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  • Free Local Counter Stats

    In online business, in addition to optimizing learning SEO, you would need a tool to determine the number of visitors coming to your site. It is useful to determine what steps will you do to revenue dollar / rupiah you up.

    To determine the level of traffic, the number of visitors your site we usually use the services of statistical calculation or stats counter. There is much we can use. One of them is popular enough google analytics stats counter.

    A few days ago when he was blogwalking, I find stats counter service is pretty cool. Features provided quite interesting. And I am sure you would be interested as well to try it.
    And what makes me more of kesemsem again this service was made in Indonesia. Yes .. right. a local counter stats service.

    But honestly, I admit that this feature is not inferior to those made by :

    Name of service: Indostats.com

    What features provided by this indostats.com?

    Let us both clay skill (I learned directly from its web information)

    Real Time
    No need to wait for 1 or 24 hours to analyze your site. With Indostats, you will know more quickly than other web stats, because every visitor who came to be viewed on the pages directly report on the spot without any delay.

    Accurate, Without Boundaries
    Got a site with 100,000 pageview per day? not a problem. For whatever your site, keep Indostats will save all the data completely and accurately.

    Self 1 Account
    Only need 1 account to monitor everything, so list all your sites in Indostats. Add, edit, reset and delete dapatdilakukan sites quickly and easily at the member’s area pages.

    Ranking Sites
    When he joined the Indostats, your site will be included in the ranking system. You will know how your site diposisi are among other sites. And you will get a lot of new visitors of this feature.

    Easy and Quick
    Report an easy navigation and quick access to would make anyone easily understand your site statistics. Forget the confusing menus, Indostats made to make things clearer, not vice versa.

    40 Report
    Visitors, search engines, keywords, referral sites, browsers, OS, city. That’s only part of the dozens of reports that will be given when you joined the Indostats.

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  • ARTICLE: Verizon answers FCC inquiry on ETF fees and those mysterious $1.99 charges

    So Big Red had some ‘splaining to do, and recently had to cough up a few answers for a FCC inquiry. The commission wanted to know more about the early termination fee levied on smartphone users, who were singled out for higher fees (up to $350) for breaking two-year contracts. And even if they were just one month short of the 24-month term, they would still have to pay $120.

    It doesn’t take a mind reader to know what the carrier was thinking: Smartphones aren’t cheap, and providing low up-front retail prices costs a lot initially. These costs don’t get recouped when users break their contracts early. According to Verizon, that $350 ETF doesn’t even quite cover it, but at least it’s a deterrent — especially to people who try to beat the system using BOGO (or buy-one-get-one) deals. These users may get an extra handset through those kinds of specials, which often require signing up for two lines. So crafty individuals then sell the extra handset, quit one of the contracts, pay the ETF and pocket the difference. Verizon believes this profit is money taken right out of the carrier’s bottom line.

    Here’s what I found a little confusing, though: On one hand, the company says that the $350 ETF doesn’t quite fully make up for its out-of-pocket costs, but then later admits that the fee isn’t just for recovering its investment. The ETF is also used to defray the cost of operating a smartphone network, advertising, tech support and managing a broadband network. (It might just be me, but these explanations seem kind of contradictory, no?)

    Another point of inquiry had to do with those annoying little $1.99 fees. Upon closer inspection, it looked like those couple of bucks were tacked on whenever users hit up the mobile web — whether intentionally or not. Verizon denies this. The company insists that users who accidentally launch the mobile web don’t get charged. Only users who open the launch page, and then navigate away from it — indicating that genuine web browsing is happening — are assessed the fee.

    Sounds good, but here’s the wrinkle: Verizon subscribers (and even employees) say there are still penalties being levied for accidental access. According to a Verizon staffer cited by DSL Reports, those two little dollars have been used to generate millions in extra revenue for the carrier every month.

    The FCC is reviewing Verizon’s responses, so we’ll find out whether they satisfy the agency. But what about you? Are they up to snuff for you?

