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Ever since passing my driving test I've owned a car. The most I've ever spent on a car is around the £2,000 mark for a Citroën Saxo and have always insisted on small-engined, economically viable vehicles.
However, upon moving from my family home in Liverpool to Manchester to study for a Masters Degree, I came to the conclusion that, for the first time, my car might not be worth the cost any more.
I'd moved to a place within a ten minute walk of the city centre and the idea of saving money became even more relevant as I was again a student, only this time wasn't granted the standard student loans as before.
Living off savings wasn't the most appealing aspect for me, either, so to compensate I (luckily) acquired a part-time job of a few weekly hours to help myself get by.
At the time my weekly food shop was around £25, yet the average weekly cost to maintain my car was (including petrol) about £20. It therefore made sense to get rid of this added burden by selling up.
Webuyanycar.com wooed me with their quick and simple adverts that promised to relieve owners of their unwanted motors. After filling out the appropriate online form, the amount they offered me (after a £19.99 admin fee) was £20. I was less than impressed. I knew my well-maintained car -- even though it was a 1996 reg -- had only clocked up 60k miles and was clearly worth more, recession or no recession. Shortly after posting a brief Facebook status advert, a friend declared interest and ended up paying £250 for it.
Having not only gained £250 cash in hand, I began to genuinely notice the additional £20 a week extra I had in my bank account, while listening to pals bemoan increasing petrol costs and inflated insurance quotes. For now, at least, removing these crippling expenses was a huge benefit, especially as I was now saving several hundred pounds (not including any work the car might have needed doing to it) over the year.
In summary, if you find yourself in a similar situation, here a few tips to consider:
1. Assess whether your daily journeys can be achieved by walking or public transport
2. Calculate outgoing costs of your vehicle, thus allowing you to discover how much you can save and use for other essentials, ie food and bills.
3. If you can, sell privately - ideally to someone you know. You'll get a much better price (over 12 times in my case)
Sure, having a car is of course convenient, but unless you sit down and work out the sums, you might not realise the sheer costs petrol alone can set you back.
I'm not a big fan of public transport: it's unreliable and far too expensive, but depending on your location to work, shops, etc, walking, train and bus alternatives are more than bearable for the amount you can potentially save.


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I'll confess, one of the more surprising results of my recent research into Agile development in practice is the large number of motives to go Agile. From eliminating useless documentation to shortening development cycles to making the schedule more predictable, there were as many different reasons for Agile as people I interviewed.
Perhaps that's part of the success story of Agile: partly by design, partly by historical accident, the Agile movement addressed many different needs. In this way, Agile is a lot like the Protestant Reformation. Remember junior high school history class, when we heard that Luther's protest conveniently occurred just when secular princes were looking for ways to gain independence from Rome? The Agile movement arrived when more was happening in the technology industry than just the disgust of developers with schedules in which no one believed, or projects that didn't deliver what the customer wanted.


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by BETH ALTENA
There was little fanfare as the Plainfield Township Board of Trustees unanimously approved changing the zoning on acreage on the northeast corner of Seven Mile and Northland Drive from Rural Residential to Planned Unit Development (PUD) with a proposed medical complex of six buildings and future senior housing.
Ground won't likely be broken this summer for the first phase of the project, which will be an urgent care facility, parking and a curb cut entrance on both Northland Drive and Seven Mile. According to Mike Berg of Dykema Excavators—who spoke on behalf of the project on Monday, May 2, when the vote was taken—there are still many steps to be taken before construction commences.
Al McAvoy, who was a principal player in a very visible opposition to a 2007 development plan that included an all-night gas station and a Family Fare store, had minor questions about the plan and reported that neighborhood comments about the new proposal were positive. The 27-acre PUD would be built in phases that could include an adult day care facility and an 80-bed senior housing facility. The first phase, slated for the western portion of the property, would include the urgent care facility and offices for specialists.
Dr. Fred Reverts, who currently works from the Plainfield Avenue Advantage Health facility, said patient feedback shows people would like access to specialists to be located on-site with urgent care doctors. He used the example of a person referred to a specialist who could then just see that specialist within the same building, rather than to travel to a downtown Grand Rapids hospital. This concept of "coordinated patient care" offers convenience and the location is also in a very convenient area, he said. He stressed the facility would not be a surgical center, would have evening hours but not all-night hours, and would not be the destination for ambulance patients, although patients could be transported from the facility by ambulance.
"We look at this as meeting the needs of the community," Reverts said. He said typical hours would be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with weekend hours until 10 p.m. "In addition, we see an aging population. We look for their needs, and that is housing and health care integrated."
Residents other than McAvoy asked questions prior to the board's vote, but none seemed upset over the proposal.
Each member of the board expressed positive thoughts on the development. Treasurer Jim Stover noted the use would create no irritable odors and would make the intersection busier, but nothing like the business area south of the Grand River.
Vic Matthews said, "I feel this is a much better use than a grocery store. There will be traffic, but it will be spread out throughout the day and into the evenings."
"I see no reason what is in front of me isn't acceptable," said Clerk Scott Harvey. "I see it as an advantage to seniors and a tie into what is going on downtown."
Treasurer Rebecca Borek asked how long the full development might be expected to take and was told there is no way to know. Future tenants, she was told by Berg, could be an eye doctor or a facility for rehabilitation. Berg said the developers have had several interested inquiries but no commitments as yet.
Township Supervisor George Meek asked Berg if phase one could stand on its own if the additional buildings never came to fruition and was assured it could.
