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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An explosion in a market in northwestern Pakistan on Friday killed at least 21 people and wounded 33 in what the police described as a suicide bombing.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in Hangu, about 70 miles west of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. Abu Omar, a Taliban commander in the neighboring tribal region of North Waziristan, said in a telephone interview that the attack was in revenge for the killing on Thursday of a Sunni cleric.
The cleric, Mufti Abdul Majeed Deenpuri, 60, was shot in the southern port city of Karachi, setting off fears of reprisals against Shiites.
Mr. Deenpuri was a senior teacher at Jamia Binoria, one of the largest seminaries in Pakistan. A gunman opened fire on a vehicle carrying the cleric and a colleague at a busy intersection and then fled.
While the security situation is precarious across Pakistan, Rehman Malik, the interior minister, had warned of the potential for an attack in Karachi, a sprawling, violence-prone port city. Cellphone service was suspended there from noon to 3 p.m. during Friday Prayer.
Sectarian violence has also occurred in Hangu in the past, often forcing the authorities to impose a curfew. The town borders the Orakzai tribal region, where the army and paramilitary forces are fighting Taliban militants.
Friday's explosion occurred just after Friday Prayer as worshipers filed out of nearby Sunni and Shiite mosques, police officials said. "People were coming out of the mosque when the explosion occurred," said one officer in Hangu, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Another police official in Hangu said a suicide bomber had detonated his explosives. While Shiites were the likely target, the dead included people from both Islamic sects, he said.
Separately, a Pakistani intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said 30 mortar shells fired from Afghanistan on Friday morning killed six residents of Angoor Adda, a border village in South Waziristan. However, there was no official comment from the Pakistani military, and a local government official gave a conflicting number of casualties, saying three people were killed and six wounded.
In recent years, Pakistan and Afghanistan have traded barbs over accusations of cross-border rocket and artillery fire. The 1,510-mile craggy border between the two countries has long posed a problem for both sides, each accusing the other of not manning the border effectively. Both sides maintain that insurgents easily cross over the porous border, but plans to fence the border have been rejected as impractical.
On Thursday, Human Rights Watch released its World Report 2013, which sharply criticized the Pakistani government and its military and intelligence agencies for failing to reduce human rights abuses.
"Pakistan's human rights crisis worsened markedly in 2012 with religious minorities bearing the brunt of killings and repression," said Ali Dayan Hasan, the director in Pakistan for Human Rights Watch.


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Your Occupation: wife, mother, author, environmental consultant, food activist
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Your Twitter Profile: elanaspantry
Your Go-to food that you can't live without: almonds
Which person living or dead would you most like to have a meal with? My grandmother
What would you serve? Matzo ball soup
What trait do you most deplore in our food? Artifice that disguises the true beauty of nature's bounty.
What characteristic do you most admire in a person? Forthrightness
What is your best trait? I'm very energetivc
Who was your first crush? My husband, at least he thinks so.
If you could deliver five words to Congress, what would they be? Give our children clean food
If the USDA asked you to replace the word "Organic," what word would you use? Pesticide Free, Non-GMO, No hormones!
If you were a piece of food, what would you be? A strawberry
What is your favorite indulgence? Chocolate or whipped cream
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The Chicagoland Network is putting together our schedule of events for the next 12 months. Here are some of the events we have planned so far:
- Afternoon at Arlington Park
- Cubs Game at Wrigley and Miller Parks
- Game Watch Party for all Football Games
- Dinner at Cinner's (Cincy style Chili Lounge in Chicago)
We are also throwing around the ideas of:
- a musical or another type of show
- a wine tasting
- a Texas Hold 'Em Tourney
Do you have any interest in any of these types of events? Some alumni have voiced concern that the majority of our events surround athletic events, but we realize that our UC alumni in Chicago are interested in more than just sports, so we want to make sure we have events that appeal to ALL of our Chicago Alumni. Do you have ideas about other sorts of events not listed here, or feedback on what we have planned already? Fill us in on your ideas by commenting on this post, and we'll do our best to bring your ideas to life!


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Brett achieved the status of Freedom Club Member at LPL Financial in 2015; this distinction is based on an annual production ranking of registered financial advisors supported by LPL Financial, recognizing a production level greater than 60% of LPL Financial Advisors.
