Have a Coke and a Smile

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Do you enjoy drinking Coke as much as I do? I think Coke is just a piece of America that is as popular as apple pie and baseball. What would America be without Coke? If you love Coke then don’t forget about one of their newer products that a lot of people have been enjoying in Coke zero. I think you will find the same great taste with Coke Zero and less of other things that you might not want in your soda.

Now Coke has a fun way to spend some time on the computer. I’m not sure exactly how they do it, but you now can make your own little movies online. They took some old movie clips and now you can type in some text and the characters in the movie will say what you type. Does that sound great or what? I have already had lots of fun playing around with it, and I’m sure you will to if you give it a try. Don’t forget to save your work and send it to your friends and show them just how creative you are. It’s really hilarious listening to these characters saying some of the crazy things you can make them say. I took the comedy approach when I made my movie, but you can make yours more of a serious tone. So Coke is giving you the chance to script your own movie and I have no doubts you will love it, if you just give it a try. It’s very simple to do and will truly make having that Coke with a smile!

Fireworks and the 4th

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Well I am sitting in my bedroom now and it’s about 10 at night. I can hear fireworks going off in full effect as the people in my neighborhood are celebrating the 4th of July. Thanks to all the troops and their families that are currently serving in the military and for all those brave men and women that have served in the past. I salute you all and know that we can enjoy the fireworks on this day, due to all your hard work and sacrifice.

I think fireworks seem to go higher, brighter, and louder every year. It’s amazing the way they create those little boogers. I wouldn’t even know where to begin, if I had to create some sort of firework. I just hope it isn’t too dry out there and no fires get started from everyone shooting off their fireworks.

I hear the military has some sort of “firework” (if you know more about this special weapon please chime in) that can create daylight during the night. It is something they can shoot up in the air and will show them where the enemy is at. For anyone that has seen this (which I haven’t) they say it’s amazing at how this type of firework can just brighten everything up and it last for several minutes. I have seen the older war movies where the enemy troops move across a field and our troops shoot one of these up in the air and it exposes them easy for the troops to begin firing at them with their guns. It looks pretty neat on the movies when they do this, but they say the modern technology of these things is really amazing now at just how long and how big of an area it will light up. I wouldn’t mind seeing one of these U.S. Military weapons shot off on the 4th of July, so I could see what everyone is talking about. Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Heavy Equipment Operators

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HowStuffWorks is a very interesting concept to a company. Do you know what they do? They simply show us how things work. Now this might not seem like a big deal to you, but there is indeed a market that is needed for this. I have been to countless job interviews and I have done a number of jobs in many different fields. A lot of these jobs will show you some training video or a video on a piece of equipment that you might be using in your future employment with a company. I think it also keeps the companies out of the court room, because they can show documentation that you saw and understood the video.

Now HowStuffWorks is a popular website and is the leading source of credible, unbiased, and easy-understanding to how things actually work. NAHETS has recently been approved as an “Approved Content Provider”, and I think this will help give the company recognition in the field as they make more and more videos on how stuff works! NAHETS or The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools is pleased to announced that they have been approved for their videos on heavy equipment. The president Matt Klabacka feels that this is a major milestone for the company. You can find out more about the company at www.nahets.com.

For all the heavy equipment operators out there or people that are wanting to become heavy equipment operators. They will now have the benefits of seeing live videos and animation to help them work better with heavy equipment and most importantly, doing it in the safest manner possible. These videos should be very helpful to all the heavy equipment operators.

Many of the accidents that occur with heavy equipment are preventable. I believe NAHETS plans to use these videos to help prevent the accidents that are occurring now. A lot of rental companies will rent out skid steers everyday to hundreds of people. These skid steers are dangerous or can be, when they are not used properly. When used correctly they can be a very helpful tool, and hopefully these safety videos pertaining to skid steers will be seen by the operators before using the equipment.

PRESS RELEASE

The National Association of Heavy Equipment Training Schools NAHETS, has become an approved video training publisher with the
popular website www.howstuffworks.com.
Skid Steer Heavy Equipment Operator
Matt Klabacka, NAHETS President states, “This is a major milestone for NAHETS to achieve the status of “training content provider” for one of the Internets most popular self-help websites.”

HowStuffWorks is the leading source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Founded by North Carolina State University Professor Marshall Brain in 1998, the site has since grown to be an award-winning online resource for millions of people of all ages.

NAHETS curriculum development department and internet video department, in conjunction with yellow metal tv, have created a series of heavy equipment training videos entitled, “Yellow Metal Boot Camp.”

Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 1
click to view sample

The skid steer series represents the first of many training videos that NAHETS and Yellow Metal Boot Camp will produce, and includes live footage and 3-D animation. Each series begins with a “Safety First” component emphasizing the importance of safe operation of the equipment. NAHETS will publish, and disseminate these into the web 2.0 environment.
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Klabacka says, “NAHETS is focused on a long term strategy in providing quality, publicly
available, heavy equipment specific, instructional material in a rich media environment.”

According to Klabacka, “heavy equipment instruction, which is made available to the public, can improve the results obtained through the equipment’s use, increase the longevity of the machines, reduce property damage and accidents, and, most importantly, help to cut down
on the number of injuries and even save lives.”

Heavy equipment accidents are common and many are preventable. After watching the Yellow Metal Boot Camp Skid Steer Safety module, Klabacka stated “Every skid steer rented in the country should come with this basic safety video.”

“Equipment rental companies across the country are renting hundreds
of skid steers every day and many of the operators are clueless on safety matters regarding this very useful, yet potentially dangerous piece of heavy equipment.”

Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 2Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 3Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 5Skid Steer Yellow Metal Boot Camp Sample 6

Chris Cannon, NAHETS Director of Curriculum Development says, “skid
steer loaders are not ‘lawn tractors.’ Many weigh as much as a car and have more power, pound for pound, than their larger cousins on the heavy equipment line-up. These small machines warrant a healthy respect. We will start to see an increase in small equipment being used as contractors realize how they can improve production and profits as the size of residential real-estate continues to shrink and the ‘do-it-yourselfer’ launches out into various projects; often without receiving more than a few minutes of training! These machines have come a long way since their invention in 1957 when they were just being used on a farm. More and more, the cost to own, transport, and operate a skid steer with its incredible versatility and the availability of many work tools is making it the obvious machine of choice for many contractors and rental fleets.

The ‘Yellow Metal Boot Camp’ Video training is far superior to a
simple instructional manual, pamphlet, or 5 minutes of instruction from a rental clerk or co-worker. Nothing takes the place of seat-time and professional hands on training by a qualified instructor; but in the absence of that, nothing comes close to these videos. They are professionally produced, high quality, and very engaging unlike many traditional training videos which tend to be rather boring. These videos have been “kicked up a notch.” They have great music, eye catching graphics, 3-D animation, and have more of the look and feel of an adventure; yet they still deliver expert advice, techniques, and emphasize safety as the number one priority. Making this valuable resource available to the public is a mandate that we, at NAHETS, feel very strongly about.”

Science Fiction Audio Books

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You can now get some of your favorite science fiction books downloaded straight to your computer. This is a great way for science fiction lovers to simply start downloading audio books from online. Getting all your favorite science fiction audio books can be easily done now. AnEarForBooks offers a lot more than just the science fiction books. You will also be able to download books in business, history, humor, radio shows, self help books, and TV & film. There is a lot of choices to choose from and if you were looking for religion or spiritual audio books, then AnEarForBooks.com can help you find those too!

I have never downloaded an audio book before, but it sounds like a great new way to get more exposure for books. If you have downloaded an audio book before, let me know which one you downloaded and would you be willing to download an audio book again?

Rambus Memory

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Adding Rambus Memory to your computer is a great idea! Getting more memory for your computer will allow you to save more songs and keep more files in your folders. It’s really easy to eat up memory on our computers these days. There are so many programs that just take up a lot of memory to perform correctly. So it never hurts to have as much memory on your computer as possible.

CheapestRDRAM.com makes it simple to upgrade memory on your computer. They will help you along the entire process to make sure your memory is installed correctly on your computer. They have an easy-to-use tool on their website to see what memory is compatible with your computer system. If you want to get Rambus RDRAM RIMM Memory, then get over to their website and learn about all the advantages of having more memory on your computer and how their prices are the cheapest around!

Lap Band Surgery in Mexico?

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If you have heard about all the rave reviews that Lap band Surgery has been getting, then you might want to save money if you consider having the procedure done for yourself. It is much cheaper to have the surgery in Mexico than anywhere else you could find in the United States.

The FDA (food and drug administration) has approved the process of lap band surgery in the USA in 2001. In Mexico they have been inserting the Lap Band procedure since the 1980’s! The facility in Mexico is located in beautiful Tijuana, Mexico. You can even plan a vacation around your Lap Band procedure in Mexico. There are many things to do in Tijuana and so many attractions and activities to take in. Tijuana offers world-class restaurants, nightclub shows, bull fights, golf courses, museums, and the Cultural Center. All of this is surrounded by the Betancourt Medical Center , which is a state of the art hospital. The marble floor and architecture makes Betancourt look more like a resort than a hospital. If you are considering having the Lap Band surgery done, then you really should get the whole family together and come to Tijuana, Mexico and making a vacation out of it!