Berg, when asked about the stark difference in the response to this development compared to the one proposed four years ago, said, "This is a much different proposal."


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Globalization is no recent phenomenon. People, ideas, and objects have always been on the move, encountering and changing one another as a result. This exhibit presents some of the textual and material residues of these encounters and travels, characteristic of past as well as present human activity and curiosity. Focusing on the years 1400 to 1800, the exhibit examines and looks beyond familiar Eurocentric ideas of exploration, conquest, and "discovery." Using manuscripts, printed books, drawings, maps, and artifacts, Expanding Earth highlights the movements of peoples, ideas, and goods across the world in their own words and in material objects. The related conference To the Ends of the Earth will take place March 2-4 For more information on the exhibition and related conference.
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Energy from the sun could be used to propel a very different style of police car at Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville, Ill.
The district also would like to have a solar-powered trolley to take visitors on tours of its most visible preserve and the adjoining Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway.
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Year of Revolution Begins
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Year of Revolution Begins
The Year of Revolution, the Revolutions of 1848-1849, the Hungarian Revolution, the First Italian War of Unification and the First Schleswig War (24 February 1848)
Historical Map of Europe & the Mediterranean
By 1848, Europe was already experiencing considerable social tension, in good part due to the rise of industrialization but also because of the European potato famine, both of which led to a migration of the poor to the cities. At the same time, the continent was becoming ideologically divided between the conservative order, which was rigidly maintaining the borders and regimes set up in 1815, and the various proponents of change - nationalists, republicans, liberals and socialists. In January, Sicily revolted against rule by Naples, triggering a wave of unrest among the Italian states. The next month, an uprising in Paris overthrew King Louis Philippe and proclaimed the second French Republic. The Year of Revolution had begun.
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Sicilian Revolution
Popular uprising in Palermo, Sicily in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, against the Bourbon monarchy of Ferdinand II in Naples; by the end of the month, the citadel in Messina is the only royalist bastion on the island
Constitutions in the Italian states
The Kingdom of Naples, followed by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and finally the Papal States, proclaims a constitution in response to urban unrest triggered by the Sicilian Revolution
French Revolution of 1848
Riots break out in Paris, capital of the French Kingdom, eventually forcing King Louis Philippe to abdicate in favor of his grandson, the Comte de Paris, before fleeing for Britain; the revolutionaries arrive in the palace and proclaim a second French Republic


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At present, the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a large, comprehensive, doctoral granting institution that offers more than 110 undergraduate majors, more than 40 master's degree programs, and two doctoral degree programs. The university is organized into five academic colleges (Business Administration; Education; Humanities and Fine Arts; Natural Sciences; and Social and Behavioral Sciences). As an institution, UNI is unique within Iowa. It is the third largest not-for-profit institution of higher education, has its own distinct mission, and is one of only three public universities in the state.
Historical Context
The University of Northern Iowa was founded in 1876 as Iowa State Normal School for the purpose of providing "a school for the special instruction and training of teachers for the common schools of the state." (1999 and 2003 Institutional Reports). Prior to its founding, the grounds on which UNI stands served as a home for the orphans of Civil War soldiers in Iowa. In 1909, the school became Iowa State Teachers College, and in 1961, it became the State College of Iowa. Throughout this period, the central purpose of the institution was the preparation of teachers for Iowa schools. In 1967, the Iowa Legislature acted to change UNI's status to that of a university with its present name.
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Conversations in live techno from the Polish underground
Techno is a thread in Europe that can bring people together, and be a lingua franca. That phenomenon can earn detractors and champions alike; the common currency threatens to devolve into sameness. But one thing I've found looking beyond centers like Berlin: there's extraordinary talent on the horizon, answering to the beacon capital techno cities. If techno is giving people musical commonality, it's also encouraging people to push their music such that they can extend beyond a hometown or home residency.
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Come on – you know that occasionally you want technology to respond when you slap it. As my sister watched an episode of the television show Quantum Leap, I thoroughly enjoyed watch Dean Stockwell's character Al give his pocket computer, looking for all the world like a 7″ tablet, little helpful smacks. SmackTop does that for music. Yes, we hear, ad infinitum, the complaint that laptop musicians simply stare inertly at blue glowing laptops as if checking their email. Now they get to put a little skin in the game, literally. And a version 0.3 update makes this humorous novelty …


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By Paul Gardner
Six weeks after the event, we now get referee Howard Webb's explanation of why he did not red-card the Netherlands' Nigel de Jong in the World Cup final.
An explanation that is factually sound, that makes a lot of sense ... but is not entirely satisfactory.
Webb admits that he should have shown de Jong a red card for his high kick into Xabi Alonso's chest. But, he says, his view of the incident (he was behind Alonso) was such that, although he knew it was a high foot he could not see clearly exactly where de Jong's foot had landed, or how forcefully, or "how bad it was."
I've looked at the replays, and completely concur -- he was not in a good position to see the actual impact. That was just one of those things -- no blame attaches to Webb.
But when Webb says that the "decision not to red-card him [de Jong] was not based on me not wanting to send someone off in the World Cup final, it was based on the viewing angle I had," he is surely shading the truth. In fact, he himself admits that he was applying special standards for this one game: "Being a World Cup final, I wasn't prepared to make a guess. It's the pinnacle of a player's career."
I imagine that most referees would be enforcing more stringent standards in such a game, it was just unfortunate that Webb's insistence on being super-correct resulted in him getting a crucial call wrong.
