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The Fox Tango club is Rated G...No politics, religion or crude language or jokes. We're all about camaraderie and enjoying the Ham Radio Hobby! And we're proud to be a forum that WELCOMES all new Hams to our ranks. Please identify yourself or your amateur call sign when you sign in.
This group is dedicated to owners and those interested in the New FT-950 transceiver produced by Yaesu. The company actively monitors the club forums by taking an interest in the product end user.
-Introduction: The Yaesu FT-950 is an elite-class HF transceiver providing exceptional performance both on transmit and receive. The FT-950 is designed for the most competitive operating situations, whether you primarily operate in contest, DX, or digital-mode environments. It is built on the foundation of the popular FTdx9000 transceiver, and carrying the proud tradition of the FT-1000 series, the FT-950 provides up to 100 Watts of power output on SSB, CW, and FM (25 Watts AM carrier). Digital Signal Processing (DSP) is utilized throughout the design, providing leading-edge performance on both transmit and receive.
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- 6 ears fresh corn, cleaned and the kernels cut off
- 1 lb medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 10 ounces cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 red bell pepper (raw or roasted)
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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- -Place the corn kernels in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then drain and rinse with cold water. Set aside to cool.
- In a bowl, mix the cajun seasoning and the shrimp. Over medium heat, put the olive oil in a large skillet. When it's hot, add the shrimp, garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook the shrimp 2 minutes on each side. Remove from the pan to cool.
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- Place all salad ingredients in a large bowl and pour the dressing over. Toss gently and taste to see if it needs anything (salt, pepper, lime -- ).
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It was a different time; a different season in our cultural life. It was an era when one listened to local radio, watched whatever was on the few TV channels available and read books, magazines and news on something called paper. Many people still sat on their large front porches in the evenings and visited with their neighbors. Kids played outside with their friends and many -- if not most -- families sat down to dinner together almost every evening. During that era, schools had only a few sports teams. Sports for the kids existed of little league baseball and, perhaps, Pop Warner football.
It was the same season in our national life when certain times of the week were sacrosanct. Sundays were when families went to church, then spent significant time together. Many activities also avoided Wednesday night, another evening devoted to church involvement. Even in high school, I can recall the difficulty of finding friends to hang out with on Sunday afternoon. That was "nap time" in our home and I was free to find something else to do, but most of my friends were with their families on Sunday.
I recall my surprise when I discovered that schools and kids' sports leagues no longer avoided Wednesday night practices and games. I was doubly shocked when that attitude spilled over to Sunday afternoon and evening. Our church faced the reality that we needed to change our scheduling because the majority of our young families were becoming busy with extra activities almost every day of the week. Even though church life had once been the center of their social schedule, that era was over.
All of this plays in the background of my mind as I reflect on several recent conversations among our church leaders. Those convos have centered around the "M Word": Membership. Becoming a church member has gone the way of things like setting one's weekly schedule around church activities. Like many others, our church has seen increasing numbers in attendance and a decline in people who take the membership class, leading us to ask, "Why?". The discussion has elicited several observations:
- Membership has become something you pay for, in places like warehouse clubs and gyms.
- Membership often denotes something you do for your personal benefit.
- Membership is a term that seems to have lost much of its potency in the area of commitment. The church I pastor has many military families, most of them Marines. You won't hear them say, "I'm a member of the U.S. Marine Corps," but simply, "I'm a Marine (Semper Fi)!" Similarly, athletes at one of our local high schools don't typically say, "I'm a member of the football team." Instead, it's "I play football for..." In both cases, deep levels of commitment are implied and the word "member" isn't the normal term to describe it.
What shall we do to reclaim the idea that membership means something? Thom Rainer (@ThomRainer) has written a book about it, which might help steer the conversation another direction. Could it be, though, that this will be a case in which the linguistic cultural pressure can best be met by a change in terminology? Our language is skewed with words that no longer mean what they once did and our response has been to find other ways of saying what we mean.
These thoughts are simmering with us at Stone Ridge. What do you think? If you want to contribute to the conversation and grab Rainer's book (I haven't read it), tell us what you think about it. Just this morning Thom Schultz (@ThomSchultz) posted an insightful page that relates directly to the conversation; I recommend it.


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I started the year with a fun goal: To partake more in the sharing economy. I wanted to try travelling, food delivery, car sharing, unique gifts and dog sitting, among other things, in this new economy that has so much potential.
I not only wanted to spend this year as a consumer exploring services from individuals that were previously only offered by businesses, but to sell my services too. Heck, I've watched friends' dogs for free for years, why not make some extra money at it as a dog sitter?
The extra cash isn't worth the time, for the most part.
While I don't consider myself an expert as a service provider in the sharing economy, peer-to-peer, collaborative or whatever else this area is called, I have used it plenty and have an idea of what to expect as someone on the selling end. I've used Lyft, Webvan, DogVacay and have sold or given away a few things on Craigslist.
I've worked for DogVacay.com and Rover.com as a dog sitter for a year, and I've come to realize that it's not the money-making story I thought it would be. I'm not saying that the sharing economy leads to income inequality, or that it is the best way for anyone to make some extra money. But for me, it comes down to the payout versus my time.
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Here are some numbers from my workload in the sharing economy: I charge $45 a night for boarding a dog for a night. Of that, I get $38.25 per night and DogVacay gets $6.75.
I don't begrudge DogVacay its cut. That's fine and acceptable. Their online booking process is fantastic and leads to some gigs every few months.
The $38.25 a night that I collect, however, isn't always worth it in the long run. I haven't dropped out of DogVacay yet, but getting up in the middle of the night to deal with a barking dog that misses its owner is a hassle I'd rather not deal with. It makes for a long, tiresome day the next day, when I'm supposed to be writing for someone and not taking a nap.
And I don't expect to charge more than $45 per night, based on what other dog sitters charge in my area. As a dog owner myself, I see how crazy it is to even charge that much. I might as well rent a motel room for my dog.
Could I earn $4,800 a month?
I like to think that my dog sitting service is worth the price. I only watch one guest dog at a time, only accept small dogs, I'm home all day to be with the guest dog, and it has my dog and daughter to play with all day. I'll walk the dog and give it plenty of exercise, and we generally have a fun time.
Except when it barks nonstop at any noise outside, pees in the house, won't sleep in its kennel, or howls in the middle of the night. Then, that $38 and change seems like a steal for the dog owner.
I have adapted by vetting dogs better with a meet-and-greet where I try to learn the dog's habits and loneliness factor, and I require a crate for it to sleep in at night so it isn't wandering my house looking for a spot to relieve itself.
One thing that got me interested in being a DogVacay host in the sharing economy, besides it fitting in my schedule as a freelance journalist at home, was when I had my dog boarded at a DogVacay sitter's home. He had a big back yard and had about six dogs roaming the yard and through an open screen door into his living room.
At about $40 per head, he was making at least $240 a day. My dog was there for five nights, as I suspect many of the others were, earning him about $1,200 a week. That's $4,800 a month. Do that year-round and you're making $57,600 per year.
Repeat business
I didn't want six dogs at my house per night, but one dog for a week per month, for example, and I'd be making about $280 per month. That could be some fun money my family could use, or we could put it aside for something else.
I'm still on the fence on my part in the sharing economy, but I'm leaning toward saying goodbye to my attempt as a dog sitter. I don't expect to drop out of the sharing economy entirely as a seller of services, but if I do leave DogVacay it will be a big step toward it.
