Harp seal is a warm-blooded, carnivorous mammal found in extremely cold regions of the world, especially popular for hunting in Canada. The oil extracted from seal tissues is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids - the ‘good’ fats. These fats are also given the name of omega 3 and the supplements made from seal oil are known as omega 3 seal oil supplements.

The long-chain fatty acids are EPA and DHA. However, some supplements are also made by mixing a third fatty acid known as ALA (alpha linolenic acid), which is a short-chain acid. The difference between these essential fatty acids can be marked by the fact that short-chain fatty acids can be used by the body to manufacture long-chain acids. ALA is only found in some plant oils, like flax seed oil and canola oil.

Some omega 3 seal oil supplements also contain DPA which is often placed in the context of weight loss and lowering serum triglyceride levels in the body. DPA, other than seal oil, is only found in human milk. Therefore, lactating mothers should use seal oil supplements on a daily basis to ensure optimum levels of DPA in their body. Other benefits of omega 3 fatty acids include fighting against many deadly diseases, such as cancer. Inflammation in various parts of the body can also be treated with supplements made from pure fish and seal oil.

Fatty acids have been known to provide treatment to almost 60 human illnesses including mental illnesses. These supplements if from pharmaceutical grade fish oil, are completely tested and approved by the food standards company, these are the best ones to buy.

Omega 3 seal oil is particularly important for the growth and development of children. Pregnant women should eat foods rich in fatty acids like fish, and consume oil extracted from vegetables like soybean, canola and flax. Before choosing an omega 3 seal oil supplement make sure the one you buy is made from molecularly distilled seal oil. This process removes any impurities and contaminants found in the oil of animals, such as mercury and high levels of dioxins. Some low-quality supplements are made from oil that is not refined and therefore could be harmful for the consumer.

Another point to remember is to choose supplements that contain more percentage of DHA than other fatty acids. This is because DHA is known to be a building block of brain cells and very important in the development of the nervous system. DHA is also present in large quantities in human milk; therefore it is particularly important for the babies. Always choose omega 3 seal oil supplements that contain all three of these fatty acids in good proportions.

We have found a pure pharmaceutical grade, molecularly distilled
fish oil product that is naturally high in DHA and EPA.

Coming from the Hoki Fish Located on the pristine southern coasts of New Zealand, where the waters are extremely low in pollution and toxins.
Discover the best fish oil product on the market today
and the one we ourselves personally use. We recommend you learn more: Omega 3 Fish Oil

Jean Helmet is one of the editors for a series of health sites, We offer a free health book for subscribers to our websites newsletter.
We cover everything you need to know on nutrition, as well as omega 3 nutrition, and how to improve your general overall health.
Check out our nutrition health book, for more information on our free featured book.

Recently I received a support call from a customer who was not receiving mail from one of her partners. After some lengthy troubleshooting, we found that the partner’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) was listed on some of the public SPAM blacklists. This actually came as a shock to us since the ISP is a very large telecommunications provider in the South.

Since customer service is our focus, we did not leave the issue as someone else’s problem, we attempted to work with the ISP to resolve their problem. Try to imagine our shock when the ISP told us that they were aware of the issue, had no intention of resolving it, and were sorry for the “Inconvenience”.

I tell this story because it brings to light one of the major problems with ISP’s and their free add-on email services, but the story gets better.

We decided to use a pay for SMTP email service (SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transmission Protocol and is the electronic language used to move email throughout the Internet). We signed up with the service and configured the email clients to send mail to the new service. Once again we got shot down. The ISP was blocking all SMTP traffic through their connection that did not go to their server.

We finally resolved the client’s problem with both a short term and a long term solution that did not require them to host their own email server internally.

What this has shown us is that even the biggest ISP’s sometimes take the easy path instead of the right path to solutions and that sometimes free add-on email services are not the right solution for a business that considers email to be a vital business tool.

