August 4, 2010
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A possible way of raising the cost of your home is to renovate the kitchen. You needn’t completely gut the room to gain this result either. Just selecting 1 or 2 brand new pieces, for example, fridge freezers and a clothes dryer, you can lend your house a brand new, high-end look. Despite the fact that they look the same as they did 3 to 4 decades ago, kitchen appliances have become by far more environmentally friendly. Now, you can choose fridges with the freezer underneath, customizable shelving, ice machines, full humidity control, side-by-sides, and many innovative extras to make life easier and more comfortable.
The new fashion in fridges is to have them disguised. Cabinet fronts are added to appliances to effectively disguise them. For another individual touch, you can easily personalize your storage space by adding an extra shelf here and there.
If you and your spouse favor a more fashionable kitchen, wooden fronts can also be attached to dishwashers. And there’s also good news for the eco-friendly: In fact, because of recent technology practically all kitchen gadgets tend to be quicker and a lot more eco-friendly than ever before. For some people, owning only the one dishwasher simply isn’t reasonable any longer. A few savvy homeowners have indeed opted for another. As you would imagine, this reduces stress when you’re cooking for all of your friends. If you like to keep pans separate from your priciest china then this should be the way to go. A fast look on online should give you a little inspiration for the surfaces as well. Cabinets that were likely a favorite of your great-grandparents have made a powerful return. Light to medium coated cherry is quickly taking the place of oak as the most trendy surface. A dishwashers, a fridge freezer, and different kitchen appliances make it simple to refresh your kitchen and lend it a beautiful, new atmosphere. With so many plans accessible online and on tv, discovering something you like is very simple. Well, did I promise too much? Anyone can own a dream kitchen.
July 14, 2010
Make this Year’s World Cup Spirit Last Longer with Multiplayer Soccer Games
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You can’t deny that the FIFA World Cup is fun for everybody. Isn’t it a pity it doesn’t occur every year or even on alternate years? And of course, the 2010 World Cup will never happen again! For staunch soccer maniacs this plainly isn’t sufficient. They must have top class playing — constantly. Now via the wonders of the internet, you have the chance feel part of the excitement. online football games are a marvelous way to get your soccer fix and with everything multiplayer football manager games are able to provide, you will enjoy every moment.
You can assemble a tremendous squad, train them, and take pleasure in watching them conquer the world, all with a football management game. Watch your squad go from strength to strength, win competitions and bragging rights without ever leaving the comfort of your chair. Good quality games not only give you the thrill of making the day-to-day decisions for your squad, you will get extraordinary lifelike game play. What a wonderful way to meet fans from just about anywhere on the planet. Most of the best football management games let you take part without forking out a single penny. Worried about missing out on the crucial events? Almost all websites have an events calendar to keep up to date with everything you might want to know. See riveting games, keep an eye on your rivals, and participate in fantastic matches all with a few simple mouse clicks. It won’t be long before you’re climbing up the rankings! Rather than waiting for this year’s World Cup, join a multiplayer soccer game and see what it really feels like. To top it all off, you do not even need to think about missing even one of the action-packed matches in South Africa. When you have sampled these soccer management games, you’ll be amazed at whatever you ever did with your free time before they came along.
June 17, 2010
Your Customer is Not a Statistic
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When a customer walks into your office, you want to make sure they feel welcome, you want to treat your customer as though they are a piece of gold, and not as a statistic.
Have you ever been standing in a line, and when it comes to your turn to be waited on, the sales associate yells out “next?”
Just thinking about that scenario makes me cringe. It is hardly a way to build a relationship with your customer.
I have been working in sales for more than fifteen years, and I have literally had customers tell me that the most important thing to them is to be appreciated and not treated as a statistic.
Keep this in mind the next time you wait on a customer, instead of yelling “next,” you can politely say, “may I help you Ms. Jones.”
We all have our daily, weekly, and monthly goals that we must meet. And with this pressure applied to our daily work day, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that it is the customer who is the most important thing when it comes to our company’s existence. They are the backbone. Without customers, we cease to exist.
Here are a few tips to ensure that your customer is appreciated by you and your company, and not viewed as just another number in line.