A dog that has stayed at our house before is coming over in early April for nine nights, which I expect will go fine because he was well behaved on a previous visit. As any hotel or AirBnB host will tell you, repeat customers are the best.
Have you sold anything in the sharing economy? Were the hassles worth the income? Respond below in the Comments section.


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Qatar is a small peninsula of 11,437 square kilometers that lies halfway along the west coast of the Arabian Gulf. The population is near 1 million, and 61% of the inhabitants live in Doha, the capital city. The official language is Arabic, and Islam is the official religion. The currency is the Qatari Riyal (QR). The time zone is GMT+3, and the IDD code is +0974. The climate during the summer is hot with high humidity. The winter months, October through April, offer an amazingly clear and comfortable climate, with temperatures ranging from 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. Aside from the capital city, Qatar boasts such prominent destinations as Al-Khor, Al-Wakra, Dukhan, Al-Shamal, Mesaieed and Al-Zubarah.
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Mine is to completely 180 my life :)
Be Healthier
Lose weight
Quit smoking
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Do amazing in college
I've been gearing up for these things for the past month or two and have everything in place to help me achieve my goals. It's gonna happen this year!! LOL
2011 is going to be 2,011 better than 2010 ;)
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Mine is more sleep. Sleep is suppose to help with weight loss and many other things and I think I can actually achieve more sleep.
Also more red wine.
More Chocolate.
I think I may even be able to keep these resolutions through the year.
Lose weight, Better relationships, make more atheist friends, get a new job.
happy 2011 to all;)
With all the "lose weight" resolutions I thought post a counter-resolution: the late, great Root Boy Slim's "Dare to be Fat"!! Also, posting in "where you live" thread because Root Boy Slim is a "local music legend" in my area (greater Washington, DC). Emjoy!


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What do you guys think about a You Tube contest ? I was looking around You Tube the other day for Series 6 video and found only a couple. If I was new to the pump style of paintball I wouldn't have found much (CCM that is).So I started thinking about having a video contest.Now i know there is a lot of action video of players out there but, there is not any real action video showing the preformance of the Series 6.What do you guys think? would that be fun? We can think about what we want to show.I think there is a lot of questions about auto triggering for example. Let's show them what it is and how it works. How about some accuracy shooting at some targets. Things like that. And yes the girls can play too.We have a few shooting the Series 6. And if not let your wives and girlfriends shoot yours.:)
And of course there will be prizes.Like a trip around the world to every paintball event, free beer for life, maybe even free gas for life. NOT.:ROTFL:
I was thinking maybe a free o-ring kit and a couple of screws.:rolleyes:
Or how about some of our pump kits or grip frames.:thumbup:
Let's set up a few rules. Like no nude shots.well maybe shooting at nudes.
I mean boobs. no, no I mean noobs.
say a minimum of 30 seconds.is that long enough?
and I'm sure there can be a couple more rules.
So what do you think? let us know.
if you'd like to donate a series 6, id be happy to do a review, post a video, make lov.... err... i mean, feel it up... and than send it back.
otherwise... i can only wish of an S6 right now...
I'll be running my camera now all night tomorrow (er.. tonight)
What about a S5rf Rapture team gun?
Sounds like a great idea.
I myself tried to find any S6 videos before I purchased mine, but the only ones available are crap. :)
I'll see what I can do in the coming weeks. (Previously worked with videoediting and capture).
So you want to show the autotrigger, accuracy and of course the beautiful looks of the marker. Anything else?
myron and i shall defeat you all
How about an S6 Prototype ?
Before I bought my S6 I watched a few of the vids that TF has up of pumpenstien... WoW...
I'd be up for it.
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Mr. Lapham, Johnny's master, is a fiercely religious man. He's a good silversmith, but a bad businessman. He is willing to annoy an influential man, John Hancock, by not having his order finished because he doesn't want to work on a Sunday. He treats Johnny fairly well. He doesn't seem abusive. However he is more interested in maintaining his religious beliefs than in cultivating Johnny's obvious gift. Mr. Lapham also does not seem to be a good judge of character, because he goes into business with Mr. Tweedie.
Mrs. Lapham is a simple woman. She cannot read and write. While she does some kind things for Johnny, she loses patience with him after he injures himself. She complains that he is lazy and useless, and does not seem compassionate.


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What can you do with biostatistics? Get a job!
Biostatistics: The Hottest Career of the 21st Century: A talk by Matt Hayat, Ph.D., associate professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health. Tuesday, November 17, 2015 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CURVE, Library South, 2nd floor Biostatistics is the science … Continue reading
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Why Professors are creating and using free and open textbooks
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The Logics and Logistics of Qualitative Research: A Framework for Exploring Concepts, Dimensions, and Relationships in Qualitative Data using NVivo Research Software Workshop Leaders: Dr. Ralph LaRossa and Dr. Mandy Swygart-Hobaugh When: Wednesday, March 11, 11:00am-12:30pm – REGISTER HERE Where: … Continue reading
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National Day on Writing
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Looking Back: February 2012
Here is a list of all the books I read this month!
- Destiny Binds by Tammy Blackwell
- Time Mends by Tammy Blackwell
- Prince of Wolves by Quinn Loftis
- Blood Rites by Quinn Loftis
- Just One Drop by Quinn Loftis
- Daphne and The Mysterious Girls Secret Bathroom Society by Robert Shields
- Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett
- Forget You by Jennifer Echols
- Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
- Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James
- I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler
- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
- Intangible by J. Meyers
What's the best book you read in February??


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Hard Rock Cafe Opens with Guitar from Kid Rock guitarist Kenny Olson
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This customized Gibson Les Paul guitar was used on tour by Kid Rock guitarist Kenny Olson The Hard Rock Cafe Four Winds opens up Wednesday.
It is the first Hard Rock in west Michigan and just the second in Michigan after one opened in Detroit in 2003. The new restaurant is located in the Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, and officials with the Pokagon Tribe tell WSJM it is slightly larger than the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago.
Among the memorabilia on the walls are guitars from Michigan rockers Bob Seger and Kid Rock, Rockford, Illinois-based Cheap Trick and a glass case of things from the late Johnny Cash. The outfit worn by Elton John on the cover of his "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" album is one of the first things people will see as they enter the restaurant.


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Want To Get A Job In High Powered Finance? Here's How to Be Brilliant
One of the things that younger people do is wonder what they are going to be when they grow up. I was cruising the Brilliant site and I saw they added some new features to help them figure that out.
Brilliant has always been about learning and sharing math problems. Teachers around the world are using Brilliant in their classrooms to teach students how to do math. Millions have used Brilliant and are on the platform. Previously, they had added an SAT Prep and JEE Math Prep section. Brilliant has added focused segments on Finance, Computer Science, Electricity and Magnetism, Classical Mechanics, and Logic. Yes, it's brilliant.
I checked out the Finance section and it's great. Finance concepts can be hard to grapple with. Everyone gets intimidated by them. It's not that the math is hard, it's the lingo. If you are interested in investment banking, this section is for you. They have lessons on fixed income, options, futures and how to get a job in finance.


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Hosanna (feat. Maya Sapone)
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Once most of us were finally gathered, the group moderator cracked open the submission box . . .
. . . and discovered that only three people had actually submitted a story.
<sad face>
So we postponed the judgment night until Monday, August 1, 2011. This should give other people more time to complete the challenge.