Robert Gaynor is the President and CEO of Boca IT Solutions, Inc. Boca IT Solutions is a Microsoft Partner that specializes in the small to medium business market. For more information on this and other information technology topics, please visit http://www.bocaitsolutions.com

A friend is going to set up a booth in a roadshow selling T-Shirts, and he asked for some tips to increase his sales.

On top of the standard promotional stuffs like dressing up the booth, having great salespeople, distributing flyers around the booths etc, I thought I’d share some other strategies you can apply if you are going to do some roadshows.

Here they are:

- Are you doing this with potential for long term, repeat business? If yes you absolutely MUST capture prospects details for back-end products. One of the best and simplest way to do this is to have a lucky draw.

Of course it makes more sense to have a long term business plan than just a one time sale thing.

But if you are not, if this is just a “hit & run” opportunistic thing, focus on getting as much sales and profits on the spot. Apply up-selling strategies. Instead of selling just one item sell a package.

You can also do cross-selling by tying up with some other booth owners who sells relevant products.

Add in scarcity by giving “Limited Offer”, “One Time Offer”, “Next 10Mins Offer”, “Today Only Offer”

- Know who are the target market and sell the product according to how they want to be sold. You probably sell differently to different target.

Eg. Tourists look for different things compared to aunties from the heartland.

Also consider what is the roadshow about? Is there a theme to it? If there is, play up the theme and do your best to be the most stand out booth around.

OK, so far pretty standard suggestions.

Here’s Highly Leveraged Strategies That Are Rarely Mentioned:

Do A Pre-sale Promo! Most people doing roadshows do their marketing and promotions on the spot. You should do it BEFORE the roadshow starts. Personally, if possible I’d like to know I am making guaranteed profits before going into a venture. There are many ways to do it, but one simple way is to pre-sell:

OPTION #1: Will the roadshow be promoted by the organiser? If yes, asked whether you can be included in the promotional materials they are distributing. Offer the organiser a good reason to include you in such as you are giving away FREE lucky draw thing.

This is a great way to:

1. get huge coverage 2. get people to visit your booth (cos you mentioned it in the organiser’s promo materials) 3. be seen as part of the main draw of the roadshow & partners of the roadshow organiser

OPTION #2: If the organiser is not promoting it, ask them to pay for your promotions. Here’s what I mean:

Talk to the organiser and tell them you want to distribute flyers BEFORE the roadshow to promote it. As this will create awareness for the roadshow itself, ask them whether they are willing to sponsor part of the costs for the distribution of the flyers.

OPTION #3: Sell the idea of distributing flyers to some of the other booth sellers in the roadshow. The flyers will advertise the few booths so they will have better exposure. Divide the costs of distributing the flyers among those who advertise.

You can either advertise on the flyers for free (cos you are the one who come up with the idea + organise it) OR, You can make some profits from it (by charging a little more) OR You can share the price of the distribution of flyers and have minimum expenses

OPTION #4: Create as much awareness of your up coming roadshow using the available free promo tools such as networking sites, blogs etc. You can also do pre-order for early birds. So you already made some sales before the roadshow starts. This gives you more budget to do more promotions.

OPTION #5: Depending on your merchandise, it is possible to sell on bulk basis. Eg. invite purchasing execs from corporations to take a look at the quality of T-shirts you have and possible customization options. Lots of companies are now into teambuilding stuffs. What better way to show team spirit by wearing a corporate T-shirt. Sell them the idea and offer something different than just the same-old polo T.

- Again, depending on your goal for this roadshow, it is important to have a strong “hook” to draw the right target market.

The sexy girls selling T-shirts is a proven and great sales technique. But don’t just leave it at that!

If you are doing this for a long term business, leverage on whatever things you are doing for the future.

Eg: Since you know you are going to have sexy girls… Do a press release and send it out to the media. Invite the media to check it out by giving them an interesting angle.

An interesting angle such as “Sexy T-shirt Dealer Swears Under Oath She Didn’t Use Sex To Get Branded T-shirts So Cheaply!” can work great as a press release AND a flyer! The New Paper loves to cover such stuffs.