1. Address Your Customer by Name
When addressing your customer, make sure you call them by name. This will put your relationship with your customer on a personal level, and customers like to know that they are remembered. It gives them a felling of importance with you, and your company.
2. Don’t Hurry Them Out the Door
The last thing the customer wants is to be hurried out the door. Remember. You are running a business, where people are your greatest asset. You are not on an assembly line manufacturing cars, so don’t treat your customer as though you are.
When you are finished with your customer’s transaction, ask if there is anything else you can do for them, or if they have any questions for you. You could even use this opportunity to ask if you could go over some of your companies products with them, which you feel could benefit them.
The last thing you want to do is get them in and get them out.
3. Discuss Non-Business Topics
There is more beneath the surface of your customers than just the business that they do with you. People love to talk about themselves, such as their family, their job’s, their pets, their hobbies, etc.
So ask your customer about one of the topics mentioned above, I guarantee they will be delighted to tell you all about it.
This is also a great way to get to know your customer, and build a strong relationship with them.
A strong business relationship is a great opportunity to obtain all of your customer’s business as well as the business of all of their friends and relatives through referrals.
So remember, don’t treat your customer like a statistic, treat them as you would treat one of your friends.
This article may be reproduced by anyone at any time, as long as the authors name and reference links are kept in tact and active.
Jay Conners has more than fifteen years of experience in the banking and Mortgage Industry, He is the owner of www.jconners.com, a mortgage resource site, he is also the owner of www.callprospect.com, a mortgage lead company.
A Good Credit Report – The Key To Cheap Finance
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Is your credit report important? There are a lot of people who would not consider their credit rating as something too important to them in their life. There are others who, while recognising its importance, would not be overly concerned about the issue or understand the reasons for its importance. Well, to those people, they should at least be aware of some of the uses that are made of credit reports in the world in which we live.
Lenders
While it may seem obvious to state it, credit reports are predominantly concerned with assessing the risk involved in lending money to you. Lenders are obsessed with one thing, getting repaid, and their entire industry revolves around making this occur. Therefore, they have developed the credit score that will assess your likely hood of repaying them and this is then used to either approve or reject your application for credit. While this is the basic purpose, some more sophisticated lenders desire to get in on an ever larger share of the market and in order to lend to higher risk borrowers, they create different categories of loans which people with lower scores can qualify for. These loans will invariably have higher interest rates and other less favourable conditions and this will be the price you pay for having a lower credit rating.
Since loans are used to finance homes, education, cars, and most other large purchases in life, the inability to get access to credit, or only to be able to get it at less attractive terms and rates, is a substantially reason to care about your credit report and try to keep it in as good a condition as possible.
Credit reports are also used when you apply for renting or leasing accommodation. This is usually because the landlord wants to be fairly certain that you’ll be able to pay your rent as it falls due. So keeping your credit score healthy at this stage will pay off if you need to be approved for renting or leasing residential property.
There is also a trend among employer to start using credit ratings when assessing job applicants. The reasons they are making use of credit reports are of course different for every employer but there is a consensus that a healthy credit report and a good past record of meeting financial commitments is a good sign that the job applicant is someone reliable and worth employing. While it does seem slightly perverse that the very people that will need a job the most are precisely the ones that can be denied it but that’s the direction things are moving in.
Joseph Kenny is the webmaster of the UK credit card comparison site www.creditcards121.com/, where you can find a selection of credit card advice. For US visitors there is also the comparison site www.credit-cards-info.com/ for all US interest free offers.
June 1, 2010
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Finnish Cottage Tradition
The origin of the log structure is uncertain. It is probable that it began in northern Europe sometime in the Bronze Age (c. 3,500 B.C.). By the time Europeans began to settle in America, there was a long tradition of using logs for houses, barns, and other outbuildings in the Scandinavian countries, Germany, and Northern Russia. These regions had vast stands of softwood timber that could easily be worked with simple hand tools. According to C. A. Weslager, whose book on log cabins is considered a classic, the Finns, as well as the Swedes, had a “close attunement” with the forests, and both groups had well-developed forest industries. Weslager goes on to say:
The Finns were accomplished in building several forms of log housing, having different methods of corner timbering, and they utilized both round and hewn logs. Their log building had undergone an evolutionary process from the crude “pirtii”…a small gabled-roof cabin of round logs with an opening in the roof to vent smoke, to more sophisticated squared logs with interlocking double-notch joints, the timber extending beyond the corners. Log saunas or bathhouses of this type are still found in rural Finland.