Hint. Hint. Hint.
:)The Quillians, my writing group on Second Life. I managed to miss out on May's and June's challenges because of the Project That Ate Summer™ at work. But I'm back for July.
The challenge was simply this: in 250-350 words, write a flash piece inspired by a song. Bonus for guessing the song!
(The bonus is because what we do is gather together one Monday night at 6pm Second-Life Time, read all the entries, and then vote on which ones we like the most. The votes are then tallied, and the winner gets a cash prize (Second Life in-game cash, that is), as do the second- and third-place winners. This time, whoever can correctly guess which songs inspired which stories gets an additional prize.)
Now, I can't give the name of the piece or the song that inspired it, because I know some of the Quillians read this blog. :) The name comes from the lyrics of the song that inspired it, so I'll just call this "Name Withheld" for now. I'll update this with the actual name and the song later. Or make a new post. Whatever.
Once again, when given a word limit, I tend to hit it exactly. But this time, I hit the LOW end instead of the HIGH end. Hm. Interesting. So this is exactly 250 words.
He was not the only one here. The proximity sensors indicated several million other ships of various sizes and configurations, some further out, some closer in. All positioned with an unobstructed view of Earth.
Humanity, in all the forms it had assumed and in all the far-flung parts of the galaxies to which they had migrated, still remembered home, or at least some few of them did. Still felt enough nostalgia to mourn—or at least mark—its destruction. But for most of humanity, Earth wasn't news. It wasn't even a distant memory. It had been uninhabitable for several billion years. All that was left was just a burnt husk. A useless cinder.
Still, that cinder was the cradle of one of the most powerful civilizations the Cluster had ever known.
He cut unneeded systems to conserve power, unfurled the solar arrays, launched and programmed the recorders to capture all wavelengths at maximum bandwidth and density in three dimensions. Stellar transitions weren't predictable to split-second accuracy, but it would happen long before he ran out of supplies.
He got comfortable. When Earth was engulfed by the expanding sun, Man would be here to bear witness, after all.
Hope you enjoyed it. I think I really like this piece. I tried making it longer, but I hated it every time I did.
We'll meet Monday (7/25/11) night and vote. If you do have a guess as to what song this was inspired by, do feel free to guess. I moderate all comments, so if someone guesses, I can just hold them until after Monday, then let them through. I'm interested to see if it's obvious.
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I first read H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy in the early 80s while I was in high school. I loved the Fuzzies and I wanted more. I found the second book of the trilogy (Fuzzy Sapiens), but got very frustrated with my book store when they did not have the third book available.
It was at this point that I discovered that Piper had died before publishing the third volume of the trilogy. GAH! I wanted to know how it ended!
Apparently, I wasn't the only one. Shortly after I read the first two, I discovered that author William Tuning had published his version of the final volume, called Fuzzy Bones. I read it. Then, yet another author—this time Ardath Mayhar—published yet another version of the final volume, called Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey. I read it.
I liked both of the non-Piper versions. But then, in 1984, Piper's widow discovered the completed manuscript of the third novel in her husband's effects. It was published as Fuzzies and Other People. Finally, at long last, the trilogy had not one, not two, but three complete, slightly different, third volumes.
I was skeptical when I heard Scalzi was rebooting the story. It reminded me of the silly attempts to remake "Planet of the Apes" and "Revenge of the Nerds": Why tamper with something that's already great as it is? Isn't three endings enough?
I heard him interviewed on a couple of podcasts. He explained that the reboot was a labor of love and that it had been endorsed by the Piper estate. He said all he was trying to do was to update the story with more modern sensibilities, but that he tried to preserve the essence of the original.
I snapped up the novel the day it hit the book store. But before I could get a chance to start reading, a friend reminded me of something I had forgotten: Wil Wheaton had recorded the audio version of the novel.
Well. That clenched that. I've been a fan of Wheaton for a long time. I bought the audio version as well. (Hey, it would be hard for Scalzi to autograph the audio version if I ever meet him at Dragon*Con. I like to think of it as "planning ahead.")
Not to mince words: I enjoyed the hell out of this book. Scalzi did exactly as he promised. The book is, in essence, the same story that Piper told nearly five decades ago, but updated to appeal to a more modern audience. This is the first Scalzi book I've read, so I can't say much about his usual style, but if they're all anything like this, I'll be reading more, rest assured.
The character of Jack Holloway was deeply flawed, but also, at the core, a decent man. Maybe his motives weren't noble, maybe his irreverent, sarcastic, f**k-you attitude toward everything made him come across as unlikable at some level. But you can't help but pull for him. After all, he did have the Fuzzies' best interest at heart. And so what if it benefitted him, as well? As flawed as the good guys were, the bad guys were truly evil. It wasn't hard at all to dislike Wheaton Aubrey, Joe Delise, and the entirety of Zarathustra Corporation. But it also wasn't at all difficult to believe that such people exist, because we all know people like them. Well, hopefully not just like them…
I loved Carl the dog. I don't remember Piper's characterization of Carl, but I think Scalzi did a great job of using Carl to make Jack come across as more human and less mercenary. It was just the right mix.
And the Fuzzies! Scalzi put so much depth of character into those little guys, you couldn't help but love them. Just like the original books. Their wide-eyed, innocent cuteness hiding intelligent, feeling, sentient persons. When Papa Fuzzy testified in court…I admit, I not only laughed out loud, I pumped my fist in a "YES!" motion a few times, and shed a few tears, as well. On a plane. My seatmate edged away from me.
As good as Scalzi's writing is, and as wonderful as I thought his characters were, I think Wil Wheaton's performance really pushed my appreciation over the edge. He has just the right tone of voice for Holloway. And when he read that court scene where Papa Fuzzy testified…well, as I said above, it moved me in more than one way. With just his voice, Wheaton was able to turn in a fantastic performance that added so much depth to the story.
I do hope that this book does well enough to allow Scalzi to continue the trilogy, or even to turn it into a series. I look forward to reading more from him, and not just in the Fuzzy universe. I highly recommend the book—audio or otherwise—to anyone who likes science fiction with a twist of courtroom drama; cute, sentient aliens; intelligent dogs; or characters who know how to dish out just desserts.
Now, by "skeptic," I don't mean "that guy who always says 'nuh-uh!' every time anyone makes a claim. Nor do I mean the habitual debunker, who feels compelled to—often gleefully—reply all to every credulous chain email with 5 links disproving whatever silly story is contained therein.1
I also don't mean the kind of "skeptic" that simply doesn't believe in something because it goes against my particular world-view or dogma or agenda.2
I'm the kind of skeptic that is epitomized by the image of James Randi above: give me evidence or don't be shocked when I fail to believe your claim.
I don't believe in ghosts, magic, bigfoot, psychic powers, angels, demons, gods, devils, alien abduction, mermaids, the Loch Ness monster, qi/chi, homeopathy, therapeutic touch, ear candling, or a very, very long list of other things too numerous to mention for which there is simply no well-tested scientific evidence that shows an effect that could not be accounted for by other things such as abnormal psychology, pareidolia, coincidence, or the placebo effect.
When people know or learn this about me and then see the kind of thing I write (science fiction, fantasy (epic, urban, and dark), and horror), I sometimes get the response where they tilt their head to one side and you can practically hear their neurons undergoing cognitive dissonance.
"But…if you don't believe in any of that stuff, why is that all you write about?"