Record the whole thing. Take lots of photos. Post them in blogs, social networking sites etc…

It will create a huge publicity for your company (if it is a long term biz). Of course when you got interviewed, talk about creativity and entrepreneurship, on top of the sexy hot publicity

There are lots of ways to spin off an event like a roadshow… most importantly, leverage as much as you can!

By the way… all of the suggestions above costs you ZIP to implement!

Sant Qiu -The Profit Strategist-is a marketing, branding and copywriting expert who has helped many companies boost their profits by 30% and more in as little as 90 days. He delivers practical step-by-step “What to do” and “How to do” techniques to boost profits immediately. Visit his site for free powerful marketing tips. http://www.santqiu.com

Setting up your own business can be a very profitable venture, but in order to establish a business with a physical location you will have to be able to afford the location you choose. Unfortunately, a number of worthwhile businesses are stopped before they even get off of the ground because the would-be business owners simply can’t afford the start-up costs associated with establishing a business location. More and more entrepreneurs are learning that there is an alternative, however; by basing your business over the internet and creating a virtual office setting, you can create a positive work environment where you and coworkers can begin the business of your dreams without the excessive costs of a physical startup.

What a Virtual Office Is

A virtual office is an extension of the home office, meaning that you will do your actual work in your own home or wherever you happen to beat the time. Through online and telephone communication you can interface with coworkers, employees, and clients, and can theoretically spread your “office” across the country or around the world in order to find employees and clients from different geographic regions. You might also take on part-time or contract employees as needed, hiring them based upon aptitude and ability instead of proximity to a physical office or storefront.

Advantages of a Virtual Office

There are a number of advantages to be found in choosing to do business through a virtual office. In addition to being able to work from home and choose coworkers from around the world if necessary, you can also save a significant amount of money from not having to pay rent and utilities on physical office space. Additional savings can also be found by considering the fact that you won’t have to drive to and from work each day. Working in a virtual office environment can also allow you to take more control of your schedule and let you work during the portions of the day when you are most effective. Most importantly, however, there are a number of health benefits that can be derived from choosing to work in a virtual office. You will be less likely to buy fast food for meals on the run, will be able to move around or get some form of physical exercise when you feel that you need it, and will generally be subject to less stress overall because of your more relaxed work environment.

Establishing a Virtual Office

In order to set up a virtual office, you should begin by making sure that you have a computer (either a laptop or a desktop PC) that has sufficient memory, processing, and storage capabilities to handle whatever sort of work you plan on doing. You will also need internet access, software for word processing, databases, and other common office programs, and possibly additional software to make group work easier if you plan on working with others in the virtual office. After that, you will need a telephone, some sort of fax capability (though a computer scanner can work well in this regard), and the beginnings of a record keeping system for tax information and receipts. Contact the IRS or a legal consultant to find out any specific information that deals with operating a home-based business over the internet, and you might also consider hiring an accountant for payroll and tax payment purposes. In order to make the organization of your virtual office easier, you also might want to hire a virtual assistant… these are individuals who do freelance secretarial and administrative work and then allow you to access schedules and records online. Once you have reached this point, all that you will need is for work to start coming in so that your virtual office can start to turn real profits.

The virtual office offers breakthrough technology as an alternate low cost method to starting up your business today! To learn more on how to begin these processes you can visit Telcom & Data’s premiere website & http://www.conference-bridge.net

A great blurb can make the difference between a customer taking out his/her wallet to buy your book or putting the book back on the shelf. Great blurbs sell books.

But what is a blurb, exactly?

A blurb is the copy on the back cover of your book. After the cover, the blurb is the first thing a customer will check when considering to buy a book. It should hook, intrigue and grab the reader right away.

“Book blurbs are eye candy to the consumer,” says publicist Penny Sansevieri, founder of Author Marketing Experts.

Not only to customers. A great blurb can help you find a publisher or an agent, too.