When the Finns and the Swedes began to arrive in New Sweden (along both banks of the Delaware River into modern Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland), they brought their knowledge of such wood construction with them. So did later immigrants from Germany. The Scots, Irish, and Scots-Irish had no tradition of building with logs, but they quickly adopted the technique. The log cabin suited early settlers and later pioneers. It would have been nearly impossible to carry building materials across the ocean in the small sailing ships of the time. It would have been equally difficult to transport building materials on horseback or even in the wagons or river barges pioneers used to cross mountains and valleys in their search for their own land. So, wherever there were forested areas, the log cabin became the preferred type of initial dwelling. Log cabins did not even need nails or spikes to hold them together. Until the 19th century nails were made by hand by blacksmiths, which meant they were quite expensive, and like lumber, they were also heavy.
Log cabins were relatively easy to build. Weslager reports that a record was set by three men who cut down trees, trimmed them, dragged the logs to the building site, notched the logs, and built a one-room cabin with chimney and fireplace in two days. For most people it took a bit longer, but it was possible for a man working alone to build a cabin in one to two weeks. However, a man alone faced some problems. Because it is physically difficult to lift a heavy log above one’s head, most men could build cabins only six to eight logs high. With help, it was possible to build several logs higher–even two-story log houses were possible. First, skids of two logs were placed against the wall at an angle to serve as an inclined plane. Then forked sticks or ropes were used to position the logs.
Most log cabins had a single room, or “pen,” some 12 to 16 feet square. There was one door, and usually no windows. If windows were cut into the walls, animal skins or boards fixed to slide across the openings were used. Some builders used paper greased with animal fat, which made it both translucent and waterproof. Most log cabin builders placed the fireplace at one end of the cabin and built the chimney of wattle. Stone or clay was used for the hearth and the interior of the fireplace. As these were not very safe constructions, later builders used brick or stone if they could be obtained. Fireplaces provided warmth, light, and fuel for cooking. Back bars and cranes made of forged iron were used to hold cooking pots. Not until the 1840s were cast-iron ranges available that would burn wood or coal, so cooking over a fireplace did not seem a hardship.
Inside walls were often chinked with clay or cloth. Most floors were simply beaten earth, although some cabins had floors of puncheons–logs split lengthwise and laid close together with the flat sides up. A family often built a sleeping loft if the roof were high enough. The loft could be reached by pegs pounded into the walls or by a ladder built from tree limbs. The loft also was used to store foodstuffs.
Log cabins were never meant to be permanent, but many log houses were. The difference between the two was primarily one of size and attention to detail. Most pioneers preferred “flat” walls to rounded log walls, and so most used hewn logs for building. These not only made the houses look (from a distance) more “real,” but also withstood the elements much better, since the bark and the decay-prone outside wood were removed from the logs. When milled lumber became available either from a local sawmill or by railroad transport, most people chose it for their homes.
It seemed that as the frontier disappeared, so would the log cabin. However, at about the same time the Finnish homesteaders were, of necessity, building their first homes of logs, Easterners were rediscovering the log structure. William A. Durant, land developer and president of the Adirondack Railroad, pushed the idea of Great Camps in the Adirondacks. These camps were enclaves where the very wealthy could escape the summer heat of the cities and retreat to the “simple life” of log-cabin living in the country. Such “cabins” were hardly simple. Designed by architects, they were huge structures with many rooms and fireplaces and porches. But their log exteriors recalled the “good old days”. National park structures also fueled the revival of log cabin living. Many park lodges were made of logs so they would fit their surroundings. The Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone National Park is a prime example. Built in 1904, the inn has an eight-story lobby some 185 feet high. There are 140 guest rooms and three sets of balconies.
