[vendtalk] Quick and Crispy Question
Beth Jordan
beth.jordan at hknc.org
Wed Jun 16 18:55:42 UTC 2010
Hello Harlon,
This is not directly related to your question, but it might be another solution. Another potential "consumer" who may be interested in your used oil is the "green" car owner who has converted their automobile to run on used oil. My brother-in-law is one such person (as he worked for the Wendys franchise for decades). He does not live near you, however but that might give you an idea where else you can market your used oil, should you decide to stay with your Auto Fry.
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:12:55 -0500
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
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Cc: Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sleep Deprivation
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Hello Keevin and everyone,
As we well know health professionals often assume that our presumed
inabilities can be a attributed to our blindness. Dr. Jernigan shared with
those in attendance at the 1975 Banquet an article from The National
Inquirer in which scientists presupposed that our inability to have sex was
due to not being able to see light. Like the researchers quoted in the
National Inquirer article these folks are assuming that our sleep-wake
patterns are irregular due to our not being able to see light.
What disturbs me is that so far as I know they have not performed
standard sleep studies on their blind research subjects who may have common
sleep disorders. Hence the assumptions are falsely made that blindness is
the cause of an irregular sleep-wake cycle and not Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, or
a host of other sleep disorders common to all persons blind or sighted. This
has resulted in needless suffering and serious difficulties experienced by
some blind individuals due to the failure to properly diagnose sleep
disorders believing that blindness alone is the root cause of irregular
sleep. I am all too painfully aware of this fact as I am one such person.
FYI.
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevan Worley" <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
To: "Vendtalk Mailing List" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>;
<Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: [vendtalk] Sleep Deprivation
Greetings,
Yes, I saw this on the National Convention agenda. I am totally blind and I
grew up with hundreds of totally blind brothers and sisters. It is my notion
that totally blind people have no problem sleeping. Perhaps I am wrong. And
as you can see, I am posting this e-mail exchange to our blind vendor list.
There may very well be folks that are interested in your project. If so, I
would urge them to be in touch with you. Given the hypothesis, you may very
well receive e-mails at 2 or 3 am. :-) :-) :-)
Thank you for your interest in the National Federation of the Blind and the
National Association of Blind Merchants.
Nocturnally yours.
_____
From: Christian Lavedan [mailto:Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:43 AM
To: kevanworley at blindmerchants.org
Subject: Research on Blindness and Sleep - NFB Blind Merchants
Dear Kevan Worley
I am contacting you because I believe that some members of the National
Association of Blind Merchants of the NFB may be interested in learning
about our effort to better understand sleep problems in people who are
totally blind.
I am from Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company located in
Rockville, MD. Vanda is developing a new investigational medicine to treat
the complaint of the sleep/wake cycle experienced by some individuals with
no light perception. For this reason, we are interested in learning more
about people who have no light perception blindness and the problems they
face with sleep or wakefulness. Below is an announcement about upcoming
sleep studies that some totally blind individuals may be interested in.
We gladly welcome the opportunity to talk to you about our plans and to
learn more about you and your organization. We also would appreciate if you
could pass this information along to other individuals in your organization
and your community who may be interested by this research.
Sincerely,
C. Lavedan
Announcing Upcoming Sleep Studies in Totally Blind Individuals
Are you blind with no light perception?
Do you have problems sleeping or trouble with daytime sleepiness?
Non-24-hour sleep wake disorder occurs in some individuals who are totally
blind and lack the light sensitivity necessary to reset the "body clock".
This can lead to problems with sleep and/or daytime excessive sleepiness.
You can help researchers understand non-24-hour sleep wake disorder by
taking a brief phone survey. In addition, you will have the opportunity to
be informed of upcoming clinical studies recruiting in your area.
Survey Participants Need to:
* be over 18 years of age
* be blind with no light perception
* have sleep problems and/or daytime sleepiness
Collected information will be kept strictly confidential.
For each completed survey, a donation of $25 up to $50,000 will be made to
the National Federation of the Blind.
If you want to participate in the survey, please call toll-free
1-877-708-1931, Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM ET
Christian Lavedan, Ph.D.