Last year I sent dozens of query letters in my search for an agent. As you probably know, most query letters are composed of a blurb of the book (the hook), some info about the book (genre, word count, etc), and a short author bio or list of qualifications. The agents who responded said “No, thanks.” I’m not surprised. The blurb was as flat as a French crepe. One of these agents wrote to say she wasn’t particularly excited about my book, but asked if I had something else to show her. By this time I had improved my blurb and had a completely new version. I mentioned this to her and asked her to consider my edited blurb, which she did. Her response was “Well, I have to admit this is a pretty convincing blurb.” She requested the first three chapters. To make a long story short, she took me in based on the strength of those three chapters. In this case, my blurb was the key factor in getting the agent’s attention.

This is the blurb I first included in my query letter:

Can a good man be persuaded into committing murder and still retain his goodness?

Lullaby is about the restless soul of an aborted infant who, in order to become powerful enough to be reborn, must tempt humans into committing evil acts. Having temporarily acquired the form of a beautiful woman, this being plays mind games with the protagonist, bringing back memories of his tragic childhood. As deeply buried feelings of hate and revenge spring to the surface, the protagonist must struggle with his conscience to do the right thing. But will he, when his own ideas about justice and the higher good tell him it is right to kill?

Now compare it to the second one which got the agent’s attention:

At a trendy Turkish tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated out of his senses by her physical perfection as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. After a while, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her-her skin’s abnormally high temperature, her obsession with milk products, her child-like and bizarre behavior as she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience.

The young woman, Kamilah, invites him to Rize, Turkey, where she claims her family owns a cottage in the woods. In spite of his heavy workload and the disturbing visions and nightmares about his sister’s baby that is due to be born soon, Gabriel agrees to go with her.

But nothing, not even the stunning beauty of the Black Sea, can disguise the horror of her nature. In a place where death dwells and illusion and reality seem as one, Gabriel must now come to terms with his own demons in order to save his sister’s unborn child, and ultimately, his own soul…

Here are some guidelines to help you create great blurbs:

*Keep it short (100-250 words). The aim is to convey what makes the book unique in a small amount of space.

*In it set the mood, the scene, and the conflict or enigma.

*It should have mounting tension. The beginning should have a “hint” of the conflict or threat, yet remain pretty innocuous (look at my blurb number two: boy meets girl in a tavern). By the end of the blurb, the conflict or threat should be imminent (protagonist must save his sister’s unborn child and his own soul).

*Think of the best angle to approach your story. Both of my blurbs describe what happens in my novel, yet the second one sounds much more exciting.

*As with a good book review, never put “spoilers” in the blurb. You can do this in a book summary or synopsis, but never in a blurb. (Look again at my blurb number one. In it I make the big mistake of revealing the nature of my “evil” female protagonist-she is the soul of an aborted infant. In blurb number two, you suspect there’s something wrong with her, but you don’t know what. You’re left wondering).

*Think about what makes your book different.

*Question marks can be used to leave the reader intrigued.

*Often ellipsis are used at the end to leave reader asking questions.

*Keep adverbs and adjectives to a minimum and use action verbs.

*Needless to say, make sure there are no spelling or grammatical errors.

*If your book is non-fiction, does it have special features like pictures or diagrams? What is the aim of the book? What are you trying to accomplish? Does it teach anything? How is this book different from others in the field?

*Remember that blurbs are not summaries! Don’t tell the whole story-only the exciting part of it so that the reader will want to know more.

*Don’t exaggerate or sugar coat it. Be professional.

*Study the blurbs from your book shelves, paying special attention to their style, language, and content.

*Write and rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. Then show it to people who can offer honest feedback.

One last tip:

Do you know that powerful, dramatic voice that you hear in the cinemas during movie trailers? That alluring voice, often exaggerated, that describes the movies? Well, read your own blurb with this voice in your mind, matching its tone and pitch. You’ll be surprised to find out how much that helps!

Mayra Calvani is an author and book reviewer. Visit her website and subscribe to her free monthly newsletter, THE FOUNTAIN PEN, at http://www.mayracalvani.com

Fish oil is a natural source of essential fatty acids required by the body in order to fight against many diseases. Usually these fatty acids are not present in most people’s diet because of the absence of fish and vegetable oils.

