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Vicious By Victoria Schwab
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal
Release: September 24, 2013
Hardcover: 364 Pages
Publisher: Tor
My Copy: Purchased
Reviewer: Shannon & Julia
Book Summary:
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? (Courtesy of Goodreads)
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? (Courtesy of Goodreads)
Julia & Shannon: Joint Review!
1. In a sentence or two, tell me what you think
Shannon: I loved the exploration of the hero vs villain myth. What makes a hero? What makes a villain? But I do wish I felt more connected to the story. It took awhile for me to get into it.
Julia: Wasn't sure what to expect from Vicious, I didn't even read the summary before picking it up. It was a little drawn out, but the story is really intriguing and I loved how intricately the lives of the characters intertwined. The characters and blurry line between good and bad fascinated me.
2. What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite part?
Shannon: My favorite part was watching all the parts click together and all the characters converge on each other. Since this book jumps around in time quite a bit, it is hard to tell where it is all going. But the pay off was pretty great at the end. I loved the last line. My least favorite part was probably Eli. I just did not understand his ideology or his righteousness.
Julia: The ending, the last few chapters. When everything clicks, and exactly like Shannon said, the last line! AH! Nailed it. It made all those drawn out chapters in the beginning worth it. Least favorite part.... I didn't really have one, just didn't like how drawn out some parts were. Sometimes I was like, do I really need to know this part of his past?
3. What did you think of the characters?
Shannon: Well, see above for my thoughts on Eli. I "got" Victor a little more, but I do tend to like anti-heroes a lot. I have to say my favorite character was Sydney thought. She is a 13 year old girl with her own abilities and a tragic past. Her sister, Serena, is also a great character and she is super creepy.
Julia: I loved Victor. He's mysterious and bad, but good and it takes you awhile to figure him out. Eli is annoying in his "quest," but a necessary character. Sydney is so three dimensional, I really felt like her character portrayed her true age. That doesn't happen often in young adult novels. And yeah, Serena is scary.
4. It is pretty clear that both of the main characters are not exactly heroes. Are they villains? Or just anti-heroes?
Shannon: I loved the murky morality here. On one hand you have Eli who firmly believes in his ideology and sees himself as the hero of his story. He believes he is protecting people and has a divine duty to get rid of people with ExtraOrdinary abilities. So while he is doing a horrible thing, he completely believes in his morality. Victor, on the other hand, does not care about his morality but it could be argued that is less of a villain in this story than Eli. I have feelings on who the "real" villain is in the story, but I don't want to give anything away!
Julia: Nothing is black and white here! We've got these two main characters, and you can see them both as villains or good guys, depends on how you want to look at it. But it's gray and blurry and keeps you guessing the entire time. Keeps the story rolling!
5. How did you feel about the treatment of EOs (ExtraOrdinary)?
Shannon: I thought it was an interesting concept that you are granted ExtraOrdinary abilities after a Near Death Experience. I loved that the powers were tied to a person's final thoughts/wishes when they experience their NDE. But I do wish it was a little more fleshed out. It seemed like there were a lot of people having NDEs. And that seemed odd to me.
Julia: I've never read a book where near death experiences give you a superpower based on your last wishes or thoughts. So this was a fresh take for me, and I couldn't be more satisfied. I love dark superheros and comics, and that's what it felt like to me. The way they "arrived" at the discovery is pretty cool too. Don't try this at home folks! :)
6. How did this book compare to A Darker Shade of Magic?
Shannon: I didn't quite like this one as much as A Darker Shade of Magic, which was probably one of my favorite reads this year so far. I didn't understand or connect to the characters quite as much. And it took me a lot longer to get into Vicious. But the writing is still very very good, so I can't complain too much!
Julia: They're totally different reads, so I can't really compare them other than saying the writing is done well in both and I highly recommend you reading both. But they don't have the same feel, which I am pumped on. Both books are SO good!
7. What would you rate this? Who would you recommend it to?
Shannon: I think I would rate this 4 stars. I think comic book fans would enjoy this one, especially if you like your "heroes" dark.
Julia: 4.5 stars. Dark and well written... If you don't mind your books not having romance, or you prefer that, read thisssss!!!


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Totally Cheesy and Awesome Trailer for 'Piranha 3DD'
I never saw the first Piranha 3D movie...but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that it was pretty cheesy and silly. But despite that fact, if I'm not mistaken, it performed pretty well at the box office. Well enough, at least, to spawn what appears to be an even cheesier and sillier sequel...that's in 3DD!

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I have tried a few menus , some are nice, some don't work or look right. Anyone know of one like "flexy m*e*nu". I like this one but don't have the time to debug it.
I put the same exact code on 2 pages both use includes files, but only 1 page with the subject menu under 768px works properly.. I don't want to lose people on mobile devices when the menu is fully open on one page (in error) and the other it works as it is supposed to. I looked into it being a "me error" but when I duplicate the same everything in html code (heading,paths,body,div names) and I get a different result because the page has a different name, I have to move on. The files shared the same include files. So, I am looking for a horizontal menu that gives you that 3 bar icon and use of jquery to drop it down (easing) upon a tap.I've seen the top 25 or 50 w/ a big tyrannical G search, anything not so conspicuous that is more recent.Oh, and it should be multi-level
Darn it was user error. Please delete this thread. difference was some js file at bottom loading.


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Principal Puts Post-Run Stiffness in Detention
In addition to being a middle school principal, Josh is a husband, father and half-marathon enthusiast. Having to wear all these different hats doesn't allow him to always train exactly how he would want to, but Josh feels inverting on his Teeter has helped him with both his pre and post-run routine.
By stretching on his Teeter inversion table before he runs, Josh feels he gets into his pace sooner and more comfortably than when he stretches via other methods. Following his training regimen, Josh jumps back onto his Teeter for a couple minutes of joint and spine decompression, stretching and relaxing – allowing him to recover from his run faster.


