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Red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
|Also known as:
|brown stingray, estuary stingaree, Japanese red stingray, Japanese stingray
|Dasyatis (1)
|Total length: up to at least 138 cm (2)
Disc width: up to 66 cm (2)
Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Like other stingrays, the red stingray has a flattened body and a long, whip-like tail bearing a strong, saw-edged stinging spine on the upper surface, used as a defensive weapon (2) (3) (4). Generally orange-brown above and white to pale pink below, with yellowish margins (2) (4), the body and large pectoral fins form a flattened, diamond-shaped disc, with a moderate snout at the front and a pair of single-lobed pelvic fins at the back. Like other stingrays, this species lacks dorsal and caudal fins (2) (3) (5). The gills and mouth are located on the underside of the body, with the eyes situated on top, just in front of openings known as spiracles, through which the stingray can take in water whilst lying on the seabed. Water enters the spiracles and is passed out over the gill openings, bypassing the mouth (2) (5).
The red stingray is believed to be endemic to the Northwest Pacific Ocean, occurring around Japan, Taiwan and China (1) (2) (6). Its possible presence in the Western Central Pacific is uncertain (1).
Most stingrays live on or near the ocean bottom in inshore waters (2). The red stingray is reported to occur in shallow coastal waters and bays, and over the continental shelf (1) (2) (6).
The red stingray is a top predator in its ocean bottom habitat, feeding mainly on crustaceans and small fish, and also taking various worms and molluscs (2) (3) (6). However, very little is known about the life history of this species. Male red stingrays are thought to reach sexual maturity at a disc width of around 35 centimetres, and females between 50 and 55 centimetres (6). Interestingly, at maturity the male and female develop markedly different teeth, with those of the female being virtually flat, and those of the male developing pointed cusps. No large differences in diet have been detected, and it is thought that the differences in the teeth are related to mating behaviour, with the male using the teeth to grip onto the female's pectoral fins during copulation (6).
Like other stingrays, the red stingray is likely to be ovoviviparous, a method of reproduction in which the eggs develop and hatch inside the female and are born live (2) (3) (5). In most stingrays, litter size ranges from two to six young, born after a long gestation period of up to twelve months (2). However, the red stingray may have smaller litter sizes than most, reportedly giving birth to just one pup per litter (1).
The red stingray is valued for its meat, and is caught commercially in the coastal waters of Japan. It is also commonly taken as bycatch in other fisheries, and this, combined with the strong commercial fishing pressure, appears to be leading to population declines (1) (2) (6). The low reproductive rate of this species makes it particularly vulnerable to overfishing (1), with populations potentially taking a long time to recover from any losses.
There are no specific conservation measures known to be in place for the red stingray. Recommended conservation actions for this commercially important but relatively little-known stingray include the collection of data to accurately assess its population levels, and the development and implementation of management plans for all rays and sharks in the region (1).
To find out more about the conservation of sharks and rays see:
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- Bycatch: in the fishing industry, the part of the catch made up of non-target species.
- Caudal fin: the tail fin of a fish.
- Continental shelf: a region of relatively shallow water, not usually deeper than 200 metres, surrounding each of the continents.
- Crustaceans: diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (parts of the mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.
- Dorsal fin: the unpaired fin found on the back of the body of fish, or the raised structure on the back of most cetaceans.
- Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
- Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
- Molluscs: a diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.
- Pectoral fins: in fish, the pair of fins that are found one on each side of the body just behind the gills. They are generally used for balancing and braking.
- Pelvic fins: in fish, the pair of fins found on the underside of the body.
IUCN Red List (July, 2009)
Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (1999) The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 3: Batoid Fishes, Chimaeras and Bony Fishes. Part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. Available at:
ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research (July, 2009)
- Honma, Y. and Sugihara, C. (1971) A stingray, Dasyatis akajei, with aberrant pectoral fins from the Japan Sea. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 18(4): 187 - 189.
- Hamlett, W.C. (1999) Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of the Elasmobranch Fishes. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Taniuchi, T. and Shimizu, M. (1993) Dental sexual dimorphism and food habits in the stingray Dasyatis akajei from Tokyo Bay, Japan. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 59: 53 - 60.


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Beautifully Organized Glassess
Do you have a designated spot for your glasses/sunglasses? While you can certainly just store them in their cases and in a drawer, for those of us though who tend not to use our belongings when they're hidden away, a good option is to keep them corralled in a tray, which allows them to be out where you can see 'em and easily accessible. This works whether you have two or three pairs (like me)…
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Today participating in the How I Organize series is the super sweet Victoria of the lifestyle blog vmac and cheese. She gives us a peek inside her home and shows us how she beautifully organizes her makeup, perfumes, products and other lovely things atop her dresser:I'm not the type who likes to hide everything away — my house definitely looks like someone lives there and my vanity area is no exception! An antique wood dresser which belonged to my great grandmother is right at home in a sunroom off of our bedroom, which we use as a dressing area. Atop the dresser, I store makeup in clear acrylic drawer and cosmetic organizers that I purchased from The Container Store. I also showcase different perfumes and products on an old mirrored tray found at the flea market; jewelry rests in a repurposed ceramic soap dish. Getting ready in the morning is easy with all my items in quick reach, and the area looks pretty, lived in, and organized!
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One of the most interesting pieces I've seen hanging in the Permanent Collection galleries here at the Boca Museum of Art is the painting by Larry Rivers. Even if you have never heard of this artist, the piece should be very familiar.
It is an homage to a very famous French painting by Eugène Delacroix from 1830, Liberty Leading the People, hanging in the new branch of the the Musée du Louvre in Lens, France, (which incidentally was defaced recently with no permanent damage).
Completed near the end of 1830, Delacroix depicted a very modern subject. This is the July Revolution, also known as the French Revolution of 1830. It was known as The Three Glorious Days in which the Parisians overthrew King Charles X, the last Bourbon king of France, and replaced him with Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans.