Another factor that kept the tradition of log building alive was the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) worked with the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service to build thousands of log structures throughout the national forests and parks. Had it not been for these the log cabin might have disappeared, but because people saw the log structures and liked what they saw, many began to build modern log cabins and log houses. These homes seemed to represent all that a family could want: a sturdy shelter from the elements and a simple, self-sufficient lifestyle. The log cabin remains a popular building style.
About the Author
S. Nicole Thomas is a worldwide traveler among other things. Lived in Finland for over three years and has started to write about finnish saunas and the great land of finland. Visit http://www.homesaunatips.com for more information!
May 11, 2010
A Theatre Goers Guide To Discovering The Best Blood Brothers Theatre Packages
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Blood Brothers’ is a play that is situated in Liverpool in the 1960s. In the play, twin boys Mickie and Eddie were separated at birth as a result of their mother not having a great deal of cash to feed and clothe the both of them. Countless years later both boys meet and the story unfolds. The play is without a doubt a must see, however acquiring performance-only tickets can be particularly expensive.
How can you unearth the best London theatre packages in order to watch ‘Blood Brothers’? Theatre packages are normally an offer that incorporates a stay at a London hotel, tickets to a musical show and an evening meal. Purchasing the best theatre package requires detailed investigating. Get the best London theatre breaks online.
An internet website like that of Google, Yahoo, or Bing lets you to check an array of internet sites that offers musical packages in the City. You can even search based on different criteria. You can search by naming the ‘Blood Brothers’ show, the time of the musical, the check-in date, the exact number of nights you will be staying, the type of room, and even the way you want to travel. The more items you include in your theatre package, the bigger the concession will be. This allows the website promoting the London theatre package to make a profit whilst offering you the best deal on the market.
It is incredibly important that you ensure that you find out if the internet website offers to beat the prices of its key competitors. This is without a doubt another way of ensuring that you are obtaining the very best available London theatre package. Conversely, when you are comparing prices of theatre packages, ensure you compare the complete cost. In other words, when you are comparing the price and you come across a London theatre package that appears somewhat cheaper, check that they give the exact same things as the other business. One business might well offer a basic ‘Blood Brothers’ London theatre package, whilst the other might offer a ‘Blood Brothers’ theatre and hotel deal for nearly the same price.
Seeing that service is frequently different, it is a great idea to get testimonials. Look for people who have acquired the same London theatre package you are interested in and find out what they have to say in regards to the customer service. Packages might perhaps seem more grand than normal, and you would want to make sure that you are getting just what you are paying for. Make sure that the call centres provide an excellent service, and find out if other customers’ demands were thoroughly met during their theatre stay.
May 1, 2010
The Numerous Real Advantages of Magazine Subscriptions
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The vast majority of readers have at one period in their lives subscribed to a digest that they generally enjoy. The gain of periodical subscriptions is that these publications offer up much discounted prices per edition compared to the ordinary local supermarket prices. The further benefit is that these subscriptions certify that people should always receive the consecutive issue. With printed publications ordinarily displayed on newsstands, this can easily be a hit or miss, depending on the accessibility of the title. Picking a subscription is very easy practically all printed publications insert a subscription application in each issue. Merely complete the subscription form and then post it to the publishing house. Journals could typically be subscribed to on-line by visiting the publication’s official site. Should you subscribe to magazines you should without a doubt be conscious of the advantages that this provides.
Digests generate preference among people who support the same style of magazine genres. Irrespective of whether the magazine subscription genre is photography, cooking, interior decorating and auto mechanics, or is specifically targeted at craft lovers and collectors, there is fantastic amusement to be had from this mobile style of reading material. Digests for eating out or the performing arts such as theatre and ballet, cultural exhibitions and urban and country interests all form a portion of the exceptional range of traditional magazines available.
It is inconceivable that traditional magazines might ever fade away from public interest, given the simple access to magazine sellers that trade them and to subscriptions that maintain a continuous distribution of magazines to households and companies. Should the subscriber migrates from one particular town to some other the subscription only demands a mere amendment of delivery address preceding the migration to keep on getting current issues. Online magazines can be great for frequent electronic computer users however unless you have direct availability to the internet, E-zines are not as easily accessible as traditional magazines that can easily be put into a purse or briefcase. Traditionally printed magazines are always ready and timely reading material, especially for frequent travellers.