In his spare time, Brett enjoys playing basketball and golf, working out, fishing, traveling and dining with friends. He resides in Southport, NC, with his wife of 20 years, Theresa, and their children, Jordan and Sidney.
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LSPA PFAS Task Force
April 19, 2019 - POSTED BY Kristi Lefebvre POSTED IN Blog
The LSPA Board realizes the need for an LSPA PFAS Task Force to cover the ever-changing and consuming topic of PFAS, and are in the process of setting out goals and a charter. We would like to gauge interest and ask for volunteers now so that we can start to get organized. This sense of urgency stems in part from the formation of a MassDEP PFAS stakeholder group, and the fact that this group already had their first meeting.
Information on the MassDEP PFAS stakeholder group can be found here.
The LSPA should have been on the invite list since we submitted a letter at the "PFAS Petition" hearing. We have been in touch with the Drinking Water Program, Bureau of Water Resources who tells us the next stakeholder group meeting will be the week of June 17 - no definite date yet.
Attending these stakeholder meetings (which are open to the public) will be an initial key task for the group.
Please contact Wendy Rundle at [email protected] if you would like to join the LSPA Task Force.
3 Minute Update: 9/27/18 MassDEP Advisory Committee Meeting
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MassDEP Finalizes Guidelines for Five PFAS in Drinking Water
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MassDEP released drinking water guidelines today for five PFAS chemicals and sent the following information to Public Water Suppliers and other parties.
From the Waste Site Cleanup perspective, the background information on the development of the guideline will also serve as background information for Waste Site Cleanup's soon-to-be-proposed MCP Method 1 GW-1 Standard for PFAS.
MassDEP expects to keep us up-to-date throughout the summer on the status of the proposed MCP revisions and MassDEP's approach to PFAS.
September Compliance Tip
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The LSPA presented the following compliance tip at the September Membership Meeting at Marriott Newton Hotel in Newton, MA on September 26, 2017.
When a property with a Notice of Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) has been sold, the Responsible Party must submit to MassDEP a Form BWSC 113 with a copy of the recorded deed conveying the record title. Remember it is essential that subsequent property owners be given notice of the AUL.


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Real-Time Innovations, Inc. ("we" or "RTI") use the following guidelines to protect the information we collect during your visit to our Website, www.rti.com, over the telephone, at trade shows, during product use, or through any other interaction. Because these guidelines affect information about you, please read them carefully and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
How does RTI collect information?
- Online: Every time you visit www.rti.com, we collect information such as your IP address -- the Internet address of your computer, the Web page from which you came, and a record of your activity on our site. This information is gathered to learn more about traffic patterns on www.rti.com so we can improve our Website. For some areas of our site, we ask you to provide additional information that helps us enhance your site visit, assist you with technical support issues, or permit post-visit follow-up.
- Information you provide to our marketing team: If you provide RTI personal information when you attend one of RTI's webinars, download RTI's evaluation software, complete a user survey or provide information at a conference, RTI adds that information to our customer database.
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How does RTI use information collected about me?
We use the information we receive from you to tailor your www.rti.com experience and provide you with the specific information or services you are seeking. The information you provide remains confidential.
If you download a webinar, an evaluation version of RTI Software, complete a user survey, or provide your information at a conference, we add any information you provide to our customer database. We will also add you to our customer database if you are a current RTI customer and you receive products or services from RTI. As a member of our customer database, you may receive periodic mailings, e-mails, or telephone calls from us about new products and services, discounts, special promotions, or upcoming events. Information added to our customer database is aggregated with other information previously collected.
If you use RTI software, including, but not limited to, RTI's evaluation software, we may collect usage statistics. These usage statistics include the version number of the software, information about which tools and/or services you are using, how often you are using the software, and methods of use. This data will be used to improve RTI software usability, create better resources/documentation to support your product usage, and improve the overall user experience.
If you provide information while visiting RTI's support portal or other engineering websites, RTI uses such information to provide product related information, access, and services. RTI may also use such information to allow posts on an RTI community forum or to improve your user experience.
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We've melted off a huge amount of the nearly two feet of snow that has accumulated since our mid-70s days in January, and I'm seeing traces of edibles coming up in the yard. Normally, around this time, I would be putting lettuce, spinach, and bok choy into a cold-frame greenhouse, but a terrifically windy storm has sidelined that structure. I'll need a good, long weekend to reassemble it, and it may be warm enough to open-seed by the time one of those come along.