While Delacroix was unable to personally take up arms in the uprising he fulfilled his patriotic duty through depicting the event in a dramatic and visually forceful painting. He wrote to his brother that October "I have undertaken a modern subject, a barricade, and although I may not have fought for my country, at least I shall have painted for her. It has restored my good spirits."
In this allegorical composition where the personification of Liberty is charging into battle atop a landscape strewn with corpses, every kind of Parisian is represented:
Delacroix was a leader in the Romantic Movement and the genuine and impassioned take he brought to this work of art embodied the noble truth of the uprising and the greatness of Parisian citizens.
Larry Rivers, a postwar American artist associated with pop art, is famous for reworking and reinterpreting classical paintings by mixing grand art and absurdity. While living in Paris in 1950, Rivers was influenced greatly by the large-scale paintings hanging in the Louvre and when he moved to New York afterward took up painting full time. He became what is known as a gestural realist.
Rivers' work combines loose gestural marks that encompass abstract expressionism with realistically rendered images drawn from history and popular culture. This piece by Rivers hanging in our gallery is a perfect example of this style of painting and a stunning addition to our permanent collection. Have a question about the Boca Museum of Art? Call us at (561) 392-2500 or send the Boca Museum an email.
Dorbani, Malika Bouabdellah. July 28: Liberty Leading the People. www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/july-28-liberty-leading-people.Lye, Harriet. Larry Rivers. American Center France. www.americancenterfrance.org.
1. Gregory A. Jones (Lakeland), Two-Piece Chair, 1997, acrylic and mixed media, Best in Show 1998
If you follow the Boca Raton Museum of Art at all you know about our annual juried competition, but do you really know what it's all about?
It's about supporting and promoting exposure for Florida artists and giving our community an opportunity to see what's happening in the arts in their own backyard.
It is a showcase of the best in emerging and professional artists in Florida, is the state's oldest annual juried competition and is a way for the museum to reinforce its commitment to local artists.
This year's accepted entries for the 62nd installment are installed right now through July 14th.
Started in 1951, this competition displays a variety of photographs, drawings, videos, paintings, sculpture and mixed media that come together to represent a myriad of artistic expression. While the competition has always had cash prizes, it wasn't until 1998 when the title of "Best in Show" was distinguished. Gregory A. Jones from Lakeland was the first to win this honor with his painting Two-Piece Chair (1.) and is still dominating similar competitions. Last year he won (for the third time) Best in Show at the 47th annual DeLand Outdoor Art Festival.
Our Best in Show winners represent local artistic talent who have achieved recognition in the arts beyond just the Boca Museum.
Carol Prusa is an artist from Boca Raton who is frequently featured in our annual exhibition and has been awarded several times. Her From our Belly, (4.) 2003 was awarded Best in Show but she has also won several Merit awards throughout the years. Most recently she was represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery in Miami (2011) as well as at Coleman Burke Gallery in Chelsea in New York City (2010) and she is now represented by Zadok Gallery in Wynwood, Miami.Another Boca winner from 2004 is Denise Moody Tackley with Is It So? #2 (5.). Her artwork deals with the deconstruction of the American feminine myth. Her work was most recently shown at the 10th International Open at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. Lou Ann Colodny (6.) was the founding director of MoCA, Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami and director of its precursor, COCA for 15 years. She has works in the permanent collection of the Miami Museum of Art, the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona, MoCA, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami-Dade Public Library Collection, and the Okaloosa-Walton College in Niceville. Colodny has exhibited all over South Florida and has made quite a name for herself with her videos, drawings, installations and photographic work.Pip Brant (8.), a fiber style artist, uses a plethora of found materials in her work. Brant has exhibited her work in the United States and abroad in Belfast, Ireland, Lithuania and London, England. She was awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium for Visual and Media Arts for Tabled Reports.Vanessa Diaz's sculpture The Offering (12.) 2012 was last year's recipient of Best in Show. The mixed-media work is a combination of furniture pieces that come together to create a surreal yet organic piece which justly earned its title. Our juror's selections represent the best Florida artists have to offer and we relish the opportunity to present their creations to the public. Come on out to the current show to see this year's winner for his body of work, Geoff Hamel's (13) monumental colored pencil works.


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Thank you, Gary ... Good morning, everyone. Before I start this presentation, let me say that I am honored that the Board of Directors has put its trust in me to lead McClatchy going forward. But, as is often the case, a journey ahead is defined, in part, by the road previously traveled.
And for McClatchy, that road has largely been defined by the leadership of my mentor and friend, Gary Pruitt. Gary is considered one of medias premier leaders for good reason.
Over his 28 years at McClatchy and, particularly, in the last 16 years as chairman and CEO, Gary has led our company both with vision and the fortitude necessary to make tough decisions in difficult times.
Gary has championed our transition to a successful hybrid print and digital media company, one that has led our industry in digital growth, a company that has remained highly profitable even through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, and a company that is well-positioned for future success.
Under Gary's leadership, McClatchy never strayed from its 155-year-old mission: to produce high-quality journalism that makes a difference both to our communities and to democracy.
Gary, we appreciate all that you have done for McClatchy over your career, and I especially want to thank you for all the support you've given to me in my new role. We wish you all the best in your adventures ahead at The Associated Press.
Looking Back to 2011
Now, let's look back at McClatchy's performance in 2011and the first quarter of 2012. Our revenues declined 7.7% with advertising revenues down 8.9%. While that revenue decline may be disappointing, as you'll see in a moment we generated strong cash flow and the year was positive in several areas.
We continued to restructure operations and reduce costs. As a result, we generated $352 million in operating cash flow and importantly every paper was profitable, as they were throughout the recession.
As you can see, our ad revenues were down about 10% through the first nine months of 2011, but they have improved significantly to the mid-single digit range over the last six months through March of this year.
Our digital business, the cornerstone of our future success, was affected by a choppy economy. But, importantly, the biggest driver of our digital business, which is digital-only advertising, remained strong. As you can see, digital-only advertising grew impressively in the first quarter of 2012, up 14%, portending a bright future in the digital space.