It's a very good, valid question. And one for which I didn't have a good answer. But something occurred to me during lunch, today, and I think I have a glimmer of understanding.
One of the most basic tools in the Skeptic's Toolbox is this simple question: If X is true, how would that affect the world?
For instance, here's an example. If homeopathy3 were true, how would that affect the world?
Well, first of all, every time you drank water, you'd get what amounts to a massive dose of medicine that should cure every known disease or ailment. And the irony of homeopathy is that the less of it you drink, the higher the dose.
If that were true, how would that affect the world?
Well, there'd be practically no sickness, because all anyone would have to do to cure themselves would be to drink a glass of water. Doctors and hospitals would only be needed for treating trauma. Drug companies would go out of business. Insurance companies would deal only in accidental death and dismemberment policies. (Alas, no amount of medicine cures stupid.)
There would be no more depression, no more malaria, no more common cold, no more cancer, no more epilepsy, no more ebola, AIDS, herpes…the world would be entirely different.
And if by diluting a substance that causes an effect, you can cause the opposite effect in the body, think of the amazing new illicit drugs! Dilute something that causes pain and taking a miniscule dose of it would cause euphoria. Meth and cocaine and LSD wouldn't hold a candle to some of the designer drugs you could whip up in your own kitchen sink.
Of course, you'd have to have a way of removing the 'remembered vibrations' from water, so there'd be a market for that kind of thing. If for no other reason than to make sure that the human race didn't go extinct or have a population boom. Think of all the substances out there that cause either fertility or infertility. Dilute those enough, and you have a potent birth control (by diluting the fertility-inducers) or fertility drugs (by super-dilution of fertility-reducing substances).
On the other hand, maybe "regular" tap water is nearly perfectly balanced, so all the things that would cause X and all the things that would cause -X cancel each other out. Maybe diseases are caused by water supplies being slightly tilted in one direction or another. People who could analyze the content of municipal water supplies (or wells) could make a mint by offering to re-balance the water supply.
Imagine a world where you might be hyper-allergic to water, because it contains a massively dilute form of anti-histamine compounds. How would you survive? You'd have to have a way of "detoxifying" the water so you could drink it (i.e., removing the 'vibrations'; erasing the 'memory.')
Ooh, or how about all the estrogen or testosterone that winds up in the water supply? Even if there had never been a drug industry churning out metric tons of artificial examples of both hormones, people gotta pee, and that pee's gotta go somewhere. If your municipal water supply became gender-imbalanced…if there were too much estrogen and it were diluted enough, it would have the same effect as a massive dose of anabolic steroids. <shudder>.
Do you see what I've done, here? This is exactly what a writer does when doing world development. It's just world-building!
If elves existed, how would that affect the world?
If ships could travel faster than light, how would that affect civilization?
If lycanthropism existed, how would it work? How would it affect the world?4
What if the ancient Mayans were right, and all their gods do exist, and the world really is going to end in 2012?
So I think the answer to the question, "How do you write this stuff if you don't believe in any of it?" is that by being a skeptic and really looking at the world through a skeptical lens, you're improving your ability to ask really interesting world-building questions.
Note: I realize that I have said some things here that will not sit well with some people. I will not allow the comments here to turn into a debate. If I have said something here to offend you, I apologize, but there will be absolutely no name-calling, no diatribes, etc. I mention the definition of a skeptic and the negative examples in the footnote below for informational purposes to show readers what I mean—along with the majority of the skeptical community—when I use the word 'skeptic.' If you have a differing opinion, you are certainly entitled to it. But we are not going to debate it, here. All comments are moderated. Capisce? Buona.
- Well, okay, I actually do this, but it's beside my point.
- In other words, climate-change skeptics, who claim there is insufficient evidence that either our climate is changing or that mankind's activities have contributed to it significantly; 9/11 skeptics ("Truthers"), who claim to be skeptical that 9/11 was perpetrated by terrorists; "Moon Hoaxers," who claim that the United States never landed on the moon and that the entirety of the Apollo program was faked on a soundstage; "Birthers," who claim to be skeptical that President Obama is a US citizen; or Holocaust skeptics, who claim that either no one was killed by the Nazis or far fewer than is generally accepted. In each of those cases, the scientific consensus goes with the overwhelming evidence, but the 'skeptics' go against that evidence. The kind of skeptic I'm talking about is the kind that goes where the evidence leads, even if that is to a place his/her sentiments oppose.
- This link at Wikipedia does a much more thorough job of explaining homeopathy than I can.
- At least one author in the Urban Fantasy genre (Kat Richardson) had one of her characters—a skeptic, amusingly enough—point out that the energy required to literally reshape the tissues in a living being into another form would generate enough heat that any such creature would explode. She uses this to explain why there are no were-beasts in her novels. Vampires, yes. :)
Alternatively, they come to me when I can least do anything about them, like while I'm in the shower or driving. Luckily, keeping a notepad and pencil in the shower (hey, don't judge me) and a digital voice recorder in the car have solved those particular problems.
Today, I need to finish something else up. But I keep getting side tracked by this little voice in my head.
Every year, I participate in NaNoWriMo, which if you do a little looking around on this site, you'll find several references to. The goal during National Novel Writing Month is to write a complete novel of 50,000+ words in just the 30 days of November. You can plan and plot and world-build and character-develop all you want before that; but the entirety of the words of the novel itself must be composed between midnight of November 1st and midnight of December 1st.
Last year, I ripped NaNoWriMo a new one, to put it indelicately. I wrote 78,000 words, then went on to write another 15,000 words or so to get my time travel novel (Killing Time) done.
But this year, I have four unfinished novels, dammit. I don't need to start another one. But I want to participate. And yeah, I could use the month to concentrate on finishing one of the unfinished novels, but…well, I don't want to. I think part of the fun of NaNoWriMo is the thrill of writing something new.
For the last month or so on the podcasts Escape Pod, PodCastle, and PseudoPod, they have run promos for a series of 34 stories co-written by four well-known authors (Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout) that are collectively called "The Alphabet Quartet." Each story title starts with a different letter of the alphabet.
You may be wondering two things right now. One: Why are there 34 stories if there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet? Two: What do all these disparate, seemingly unrelated facts have to do with the price of tallow in Ecuador? I'll take those in order.
One: There are 34 because although there were originally 26, some of them were published elsewhere, and the magazine that agreed to publish them (Daily Science Fiction) wanted original works, so the quartet wrote brand new ones to replace the ones that had already been published elsewhere. But those of us who contribute to one of the three Escape Artists podcasts (listed above) get all 34. Because we're special.
Two: I'm about to tie it all together. Stand back. Watch me.
I've been trying to come up with some ideas lately for shorter works that I can play with. Stuff that doesn't require a bunch of world-building, character development, and plotting. When I heard about the Alphabet Quartet, my brain seized on the idea of writing 26 stories, each one beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. It was a cute idea. I filed it away.
A day or two later, a rhyme from Sesame Street long past (which was also featured in the film E. T.: The Extra-Terrestrial) popped into my head: "A is for Apple. B is for Ball. C is for Cat that sits on the wall."1 It played over and over in my head.
Eventually, I put the ideas together. To wit: I should write 26 short stories, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, but the titles themselves should make a little doggerel rhyme of that sort.