Last fall, I put in three patches of rhubarb around the house. I found a woman online who was thinning her patch, and I picked up a few plastic shopping bags full of trimmed roots off her porch. One of my three spots is still covered in snow, but the other two have apparently survived both a very wild winter and my incompetent transplanting technique. This is the first time I've seen rhubarb sprouting, and it looks weird–like bright red button mushrooms. I'm not sure how long I'm going to have to wait to eat some, but I'm eagerly anticipating some rhubarb cobbler.
Also last year, I found some artichoke seeds at a farm supply store. Of the four seeds in the packet, one sprouted. Artichoke is not winter hardy in my area, so I planted it up against the house's foundation in the hope that that would be warm enough to keep it alive through the winter. I upended a bucket filled with dry leaves over it as further insulation, and piled snow on top of it through the winter. I peeked during a warm day, and there doesn't appear to be any growth yet. Time will tell if it returns or not. An eternal optimist, I've already purchased another packet of artichoke seeds this year. Fresh, homegrown artichokes are an enticing enough return to justify significant risk.
Asparagus is entering it's second year, at which point the very impatient are allowed to do some very light harvesting. However, there is no sign of asapargus in the garden, yet.
Garlic, on the other hand, is looking beautiful. Last october, about the time I was putting in tulips and daffodils, I broke up some of last year's garlic, harvested that July. I put the biggest cloves a few inches into the ground about 6 inches apart. They put up a little growth last year, and are back at it this spring. Planting them early gives them a month or two to build a root structure before winter's freeze, at which point they go dormant. As spring arrives, the garlic is well established and ready to begin the growing season. It's hard to do garlic wrong.
I can finally find last fall's kale, which I'll need to use before it starts growing again. The same goes for parsley. It won't be long before the first of the wild greens start growing. I'm making a point this year of trying a few of them, which is slightly terrifying–most of them become unfit for human consuption at some point in their growing season, some to the point of being lethally poisonous. Should this weblog suddenly go dark, blame pokeweed.
Worm Update
Seeing as my worm post was far and away my most visited, I'll give a brief update on my livestock. I continued to have problems with the worms congregating along the rim of the containter, although it was never as bad as the first day. I tried a number of solutions–adding water to increase moisture, adding dry bedding to decrease moisture, "fluffing" the bedding to add oxygen, and relocating the bin to adjust the temperature. I've settled on removing the lid and covering the bedding with a black plastic garbage bag, and it seems to be working. The lid, apparently, was a bit too airtight for the worms' comfort, and the plastic bag fixes that without letting moisture out or light in.


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First I want to say that I understand fully there will be people who will twist and select my words. To those who choose to do this YOU are part of the problem.
Now, for what everyone is afraid to speak out loud . This is 2016 America. As i write this the city of Charlotte has been on fire for two days. Citizens everywhere are screaming of injustice. Yet , we are more divided now than ever. Why?
I am not one to rush to judge. I gather facts from all sources and then form an informed opinion while listening and trying to understand every side of an argument. With that said , there is far too much unspoken beneath this issue.
"White privilege " has become a constant reoccurring topic through all this. Of course I have listened intently to those who claim they fear for their lives. What I have heard is simple; white people are just as frightened.
I remeber well growing up in a neighborhood that was culturally mixed and feeling the undercurrents of the previous fight for racial freedom. However, we were taught our friends were friends regardless of their skin. It was hammered into our heads to show respect for everyone. We were taught to be sensitive to the feelings of others for acts that happened long before our birth.
To this day ,my friends do not have a shade in my eyes other that the red beauty of their hearts. So why, why in this day and age are the undercurrents of white against black still so strong ?
In my search for this answer I recently read an article from a woman of color who is a Harvard graduate. First congratulations to her drive! That , for any woman, is a huge accomplishment because gender bias is still very strong in this country . She spoke of what it was like being a black woman growing up in America, the racial slurs, the opportunities earned that were treated as solely because of color . Guess what, as a white woman I experienced the same thing.
See that is what no one is saying. Racial slurs, saying a person accomplished something only because of their skin, assuming an individual is a certain way simply because of their color ,happens to white people too.
I can give specific examples that I personally lived through but it is of no point right now. What is the point ? When we see lights behind our cars we feel fear too. We don't know if the person walking up to our car will mistake us for a threat and shoot us any more than you do.