    Via: PhoneArena, BoyGenius Report, DSL Reports


  • fishing

    does anyone on here fish? if so give some info. i fish in south dakota mostly lakes but they’re all frozen now and i dont have any icefishing gear. mostly jigs or minnows with slip floats for crappie and bluegill. i also enjoy wallleye and northern. i used to fish for catfish when i lived in iowa but havent really found any good spots here.my wife and one of my kids fish too (the other two arent old enough).if anyone has a love for fishing share
  • Sega’s Mega Sale on PSN

    Sega’s also getting in on the spirit of giving this holiday season as prep to kick off the SEGA MEGA SALE on the PlayStation Network. Product discounts up to 40% off are sure to drive you loco.
     
     
     

  • BGL sensing contact lenses

    Hi, has anyone seen these, or is anyone from canada part of any testing program, these look interesting;

    Color-Shifting Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics to Glucose Levels | Popular Science

    Tears of Joy for Diabetics | IoN News

  • Google Voice Competitor Ribbit Mobile Launches iPhone App (500 Invites)

    ribbit_mobile_logo_nov09.pngRibbit Mobile, which offers a set of VoIP services that is very similar to Google Voice, just launched its first iPhone app (iTunes link). The app allows users to check their voicemail, read voicemail transcriptions, forward voicemails by email and create a “to-call” list based on these messages. The app uses the iPhone’s native phone app to make calls and the default SMS app to send text messages.

    Ribbit also gave us 500 invites to hand out to our readers. If you would like to get one, just read on to find out how to claim yours.

    Sponsor

    In terms of features, Ribbit Mobile, which launched in November, compares very well to Google Voice. While the interface takes some getting used to, the ability to make and receive calls right from Ribbit’s website through the Flash-based interface is extremely useful while traveling, for example. For a more detailed look at Ribbit Mobile, have a look at our in-depth review from November.

    Focus on Voicemail

    ribbit_mobile_iphone.jpgYour voicemail inbox is the central focus of the app and the way the app handles these is exemplary. Once you click on a message in the inbox, the app switches to a new view that displays details about the call (name of caller, number, date and time). Here, you can also listen to the message and read the transcript (Ribbit offers both automatic and manual transcriptions). From here, a small bar at the bottom of the app also allows you to respond to the message by phone, SMS or recorded voicemail. In addition, you can add the caller to your to-call list and forward transcripts and audio by email.

    Playing it Safe

    Given that Apple didn’t allow the Google Voice app into the store, Ribbit clearly played it safe with this app. While it provides access to all the service’s voicemail features, the app doesn’t replicate any of the phone’s calling or SMS features. The app also doesn’t allow you to access your Ribbit Mobile address book. Sadly, this also means that you can’t use your Ribbit phone number to make calls and that the caller ID will always show your iPhone’s number. In the current version, it’s also not possible to see a list of missed calls that didn’t result in a voicemail. You can, however, choose to receive alerts for missed calls and new voicemails by SMS, email and instant message. You can set your alert preferences in the app and through the service’s web interface.

    We understand that Ribbit probably had to remove quite a few features to stay on Apple’s good side, but the result of this is that the app misses quite a few essential features. Hopefully – now that Ribbit managed to get this castrated version of the app approved – the Ribbit team will soon be able add more of the missing features into the app.

    Invites

    Ribbit Mobile is still an invite-only service. If you would like to give it a try, just head over to Ribbit’s sign-up page and use the following invite code: RWW09
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  • World’s most expensive games console – the Wii Supreme

    The gold plated Wii Supreme complete with diamond encrusted front buttons

    Looking for a gold-plated games console to go with that gold-plated iPhone? Then you might be glad to hear that the folk at Goldstriker International have turned their gold dipping attentions to Nintendo’s Wii to produce the Nintendo Wii Supreme. The extravagant creation is once again the work of Stuart Hughes, the man responsible for the iPhone 3GS Supreme. ..