Head of Discovery
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
9605 Medical Center Drive Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Tel: 240.599.4500
Fax: 301.294.1900
<http://www.vandapharma.com/> www.vandapharma.com
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:36:56 -0600
From: "Kevan Worley" <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
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Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sleep Deprivation
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Nevertheless, these seem like reasonable folks who are simply inquiring
through scientific methodology.
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Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:13 PM
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Cc: Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] Sleep Deprivation
Hello Keevin and everyone,
As we well know health professionals often assume that our presumed
inabilities can be a attributed to our blindness. Dr. Jernigan shared with
those in attendance at the 1975 Banquet an article from The National
Inquirer in which scientists presupposed that our inability to have sex was
due to not being able to see light. Like the researchers quoted in the
National Inquirer article these folks are assuming that our sleep-wake
patterns are irregular due to our not being able to see light.
What disturbs me is that so far as I know they have not performed
standard sleep studies on their blind research subjects who may have common
sleep disorders. Hence the assumptions are falsely made that blindness is
the cause of an irregular sleep-wake cycle and not Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, or
a host of other sleep disorders common to all persons blind or sighted. This
has resulted in needless suffering and serious difficulties experienced by
some blind individuals due to the failure to properly diagnose sleep
disorders believing that blindness alone is the root cause of irregular
sleep. I am all too painfully aware of this fact as I am one such person.
FYI.
Peter Donahue
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From: "Kevan Worley" <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
To: "Vendtalk Mailing List" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>;
<Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:03 AM
Subject: [vendtalk] Sleep Deprivation
Greetings,
Yes, I saw this on the National Convention agenda. I am totally blind and I
grew up with hundreds of totally blind brothers and sisters. It is my notion
that totally blind people have no problem sleeping. Perhaps I am wrong. And
as you can see, I am posting this e-mail exchange to our blind vendor list.
There may very well be folks that are interested in your project. If so, I
would urge them to be in touch with you. Given the hypothesis, you may very
well receive e-mails at 2 or 3 am. :-) :-) :-)
Thank you for your interest in the National Federation of the Blind and the
National Association of Blind Merchants.
Nocturnally yours.
_____
From: Christian Lavedan [mailto:Christian.Lavedan at vandapharma.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 8:43 AM
To: kevanworley at blindmerchants.org
Subject: Research on Blindness and Sleep - NFB Blind Merchants
Dear Kevan Worley
I am contacting you because I believe that some members of the National
Association of Blind Merchants of the NFB may be interested in learning
about our effort to better understand sleep problems in people who are
totally blind.
I am from Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company located in
Rockville, MD. Vanda is developing a new investigational medicine to treat
the complaint of the sleep/wake cycle experienced by some individuals with
no light perception. For this reason, we are interested in learning more
about people who have no light perception blindness and the problems they
face with sleep or wakefulness. Below is an announcement about upcoming
sleep studies that some totally blind individuals may be interested in.
We gladly welcome the opportunity to talk to you about our plans and to
learn more about you and your organization. We also would appreciate if you
could pass this information along to other individuals in your organization
and your community who may be interested by this research.
Sincerely,
C. Lavedan
Announcing Upcoming Sleep Studies in Totally Blind Individuals
Are you blind with no light perception?
Do you have problems sleeping or trouble with daytime sleepiness?
Non-24-hour sleep wake disorder occurs in some individuals who are totally
blind and lack the light sensitivity necessary to reset the "body clock".
This can lead to problems with sleep and/or daytime excessive sleepiness.
You can help researchers understand non-24-hour sleep wake disorder by
taking a brief phone survey. In addition, you will have the opportunity to
be informed of upcoming clinical studies recruiting in your area.
Survey Participants Need to:
* be over 18 years of age
* be blind with no light perception
* have sleep problems and/or daytime sleepiness
Collected information will be kept strictly confidential.
For each completed survey, a donation of $25 up to $50,000 will be made to
the National Federation of the Blind.
If you want to participate in the survey, please call toll-free
1-877-708-1931, Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM ET
Christian Lavedan, Ph.D.