We don't know when we dial 911 for a domestic if the police will mistake us for the threat and end our lives . Racism is by definition the belief that members of each race possess characteristics or abilities speficic to that race especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race.
Let's think about that for a second. Racism is still very alive in America. Why? Because people choose to focus on what they think someone else has , does,or feels based solely on their skin. This is where people will get butthurt . It is not reverse racism to say "white privilege" . It is racism. Period. If you don't want to be judged by your skin dont judge mine. Simple . So now that we have realized equality is just that equal , let's get to the reason Charolette burns.
Our police , yes people ,your neighbors,friends, parents , sisters, and brothers that put on a uniform and go to work to serve and protect are killing innocent citizens. No I did not say a color and it's about time everyone stopped doing that too. Why? Why are they shooting first? To some extent ,it appears they fear that at the end of their work shift they will be in a pine box.
Let's face it , there is more anti blue movement in this country right now than any time in our nation's history. Fear is a powerful force. However it appears the problem delves much deeper. Is there a lack of training? Is it a lack of punishment for going above the law? Are we not screening and mentally supporting them enough? These questions need answers and solutions.
The one thing I know for certain is looting and burning a city does nothing but further the divide, give justice to injustice, and make brute force appear justified . Stop it!!!! Stop screaming it's a color thing. It is a breakdown in society and blaming any one race will not fix a dang thing.
Yes I know I'm "white" that doesn't mean I have not experienced police corruption. Experiencing police corruption does not mean I would wish death upon those who run in when everyone else runs away. When society collapses and lawlessness reigns who will you call for help ?
It is time to stop hating color, it is time to bury the hatchet of our ancestors and look at the society we have built now. Yes we have a problem. It is not a black problem . It is a society problem. It's time to take color out of the headlines and fix the problems . Period.


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william.m.hinrichsen needed a new logo & brand identity pack design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 14 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Thicc Boi Theatre
This logo is for a new YouTube/Twitch channel where a few friends watch and comment on old, public domain movies. Think Mystery Science Theater, but with a lot more booze, cursing, and insensitive discussion. I would like to somehow incorporate an old-timey beer-related theme into a logo of people watching a movie. If this isn't possible, I understand. Either way, I would like to convey a message of degeneracy, alcohol, and black and white movies.
While I do have a few requirements listed above, this is your project. I'm not super picky. Thanks in advance!


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Happy Holidays!
All well here. Oriana is SO BIG now, 10 months! We got a husky puppy the day after Thanksgiving. Hard part is training the kids, not the dog. : )
My vision is MUICH better, can make out small font again when I focus around the few blind spots I still have. Carpal tunnel symptoms from pregnancy still bad, but I am dealing. Legs feel...weirdly different. Getting more "real" pain in them - muscle and joint aches, etc. instead of nerve pain. Still have the nerve pain, too, though. My visit to OHSU in July resulted in MRI's showing absolutely no change from 2 years ago. This I will take as a good sign.
Not seeming to hurt as much this winter but I'll wait till spring to decide.
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A google search describes our route along the St. Lawrence River today better than I could possibly write: The Thousand Islands are a group of over 1,800 islands in the St. Lawrence River straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada. A fashionable retreat for the elite in the 19th Century, today the area is a hub for outdoor activities.
Which part of the description does the 400m climbing or strong head wind fit within?!
To add flavour, the front brake disk pad we think had now worn to the metal causing a continuous screech, no matter how often we stopped to try to centre the wheel disk. It sometimes meant we were applying the brakes on the incline and sped up on the down!
It didn't matter that we had thighs of concrete exhaustion arriving into Brockville later than anticipated. The bike hurting a little too.
According to google, Brockville used to be known as 'Elizabethtown'; is known as the 'City of The Thousand Islands'; is the launching point to some of the best fresh-water wreck diving in the world; and is the birth place of the Canadian Flag.
It also showed that there is a bike shop in town for us to get some rig repairs done. Right before we hunt out if 1,000 Island Dressing originated from here; wave to our friends who reside across the waters in the U.S.; and explore where the 19th Century elite retreated some.
The bike wants tomorrow off to recover. Huh, who are we argue with a Fatty 29?