Webb also dealt with a particularly irritating claim made by the Dutch, who went berserk claiming that Webb erred late in the game in denying them a corner kick, and instead giving a goal kick to Spain. He did get it wrong, and he has admitted it. The Dutch reasoning after that borders on the imbecilic, claiming that the winning goal "followed" that error. It did -- but nearly a minute later, and that minute contained a 25-second spell during which the Dutch controlled the ball. As Webb put it, "So how far back do you go?"
Not only did Webb give insights into his own actions, he also had some comments on the behavior of the players. He felt, in the difficult circumstances, he might get some help in calming things down from players he knew from the English Premier League -- he mentions Fernando Torres, Robin Van Persie, and Dirk Kuyt -- but "the assistance was not as forthcoming as I'd hoped for." In fact, Kuyt later claimed that Webb was "slightly more for them than for us ... that ultimately cost us the Cup." That, after de Jong had got away with his midfield kung-fu display, is a bit much.
My sympathy for Webb is tempered by what sounds like inexcusable naivete on his part -- "I sensed in the tunnel how much both teams wanted to win it, having not won the World Cup before. I sensed the tension." And he seems surprised that, even with Torres, Van Persie and Kuyt "the sole desire was to win." What can he have been expecting?
For the first time that I can recall, we have a World Cup final referee speaking out, fairly promptly and fairly straightforwardly, on controversial incidents from the game. This is progress. We don't usually hear a word from World Cup referees.
Silence has been the preferred referee policy for as long as I can recall. The official policy, in fact. Not that long ago, in the early 1970s, this was the wording of a FIFA memorandum to referees: "It is not the duty of the referee nor is it a useful function to explain his decisions to the players or spectators. Any attempt to do so can lead to confusion, uncertainty and delay."
Extraordinary. Of course we've moved on, but we're still not where we should be with referees and their viewpoint. Mostly, I feel, because the referees, as a group, do not have a voice. We are told, ad infinitum, by Sepp Blatter that the sport would be wrecked if video replays were allowed -- but we don't know what the referees think about the matter. That is a form of secrecy that is imposed on referees by the threatening power of FIFA. But another form of secrecy comes from the referees themselves. They still, after over 150 years, have not developed a system of signals to let everyone know what offense they're calling when they blow their whistle.
Evidently FIFA and the referees are afraid of too much light being cast on refereeing activities. When Mexico was victimized in South Africa by an awful non-call from an Italian assistant referee that allowed Carlos Tevez to score for Argentina, FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot announced sternly: "A clear mistake. This will be corrected. We will work on this." He was not talking about the refereeing error -- that was ignored. What had upset FIFA was the fact that the television replays -- clearly showing the gaffe -- had appeared on the big screens in the stadium where everyone could see them. Shameful!


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With the start of one of the most anticipated football seasons in recent memory less than 48 hours away, Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin spoke about making sure his players were mentally prepared following Thursday's final full practice before kickoff.
"I'm most worried about our players," Kiffin said. "I'm most worried about the players, making sure they're right. Because they're out there. We have to remember that as coaches even though we don't feel it, you guys feel it, they feel it. They're going to class every day. They're seeing all the kids come up to them, all the students. So that builds with them, and the pressure mounts. We have a very hard job to do with those guys. Those are always the guys you're most scared of. If you just let them go out and play and don't have their mind right, they'll do what most freshmen do and that's go out and make a ton of mistakes. That's why most people don't play freshmen."
Kiffin said he is excited for his first game as Tennessee's head coach, but he's careful not to let his players see a difference in his demeanor.
"It'll be an exciting day," he said. "But I'm not really focused on that or thinking about that. I've got to make sure these guys are right. Last thing that I can do is go out of my focus and all of a sudden they feel something different in me. That's what we're working so hard for them to do."
The Vols will hold a walk-through practice Friday evening in advance of Saturday's 12:21 p.m. Eastern time kickoff. The game is being televised by the SEC Network. See UTSports.com for a list of local affiliates.
Captains Named: Junior safety Eric Berry, junior linebacker Nick Reveiz, senior quarterback Jonathan Crompton and senior tailback Montario Hardesty will serve as the Vols' captains for the 2009 season.
Hardesty will join fans for a live chat on UTSports.com beginning at 1 p.m. Friday. Fans can log on to interact directly and submit questions for Hardesty.
Shaw Starter at Right Tackle: Kiffin said Thursday that right tackle Jarrod Shaw will start against Western Kentucky on Saturday.
Redshirt freshman Aaron Douglas, who moved to tackle from tight end during spring practice, will also play Saturday, Kiffin said.


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Welcome to WebmasterWorld Guest from 22.214.171.124
Forum Moderators: martinibuster
1.) No PR constraints, I favour relevancy
2.) The link page has to be indexed and in the cache of Google
3.) Link page is level 3 (two clicks from the homepage) maximum
4.) Maximum 50 links per page
5.) No triangular linking
6.) No blogs, forum links or directories
Now I received quite a hefty bill and a list with 60-odd links, of which more than 50% consisted of www.urlwithindiantermsinit.tld in various versions and php-generated content in exactly the same layout - obviously clones of the same website.
Value of the links: Close to 0, I guess. It was an experiment and my conclusion is that I will not hire link building agencies again. Besides, my contact person was Dutch, whereas all the work was apparently done in India.
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2.) The link page has to be indexed and in the cache of Google
Are you aware of the fact that many sites expressly opt-out of the Google cache by using meta tags and that there are many legitimate uses for that?