Also, there is a new facility located in Palm Coast, Florida. MyLapBandSurgery will be having an open house on Thursday July 25th at their new facility. The festivities will start at 9AM and last until 6PM and they will also be having a contest to win a $5000 shopping spree! There will also be a chance to win $3000 in cosmetic surgery! If you’re in the neighborhood, then be sure to stop in! You can give them a call at: 1-866-309-0036

Lap Band surgery is a technique of placing a band around the upper part of the stomach. This process allows less food to enter the stomach area, which will decrease your appetite. Since you will be eating less than you normally would, then you will likely lose weight slowly over time. This is a procedure that is designed for people who are excessively overweight, so be sure to contact your doctor or the helpful team at MyLapBandSurgery to see if you qualify for this procedure.

Email Software

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Do you get a lot of emails? Have you ever deleted an email or lost an email that you wished you had saved? I think we all have and we have learned lessons from the past that now makes us not want to delete anything. However, our email accounts can only store so much memory and we are soon forced to have to start deleting some of those emails we think we will never need again.

There is a better way to handle our emails. We do have the option to backup e-mail with a simple to use program that we can download. You will also be able to back up your favorites, so if your computer crashes and you have to install everything back, you can easily put back all your favorites. If you would like to learn more about backing up your email, then go to: http://www.backup-email.com/ So there’s no need for us to decide anymore which emails to get rid of, we can just use this software to back them all up!

CRM Software

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Taking a look at crm software and you will quickly find that this is a great software for lead management duties. Something like lead management softwaremortgage lead management would be ideal for someone that controls mortgages or is a landlord. Some of the benefits you could get with your crm would be contact information, addresses and values for the property, requested loan amount, and also 1st mortgage interest, balance, and payment amount. The system can be custom-fitted for your needs, so you could have as much information as you wanted on your customers or tentants.

AimPromote has improved the crm and it is built to save you time, increase sales, and to cut cost. The more you can automate your sales process, is the better you can make everything. The software can supply you with 32 possible automated actions and you will have 9 possible triggers to set off the actions. AimPromote has all the tools to get you more automated, if you are willing to give them a try. Now would be a good time to do so, because you can get a free 14 day trial to get you started. See how you like the crm software, and see if you really can have advantages in lead management or lead tracking. The lead management system from Aimpromote is available to view on a demo at their website. Feel free to email or call if you have any questions. There is also a new support forum available too! TOLL FREE 1-888-251-4635

Bad Time for Electronics

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If you have a lot of valuable pieces of electronics plugged up, then be sure to have them plugged up to surge protectors. I don’t think surge protectors are full proof, but most of the good ones will offer some type of insurance policy with their product. I have seen some surge protectors that will offer you up to 35,000 dollars of protection, if their surge protector fails and your equipment is destroyed.

Now this is commonly caused by lightning. We been having bad storms here in Georgia lately with hail, high winds, and lightning. Most of the country right now is in tornado season and hurricane season is close by. A lot of these summer time storms can produce a great deal of lightning. It’s lucky that very few people each year lose their life to lightning. I have heard that a lightning strike can be something like 50 times hotter than the surface of the sun. So it’s no wonder when so much electricity gets caught on a power line (which conducts electricity very well) that it runs a long ways and can go into many homes. Your power box in your house is normally built with a little protection that will cause some circuits to flip. It’s not nearly fast enough sometimes and when enough juice gets pass the breaker box, then it can damage a lot of things that are plugged into the walls. A surge protector is one of the best investments you can make, on protecting any electronic or computer equipment.

What Time Is It?

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If you had an atomic clock you would know. Have you seen these atomic clocks? These little things are amazing. They keep perfect time down to the second and they reset theirselves everyday. So just what is an atomic clock?

They are radio controlled clocks that tune into the radio signal emitted by the U.S. AtomicClock located in Fort Collins, Colorado. They reset themselves daily to the exact hour, minute, and second and automatically change themselves for Daylight Savings Time. They are always accurate to the second and are easy to use.

Does anyone own a clock like this? I just recently bought one of those that set theirself as soon as you plug them in. I didn’t know you had a clock that had it’s own mind. That’s pretty interesting knowing that you have a clock that does this, and all by radio signals. I wonder what happens when the power goes out in Fort Collins, Colorado? I guess they would be a lot of people that wouldn’t be able to know the exact time.