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Samsung Replenish ReviewSamsung Replenish
Taking into account the measly sized 2-megapixel camera that it's packing along, one can only imagine that it might not be something you'd want to use for shooting those precious moments. Rightfully so, our assumptions are confirmed with its muddy looking visuals, combined with bland color production, that make it seem as though they are painted on a canvas. Likewise, quality with indoor shots is considerably reduced due to the vast amount of digital noise taking precedence within most things. All in all, you'd be hard pressed to even fathom about even snapping some things with this one.
Scary to say, but the handset's video capture is abundantly even worse with its intense pixelization and jerky looking recording. And to cap its utterly poor video recording quality, its muffled audio recording just doggedly cements it worthlessness in even minutely being considered useful in shooting videos.
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Not surprisingly, we're greeted with the tried and true stock Android music player, which is more than functional in playing tunes. Somewhat of a shocker to us, the audio emitted by its speaker is acceptably proficient in producing some decent tones that aren't distorted at the loudest volume setting.
Knowing that it's boasting a QVGA display, you know that video playback might be limited. Although we might be rather quick in judgment, we're flattered to say the least, when we find it able to play a video encoded in MPEG-4 800 x 480 resolution. Fortunately, it moves at a smooth rate to make the experience satisfactory.
Honestly, we're content with the handset's preloaded 2GB microSD card, but for those who happen to need more, you can always replace it with something up to 32GB in capacity.
Internet and Connectivity:
Things might look rather indistinguishable in a zoomed out view with the web browser, which is attributed to its low quality display, but besides that, we're content with the overall experience. Fortunately, complex web sites load in a timely manner, and even though it might not support Flash, it gracefully operates at a respectable level that doesn't hinder things like pinch zooming or kinetic scrolling. For something like this, we're surprised to tell you the truth that the web browsing performance is undeniably good – even for this eco-friendly device.
Catered to run off Sprint's CDMA network, it operates like any other device on the carrier's lineup with its EV-DO rev. A data connection. Also, you've got things like GPS that will hone in on your exact location, Wi-Fi as an alternative data connection when cellular isn't sufficient, and Bluetooth 3.0 to get other wireless devices to connect with it.
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1. Lynnsd (Posts: 1; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)
This is a great phone. I am a former Palm Pre user and this comes pretty close in features as to what I loved about the Pre. Battery life is not great...but the way this phone responds and sets things up is not too Droidy for me. I would recommend this phoen to those on Sprint looking for something that is more than a toy.
2. whyaneed2no (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Feb 2012)
I bought four of them for my family due to a deal Sprint was having waiving the monthly smartphone fee (which personally I think is a sneaky add on - who would have a data package for a non-smartphone?). Although my husband and son's phone froze a good bit, my daughter's and my phone were ok,....up until mine died. They SAY that it has corrosion damage due to water. I NEVER EVER had it close to water, not even close to steam!!! I think it may have just been because it overheated. I had previously seen someone complain about this very same thing, but haven't yet been able to find that complaint again. However, I have seen a few complaints about overheating. EVEN THOUGH IT"S LESS THAN 5 MONTHS OLD, THEY SAY I HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW ONE!
3. fredboso (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Mar 2012)
For the record I was told by my provider's tech that the corrsion issue is a constant problem with new, out of the box phones. I have never gotten my phone near any water and took it in for the same issue only to be told I'd have to shell out a $35 to replace a phone that I have not had for two months!!! I guess there's a reason they have a 14 day return policy on "deffective" phones. If this is a manufacturer issue, then why are the still selling the phones knowing that this is a perisistant problem?
Samsung ReplenishOS: Android 2.3.6 2.3 2.2
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Kevin: a) Great avatar-kitty. (s)he is a beauty...
b) your suggestion of getting BN to determine the problem is noted, but
I was visiting friends when I bought the NookST.
that is 500mi away... (I live some 150mi to the nearest BN).
c) although a BN-store "support" person would be 'responsible' to fix
the problem... I do not automatically grant them some better ability.
I spend more money at Craftsman/Harbor Freight than I do for
Walmart.com/books or BN or AZM or HalfPriceBooks (hpb.com)...
I tell folks that I am building bookshelves to store my books on
how to use a variety of power-tools that I need to learn how to
build the shelves for the books and the tools/bits/blades...
back in the days of Dial-Up modems and DOS, there was a popular
"modem program" called
that let your PC be a terminal into
the BBS or host-PC. CrossTalk was the $$-licensed-program and a Freeware clone
was called
, the splash-screen contained a random phrase, one
of which was: "
Beware of the Programmer that carries a Screwdriver
I rescue him and his little deaf sister when they were about five weeks old. He grew to be 18 pounds, which is quite something when I wake up in the morning with him laying on my chest, nose to nose, purring so loud he wakes me up. Wife got too close to me in bed one night and got bit. He was banned from the bedroom after that. He lived to be 14 years old.
I figure I know more than most B&N salespeople also, but I assumed they would just give you a new one. I've got a few B&N stores around here, but don't go to any of them. Got a Harbor Freight not too far away and a HF gift card for Christmas.
I can't remember the name of the program I used to connect to my friend's BBS. I think it was just plain old XModem. I like your quote! I'm a computer programming teacher now and I like to write funny sayings on the board. I'll be using that one!
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'Rejoice and celebrate gay communities and straight all over the world. Our voices are being heard!' she writes on her Twitter after same-sex marriage is legalized in California.
Lady GaGa was so overjoyed to hear officials in California have taken a step towards overturning the state's gay marriage ban, she "instantly" began writing new music to celebrate. Same-sex marriage was legalized in the state in 2008, but the decision was reversed just six months later by the controversial Proposition 8 bill.
On Wednesday, August 4, a top U.S. judge branded the Prop 8 legislation "unconstitutional", paving the way for the ban to be lifted for good. Lady Gaga, who is an avid supporter of gay rights issues and dedicated her recent hit Alejandro to her loyal homosexual fanbase, admits she was overwhelmed by the news and began working on new songs straight away to mark the occasion.
In a post on her Twitter.com page, she writes, "At the moments notice (sic) of Prop 8 death I instantly began to write music. Bubble dreams forever! Full equality! This is just the beginning! Rejoice and celebrate gay communities and straight all over the world. Our voices are being heard! Loud! Scream loud Americanos!"


