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Everyone wants to see public education adequately funded, state Sen. Caryn Tyson said.
�I can�t imagine anyone in this room not saying that education is important and critical to us all,� Tyson, R-Parker, said at Saturday�s Legislative Coffee at City Hall, 101 S. Hickory St. � ... We�re all impacted by education.�
Education was the topic on many people�s minds at the first Legislative Coffee event � moderated by Richard Jackson, East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. CEO � of the legislative session.
Three area lawmakers � Tyson, state Rep. Blaine Finch, R-Ottawa, and state Rep. Kevin Jones, R-Wellsville � joined a packed audience, which included school superintendents, current and former school teachers and other residents concerned about education and other issues.
�It�s been about 15 years since I sat up here with any kind of authority, and the last time it was this crowded, we were talking about leash laws for dogs,� Finch said from the City Hall commission chambers, garnering laughter from the audience. Finch, a freshman lawmaker, previously served as an Ottawa city commissioner and Ottawa mayor.
Coffee topics included public education funding and teachers� unions.
Tyson said the Legislature is taking a look at the school funding finance formula this year, but she wasn�t sure how in depth those talks would go. Her concern, she said, was in keeping rural schools in mind when discussing the equation.
�Rural Kansas is critical,� she said. �It�s the backbone. It�s who we are.�
Finch said he supported early childhood intervention programs, as well as programs to help keep talented and smart graduates in the state.
However, he said, the state already has much to be proud of when it comes to education.
�We certainly don�t have near the problems that other states do, and it�s something we need to be proud of,� he said. �Does that mean we can�t do better? Absolutely not.�
Jones said it�s important teachers and schools get the funds they need, but tough economic times call for tough talks.
�Now we find ourselves having to tighten the belt buckle a little bit and figure out how to make these things work,� he said.
One audience member asked about the legislators� stances on House Bill 2023, concerning payroll deductions for public union members. The bill would prohibit employees� organizations, or unions, from taking voluntary paycheck donations for political advocacy.
Tyson said she had reservations with the bill. As a taxpayer herself, she said, she didn�t want to limit anyone�s opportunity to give financially, but she also didn�t think private unions should be able to collect dues while public ones could not.
�I felt like that was a double standard and we shouldn�t be doing that,� she said.
Finch said he voted no on 2023, saying the bill could invite a lawsuit, which a state with a deficit of $700 million doesn�t need.
�Once you earn your paycheck, it�s your money to decide what to do with it,� Finch said.
Jones said he voted yes on the �paycheck protection� issue, citing an example of a constituent who wanted to support Jones financially, but not another opponent, which could happen by contributing to a PAC.
While education seemed to be the topic of the day, other issues surfaced, including KPERS, gun control and recent tax changes.
Roy Dunn, a Franklin County commissioner, asked the legislators about the governor�s approach to move toward a zero income tax.
�I think this is really concerning, not only to the county, but the school boards, too,� Dunn said.
With the passage of an �aggressive� tax bill last year, Tyson said, she planned to do research in the coming days to prepare for coming tax talks.
�If they remove mortgage deduction and property tax deduction � I have concern over both of those � what size of mortgage do you have to have to be able to itemize instead of getting a standard deduction?� Tyson said. �Those are questions we need to have answered while we�re working the bill.�
Finch said it�s going to take a lot of hard work, intense talks and compromise to solve the state�s budget issues.
�The point is, we�re staring down the barrel of a $700 million deficit,� he said. � ... The budget is the most important thing we do.�
Jones reiterated Finch�s words of compromise and hard work, but expressed his appreciation of having a leader with a vision.
�We�ve got to take this vision and make it work for our constituents,� he said.
Diane Drake, director of the Elizabeth Layton Center for Guidance and Hope, questioned lawmakers about their stances on concealed weapons allowed in public buildings.
�As a community mental health center, one of the things we need to do is safeguard the building,� she said, also saying concealed weapons at the Layton center might make some patients anxious, as well as put an extra burden on law enforcement.
Jones said he hadn�t heard about any specific bill yet, but was �largely� a proponent of conceal and carry and Second Amendment rights.
As a recreational firearms user, Finch agreed, saying he wouldn�t vote to restrict anyone�s Second Amendment rights. However, he said, mental health patients and administrators have other rights, which might conflict with gun rights.
�Those are touchy areas in our society,� he said. � ... I understand the right to the feeling of safety and security, and I also understand people�s right to conceal and carry a weapon.�
Ottawa Mayor Gene Ramsey posed a question about the Kansas Department of Transportation involving the state taking money from the transportation program to put in the general fund.
�For whatever it�s worth, KDOT has been very good to Franklin County,� Ramsey said.
All three legislators expressed optimism in that KDOT would be willing to part with some funds to help fund education.
�If you have to take from KDOT, that�s the area I�d like to see it go,� Finch said.
Jones said he was OK with the department handing over extra funds, as long as it wasn�t asking for more money.
Tyson agreed, also expressing optimism about combining the Kansas Turnpike Authority with KDOT � a move planned by Gov. Sam Brownback that is expected to save $15 million.
Several questions came up regarding bills the legislators hadn�t yet read.
�Over 100 bills already have been introduced in the house, and if you think any of us have read all of them, sorry,� Finch said. �Some of them won�t ever see the light of day.�
Nonetheless, he said, he was prepared for some tough talks and heated debates to solve the state�s most pressing issues.
�We have a duty to not embrace simplicity because it�s easy,� Finch said. �We have a duty to look beyond and find adaptive solutions to problems.�
The next Legislative Coffee is planned for 10 a.m. March 2 at City Hall.
�We had a good turnout,� moderator Jackson said. �Hope to see an even bigger turnout next time.�


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"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."--(ST. JOHN i. 29.)
JESUS is no mere picture of innocence, but is very Innocence incarnate. A lamb and all other things innocent and pure are His picture.
That "Voice" which His sheep hear and know is a voice not of command merely but also of winning appeal. He invites us: "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." He urges us: "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink." He reproaches us: "Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life." He pleads for us: "Lord, let it alone this year also." He probes our hearts: "Lovest thou Me?"
Well may we read how once even in the synagogue of Nazareth "the eyes of all . . . were fastened on Him. . . . And all bare Him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth."--"Full of grace are Thy lips."
And if lambs liable to sacrifice were contented and cheerful creatures (though they, indeed, in ignorance), surely "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" was far beyond such as they, contented and desirous in His self-sacrifice: "With desire I have desired," said He of the supper; and how not of the Passion? I once read a work concerning Holy Communion, devout in intention, but (as it struck me) laying stress of such a sort on our Lord's condescension and patience, as suggested that He Who willingly had lived and died for men now found it hard to put up with us sinners, and for our sake to secrete Himself in the Sacrament of his most Blessed Body and Blood. May I have misunderstood the tone of that book!