Total digital advertising was up 2.7% in the first quarter of 2012, representing 22% of our total advertising revenues among the highest percentages in our industry.
Direct marketing, which includes direct mail, niche products and our Sunday Select preprint advertising program, is another increasingly important part of our business. Direct marketing revenues grew 6.2% to more than $128 million in 2011 and were up another 1.5% in the first quarter of 2012.
Direct marketing has seen steady growth in recent years and represented more than 13 percent of total advertising last year.
Financial Stability Required
The road ahead demands financial stability, and we executed several important transactions last year that improved McClatchy's financial position.
We contributed seven properties valued at nearly $50 million to our pension plan in January. This satisfied all of our required contributions for 2011 and reduced taxes by $18 million.
We also sold our real estate in Miami for $236 million, contributing $163 million in proceeds to our pension plan, which helped us save $60 million in taxes. These pension payments will have lasting benefits. They have reduced our near-term required pension contributions by about $45 million annually, which frees up more resources to pay down debt.
We remain steadfast in reducing our debt, which we cut by $140 million in 2011 to $1.634 billion.
Moving McClatchy Forward
Now, let's take a closer look at what we are we doing to move the company forward in the years ahead. You know, Gary may be leaving, but it's still the same management team thats powering this company's strategy, and it's the same playbook that weve been using these past several years. So the following areas of emphasis should be very familiar to you.
McClatchy is intensely focused on:
* Driving new revenues, especially digital and local
* Expanding our audiences, and the platforms through which we reach them
* Producing high-quality journalism
*Permanently reducing costs and
* Continuing to pay down debt
Driving New Revenues, Especially Digital
The modern McClatchy Company is much more than a newspaper company. We are the leading local media company in 29 great markets across the United States. Our focus on diversifying our revenues means that one- third of our ad revenues are now generated outside of the newspaper. Even throughout the recession, McClatchys digital revenues have grown year after year. As we've already seen, digital advertising now accounts for about 22% of McClatchys total ad revenues with margins better than our print products.
Digital classified adverting is where we clearly see the benefits of McClatchys valuable internet investments, particularly CareerBuilder, the nation's No. 1 employment website, and Classified Ventures, a thriving online classifieds company that operates Cars.com and Apartments.com.
Not only do these companies provide leading online products used by each of our newspapers, their strong earnings contribute to our bottom line and their cash flows are providing significant dividends. In the last two fiscal years, Classified Ventures paid McClatchy nearly $42 million in cash dividends, and last year CareerBuilder contributed its first dividend totaling $7.5 million in 2011.
Classified Ventures and CareerBuilder are prime examples of how McClatchy has grown its business through investments and new products. And we continue to pursue and develop new digital products and offerings.
Last August, we completed the launch of dealsaver®, our proprietary daily deals service across all of our markets. Unlike competitors such as Groupon or LivingSocial, dealsaver® benefits from the promotional power of our local papers, their related websites and local sales forces.
Since late 2010, McClatchy has been rolling out Find n Save across our markets. Find n Save is a digital shopping portal that provides advertisers with a common platform to reach online audiences with digital circulars, coupons and display advertising. Find n Save has been well-received by both consumers and advertisers so much so that McClatchy reached out to several other leading media and publishing companies to join forces and create a new company to support it. This industry-wide effort provides Find n Save with significant scale and we expect it to be in place at an estimated 250 newspaper websites around our industry by the end of 2012.
In both online and in print, were pursuing local revenue opportunities. Most of our ad revenue decline right now is coming from large advertisers, so were working to offset that decline with small and midsized retailers, who have often been priced out and underserved by daily newspaper advertising in the past.
Our Print & Deliver program, launched in 2010, offers neighborhood retailers and other nontraditional advertisers the ability to distribute preprinted circulars in their immediate vicinity where they can do the most good. We distributed about 525 million circulars for our advertisers in 2011 under this popular program.
Our Sunday Select product has continued to grow at a double-digit clip since its introduction a couple of years ago. You may recall that Sunday Select is a package of preprints delivered to non-newspaper subscribers upon request.
We continue to experiment with paid online content, rolling out different models in different markets.
We have begun charging for online content with a metered paywall at our newspaper website in Modesto. Online users are asked to pay after accessing a limited amount of content for free. Our newspaper website in Columbia, South Carolina, charges online subscriptions to access deep, original college sports content. And other of our South Carolina papers in Hilton Head Island and Beaufort recently began charging out-of-market users to access their websites. We'll continue with these and other initiatives in an ongoing search for that sweet spot trying to capture additional subscription revenues without harming traffic or advertising revenues.
Continuing Audience Focus
Audience is another area of unrelenting focus.
We reported growth in Sunday circulation in 2011 and lower declines in daily circulation than we had seen in years.
In the most recent Audit Bureau of Circulations report for the six-month period ending in March, we showed daily volumes down 3.6%, but Sunday was up 0.7%. These numbers, of course, primarily reflect our print audience, but McClatchy also reaches millions of readers digitally.
While our online growth is solid, its important to note that not all internet traffic is equal. We get higher ad rates and better results for advertisers from local audiences. Local unique visitors to our websites grew in the first quarter of 2012 on top of 6.1% growth last year.
Our mobile traffic is growing exponentially, up 139% in the first quarter. Mobile traffic now represents 21% of our total unique visitors and McClatchy content is now available on virtually every mobile platform.
Producing High-Quality Journalism
Despite expense pressures, high-quality journalism remains a hallmark of McClatchy. Quality journalism is critical in retaining and growing our audiences and it distinguishes McClatchy from proliferating new media competitors.
McClatchy journalism is continually recognized as some of the best in the business. Tom Lasseter, McClatchys Beijing bureau chief, was honored last month with the top foreign reporting award from the Society of Professional Journalists for his 2011 coverage of human rights abuses by the Chinese government. He followed up that accomplishment this month by winning the 2012 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for foreign reporting. The RFK Award, one of the top prizes in all of journalism, salutes outstanding reporting on human rights and social justice. McClatchy has won an RFK Award each of the past four years and five out of the past six years.
