is called.

Was real tempted to call off of work but I decided to reserve that for a day when I REALLY need it, like maybe....tomorrow. Who knows.;)
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University of Westminster graduate Eleanor Amoroso specialises in innovative handcrafted crochet techniques. She was last to show as part of Blow Presents at LSO St. Luke's on Sunday 18th September 2011.

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Eleanor Amoroso's show made me nervous. I find it really hard to watch models struggle with shoes and that is exactly what happened to every poor sod as she made that first awkward turn in gigantic knife edge platforms at the top of the catwalk. They may have looked good when not in motion but I am afraid I just don't get non-functional footwear: I spent the whole show playing will-she-won't-she in my head and let me tell you that it was a distraction from admiring the clothes. The shoes were designed in collaboration with Julia Kaldy, dosage whose website features some much more wearable designs. Fashion, visit this eh?

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Miriam Lehle of Prose Studio is based in the pretty town of Schorndorf near Stuttgart in Germany. But she shows internationally and will be returning to London Fashion Week this September. One to watch I say...

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Prose Elizabeth A/W 2011 by Rebecca Strickson. Prose is a literary genre. Novels are prose, click as are novellas, pharm letters and even newspaper articles. Miriam Lehle has named her label […]


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