Lastly, if Christmas as we keep it in December be the actual season of our Lord's birth, then in that (as in the rest) He leaves lambs far behind Him, being born into this world at a more desolate moment than they. Earth at mid-winter is comparatively bare; leaves, blossoms and delights come back with spring.

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After performing at Ultra Music Festival for the past four years, Martin Garrix has confirmed that he will not be attending in the 2018 year. Yesterday (December 18), the 2018 Ultra Music Festival lineup dropped in which Carnage later called a fake. Despite not seeing his name on the lineup initially, many fans believed that
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A run, distilled
The map on top is drawn from an electronic map, while the breadcrumb trail below is generated by the Garmin Forerunner. Using MapEdit, I get a total distance of 7.7km. With the Garmin Forerunner, I get 7.35km. I'm not sure why the graph registers 7.6km instead (see graph below). I assumed it was the "resting distance", but I've noticed a discrepancy even in cases without it.
The Garmin also gives me my pace and the elevation of the route. Check out the pace on the upslope!
The four spikes are where I stopped at traffic lights. The Garmin Forerunner was set to autopause at a walking pace (you can configure your walking pace under profile), and autolap at 1km. There is a distance alarm at 5km.
The Garmin works great as long as you can get a signal. If you run under the trees and lose signal, the Forerunner recalculates your distance and average pace when you get back under a clear sky with the assumption that you ran in a straight line.
For example, you can see the stright lines where I lost reception in the breadcrumb of the 5km boardwalk route at MacRitchie (see route below). For some reason I lost reception on the way there but not on the way back.
Garmin registered 4.49km for that run (4.9km on graph). What's up? The resting distance on that run was 0km too. Hmmm.
The Garmin connects with the computer via the serial port. Although that is a old-fashioned way of connecting, if you're running out of free USB ports like me, it may be a good thing.
Obviously I haven't figured out the Forerunner yet and there are still some things I'm confused about. But I still think it is spiffy that I can wear something on my arm that speaks to satellites in the sky.
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J&K tops in revenue generation increase:
In a major decision to curb mounting losses in power sector and bring revenue at par with electricity purchase bill, the State Government planned to introduce 'Energy Accounting System' in the State under which the Power Development Department (PDD) officials would be made accountable for the load consumed and shown on the papers in their areas.
The new system was expected to be in place from the next financial year beginning April 1, 2012.
An announcement to this effect was made by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather while replying to four days long discussion on the general budget 2012-13 in the Legislative Assembly today.
In his 101 minutes reply, Mr Rather said the 'Energy Accounting System' was necessitated as actual load consumed in the areas didn't match to the billing. "The officials would be accountable. If a transformer was showing 100 KV load, it must also reflect on the bills and papers'', he said.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who holds power portfolio, was expected to make a detailed announcement on 'Energy Accounting System' during grants of his Ministry in the Assembly on March 27 and 28.
The electricity purchase bill for current year was expected to be around ` 3000 crore while it has been estimated in next year's budget at Rs 3100 crore. Mr Rather said the Government was expecting around ` 1100 crore to ` 1200 crore worth revenue from power during current year, which means net losses to the tune of ` 1800 crore to Rs 1900 crore. Next financial year's revenue target has been fixed at ` 1725 crore.
He recalled that revenue generation from electricity was just ` 600 crore during 2008-09 when present dispensation took over reign of affairs. The revenue has doubled in three years, he said.
On construction of small power projects of 10 mw, he said the Government has started receiving good response and 61 offers have already poured in.
Admitting PDP leader and former Finance Minister Muzaffar Baig's assertion during his speech on the budget that the way funding provision has been kept for some hospitals it would take several years for them to complete, Mr Rather said he has taken up the issue with the Health Department. Promising to improve funding for early commissioning of hospitals, he added that funds for the hospitals required earlier would be given more generously.
Referring to the issue of daily wagers raised by various speakers while participating in the budget debate including Prof Chaman Lal Gupta and Harshdev Singh, the Finance Minister recalled that there were 59,000 daily wagers in 1994 when an official order was issued that all daily wagers completing seven years of services would be regularized. At the same time, the order had mentioned that no daily wager would be appointed in future.
"Of 59,000, we have regularized 56,000 daily wagers. Three thousand daily wagers were left due to lacunas in their orders'', he said, adding that a number of casual and need base workers had been engaged after 1994.
Mr Rather said a Cabinet Sub Committee was being formed to look into all issues including violation of 1994 order, financial implications on making payments to casual and need base workers, the authorities which appointed them etc. "The information was not coming. We have again written to the Departments seeking information and will take a decision shortly'', he added.
The Finance Minister said Jammu and Kashmir State has topped in the country in increase in revenue generation during the current year. He disclosed that this fact was admitted at no less a forum than Empowered Committee of Finance Ministers of the country.
"Jammu and Kashmir has recorded an increase of 43.1 per cent in the current financial year and topped in the country'', Mr Rather said and also referred to increase registered by other States ranging from 15 per cent by New Delhi to 22 per cent by Maharashtra and 38 per cent by Chattisgarh.
He said grown on both tax and non-tax fronts was 14 per cent during 2003 to 2008 while it went up to 26 per cent from 2008 to 2012.
"There were no tricks of trade as mentioned by Mr Baig but we have recorded 34.8 per cent growth in tax revenue from ` 3500 crore to ` 4800 crore during current year'', he added.
The Finance Minister, who had presented 12 budgets and two Vote on Accounts also countered Mr Baig's charges on Per Capita Income. He said the figured were based on 2004-05 prices for Gross State Domestic Product. The parameters for taking the year to decide the price are taken by the Planning Commission and not by the State Government. "It's a globally accepted and recognized principle to determine Per Capita Income''.
On NPP leader Harshdev Singh's charge that Per Capita Income of ` 41,833 was not an indicator of rich and poor ratio, Mr Rather said even daily wagers in the State have Per Capita Income of ` 34860. "There were not much disparities in J&K in rich and poor ratio. All aspects fixed by Central Statistics Organisation have been taken into account to determine Per Capita Income'', he added.
The Finance Minister didn't agree with the claims of some MLAs that the State's dependence was increasing on the Central Government. He said the grant-in-aid for the State was decided by the Finance Commission under Article 275 of the Constitution of India and not by the State Governments or the Finance Ministers themselves.
"Funds were not discretionary powers of the Government of India but were transferred to the State under rules. We are part of the Union of India and the funds are our right. Taking money from the Union didn't mean that our dependence was increasing on the Centre'', he asserted.
He said while non-plan revenue deficit grants have reduced, the share of Central taxes to Jammu has increased. The share of J&K from the Central taxes was Rs 2910 crore in 2010-11, which went up to ` 3691 crore in 2011-12 and was pegged at ` 4244 crore in 2012-13.
He added that the State has recorded 38 per cent hike in tax revenue and 42 per cent increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) during current financial year as compared to the last year.