I need some hag hunters to bake me some monkey-stuffed naan after reading all this.
Please tell me you didn't pay the bill for that curry sandwich.
bcolflesh, what the hell are you on.
If you have nothing suitable to say then DON'T
[edited by: MetaFunk at 12:46 pm (utc) on Oct. 16, 2007]
I'm sorry to hear you got stung from a shady business in the SEO/Link building business. But do not pass judgement on the Link building niche, when you got bad linking from one business!
[edited by: engine at 1:23 pm (utc) on Oct. 16, 2007]
[edit reason] See TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]
In fact, I had enough respect - and trust - in my subcontractor to point out that I want "ethical" or "white hat" link building, expecting that he or she would be both experienced and honest enough to accept or not.
Regarding the price: It was not the cheapest arrangement, although I disliked that the price was assigned based on PR.
You are right that I should have asked for the person who actually does the work and how - in fact, I did, but I was told that this is the company's secret. Since the job was an experiment, I agreed.
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To me, link building = advertising.
Public relations can be useful, too. If you've invented a better mousetrap, let the world (and, more specifically, the press) know about it. A few good links from THE NEW YORK TIMES or ModernWidget.com are likely to be worth more than a bunch of commodity link exchanges.
Btw, link monkey is a common industry term for link hunters, it's not a derogatory phrase.
MB, I view it as a derogatory phrase. I surely wouldn't refer to those professionals that I know who perform these services as Link Monkeys. I think that would be insulting, yes?
I mean, I have this vision of Monkeys playing about in their habitat. Instead of vines, they have links. Its somewhat amusing...
That one dude in the beginning was particulaly convinced that he was right and I was wrong. I can get irrelevant links buy the buckload. In fact into the millions and I can tell you off topic links work just fine. My job has been to play with links all day for years and years.
I can get links English anchor from chinese, russian, arabic sites with correct anchor and it works just fine.
So for the benefit of the people who do not link off topic here is what really counts.
1) Link tld ( .de links will help you in germans serps)
2) IP address of links ( .de IP's will help you in germans serps)
3) page rank of links and how many links point at the page you are getting linked from.
Sorry to dissappoint but relevance may be small part of it butm there is more than one way to skin a cat.
Say I have a blog and I write about stuff, any old stuff what is the theme of my site?
Someone links to me with the anchor " Crush Says" " Look at Crush" "Crush is Relevant" "This guy is a w@anker". All these blogs that are linking to me are all on different subjects so where is the themeing? It is just impossible to theme because it is such a mess of domains that the reults would be garbage.
Do you guys really think that search engines look at all the words on the page,then theme the site to decide if the link is relevant to give me a better serp? Sorry to scoff but absolutely not.
Search engines just look at anchor text.Sad but true only anchor text and the page where that anchor text is coming from. That is it, nothing more at all.
[edited by: Crush at 7:56 pm (utc) on Oct. 16, 2007]
Sorry to dissappoint but relevance may be small part of it butm there is more than one way to skin a cat.
I agree that currently off topic links work. There are sites ranking for really competitve terms with only off topic links. That may not always be the case, though, so personally I think unless you have a throw away domain it is probably safer to have a natural assortment back links from related sites.
Rather, our algorithms are tuned to look for patterns of "egregious" linking behavior... both on individual sites and in the aggregate. - Adam Lasnik - [webmasterworld.com...]
andI have previously reported that we carried out an experiment on a link network which made the error of publishing "non-themed" links onto the test site. [ We intended to make sure that all links were theme related ].
e.g. the site was about Boats and lingerie links were mistakedly published on it.
If the link monkey's are placing links from a lingerie directory to an auto site the chances are you're wasting your money, but not likely to be penalised. The referrer will however loose the power of sending link juice by the removal of PR influence .
So a lot depends on what links these folks built for you, and how as to whether you wasted your money.
Lastly, a condition of the ordering from a commercial point of view should have been that the links provided influence. If they didn't, then your agreement should have permitted you not to have paid the link building service. There's plenty of others that will do the job well.
[edited by: Whitey at 5:17 am (utc) on Oct. 17, 2007]
Global warming might kill us too. Then again it might not. Absolutely right about the throw away domain though.
It is not about waiting for maybes. You need more than one domain to be safe anyway. I would never rely on one site for anything. You deserved to get burned. If it is a hobby site then OK I feel for you but from a commercial point of view you need some backup.
Maybe I am scarred from many fights with Google but I have been banned a few times and learned my lesson well. Once Google bans you, you can forget about following their guidelines and saying how good you were. It all falls on deaf ears. Sort of like Darth Vader turning to the dark side. I understand they have a terribly tricky job to do and there can be a lot of collateral damage from any algo change but until there is a time when I can appeal a bad decision I am going to make an arsenal of back up for all occassions.
Wow,that was off topic. Where is teh Nann bread?
how would you specify/measure "influence"?
Positive :
- If the links cause you to lift in your rankings .
Negative :
- If the referring page has been stripped of either / or
visible PR / ** remember this takes time to adjust up or down on the toolbar, however it's effect can be sudden
[edited by: Whitey at 11:07 am (utc) on Oct. 17, 2007]
Unfortunately, the link information that Google provides for public view is not that reliable, an intentional ploy IMO , so you will need to do a number of checks.
Linking takes more skilled people with indepth understanding of the website's industry, the target audience, target market etc., One should try to get natural link as much as possible such as social listings, media promotion, article writing & promotion, "paid" press release promotions, bookmarking etc.,..