Closer to home, Jamie Lucke of the Lexington Herald-Leader received a coveted Scripps Howard Award for editorial writing. She took on Kentuckys powerful coal mining industry while speaking for the voiceless and powerless in Appalachia.
And The Miami Herald missed out on the most prestigious journalism award of them all the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service. Last month, The Miami Herald was named one of three finalists for the prize for its series Neglected to Death, which revealed deplorable conditions in Floridas assisted living facilities extraordinary journalism that helped changed state law and literally saved lives. Since 2006, in fact, The Miami Herald has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist five times, winning twice.
Permanently Reducing Costs
We continue to permanently realign and reduce expenses but we do so strategically, ensuring strength in our newsrooms, digital operations and advertising sales the drivers of our business.
Much of this work is made possible by technology. We are sharing resources and content among papers as never before and centralizing and standardizing computer systems across the company. More than a third of our newspapers are now printed by others either another McClatchy paper or an outside party. And many of our papers that have not outsourced their printing now have excess capacity to take on additional work and generate greater revenues.
Continuing to Pay Down Debt
As always, we are focused on reducing debt and improving our financial position at every opportunity.
We paid off another $70.5 million in debt thus far in 2012 to reduce our overall debt to $1.56 billion.
As we look to improve our balance sheet further, well focus bond buybacks on near- and medium-term maturities. And were in good shape with our pension obligations. In fact, we made a $40 million contribution to our pension plan in January that more than covered our 2012 requirements.
Id like to assure you as the former CFO and as the new CEO that The McClatchy Company is in strong financial shape and getting stronger. We are poised to benefit from improvement in the economy and we will continue to work and reorganize our operations for the demands and opportunities of the digital age.
The road ahead is an exciting one thanks to the foundation put in place under Gary Pruitts leadership and to the hard work being carried out each day by our employees, in my opinion the most dedicated, enterprising, and resourceful in our industry. Together, we are successfully navigating a difficult economy and reshaping the company for a prosperous and vibrant future a future where our communities, our country and our democracy will continue to benefit from McClatchy journalism.
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(AP) It could be the deal of a lifetime. A Pittsburgh-area couple, Bob and Ricki Husick, are offering anyone who buys their home full cash-back upon their death and even their full inheritance, currently worth at least $500,000.
The Husicks have been trying to sell their home for almost a year, but have failed to do so in the current shaky market.
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According to the Husicks' offer, the buyer would get the money back when the couple dies. And if the buyer agrees to care for them in old age, they could also inherit their retirement home in Arizona, bringing the estate's current value to about $500,000.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Logan Thomas matched his career high with three touchdown passes and Virginia Tech's defense made big plays when it needed to in a 27-17 victory against North Carolina on Saturday.
Thomas' scoring throws all came in the first half as the Hokies (5-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) still struggled to get their running game going, but won their fifth straight.
The loss was the third straight for the Tar Heels (1-4, 0-2), who pulled a surprise by starting dual threat Marquise Williams at quarterback in place of Bryn Renner, who injured his left foot last week. Williams played well but had a late interception in Virginia Tech territory on a fourth-and-1 when driving to make it a one possession game.
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I was shocked when I checked Times Online last night. It looked absolutely different. It changed to a new look four days ago, says Times Online editor in chief Anne Spackman, to be more accessible and easily navigable. But as a result it looks like a WordPress blog, and not a well-designed one at that. The black and lime green nameplate looked dreadful at first sight. The old design with the elegant black nameplate had a touch of class. It suggested quality journalism. The new design with its liberal use of red and blue and green sheds the old image completely.
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An Eastern Henrico church is encouraging community members to hang ribbons in honor of the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Seminar on tax changes for representative offices
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On 20 February 2010 the State Administration of Taxation issued Circular 18/2010 outlining a new tax treatment for representative offices (ROs) of foreign enterprises in China.
Circular 18/2010 replaces several older circulars relating to the taxation of ROs and introduces significant changes. The new circular represents a fundamental shift in tax liability for ROs in China and all foreign companies with ROs should determine how it affects them. Hwuason's tax lawyers will outline the changes and illustrate how they will impact upon the bottom line
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Healing Tonics
I've been going back to my old ways lately. Nope! Not what you think! I have been going back to my old herbal knowledge ways. I actually have a degree in herbalism from The School of Natural Healing from Dr. John Christopher. It is a wonderful program! Shortly after completing the program (in 1998 ?), I opened up a small herb shop in town for about a year. I was ahead of my time and the application for the town. I had some regulars and people interested in holistic health, but not enough to keep it open. So, I closed shop and moved onto other pursuits, but never forgot the knowledge I learned and its usage. I have been re-applying a lot of info. about herbs back into my diet, but in a different way. Instead of taking capsules of herbs and supplements, I'm making tonics and teas to get the most benefit from them and popping some into my smoothies. BAM! It's working!
Tonics are safe and enjoyable to take on a regular basis to promote the strength, immunity, and energy you need to feel better and stay healthier day after day. Whether you are feeling stressed or low in energy, wish to boost your mental clarity or increase your stamina, want to ease digestive discomfort or support heart health, tonics are an all-natural drink (cold or hot) to meet your individual needs. Nurture your own well-being with easy-to-make recipes.
All superfoods fall into a tonic herb category. Superfoods are foods that you can eat whole with herbal qualities. They are very therapeutic. Tonic herbs usually have superfood qualities, but can't eat the whole food – you have to make an extract out of it.
Your herb choices are quite expansive! My personal favorites right now are nettle root, oatstraw, pau d'arco, astragulus root, he shou wu, horsetail, gynostemma, goji berries, camu camu, shizandra berries, gynostemma, yerba mate, Maca, lucuma, Shilajit and medicinal mushrooms (such as reishi & chaga). Don't be intimidated by all of these if you haven't made teas like this before, just start with even 3 herbs and you're on your way to stellar health!