On Mr Baig's claim that the State had fixed targets on lower side, Mr Rather said the State was not free to fix the targets on its own. It was the Planning Commission, which had to fix the targets. "During current financial year, year tax collection target was ` 3470 crore but we realized ` 4800 crore, an increase of about ` 1300 crore, which is a history. This is not an easy task. The members should have given credit to us, our officers, our work force''.
Referring that some MLA's statement that J&K was falling into debt trap, which was increasing every year, Mr Rather disputed the claims saying the Government of India, Union Finance Ministry and the Finance Commission keep a watch on debts of every State that it shouldn't exceed the permissible limits. There was a fixed criteria as to how much debt a State can take, he said, adding J&K's liabilities stood at ` 31,272 crore which included internal debts, loans and advances, insurance money and Provident Fund etc.
On NC MLA Saifullah Mir's assertion that the State should take debts but ensure development, Mr Rather said J&K was not a sovereign country, which can adopt its own debt policy. It had to work on the policy of the Union Government, he added.
On claim of some MLAs that the budget lacked vision for next 20 years, the Finance Minister said the vision documents were made by the political parties for next years but the budget had to be presented for one year only.
He said Jammu and Kashmir Bank benefited a lot with the return of ` 2300 worth Overdrafts as it invested the amount for welfare of unemployed youth and other sections of the society. The State also benefited as it got ` 1000 crore grant from the Union Government and generated ` 1300 crore from the market at just 8.5 per cent interest as against 17 per cent charged by the J&K Bank. Moreover, he said, ` 1300 crore borrowings and ` 1000 crore grant were not counted in the fiscal deficit.
He said the Bank benefited with return of the amount, which went to the people and led to increase in economic activities. "We saved ` 229 crore worth annual interest on Overdrafts. Every one—be it the bank, the Government and the people—benefited with the return of ` 2300 crore worth ODs to the bank''.
He said: "we have brought the fiscal deficit down to 4.2 per cent though it would have been okay even at 5.3 per cent. Total debt outstanding was 56.1 per cent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) during 2010-11 but was reduced it to 54 per cent, which was well within the target and the limits of 13th Finance Commission''.
On the concern expressed by some members over increase in revenue and non plan expenditure, the Finance Minister said soon after taking over the Government in 2009, the State faced the first implication of ` 2000 crore in non-plan amount for implementation of sixth Pay Commission recommendations followed by ` 4200 crore worth arrears, which were being given in installments, and regularization of contractual/adhoc employees. He told the House that implementation of Sixth Pay Commission report and regularization of adhoc employees was the demand of almost the entire House.
Further, the Government had to create 35,000 posts in three years for eight newly created districts, which also put burden on the State exchequer especially the non-plan expenditure.
On Mr Baig's query that there was no provision in the budget for Seventh Pay Commission, Mr Rather said there were still six years left for the new Commission's recommendations.
He pointed out that ` 618 crore of the plan were blocked by the Central Government as plan money had been diverted for other purposes by the previous Government. Despite hectic lobbying with the Centre, "we got ` 302 crore only while the rest was cut by the Centre''.
On the point raised by Mr Baig that Jammu and Kashmir was getting less plan as compared to national level, the Finance Minister said the States like Maharashtra have revenue generation worth ` 32,000 crore as against ` 4800 crore of Jammu and Kashmir. "Such States can contribute their own share in plan. That was the reason that we are behind the plan and got less plan than national average''.
Mr Rather said the Government has made entire agriculture tax-free. "Is it tokenism as mentioned by some MLAs. If fertilizers prices went up they were not increase by us but due to hike in the prices of petroleum products. We have done for the farmers but we could do by completely exempting fertilizers and other items of VAT'', he added. He said the Government has also withdrawn 10.5 per cent Service Tax on insurance of crops. Though agriculture land was becoming victim of urbanization, still the growth rate of agriculture has gone up, he asserted.
Referring to the issue of unemployment raised by various MLAs, the Finance Minister said though the Government employment was no solution, the Government has given jobs to 39,000 youth in a year through PSC, SSB and police. The number was in addition to the jobs given under NRHM, ReT and Class-IV posts.
Sher-I-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY), off banking finance and other schemes have also been launched for welfare of youth. About 800 youth were given subsidy under the banking finance schemes.
On the charges of regional imbalances, he said along with Jhelum, proposals worth crores have also been approved for Tawi river while Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has spoken to Union Forest and Environment Ministry that ` 3 crore grant for Mansar and Surinsar lakes was not enough and should be increased.
Earlier, participating in the 4th day discussion on budget in the Legislative Assembly here today, Congress MLA and former Minister G M Saroori hailed the Government for taking various steps for the development and betterment of people and making Jammu and Kashmir a model and Khushaal State. He thanked the Central Government for doling out ample funds for development of the State.
Mr Saroori demanded regularization of Educational Volunteers (EVs) who have been converted to ReT and daily wagers engaged in various departments and enhancement of honorarium of SPOs, provision of solar lanterns in snow prone and hilly terrains and release of funds under Article 270 and BRGF.
Hailing the budget proposals, Mohammad Sharief Niaz (Congress) pin pointed some lacunas in it and suggested measures for making it more effective. Appreciating the Government for taking measures for the return of Kashmiri Pandit migrants, he pleaded for rehabilitation of migrants of Jammu province also. Mr Niaz advocated for construction of micro and macro hydel power projects and measures to reduce Transmission and Distribution losses. He demanded construction of Grid Station at Kishtwar, enhancement of honorarium of ReT and SPOs, rehabilitation of Gujjar and Bakerwals and provision of funds for development of Gaddi and Sippi community under Tribal Sub Plan.
Rafi Ahmad Mir (PDP) called for strict implementation of decisions taken in the District Development Board (DDB) meetings. He also stressed for the projects in Phase-II and III under PMRP shall be taken up for implementation.


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Arsenal managed to win the FA Cup Final this year, but you can be sure that they wouldn't have achieved this without a lot of strategic planning, adapted both on and off the pitch according to prevailing conditions.
The same approach can – and frankly should – be applied to your own financial planning. While it may seem strange to say, there is a lot more in common between proceeding through the stages of a cup competition in football and your approach to managing your money than you might imagine.
Identify your goal
No, this does not mean which end of the pitch you are playing towards, but your ultimate financial goal. For example, in the FA Cup each team's ultimate goal is to win the cup. So, to reach your own financial goal, you first need to know what it is. Retirement planning? Saving for school fees? Paying off the mortgage in years to come?
Whatever it is you are trying to achieve, there will be a variety of competing aims you need to consider alongside it. For a football team, the FA Cup may be one of a variety of achievements they are aiming for, as they will also be playing in the league championship, possibly the UEFA championship – and each may be as vital to them in the short term as another.
Be flexible to address the short-term challenges
For your financial planning, you may have an ultimate aim of a comfortable retirement, but along the way you will have competing aims – buying a house, having children, covering the cost of weddings, dealing with redundancy, and so on. Each of these would have the potential to divert your attention significantly from your ultimate aim. So it is vital to be strategic and focused in your financial planning, the way a team is when competing in various leagues and cups.