Fuel Efficient Cars

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How does your car rank in fuel efficiency? A few years ago I probably couldn’t draw much attention to the topic. Now with the soaring gas prices I might have 1 or 2 chiming in to see if there’s a way to save money. You can find tips all over the internet on how to cut down on your fuel cost. They are some good tips out there, and I suggest you looking at some of them.

Obviously two sure fire ways to save money on fuel cost immediately, is to drive less and have a fuel efficient car. There is some staggering number out there if everyone just had the correct air pressure in their tires, then the U.S. could save millions, if not billions on gas each year. I am more concern with a quick fix, then trying to accumulate a lot of little things. Your car is a quick fix. If your car is a Toyota brand, then you might be better off than most.

This is what I done. I didn’t look at the current cars on the market. I decided to go back a couple of years, and see where we were with our cars right before these latest gas explosions. So 2004 is the year I chose to go to, and explore cars then. This way you don’t have to go buy a brand new car. You might be able find a good deal on a used card, and that was a leader back in 2004 with fuel efficiency.

Number 1 on the list is the Honda Insight. This car isn’t going to get you any speeding tickets with its 3 cylinder engine. You are going to be able to get great gas mileage. It gets 60 miles to the gallon in the City and about 66 miles on the Highway. In 2004, it’s estimated annual fuel cost was $405. Now today most people use a full tank of gas each week. It’s taking about $40 and more to fill up that tank every week. In about 10 weeks at that rate or 2 1/2 months time, you will spend the annual cost it takes for the Honda Insight. Now that is a 2004 estimate, and I’m sure the Honda Insight would be 600 to 800 dollars in 2007, for annual fuel cost. You still can probably see the huge savings that this car offers.

Now to list some of the other fuel efficient cars of 2004:

Toyota Prius
Honda Civic Hybrid
Volkswagen Diesel New Beattle/Golf/Jetta
Honda Civic
Toyota Echo
Toyota Scion XA
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Scion XB
Toyota Celica

So you can see that Toyota has some great cars, when it comes to saving money. The above list is from most efficient to the least. So the higher up that list you can go, the more money you will save. Even owning the last car on the list in the Toyota Celica, you’re still looking to save hundreds of dollars for this year, and probably the years to come. There doesn’t appear to be any relief from high fuel cost for at least the next 5 to 7 years. I would really be surprised to ever see a gallon of gas go to under $2 again.

Note: Est. annual fuel cost is CNN/Money’s calculation based on 15,000 miles of 55 percent city, 45 percent highway driving and a gallon of gasoline costing $1.71, which was the national average for regular gasoline on March 2, 2004.
For cars using diesel fuel, the price is assumed to be $1.69, the national average for diesel fuel on that date.

Put Some Drive In Your Computer?

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If you know the song by Travis Tritt, that says to put some drive in your country. Then I’m here to tell you to put some drive in your computer. Not just any drive, but some IDrive in your computer.

The IDrive-E Online Backup is something that every computer needs to have. It’s a great way to back up all your important documents, files, or pictures that you might have stored on your computer. They are currently offering 2 free GB of Online Backup. This will also come with no limits to the amount of bandwidth that you might use. Any backup or file type restrictions will have no limits either. This is all very affordable and you can start for as low as $4.95 a month.

Computers are becoming just like radios and tvs; every household has one. They have become very useful tools for making our lives easier. Just paying bills or looking for a recipe online, is two of the simple benefits of having a computer. Now when we get receipts for paying them bills, or have a recipe that we really want to hold on to. It’s very convenient to store them on our computers. If something was to happen to your computer, your receipts and recipes could be lost forever. That’s why it’s important to have IDrive-E Online Backup for all the households. If you own a business, or run a business through your computer, then it’s a must have for any business. You never would want to lose those precious files that keep your business going everyday. Make sure you are protected and get all your important information protected with some sort of back up system. There’s no better way to put some drive in our computers, then with the IDrive-E.

Buying Electronics Online

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It’s fun to go to the various stores and shop for electronics. I think we all like shopping in the electronics department. There is so many things that can catch our eyes in the electronic sections of department stores. The technology of gadgets has increased so much over the last few years. They are probably changing faster than you can get to the department stores to shop for them. There is a better way to keep up with the latest technology to come out. It’s by shopping for electronics online. It’s easy to do it this way, and any day through the week when you get off of work, you can check on the latest technology toys that are out there. So shopping on the internet makes a lot of sense, and can save us time too.

Abt Electronics has been doing electronics since 1936. They haven’t been online since then, because I don’t think they sold too many computers back in 1936. The important thing is that they are online now and have anything in electronics that you might want. A very big selection to choose from, if your looking for televisions, dvd players, portable satellite radio, digital cameras, printers, radar detectors, or even audio for your boat. They will have it at Abt Electronics.