Referring to someone as a * monkey is not really derogatory (unless directed in that way). It has been used in the industry to signify a particular level of coder. A monkey is just a low level coder who is doing the grunt work to learn more. They churn out code without really understanding what they do, the same with cheap hired link developers.
I used to be a web monkey and never had any problems with that term.
For more information see here
Getting back on topic, paying link monkeys is not a good strategy because they will do things like that. As other people have suggested, you need a link MASTER and these are not cheap or easy to find so you will be better off doing it yourself.
Sometimes things in life are hard and take a long time, there is a reason for this. If everyone could hire a link monkey for $60 and get to the top of google for any terms then we would all be doing it.
I can get links English anchor from chinese, russian, arabic sites with correct anchor and it works just fine.
Yes, right now it does. I would not want to be in the shoes of the guy who never sandbagged his house because 'the river never got this high before'
Keep an eye on the past, a stake in the future and a hand in the pocket
"Search engines just look at anchor text.Sad but true only anchor text and the page where that anchor text is coming from. That is it, nothing more at all."
I often wondered about that. If what Crush says is true, the staff at Google must be reading posts about our paranoia about relevance and laughing. But on the other hand I wonder if Crush is right. Here is why he might be wrong:
Google is nothing more than a database. It probably has one database record for each webpage it decides to put in its index. At any time, it can run a script to determine the theme of each page (record) in its database and store that information in a field in each record for later use. Once stored in the each record, it can at any time run another script to determine the overall average of the "theme" fields of all the records that link to any other page in its database and store that data in the record for that page in a field called "reputation." I do not think this is hard to do.
But as Crush seems to imply in a previous post, a large number of unrelated links would throw it off course. That does not mean the site in particular is unrelated. Therefore it could be that Google is unable to use the simple method I have mentioned here and Crush is right. There are too many exceptions to a rule to "enforce" it as a rule. Perhaps it is us that should be laughing at Google.
Your condition of maximum 50 outbounds per page could have given the hint to the other party that you are not very serious on quality. 50 links? That is too high. Max should have been 20 links. And link pages are a big no no as well. If you are going to be paying for the links, why not go for internal page links than typical link pages that are cluttered with links.


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I just bought a new EAA Zastava M88 9mm this week.It shoots really good for a low cost handgun.In my opinion it is built fairly well.Both front and rear sights are dovetail,however the rear has no adjustment other than sliding the sights in the dovetail.It is fairly noisy,compared to some small handguns I have shot over the years.At 20 to 25 feet I held around a 5in group the first 16 rounds of just shooting and not really aiming and holding aim on the target.I fired it in two shot burst in rapid session just as fast as I could put two magazines through it.The wife works 3rd so I will get out this evening(she is off tonight)and try to do some good paper shooting.I give it up.
Ok I will Get some pics up shortly Sorry about that.
I will have to setup a photo album online and put some pics up.
I have posted a pic for now in the photo gallery, It is EAA Zastava 9MM
I will look for a good online album site so I can set up a url to post from.
Ok lets see If I got it figured out yet.
[/IMG] I think I got it.
Here is the first two paper targets.First set was two mags 8 rounds each
115 grain FMJ,fired rapid fire at 21 ft.2nd set was same as first only fired slow and consistent at 21 feet.
Thanks DJ,Ya know for a cheap handgun I was really supprised at how good it shoots.I think it would look better If I can find some different grips,I have a little wood shop so I may later on try to make some.
Thanks Shipwreck If you guys happen to see when you are surfin around a place to get different upgradable parts to fit the M88 I would appreciate the info.I would like to put adjustable rear sights and different hand grips.
How is the single action trigger? I heard the pull weight was high,and wondered if it could be reduced by a Gunsmith?


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When Adam and I finally decided to sit down and register for baby Stanley's stuff, we were immediately overwhelmed by:
1-Our lack of parental wisdom - I mean, I didn't (ok dont) even know what half the stuff was - how do i decide which bottle to use, let alone which stroller works best
2-The sheer number of baby related "necessities" which included everything from a video monitor (because watching your baby sleep every night is WAY more fun than watching The Office right?)
Somehow, after much fighting and maybe even a few tears, we were able to register for everything we thought we could possibly need for our new little baby. Apparently, Babies "R" Us disagreed.
Naively, I assumed my registry was good-to-go and would wait patiently until we had a baby shower or some other such festivity. However, we got our crib yesterday (finally - and that's another story for another day) and the mattress size specifications were VERY specific - so I logged onto our registry to make sure the mattress we painstakingly selected would actually FIT the crib.
I was very confused when I logged onto my registry and thought maybe I was on the wrong one -- all of a sudden, I had HUNDREDS (ok dozens at least) of items on there that I couldnt possibly have registered for (I have certain aversions to things which are too "baby" and the pink 'love bug' bedding would definitely qualify). Not to mention that I know wanted two strollers, two high chairs, three sets of crib bedding and five hundred boxes of diapers -- how greedy do you think I am?!
I mentioned this bizarre fact to my mother-in-law (actually she apparently checks our registry far more often than we do and asked why in the world I had registered for two strollers) When I explained the bizarre registry situation, she mentioned that her neighbor who just had a baby had the same thing happen and it turns out that Babies "R" Us went ahead and added a "few" things they thought she needed but forgot to register for! I mean really, how irritating is that?! What will people think of me when they look at my registry and discover I have registered for approximately 300 baby items!? 300 ITEMS!