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3 Powerful Reasons to Take A Break
Whether you like it or not, burnout is real. Our mind and body have battery lives that need to be recharged like a dying phone or a car after kilometers of journey.
I am currently in a hotel room, writing this on a more comfortable chair than my workstation at home. Yesterday was a great day for me and my friends. It is a bachelorette gateway we've planned for Liyana, a lovely girl who is getting hitched in just a couple of weeks. Even though this is not for the sole reason to vacation from my hustle, this trip has changed my perspective about 'rest'.
Why do we need to take a break?
1. Better health
Those who schedule vacations regularly have better health – a lower amount of stress and less risk of heart disease.
The ability to relax is important in effectively managing stress and anxiety. When we feel stressed, our bodies react with what is called the "fight or flight" response. Our muscles become tense, our heart and respiration rates increase, and other physiological systems become taxed (Dartmouth)
Breaks are important for mind and body to recuperate. The more we let ourselves relax, the better we manage stressful moments in our life, and the healthier our body will be.
2. Creativity
Our daily life is pretty much a mundane routine. Yes, we need to have an established routine and developed habits – it's important for us to be consistent. As a result, our productivity will be gradually increased. However, once in a while we need to break the pattern to create a better pattern.
Seeing our lives in detachment encourages new ideas. Imagine ourselves flying high, leaving our life on the ground and see them from above in different views –
The scenery of palm oil on the way here – The deep conversation I had with my friends by the beach – The few seconds of bliss when I float myself into mushroom position in our private pool with cold night drizzles – The silent moment of the cold morning in a totally different place than my usual workstation where I'm writing this. Those little things bring new insights and revelations to me.
Taking breaks, seeing and doing something different create the space for energy and creativity to flow. Those who regularly take breaks have a better perspective on life and a greater degree of motivation in whatever they are doing.
3. Work hard, play hard(er)
We don't live in this world just to work and be stressful about life, do we? Adults need play just how much as kids need it to learn.
Ever notice that kids always have new intriguing ideas. Kids play well, they play enough. They hardly feel tired, they have more energy and spirit to do fun extraordinary things, and do you realize what happened to them when they don't play enough during the day – they become cranky, it's like something is not right with their being.
Remember how we had different perspectives when we were kids. I bet, somehow we wish we still have that.
So, take a break. Go to places – different space, different ambiance, different routine. It doesn't have to be an expensive vacation. Stroll around streets you've never been to. Explore the neighboring cities before you have the chance to explore further. Experience the things around you. Learn new random things. Meet new people. Have a hobby, or even hobbies – Play!
That's all from me today. I'm going to wake my friends up now, we're going for a hike after Subh (the morning prayer). Bye. Talk to you later.
ps: Today's post is a collaboration with the lovely bride-to-be herself, Liyana! She has a blog, we talked about this yesterday, and we agreed to write about similar topics today. Check out her blog Sparkle of Solace to learn from her perspective.


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When I was wee I was in a play about the Selfish Giant that my junior school headmaster Mr Mills wrote (songs and everything). In the play I had a penchant for being a narrator - and in this case, the narrator was Oscar Wilde personified. I wore a cravat under a black velvet dinner jacket and a top hat with a gold tipped cane.
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January Was Warm
WSJ Touting Climate Change Alarmism Again
Alarmism over climate is of great benefit to many, providing government funding for academic research and a reason for government bureaucracies to grow. Alarmism also offers an excuse for governments to raise taxes, taxpayer-funded subsidies for businesses that understand how to work the political system, and a lure for big donations to charitable foundations promising to save the planet. Lysenko and his team lived very well, and they fiercely defended their dogma and the privileges it brought them.
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But if governments could only act when there was unanimity, no law on anything would ever be passed. The US invaded Iraq, bailed out banks and passed universal healthcare with much less consensus than exists over climate change. In short, the sceptics are not the block to action.


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Hello, October
It's pretty rare that I post on the first/second of the month. Mostly because I always forget and then it's like the middle of the month and I realized I could have been posting way more seasonal type things.
So here I am on October 2nd, about to show you some of my must-haves for fall. It's a cloudy day here in Rhode Island, so what better time than to put together a collage of a few of my favorites for the upcoming months.
For starters I have and LOVE those Steve Madden sneakers…they are my go-to for casual Friday and weekends!! The Yummie leggings are perfect for long sweaters and sweatshirts. The duck boots are actually on my Christmas list…please Santa???