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  • Tai chi and other mind body arts

    I do Tai chi when I can and Qi Gong most days. It’s a good workout, it calms and centers me and brings my BG down well. I was wondering what other people’s experiences have been with mind body arts.
  • GMO statistics Part 4: Data mining risks identified – oversimplify at your peril

    An article "GM corn health risks identified" appearing at Stock and Land 16 Dec 2009 features a new statistical study by French scientist de Vendomois and his colleagues. What wasn’t mentioned in Stock and Land is that de Vendomois uses a risky statistical approach called "data mining" to trawl through nearly 500 tests of GM corn safety in rats to find a small minority of test results that might have safety significance.

    Data mining as used by this French group suffers a very real risk of giving false findings, as more fully documented in previous GMO statistics posts. [Note added — and by Australian food safety agency FSANZ see later Pundit post]

    The Stock and Land article also quotes the opinion of anti-GM group Genethics’ that studies questioning GM safety are being ignored by the Australian food safety agency FSANZ . In fact, FSANZ and other food safety agencies frequently make detailed responses to such concerns, and contrary to Genethics assertions, the new French study illustrates that safety agencies have done substantial science while dealing with the very issues raised by the French investigators.

    In a June 2007 report, the European food safety organisation EFSA made a detailed criticism of the same French group’s statistical methods, and convincingly demonstrate that de Vendomois had previously made false claims about GM safety using data dredging.

    This 2007 EFSA report showed (in Appendix 5) that when there is correlation between results of different tests (which EFSA showed does occur in practice ), or when there are small real differences between groups being compared (as there are in feeding trials where animals are allowed to freely take as much food as they like, and random differences in rat appetite caused groups to differ in average weight) the numbers of positive results appearing by chance can be greater than expected from an ideal simplified model.

    de Vendomois and others (2009) do not take these realistic complications into account, nor, rather oddly, do they even mention the telling 2007 EFSA critique of their approach, although it is obvious from the prominence of formal interviews of group member Gilles-Eric Seralini with the EFSA documented in it that they must know of its existence.

    Genethics do not mention this crucial omission by de Vendomois.

    As the latest French report does not properly correct the mistakes pointed out by EFSA, it is quite possible that it also has dredged out false results. We should all be careful about misusing or abusing statistics when it comes to understanding food safety. It’s not easy though :-).

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    GMO statistics Part 3. Trawling through lots of comparisons with tests designed for a singular decision is a recipe for trouble that starts with t.

    Lies, damn lies and all that.

    Il y a 3 mesonges…

    Joel Spiroux de Vendomois and other (2009). A comparison of the effects of three GM corn varieties on mammalian health. Int. J Biological Sciences 2009 5(7):706-726.

    Post script.

    Statistics, of course, is not the be all and end all of the issue. A statistically meaningful difference is not necessarily a toxic effect, nor is it an abnormality if it falls within the range of common variation seen in rat populations in closely similar circumstances.

    Update 2. A link to a later Pundit Post on the dredging event

    FSANZ make a statement— very similar to the Pundit’s view, but with nice links.

    From the comments to that later Pundit posting:

    The new french commitee, the HCB (Haut Conseil des Biotechnologies)published a statement concluding the "new" Séralini analysis is as misleading and wrong at the previous one.
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    Update 3. Monsanto have put their response on their website. It’s comprehensive.

  • I just found out 3 weeks ago

    Hi My name is james and I have found out 3weeks ago that i have type 2 not really sure i am ok with it but what can I do lol go to endo and counsling on the 21st December.
    I am on 50/500mg Janumet and metformin 😡 Not sure how i got this but I am still coping with everything and still worried the Dr. not really know what they doing lol my A1C was 6.5 but they told me I am so lucky to catch it this soon hmmm not so sure I guess I worry too much about the hypoglycime at night whle I am sleeping so i not take my meds at night time and my BG is like 180 in the morning when i get up so maybe I will try and take it tonight. 😮
  • Samsung Announces Corby-Like Phone, the Lindy