I used to take supplements, pills, etc., however, I rely on tonic herb teas, smoothies, Superfoods and the food I eat for all my nutrition now. I feel the difference and my body responds well to it.
My TOP Herbs/ Superfoods for Tonics:
The herb of youth and sustained energy is astragalus root.
It has been used in China for thousands of years as a whole body supertonic, that strengthens muscle and improves metabolic functions. Astragalus extracts are immuno-modulating, rich in stress-reducing adaptogenic compounds that help regenerate cell function and healing. It greatly relieves fatigue and is used by athletes all around the world for peak performance. Since astragalus is a supertonic herb, it can be used daily and safely with cumulative youthening benefits over a long lifetime. (source)
*Reishi Mushroom
This prized fungus may be able to boost your immune system, fight cancer, ward off heart disease, calm your nerves and relieve both allergies and inflammation. According to Eastern thought, the body needs to defend itself against threats to its "equilibrium." These threats can be physical, such as viruses and bacteria that cause infection; emotional, such as stressors that cause anxiety; or energetic, in that they reduce alertness. Whatever the threat, reishi helps the body maintain its defense against these threats to its equilibrium, helping the body to maintain balance. In this sense, diseases like heart disease and cancer mean that the body is out of balance, which is why an equilibrium-enhancing remedy such as reishi can help so many diverse ailments. Read more here for some astounding proof of this mushroom. (source)
**Spirit Reishi– This is the best product that I have come across so far!
It is amazing and I noticed results within days of use.It is not cheap, but I only use one capsule (broken open) into my tonic per day. You definitely get what you pay for on this one! I highly recommend it! I have tried several other Reishi brands and the quality just WAS NOT there. I had to use 3 to 4 capsules and really didn't notice anything. With Spirit Reishi, I feel energized, focused, alive, HAPPY, and balanced yet calm, grounded and revitalized. This will last a long time for the $ put into it. It is THE ONE HERB I use consistently among all of them. It is very bitter and doesn't require much in your tonic drink or it will be strong and off-tasting.
* Maca
Many herbalists recommend maca as an adaptogen. This means its natural properties work through the adrenal glands to cause adjustments in the body. An adaptogen has the ability to increase your body's resistance to infection, fatigue, stress and trauma. Maca is believed to behave as a restorative and tonic and to help rebuild weak immune systems and improve your body's absorption of nutrients. It is believed to do so by supporting endocrine health. The endocrine system is the combination of glands that produce hormones. Hormones are released into the blood stream and act as "messengers" to the tissues and organs. Scientists believe that maca helps regulate hormones, contributing to regulated metabolism, elevated energy levels and an overall feeling of wellbeing. (source) I like to use this Maca.
* Gymostemma
This is just like ginseng in effect, but from a leaf. It's been studied almost as much as green tea, but it has no caffeine and has lots more adaptogenic effects. I love it as a morning or evening tea. This tonic is carefully crafted to enhance your longevity, adaptability and thrivability. Throughout Asia, Gynostemma teas are consumed as a daily tea by health conscious folks. It is commonly used as an adaptability-enhancing anti-aging herb. It can be consumed in the morning to help you get started for the day. It can also be drunk at night to help you relax. One tea bag = 3 cups of tea.
Spring Dragon Longevity Gynostemma Tea
* Chaga Mushroom
The "King of Mushrooms" is rich in antioxidants, polysaccarides and a host of other substances including melanin to support beauty and immune system robustness. Russia has done countless studies on chaga, proving it to be one of the most important herbs ever used. Tips For Buying Chaga Mushrooms – very important – READ! I order my chaga mushroom in bulk (1 pound) and make a tea of it periodically. A little goes a long way and can be re-used several times to get the most out of it. I purchase from fiddleheadheaven.ca. Dwight Thornton (owner) is a wonderfully friendly, helpful man who knows how to harvest his product responsibly and sustainably. He wants to protect this important natural resource! He sells chaga in its purest form. That's what I want! (Free land shipping & handling with tracking number, within North America.) *Tip: After I have made several batches from the 3 TB., I will mix the remains in my dog's food bowls for medicinal benefits for them – perfectly safe.
* Yerba Mate
In South America, yerba mate has been revered for centuries as the "drink of the gods" and is enjoyed daily for vitality, clarity and well-being. The leaves of the yerba mate tree provide 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, abundant antioxidants and naturally occurring caffeine. Grown and harvested deep within the rainforest, Yerba Mate has a smooth, rich flavor. Yerba mate is also known for its adaptogen-like qualities, which include reducing the effects of occasional stress. I like this tea best in the morning. The tea bags are great for convenience, but I prefer the loose tea because you can utilize more of the medicinal components from it this way and you get more bang for your buck ($).
Yerba Mate Tea – Guayaki (tea bags) or Yerba Mate Tea – Guayaki (Loose tea)
* Dandy Blend, Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion
Dandy Blend is so versatile that, depending on how much powder you use, it can be everything from a pleasant, nutty roasted tea to a rich, strong espresso. It also is the easiest way to get the benefits of dandelion root into your diet. Dandelion root aids the liver. Add one spoonful in a cup of hot or cold liquid, stir, and it is ready to drink. It makes a particularly good iced coffee for use in warm water. Rich, smooth full-bodied coffee flavor, but no caffeine, acidity or bitterness. I LOVE this stuff! It's also great to add to raw ice creams, puddings, pies, hot chocolate drinks,etc. for a coffee-like taste with NONE of the coffee side-effects. Just amazing taste and medicinal benefits (win-win to me!)
Dandy Blend Instant Beverage with Dandelion
* Hemp seeds
Hemp seeds make a tonic super creamy and pack it full of nutrition. One of the most nutritious and easily digested foods on the earth is the hemp seed. Hemp seeds contain all of the following: protein, essential amino acids, and essential fatty acids. Hemp is truly a food that can sustain all of man's dietary needs.