I jotted down a few ideas in Evernote. I tried to come up with single-word titles beginning with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet in such a way that each three-letter combination formed a 'stanza.' But the words had to be evocative; that is, they have to conjure up several ideas. They have to give me a spark. And I have to be able to rhyme the final word of the third line of each stanza with the second title. Think that sounds easy? I'm not a poet. :)
Oh, here. This will explain it better than I'm doing.
B is for Bard;
C is for Clowns that creep through the yard.
D is for Dragon,
E is for Earth;
F is for Forgetting what some things are worth.
G is for Graveside,
H is for Him;
I is for Innocence wrapped up in sin.
J is for Justice,
K is for Kiss;
L is for Lightning: a strike or a miss.
etc. You get the idea.
The third line of each stanza will give a clue to what that letter's story should be about. And I'm not saying that these are by any means the final choices. Each alphabet word gives me a number of ideas. I especially like "C is for Clown" and "U is for Uranus." Those are the two for which more or less complete story ideas popped instantly into my head.
So, the idea that came to me while I was trying to do something else—which then inspired me to write this post, which further keeps me from that something else—is that if I write 26 stories of about 2000 words each (on average), that's more than enough words to win NaNoWriMo, and it gives me a finished "work," even if it's not a novel.
Now, if you remove the four days of holiday at the end of November (where we here in the US celebrate Thanksgiving)…well, golly! That equals 26, doesn't it?
I think this sounds suspiciously like my brain done went and ambushed me with a plan! :)
- The irony of this is that I can find no reference of this anywhere on the Internet. I distinctly remember it, yet I'm probably wrong. It would be amusing in the extreme if my misfiring memory of something that never existed sparked this idea. When I get home, I'll see if I can find ET and watch that sequence to see what it actually says. The one screen capture I saw online shows Drew Barrymore standing in front of a TV on which is displayed "B is for Banjo," and it is on a wall.


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Do you ever feel like it's never going to happen? Some days I'm content with waiting but other's I feel like if we wait too long it just won't happen and I want it... so much. We were talking last night and we originally sort of planned for May 2014 to be our TTC date, Maybe Feb at the earliest. But he was saying he thinks with the renovating and what not, we will be super busy for 12 months at least that it won't be the right timing. But in the next breath, he doesn't want to be 45 or older, and thinks if it doesn't happen before he is 45 then he doesn't want to continue trying. He turns 45 in 2017. I guess I'm just worried with my PCOS and everything, the TTC journey might be a long one and it worries me a little bit that it might not happen, then we will run out of time? Do you guys feel that way (not exactly this way) but somewhat this way at all? It's kind of consumed my brain a little bit and I think about it daily. I wish there was a way to get the idea out of my head for at least 12 months because I feel like its slowly turning me crazy
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This one of the most addictive games ever I couldn't stop playing it so I rate it 5 stars thanks developers for making this
Downloaded this for my kids and wound up downloading it on my phone too! Great game. :-)
The most cool surf game
It keeps me distracting from other work as well as games
Its not as high-end as other 3d games but its really refreshing. I suggest the devs add more levels and tricks too
This is a great application o' fun times. It was just one of those things, a trip to the moon on gossamer wings.
Best of all. You'll never get bored of this game. Really!
Really chill and its difficult sometimes but u just gotta keep playing !!
Great game... it kills boredom
Y'all should do a theme of Paris to support those who lost loved ones #wereAllFrenchtoday
It is so fun and when I crass I get really angry
Bored happy sad PLAY THIS GAME
If you are bored. You can play this game.
This game is really good, it's just sometimes it doesn't pick up when I swipe or tap my finger. Really good though.:-)
Oh man great pass timer the same thing that we love to do ask Bay lol
BEST. GAME. EVER. It so fun, challenging and a GREAT thing to do in your spare time. SUCH a great game :3.
In the game because that was weird,,,,
This is the best game ever cause I hacked it to make it give me 10000000$
Played for 5 mins. Time to uninstall. let's say its just not my cup of tea.
This game is well cool takes a little while to download and gets really fast as you get through the game. Definitely get again
The people that put complaints in they are doing #losers
It's awesome it's really fun though but some times if you don't have WiFi it won't work.
I love a good challenge and even tho it is not much of a challenge it is still a challenge u guys may have trouble but it is not hard
הוא ממש ממש טוב שווה להוריד
Great game!!!
Not the best at signing in but who gives a hay! It's really good and it fun, if I were you people I would download this! •w•
Fun to play and cute characters ...but got stuck in one level.
The game is great, awesome background music, but it lags badly on my Galaxy S4, random lags, no matter too many or too little objects on screen.
best surfing game on market better than billabong surf trip which could of been way better than this one but failed
I really love the game but one thing I wanted to get a jackpot in the mystery box ( sorry for my spelling) A 100,000 but I kept trying and trying again but I cant grr pls let me get the 100,000 coin jackpot pls
Awesome game, brother nagging me to play the game. But I understand why.addictive
This is an awesome,addicting and fun game. Highly recommended.
The most ANNOYING!!! and WONDERFUL game I have ever played =))))
Good game but there should be more surfers. I am giving 4stars because there is only 1 surfer but I like the boards. Please put some surfers
It is so fun this is the game I really like it is the best game that I would play I love the characters in the game they are so cool
I haven't played this game but people I know have they say It's fun so l am trying it for the first time
This game is superb I don't have any complaint to this it is the best game ever
Very nice beautiful l have to waite a few second this install time is coming!
But I'm sure 'twill b awesome !!........just like subway surfer?!? :D
It's fun but after a while it gets a little boring


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Building work has begun on the 11th centre in the GenesisCare UK portfolio. The property at Alma Road, Windsor is their largest yet measuring 19,900 sq ft set over three floors. Situated in the heart of the town, the Windsor Diagnostic and Cancer Centre will offer patients across Berkshire, West London and further afield, access to state of the art diagnostic and radiotherapy techniques.
Joint Venture Partnership
For the first time in the UK, GenesisCare has created a joint venture partnership with oncologists to deliver radiotherapy services. Sharing a vision to provide local private patients with access to high quality oncology services, GenesisCare UK and the Berkshire Oncology Partnership, a group of 10 local oncologists, have been working closely to develop this new service in Windsor. The joint venture has offered consultants the opportunity for greater influence in the design and delivery of the service and the opportunity to invest in the future of radiotherapy services. This is common practice in Australia but unique for GenesisCare in the UK.
Dr James Gildersleve, from the Berkshire Oncology Partnership, said: "Getting to this point in our collaboration has been rewarding and refreshing. It is a genuine partnership and we have had input every step of the way, from deciding on the location and property design, through to agreeing our diagnostic partners and the services to be provided. We are looking forward to the next phase, as we develop the services together. We believe this partnership with GenesisCare allows us to be sure our patients will receive the highest quality private service."
John Allen Executive Manager for the International Operations at GenesisCare said: "We are excited to have entered into this partnership. We work closely with our consultants throughout the world and value their clinical expertise. Through this new joint venture, our close alignment ensures that patients will receive the very best clinical care in a first class environment. We will be looking to implement this model at all our new centres going forward and potentially to offer the same opportunity at some of our existing centres where we seek to have a close interaction with our consulting physicians."
Versa HD Linac from Elekta
A Versa HD Linac from Elekta will be installed initially and patients will benefit from access to a large diagnostic suite which will include a 4 dimensional CT and MRI. The centre will house a number of consulting rooms centred around the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, deliver holistic therapies for patients and offer access on site to a supervised gymnasium.
The centre is planned to open to patients in October 2017.