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A Fool Again is the story of Genevieve, who once made a dash to Gretna Greene to marry, but was caught by her father. Now, a few years later, she attends the funeral of her elderly husband (not the man she ran away to marry) and who does she see but The One Who Got Away! Can they make their love work this time around or will Genevieve be A Fool Again?
Good day. It's my pleasure meeting you, and that you enjoying your day? Can you allowed me to introduce my self to you. My name is Kine Gaye . I will like to get acquainted with you. please I'll be glad if you write to me or send your email address direct at my private email address (firstname.lastname@example.com) because i have some important thing i will like to discuss with you privately.
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I have wanted to make this for such a long time. I love having a good and filling breakfast.
I tend to favour sweet breakfasts over savoury. Maybe cause I don't tend to have much else sweet for the rest of the day. But in saying this, I havent added any sweetners as I don't like anything too sweet! What can I say, I'm an enigma.
This has got to be one of my favourite breakfasts yet. I love muesli and granola topped with fresh fruit, this hit the spot with the baked fruit studded with vanilla on the bottom, and a crunchy crumble topping, oh my!
This would be lovely with caoco and coconut or maple syrup, added to the crumble too.
4 Apples
1 pear
vanilla pod
250 grams strawberries, roughly chopped keep in largish chunks
small handful raspberries, frozen
Crumble Mix
1 cup whole oats
1/4 cup dessicated coconut
1 tablespoon pepitas
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teapsoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 cup mixed nuts roughly chopped
4-6 medjool dates roughly chopped
3/4 cup coconut cream or milk, I used cream
Cube the fresh apple's and pear. Place them in a pot with about 1 cup of water, a pinch of nutmeg and the vanilla pod. Boil on a low-med heat for about 15 minutes until the fruit is tender, but NOT too soft or mushy. Take out the vanilla bean, and place the mixed fruit in a baking dish.
Dot the fresh strawberries and raspberries over the cooked fruit.
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Mix all the crumble ingredients together and sprinkle on the top of the fruit.
Bake for about 35 minutes, until the crumble is golden brown.
I served it warm from the oven with a dollop of greek yoghurt.


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EAST Lancashire woke up to a natural winter wonderland yesterday after a deep frost hit the region.
On one of the coldest mornings of the winter so far, temperatures dropped as low as minus six degrees in some areas.
Met Office forecasters said that while temperatures were likely to remain freezing on Thursday and Friday, the weekend was expected to be brighter.
The Met Office said that on Saturday temperatures could reach five degrees while it could be six degrees on Sunday.