Hemp contains more of the beneficial amino acids than proteins such as milk, eggs or meat. Hemp is a complete source of protein and is easily digestible. Hemp seed contains almost seven times more omega-3 fatty acids than fish. It also provides an option for those unable to eat gluten, meat, sugar and milk. It is a good addition to a diet for those concerned about avoiding carbohydrates. (source) Try my Vanilla Cacao Hemp Seed Milk.
How-To Make A Super Tonic Herb Tea
Bring a few cups of spring water to an almost rolling boil with your chosen herbs in your pot (I highly recommend using glass or a high quality stainless steel – DO NOT USE CHEAP ALUMINUM OR THE LIKE – it will leach into your tea and is BAD for you), turn the heat down and let it simmer for a minimum of 20 minutes. Depending on what roots and herbs you are using, you may need or want to simmer them for longer to extract even more phyto-nutrients. You can also just turn the heat off with the lid on and allow the herbs to steep this way as well. I'll sometimes do this at night before going to bed and let steep overnight. When I get up, the tea is nice and ready (strong) and can be diluted somewhat. This way I can get more use out of the quantity made up. Strain well. Bottle any un-used amount in a glass Mason Jar or larger glass container. If you want a warm/hot tea, just warm the amount you need for tonic on the stove and it's ready to go for recipe.
I place my specialty herbs and superfoods, etc. such a Spirit Reishi (break open 1 capsule), Astragalus powder, carob/cacao powder, pinch of salt, sweetener of choice (raw honey, stevia, maple syrup, pitted date) etc. in high powered blender (I use a Vitamix) first, then add the warmed tea or hot water and blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors and pour into a glass or mug. Sip and think positive thoughts about how the tonic is healing you with its medicinal qualities. That you are worth it and deserve ONLY THE BEST! That you feed and nourish your body with only THE BEST!
Every step you take that is positive towards better health for yourself opens you to more wonderful possibilities to come your way. I LOVE nourishing myself with healthy foods, positive thoughts, healing techniques and modalities that assist me in bringing out the BEST POSSIBLE "Me" and to let that light shine outward.
Tonic recipe #1
- 1.5 cups of warm/hot tea (herbal tea of choice, chaga, gynostemma, yerba mate)
- 1 – 2 TB. carob powder
- 1 TB. Lucuma powder (optional) or substitute 2 TB. hemp seeds (creaminess)
- 1/8 tsp. Spirulina powder
- 1 capsule (broke open into container) Spirit Reishi
- 1/2 tsp. Maca
- 1 tsp. coconut oil
- pinch of sea salt
- 1/4 tsp.vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice (raw honey, maple syrup, stevia) to taste -( I use Vanilla stevia)
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon powder
Blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors. Drink!
Tonic Recipe #2
- 1.5 cups warm/ hot Chaga tea
- 1-2 TB. Dandy Blend
- 1 TB. Maca
- 1 tsp. Astragalus powder
- 3 TB. hemp seeds
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- sweetener of choice – I used Vanilla stevia
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 TB. cacao or carob Powder
Blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors. Drink!
Hot Chocolate Tonic Recipe #3
- 1.5 cups hot water
- 2 heaping TB. of carob or cacao powder
- broke open a capsule of Spirit Reishi
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon powder
- 1/4 tsp. mesquite powder
- 1/8 cup hemp seeds
- 1/2 tsp. Astragalus root powder
- 1/4 tsp. Vanilla Bean Powder
- pinch of cayenne pepper (optional) – but NICE!
- sweetened with NuNaturals Pure Liquid™ Peppermint NuStevia**
Blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors. Drink!
Immune Boosting Tonic – #4
- 1.5 cups Hot chaga tea – prepared ahead of time
- 1 tsp. Astragalus root powder
- 1 tsp. Camu camu powder
- 1 tsp. coconut oil
- 1 tsp. Pau D'Arco herb
- A few drops of orange extract
- A few drops of Vanilla NuStevia
- pinch of sea salt
Blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors. Drink!
Non-Coffee Delicious Tonic
- 2.5 cups of hot/near boiling water
- 2 TB. Dandy Blend (or more to taste)
- 1/2 tsp. Reishi mushroom powder
- 1 tsp. Vanilla Bean Powder
- pinch of himalayan salt
- sweetener of choice (raw honey, stevia, a few pitted dates)
Blend on HIGH till smooth and creamy. Taste. Adjust flavors. Drink!
If you don't have some of the ingredients, leave them out and use what you do have or substitute another herb or superfood you like. Create your own blend!
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Chocolate Orange Rum Balls Recipe
- 2 (16 ounce)boxesvanilla wafers, crushed
- 2teaspoonscocoa powder
- 2tablespoonslight corn syrup
- 1cuppowdered sugar
- 1 1/2cupswalnuts, chopped
- 1/2cupBacardi O rum(Orange Flavored Rum)
- extrarum, to taste (optional)
- powdered sugar, for coating
- Mix all dry ingredients and set aside in big bowl.
- Mix corn syrup, and rum together.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix well with a fork.
- Let stand for 2 hours.
- If you like your rum balls super"rummy" you can add 1/2 cup more at this point and let it sit again for 2 hours.
- You can repeat the adding rum and waiting 2 hour step till it suits your taste.
- There is a good midpoint where the mix is not too wet and not too dry.
- Rolling the 1″ balls should not be a sticky (too wet) or crumbly (too dry) task.
- Roll into balls and then roll in powdered sugar to coat.
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Funeral Poems
By: Carole Galassi |
When a loved 1 dies, it could be challenging expressing your emotions, especially in public places in the funeral or memorial service. Poems may be a very successful technique to communicate your feelings concerning the death of the loved 1. Funeral and bereavement poems are an extremely essential aspect on most funeral and memorial services. Poems aid to comfort and ease and alleviate mourning household and friends. They might be read in the funeral, the burial web page or committal, ...
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Funeral Poems
By: Carole Galassi |
When a loved 1 dies, it could be challenging expressing your emotions, especially in public places in the funeral or memorial service. Poems may be a very successful technique to communicate your feelings regarding the death of the loved 1. Funeral and bereavement poems are an extremely crucial part of all funeral and memorial services. Poems aid to comfort and ease and alleviate mourning household and fri...