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Small Business Online Accounting Software for the USA
Tally.ERP 9
A comprehensive accounting software
Tally.ERP 9 is a business accounting software for accounting, inventory, payroll management. It is economical and one of the most popular ERP software solutions available in the industry. You can download free version of Tally.ERP 9.
HDPOS Smart Accounts & Billing
Best Bookkeeping Software for Businesses
HDPOS is the best cloud based accounting softwar for businesses. It has ease of use and nice interface. It is a Windows based billing, Inventory management and accounting software and it easly install on single computer or multiple terminals.
MARG ERP 9+ Inventory & Accounting Software
Cloud Based Accounting Software for Businesses
MARG is amazingly simple and fastest online Accounting Software for small businesses and it handle multiple customers by allowing to hold current invoice. It is economical and one of the most popular ERP software. It's an complete solution from Purchase planning to Balance Sheet.
Best cloud based online accounting software for SMBs
Cloud based accounting software for small business owners and their accountant. It is beautifully designed and easy to use online bookkeeping software.
Wave Accounting
Software BY Wave Accounting Inc.
Small Business Accounting Software
ProfitBooks is a simple and fastest business online accounting software for small businesses. It lets you create beautiful invoices, track expenses and manage inventory without any accounting background.
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Software BY Intuit Inc
QuickBooks is a simple online accounting system for business owners to make informed decisions. You can run your business with QuickBooks Anytime, Anywhere.
Bookkeeping Software for Small Business
ZipBooks is very simple and easy to use cloud based accounting software designed specifically for small businesses. It enables you to streamline your financial operations and increase productivity. You can get access to all essential accounting, inventory, sales and purchase features.
myob Accounting Software
Best Online Accounting Software for Businesses
All in one online accounting software for businesses. Myob AccountRight can manage inventory and multiple organization accounts - so you can make sure you handle your business the way you want. Get demo now.
Software BY LessAccounting
Best accounting system for tracking of businesses expenses within the online accounting software. It is a web based platform provides efficiently online collaborate among small businesses and accountant.
Busy Accounting Software
Best Small Business Software
Busy is the complete accounting software for small and medium businesses. It has been allowing SMEs across geographies, industry verticals and customer division and distribution and service by helping them manage their business efficiently.
Zoho Books
Smart Accounting Software for growing businesses
Cloud Accounting Software Making Billing Painless
Software BY Veersoft Solutions
Accounting Guru is an Online Accounting Software for small business with inventory and billing, which includes Branch Accounting - Interbranch Transactions. Try it free demo now!
Wings Accounting
Software BY WingsInfo
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What is Online Accounting Software?
Cloud-based or online accounting software is a SaaS based business model. It can be a traditional, on-premise or self-installed software, only that it will be hosted on remote servers. Users send data requests to 'the cloud'. The data gets processed within 'the cloud' and is sent back to the user. In a cloud model, instead of working from the desktop, users can execute the application functions off-site. Users also get remote access to all software applications and dynamic modules via Internet or any other network with the help of a cloud application service provider.
Online accounting software reduces the hassles of installing and maintaining the software on every individual's desktop. Employees all over the organization as well as in its remote branch offices can easily access the same data and version of the accounting software. They can also benefit from real-time reporting and visibility, and enjoy mobile capabilities and teamwork all throughout the organization. The cloud accounting systems are subscription-based services where businesses end up paying only for the amount of space utilized. At the same time, businesses receive automatic updates to the software without purchasing any additional software.
Thus, a online accounting software significantly reduces the cost of installing and maintaining the software across the organization. It also eliminates the time and effort of installation and maintenance. Thus, it provides more convenience and advantages to businesses.
Online Accounting Software vs Traditional Accounting Software
Besides the onsite and off-site concepts, there are other noteworthy differences between online and traditional accounting software:
- First, online accounting software is undoubtedly more flexible than traditional accounting. In a cloud environment, users can access accounting data from anywhere using any device through Internet. However, this is not possible in traditional accounting software.
- Second, financial information are auto updated in online accounting software. Also, there's no need of upgrading license fees and maintenance costs. Businesses only renew their subscription contract, if and only required. Whereas, in traditional accounting software, business have to pay additionally for software updates and maintenance. They also have to incur expenses for purchasing new hardware like servers.
- Third, cloud based accounting software offer financial reporting in real-time. It reduces the chances of human errors, which are more likely to happen from manual data entry, thus providing accurate financial account balance. Contrary to this, real-time reporting is not available in traditional accounting software, which means more time, more effort and higher risk of errors.
- Finally, unlike traditional accounting modules, cloud based accounting software have greater ability and efficiency to deal with multi-currency and multi-company transactions.
Developing a System for Selecting Online Accounting Software
Instead of suggesting the same online accounting software for all small to large scale of businesses, software developers must cater to individual needs and specific requirements of their clients. In this way, they can deliver best solutions and meet the unique requirements of a firm. Here's how they can develop an appropriate system for choosing the best accounting software for their Clients:
1. Listening to Client Requirements
The very first step to provide the most suitable accounting software is by giving a patient hearing to the respective needs and requirements of your clients. A thorough understanding of the client's business and the purpose for installing cloud based accounting software helps in making better recommendations. Also, instead of offering a hundred options which might disinterest clients, a clever way is to know their requirements and come up with a few shortlisted choices.
2. Mitigating Risk
Moving to a new system of accounting holds certain amount of risk. Also, there's substantial cost for training, support and maintenance. Companies, especially small and medium businesses, are more cautious about the risks of adapting to a new form of software, than its benefits. In such a situation, accounting software professionals must stand out as an expert and mitigate all risks from the clients' mind. They must make the best recommendations and win the trust of clients and create a win-win situation.
3. Forming a Brand Portfolio
In order to make the best software suggestions, a good way is to look back at similar clients or businesses and analyze their needs, preferences, pattern of usage and level of satisfaction. In this way, the accounting staff has to form a brand portfolio of their past cloud software services and showcase their experience to impress prospective clients.
4. Collating the Above Factors
And after all such efforts, software professionals must collate all their findings and put it at one place. By going through the client needs, offering the best choices and going by past experience; the software team can provide the best-possible solution to their clients. In this way, they can customize the software and fulfil the purpose. With the best suggestions, they can sustain their clients for lifetime.
Top Trends in Online Accounting Software
1. Cloud Is No Longer 'Future'
With the world moving towards cloud technology, it's no longer an aspiration. In fact, cloud is the talk of every business. Today, most small, medium and large companies are embracing cloud module to ease their accounting system. They find cloud more user-friendly, convenient and cost-efficient. Thus, cloud based accounting software is the 'current trend' of every industry.
2. Most Businesses Are Happy With Traditional Software
Although business heads might talk cloud, yet they hesitate from being a regular cloud user. The problem of functionality still persists in the minds of top management. Where new businesses and startups give a quick go-ahead to cloud-based software, older companies prefer to cling to their traditional software modules. According to a survey, the difficulty lies in changing the mindset from traditional to cloud technology. Nonetheless, while businesses have started believing in incorporating cutting-edge technology, online accounting software professionals must think of ways to break the taboo and bring more businesses within the cloud domain.
3. Innovation In Cloud Based Accounting Software
Cloud based accounting software has come up with a new feature and module, known as Blockchain. It is an amazing application and helps users to manage their digital conversations in a cost-efficient manner. Blockchain gives fair, transparent and traceable ways to streamline communication and track all accounting and financial data from a centralized location.