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I'm sure she would have made sure the photos were safe; maybe she even has the negatives. Just because she posed for the photos doesn't mean they will ever be seen by anyone else.
I'm sure she would have made sure the photos were safe; maybe she even has the negatives. Just because she posed for the photos doesn't mean they will ever be seen by anyone else.
If you type "google" into google you can break the internet.
And what about Pan Am? If they were willing to suspend Maggie for a "girdle violation" and fire her for a little sass, then would they tolerate their poster girl creating a scandal like that? They would fire her in a New York minute if they found out. That nasty "girdle checking" lady would probably take malicious pleasure in holding up Laura as an example to the others.
Would Laura risk her job like that, after defying her family and having them give her the cold shoulder? Her job is all she has now. Even Maggie was so desperate to keep her job that she sold out a friend, and then raced to quickly learn the language she lied about knowing. If Laura would truly risk her job just to "find herself," then I don't have any respect for her, either.
Maggie: "While she takes care of the men with the guns, why don't you sit down and I'll make you a nice, hot cup of tea?"
Pan Am stewardesses: prepared for anything!
Yes, but you're assuming Pan Am would find out. There's no reason to suggest they would.
If you type "google" into google you can break the internet.
wow..interesting episode tonight it really brought to the forefront on just how hateful people can be but it also showed how symphathic and giving people can be
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Something else to consider...we talk about Laura being from a certain social set that wouldn't do anything improper, yet Kate had no qualms about having a "bit of fun" with Nico on their first date (not that I blame her on that one!).
The episode seemed melodramatic... but, it is an adventure TV show. I knew they'd end up dumping the suitcases. I liked the kiss at the end. The scenes where they were driving in the jeep looked as if they were filmed on a sound stage. The jet was John Travolta's private jet.
The show will be on haitus for 3 weeks before returning in December. What a bummer for sure. As usual there is a nice hook in the promo. If anyone can make out who the characters in the scene are I would be greatful. Putting it into spoiler tags just in case
Click to see Spoiler:There is a make-out scene which seems to involve Kate. Could it be Nico again ?
Anyone wants to guess ?
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Hello. Welcome to JA.com. You've provided some very detailed information in your question. Thank you. I'm very sorry to hear how difficult things are for you right now and it must be affecting your kids at times also. Let me get right to researching and writing out an answer that I think will be very helpful to you based on my work with couples and individuals in my private practice. I'll be back shortly to post your formal answer.
Let me get right to the heart of the matter here. I want to help you with the best available answer and supportive information. The sooner you can get this relationship issues resolved the sooner you can start to feel healthy and happy again, for yourself and for your children.
I'd like to start by saying that most emotional distress and conflicted or negative communication in relationships, like you've described, come from chronically unmet core-relationship needs. The most fundamental relationship needs are those associated with emotional attachment. These are the basic needs to feel loved, safe and secure with our partners, much the same way that a child needs to feel loved and protected by a loving parent.
The most in-depth and comprehensive modern research in relationship science shows that these attachment needs in adults are in many ways as crucial to our emotional health and wellbeing as food and air are to our physical well-being. It sounds to me that your both you and your boyfriend are experiencing chronically frustrated attachment needs.
Researchers can now predict divorce (and the marital research is directly applicable to non-married or engaged couples) with almost 100% accuracy based on how couples communicate around hot-button issues like, money, sex or problems with in-laws or extended families. Some of the most relationship damaging communication styles include the "criticism-defense" style and the stonewalling and even relationship-contempt styles. This is where one partner shuts down because their need to come first and feel deeply loved and safe with their partner goes unmet for prolonged periods of time.
Most likely, in your boyfriend's case, his own critical communication is causing you shut down. It may be that it is actually a profound sense of love for you that leads to his hurtful (and this must stop now because it is not healthy for you and your children) criticisms of you. He may, be carrying frustrated attachment needs from a previous relationship, and his fear of losing you causes him to experience reactive-anger from those previous relationships – sometimes as far back as childhood.
Reactive-anger from these frustrated underlining tender emotional needs makes our IQ drop quickly and prevents us from thinking properly and problem-solving with our partner to get our underlining needs met.
We have close to a 50% divorce or breakup rate in this country and 80% of couples have sexual affairs. Emotional affairs numbers are likely higher but currently unmeasured. Relationship-repair and maintenance skills have to be learned. We are not born with them. It's like learning how to drive, you want to learn good defensive driving skills before going for a drive through the city.
I strongly advise that both you and your boyfriend take action-steps to really learn some basic emotional-repair and maintenance skills. I've seen highly distressed couples turn the worst relationship experiences into a strong foundation of learned communication and re-connection skills that they first use to repair and improve their relationships and later draw on during times of normal relationship and life stress.
I'm providing some very good video and website learning resources to get this learning and emotionally corrective process started. I very strongly recommend that you both read Dr. Sue Johnson's Book "Hold Me Tight" together once you've explored the links I share and decide how best to introduce this process to your boyfriend.
You may also wish, at some point to evidence-based couple's counseling if things are still bumpy after you read and discuss the book together. If you do seek counseling EFT marital therapy is the best in the world. It gets results with most distressed couples in as little as 7 sessions. Results surprisingly include resolving diagnosed mild to moderate depression more effectively than medication and/or counseling that specifically target depression treatment. These results last for years with couples reporting happy healthy relationships 5 years or longer after therapy.
Here are the promised links to get this learning process started:
Here's the book I recommended you and your partner read at or around the same time. It can provide you a practical new emotional language for discussing and resolving your relationship and communication issues:
Here's the page for finding an EFT therapist in your area if you do decide to get some counseling again. If there isn't one in your area talk to an EFT Clinical Trainer/Therapist to explore alternatives in your region :
If you can't find an EFT therapist, I'd try to find an advanced trained Gotmann therapist. Here's the link to their site, which will outline their research you are probably already familiar with. They also have a "find a therapist link" on this site: http://www.gottman.com/
I hope that helps. Let me know if I've missed anything answering your question. Your feedback is very important to me.
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Republicans spent much of Tuesday on the floor arguing that the bill would repeal what amounts to an unlimited "slush fund" that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) can give to states. The program was established under last year's healthcare law, but does not does not limit HHS to a specific spending level.
Republicans noted that HHS Secretary Kathleen SebeliusKathleen SebeliusOPINION | 5 big ideas to halt America's opioid epidemic Aligning clinical and community resources improves health Sebelius on GOP healthcare plan: 'I'm not sure what the goal is here' MORE told members that she believes she has unlimited funds and does not have to seek additional permission to spend more, which they said means spending could exceed the $14 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office over the next 10 years.
"Quite simply, our country is broke, and we cannot continue to spend money like we have in the past," Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) said. "Slush funds and unlimited tabs on the Treasury must be the first to go, particularly when they are being used to fund a government-centered takeover of our nation's healthcare system that does not improve care, does not lower cost, and simply we cannot afford."
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) argued that the grant program is just one of many federal programs that are putting the U.S. at risk of a serious fiscal crisis.
"Just because we followed Greece into Democracy does not mean that we should follow them into bankruptcy," he said.
Democrats argued that Republicans are trying to withdraw much-needed funding to states, and that by killing the funding, Republicans would leave in place the mandate that states establish health insurance exchanges. "They leave in place in these two bills the medical device tax, they leave in place the tax on unearned income, and yet they remove the benefits to the American people from these taxes," Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) pointed out.
Democrats also tried to argue that Republicans were effectively reducing the ability of states to set up their own health insurance exchanges, which they said is at odds with the GOP's "state's rights" position. But Republicans rejected that by saying last year's healthcare law sets out hundreds of requirements on states, and that the bill approved today is about chipping away at these federal mandates.
"When you look at the law, you understand that this concept is actually not true," Rep. Michael BurgessMichael BurgessMedicaid efficiency is needed now, more than ever In the politics of healthcare reform, past is prologue New hope for ObamaCare repeal? Key GOP lawmaker working on amendment MORE (R-Texas) said in rejecting the idea that the bill would hurt states. "In reality, the relationship between the states and Washington [is that] the states are the servant, not a partner with Washington under this healthcare law. The secretary of Health and Human Services will control what benefits must be bought — must be bought — in an exchange."
Debate was also punctuated by remarks from Rep. Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnBillboard ads target Republicans who want to roll back net neutrality Congress would be right to define 'pyramid schemes' at the federal level GOP rep: People believe Congress has lost its way, not the Republican Party MORE (R-Tenn.), who acknowledged that Republicans will continue to seek ways to repeal all of last year's healthcare law.
"Mr. Chairman, we're going to keep revisiting this until we get single every piece of this bill off the books," she said.
Before the final vote, the House rejected all five amendments that Democrats offered to the bill, including one from Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeSheila Jackson-LeeLawmakers press DOJ to help victims of Ponzi scheme The Constitution trumps the president Overnight Cybersecurity: Facebook invests in group fighting election hacking | House panel advances DHS cyber revamp bill | Lawmakers mull cyber insurance for small businesses MORE (R-Texas) that would have required HHS to post a public notice saying that the funds have been rescinded. Burgess said it would be impossible to say how much money was rescinded, since the provision allows HHS to spend an unlimited amount.
That amendment was rejected in a 177-239 vote.
The House rejected other two other Democratic amendments by nearly identical margins, and killed two by voice vote. These included two amendments that would have required HHS to report on difficulties states have setting up the exchanges due to the rescission. Two others would have required a study on state-run exchanges, and allow nearly $2 billion in funding to remain for states that take the lead in developing information technology used to run their exchange.
The White House on Monday warned that it would veto the bill if it were presented for President Obama's signature, although that is not expected to happen because the Senate will not take it up.


text: EnvironmentDisease threatens Florida's orange groves Multi-billion-dollar citrus industry faces serious threat as incurable disease spreads across the country. 24 May 2013 06:38 GMT | Environment, US & Canada, United States The multi-billion-dollar citrus industry in the US is under serious threat from a disease. Citrus greening, for which there is no known cure, is spreading across the US and wiping out orange groves in huge numbers. Millions of dollars are being poured into research but it is leaving scientists baffled and farmers worried that their entire industry could be crippled by the disease. Al Jazeera visited one of the largest producers of the fruit in Florida, from where Andy Gallacher reports. Source: Al Jazeera