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    Samsung has one more new phone for the end of the year. Dont expect a high-end smartphone like the Omnia II but a more mid-level device. Called the Lindy Samsungs newest phone is a Corby successor. The company has decided to upgrade the Corby and grant it 3.5G connectivity a 3.5mm headset jack and a better 3-megapixel camera. Other features include a 2.8-inch touchscreen QVGA display WiFi FM radio and MP3 player 50MB of internal memory microSD card support and HSDPA connectivit

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  • New glass promises improved UV blocking

    Research from Penn State could improve UV blocking in eyewear (Photo: Gizmag)

    Most people are aware that ultraviolet (UV) rays can cause damage to the skin, but it can also damage the eyes. The cumulative effect of not protecting eyes from the sun can cause unpleasant problems such as cataracts, skin cancers around the eye and pterygium – an abnormal growth which starts in the corner of the eye but can grow over the cornea. Researchers from Penn State are hoping that a new recipe for making glass will further improve the protection offered by UV blocking sunglasses. The team has discovered that adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass could result in sunglasses, windows and solar cells that block UV light more effectively and have increased radiation resistance. ..

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  • Motorola Opus One iDEN Phone Leaked

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    Motorolas first Android iDEN phone the Opus One has been leaked to the public. The handset could be a nice addition to Sprints lineup although the carrier hasnt made the Opus One official yet. The phone comes with push-to-talk support and will feature most of the Android perks youre used to. But here is the full specs sheet which has been already leaked 3.18243 hVGA 320480 capacitative touchscreen display3 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flashAccelerometer

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  • Vodafone UK to Launch iPhone in January 2010

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    Vodafone UK will join O2 and Orange the carriers that are already selling the iPhone in the UK. Vodafone has confirmed the fact that the iPhone is coming and its customers will be able to get it starting with January 14 2010. Unfortunately for you the iPhones wont be available before Christmas from Vodafone so youll have to wait the new year to get it. The 8GB iPhone 3G will be available for free with a new 2-year contract of at least 30 per month. In case you want to get th

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  • An E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy

    As we count down to end of 2009, the emerging star of this year’s holiday shopping season is shaping up to be the electronic book reader (or e-reader). From Amazon’s Kindle to Barnes and Noble’s forthcoming Nook, e-readers are starting to transform how we buy and read books in the same way mp3s changed how we buy and listen to music.

    Unfortunately, e-reader technology also presents significant new threats to reader privacy. E-readers possess the ability to report back substantial information about their users’ reading habits and locations to the corporations that sell them. And yet none of the major e-reader manufacturers have explained to consumers in clear unequivocal language what data is being collected about them and why.

    As a first step towards addressing these problems, EFF has created a first draft of our Buyer’s Guide to E-Book Privacy. We’ve examined the privacy policies for the major e-readers on the market to determine what information they reserve the right to collect and share.

    (Updated Jan 6 2010: We’ve updated and corrected this guide. Please read the latest version instead.)

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  • VIDEO: LG eXpo’s projector add-on gets demo’ed in Canada

    Looking for some projector action? I thought, since AT&T released the LG eXpo a couple weeks ago, we’d be awash in vids demonstrating the phone’s unusual attachment by now. Alas, the accessory’s not available yet, and so the vids aren’t quite bursting at the seams. But don’t despair — it turns out our Northern neighbors have the goods. Canada’s MobileSyrup did a little demo showing off the projector playing a YouTube vid from the phone (which is called the LG IQ on the Telus network).

    The video seems to play a little dark, but it’s hard to know if that’s the fault of the projector or if the camcorder’s just underexposed. Either way, it looks like the device plays well with scant few hiccups. Apparently, the biggest downside is the heat radiating from it. (So projecting feature-length films may not be the best idea — unless you want to pop some popcorn off the underside to go with your movie.)

    Via: MobileCrunch


  • The year in space






     

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    Review the top space images from 2009, including this Hubble view of a nebula.




    The highest highlight of 2009 was clearly the revival of the Hubble Space Telescope, a mission that blended moments of beauty and brute force 350 miles above the earth.


    Or was it?


    Maybe the top story was the reassessment of NASA’s plans for human spaceflight. After all, tens of billions of dollars could be at stake. Or maybe it was the series of victories in NASA-backed competitions that had gone unwon for years.