The convention of subscribing to publications is one that many readers will seldom lose. Some of the most advantageous magazine subscriptions are those for the sort of publication which improves in economic value in the course of time. Television programming journals, national, historic and international current affairs journals oftentimes enlarge in value as a product of specific events that have ensued.
March 26, 2010
Who Actually Requires Life Cover
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You could well associate life insurance cover with somewhat elderly individuals, who have a household they’d need to protect money-wise should the unthinkable occur. But the benefits of taking out life cover are certainly not restricted to those individuals with young children. The large selection of insurance policies and cover providers make life assurance more low-priced than it has been very much in the past.
Try to consider that the following are case studies and therefore should not be seen as economic direction. If you find you need qualified financial guidance we certainly recommend that you speak to a qualified financial adviser as every individuals budget and needs are very different.
The newlyweds – Joanne and Mike
Joanne and Mike work full-time and have very recently got wed. As they start their brand new life with each other they reason that right now is a sound time to organise their finances. Specifically the couple desire to make certain that they would defiantly be able to function fiscally when and if something happened to one of the couple.
They’ve heard about life insurance cover that will provide fiscal support to the survivor if one of the couple was to suddenly die. As a cornerstone to their collective financial base the couple take out a plan that protects the couple for 20 years. They carefully choose an amount of money which will easily pay off their outstanding home mortgage as well as affording them enough money to cope with their everyday living costs.
Buying a first house with each other – Amanda and Richard
Amanda and Richard have just gotten rid of their respective properties and purchased a family dwelling together. Now that the couple have a mutual economic burden they really want to make absolutely certain that they have got the right fiscal foundations in place to shape their joint future on.
They recognize that home insurance companies offer life insurance cover that gives cash to the remaining survivor when and if one individual expires. Their mortgage could well be their largest expense, therefore, they start building their collective fiscal base with a life insurance plan to cover it.
With life cover in place, Amanda and Richard can have peace of mind that an important element of their financial future may well be safeguarded.
Paying off due arrears and compensating for the unexpected shortfall of your main source of earnings may well be frequently right at the very front of the large majority of people’s minds if they arrange life insurance. So why not take a second to get a speedy insurance quote online today to find out how much money your life cover premium could cost?
March 24, 2010
Considerations for Choosing Either a High Definition Plasma TV or a DLP Projection Set
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If you’re thinking of acquiring a new TV for your den or living room, it probably goes without saying that you’d like to have a high-resolution television with a great picture. But which set to buy, and more, importantly, which type of television should you consider buying?
Today, in the “high def” arena, there are a number of choices available to the consumer: LCD flat panels, High definition tube televisions, high definition projection televisions, DLP projection sets, and, of course, plasma televisions. However, since tube sets and standard projection systems are, for the most part, on their way out, and since LCD flat panels are still rapidly evolving (they seem to get bigger and pricier with each passing month), we’ll narrow this discussion to two high definition television types: plasma sets and DLP projection sets.
Plasma TV’s use hundreds of thousands of tiny cells containing natural gasses that have phosphors to get their color. DLP (DLP stands for digital light processing) TV’s, on the other hand, use a system of over 1.5 million micro mirrors used to project light on or off of a single bulb which is filtered through a color wheel.
How can you distinguish between the two formats to decide which is best for you? As with any type of television the first and foremost consideration is picture quality. Plasma sets, according to most reviewers, do look better, though the actual picture quality of a plasma TV is not markedly higher than the picture quality of a DLP set. In either case, however, a plasma or a DLP television will represent a major upgrade for anyone who currently owns a large tube set. And since the resolution on either format is, a thousand times better by comparison, any prospective buyer who spends the occasional Saturday or sunday haunting electronics stores, would surely be satisfied to own either type.