This time of the year, they are probably selling a lot of air conditioners and home humidifiers. The air can get so hot and stuffy in the summer time, and you have to have some technology to battle the elements of Mother Nature. It’s great that we can have some type of defense against the elements of hot weather. Just like a ice maker for example, can help keep our drinks cool. I just wonder how they made it so many years ago, without the advance technology that we have today. Abt Electronics must have had some sort of vision in the 1930’s to start up a electronics store then. I would imagine most people then, would have had no idea just where we would be at 70 years later. Now I just wonder what the next 70 years will have in store for us, as technology continues to soar.

Cheap Rambus Memory

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CheapestRDRAM.com has some of the cheapest Rambus Memory that you can find online. They also offer great services with their cheap RDRAM. They will assist you every step of the way, as you upgrade your memory on your computer system. All of the memory that they sell, they will offer it with a lifetime warranty. So you can be sure that your memory will last forever. Rambus RDRAM Memory at the Cheapest Prices Online is your best way to go for getting more memory.

If you are not sure what type of memory to get for your system. Then there is an easy tool on the website of CheapestRDRAM.com that you can use. You just put in the model or motherboard of your computer, and you will find what type of memory is compatiable with your computer. Once you get your new memory, you can find easy installation instructions at their website. You will be fully satisfied in getting the cheapest memory online, while getting great information from their easy-to-use website.

There are a lot of benefits to getting more memory on your computer. If you like to download songs, and keep a library of all your favorite songs. Then this can take up a lot of memory that you have on your computer. Getting more memory will insure that you can continue to add all your favorite songs to your computer, without running out of memory. Even some of the sites that you like to play games at, uses a lot of memory to play those games. Especially if you have to download anything to your computer to play these games. If it’s a system that uses a java screen and doesn’t really download anything to your computer. Then it still takes enough memory space, to allow the java to run right on your computer. There are so many things that we need our memory for, so having too much memory is never a problem. Just make sure you don’t overpay somewhere else, and be sure to check with CheapestRDRAM.com for all your memory upgrades.

Property Management Solutions

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For property owners that are looking to organize their properties better. Then having the latest software to help you manage these properties is a must have, for all property owners. Buildium Software offers an excellent piece of technology to get you on track, to organizing all your properties from your computer. They offer several great answers to help you with finding the best solutions possible. The Landlord Edition from Buildium, is an excellent way to manage your rental properties, while increasing your cash flow, just by saving time. The Property Manager Edition can help you improve your bottom-line, and cut down on consuming tasks. This is a complete online system that streamlines tasks for property managers.

Now if you are the owner of condominiums, then Buildium has software that can help you out as well. Just having some type of Condo Management Software will help you out tremendously. This software from Buildium will be hard to beat, if you use their Association Edition. This isn’t just software for someone that owns a lot of units of condos or houses. It can be used for the people that might only have a few condos or houses in their ownership. You can use this completely online, with no software to download. The next time you have to face budgeting, collecting fees, tracking community issues, keeping repair records, or just the matienance records, you can accomplish all these things easier with the Association Edition from Buildium.

Now you might think that you would have to pay a pretty little penny, to get services like these. That’s not the case at all. Buildium has plans that start off at less than $20 a month. That can get you on your way to tracking all your properities and renters, with the Association Edition. Better yet, you can try this free for 15 days, to see if this will indeed help your property management solutions.

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Remote Desktop

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This remote desktop from Techinline, allows users to instantly access and control a remote computer over the Internet. You will be able to diagnose any problem from a remote location. You will be able to share the contents of what’s on your computer, with any other computer in the world. This form of communication allows users, companies, and anybody else to share real time data. Come see why over 1,400 people are already using this Remote Desktop Service from Techinline. There is a free trial that you can test it out, to see if it’s what your looking for.

Learn A New Language

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Learning a new language might just be the thing for you. It could help you get a job, by knowing how to speak a certain language. There are many employers today, that are looking for bilingual employees to hire. Then you could also visit a foreign country, and be able to speak their language. It would be helpful knowing a foreign language on vacations. You could learn a lot about a new country, just by learning their language and having the ability to communicate with them.

You can use Language Audio Books to help you start learning a new language. In the United States, learning to speak Spanish could have a big impact on a career choice for you. A lot of opportunities in the USA, that are available for those that can speak English and Spanish well. You could also learn how to speak French, Dutch, Albania, or other languages perhaps, through some of these audio books. You can simply download these audio books, and learn them on your own time. So there’s no more excuses, if you are really wanting to learn how to speak a new language.