If you have ever tried to use a clear cover with a Unibind SteelBack binding spine you probably discovered the hard way that they don’t work well together. Unfortunately the heat from the Unibind machine will warp or sometimes even melt the clear cover. Obviously this doesn’t leave you with the beautiful finished presentation that you want. This article is designed to help you understand what types of covers you can and cannot use with your Unibind SteelBack spines.

1. Clear Binding Covers: Most 5mil, 7mil or 10mil standard clear covers are not compatible with your Unibind binding machine. The heat from the binding machine will ruin the cover and your document. However, special heat resistant clear binding covers are available for use with Unibind and Fastback binding systems. These heat resistant clear binding covers are made from a different material that can withstand higher temperatures.

2. Vinyl Binding Covers: True vinyl binding covers such as imperial vinyl covers are NOT compatible with your Unibind system. The heat from the system will melt these covers. This is only true for covers made from actual “vinyl”. Some individuals call poly covers which are actually plastic vinyl covers. As you can see below poly covers are compatible with Unibind spines.

3. Poly Binding Covers: Nearly all poly binding covers should be fully compatible with your Unibind system. However, if you have a particular style of poly cover that you are thinking about using it is always a good idea to try a sample in your Unibind machine to make sure that it won’t melt or warp. Generally speaking, the heavier the cover the better chance that it will work properly in the machine.

4. Regency Leatherette Covers: All regency composition leatherette binding covers are fully compatible with the heat from your Unibind system. These covers are available in approximately ten different colors and give your documents an elegant look and feel with a leatherette finish.

5. Paper Covers: Generally speaking paper covers are fully compatible with the Unibind System. Many users like to use linen weave binding covers along with steelback spines or you might try using a metallics cover to co-ordinate with your aluminum SteelBack spine.

This covers most of the different categories of covers that are available on the market. However, if you have a question about a particular type of binding cover it never hurts to try a sample in your machine to see how it reacts.

Jeff McRitchie is the designer and Director of Marketing for MyBinding.com. He has written over 100 articles on Binding Machines, Unibind Equipment, Unibind Supplies, Binding Supplies, Binding Covers, Laminators, Laminating Pouches, Laminating Roll Film, Paper Shredders and more

No matter what your time zone is, you have 24 hours a day. It doesn’t matter when or if you change to and from daylight savings time. You still have 24 hours a day.
Humans have 24 hours a day. It’s the same for all creatures of our planet!

How is it that some people don’t seem to “have time” to do anything and others have such full lives?

It used to be we would talk about coach potatoes, people addicted to TV. An even bigger problem for many of us is the number of hours spent in front of the computer.

Certainly, there are wonderful time savers available on the Internet: web check-in for air travel, shopping online, searching for books and information in our library systems, finding out weather conditions, checking news reports, and communicating with friends and family with email.

However, there are many computer users who just can’t seem to pull themselves away from that screen. It is amazing to me how I can go to my computer for a specific task and then gravitate toward checking my email and get totally distracted from what I had set out to do. The hours of the clock seem to spin around quickly while I am absorbed in checking all the various messages I’ve received.

Computers can easily become an addiction, giving us escape from challenging or mundane projects we have on our to-do lists. And as we sit still for such a long time, our energy level declines and we are even less motivated to get things done.

If you’re interested in creating the life you would like with success in your professional and personal life, you’ll need to figure out ways to increase your level of engagement. When you are fully engaged in your days, you are working hard or enjoying yourself with satisfying leisure activities.

A person with a low level of engagement probably drags himself out of bed in the morning, rushes out the door with minimal nourishment, works as much as is required of him, and then heads home for a night of TV or surfing the net.

If you’re feeling as though there is no energy left for you at the end of a workday, it may be time to explore how you can increase your energy levels so that you can engage more fully in your life. There is scientific evidence to show that significant changes can be accomplished in raising your level of engagement in life, the meaning life has to you, and the you find in every day.

The first step in making any change is getting a clear assessment of the present situation. It is certainly true in this situation.

There are some basic questions to ask yourself.

1. How well am I taking care of my body?
2. Do I take the time to determine what I want to be the focus in my days?
3. How aware am I of what is going on with me emotionally? Am I dealing with any concerns or just burying them under the addictions of TV, Internet, and junk food?
4. Am I living the life I really want to live? How aligned with your values is your life?
5. Am I balancing my commitment to others with adequate care of myself?

After some honest analysis and taking down some notes of your answers, it’s time to start pursuing solutions to the problems you’ve observed. Without taking the time to notice what’s going on, you’ll probably continue with the same patterns of behavior and your life will continue on its present course.

If you’re interested in getting more life in your years, it’s time to find ways to become more fully engaged.

You won’t be given any more minutes and hours than you have right now.

Use the hours we ALL have to find the enjoyment and satisfaction YOU deserve!

How about completing your goals with energy left over?

Exuberant Productivity Coach, Suzanne Holman, MAEd, works with financial service professionals who want to improve their productivity to make the most of every hour of the day for their business and for their personal life. Exuberance Assessment is available without charge at Suzanne Holman’s website
www.suzanneholman.com

Many people have often thought that in order to run a home business you need to have gone to college or have a college degree. Well, this is something that can not easily be solved with a simple yes or no answer, because like everything it depends on the circumstances.
First of all, going to college can do wonders for getting a regular job. Many employers look at what you did in college as a way to judge whether you are right for the job or not and many employers will pick someone who has gone to college over someone who has not.

But remember, with a home business you are not trying to get someone to hire you, you are actually taking control of your life and getting to the point where you make your own decision. So, technically, since you are in charge, you do not have to have a college degree to hire yourself. However, like everything else, this relies on different circumstances. It all has to do with the type of business that you are running. If you are running something that you understand well it does not matter if you have gone to college to learn that or not. As long as you understand what you are doing. That is all that matters.

However, part of having a home business is actually running a business. In this case, many people go to college to learn how to do this because there is really a lot to it. You have to understand how to do advertising, how to make customers happy and how a home business actually works for you. All of these things can be taught in college home businesses classes, so remember that this might be something you should consider. But, you do not have to get a college degree to learn these things. There are many places where you can learn about owning a home business.

Maybe you know someone who already has a home business that would be willing to mentor you or maybe you want to read some books about home businesses in order to figure out what you need to do. No matter what, it is important that you are able to compete in the job world and that your home business is able to compete with others. Make sure that you are running it at a level that is able to compete and if there are things that you do not know how to do, you might want to consider taking a course or two or reading a book about running a home business, in order to get some pointers about what you can do better. All of these things can act like a college degree, when it comes down to it.

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