Online Accounting software – a comprehensive buyer's guide
A decade ago, it was most common for all companies to have accountants who would be in-charge of managing the financial data and accounting details. And ten years down the line, technology has touched each strata of business so vastly that most companies now host their financial data on software's bought from vendors, no longer! Accountants hired especially for this purpose, gone is that era. More over, with software-as-a-service (SAAS), all your data is stored on servers that have the best security and auto-backup. Who says they are not affordable? With flexibility in payment, you do not need to pay extra charges, only for the services that are used. This is the main reason why most small and medium sized businesses are opting for it along with no need for capital investment.
With the widespread use of online accounts, a number of software vendors have come up and this task of choosing the Cloud online accounting software for your business can become pretty daunting! In this article, we cover the complete A-Z of web based online accounting software and why it needs to be an intrinsic part of all businesses. Same as Accounting Software will by and large contain tools that helps to create bills, process payments and track costs and create reports and improve communication, thus helping to reduce cost and time spent on accounting Task.
An overview of Online Accounting Software
In a layman's language, Cloud based online accounting software's make the entire system of financial transactions transparent by keeping a tab on them. The most common and basic features included are – managing and updating the general company ledger, payments received and paid, payroll and recording modules. Often supplementary features are provided as per your need like – fund bookkeeping for non-profit purposes, claiming for medical purpose and calculating the extra commissions for sales-based businesses like real estate, brokers and rate analysis for banks. Same as the most useful Personal Finance Software will provide you with plenty of user-friendly features, so that you can deal with all parts of your accounts.
Why is it most preferred? There is no need of extra hardware as it is directly hosted on the internet. These online accounting services for small businesses require an active server, also these online accounting software have regular back-up facilities and reduce the expenditure cost that can by paid as monthly or annual fee.
The two types of best online accounting software are: SAAS – browser based and Application Service Providers (ASP) – client based. The SAAS being designed to be used via Internet browsers like Chrome, Safari, Explorer can be accessed by the user from anywhere in the world. In the ASP, the small "client" software is installed onto the business's computer. Both these are hosted on a server. The ASP can be "web-enabled", however it is not designed for that purpose hence they may not operate very seamlessly on a web browser.
The vendor – Buyer scenario
From the innumerable software's out there, it can be an ordeal to choose the best one and the cost of selecting the wrong one can have numerous side-effects. So we have prepared a list of vendor – buyer table category-wise.
|Type of Buyer
|Vendor software options
|Full fledge Cloud based accounting solutions
|Busy, Tally, Saral (Syncronization) Profit Books, Quickbooks, Reach, Zoho Books, xero
|Basic Cloud Accounting systems for Small businesses
|Reeleezee, Handdy accounts, Wave accounting, Zipbooks, bean cruncher, gurilla, zoostr
Market trends that you should be aware off
Customization as per your requirements – Most of these solutions are agile and allow the user to pay only for the services they use. So if your business needs core accounting and not tracking of sales management, then it would not be included. The benefit of this is that you don't pay extra charges, only pay for what is used.
Electronic payment gateways – they offer numerous advantages like online paying of bills and receiving payments. They save time and transport expenses of your customers and the benefit of online receipt generation is that the accounts are maintained transparent without chances of getting lost or misplaced.
SAAS for large enterprises – The SAAS offer many benefits that like the ERP, CRM (Customer Resource Management), Sales and invoice management and outlet resource management and finance management software. They are highly functional and target large businesses that require all these features. They are multifarious and have diverse functions, this is their main benefit.
Perks and Potentials of using web based accounting software
Compared to the traditional on premise software's that need a lot of manpower and monetary resources to handle its operation, these online software's make the entire process hassle-free and offer a large number of advantages like:
Increased payment transparency – These software's can be operated from all over the world and 24/7 so payments can be done round the clock. Also they automatically do the payments at the set date and hence no overdue charges are levied. Basic employee payrolls are also managed and the entire system is displayed to all thereby elevating transparency. The online portals are updated as to which team has to achieve what goals and this increases the communication between the inter-department employees. Moreover, the company ledgers are automatically updated leaving little chance for errors.
The burden on IT team is reduced – For SME's every single manpower is important as they operate in limited budget. The web based best online accounting software handles all aspects like automatic updates, back-ups, routine maintenance and they also lower the IT hardware charges.
Flexible payment modes – No need to pay large infrastructure charges that need regular maintenance. They follow an operational expense method and not a capital one, so the buyer only pays for the services that are used.
Enhanced data security – Most of these vendors have stringent security measures protecting your data from theft and cyber hacking. The data is stored in encrypted form so as to keep it safe from hackers and online scammers.
The entire process of selecting the best online accounting software should be done along with the buyer's implementation. At no stage should he feel that it is forcefully being levied on him. Involve him in the entire process right from showing the demos', explaining its practical use to selecting the best one taking into consideration the pros and cons of each one. At Software Suggest, we offer cost-effective online accounts solutions for each industry and small business after a thorough research on your company's business goals, its niche requirement and employee survey.
The above trends have changed the name and face of the accounting software industry. With changes in accounting software, accountants are also changing their outlook and perceptions. They are constantly updating themselves with the latest trends and versions of cloud based accounting software. Armed with such knowledge and proficiencies, today's accountants overwhelmingly propose cloud technology for creating a customized experience for their clients.


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Yes, I am married, admits F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany yesterday, denying charges of bribery that threaten to land the British billionaire in jail
Munich: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany yesterday, denying charges of bribery that threaten to land the British billionaire in jail.
Bernie Ecclestone and his wife Fabiana Flosi. Pic/Getty Images
Ecclestone, 83, is accused of paying a German banker tens of millions of dollars to ensure his continued grip on the motor sports empire he built up virtually single-handedly over four decades.
The mop-topped, diminutive F1 magnate entered the packed Munich courtroom in his trademark black suit and white shirt, saying only: "I'm confident, the sun is shining."
Inane introduction
The defendant then confirmed his name and personal details, stumbling briefly before saying "yes, I am married," to which judge Peter Noll replied: "OK, those were the easy questions."
Ecclestone then silently followed line by line on paper the prosecution brief, which alleges serious corruption charges that carry a maximum jail term of 10 years.
His lawyer Sven Thomas dismissed the allegations as "inaccurate, misleading and unsubstantiated," saying, "the alleged bribery did not take place."
He also declared that Ecclestone does not intend to speak for now in the trial that is set to run until September.
The case centres on a payment Ecclestone made to a German banker eight years ago, and the question is whether it was a bribe or — as the defence claims — hush money after a blackmail attempt.


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Our Express Usability Test – For the times you don't need a full study….
Question: Do you ever want to get a "sanity check" on a UI issue (element/feature) that has just launched? Or is just about to launch? Or data on a specific feature your competitors have that you're thinking about implementing?
Perhaps it's a small piece of UI, a widget, or otherwise a small change that doesn't need the time, expense and detailed planning/consulting that accompany our typical 1-hour usability sessions.
And you need the data fast – as in "yesterday!"
If this sounds like you, then we'll be happy to introduce you to our new Online Express Usability Test.
Our new Online Express Usability Test is perfect for you when you need the following:
- A "Sanity Check" – when you need a "sanity" check on ad live piece of your website/user interface.