The lock-it concealer is super awesome and that red lip is a must! It doesn't get any more basic than a great pair of jeans, a scarf, and some fun jewelry (pearls)! As always, switch up that summer bag and grab something great for the fall/winter.
I love putting together these little collages for y'all. I have such a great time choosing my favorites and the ones on my wish-list. Now is the time to start sprucing up your wardrobe with some new colors, shades, and textures. I'm about to clean out my closet so I can donate to good-will, therefore making more room in my closet!
What are your fall favorites, besides pumpkin flavored everything? Tell me in the comments below!


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Intro Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
Over the past year or so, I have been seeing SamCart everywhere. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
As an internet entrepreneur, now I pay extra close attention to the shopping carts that people are utilizing and I started noticing more individuals using SamCart.
Then I started seeing advertisements from SamCart, so I signed up for their email list. I received a few mails from their support being hyped up by them, so I decided to give it a shot.
So, did it live it up into the hype? Here's my SamCart review.
What's SamCart?
SamCart is a checkout platform which Includes conversion-optimized checkout templates along with upsell, arrange subscription, bump and payment strategy capabilities that are intended to optimize profits.
How SamCart Works
Here are the steps that SamCart walks You through to help you market your merchandise online:
Insert a new product (digital or physical)
choose the payment structure you want (either a one-time payment, payment plan, or subscription)
Select the checkout page template you would like (SamCart's templates are all amazing and they have been demonstrated to convert)
Customize the checkout pages to match your personal website and manufacturer
Insert upsells, create coupons, split-tests, etc..
If you're someone that wishes to set up a shopping cart efficiently, SamCart is for you. You can get up and running in under half an hour. I set all of my stuff up but that is probably because I saw a few YouTube videos about it.
Click here to begin your SamCart trial.
SamCart Features
The largest reason that SamCart has managed to Grow is because they offer so many features that assist retailers earn more cash. Whether youselling info products or're running an e-commerce shop, these features will help you earn money and have SamCart pay for itself quickly.
Affiliate Center
Among the best things about selling products on the internet is that you could enlist an entire army of affiliates to promote your stuff. You don't have to spend time promoting your own products, nor do you need to spend a dime on advertisements. If you can get affiliates to spread the term, you only pay them if they create a sale for you. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
SamCart allows you to make your own personal army of affiliates which will sell your goods for you together with the Affiliate Center. SamCart automatically generates an Affiliate Signup page for you – that's where others may apply to promote your merchandise.
You'll find a link to this page, so you may send it out to potential affiliates, place it on your website, or send it from your own email list. I invite them to become affiliates, whenever my subscribers go without purchasing anything from me. Hey, if they aren't purchasing something, it is still a way for me to profit from them.
When a potential affiliate fills out your application, they will be shown a message that their accounts is"pending approval". When that happens, you'll find a notification that they implemented via email. It will also have buttons to accept or reject the person's application. If you want, you can set it up to accept affiliates.
SamCart's default affiliate commission is 50%. However, you can customize this payout to whatever you desire. You can pay your affiliates a flat rate commission (a set dollar amount per sale) or a proportion. I've had a great deal of success by increasing the affiliate for affiliates that are top-performing to provide a bonus to market even more to them.
Checkout Pages
One of the coolest things about SamCart is they have 18 professionally designed templates which are demonstrated to convert. I really don't think the templates ALL are that great, but I do love almost all of them. My favourite is the classic template.
The obvious huge advantage here is that the templates have been used by other proven marketers, so you can avoid the countless hours of designing and testing your own pages.
All the templates have trust components like reviews, guarantees, and safety reassurances that provide your customers the reassurance they need to enhance your conversions.
Once you pick your checkout page, it is easy to customize it by changing the colours of the header, footer, buttons, etc.. You might even choose the fields you would like to include and you can add custom bullet points to describe the product your client is purchasing (I have discovered bullet points to be particularly useful, which is why you see them on all my sales pages).
All the pages are cellular responsive, which is super important within our ever-increasingly mobile world. One of the reasons I switched to SamCart was because my previous checkout page supplier was not as responsive as I wanted it to be. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
I do a lot of advertising on Google AdWords, where most of my traffic comes from cellular. I discovered that with my previous cart, folks abandoned in a greater speed, which meant I had been flushing the toilet is spent down by my advertisement. SamCart assisted my increase my conversions from cellular.