So this morning I decided to set out deleting all those things which Babies "R" Us registered us for. But to my dismay, I quickly learned that deleted about 200 items will probably take 2.5 weeks . . . you have to delete each unwanted item one by one and then wait for the page to reload, scroll down (through 300 items remember?) find where you were, delete one MORE item, reload the page . . . So I got irritated and came here to write about my problem rather than actually solving it. In fact, I think Babies "R" Us has a brilliant scheme because who (besides me) has 2.5 weeks available to spend in front of the computer deleting registry items?? Most people probably leave them and then wonder why in the world they registered for a pink flannel sleep sack covered in baby blue butterflies?
Anyways, I just realized that most people probably dont want to read a novel about baby registries (no matter how thrilling it may be) so I apologize for the fact that this is the longest post about nothing in the history of this blog . . . congratulations to anyone who is still reading.
Updated to add: They actually registered me for not one, but TWO, "Baby on Board" signs for my car -- how embarrassing - people might think I actually wanted those!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Babies "R" Us = registry "fun"
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I read the whole post. I would. :) Sorry about the frustration... thats horrible and crazy that they do that... your post is not useless, for the other future mama's out there its enlightning! :) I love you and miss you!ReplyDelete
oops, I guess I'll return the baby on board signs I bought you... just kidding! You should call Babies-R-Us !ReplyDelete
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The Art of Joel Fletcher
Since I spend way too much time creating art and animation on the computer, it is important to maintain my traditional skills by drawing the figure from life. The goal is to loosen up my style, and the short time that the model holds the pose helps to meet that objective. These were created at various workshops in the Los Angeles area such as The Drawing Club, Kline Academy, and Dr. Sketchy's LA, averaging about 10 minutes each. A few "long pose" paintings from life are also included. Click on any thumbnail image for a larger view.


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We hear so much about these random shootings in malls, schools etc. There was even a program on TV Going Postal. Would 'nt it be nice if there was a program about the people who used a gun in the defense of their lives?
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We hear so much about these random shootings in malls, schools etc. There was even a program on TV Going Postal. Would 'nt it be nice if there was a program about the people who used a gun in the defense of their lives?
It would be nice, but you'll not see it, it doesn't meet the liberal presses agenda. They think they know what is best for us and will try and shove it down our throats every chance they get.
The media rarely shows good news. So a 30 minute program with all good news would just not fly with the people who call the shots. Us regular folks however would love to sit and watch a program that shows honest citizens taking on the bad guys and coming out on top. I would love to see it. It would be an education for some who don't think that they could or should take responsibility for their own security.
The mainstream network media outlets don't give much airtime to citizens that defend themselves, but you can find a few shows that do. I rarely watch TV, and when I do it is rarely the big network channels. I prefer cable channels, and one of my favorites is TruTV (used to be CourtTV). They show lots of cop/crime shows and documentaries, and they have some series like Most Shocking, Most Extreme, etc. Basically videos from patrol cars, eyewitness camcorders, and surveillance cameras of all sorts of stuff. Each show is usually on a specific theme (high speed chases, drunk drivers, robberies, etc.) They've had several about shootouts and also citizens who fight back. Convenience store clerks, pawn & jewelry store owners, LEOs, etc., and not just in the US but all over the world. Pretty interesting stuff.
C'mon now, we wouldn't want people to think that guns are useful would we? I mean everyone who has a gun is a crook right? lol
Holy smokes! I like the idea. Are there any folks on the forum who are in the industry that could float this idea to a producer? Cops seems to have a good following. I think most people like seeing bad guys get taken out. Gosh, that's why Rambo was so stinkin' popular.
I would be interesting to say the least. As mentioned above, I doubt any stations would run with it because the good guys win. It could make a heck of a movie though ;)
Imagine if everyone had a gun for protection!?:rant:
What am I thinking!
Crime would go up........:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Unfortunately, the liberal media has their "own" agenda - and that's in quotes because it is not really their own. It is the agenda of many of the liberals in power. If there were as many stories published about the use of legal firearms to save lives, property, etc. as there are about the illegal use of firearms, it would create a true rationale for the 2nd Amendment in the eyes of many who are ambivalent about or anti- 2A. And that would be extremely anti-left. Maybe some day that will change when the majority of "Americans" begin to assume responsibility for their own well-being instead of sucking off of the government teat. But I'm not holding my breath. (But I am holding on to my weapons):yup:
The Media, I find, do not out and out lie and create "facts" out of whole cloth. (With a few very notable execptions. Dan Rather.) They highlight and advance their socialist agenda by acting as the Gate Keepers of the news. Their bias is advanced and aperent by what the media does not report on as much if not more so than by what they do report on.-Jay
I am sure there is enough stories in here to make both movies and free newspaper?!
I wonder if it would really even change that many perceptions, firearm proponents would only further justify their beliefs, while firearm opponents would simply still say "why do we need guns at all, look someone just died." Of course, the latter would be coming from the type of person that thinks if you do everything you are told in a situation, that you will come out unharmed...


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"As we all know and has been outlined already, these are very different circumstances between India and Pakistan right at the moment and Cricket Australia has made that very clear. As captain of the side and as a player, right at the moment I am very comfortable to go on the advice of Cricket Australia and the players' association," The Australian quoted Ponting as saying.
He said that Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and independent security experts and given the go ahead for the India tour. "Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have obviously been in very close contact with Cricket Australia over the last few days," Ponting said.