    For scientific significance, it’s hard to beat this year’s confirmation that the moon holds significant reserves of water. And if you’re looking for Hollywood flash plus a touch of drama, you just might choose the unveiling of the SpaceShipTwo rocket plane.


    Every year since 1997, we’ve reviewed the top space stories of the previous 12 months and looked ahead to the trends to watch in the 12 months to come. It’s up to you to choose which story from 2009 and trend for 2010 should lead the list. Here’s this year’s lineup:

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  • Mortgages and Housing: Foreclosure Backlog, Shadow Inventory, Don’t Walk Away, Mod the Mod, Another Shoe To Drop

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    Foreclosure backlog estimated at 1.7 million – About 1.7 million homeowners were on the verge of foreclosure in the fall, a looming “shadow inventory” of homes that will be put up for sale in the coming years and weigh down prices, a report said Thursday.  The number, up from 1.1 million a year earlier, is likely to keep rising through the middle of next year or later, said Mark Fleming, chief economist of First American CoreLogic, the real estate research firm that released the study. – TheAdvertiser.com 

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    First American Sees 1.7m in Shadow Inventory – By JON PRIOR – … What matters is how this pending inventory will hit the market. Unless banks disberse the “shadow inventory” onto the market in a controlled and measured rate, housing prices could double-dip again in 2010. … – HousingWire

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    Not Walking Away – Is it conditioning, morality, or naïveté? – Tim Iacono – The question of what motivates underwater homeowners to either stay put and continue to make their mortgage payments (if they can) or “walk away” from their home (and their financial obligations) has been receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent weeks. In looking at this matter, a good place to begin is with the abstract below from the recent study Underwater and Not Walking Away(.pdf) by Brent White at the University of Arizona: – TheMessThatGreenspanMade   and   link to Brent White’s paper 

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    Is There A Modification For The Loan-Modification Program? – By: Tycoon Report –  good summary of modification programs and thier pitfalls.iStockAnalyst 
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    Resale Volumes: Another Shoe to Drop? – Existing home sales volumes are off 30% from the peak and have returned to 1998 levels (see the chart below that removes some of the month-to-month gyrations). While this might seem like a plunge, a little more historical analysis is in order … – John Burns Real Estate Consulting

  • Nokia Connecting People Event Coming at MWC

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    A special Nokia event isnt so special if its taking place during MWC 2010 you say. I will agree but the fact that Nokia wont take part at MWC 2010 will transform the Nokia Connecting People event into something special. Thats right the giant cell phone maker has pulled out of the next MWC but that doesnt mean that Nokia execs arent still traveling to Spain. In fact if you plan on being there at the MWC youll also be able to attend the private non-MWC event hosted by Nokia.

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  • Gemballa-tuned Enzo MIG-UI waiting for The Empire to strike back again

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    Ferrari Enzo MIG-UI by Gemballa — Click above for image gallery

    The black and white menace you see above was created for Gemballa’s Middle East distributor, the Illyas and Mustafa Galadari Group, using Mustafa’s personal Enzo as the subject. The roof scoop, jet-thruster-surrounds for the exhaust, and black rims are Gemballa hallmarks, on top of which the nose has been slightly sculpted and the hood sports a central scoop.

    The widebody treatment has given Gemballa room to add new elements, like the vents up front and behind the wheels, the gills on the fenders, and stolen-from-a-Subie rear wing. Other Enzo features, like the side vents, have merely been massaged. The paint scheme, a far cry from the Middle East’s de rigueur gold or chrome, is nothing short of arresting — make of that what you will. We don’t mind it.

    The inside is rather subdued, comparatively speaking: black and quilted red leather, trimmed in red stitching and piping. We don’t know anything else about the car at the moment — seems the proud owners are holding back until it’s officially rolled out, debutante style, to a waiting Dubai public. If anyone makes it to the unveiling, please let us know if it comes with a set of Imperial armor and an E-11 blaster…

    [Source: TeamSpeed]

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