However, they all have adopted metric measures to some degree through international trade and standardisation for example, Sierra Leone switched to selling fuel by the litre in May 2011.

Additional profitable acquisitions were the AMC dealer network ( the addition of which strengthened Chrysler's retail distribution – many AMC dealers switched to selling Chrysler products ); and AMC's underrated organization and management talent – which Chrysler quickly assimilated ( numerous leading Chrysler engineers and executives were ex-AMC ).

Following the impact of the IBM PC, the company switched to selling rebranded PC-compatible computers.

He switched from selling kebabs to patenting medicines.

He initially worked as a social worker, but then switched to selling mutual funds for an investment house.

However, after spending a summer selling advertisements for a magazine, she switched to studying economics, earning a B. A.

North American retail stores switched to self-service soda vending machines selling pre-packaged soft drinks in cans, and the labor-intensive soda fountain didn't fit into the new sales scheme.

After unsuccessfully trying to sell four-color, 60-piece boxes, the company switched to a strategy of selling the pyramids in single-color, 15-piece tubes.

New owner Federal Broadcasting kept the talk format, however switched to a financial news format on weekdays between 5 am and 7 pm, just prior to selling the station in 1988 to Salem Communications, which immediately implemented a format that focused on religion and leased time programming.

As time went on, Paragon Oil eventually switched its focus from building and selling these new residential oil burners to that of an oil distribution company, to supply the residential buildings that now had their new oil burners installed.

WRNO kept its rock & roll format going for most of the 1980s but eventually switched formats to selling brokered airtime to political and religious broadcasts, suffered a damaged transmitter, and eventually ceased broadcasting following the death of its owner, Joe Costello.

Five years later, he switched to a representative role in selling Michelin tires to road car companies, and moved to the Competitions Department in 1973.

Originally known as ' World Wide Country Radio ,' WWCR began broadcasting a country format but quickly switched to a standard evangelical Christian format, also selling leased airtime.

Colonia soon became one of the best selling musical groups in Croatia, and switched record labels, signing with Croatia Records.

To accommodate the difference, frequency-sensitive appliances marketed in Japan can often be switched between the two frequencies.

However, there can be problems detecting standby power in appliances that use more power in standby mode ( such as plasma televisions ) as they will always appear to be switched on to the power strip.

It is recommended that appliances that need a controlled shutdown sequence ( such as many ink-jet printers ) not be plugged into a slave socket on such a strip as it can damage them if they are switched off incorrectly ( for example the inkjet printer may not have capped the print head in time, and consequently the ink will dry and clog the print head.

In the case of fixed appliances this will be a switched fused connection unit ( SFCU ) to provide a point of isolation for the appliance, but in other cases such as feeding multiple lighting points ( putting lighting on a ring though is generally considered bad practice in new installation but is often done when adding lights to an existing property ) or multiple sockets, an unswitched one is often preferable.

If a freeman was promoted to one of Kapikulu Sipahi divisions, he considered automatically switched to kul ( servant ) status.

He switched to a full commission on 22 October 1984, and was promoted captain on 7 October 1985.

The focus of the strip also switched more to the Kits, who had been promoted from their originally minor role.

Gormley introduced a " Bike Scheme " in January 2009 which promoted cycling to work by offering tax incentives to employees and employers who purchased bicycles and switched to cycling.

He was promoted lieutenant on 8 April 1979, and switched to a full commission on 21 August 1978.

Roach signed with MGM, but Sennett found himself and Pathé Exchange in hard times, because the hundreds of exhibitors who had previously rented their shorts had switched to the new MGM or Paramount products.

This was seen as treacherous by Lord Argyll and Lord Moray, who both switched sides and joined Knox, who now based himself in St Andrews.

Indeed, John Deydras, a royal Pretender, appeared in Oxford, claiming to have been switched with Edward at birth, and to be the real king of England himself.

Spock himself had switched to an all-plant diet in 1991, after a series of illnesses that left him weak and unable to walk unaided.

However in 206 BC, the new king of the eastern Massylii, Masinissa, allied himself with Rome, and Syphax of the Masaesyli switched his allegiance to the Carthaginian side.

Tito Kayak then rowed himself under a bridge whose clearance was too low for the police powerboats and switched out of the kayak, so when the kayak was apprehended he was no longer on board.

However, Eustace switched sides in 1212 ( the biography puts it down to Eustace's enemy Renaud de Dammartin allying himself with John and poisoning John's mind against Eustace ) and raided Folkestone when English troops seized his Channel Island bases.

But he soon switched to music, taught himself to play the flute, enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and, within a short time, became principal flautist with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he kept for more than a decade.

During the American leg of the 2010 tour, Jack switched his drum head again featuring a picture of himself in the guise he wore on the cover of Sea of Cowards.

Sonic was switched with Anti-Sonic ( an evil version of himself from a parallel universe first encountered in Issue 11 ) temporarily and got back to find Anti-Sonic ruining his reputation around Knothole by making romantic advances toward his female friends.

During his time with Aston Villa, from 1989 to 1998, Yorke played initially as a right winger until the 1995 – 96 season, he then switched to centre forward and quickly established himself as one of the Premiership's top strikers.

He later alleged that the High Constitutional Court had switched the numbers for himself and Ratsiraka and said that he had not spoken of that at the time for the sake of peace.

This attempt was foiled because Lang had switched to a cheaper, older car and driven himself home.

Although King himself made no endorsement, his father, who had previously endorsed Republican Richard Nixon, switched his support to Kennedy.

In the 1994 – 95 season, he became first-choice right-back when Paul Parker was ruled out by injury, and remained so until his retirement, although in his first season as a regular player he often found himself on the sidelines as Denis Irwin was switched to right back with Lee Sharpe ( normally a winger ) filling the left-back role.

He switched clothes with the dead gardener to throw suspicion off himself.

At the time when Doctor Doom switched minds with Mister Fantastic, Wizard led the Frightful Four ( consisting of himself, She-Thing, Trapster, and Punisher Robot ) in an attack on the Baxter Building.

However, when Callaway decided to leave the House after a single term to run for governor in 1966, Carter switched races and himself sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Anderson's hopes of winning his place back in the 1990 – 91 season were crushed when Ferguson paid Oldham Athletic £ 625, 000 for Denis Irwin, who quickly established himself as the first choice right-back, while Ince switched back to central midfield.

Mitchell switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party after finding that his views on issues aligned himself closer to the Democrats.

In November 2007, he switched sides aligning himself with the Dominican Revolutionary Party after discrepancies with the government over humanitarian aid to be given to his province after Tropical Storm Noel.

He switched into midfield and proved himself as a highly competent young player at Crewe, helping them reach the Division Two playoffs in his first two seasons at the club ; a remarkable feat for a newly-promoted club who had only played at this level twice in the previous 30 years.

After those Olympics, Gulyayev found himself incapable of competing at the top level of international allround speed skating, so he switched his focus to the shorter sprinting distances.

Later on, Nischol switched to character roles and carved out a successful career for himself in television.