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Durban - Exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months is optimal, says the World Health Organisation.
But few women are able to fulfil this ideal and in South Africa, only eight percent of babies are exclusively breast-fed for six months, for many reasons, says midwife and lactation specialist, Tina Otte.
"Employment conditions, cultural and social constraints and a lack of education and awareness around child nutrition make it difficult for moms to breast-feed exclusively and for prolonged periods of time," she says.
Over the past decade, the government has put in place a number of programmes to improve breast-feeding rates, including the adoption of the South African code of ethics for the marketing of breast-milk substitutes, the baby-friendly hospital initiative and the breast-milk banking initiative.
The National Health Council has also committed to re-engineering primary health care to improve breast-feeding rates.
In a further drive to promote breast-feeding up to two years, the Department of Health recently published draft regulations on foodstuffs for infants and young children. This promotes exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months of life, through regulation of the promotion of breast-milk substitutes and accessories.
It also aims to regulate the use of commercial complementary foods introduced after a baby reaches six months of age.
In South Africa, 49 percent of babies aged six to nine months are fed both breast milk and complementary foods, with 31 percent breast-fed up to two years.
Otte says because working mothers are only entitled to four months paid maternity leave under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, it limits their ability to exclusively breast-feed for the first six months.
There is also a lack of social support for breast-feeding both in the workplace and in public.
Some mothers may also experience health complications after birth which may prevent them from breast-feeding.
"Even within the home, mothers need physical, as well as emotional support when breast-feeding, highlighting the need for family members to understand the importance of breast-feeding," says Otte.
Against this backdrop, the health-care professional (HCP) plays an integral role in encouraging breast-feeding and educating mothers about its benefits. Most mothers rely on advice and information from their HCPs.
The draft regulations propose a restriction on communication between infant food manufacturers and HCPs regarding the various products and ingredient benefits.
This may severely limit the HCP's ability to provide moms with the best and most adequate nutritional advice for babies.
Without access to information, says Otte, mothers may give babies nutritionally inadequate products like tea, rice milk, soya milk or whole milk.
"International case studies suggest that regulations must strike a balance between promoting exclusive and prolonged breast-feeding, while allowing moms full access to scientific information on breast-milk substitutes via their HCPs if it is to achieve a reduction in malnutrition.
"Promoting breast-feeding really starts before pregnancy," says Otte. "Breast-feeding should be actively promoted, encouraged and protected at all times and the continued empowerment of HCPs is critical."
Otte believes HCPs should be equipped and educated to support mothers with current scientific information relating to breast-milk substitutes and complementary foods.
She would like to see awareness and education programmes on a national basis.
Otte points to Madagascar as an example. In terms of regulations, the country enacted many of the provisions of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) international code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes. It also launched a large-scale public awareness campaign programme educating mothers about breast-feeding.
The campaign reached 6.3 million people via interpersonal communications, community mobilisation events and local mass media. The results were phenomenal and Madagascar has one of the highest breast-feeding rates in the world, combined with a 61 percent reduction in its under-five child mortality rate since 1990.
However, despite a significant increase in its breast-feeding rates, Madagascar also has one of the highest percentages of stunted children at 49 percent because of a lack of education about the transition from breast-milk to complementary foods.
"When women don't have access to information and are not educated, they may feed their babies unsuitable breast-milk substitutes like coffee creamers, which are nutritionally unsuitable," says Otte.
She adds that if a woman decides not to breast-feed her baby, she should be able to access comprehensive and scientific information on infant feeding substitutes via her HCP.
"Mothers obtain information from a variety of sources, including their HCPs, but also from labels, articles and the media," says Otte.
"It's important that these sources portray the most up to date information so that mothers are empowered to make the best decisions to promote their babies' good health and nutrition."
These are some points proposed by the draft legislation:
* Labelling on formula containers is not to show illustrations, diagrams or graphics.
* Formula labels are not to provide any nutritional or health information.
* Bottle, teat and dummy labels must include a statement that cup feeding is safer for infants.
* Manufacturers may not sell, sample or advertise products in a health establishment.
* There may be no direct or indirect contact with the public through print media, TV, radio or the internet.
* No helpline details may be displayed on formula labels.
* Manufacturers may not pay for, donate or distribute educational material to health establishments.
* Media will be curtailed in their coverage of issues relating to bottle-feeding. - Daily News


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As a writing coach, it is imperative that I check-in with my readers to see if they are meeting their goals. This article is simply a follow-up to my original article which provided 6 basic tips to help Aspiring Writers (AW's) get published. See below:
1. Write your story: Focus on setting, plot, character development, etc.
2. Join a writing group: Try to get constructive criticism and feedback from your peers.
3. Hire a developmental editor and/or a copy editor: Make sure your manuscript is polished.
4. Draft your query letter and synopsis: Spend some time condensing your 100 page manuscript into 1-2 pages.
5. Critique your query letter and synopsis: Hire someone to analyze your pitch and whether or not you immediately grab the reader's attention.
6. Submit your query, synopsis, and manuscript to publishers: Purchase the 'Guide to Literary Agents' in order to research publishers in your specific genre.
Out of all of the 6 tips, the first one is the most exciting and the fourth one is the most difficult. Tip 2 is where you learn to have thick skin and tip 6 is basically where you play the waiting game. You submit your query to agents and pretty much wait around to see if one responds or not. (Most of them won't respond at all. You're lucky if you even get a rejection letter).
So…how far along are you? Are you stuck on a particular tip? Have questions?
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Free Head & Neck Cancer Screenings Being Offered At Feist-Weiller Cancer Center
Head and neck cancers are incredibly common. And doctors are seeing more and more cases associated with the human-papillomavirus, or HPV, with more than 7,000 of those diagnosed in the U.S. every year. Experts predict those cases will become more common than cervical cancer within the next decade. That's one of the reasons LSU Health Shreveport's Feist-Weiller Cancer Center is offering free head and neck cancer screenings.
"In our community, and actually across the United States, head and neck cancer is a problem," says Feist-Weiller's Dr. Timothy Lian. "And a lot of people aren't really aware of it. Maybe they start having problems, and by that time, they might be in the latter stages of cancer."
Dr. Lian says the screening is non-invasive, and relatively quick. He says doctors will check for symptoms in the nasal cavity, sinuses, lips, mouth, thyroid glands and voice box. They'll also look for signs of skin cancer. A majority of symptoms that affect a person's ability to breathe, swallow and speak could be treated after screening, and improve chances of survival.
The doctor says the screenings will be done from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. next Friday, April 19th. You can just show up, but it's recommended you make an advance appointment. To schedule a screening, or for more information, call 675-6262.


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HI, I would like to become a professional Photographer, I have already Put some of my Photos in contests and have won best photography of 2010 and 2011, I have started My Portfolio and have my camera and editing software. I know the basics. I have had professional photographers check my work and so far so good. However, I would like to work with a photographer for a while before I just go on my own. I am not sure how to find photographers that are looking for help, I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas on this.
There are many beginners out there who are seeking advice on photography. You can upload your works on the web like social media sites to attract photographers. With your expert skills, I'm sure many novice photographers will contact you and seek your advice.