It’s not difficult to replace these foods by nutritional supplements made from fish oil. Particularly important in the category of fish oil is the cod liver oil. Supplements made from cod liver oil are termed as omega 3 cod liver oil supplements because of their connection with omega 3 essential fatty acids - DHA and EPA. These fatty acids cannot be made by the body itself. Most people are deficient of these, especially those who haven’t eaten fish their entire life.

Vegetable oils like canola, soybean and sunflower also contain some percentage of omega 3 fatty acids. But these oils are not generally recommended by doctors because they also contain some harmful omega 6 fatty acids. The alternative is to buy supplements made from fish oil. Omega 3 cod liver oil not only provides just the right amounts of DHA and EPA but is also rich in vitamin A and D. Cod liver oil is therefore somewhat different than other fish oils. It is helpful in fighting against cardiovascular disease. The risk of having sudden cardiac arrest is also reduced if your diet contains cod liver oil in appropriate amount.

Omega 3 cod liver oil is known for the treatment of high cholesterol and obesity. A healthy individual needs about 1.5 grams of essential fatty acids (DHA and EPA) daily. Eating fish twice a week can also be enough but doctors and health professionals these days do not recommend eating too much fish, especially farm-raised fish because of high levels of mercury found in them.

Consuming omega 3 cod liver oil supplements on a daily basis (2-3 times a day) can provide a healthy alternative to eating fish. Make sure the product you are about to buy is made by a reputed manufacturer. High-quality fish oil supplements are made from a process called molecular distillation. This serves to remove any impurities, in the form of mercury or dioxins.

Other nutritional benefits of omega 3 cod liver oil include treatment of depression and other problems related with it like insomnia and panic attacks. Instead of taking heavy depression medication and sleeping pills, the patients can be fed with cod liver oil or capsules made from cod liver oil to overcome anxiety.

Normally doctors recommend 1 teaspoon full of oil daily for children and 2-3 teaspoons for adults. Patients with high blood pressure and diabetes should consult their doctor before consuming cod liver oil supplements. Overdose of vitamin A and D could be detrimental to overall health, so supplements should be used with caution.

The problem with cod liver oil is that although they do provide vitamin D, they provide far to much. One of the most popular cod liver oil supplements being sold contains 4000 to 5000 units, which is way over the amount a person needs daily. Cod liver also comes with vitamin A, again this is a problem. A better way of consuming vitamin A is from beta carotene and other carotenoids, which are present in quality vitamin supplements and natural organic food sources.

Because we obtain these vitamins in daily vitamins and food sources, one would be overdosing on these vitamins by using cod liver oil. Ifone has to much of vitamin A, it may contribute to osteoporosis

Other options

Fish oil taken from the flesh of the fish is your best choice for fish oil; however they do not contain vitamin A or vitamin D. To be honest, these vitamins are available in our daily food intake and by using a quality multi vitamin. We don’t need to add extra to our daily diets, not in the amounts that are in cod liver oil. Although there is a vast array of health benefits from cod liver oil, the same benefits and more can be obtained from other sources. You can get omega 3 cod liver oil benefits from a fish known as the Hoki fish.

We have found a pure pharmaceutical grade, molecularly distilled fish oil product that is naturally high in DHA and EPA.

Coming from the Hoki Fish Located on the pristine southern coasts of New Zealand, where the waters are extremely low in pollution and toxins.
Discover the best fish oil product on the market today
and the one we ourselves personally use. We recommend you learn more: Omega 3 Fish Oil

Jean Helmet is one of the editors for a series of health sites, We offer a free health book for subscribers to our websites newsletter.
We cover everything you need to know on nutrition, as well as omega 3 nutrition, and how to improve your general overall health.
Check out our nutrition health book, for more information on our free featured book.

Now, if you are like most people who understand the powerful Law of Attraction that was all talked about recently on Television with respect to the movie - The Secret, know that it is entirely up to us to create the future in the way we want.