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Funeral Caterers
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If you are looking for a reputed and reliable funeral catering company offering unmatched catering services at affordable rates, you may visit www.just-fingerfoods.com.au.
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Tata Merlin to replace Tata Safari 2011
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Tata Safari will see its replacement which will be called Tata Merlin. Tata Merlin is Tata Safari's next generation which will be coming with addition of the dual mass flywheel to the present 2.2 DiCOR engine.
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Garrett Uekman: Cause of Arkansas Football Player's Death and Funeral Details
By: Henes Pitt |
Health & Fitness
Arkansas football player Garrett Uekman found dead in his dorm room at Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville on Sunday morning. The cause is still unknown but it is said that Garrett Uekman was found unconscious and unresponsive in his dorm room on campus at approximately 11:15 a.m., one hour after being spotted playing video games and apparently healthy.
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Amy Winehouse's Funeral Takes Place on July 26, 2011
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British soul singer Amy Winehouse's funeral will be privately held on Tuesday, July 26, 2011, attended by only her family, father Mirch, mother Janis, elder brother Alex, along with her boyfriend Reg Traviss and close friends. According to Jewish tradition, the funeral takes place as quickly as possible following a death. The "Back In Black" star might have been dead about six hours before her body was discovered lying in bed but no cause of her death has been given.
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Funeral Flowers From Funeral Flowers Dublin
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Funerals Flowers Dublin florist usually checks the venue before they give an approx estimate on the amount of flowers used to decorate the venue. As one doesn't get much time for funerals, time is an important factor which one should keep in mind to plane for the arrangement.
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Funeral Prices and Funeral Arrangements
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Funeral prices have seen a great price hike in the recent years and to bear the cost of a loved one (family or friend) has become more difficult while the person is still in grief. If there is no planning then all of the funeral arrangements are left to the family and friends of the departed soul. At this time a lot of tough decisions have to be made quickly and it can become very difficult and ov
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Funeral Service Needs Funeral Programs
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Small Business
Funeral program is an important part of the funeral service. One should follow the program list before starting the ceremony.
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Funeral Home Services
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Good funeral homes are genuinely deeply sorry for their customers' losses. They understand that there is nothing worse than losing a loved one and you are going to need all the help you can get. That's why they offer a number of services besides just renting the actual funeral home.
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Australian Funeral Arrangements
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You have to manage the funerals, overlook the ceremony and attend to the guests, prepare the grave and coffin and also arrange for the cremation. Sound tough? It is actually tougher than it sounds. If you are living in a country with different communities and cultures then it is all the more difficult to find a funeral service provider who will look into all the details required and which are nece
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Australian Funeral Services
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Funeral Services help you plan the funeral ceremony from the start to end. They know how to handle pressure situations so that in the time of grief when it is difficult to make a decision they are there for you. They can assist you in making the right decisions and so are the reason of a burden of a tremendous responsibility been lifted from your shoulders. You can concentrate on the guest list an
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Funeral Prices Australia
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Organizing a funeral can be a real testing time of the nerves. The family and friends of the deceased are so overcome with grief that it is not possible for them to think straight. It is at times like these the Funeral Homes arrange funerals at affordable and reasonable prices.
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Planning Your Funeral
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It may seem odd, but more and more people are planning their own funerals early in their lives. The advantages to doing so include personalizing the event, eliminating a lot of stress for your loved ones, and paying for it on your own.
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Funeral of the Ovum
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SITE NEWS: We are moving all of our site and company news into a single blog for Sports-Reference.com. We'll tag all B-R content, so you can quickly and easily find the content you want.
Also, our existing B-R blog rss feed will be redirected to the new site's feed.
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For more from Andy and the gang, check out their new site High Heat Stats.
Feature Watch: Other Leaderboards
I'm sure most (if not all) of you have seen this page at one time or another: Leaders & Records. It's a popular page, given that it links to all of our leaderboards for batting and pitching. But our feeling is that many people scan the top of the page and find the leaderboard link they want, but remain unaware of the content "hidden" at the very bottom of the page. So today, I'm going to show you some of the other features you can access from the Leaders & Records page, features that you may not have known about because they were tucked away at the bottom of the screen.
First, there's the salary leaderboard, which lists the most money raked in by players in a single season and a career (dating back to 1985, when our salary data begins). We also have a number of yearly leaderboards, which list the highest-paid player, as well as the oldest and youngest players, for each league-season (on a related note: dang, Dave Stieb got himself paid!).
Below that, we list the age-based leaderboards, which really contain 3 leaderboards on each page. For each age linked, we list the all-time cumulative leaders up to and including that age (for instance, highest OBP through age 23), the leaders just for the season in which the player was that particular age (ex: best ERA by a 26-year-old), and the cumulative leaders for seasons including and after that age (i.e., most HR including & after age 33). These make killer trivia questions... and answers, for that matter.
We also list some award leaderboards in the bottom section. We have career leaders for MVP and Cy Young Shares, as well as pages that show all multiple winners of an MVP or Cy Young, multiple Gold Glove winners, and multiple Silver Slugger winners. And in the same area we have the leaders for our Hall of Fame standards metrics like the HoF Monitor and the Black Ink Test, which are a few of the pages we get requests for often (with users not knowing the pages already exist).
Then we get to some of the more frivolous -- but fun -- leaderboards on the page: we list the most popular teams and players (both all-time and recently), as well as the most unique players ever, the biggest winners, the guys who have played the most without a ring, and more... In fact, you'll just have to check it out for yourself, because these things are most enjoyable when you play around with them and explore the site in the process. Go ahead, have fun with them!
Anyway, I hope I was able to help you find some new leaderboards and pages you didn't know about before. And if you did know about all of these leaderboards already, then I hope I jogged your memory and prompted you to rediscover some old features you may not have thought about in a while. Because, really, who can't get enough of lists like this? (Aside from Ernie Banks and Luke Appling, that is.)