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If you are going to be out in this dangerous world, you are going to get hurt. And when you do you won't want to wear the typical Band Aid. The wound will heal much quicker using these bandages and it will make it feel like you were a lot more manly when you got that paper cut than you actually were. Don't worry, everyone cries sometimes. The old time Batman TV show used these same types of exclamations to great effect, why shouldn't you?
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Bohemia, o'er thy unatlassed borders
How many cross, with half-reluctant feet,
And unformed fears of dangers and disorders,
To find delights, more wholesome and more sweet
Than ever yet were known to the "elite."
Herein can dwell no pretence and no seeming;
No stilted pride thrives in this atmosphere,
Which stimulates a tendency to dreaming.
The shores of the ideal world, from here,
Seem sometimes to be tangible and near.
We have no use for formal codes of fashion;
No "Etiquette f Courts" we emulate;
We know it needs sincerity and passion
To carry out the plans of God, or fate;
We do not strive to seem inanimate.
We call no time lost that we give to pleasure;
Life's hurrying river speeds to Death's great sea;
We cast out no vain plummet-line to measure
Imagined depths of that unknown To-Be,
But grasp the Now, and fill it full of glee.
All creeds have room here, and we all together
Devoutly worship at Art's sacred shrine;
But he who dwells once in thy golden weather,
Bohemia--sweet, lovely land of mine--
Can find no joy outside thy border-line.
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A BRACE of second-half tries by substitute Craig Ross and a last-ditch effort by Neil Dowridge helped Caldy keep the scoreline very respectable against National Two North League table toppers Macclesfield at Paton Field.
Macclesfield with forward ascendancy were clearly the better side as they completed a double but the Caldy display especially in the second period was most praiseworthy before they went under 29-47.
The East Cheshire outfit took just five minutes to open their account with a push over try via Ryan Parkinson converted by Tom Eaton.
Caldy knotched a penalty from the boot of Richard Vasey before Chris Kohler chased a searching high kick for an opportunist try on 17 minutes.
Macc responded within five minutes as Jack Baxter touched down after Caldy lost their own scrum. Eaton's goal made it 8-14.
The visitors added further tries through Jordan Brookes and Eaton plus two Eaton goals to lead 8-28 at the half way stage.
It looked ominous for Caldy as they turned to face the breeze and another Brookes touchdown goaled by Eaton stretched the advantage to 27 points.
But Caldy always looked dangerous in possession. Ross raced 30 metres to cross the line on 49 minutes with Vasey converting but then a converted penalty try restored the Macc advantage.
Some great passing culminated in Ross going in again on the hour with Vasey adding the extras.
Parkinson came clear from a scrum for the last visiting try but Caldy had the last say as Dowridge put the finishing touch to some more lively home play in the last move of the day. Vasey added the extras.
Macclesfield now have a four points advantage as they seek an immediate return to National One.
Caldy are tenth after their 16th reverse.
The North One West title race opened up again as Birkenhead Park won and Wirral lost in the latest round of games.
Birkenhead cruised it 64-5 against lowly Altrincham Kersal but Wirral were edged out 28-34 at Warrington and now have just a one point lead.
Park scored tries via Dave Ibbotson (2), Danny Rich (2), Stu Brown, Gavin Scott, Sean Wooff, Sam Chidley, Colin Campbell and Lewis Williams with seven conversions from Dave Hall.
There would undoubtedly have been more home touch downs but for uncontested scrums having to be introduced for much of the second period.
Wirral picked up two vital bonus points at Warrington where two late scores from forward pressure tilted the balance the way of the Lancashire side.
South Lancashire/Cheshire One champions New Brighton eased to a 29-8 victory at Ashton on Mersey.
Luke Thompson converted a first-half try by Kati Tuipulotu and also struck a penalty for a 10- 3 advantage.
Later Tuipulotu went in again followed by a brace of scores for Joe Cardus. Thompson added two more goals before the home side had the last say with a deserved consolation touchdown.
Anselmians comfortably took the derby against Hoylake 36-7 but remain third in the division five points adrift of Northwich.
Luckless Wallasey restricted Orrell to a 23-0 success in Division Two. Port Sunlight were beaten 51-7 at Bowdon.
In Division Three Prenton saw off Oldershaw 40-3 and are third in the table. Ellesmere Port lie second following a 22-15 win at Capenhurst.
Oxton Parkonians finished 55-15 to the good against Helsby at Holm Lane.
The season moves into the last month with plenty still at stake.
Caldy have Preston Grasshoppers as visitors on Saturday. Birkenhead Park head to Vale of Lune and Wirral welcome Carlisle.
There are home commitments for Hoylake against Manchester and New Brighton against West Park with Anselmians on the road to Glossop.
Lower down the scale fixtures include Moore v Wallasey, Port Sunlight v Ramsey (Isle of Man), Ellesmere Port v Prenton, Helsby v Oxton Parkonians and Oldershaw v Trentham.


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What were you doing in 1998? I'll admit that I wasn't even riding for another 2 years. Check out a ton of legends in the full Best of 1998 video that Props uploaded for you guys to enjoy. So awesome seeing this pop up online.
"After many requests we pulled this from the archives to post. 1998 was a classic year in BMX when a lot of changes were happening in the sport, and when a lot of the riders you might think of as "legends" now, were killing it then.
We released Road Fools 1 earlier in the same year.
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The still which is allegedly taken from the climatic scene in 'Desolation of Smaug' sees Bilbo Baggins lying in a huge pile of treasure inside the dragon's lair.
Just a day after the first image of "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" was released, a first look at Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is made available for viewing pleasure. Uncovered via Entertainment Weekly, the photo sees the uncle of Frodo lying on a massive pile of treasure in what appears to the titular dragon's lair.
The scene in the still may be the climatic scene where the reluctant hobbit finally reclaims Erebor from the fire-breathing dragon (played by Benedict Cumberbatch). That raises questions among rabid "Hobbit" fans about what's going to happen in "There and Back Again" if Bilbo's battle against Smaug is finished in the second film.
Answering the question, screenwriter Phillippa Boyens tells EW, "The dragon is a huge, wonderful, amazing part of the story, but it doesn't end there." Boyens goes on teasing about another massive war in the final chapter, "Everyone can suspect there's a rather large battle in film three."
Peter Jackson himself recently explained to reporters when attending "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" premiere in New York about why he made a trilogy instead of just concluding the story in two movies. "The book is written in a very brisk pace, so pretty major events in the story are covered in only two or three pages," he said.
"So once you start to develop the scenes, and plus you wanted to do a little bit more character development, plus the fact that we could also adapt the appendices of Return of the King, which is 100-odd pages of material that sort of takes place around the time of The Hobbit. So we wanted to expand the story of The Hobbit a little bit more, as did Tolkien himself. So all those factors combined gave us the material to do it."
Of casting Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Jackson said, "Martin was the only person that we wanted for that role. We knew him from The Office and Hitchhiker's Guide [to the Galaxy], and we just felt he had qualities that would be perfect for Bilbo. The stuffy repressed English quality. He's a dramatic actor, he's not a comedian, but he has a talent for comedy."
The first "Hobbit" will be released on December 14, while its follow-up "Desolation of Smaug" will open next year on December 13. The finale, meanwhile, will arrive in 2014 on July 18.