Head of Discovery
Vanda Pharmaceuticals
9605 Medical Center Drive Suite 300
Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Tel: 240.599.4500
Fax: 301.294.1900
<http://www.vandapharma.com/> www.vandapharma.com
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:23:31 -0500
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: [vendtalk] inventory scanner
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hi,
I have a few questions about managing a small convenience store.
Would someone tell me what is the brand/model of the hand held scanner/bar code reader that tells you info about each product?
second, do you also have something similar that is maybe connected to the register to kind of auto enter products purchased into the register?
third, can this device auto update your database of stock on hand so you know what needs to be ordered?
this would seem so much faster than digging into the cooler and counting how many bottles of coke or how many snickers bars you have left.
fourth, are the reporting sheets standard throughout the US and where can you get them online for someone running a store in MO?
thanks
Bryan Schulz
the BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:15:58 -0500
From: Harlon Cowsar II <deucehc at gmail.com>
To: Vendor Talk Mailing List <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [vendtalk] Quick and Crispy Question
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Hello, Friends:
I hav a little situation in my facility that I am hoping you guys can
help me with. I have only been in my facility for about eight and a half
months and things have been going pretty well. I have been fortunate enough
to have an Auto-Fry in my facility and it has bee pretty wonderful. There is
another Randolph-Sheppard facility about 250 feet from mine and, because
they have no labor to pay, they have a bit of an advantage ofer me. The
advantage that I have is that I have an Auto-Fry and they do not.
My problem is that am having issues with disposing of the used cooking
oil. I have found companies that willco pick it up for free and one that
will even pay me for it but they all want much larger quantities than I can
provide with my current storage capabilities. They will provide me with a
storage unit in the parking lot but it must be at least a 55 gallon drum and
they would prefer a hundred gallon unit.
I have tried to get the State Building Supervisor to allow me to do
this but they will not. I have tried talking with local companies that clean
grease traps but the cost that they want to provide this service is very
prohibitive and borders on absurd.
I have been trying to work with my RSMA on this issue and today she
came to me with a newproposal. She suggested that, if I would be willing to
get rid of my Auto-Fry, then the state would be willing to purchase me 2
Quick and Crispy Greaseless Friers and a 26 inch glass front warmer. I have
never used this particular device and, while it sounds likry nice addition
to my Auto-Fry, I am not too sure that I can use it as a replacement.
I would appreciate any input you guys can give me on this device. Will
it work as well as my Auto-Fry? Will it do small individual servings of
foods like french fries? Will the quality of my products decline with the
use of this system? Can this device prepare all of the same types of fried
foods thatmy Auto-Fry can prepare? What about he cooking times on the
various items? Will this device cook these foods as quickly as my Auto-Fry
or will it cause my customers to wait in line longer to receive their
orders? Is it more complicated to use than the Auto-Fry?
If anyone out there has this device in their facility or knows anything
about it, please write and let me know what you think. I have to figure out
some kind of solution to this grease situation. The simplest and most
obvious answer would simply be to install the storage unit outside and be
done with it but, with the current attitudes from the state, that does not
seem like it is going to happen.
Thanks for the information and good luck to you all.
Harlon
LA Cafe'
Alexandria, Louisiana
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:22:56 -0500
From: Harlon Cowsar II <deucehc at gmail.com>
To: Vendor Talk Mailing List <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] inventory scanner
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Bryan:
The bar code reader that you are inquiring ab out is called the ID Mate
Summit and is manufactured by Envision America.
I use this device in by business and it is wonderful. It helps me in a
thousand ways. I do not yet have gthe ID Mate Summit but it is supposed to
be coming soon. The model that I am currently using is called the ID Mate
Omni.
The ID Mate Summit has some added benefits that the Omni did not have
such as software upgrades that allow you to keep track of your inventory by
scanning, counting and adjusting the number in the files manually. It can be
linked with your computer to receive software upgrades but, to my knowlege,
that is all at the present time. I think that you can do file transfers
between the device and a computer but do not hold me to that.
I have spoken with representatives of the company about linking the
device to the cash register and, at the present time, that cannot be done.