You must consider your financial position throughout each life stage, and it might mean you need to re-evaluate your financial strategy in light of challenges you face. For example, a football team may have a star player who gets injured at a crucial part of the season and it costs them dearly in the various competitions they are in. Just like a redundancy would have the ability to derail your long-term plans if it is not dealt with effectively.
Get the right team behind you
Like a player coming back from injury, your financial plan is more likely to be kept on track if you are working with the right team. Yes, footballers are like gods on the pitch to many people, but there are a large number of experts in the background who are making sure they are fit, healthy, and recovering quickly enough from injury. They have the best training staff, top psychologists, expert physios, sports scientists – without them, they would not be able to perform at the top level.
Your financial health is no different. You need to have the right team of advisers in place to help you get the results you want. They need to be knowledgeable and able to ensure your finances reach their optimum performance throughout each life stage, so your ultimate aim is more likely to be achieved.
Be reactive
Imagine a football team that had a single plan, never adapting according to who they were playing, what the weather was like, or injuries to star players - this wouldn't exactly take them very far. Just the same, your financial plan must be adaptable to your changing circumstances.
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I know I should focus on 2 wheelers as that's what my blog's all about. However, I just have to post something on this foot powered car, which once belongs to my son.
I would REALLY loved to keep it for momento sake but there are just some many things,so little space. Some things just have to go. Atleast for this case, it'll be in the safe hands of a collector.
Back to the story. I bought this car way back several years ago, even before my son could learn how to crawl. As usual, I was trawling around dipilated bicycle shops, looking for good deals and this car just 'pops' up rght infront of me. I suddenly remembered, when I was a kid, my neighbour used to cruise around in one of these. All I could do back then was to admire how fortunate my neighbour was. It was cheap, I guessed.
And now, some 30 years later, right infront of me is THE CAR. I just got to get my hands on it. Paid the boss and left the shop a happy man....
Monday, September 3, 2012
Classic foot pedal children car
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my daughter loves to have a toy car, she wants to learn how to drive..i bought her a toy car so that she won't go to our car anymore..ReplyDelete
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How yoga helped "Ravenous" author Dayna Macy stop overeating
Dayna Macy's probing new memoir Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom (Hay House, 2011) tackles the Yoga Journal-staffer's life-long issue with overeating.
Ultimately, Macy's on-the-mat epiphanies inspired her to take control of what's on her plate.
Well+Good recently caught up with Macy by phone. We're looking forward to meeting her in person in New York City this week at Om Yoga and the Yoga Journal Conference (see event details, below).
Can you explain the inspiration behind Ravenous?
Overeating has been one of the thorniest issues I've ever had to deal with. After I had my twin sons, I kept gaining weight. It surprised and confused me because I'd been practicing yoga for twenty years. I'm also a food writer and I ate really well, but my portions were out of control.
How did yoga contribute to your epiphany about food?
I had my Aha moment one morning on my yoga mat. I realized that everything in my life that I wanted to accomplish—career, education, yoga, or music—I've had to practice. Success or competency doesn't just happen. I didn't just one day sit in lotus position. So why would my relationship with food be any different? I decided to make eating my practice.
So what does your food practice look like?
I decided to really understand what a reasonable portion is; weighing and measuring my food became my practice. This made emotional and spiritual sense to me. As a rebel and a feminist, I would have said, "fuck you" to the diet.
You never use the word "diet." Can you explain your aversion to that word?
As a writer, words are important and you have to choose them carefully. Words contain energy. Diet signifies something temporary. What happens when you go off a diet? I was and am looking for a way to be more peaceful with my relationship with food. That's not something I flip on and turn off. —Alexia Brue
Wednesday, May 11, 6:30–7:30: Dayna Macy reading at Om Yoga, 826 Broadway, at 12th Street, Union Square, blog.omyoga.com
Sunday, May 15, 1:30–2:45: Macy will moderate a panel with Seane Corne, Ana Forrest, and David Romanelli on what it means to eat like a yogi at the Yoga Journal Conference, at the New York Hilton, www.yjevents.com/ny
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text: Being a teacher, it is only natural that I have an obsession with what life is like for teachers all around the world. Tonight, I came across this video while reading an article on NPR about an entire community in Alaska that lives in the same building year-round. The video features a grade school teacher, Erika Thompson, and how she lives her life there. Check out the video below, and if you want to read the article or hear the story, you can do so here.


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Its so easy to forget about the beautiful things you've purchased in the past.
I have overwhelming respect for miss Maria Sparkle who was taking part in a self inflicted spending ban.
This means lots of "shopping her stash"
...its mad how much half used bits of unused product you can accumulate.
In all honesty I could do with doing this too...just I wouldn't manage the none spending bit!
With this is mind and the seasons in complete change in comparison to the very odd initial hot October weather so do the demands of my skin/makeup regime (..well slightly)
I picked this up out of my makeup stash yesterday. It is to date the brightest blush I have EVER seen or owned for that matter.
This is Her Blooming Cheek
and really sorry I also hate when people do this...its limited addition! It is from last years Christmas collection.
A very similar dupe is Dollymix which is in the permanent line at MAC.
This colour is perfect for a bit of cheek POP
One swipe of this and your good to go because the colour is so pigmented its a blush that will last a very long time.
Here is the colour very lightly swatched...it is buildable but you need me be careful
...theres winter flush and then their just looking permanantly embarrassed!
It really is something I'm glad Ive brought back out of my stash!
What are you ladies rediscovering in your makeup collection?


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Conveyor systems are utilized continuously in manufacturing. Their ability to relocate huge amounts of heavy products effortlessly and effectively means that they currently play a vital function in numerous storage facilities, helping manufacture and distribution to run efficiently. If you deal with a conveyor system, or are looking to be later on, you must take an interest in finding out as much as you can in relation to them-- they're incredibly vital after all.
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- Belt conveyors
- Gravity conveyors
- Level belt conveyors
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In Romania, lack of motorways is a subject debated and turned on all sides. The causes of this situation are multiple, and this short article does not intend to resume the whole debate and to analyze all causes. I'll just stop at one, a geopolitical one.
First I invite you to see the map of highways builted in Europe until December 2012.
As you can see, the highways in Western Europe appears to be broken suddenly at the borders of Romania, Ukraine and Belarus. In 1990, the highways stopped suddenly at the borders of Poland and Hungary. The natural question is why? Didn't need communist states fast transport routes to ensure trade between them? Could just be the lack of funds the answer? In any case, if the construction of highways was a priority for those communist regimes, certainly those highways would have been built. So the question should be why it didn't become a priority in these countries and in the former USSR?
Even this time the answer is a geopolitical one. The reason is the North European Plain. This geopolitical corridor was used by Napoleon and Hitler in their attempts to conquer Russia. Throughout history, this large area without any geographical barrier, such as a few mountain ranges of considerable height, was the main geopolitical challenge to Russia, which tried to conquest new territories which will become buffer zones.