Ponting"s comments followed an outburst from Pakistan alleging "favouritism" by Cricket Australia in proceeding with a tour of India after twice refusing to tour Pakistan this year because of safety and security concerns.


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Custom Reptile Electrical-Thermostat how to question...
I have a pet snake and currently use a lamp dimmer to manually control my under the tank heater (heat pad) to about 88 degrees. Without it it reaches about 115-120 degrees.
I would like to somehow automate this using a digital thermostat and make it myself without really spending a whole lot for a actual thermostat designed by commercial sources in the reptile industry.
The old way was to use a light dimmer and cut the cord and insert between power and heating pad and we're good to go but now can do it via a lamp dimmer extention cord ($10 bucks at home depot).
I want to take it a step further and see if I can somehow rig/modify a $15 digital thermostat from homedepot. My understanding of room thermostats controlers sense the room temp and shuts off. In my case I want to bypass or extend that by putting the sensor directly on the heat source.
That way I can set the digital temp and it'll sense the heat at the probe end and then shut down.
Can it be done cheaply close to $15 as possible? How can it be done?
Thank you in advance.
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Likely safer and will work.
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Jayesh Easwaramony, Principal Consultant at Frost & Sullivan shares his insights on the trends, developments and outlook of the Asia Pacific IPTV Industry, at an analyst briefing to be held on Thursday, February 8, 2007, 2:00pm (Sydney local time).
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Opening Statement:
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"A part of the process that I think is most important at this time of the year is execution. Activity is also important for us. We will always be searching for quality more than quantity this time of the year. We're not looking for a ton of reps, but rather making sure they're quality reps.
"To accomplish our goals for the season is going to depend on us playing great complementary football on all three sides of the ball. If we can put together a series of plays, where we are all three working as one, I think that will be key. That's where we are with our team. We're looking forward to the challenge and getting back on the road. This will be a five-week regular season schedule."
On FIU Coach Ron Turner:
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--------- Injury Report ---------
OUT – RB Cory Hunter (right knee), DE Jeton Beavers (back), WR Jimmy Williams (left foot), LB Jake Geary, RB/TE Zico Pasut (left foot), WR Davon Grayson (left knee), QB Cody Keith (right elbow), LB Jeremy Grove (right shoulder)
QUESTIONABLE: OT Adhem Elsawi (left eye)
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Outside Wide Reciever (X): Reese Wiggins (Reserves: Cam Worthy)
Inside Wide Receiver (H): Isaiah Jones (Reserves: Cedric Thompson)
Left Tackle: Ike Harris (Reserves: Stewart Hinson)
Center: C.J. Struyk (Reserves: Taylor Hudson, J.T. Boyd)
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Right Tackle: Adhem Elsawi OR Tre Robertson
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Running Back: Vintavious Cooper (Reserves: Chris Hairston OR Breon Allen)
Inside Wide Receiver: Justin Hardy (Reserves: Bryce Williams)
Outside Wide Receiver: Lance Ray (Reserves: DaQuan Barnes)
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Punter: Trent Tignor (Reserves: Brendan Rowland)
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I am reading about magazine failure in another thread about carrying spare mags.
What exactly happens with magazine failure - i.e. is it the way it is filled (human error), or is the metal bent, or is this word also meaning ammo failure or failure in another part of the gun?
In other words, how can I reduce the chances of magazine failure?


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Day of Surgery:
I was very very nervous. I have never had surgery before, so I was kind of freaking out about electively putting myself through it. I was the most anxious about the anesthesia, which is very common. I did a lot of research about it before committing to the operation. After signing a pile of paperwork at the surgery center, I was taken back into pre-operative care. There was a desk of nurses to my right, a row of beds and curtains in front of me, and a small room to my left. I was taken into the small room where I got undressed and put on the very fashionable surgery robe and crawled onto the bed. A very sweet nurse came in who set up my IV and gave me a nice heated blanket. I was a little freaked out from all of the medical equipment and monitors that were hooked up to me. The anesthesiologist came in next and calmed my nerves. He explained how the anesthesia works, and the process they use during surgery. He was also very nice and reassuring. My surgeon came in next and we talked about the procedure and my expectations again. I think that all of the staff could tell I was so scared that I was shaking because they were all so incredibly kind and calming. Next, two more nurses came into my room and gave me something like valium. It called me nerves, a lot. So much to the point that as they were carting me to the OR, I asked if we could race the beds through the hallways. I don't remember much after this. I didn't see anything after they started pushing me, and the last thing I remember hearing is a nurse telling me to think of a family vacation and then I was waking up in recovery.


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|Derrick Bishop
#21 • 1991-95 • Hall of Fame 2013
Bishop was the ninth to earn induction into the Canisius Hall of Fame, joining in 2013.
A two-time team captain, Bishop ranks ninth in career points scored with 144 after he tallied 46 goals and 98 assists in 103 career games. His 98 career assists also place him fourth on the program's career helpers list, and his 33 assists in 1992-93 still rank fifth on the school's single-season assists chart. He finished his career in Blue and Gold with a +80 rating and he tallied 13 power play goals.
Bishop was named the team's Most Valuable Player after the 1994-95 campaign and earned first-team All-ECAC West honors as a senior.
|Andre Bourgeault
#18 • 1992-96 • Hall of Fame 2006
Bourgeault became the seventh member of the Golden Griffin hockey program to be inducted into the Canisius College Athletics Hall of Fame in February 2007. He ranks sixth in program history with 148 points, 11th with 55 goals and sixth with 93 assists.