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2 Responses to "Feature Watch: Other Leaderboards"
kingturtle Says:
August 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
i love the leaderboards. i refer to them quite often. one of my favorite parts is how deep they go. Active leaderboards go 100 deep, single-Season go 500 deep, and lifetime lists go 1000 deep! Nick Markakis has 75 lifetime homeruns today. He's 995th all time! Quite remarkable to think that only 994 guys in the history of baseball have more lifetime homeruns. How mant lifetime wins does it take for a pitcher to make the top 1000? Only 63 - hello Jake Westbrook.
i also refer often to the yearly League Leaders lists and have made some interesting (to me) Wikipedia pages related to the topic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_titles_streaks and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_titles_leaders .
The only thing that I wish desperately for are fielding leaderboards (lifetime, season, yearly, etc.) That would be extremely useful.
Love the site, as always.
JoeC Says:
August 30th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Thanks for the tip, and the links! Is there any way to find out the pitchers who have played the longest without making the playoffs (either by starts, or appearances, or innings)?
Cheers, and love the blog -


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i remember living in portland and coming to boise for a little while. when i returned to portland, i didn't have a bike, but had a friend with several. one night, a bunch of us headed for a show. everyone else grabbed a bike before me...i was out getting beer for the show or something. the only one left was the suicycle, as we called it. it was a freewheeled singlespeed with no brakes and handlebars six inches wide. i carried the beer to the show, stopping the rear wheel with the sole of my right shoe, cursing my dickhead friend the whole way for making that monstrosity.
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The Sigma III system was a star system close to Starbase G-6. In the mid-24th century, the United Federation of Planets had a mining colony on Quadra Sigma III, a planet in this system.
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Hi, im currently working on setting up an online store and just wondered about taking orders over the phone. I won't have a business bank account for the time being and will be taking payment via Paypal. What i want to know is, would it be legal for me to take and order over the phone and process it though on the website and input the customers details on Paypal to process the payment?
Im guessing its not legal as I don't think anyones doing it but if I wasn't holding the details myself and I informed the customer it would show as a Paypal payment on their statements I can't see the problem?
Thanks in advance
Not sure if it's legal or not to be honest, but it's more likely that people will be unwilling to give out their credit / debit card details over the phone. Also, if you're running an online store, then web-savvy shoppers will expect to be able to pay themselves without having to speak to you over the phone. If not, they won't thing much of your operation.
Even if you don't have a business bank account yet, what's wrong with you letting them pay money into your PayPal account and then withdrawing the money into your personal account? I thought this could be done?
I'm sure you've already seen it, but take a look at www.paypal-business.co.uk as there may be another way around this that you haven't thought of yet.
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with paypal, well any payment don't forget the costs involved. The company I used to work for was a franchise and was not allowed to process payments online (due to contractual restrictions). We needed people to be able to pay by phone though.
We set up the card payment over the phone just as I was leaving. I was very skeptical. We had to put a £1.50 handling charge on to cover all costs.
As we were service based we had to put th price of our premium products up too, to cover the costs because paypal also take their 3.25% or whatever amount it is now.
Meant adding around £5 to most of our premium products, plus they then had the £1.50 handling charg.
We took card details, but be careful and think about data protection. Remember if you loose the details or they get stolen, you become responsible for any losses the cards inccur.
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The company I used to work for had a very dubious system for processing credit card payments over the phone. They are a government funded company so apparently it was legal I have my doubts). The call takers in the call centre used to actually write the customers card details down on a form and then take it over to my team who had access to the business banking side of hsbc where we would input the details take payment and then shread the form.
To me this was very dodgy in terms of data protection and the customers were never informed that there details were being written down. Makes me wonder what happens at other companies when you give payment over the phone as this was a big national company!
Which is probably why people didnt question it, they may be more reluctant to do it with a new company.
Firstly why not get a business bank account it is going to make it so much easier for tax purposes and many banks will give you upto 2 years free banking
In regards to online payments you have a number of options available to you, the simplest form as you have already suggested is PayPal, a good thing with this is that people no longer have to be a member of PayPal to send you a payment, although their transaction charges are seen as quite high by some.
They do offer a Virtual Terminal Service which will allow you to take payments over the phone, there is an extra charge for this but full details can be found at https://www.paypal-business.co.uk/
Another option you could look at is a company called NoChex, I used to use them in the past to process online payments and find them to be very good, also they used to have quite good chargeback protection, however, they do not offer over the phone payments.
You could also take a look into bigger systems such as WorldPay which offer complete solutions including Virtual Terminal although this will be more costly to set up.
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Hey there,
You really shouldn't take peoples credit card details over the phone, and then go through the online process of entering their card details. I don't think its illegal, however it's not right.
The only way you should take payment over the phone, is by using a virtual terminal, similar to PayPal's Virtual Terminal service, or something like SagePay, where the service specifically allows you to take payments over the phone.
The main reason for this, as previously said is if the details get lost or stolen, you can be the one in trouble.
Your best bet, is to let people pay online, if they can't, then why not accept a cheque as a way of allowing offline payment?
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Jeffrey Goldberg Has a Name for His Balls
"The Resistance."
In his hilarious piece testing out the TSA's new pat-down procedures, Atlantic writer Jeffrey Goldberg gives us a little TMI. "We have to search up your thighs and between your legs until we meet resistance," the security officer tells him when he opts for the physical pat-down over a trip through the notorious back-scatter imager.
"Resistance?" I asked.
"Your testicles," he explained.
'That's funny," I said, "because 'The Resistance' is the actual name I've given to my testicles."
He answered, "Like 'The Situation,' that guy from `Jersey Shore?'"
Yes, exactly, I said. (I used to call my testicles "The Insurgency," but those assholes in Iraq ruined the term.)
We suppose, though, that like the pat-down procedures themselves, this anecdote reveals both too much and not enough. If that's what he calls his balls, what does the award-winning writer call his actual schlong?
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