- Competitive Feature Assessment – Is your team wondering whether a competitor's solution is effective? If you're considering copying their approach, you can test it to see how it functions and get some data before you proceed. No need to worry about bothering your development or design teams or creating any internal dependencies that might prevent you from executing the test plan. Instead of all of that headache, we help you test the competitive feature so you will have some data to bring to the table and inform design and development decisions.
- Get some qualitative data – analytics data is great but it has a downside – you don't know exactly what the site visitors were trying to do and can't infer all of their behavior from the clickstreams. Why guess when you can know – having a brief express usability test will provide you with some video and user behavior insights to provide you with context and insight into how customers are actually using your site. And it will help you form
Who this is not for – this service is not for you if:
- You really need a full usability test and are trying to cut corners. For example, we do not recommend this approach for a prototype with a lot of interactive functionality that requires in person observation.
- If it's our first engagement with you and we haven't met before.
- You need quantitative data and large sample sizes for internal stakeholders – if that's the case we have other online options with samples of 100-200 people. For example, we can do on online usability test or a hybrid focus group/usability study that is a blend of qualitative and quantitative.
Logistics – Our Express Usability Test comes in two "flavors" to cover all your needs:
- Moderated – for when you have something that requires more careful observation of their natural behavior. For example, imagine you are testing spontaneous natural behavior such as interaction with a widget – and direct observation is the most important.
- Unmoderated – okay when focus is more on what users say, or their self-ratings, and you don't need to observe user behavior as carefully. For example, you have 3 different design comps you want to get some early directional feedback on. Or you want to get a quick perspective on how users react to a design concept or execution on a competitive site.
- Participants: Seven participants.
- Timeline: Typically 4 days – order on a Monday and we'll present your results on Friday! Signed SOW and initial planning discussions will occur the week prior.
Test Summary
Test Summary
|Study Type
|Deliverable: PowerPoint presentation and 45 min video results presentation via GoToMeeting.
|5 Days – Study on Monday with results presented on Friday
|Contact For Pricing+ Participant Gratuities & Recruiting (~$2,500)
|Written report (word) and 45 min video results presentation via GoToMeeting.
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Holy Moly! What A View!written by denisesanjose on 2013-06-07 #news
A camera can only capture so much of what you see with your own eyes. It can crop out some subjects, blur some details, or focus on the wrong elements. But not Horizon cameras, the panoramic professional's choice.5 11 Share Tweet
Once Upon A (Fisheye) Summer...written by denisesanjose on 2013-05-31 #news
One of the favourite cameras Lomographers like to bring along on their summer adventures is the original Fisheye One. So tell us, where have you gone with your 170-degree wonder and where are you taking it this year?2 9 Share Tweet
Why Limited Edition Cameras Are Good Investmentswritten by denisesanjose on 2013-06-03 #news
I am way jealous of anyone who owns the limited edition LC-A+ White Japan Edition because I wasn't able to score the legendary LC-A+ camera dressed in whimsical white leather. While it is no longer available, other exclusive Lomography cameras are up for grabs and here's why I think they're worth the extra dough.3 6 Share Tweet
Become A Spinster This Summer!written by denisesanjose on 2013-06-03 #news
We definitely don't mean the grumpy-old-single-lady-who-lives-with-twenty-cats kind, so maybe we mean a fun-hipster-with-a-Spinner-360? Whatever kind of analogue person you are, you should get your hands on the Lomography Spinner 360 in this dizzying heat and shoot all your summer adventures!1 5 Share Tweet
See Your Summer In Sprocketed Lomographswritten by denisesanjose on 2013-06-27 #news
If you like piña coladas and sprocket holes, then get whisked away this summer with analogue nostalgic shots scanned with the DigitaLIZA!3 2 Share Tweet
Just A Little Prickwritten by denisesanjose on 2013-06-04 #news
Some people think that small means insignificant or that little things are irrelevant. But to see the bigger picture, sometimes all you need is a bit of perspective. If you've never tried lensless photography, now might be the best time make your first pinhole camera.2 3 Share Tweet
It's Hip To Be Square This Summer!written by denisesanjose on 2013-05-28 #news
The LC-Wide is great for taking up scenes of the world in its entirety, but did you know that you can also shoot sweet squares with this premium camera? Perfect for that classic, vintage look in the inimitable square format!2 3 Share Tweet
I Dreamed A Diana Dreamwritten by denisesanjose on 2013-06-05
Blinding light and light leaks, pretty pastel colors, nostalgic childhood memories... I rarely have pleasant dreams these days so when I do, I try to cling to the lucid feelings and desire to recreate those very details in my photographs.1 3 Share Tweet
Happy Summertime Shooting In Half-Frames!written by denisesanjose on 2013-05-30 #news
You know what will save you some money and allow you to creatively tell a short story? Why, the Diana Mini, of course! Capable of shooting full squares as well as half-frames, double the number of exposures you can capture on a roll with this versatile, vintage-inspired film camera!2 2 Share Tweet


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San Francisco, CA: Ever wonder when it will be possible for a hotel chain to offer a 360 video tour of a travel destination or an automotive manufacturer to offer a 360-degree tour of their car's interior, yet all within an ad that is personalized to the consumer? It just became possible.
Flite, a Creative Management Platform (CMP), unveiled the first advertising unit that couples a 360-degree video or image with all of the 1:1 personalization of a CMP. Similar to Facebook 360 Video or YouTube 360 video, Flite 360° supports video or images for 360-degree spherical viewing, and adds all of the available interactive elements and personalization components from the FliteCMP platform.


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Buyers Guide – Compact System Cameras
My latest offering over on the Wex Blog is now live. This time around, I'm giving you a guide to choosing between some of the many compact system cameras (CSCs) currently available on the market.
The past few years have seen a rapid increase in the quantity of CSCs out there and picking the right model for you can be quite a confusing process.
In the guide, I've taken a look at a range of comparable cameras and discussed not only their key features, but also their design and suitability for certain tasks.
To view the full, comprehensive article, just follow this link.
Enjoy :)
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I Don't Know What's Come Over Me, But
6 comments:
The neckwarmer is gorgeous! The button is perfect on it. Can't wait to see how your scarf is going this time.ReplyDelete
It is lovely! And the button too. Are you sure you aren't doing this to make me like red things?ReplyDelete
perfect match for the neckwarmer, Libby!ReplyDelete
I'm so curious to see the polka dot scarf!!!
Libby, this is gorgeous! Did you follow a pattern?ReplyDelete
You did such a great job on the neck warmier! I'm with you, love the red!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousWednesday, April 07, 2010
Hi Libby,ReplyDelete
Love your neckwarmer.
I also think most things in the color red are truly awesome and make an extra statement. Just one of those 'WOW' colors I guess(LOL).
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TUPELO — A new National Park Service (NPS) report for 2012 shows that 5.6 million recreational visitors to the Natchez Trace Parkway spent $125.9 million in the communities surrounding the Park.
This spending supported over 1,550 jobs in the local area.
The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by Catherine Cullinane Thomas and Christopher Huber, U.S. Geological Survey economists, and Lynn Koontz for the National Park Service.
The report shows $14.7 billion of direct spending by 283 million park visitors in communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 243,000 jobs nationally, with 201,000 jobs found in these gateway communities, and had a cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy of $26.75 billion.
According to the report, most visitors spending supports jobs in restaurants, grocery and convenience stores (39 percent), hotels, motels and B&Bs (27 percent), and other amusement and recreation (20 percent). The report includes information for visitor spending at individual parks and by state.