His eight points against Scranton on Feb. 20, 1993, are the most by a Golden Griffin in a game, and he is one of four players in program history with four goals in a game.
The Griffs went 69-32-8 during his four years in the Blue and Gold, which ties for the most wins during any four-year span and is the best winning percentage (.670) of any graduating class. He also played on teams with the top three single-season winning percentages in program history.
|Dr. David Dietz
Founder • Hall of Fame 2001
Referred to as the "true father" of Canisius College hockey, Dr. David Dietz has been a supporter of Golden Griffin hockey since its inception more than 30 years ago. He is the namesake of the hockey award given to the Canisius player who demonstrates both athletic and scholastic dedication.
Dietz was responsible for the organization of club hockey in 1972 and coached for four seasons. The Griffs won the FLCHL Championship in the 1974-75 season and the 1975-76 campaign.
Dietz has served Canisius athletics as the athletic board chairman, hockey academic advisor and Blue & Gold Club booster. He is a tenured professor at Canisius.
|Joe Federico
#6 • 1984-88 • Hall of Fame 2005
The all-time scoring leader among Canisius defensemen, Federico earned induction into the Hall of Fame in 2006.
During his four-year career, the Griffs won 69 games, which ties for the most of any class. Federico scored 102 points in 88 career games and had 84 assists, both school records for a blueliner.
A two-time captain, Federico was a member of the all-time winningest team in school history — the 1986-87 team that went 21-11-0. He is 24th in career points, 11th in career assists and fourth in career assists per game.
|Josh Oort
#16 • 1994-98 • Hall of Fame 2010
Oort became the eighth hockey player to earn induction into the Canisius Hall of Fame, joining in 2010. During his four-year standout career, the St. Catharines, Ontario native accumulated 172 points, 67 goals and 105 assists in 103 games while leading the Griffs to four winning seasons. He places third in the school's record book in career points, fifth in career goals and third in career assists.
One of only three players in the program's history to post four 40-point seasons, Oort recorded a career-best 47 points during his senior campaign. The team's leader in points on three occasions, Oort also tallied a school-record 16 power-play goals during the 1994-95 season.
|Gary Roessler
#22 • 1980-84 • Hall of Fame 1998
On Sept. 26, 1998, Roessler became the first Canisius hockey player inducted into the Golden Griffin Sports Hall of Fame and the first to have his jersey number retired. A prolific scorer, Roessler finished his career with 68 goals, including 14 go-ahead goals and nine game-tying goals, to go along with 84 assists in his 90-game career.
As a senior, he was named team MVP after leading the Griffs in goals and assists. He graduated as the team's all-time leading scorer. The Orchard Park, N.Y. native was selected to the 1980-81 ICHL All-Star team and was named league MVP. Roessler currently ranks fifth in all-time points (152), fourth in goals and 11th in assists.
|Mike Sisti
#17 • 1986-90 • Hall of Fame 2002
A four-year letter winner in ice hockey, Sisti ranks fourth at Canisius in career scoring (163 points), third in career goals (74), and eighth in career assists (89). He shares the school record for single-game goals with four and holds the mark for single-season hat tricks with six.
Sisti posted 13 goals and 19 assists to help the Griffs to a 21-11-0 record in 1986-87. He led Canisius in goals (33) and points (57) in 1988-89 and was named the team's top forward. Sisti served as an assistant coach at Canisius and Mercyhurst before becoming the first Mercyhurst women's ice hockey coach. He owns a 311-84-26 record in 12 seasons and advanced to the NCAA Division I Championship in 2009.
|Kevin Sykes
#7 • 1984-88 • Hall of Fame 1999
A two-sport standout, Sykes was the Griffs MVP in 1985-86 and was First-Team All-ECAC Upstate in baseball in 1987 and 1988 at third base. On the ice, Sykes scored 114 goals, handed out 120 assists and totaled 234 points in 103 games. He ranks second in Canisius history in all three scoring categories and was voted the club's best forward all four years he took the ice. He compiled a +/- rating of +110 in his four seasons.
On the diamond, the Amherst, N.Y. native hit over .300 in each of his four seasons with a career-best .343 performance in 1987. Sykes hit .300 and made only five errors when Canisius advanced to the ECAC playoffs in 1986.
|Mike Torrillo
#11 • 1984-88 • Hall of Fame 1999
A two-sport standout, Torrillo is the all-time leading scorer in Ice Griffs history and a career .278 hitter as an outfielder/designated hitter for the baseball team. On the ice, the Amherst, N.Y. product scored 121 goals, added 144 assists and compiled 265 points in 116 career games. He was the team MVP his final three seasons and set a school mark as a senior with nine points (five goals, four assists) in a contest against Fredonia.
He posted a school-record 36 goals as a junior in 32 games and added a record 44 assists during the Griffs 29-game season in 1985-86. On the diamond, he played in 56 games with 10 stolen bases, eight doubles and 13 RBI.
Brian Worosz
The first goaltender in Canisius history to earn First Team All-Atlantic Hockey Conference honors and a two-time team MVP, Worosz is the 11th and most recent former hockey player to be enshrined into the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame, joining the hall with the class of 2016.
Worosz played in 110 games from 2001-05, and he ranks second in the school's Division I history with 42 career victories. His 2,771 saves are third-best in program history and his goals against average of 2.82 also ranks third in the program's record book. In his senior season, the Brantford, Ontario native led Atlantic Hockey with a 2.43 goals against average and a .919 save percentage to lead Canisius to a second-place finish in AHC's regular-season standings.