Plusthey have a cool"sandbox" mode, which enables you make sure everything is working before going live with your goods. With my shopping cart that is previous, I had to publish everything and test it. I hated doing that. With SamCart, I can test payments without going live and without charging your credit card (and messing up your stats).
Click Upsells
Once I told my friends I was composing a SamCart review, they told me that I should stress how awesome their click upsells are, and that I concur.
If you are selling online and you are not offering upsells, you are leaving a great deal of cash on the table. In fact, back in 2006, Amazon reported that 35% of its earnings were from its own efforts. If Amazon is currently earning that much money do not you think it warrants your consideration?
An upsell is a strategy that helps you increase your average order value. You do not even understand it and probably encounter upsells the time. It is there as an upsell, although you do not need to get the extended warranty for your vehicle. You do not need to have dessert after dinner, but restaurants certain like to provide it.
Continuing with the dessert case, those small $8 cakes aren't a massive amount of money, but if you are the restaurant selling dozens of these every night, the money adds up.
SamCart makes this process seamless by providing upsells where all of the customer has to do is click on one single button and buy your offer. In accordance with them, SamCart users who utilize one click upsells normally increase their average customer value by a whopping 68.1 percent. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
Click here to start your SamCart free trial.
One Page Checkout
This attribute is unique because it offers you the capability to include several different payment choices onto one checkout page. For my $997 online training course, Teachable is used by me, and they do not provide this feature. When a customer wants the payment plan, I must have separate checkout pages. I WISH I could use SamCart for that.
The 1 page checkout takes multiple payments to a whole new level because it keeps traffic on the page while they decide how to cover. You understand how important it is to keep your traffic on the webpage, if you have ever sold anything online.
Cross Selling Bumps
Cross-selling is a strategy to market products which are associated with the one the client already owns. A cross-sell would be gas or car insurance, if a client buys a vehicle from you.
You may be familiar with this as bundling. You are able to increase your profits when you bundle products and the product together. McDonald's does this exceptionally well by selling beverages and fries with their hamburgers.
Subscription Saver
When I started selling subscription merchandise on the internet, I was naive enough to think that everybody would pay on time, every moment. I figured that if I had been good enough honor my obligations and to pay my bills, so would everyone else.
Boy, was I naive. Figuring out that there are some real winners on the internet. People who decline cancel credit cards to get out of making payments or fees. Your subscription income is already gone usually once this happens. With any lawful action (such as sending a demand letter… in case you have the client's address) you can't receive your money. Sad.
But today with SamCart, your subscriptions have been guarded from declined obligations and expired credit cards. A payment fails, SamCart sends your client an email on your behalf – that the email has a link where clients can update the payment they have on file, right from their own inbox. That means that you don't have to waste your time hounding your clients down.
When a client fails to upgrade the payment information after several attempts, SamCart automatically simplifies the registration. SamCart marks them as"delinquent" in your account so that you understand who they are and so you have the opportunity to reach out to these customers. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
A/B Testing
Is not it weird that people talk about split testing their sales webpages, their sites that are supersized, their email subject lines, and even more… but they don't ever talk about testing their checkout page?
It seems crazy, right?
If you figure that a large part of your potential clients are abandoning your checkout site, do not you think that a half-decent split evaluation could let you get yet another customer??
I do too.
Luckily, SamCart delivers the capacity to conduct live split tests. This is AMAZING. You will double your earnings if you have a abandonment rate and your split-testing snags you simply ONE extra customer. Yes, DOUBLE YOUR SALES. Much like this.
SamCart lets you change almost any setting you need, so you can test any variation that tickles your fancy. You can alter the template, try a different guarantee (I've discovered the longer, the greater ), remove some areas (I've discovered the less, the better), and much more.
As soon as you've got your variations created, SamCart mechanically tests involving your variations. You don't need to do anything except watch the results roll in. You can head over to the"AB Test" part from the item's settings to observe how the variations are doing. As soon as you locate a winner, SamCart allows you to easily disable the failure.
The only thing you can not split-test with SamCart is your product's cost. If you would like to do that, run a test between these two products and you'll need to create two distinct goods.
When it comes to A/B analyzing, experience tells me that you ought to test the big stuff first (like completely different templates) and then work your way down to the second particulars. Oh, and wait till you've got a statistically significant sample size until you call it.