Only imagine how difficult for Russia could have been, if over this geopolitical handicap were added many routes of fast transport perfect to sustain from a logistical point of view the enemy armies.
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The USPS has issued a set of four stamps honoring great film directors and the films for which they are most remembered. The four selected are: John Ford (The Searchers), John Huston (The Maltese Falcon), Frank Capra (It Happened One Night), and Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot). We will be exploring the lives and work of these directors over the next few weeks. In this post LR Simon discusses State of the Union (1948).
As much as there is to admire in State of the Union, the more I think about this film, the less I like it. Technically, it has a lot going for it, such as a stellar cast and good production values. Frank Capra's direction is deft as usual, and because the screenplay features political commentary that remains relevant (one character asks whether there's any difference between the Republican and Democratic parties, a question that usually comes up at least every four years), one can see why Capra was attracted to the material.
Kay Thorndyke (Angela Lansbury) plans to make Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) President of the United States, using her influence via her newspapers to deadlock the Republican primary and then promote Matthews as a dark horse candidate. Matthews' estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) agrees to campaign with him because she believes in his idealism. Along the way, Matthews compromises his positions and ideals to ensure backing from special interests. As he compromises behind the scenes, his character starts to change for the worse.
Thorndyke may be the character with the plan, but the story belongs to Matthews. He has to struggle with his ideals and his newfound ambition, and he has to decide between his wife and his lover, Kay. Most of the time, when the story focuses on Matthews, it works; there is, however, a cute but unnecessary and unbelievable airplane sequence that does not work with the rest of the film.
The main weakness in State of the Union is the treatment of the two main female characters. The characters are not written as real human people but as representations of ideas, Kay representing ambition, lust, and corruption, and Mary representing idealism and family. It's another rendition of the virgin/whore trope that still permeates literature, television, film, and music to this day. Kay is not allowed to have any real virtues, and any characteristics she has that could be seen positively are instead used to show her in a bad light. Mary, in contrast, is not allowed much in the way of flaws, and when she starts to compromise in support of her husband, he puts an end to it—she isn't even allowed to save herself.
Neither Kay nor Mary goes through the kind of journey that women in earlier Capra films did—in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, for example, Jean Arthur starts out cynical but through her growing familiarity with Smith (James Stewart), starts to lose her cynicism and become an optimist, even helping Smith with his apparently quixotic filibuster. In State of the Union, Kay starts out cynical and remains cynical while Mary starts out righteous and optimistic, and ultimately stays righteous and optimistic. If the characters don't feel like cardboard, much of the credit must go to Lansbury and Hepburn.
As mentioned above, however, the political commentary was smart and strong and is not dated. For example:
"Because you politicians, instead of trying to pull the country together, are helping pull it apart, just to get votes." Matthews (Spencer Tracy)."Oh, I'm a good Republican, but the voters do control the lease on the White House, don't they? Not just the Republican Party." Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn)."You politicians have stayed professional only because the voters have remained amateurs." Mary Matthews (Katharine Hepburn).
Despite its flaws in its depiction of (especially) the female characters, State of the Union continues Capra's tradition of smart political commentary. It isn't in the same league as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It With You, or Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and overall, it isn't Capra's best effort, but the actors' performances and the political commentary make it watchable.


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Lime Norway Acquires 20% Stake in License PCL509CS in the North Sea
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Malaysia-based exploration and production company, announced Friday that its jointly-controlled entity, Lime Petroleum Norway AS (Lime Norway) has executed an additional agreement with North Energy ASA (North Energy) to acquire a 20 percent stake in PL509CS, located in the North Sea, at a symbolic purchase consideration of $0.16 (NOK 1 or MYR 0.55). North Energy was awarded operatorship of the license in the 2013 Awards Predefined Areas (APA 2013) Jan. 21. The transfer of the equity interest in PL509CS to Lime Norway is pending regulatory approval.
Lime Norway is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lime Petroleum Plc (Lime). Lime is a jointly-controlled entity in which Hibiscus Petroleum owns a 35 percent stake.
As part of Lime Group's growth strategy with Norway taking an increasingly important focus, this latest acquisition was made after performing in-depth technical evaluations including Rex Virtual Drilling on on on the production licenses held by North Energy. Upon completion of the acquisition, Hibiscus Petroleum's portfolio of licences in Norway would increase to 14.
Following the capital injections totalling $23 million made by Lime's shareholders in November 2013 and January 2014, together with the Norwegian Kroner (NOK) 300 million financing facility secured Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Lime Norway has secured adequate financing to fulfil their work commitments for at least the next one year.
The attractive fiscal terms offered by the Norwegian Petroleum Tax Act also benefit Lime Norway as 78 percent of eligible exploration expenditure is reimbursed, irrespective whether production achieved. This is unlike the petroleum fiscal systems of most countries whereby a certain portion exploration expenditure may only be recovered upon production.
The acquisition of the interests in Norwegian Continental Shelf concessions is line with Hibiscus Petroleum's portfolio balancing strategy to acquire assets in geo-politically stable regions. The Norwegian Continental Shelf is a prolific, mature oil and gas basin with significant level of exploration and production activity. Norway is the world's 3rd largest gas exporter.
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A prosthodontist is a specialty dentist who has completed dental school and three additional years of training in an American Dental Association (ADA) – accredited program. Prosthodontists specialize in comprehensive dental care by treating problems involving missing, damaged, decayed or fractured teeth and dental bone structure. Prosthodontists use dental services such as dental prosthetics, crowns and bridges, dental implants, dentures or hybrids to treat their patients.
Some conditions require specialized care, beyond that of a general doctor or dentist. You would not go to your general practitioner for cancer treatment; you would instead seek out an oncologist for specialized care. In the dentistry world, a prosthodontist provides similarly specialized care for conditions that would not be treated by general dentist.
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Rankings dramatically shifted after adjustment for statistical reliability of mortality rates when used as a measure of hospital quality in vascular surgery, Nicholas H. Osborne, MD, MS, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues found.
Overall, the adjustment moved 43% of hospitals into a different quartile of performance, the group reported online in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
They recommended that reliability adjustment -- not just risk adjustment -- should be standard when comparing hospitals.
"Surgical procedures are often performed in small numbers at any individual hospital," they noted. "As a result, hospital quality can be misjudged due to statistical noise."
Therefore, "adjusting mortality for reliability reduces statistical noise and provides more stable estimates of hospital quality."
The CMS Hospital Compare database already uses reliability-adjusted mortality, but the Vascular Study Group of New England and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program don't.
To determine the impact, Osborne's group used 30-day mortality as a measure of hospital quality in vascular surgery using the American College of Surgeons' nationwide database.
For 2007 alone, 172 hospitals reported to the database on 14,559 patients who had one of five common procedures: open or endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, carotid endarterectomy, lower extremity bypass, or aorto-femoral bypass.