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Zen Master Dae Jin
- Inka Date: January, 1997
- Transmission Date: September, 2008
- Current Residence: Korea
- Profession: Monk
Bio: Zen Master Dae Jin was the abbot and guiding teacher of Kye Ryong San International Zen Center/Mu Sang Sa. He was also the Guiding Teacher of the St. Petersburg Zen Center in Russia, of the KUSZ Zen Groups in Australia and was co-Guiding Teacher of Mu Sang Sa in Korea. He first came to Korea from the United States in 1984 after meeting Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1979 at the Cambridge Zen Center. He received ordination as a bhikkhu in the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism in 1986. He served Zen Master Seung Sahn as his personal secretary and assistant for fifteen years, during which time he traveled extensively with him. He was also able to experience Zen practice and retreats at various Korean Zen temples such as Su Dok Sa, Shin Won Sa, and Bomo Sa. Zen Master Dae Jin received inka from Zen Master Seung Sahn and the authority to teach Zen as a Ji Do Poep Sa in January 1997. He became a Zen Master in September 2008. Fluent in the Korean language, Zen Master Dae Jin has edited a new Korean translation of the kong-an book, The Whole World is a Single Flower, published in Seoul in May 2001.


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Steve Trautlein, for metropolis.japantoday.com , reports on the gorgeous new Apple Store in Tokyo.
By opening their five-story Ginza branch in a can't-miss location across the street from fabled depato Matsuya, Apple looks to build on the success of its US-based stores by importing that same formula into Tokyo. Tech gurus, artists, architects and musicians will all be on hand in the coming weeks to inaugurate Apple's first foray outside the US, while workshops will preach the Mac mantra to PC-weary Tokyoites.
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In 2005 architects Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins designed a building of nine apartments known as Reversible Destiny Lofts in Tokyo. Resembling a combination of Legos and fast food restaurant playgrounds (click image for detail), inside, each...
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The 12 million person metropolis of Tokyo has gone all quiet and traditional. Tiny, obscured bars buried in dark alleyways behind nondescript doors are inviting small numbers of trusted patrons to quiet nights of reserved nightlife where a word of...
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Japanese style-starters take note. The Aussie label P.A.M. (aka Perks and Mini), responsible for injecting art and graphics into fashion since 2000, just opened the doors to their brand new store within the department store Parco in the Shibuya district...
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The 23-year-old will be expected to pull the strings after being picked ahead of Hook, who at 27 has been an established part of the Welsh set up for the past six years and is currently the nation's third highest points scorer of all time.
But Biggar sees no reason why his relative lack of experience should hinder his ability to stamp his authority on the Championship.
"There's a lot of pressure, it is part of the job title. It's a difficult position to be in," said Biggar.
"So I could give you the routine answer of you just get on with it and you don't pay any attention to it, but of course you do.
"You are aware of the Welsh 10 jersey and the expectation around it. As a player, when your team is playing well, it's a great position to be in, but when things aren't going quite as well as you would perhaps have liked, that's when you come under scrutiny.
"As a 10, especially in Wales, that's part and parcel of the job. You have to take it as it comes, but you also have to enjoy the high bits as well, when you are playing well and winning."
Despite his 12 caps so far for his country Biggar has yet to feature in the RBS 6 Nations, a fact that is not lost on the fly-half who is desperate to lay down a marker moving forward.
"I don't think there is any hiding my international career has been a bit stop-start and I hope to get it going this weekend against a good Irish side," he added.
"The Six Nations tournament is the best in the world, in my opinion, and it's something I'm really looking forward to.
"I would like to think it's my best opportunity to put a marker down and go from there.
"It's the opening match of the campaign and, more importantly, we, as a team, want to get off to a good start."