Why Checkout Pages Suck
Based on what study you read, 80 percent of people That"add to cart" in your site will abandon that cart. You will add a substantial quantity of cash if you can get only a small amount of those people to convert.
SamCart can help you boost conversions. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
SamCart's entire value proposition is that their checkout page templates have been analyzed to the gills and they have been proven to convert more compared to their competition. You want to ensure that you're optimizing your conversions if you sell items online, and SamCart can help you do that.
Plus, many checkout pages aren't designed to maximize the amount of profit that you get from each sell. Matters like upsells and order lumps enable you to add more profit to every sale.
For instance, I sell a $97 PDF on my website. I wouldn't have the ability to add an upsell When I used a typical checkout form. However, because I offer an upsell, approximately one out of every three people take my offer for $60.
Because of the one simple attribute, I'm adding an average of $20 to each and every purchase of the product. That is like giving myself more than a increase simply. Which means that I can devote an additional $20 on advertising to acquire a customer and grow my business quicker.
My Favorite SamCart Feature
My SamCart feature is hands-down the Customer and training support they provide. They have tons of videos in what is known as their"Knowledge Base" which teaches you how you can use their software (although it's already pretty easy) and they supply a good deal of instruction about how best to earn more money if you're selling online.
They have a complete library of product info, webinars, tutorials, and more. The education alone is well worth the price. I had to add this fact in my SamCart review.
SamCart Integrations
I didn't have a Opportunity to incorporate SamCart using a Lot of tools, simply because I don't use that many. I use utilize PayPal, Drip, OptinMonster and Stripe.
Interested in learning more about OptinMonster? Have a look at my review here. If you're interested in knowing more about Drip, I wrote a review of this.
SamCart lets you easily sync with a bunch of tools, including email, marketing automation, membership, and payment processing. It was super easy for me to integrate my system together with SamCart and I imagine that it would be the same for the majority of people out there.
I have been reading on various forums just how easy it was for people to incorporate Kajabi, Infusionsoft, Hubspot, MailChimp, Aweber, and more. But, my motto is fairly straightforward, so I can't discuss this in depth in my SamCart review. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software
Can SamCart Price?
SamCart has three plans:
Fundamental ($19 a month)
Guru ($99 a month)
Premium ($199 per month)
Even at the Premium level, SamCart is an absolute steal with the features they give you. However, I've discovered that the Fundamental is good for many internet entrepreneurs, but you want to get the plan, if you are doing a lot of business on the internet.
Also keep in mind that if you are wanting to save some cash, they offer you a discount if you pay annually. I suggest that you make the most of their free trial (to ensure it's definitely suitable for you) then paying annually to save money. If you pay yearly, the Pro plan is $888 per year (which saves you $300) and the Premium plan is $1,788 annually (which saves you $600).
SamCart Offers a 14-Day Free Trial (and Money-Back Gurantee)
If you are on the fence about attempting SamCart, they Provide a free trial.
This usually means you could try them out absolutely free, and if they don't make you more cash than your previous cart (or you simply hate it for some reason) then you can fire them. You can cancel and walk away.
Plus, they have a 30-day 100% money-back guarantee anyway, further lowering the risk.
Based on SamCart, the average SamCart seller constitutes to 5X over the ordinary seller on other platforms. What do you need to lose? Get started now. Free Open Source Shopping Cart Software


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TV shows, webcasts – Neogen representatives have been busy!
Check out some of their latest appearances.
Igenity on The American Rancher (RFD-TV)
Neogen's Igenity beef genomics subsidiary was featured on a recent episode of The American Rancher, which is set to re-air at noon on Sunday. (Check out some info on Igenity and an interview with Igenity's Dr. Stewart Bauck, director of beef genomics here.)
Igenity's tests use easy-to-gather samples, such a tail hair, to analyze the genetic potential of cattle, which allows producers to make the best decisions for their herds earlier than before.
Neogen also appeared on RFD-TV's Horse Talk LIVE a few months back to discuss equine botulism.
Neogen at the World Pork Expo
Neogen's Matthew Meyer explains why detectable needles are important at this year's World Pork Expo. Detectable needles are made with an alloy that makes them detectable by metal detectors, which prevent broken needles from reaching the dinner plate.
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