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Trying To Get Rid Of Mice?

November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Personal thoughts, Saving Money, reviews

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This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Victor® Rodent Control. All opinions are 100% mine.

As someone who has spent quite a few years living in a rural setting, I have dealt with my share of mice! A few of the pesky rodents actually caused trouble for us just last year, as they made our attic their home and even found their way into our walls. They did some serious damage, tearing up the insulation and even some of our electrical wiring. Unfortunately, it seemed no matter how many traps we laid we the mice just kept coming back. I didn’t want to try poison, as I hated the idea of it being in the home especially since we own a cat (who was unfortunately no help with the mice)! Eventually we managed to snag them all with traps, but it took a long time and lot of headaches!

I don’t recommend going the trap route, especially if you live in the country where there are many mice. What you might consider is purchasing a ultrasonic rodent repellent, such as the Victor® Sonic PestChaser® PRO which is what my family will probably use should we find another mouse in our house. If you’re wondering how ultrasonic repellents work it’s by emitting sound waves that are irritating to mice and cause them to leave the area. The sound waves can only be heard by rodents, so there won’t be any noise to bother your family or any cats or dogs you own. When I first read about the Victor Sonic PetChaser Pro I thought it would be expensive, and was surprised to learn that it’s quite actually affordable, being currently priced at $34.94 per unit

In conjunction with using a product like the Victor Sonic PetChaser Pro, you should ensure to rodent proof your home by using simple measures like keeping your counter tops clean, storing food items (including dog food) in sealed containers and placing pantry items on shelves rather than the floor. You can read additional tips at Victorpest.com.

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How To Be A Great Looking Nurse!

June 8th, 2009 | Posted in reviews

If you’ve ever seen a nurse in action, you’ll no doubt agree that they are some of the hardest working professionals out there. Always on their feet and constantly attending to the needs of others, it takes a special person to be a good nurse. I actually have a very good friend who works as a nurse in a local hospital, and while she has a very full life the one thing she doesn’t have is a lot of time to sleep or take care of herself. However, my friend still looks great, and so when I found a website online which offers beauty tips for nurses, I certainly thought of her.

The website is called Scrubs - The Nurse’s Guide To Good Living, and it features a bevvy of articles that will no doubt be of interest to the nurse who wants to look her best, especially because it includes advice on finding fashionable Scrubs. I was actually surprised when I read their article titled “Looking Great In Scrubs”, as I had always thought of scrubs as the unfashionable baggy green or blue things that nurses have worn for years. However, these days there are actually a large variety of really cute scrubs available, and I like to think they’re the kind I’d wear if I were a nurse.

Another article that I particularly liked reading was titled “Waking Up Looking Younger”. This is a great article not only for nurses, but for all people. I mean, who doesn’t want to look younger? The article features simple tips that will help to make you feel (and look) rejuvenated.

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Blogging Made Easier With Dragon NaturallySpeaking

October 31st, 2008 | Posted in reviews

I’d love if all of my fellow bloggers reading this, would take the time to view the video below. It’s about a great software called Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which can assist bloggers both in productivity as well as ergonomics - watch the video to learn more. Also, be sure to check out the accompanying article, as well!

I just watched a great video by Owen, great blogger from the Isle of Man. He has a couple great tech blogs and even builds plug-ins and widgets in his spare time. I’ve known Owen for over two years now through the blogosphere. Although, I didn’t realize until I watched this video that Owen has a great voice! Owen agreed to try out Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 preferred and I just finished watching the video that he created a few minutes after he installed the software on his machine. This is significant in the fact that he was able to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking just a few minutes after the installation.

Many people remember the days when it would take hours if not days or a week or more to train a voice recognition software program. Owen was able to install the software and use it to very good effect as you can see from the video above which has been embedded from YouTube.

Now he’s just getting used to the software and one of the things that you will notice is that his speaking style is a little slow and starts and stops a bit in between each sentence. He doesn’t have 2 talk that slow nor does he have to start and stop after each sentence. He could just keep talking in one continuous fluid verbal conversation with his computer. Dragon NaturallySpeaking even has the ability to automatically insert punctuation as you talk. The auto punctuation feature is not perfect, but it is a lot better than you might expect.

Owen is actually using the manual punctuation function where he specifically says each item of punctuation that he wants inserted into his sentences and paragraphs.

Regardless, as you watch Owen’s video and many other videos out there on Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, you can see just how fast it is and just how useful it can be for anyone that wants to be able to type on their computer and create text by using their voice and speaking to their computer. It’s a very liberating experience and as I write this right now I am using Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, and I am pacing around my kitchen about 20 feet from my computer using a wireless headset microphone. I walk by my computer every few steps and glance at the screen to see if my computer is capturing the text correctly, but I probably don’t even need to do that because it is so very accurate.

That said, it is very important for new users to do a fairly good grammar check on the documents that they create with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. When you first get started, Dragon NaturallySpeaking does learn what you’re trying to say and it improves over time. So you will need to edit a little bit more when you first start, and it’s a good habit to pick up as you go forward because your speaking style is going to be much different than your normal writing style would be if you were typing with your fingers. It’s a different area of the brain and you will get a different result in your written documents when you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

This article is approximately 540 words long, and I wrote it in about three minutes. It also took me about two minutes to edit because I was going back and forth into another room to help my kids with their homework. Still, that’s approximately 108 words per minute including editing time!

My name is Brett Bumeter and I’ve been writing about Dragon NaturallySpeaking for almost 2 years now. I think this is a great product, however I also recognize that people really have to see this product in action in order to envision how I can truly help them in their work and in their lives. So I am working to bring many more videos of Dragon NaturallySpeaking to you since you can help figure out if this great tool that costs about $99 could help you type in 150 words a minute. I think it can, and I definitely think it’s worth it. You decide and you let me know what you think. By the way, you can check out Owen’s article here!