The company is working on that but, because of the different types of cash
registers, different softgwares, etc. it is presenting some difficulties. I
don not know much more than that. I recently saw the newest model of the
device and the size is much smalller. It is now about the size of a
flashlight. The bar code reader is more aggresive and finds the bar code
faster and the software reads the code and identifies immediately. It has
improved a lot in the years that I have been monitoring it and I highly
reccommend it for any managers but, especially for the totally blind manager
such as myself. Alfo, check out the I- Bill ICurrency Identifier. This is
another device that has made a very big difference in my workplace.
Harlon
LA Cafe'
Alexandria, Louisiana
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Bryan Schulz <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have a few questions about managing a small convenience store.
> Would someone tell me what is the brand/model of the hand held scanner/bar
> code reader that tells you info about each product?
>
> second, do you also have something similar that is maybe connected to the
> register to kind of auto enter products purchased into the register?
>
> third, can this device auto update your database of stock on hand so you
> know what needs to be ordered?
> this would seem so much faster than digging into the cooler and counting
> how many bottles of coke or how many snickers bars you have left.
>
> fourth, are the reporting sheets standard throughout the US and where can
> you get them online for someone running a store in MO?
>
> thanks
> Bryan Schulz
> the BEST Solution
> www.best-acts.com
>
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Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:06:36 -0500
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Vendor Talk Mailing List" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] inventory scanner
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hi Harlon,
thanks for your description and opinion.
so do you have an employee that helps with inventory and paperwork?
It seems it would be very time consuming to feel everything to know what
needs to be ordered.
Bryan Schulz
the BEST Solution
www.best-acts.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harlon Cowsar II" <deucehc at gmail.com>
To: "Vendor Talk Mailing List" <vendtalk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [vendtalk] inventory scanner
> Bryan:
>
>
> The bar code reader that you are inquiring ab out is called the ID
> Mate
> Summit and is manufactured by Envision America.
> I use this device in by business and it is wonderful. It helps me in a
> thousand ways. I do not yet have gthe ID Mate Summit but it is supposed to
> be coming soon. The model that I am currently using is called the ID Mate
> Omni.
> The ID Mate Summit has some added benefits that the Omni did not have
> such as software upgrades that allow you to keep track of your inventory
> by
> scanning, counting and adjusting the number in the files manually. It can
> be
> linked with your computer to receive software upgrades but, to my
> knowlege,
> that is all at the present time. I think that you can do file transfers
> between the device and a computer but do not hold me to that.
> I have spoken with representatives of the company about linking the
> device to the cash register and, at the present time, that cannot be done.
> The company is working on that but, because of the different types of cash
> registers, different softgwares, etc. it is presenting some difficulties.
> I
> don not know much more than that. I recently saw the newest model of the
> device and the size is much smalller. It is now about the size of a
> flashlight. The bar code reader is more aggresive and finds the bar code
> faster and the software reads the code and identifies immediately. It has
> improved a lot in the years that I have been monitoring it and I highly
> reccommend it for any managers but, especially for the totally blind
> manager
> such as myself. Alfo, check out the I- Bill ICurrency Identifier. This is
> another device that has made a very big difference in my workplace.
>
> Harlon
> LA Cafe'
> Alexandria, Louisiana
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Bryan Schulz
> <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> I have a few questions about managing a small convenience store.
>> Would someone tell me what is the brand/model of the hand held
>> scanner/bar
>> code reader that tells you info about each product?
>>
>> second, do you also have something similar that is maybe connected to the
>> register to kind of auto enter products purchased into the register?
>>
>> third, can this device auto update your database of stock on hand so you
>> know what needs to be ordered?
>> this would seem so much faster than digging into the cooler and counting
>> how many bottles of coke or how many snickers bars you have left.
>>
>> fourth, are the reporting sheets standard throughout the US and where can
>> you get them online for someone running a store in MO?
>>
>> thanks
>> Bryan Schulz
>> the BEST Solution
>> www.best-acts.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> vendtalk mailing list
>> vendtalk at nfbnet.org
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