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FeaturedUsers.com is an ad network where Twitter users advertise their Twitter profiles on third party Twitter applications in order to gain brand exposure on Twitter and gain more followers.
In Detail
Twitter application developers sign up to become a "publisher" on FeaturedUsers.com then integrate the ads into their website by including a simple line of JavaScript into their sites. Revenue is split between the Featured Users ad network and the Twitter apps that serve the ads. The payout to Featured Users publishers is $2 per CPM, while Featured Users sells CPMs at $2.72 on average (after PayPal Fees). This means publishers are paid approximately %74 of the ad sell, while Featured Users keeps around %26 of the sell.
Featured Users was launched in Feb. 2009 as a means to monetize the Twitter app FriendOrFollow.com. It now serves featured Twitter profiles across more than 35 unique Twitter applications. You can see a list of these apps as well as a pie chart of the proportion of impressions each app generates for the ad network attached below.
Why Sell It?
I have a grand vision of where I believe Featured Users can go, but I'm ready to move on and focus on other projects. I would like to see someone continue where I left off.
Who Will You Sell It To?
Not just anybody! Like I mentioned, there are over 35+ sites in this ad network and just as many developers (myself included). I intend to continue using this ad network on FriendOrFollow.com after I've sold it. So, the new owner must be just as passionate about taking over this project as I was starting it. If you bid, please be prepared to explain to me why you would make a good successor.
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Featured Users is hosted on Rackspace Cloud servers using a traditional LAMP stack and PHP Zend Framework with the following configuration:
Month server bills run around $675 including bandwidth.
What Is Included With The Sale?
Naturally the source code, database scheme, and existing data is also included. I will also help the new owner with the transition.
What Is NOT Included
I will only commit up to 40 hours of help/consulting time, for the transition of this project from me to you. My assistance is limited to work that directly relates to the transfer of ownership of this product in its current state. This does NOT include adding new features or anything of the like. If the transition takes more than 40 hours of my time, or goes out of the scope of transferring ownership, I may request my standard hourly consulting rate.
Additional Revenue Details
Featured Users generated around $70k in revenue last year, or around $5400 in revenue per month (after PayPal fees). After 74% is paid to publishers and $675 is paid for servers there is around $800/month in profit.
I believe there are areas of improvement that can be made here by:
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Web traffic for the customer front end of FeaturedUsers.com can be seen in the Google Analytics PDFs attached below.
The FeaturedUsers.com banner generates about 4 million impressions per month with about 2 million of those impressions being paid. There is a banner impression growth chart attached, as well as the publisher banner distribution share pie chart.
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Interesting: Twitter will no long allow sponsored tweets ...Can this affect your business at some points? http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/twitter-wont-support-third-party-sponsored-tweets.html
@TVI I'm a publisher that uses this (wonderful) service. I just read through a lot of discussion about the new Twitter TOS changes regarding ad networks. I don't see how any of those changes would adversely affect FeaturedUsers.com. The beauty of this particular ad network is that all the advertising happens outside of Twitter (this is not in-stream advertising, which is what Twitter is tightening the belt on). In fact, it Twitter's announcement, they specifically mention that these types of ads are okay.
This site is a great idea, has excellent execution and still has a first-mover advantage. (I have no vested interest in this auction. As I said, I'm just a current client/publisher).
liss, Thanks for the comment. There is no Buy It Now option. The buyer must have the ability to successfully run the network as well a balanced bid. The reserve is $10k. However, Flippa currently has my minimum bid all messed up. Hopefully they'll fix it soon. I'll get some sorta' proof of revenue up today.
TVI, Twitter's new TOS do not adversely affect Featured Users. I truly believe that Featured Users will always be as safe to run as Google AdSense in terms of running into problems with Twitter's TOS.
Noah, Thanks for the kind words. :)
currently i see your banners showing a default featuredusers banner, looks like there is no advertisers in the system, question is: do publishers being also paid at $2/cpm when no advertisers ? or it works like google adsense default banners with no revenue for publishers when this happens?
ht125, It works like Google AdSense. If there are no sponsors at the moment, it displays a default banner. The sponsor's impressions also have an hourly/display cap that can be adjusted, so their impressions are spread out over time and not blown through all at once. This is the reason you saw the default banner.
How do you acquire publishers?
Barwick83, There is a sign up form on the website for publishers to apply to the network. I vet them to make sure their site is a quality Twitter application. There is actually a back log of interested publishers. Also, if there's a Twitter app I'd really like to have in the network, I contact the owner and ask if they're interested in joining.
I've attached PayPal sales reports for the last 6 months.
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ALEX Dowsett has smashed the ten-mile National Competition Record.
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The three songs from the Biebs' upcoming studio installment hit the web in full prior to the album release on June 19.
Less than a week from the release date of Justin Bieber's "Believe", more songs from the set have leaked online. They are dance jam "Take You", ballad track "Fall" and upbeat song "Maria" which only appears in the deluxe version of the album.
"I could take you out/ I could take you home/ I could take you anywhere you wanna go," the boyfriend of Selena Gomez seduces a girl in "Take You". He goes mellow in "Fall", which his manager Scooter Braun revealed to be inspired by Mandy Moore's tearjerker romantic film "A Walk to Remember".
With "Maria", meanwhile, the Biebs clearly takes a jab at Mariah Yeater who accused him of fathering her child. "She ain't my baby/ She ain't my girl," some back-up singers are belting out the lyrics of the track, which is preceded with an excerpt from interview in which the Canadian singing sensation denied the allegation.
Prior to "Take You", "Fall" and "Maria", two other songs from the June 19 release have also hit the web in full. They were "Beauty and the Beat" and "Right Here" which feature Nicki Minaj and Drake respectively. Unlike the above mentioned tracks, Big Sean-assisted "As Long As You Love Me" was officially released online on June 11.
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Beginning with a thundering carriage wreck worthy of the most bombastic blockbuster, wealthy Lord Frederick Hoffman (Neill) narrowly eludes savage laser-eyed lupines with newborn daughter Lilli intact, leaving his wife bleeding into the snow. Years later, he marries haughty beauty Claudia (Weaver), whose life is made a misery by the resentful Lilli (Keena) and who's upstaged by her stepdaughter at a ball, provoking a sudden miscarriage. At this point, Claudia goes barmy and starts consulting her own reflection in a spooky vanity-mirror.
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Only in california: Sapphire Princess Cruise Review by cruising deacon
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We have been on the Sapphire Princess before, fine ship that is well maintained. The service was excellent, from the cabin steward to the dining staff. We have never found service on Princess to be anything short of great.
Dining: We seldom use the Horizon Court Buffet, although the few times I went there for a cup of coffee it was very busy, therefore I don't really have an opinion on it. We ate breakfast in the dining room, the meal was always first class, good food and service. The first morning I asked for a bowl of Granola and mixed berries, the cereal they brought me appeared to be Muslix. I questioned the waiter who sent the head waiter to us. More He listened to my comments and said that is what they have as Granola in the dining room. HE offered to go to the buffet and see if they had anything else as Granola to offer, he returned with a single serving box of Granola and it was just what I wanted. I would say he went out of his way to see that I received what I wanted.
We ate dinner as 'anytime dining in the Savoy dining room', good food and excellent service. Anytime dining is the only way to go.
We had some rough seas on the first full day out, on the way to San Francisco. They said it was caused by high winds, we arrived 6 hours late therefore canceling all of the tours for day. The best port was Santa Barbara, with the most disappointing being Catalina Island. Overall a good variety of ports.
The entertainment on Princess cruises is where the line really needs to make improvments. There production shows are entertaining, but seem to lack any real differences from show to show. They don't even change the backdrops between numbers. Individual entertainers are not used much by Princess, but I think they should consider bringing them back, at least then you could have some amount of choice in entertainment each night. Princess seems to think we want to watch movies on a cruise, I could stay home and save a lot of money watching movies at home. Less
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We almost always take a balcony cabin, a few times we have taken various suites, but I don't think they offer you that much more for additional cost. A balcony is nice to have, we seem to use it more than others who have balcony cabins near us. There have been times when others on baconies near by were so loud that they kind of spoiled the cruising atmosphere, but not on this cruise. Now that Princess doesn't allow smoking on the balcony, I enjoy the balcony much more than before.Read All Balcony (BC) Reviews >>
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