In fact, the concept is so stupidly simple that most tend to pass it saying, ” Nah, it doesn’t seem like it will work …” And that is where this article comes in.

You see, the Law of Attraction says, “Like attracts like”. We are sort of magnets attracting unto us what ever we put out - most importantly whatever we think about. Our Universe is an inclusion based Universe that says “yes” to every though that we put out. It doesn’t distinguish if we want it or not, it just fulfills whatever we are thinking about.

And, if we have a belief that is counter to what we are thinking, we are offering a mixed signal to the Universe, saying, ” Bring me that. OK, forget about it, because I don’t thing that I will get that”.

We human beings have been so conditioned by our surroundings to think and behave in a certain way. We have so many beliefs that we have formed all around us that get us more of what we believe. Most of us have grown up not believing there was enough and that there was always going to be a shortage. Which ones of the following disempowering beliefs do you think you face?

• I am not deserving enough. “You know, even John who is always at work doesn’t make that much money. How can I even dream of making that much?”
  
• If I am rich, I will not fit in my social circle. My friends will see me as an outsider. They will say, “Look at Jane! She is a big show off with her new sports car.”
  
• You have to be really smart to be rich, and well, mine is a different case. “You need at least a college degree to be successful and make money. I know about Bill Gates, but who else. You know that is one case”
  
• I always have to work hard for making my ends meet, and that’s what I will be doing all my life. “Isn’t that what most of the world do? They work all day and then frugally run their households and raise great children”

Do you get the idea? If on one hand, you are asking the Universe for a million dollars and your inner beliefs are saying otherwise, then what do you think you will get?

There are a few methods of dealing with your belief system. In the next article, I will get into more details of exactly how to approach the beliefs and how to change them.

Be patient. You didn’t get all these beliefs in a day, so changing will take time. And here is the best part, when you do change them then the manifestations will begin to flow in easily. More of the things that you want will come your way faster than ever.

Hitesh Verma is an Engineer, a very successful entrepreneur and a practicing metaphycisist

http://www.wealthofattraction.com/

When a manufacturer does that occasional bit of bottom-line soul searching, the most fundamental determination to consider is which parts, products, customers, projects, and/or jobs are profitable. To this end, Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is used to identify, assign costs to, and report on manufacturing operations. To a large degree, ABC is a more accurate cost management system than standard cost accounting in that it is able to identify places where the manufacturing process can be made more effective, essentially by determining the “true cost” of producing a product. Shop floor work centers are particularly suitable for ABC because they produce identifiable and measurable units of output. With ABC, management can define processes, identify the cost drivers of those processes, and determine the unit costs of products for performance based budgets that determine the overall cost effectiveness of a work center.

In assigning costs to a work center (a management concept often called cost build-up), work centers are seen as cost centers where costs are analyzed to determine why they occurred. For these purposes, costs are assigned according to their overhead type-variable overhead where the costs are typically consistent per unit (material, labor, labor benefits, and other variables); and, fixed overhead where the total costs are more predictable (machinery, lease payments, utilities, etc.), but the cost per unit is a function of where you can set the volume goal or standard. The setting of a budgeted or standard hours in a work center is very important for pricing purposes and thus will affect how much business you win. If you base your standard volume on too low a number (for example, say 500 hours per year is only 1/8th the hourly capacity of a 2 shift, 5-day a week operation), then your price could be too high to win most jobs. In most cases, it is smarter business to base your fixed cost on a level you would like to achieve, such as 3,000 hours per year (1 ½ shifts). For example, a $40,000 a year fixed cost in a work center will add $80 per hour to the cost of a part based upon a 500 hours per year figure, as compared to $13.33 based upon 3,000 hours standard volume per year.