The average mortality rate was 2.4%, but ranged from 0% to 17% with standard adjustment for patient comorbidities and procedures.
Estimated reliability ranged from as low as 0% at the lowest-volume hospitals to 55% at one hospital that performed more than 350 cases per year.
Once mortality was adjusted for statistical noise using reliability adjustment to pare away differences in mortality not potentially attributable to quality, the difference between hospitals collapsed, with a range in mortality rates from only 1.7% to 4.1%.
The rankings changed dramatically as well.
Of the hospitals originally classified in the "best" performance quartile, 51% dropped to a lower quartile after adjusting for statistical noise. Of the hospitals that traditional classification placed in the "worst" quartile, 26% rose to a higher category after adjusting for noise.
Reliability adjustment techniques likely have such a profound effect in vascular surgery quality ranking because of the lower case volumes, the researchers suggested.
The database used may exacerbate this problem of reliability because it collects data on an eight-day cycle each month and thus only captures about 20% of all surgeries performed, which may underestimate the true reliability of hospital mortality compared with complete reporting, the researchers cautioned.
Small hospitals reporting low mortality rates may not like the reliability adjustment method of ranking, Osborne's group noted.
"However, there is no way to determine statistically whether these hospitals have superior outcomes or were just lucky," they wrote in the paper.
A limitation of the study was use of only one measure of hospital quality -- mortality rates, the investigators added.
But "the technique is equally valid in adjusting other measures of quality, including complications, readmission rates, and processes of care," they concluded, suggesting that future studies will need to include such multiple dimensions of quality.
The study was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program.
The researchers reported having no conflicts of interest to disclose.
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Journal of Vascular SurgerySource Reference: Osborne NH, et al "The impact of adjusting for reliability on hospital quality rankings in vascular surgery" J Vasc Surg 2010; 53(1): 1-5.


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- I love to read. I love books. I like to talk about books and recommend them. I read everything including cereal boxes and junk mail! I heard once that if you're not reading at least 3 books at a time you're not reading enough! This blog will keep track of the books I've read and whether or not I liked them. It will be a little bit of everything from Christian fiction to Science fiction and fantasy. Feel free to participate by suggesting books to review and giving your comments. Occasionally I am given free books by Publishers in exchange for a review. I am not told how to review them or compensated in any way for the review.
Monday, March 21, 2011
The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill
This novel was my first experience of reading on my new Kindle. For the most part I really enjoyed the experience of reading on the Kindle. The only thing I really missed was being able to tell how much of the book I had left. There is a tracker device at the bottom that tells the percentage of the book read but I like being able to see the pages. Other than that, reading on a Kindle is actually somewhat better than having a book in your hands. For instance when you click on the book to read you are taken to the exact same spot you ended the last time; no more fumbling around trying to remember which page you're on. (that's usually what happens to me because I tend to lose bookmarks).
Now onto reviewing the actual story. Susan Hill is one of the many authors whose new books I wait for eagerly. I'm enjoying her Simon Serrailler series of which this is the latest one. Even though Simon is the main character it is definitely an ensemble cast and each player is given a story line which mingles with the others to create a rich and full bodied tale.
This book is set in a small British town where Simon is a detective on the police force. Someone is murdering the town's prostitutes and he is called back from holiday to help out with the investigation. The first characters we are introduced to are a couple of the "working women" who will be some of the main characters of the novel. We are a given a glimpse into their less than ideal lives but we are also given a glimpse into the efforts they are making to clean up their lives and become "normal".
Juxtaposed on that scene is another setting which is the Anglican church of the town. There are shadows here as well. Light and dark are definite themes in this novel. But the lightness and darkness often show up in unexpected places
Loss and how people deal with loss is another main theme of the novel. Many of the characters are dealing wth the loss of loved ones, others are dealing with the loss of what they thought would be their normal lives.
As a main character in the series, Simon seems to play a smaller part in this book. He's a bit moody and introspective and I'm interested to see how Susan Hill develops his character in subsequent stories as he seems a bit stalled now.
The ending is unexpected, I hadn't figured out 'who did it" by the end. But I thoroughly enjoyed following the clues and getting to know the characters better. I'm looking forward to her next book.
Posted by Shari Morehouse at 8:29 PM
Labels: Mystery, Susan Hill
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I haven't jumped on the bandwagon yet with an e-reader, but I wondered about the same thing you did--how to tell how much you have left to read! LOL I am such a bookworm that I love holding the book in my hands and visually seeing my reading progress.ReplyDelete
Are there any other themes in this book?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 6:10 PM
family and good vs evil would be some other themesReplyDelete
How are there shadows in the Anglican Church, i didn't see much of that while I was reading.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 6:42 PM
I guess I see the shadows in the conflict within the church. You expect church people to get along but her portrayal of troubled people both within and without the church is very real but overshadowed by our expectations of what they should be like.ReplyDelete
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- Price
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- Model
- 235 SSi
- Tax Status
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- 7 m
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- 2001
- Beam
- 2.6 m
- Engine Make
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- Draft Max
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- Engine Count
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- Hull Material
- Fiberglass
- Fuel
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- Boat Type
- Power
- Cabins
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- RB Ref
- Berths
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- Location
- Great Neck, New York
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Pepper is an app for Music lovers in UK which allows them to to live their music social life with friends. You can track who's attending events, invite anyone that's missing and check in at events to share your experience with friends who couldn't make it. It even allows you to follow your favorite artists, venues or promoters, view their upcoming events and catch up on their latest updates from Twitter.
The app features the following,
– Search thousands of gigs and club nights by date and location
– View event details including start time, venue, artists and ticket prices
– View friends attending an event
– Invite friends to events you're attending
– Check in at events
– Share your status from events
– Add events to your Pepper App calendar
– View friends activity from your Pepper App news feed
– Track your favourites from your Pepper App profile
– View your friends favourites and calendar
– View artists, venues and promoters profiles
There are over 600 of the top venues in the UK listing their events on Pepper and many more coming soon. I hope they expand to markets outside UK soon.
Find the app here from the marketplace. You can find more about this service/app at http://www.pepper-app.com/.


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Version: 0.7
Supported Operating Systems
Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Other
Additional Requirements
Program should run independently of any third party libraries and runtimes, tested on a clean install of Windows 8.1
Results for this browser session you can select to save as an image snapshot for every visit (to see how web-site is seen from different IPs), with a customized behavior of the browser while it's on page, you can set the program to click some links too (check out Settings - Options).
There is an ability to filter out non-responsive proxies from the ones that work, and save them to file (Settings - Export Healthy Proxies).
If you don't have a proxy list of your own, and the one supplied with MSV isn't satisfactory (with time those proxies might cease to work), there is an ability to scrap public proxies from the web, Settings - Import Proxies from the web, if you are scraping proxies from the web, you don't have to worry about adding the proxy type for a socks proxy, program will save all the info in the right format.