Size is another consideration to ponder when it comes to choosing between a plasma or DLP set. DLP projection sets have come quite a long way from their forebears (those huge box frames that double as wall units) and now have a depth of only seven to eight inches. However, DLP televisions still need to fall a bit further from their family treewhen it comes to size considerations, plasma sets that are only three and a half inches deep and can be hung on walls are the clear winner.
So far, you may think the plasma sounds a little better; it’s smaller so it can hang on the wall and it’s picture quality is slightly better. However, there are other things to consider, aside from size and relative picture quality, such as maintenance and “lifespan”.
While a plasma television does sound better at this point, it does have a limited lifespan. In fact, at 60,000 hours most plasmas are dead. At 30,000 hours, the gasses are only half as bright, therefore your picture is half as bright as when you bought this expensive object of adulation. Unfortunately, there is nothing that can really be done about this since all plasma sets are known to progressively leak gas. By contrast, DLP projection TV’s leak no gas, simply because they have no gas to leak. DLP technology, instead, uses, a bulb, and therefore a DLP TV can be repaired “relatively” easily. How easily, of course, may be up to you. Some DLP sets are user friendly enough that you can replace the bulb yourself; on the other hand, there are models for which a technician will be required to accomplish this. And technicians, as a general rule, are not cheap. Nor are the replacement bulbs for a DLP TV, as these can cost up to 200 dollars, or more. The solution to the technician problem, of course, is to find a model that allows the average layman to do the work.
When it comes to maintenance and lifespan considerations with regard to either of these high definition formats, consumers can choose a TV that, at some point, may require costly maintenance, or a TV that, basically, like people, will be in slow decline from the day of its “birth”.
Price, of course, will probably be the deciding factor in most consumer’s decision-making process. DLP TV’s usually cost much less than plasma televisions, sometimes only half as much. But, regardless of the choice made by a consumer considering a DLP projection television or Plasma television, either decision will represent a major leap forward from a old fashioned tube tv.
The author of this article is Tim Moore, who publishes a website on Vitamins, herbs, and nutrition which features a section on Antioxidants
March 17, 2010
A Shoppers Guide To Acquiring Car Seats
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Selecting a car seat for your baby is definitely one of the most central options a lot of parents will have to make in their child’s early years. Every father constantly wants to take care of their baby and will therefore do whatever they can to guarantee their kid’s wellbeing. In addition, the UK law stipulates the permanent use of car seats. With a lot of car seats available to opt for, it can definitely be a tough choice. Nevertheless, equipped with a little bit of information you can certainly find the most apt car seat for your kid. Choose from a large selection of baby & child products including; car seats, babywear and cot beds from leading brands online.
A rear facing car seat is the first seat your baby will want. Rear facing baby seats offer substantially more protection for a kid’s head, neck, and spine than forward facing baby car seats. Rear facing seats are definitely the best until the toddler has grown to the maximum weight for the seat or until the very top of the toddlers’ head is higher than the top of the seat.
The next chapter of car seat is a forward facing seat, which can be used by kids aged nine months four 4 years of age or when the kid weighs in between 9 and eighteen kg. This particular type of car seat has a harness that connects between the legs to prevent them from sliding out of the seat when travelling. Your kid should also keep this seat until they have reached the seat’s weight limit or when the top of their head is higher than the top of the seat.
For a baby seat that can be utilised both rear and forward facing, the Britax First Class Plus is a tremendous item to purchase. Britax car seats are generally highly rated and what’s more this seat can be utilised from birth to four years of age, and also follows the rear and forward facing rules as highlighted above.
The booster seat is the final stage in car seats. These normally do not have a strap as standard and are used with a car’s seat belt, which straps around both the infant and the seat. Many bumper seats come with detachable backs, which allow for a considerably better fit for smaller children, and can even be taken out as the child grows. Booster seats with side wings give substantially more safety in a crash than those without as they safeguard the infants head. Maxi Cosi car seats sell a seat with all these merits. Their Rodi XR won the Practical Parenting magazine’s trophy for the most excellent Multi-Stage baby seat for 2007/2008.
Baby seats are an essential part of a parent’s life, and there are loads of baby seat brands to buy. When your baby’s health is your key concern, Britax and Maxi Cosi car seats are great selections.