In essence, estimated volume (what you should be producing) versus actual volume (what you are producing) is the question manufacturers must answer to determine overhead influences on the bottom-line. The most desirable scenario is to have the shop loaded with production in such a way that all overhead costs are totally absorbed in the manufacturing process. Indeed, profit margins are enhanced when overhead costs are over-absorbed into production and standard volume output is surpassed. In short, piece output per work center becomes a positive factor when overhead in work centers and cost centers result in both direct (value-added) and indirect basis, or over-absorption, per year. In this way, manufacturers cost centers are, in fact, turned into all-important value centers.

http://www.globalshopsolutions.com/erp-software/erp-shop-management.asp

Dusty Alexander is the President of Global Shop Solutions. Global Shop Solutions is the largest privately held ERP software company in the United States.

Copyright 2007 - Global Shop Solutions. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Reprint Rights: You may reprint this article as long as you leave all of the links active, do not edit the article in any way, and give the author name credit.

Living in a cold and dry climate, I tend to experience lots of static shock.
I have got zapped whenever I touched the door knob. I almost burnt myself down when I refilled my car with gasoline at the gas station last weekend. I had fried many Integrated circuits and boards at working place and I never got the chance to pass my wrist strap testing.

Am I born a Static Man?
I wear a wool sweater with a leather jacket on top and with a rubber shoes. When it is too cold, I would put on gloves and cover my head with wool scarf.

What is wrong with me? Can anyone help me? I had asked many people around me about the solution for my problems.
Here is some of what they say:

1] Your skin might be too dry. Put on some lotion, it will help to reduce your dry skin problem.
2] Put on ESD smock at work place and ESD shoes. It would help to drain the static charge that accumulated on your body.
3] Place an ESD floor mat at your working place. The ESD shoes only work well when the ESD floor mat/floor is around.
4] Wear ESD boot/shoes even at outside your working place.
The earth surface is conductive in nature and it would help to drain away the static charges.
5] Do not wear rubber glove. Get an ESD glove.
6] Remember to touch the car frame when you come out. That is to drain the static charges on your body.
7] Use ionizer to neutralize the static charge at your work place.

I felt thankful to the people whom had given the advice. Their insights had helped me to understand static electricity in one way or another.

Without them, I am lost.

Don Small
http://learnesd.com

The first step in measuring a window is to use the right tool. You will need a steel tape measure. Cloth tape measures can bow and sag and should not be used. You will be measuring with a steel tape to the nearest 1/8″.

You should measure each window individually and record the measurement as width x height. This is the standard way of communicating measurements in the industry. You will need to decide first if you want inside mount blinds or outside mount blinds.

MEASURING FOR INSIDE MOUNT BLINDS AND SHADES

Inside mount blinds are installed inside the window casing. They may need a certain depth in order to sit flush with the casing. Make sure the blinds that you pick out will fit inside your casings.

To measure for inside mount blinds you are going to use the steel tape to measure from left to right in three places on the window. Measure from inside edge of casing to inside edge of casing. Record the smallest measurement to the nearest 1/8″. Do the same for the height of the window measuring from top to bottom.

MEASURING FOR OUTSIDE MOUNT BLINDS

Outside mount blinds are installed outside the window casing. They cover the window completely and are used to make it look larger or hide an unsightly window. Again, you are going to measure the window with a steel tape.

First measure the width of the window from outside edge of casing to outside edge of casing. Add 3″ onto this measurement for an overlap of 1.5″ on either side. Next, measure the exact height to be covered, normally from the top edge of the window casing to the bottom edge or the sill.

MEASURING FOR ARCHED WINDOWS

Arched windows are tricky to measure. This is because they are nearly never perfect arches. If they are the measurement is easy. You simply record the width of the window base and the half that as the height. If they are not perfect semicircles then it is best to make a paper template to send to the blinds company.

CONCLUSION

In order to achieve a good impression in your home you must have professional looking window treatments. Professionalism is a byproduct of taking your time and measuring right in order to custom fit blinds and shades to your home. With these tips in hand you should be able to confidently measure your blinds and get your order processed quickly and correctly.

Clinton Miller is an avid do-it-yourselfer who has taken on and completed dozens of projects ranging from changing a wall receptacle to building a tile shower complete with body jets and mosaic. He often details his projects along with articles and news at http://diyda.blogspot.com