The log of events, that happened in a context of the program is available for the user to study. It will contain messages about the proxy scraping process, as well as the process of sending traffic through proxies to the target website.
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Latest features include:
1. JavaScript referrer spoofing (for Google Analytics traffic sources)
2. Chromedriver (non-headless browser to influence video/audio view counts on web-sites that track the playback from visitors, and count anonymous, non-logged-in viewers). Pro-tip: don't use JS referrer spoofing with this feature, because media sharing sites don't care much about traffic sources, that would be only useful for influencing Google Analytics.
3. More proxy filters for scraper.
4. Test all proxies (will use the connection timeout and number of attempts from the Options window)
5. Private proxy support, consult the manual as to how setup you proxy list to supply authentication info for a private proxy provider.
6. Editable browser dimensions. Check the Options menu, use the format, as you'll see for the default resolutions, provided with the program.
7. Firefox geckodriver. For cases when Chrome is not enough. Nightly is a preferred version, because only it was working properly without crashes on different machines.
8. Experimental: Alexa toolbar/extension. Warning: works stably only with Firefox Nightly.
9. Multiple web-site destinations for a session. One web-site per line in a textifield - one of those will be randomly selected each time to visit.
10. Search for the element to click within an iframe. If a link is within an embedded third-party web-page, consult the manual on how to use it. If the link isn't in an iframe - just leave the last 2 textfields of the script as they are (one with NO, another empty)
Version 0.6 released (3 Dec 2017):
- selenium library updated to 3.6.0 - stability improved
- Third-party dependencies added into the About window
- Open working folder button in the Options window - for users' convenience
- Bugfixes/code refactoring/stability improvements
- 3 additional proxy scraping targets
- Bugfixes, stability improvements
Don't forget to reduce thread count if you are using low-end machine. Having several dozens of threads running browser sessions that are being created/destroyed constantly, and are trying to load some web-page is a performance-heavy task.
If you have trouble using the bot with Chrome/Firefox, it may be due to an outdated version of the webdriver , which is provided with the bot in the bin/ folder (chromedriver and geckodriver (Firefox)). You should download the latest version of those from the official web-sites, check these links
User Ratings
Buyers Comments
Hello there,2 years ago
01.Is this tools still working to give a site 1000 views per hour?
02.Do you provide a refund if it is somewhat not working as advertised?
Thank you.
1) It's possible, but if unique IPs matter, bear in mind, that there might be as low as 200 unique working pulic proxy IPs, which are working for a certain period of time (like 6 hrs), also to achieve a 1k, you'd need a powerful enough PC to run 50-60 threads (which is realistic for a headless browser, but not for a video playback with something like Chrome).2 years ago
2) Instead of possible waste of time tell me exactly how and what for are you going to use the bot (feel free to use PM here), and I'll tell whether it'll work or not for your case. I'll only grant you a refund if I told that MSV is supposed to work for your particular case, but ended up not wokring for that case actually.
can the bot increase youtube views?2 years ago
Not really. Don't buy it to use for youtube - the results will be piss poor.2 years ago
Can you suggest any tools/bot? Where can I find a youtube view bot2 years ago
I wouldn't use bots for youtube myself, because the end result will be mediocre, and there are some fairly cheap offers of real viewers for your videos out there.2 years ago
Hello, I just purchased. The program will run a few threads then give me an "Error launching a PhantomJS Browser. Cannot connect to Service bin/phantomjs.exe.2 years ago
I've allowed the firewall to let everything run.
I'm also getting this error for the others Chrome and Nightly after 2 threads. Any thoughts?
Adding that I downloaded the most recent gecko and replaced, still does not work. I cannot download the chrome since I am on win x 64. I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.
Can I get this in $14?2 years ago
I want this badly2 years ago
Classify video on youtube generates 50k of veiws per day?2 years ago
Hi, I have bought it already, getting some issues that not getting any visits to my page, i waited for hour. Please check PM for screenshots and advice where i am doing wrong setting. Thanks.1 year ago
https://youtu.be/Yz246_Pjjkc1 year ago
ARP - Always Rescrap Proxies
Provide me latest update bot... waiting for updated version.1 year ago
Does the bot work? How long will it take to get it after purchase?1 year ago
hello please, do you have a video tutorial?10 months ago
Hi I'd like to purchase your product or offer but i have some of queries because i have had some bad results with other networks such as zwaar so my queries are :9 months ago
1-Are these really real visitors(Not Traffic Exchange or Robots).
2-Are these visitors from USA.
3-Do you using trafficadsnet.com to delver the traffic ?
4-How much time which the visitor should stay on my website.
5-Do i will get any activity on my website (Any clicks any place).
6-Are these traffic safe for Propeller ads.
7-How many visitors should i get per day or month (Average).
8-can i promote CPA offers,affiliate networks such as Clickbank.
9- do yo accepting http://traffic.makingmoneyacademy.net/
hi is this adware safe? and will it work on youtube for views safely ? also is it simple to run on my pc or off a privet server9 months ago
Obviously MSV doesn't have any adware9 months ago
As for YouTube - it's not supported
A lot of my customers used private servers to run MSV9 months ago
can i target single country?9 months ago
For now - only if you have a proxy list for that country, but scrapping country-specific proxies is an upcoming feature9 months ago
Is this bot easy install on my computer or server and will it work on websites that have absence9 months ago
It is distributed in an archive, which you only need to unpack to whatever folder you want and run the exe file.9 months ago
By "absence" you probably mean AdSense, and it's always a risk, but some have tried...
we can update?8 months ago
Since SEOClerks doesn't have any mechanism for it - people pm me for new versions.8 months ago
Can you make a tutorial on how to use the script feature? I just responded to your PM from last year. I don't use SEO Clerks much and couldn't figure out how to PM you.6 months ago
hola6 months ago
me gustaria saber si puedo usar este trafico para shorte .st
Will this work on the website deviantart?5 months ago
If you go to a user's main profile, there will be a number that tells you how many pageviews that profile has.
Could this program increase that number by maybe 100 or so? You can try it on an empty profile like this one
If it does work, then I am interested in buying it
i'll check it out some time and tell you.5 months ago
Well, i don't really know, with every bot visit the views seem to increase, but somewhat more, than i would expect, i think that "user" profile, despite being empty receives visits regularly.5 months ago
However, upon further examination that happens to any profile: once I check out the profile from my browser for a few mins straight, its pageview doesn't change. But when I start sending visits - suddenly pageview rise, but for some reason more rapidly, than I expect.
Yeah, and after stopping the bot pageviews for those profiles stop growing.
Bjr,5 months ago
je n'ai pas winzip, envoyez vous le fichier autre que zip? autre format?
jne connais pas grand chose avec les proxis,je suis sur windowsz 10 en 21 bit,en Belgique,je vais l'acheter si ce n'est pas trop compliqué pour l'installer
grand merci à vous
I need to grow my traffic on adf.ly, can this software help me with that?5 months ago
It is usually a bad idea to use such bots for ad networks, unless you have some private proxies at your disposal. Because if all your ad impressions will be from known public proxy IP addressees, well... you might get yourself a ban,5 months ago
can suggest keyword on search engine traffic???5 months ago
lifetime use??
I'm not going to give 100% sure way with keywords, but there's basically 2 approaches: 1) since you can set referes with MSV, if you know the correct format for referrers to be displayed in GA, use that (it wasn't always reliable for me)5 months ago
2) if you are ranking somewhere at Google you can set to visit the page google.com/?q=keywords&page=n and use the clicker feature to click on your site at Google search result page
yes, lifetime
Thank You About your Information...5 months ago
Does this bot work for spinrilla mixtapes? such as views, downloads and streams?4 months ago
It will most likely work for views, I don't know what do the "streams" mean, if they are the times tracks were played, then with clicker feature you'll most likely be able to influence it (but here Chrome/Firefox is a must, phantomJS doesn't support media playing). Downloads are behind captcha, so i'd say a no to this.4 months ago
When I using newest Alexa Toolbar (4.0) to replace original Firefox Addon on MSV, I got this problem. Can you help me2 months ago
hi, work for geo visitors?8 days ago


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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #506
Most of this week's show is comprised of the 5th Top Ten show of this, Year Ten of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. In it, Dean and Phil count down their Top Ten WORST films of 2016. First, however, your friends in podcasting celebrate the life and work of one of Phil's all-time favorite character actors in "Celebrity Deaths" and answer an email from a listener like you (yes, YOU) about using CGI to create perfromances from actors who are no longer living (a la Peter Cushing in "Rogue One"). Brace yourselves for a master class in filmmaking and acting!
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #484
A great character actor and a fascinating political pundit are remembered in "Celebrity Deaths". Race relations and corporate purpose are discussed in "What We're Reading". The list of the most livable cities if the world and the criteria used for determining those rankings are analyzed. Jared Leto was "tricked" into appearing in Suicide Squad and Tom Hardy wasn't. How did both of these come to pass? And what long-awaited sequel will Jared Leto be starring in next? Speaking of long-awaited sequels, there's casting news and there are continued reports of unnecessary remake after remake in the Hollywood development pipeline. As for the films currently available, Dean and Phil chat about two current releases (including the best film of the year thus far), a documentary about a recent "celebrity death" and two silent classics starring Valentino. And finally, as promised, the initial importance, the legacy and the ultimate irrelevance of "method acting" is explained. All that PLUS Opus Dei and vengeful masseuses, this week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #483
What a smorgasbord of tasty audio topics your chefs in podcasting have cooked up for this week's show! They remember Kenny Baker. They weigh in on Thomas Gibson's firing from "Criminal Minds". They discuss Malcolm Gladwell's new podcast "Revisionist History" and such themes as "moral licensing" and how people with "low thresholds" can be expected to enact the most smart AND the most dumb behavior. Phil shares with Dean a news story pertaining to last week's discussion about mobile phone usage in movie theaters (and other public places), a news story that actually featured Dean, himself! There's scientific news from Dean's adopted homeland Down Under, where some researchers believe they can prove stand-up comedians die younger than actors and other researchers think they have good news for Alzheimer's patients. "Suicide Squad" is free-falling at the box office, but it still provides for this week's long awaited return of the "Lawsuit of the Week". All that, plus (at least) three 2016 cinematic releases get reviewed, including two that might have escaped your notice but are well worth your time and the new release "Florence Foster Jenkins" starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #461
On this week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dean Haglund discusses his current comedy show, his forthcoming show at an international comedy festival, and what has become of the show he used to host back in Los Angeles. A former First Lady and a musical great are remembered in "Celebrity Deaths" and Phil Leirness remembers what it was like to live in Los Angeles during the O.J. Simpson trial in the wake of the recent news surrounding that case. This serves as a perfect segue-way to talk about both the FX miniseries depicting that time in our history and the Will Smith vehicle, "Concussion" about long-lasting brain injuries caused by playing football. Paul Feig's delightful "Other Space" has been championed on the show and this week, Dean and Phil will share whether there will ever be any more episodes produced. Meanwhile, the first official trailer for Feig's all-female reboot of "Ghostbusters" was released and it was … Astonishingly awful. Of course, "astonishingly awful" would be a major step up for the trailers and commercials advertising "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" a film that has its distributor, Warner Bros., very worried and scrambling for a new way to launch their hopeful "Justice League" cinematic franchise. Dean and Phil will get into the nitty gritty inner workings and machinations of a legendary Hollywood studio in free fall. All that, plus a letter from a loyal listener about Canada's support of female filmmakers is shared and much, much more!


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Haiti Prepares for Tomas' Landfall; Aid Workers Distributing Kits
(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) -- Earthquake-ravaged Haiti is bracing for what could be the third major catastrophe to hit the country this year. Already stricken with a cholera outbreak, the island is now preparing for the landfall of tropical storm Tomas.
Forecasters say Tomas could be at hurricane strength when it approaches Haiti on Friday. Predicted winds of up to 70 miles an hour and expected rainfall amounts of up to 10 inches could wipe out tent encampments and cities, creating giant cesspools in a country where sewage and sanitation is poor.
Aid workers in Haiti are distributing food and supplies ahead of the storm. Matthew Cochrane, working with the Red Cross, says each family will be given a family kit.
"They contain two mosquito nets, rope, two tarpaulins, two blankets," Cochrane says. "They also get one of the shelter toolkits. They get a hygiene kit which is...basically toiletries for a family of five for about two months."
Cochrane adds that the Red Cross has "about 17,000 of these full sets in Haiti at the moment and ready to deploy if there's a disaster after Tomas. We've got about 8,000 of those coming in. So that's enough for about 125,000 people."
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Deirdra Smallders has a great life in La Cygne, Kansas. Perfect best friend. Perfect boyfriend. Until a boy named Raymond Whitney moves into town. Deirdra finds out that Ray and her brother, who is now in "camp" are best friends. Then, they fall in love. Everything is perfect, just like it was before. Until Deirdra's father finds out. Deirdra's father, Harold, is racist, along with just about everybody in La Cygne. So when Harold finds out about Deridra and Ray's relationship, all hell breaks loose, and everything changes.
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Omg this is really ironic but la cygne is only 12 miles down 69 hwy from my town! Lol random info sorry :p
alexis_rene Dec 29, 2010
@dISTURBEDgODDESS no, he didnt hug her, he just sat down beside her. lol
dISTURBEDgODDESS Dec 29, 2010
lol wat the hell was that black guy doing he just randomingly hugged her lol bt this is good going to read the second chapter now!!!
xx_Shelie_xx Dec 13, 2010
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klbennici Jul 24, 2010
i read this like last week and loved it sorry i didnt comment
alexis_rene Jul 14, 2010
@Hannah_Nicole lol. n yeah, its done that 2 me b4. :D thanks fer reading!


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