Essentially seems I am having a similar problem to others on the forum - when a tape with multiple 'scenes' on is imported, the video will hang at the end of the clip and the recording end. Of note that while the recording has technically ended and the video is either blank or noise, the audio will continue to function. I've used other software and the stopping problem persists. I was hoping there is some sort of work around to this other than an additional pass through device as mentioned elsewhere on this forum.
Before someone over anxiously moves your post to Easy VHS to DVD for Mac explain what operating system your using IOS or Windows?
Ooops, apologies, running Windows 10 on that system.
Passthrough involves using another device (player) that will accept Input from your VCR and give you Output that you can use with your Roxio USB Capture device... Sadly these are getting harder to find these days.
Do I have the same problem? I am recording with the VHS to DVD plus program. I use the record to PC mode. Sometimes, after 15 min or 18 min or 50 min, the image JAMS. The SOUND keeps playing for a while and then it stops.
I have to delete the video, rewind the tape and try again. Then it works for longer and then it JAMS again.
I think the USB Roxio hardware is freezing. I unplug and replug it and it continues to playback. Just restarting the VHS to DVD program doesn't do it. It shows a BLACK screen with some thump sounds from the speaker (thump every second).
I am using Win 7 64 bit SP1. It is plugged to a USB 2.0 port. nVidia GTX 650 2 GB. Does any other hardware matter?
Yes, if your CPU and hard discs can;t keep up, then it is possible to get the problem. Do you have a lot of space on your hard drive and is it defragged frequently (if it is nt a Solid State Drive).
Is your CPU running at max for a long time? If it is a laptop, is it being cooled?
Yes, there is 100 GB free on 500 GB. It is a desktop. It is a normal hard disk. It is a Phenom II quad core 3.4 GHz. While recording, it uses less than 1 core (about 20%).
The tapes aren't perfect so there are staticy that pops up sometimes in the middle of the scene. The thing is, I can rewind, replay and record and it passes through it just fine with the Roxio.
Re read post #4, it gives a suggestion for a possible fix, but if rewinding works for you, go for it.
I tested with a bought movie (not recorded by me off the air) and it recorded the entire tape without stopping (the recording looks clean too). It is in SP mode of course. My recorded tapes are in EP mode to store 6 h on each tape.
I guess my tapes have some bleeps that causes problems for the roxio hardware.
Some tapes EP mode to store 8 hours on each tape!
Basically the quality is so poor the program struggles or can't handle it.


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Dylan Thomas Birthplace / Family Home 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, Wales, UK
An inspirational place to stay, explore, dine
On this date…16th January 1934
The Swansea Little Theatre began their five night run of performances at Southend, Mumbles, of their latest undertaking, the 18th Century William Congreve comedy, The Way of the World.
Dylan played the part of the foolish young Witwoud. The programme however, listed him as 'Dilyn' Thomas.
Mrs. Evelyn Burman a fellow cast mate of Dylan's at the Little Theatre recalled Dylan's impromptu trips to the 'Prince of Wales' pub or 'Cheeses' as it was known locally due to the owner being one Mr. Cheddar. She said…
'In 1934 I played the very minor role of Mincing..woman to Mrs. Millamant in The Way of the World and as Dylan was Witwoud, a follower of Mrs. Millamant, it meant that we were often waiting in the wings. He would say to me 'Mincing! I'm mincing off' (the pub was less than two minutes from the theatre.)
She went on to say,
'he never failed to appear ready for his next entry' by all accounts Dylan was a burgeoning great actor and could hold his audience in a transfixed state.'
Of the performances of this Congreve play Evelyn recounted,
'One of his (Dylan's) lines, 'Gad, I have forgot what I was about to say to you' he used more than once to cover up a whirlwind entry until he composed himself.'
Take a look at our website www.dylanthomasbirthplace.com for details on how you can create your own unique experiences including tours, overnight stays and dining experiences at the home of Dylan Thomas, Wales' most renowned writer!
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12 year old D.M. Thomas of Swansea had a poem entitled His Requiem published in Wales' national newspaper, the Western Mail.
Nearly 45 years later it was discovered that he had cribbed the verse from one of his favourite boyhood reads The Boy's Own Paper of November 1923. Had the act been committed for mere devilment? More likely it had been an attempt by the young boy with aspirations of becoming a poet, to gain the approval from his parents which he so craved.
The paper would send the Thomases a postal order of 10 shillings as payment but Dylan's parents were so proud of their son's achievement that it was never spent.
In 1971, upon publication of Dylan Thomas: The Poems (edited by Dylan's great friend Daniel Jones) a keen eyed reader by the name of Mr. Richard Parker of London alerted The Sunday Telegraph to this poem which featured in the book's Early Poems section. It seems that Mr. Parker had a very good memory and remembered His Requiem being published by a Miss Lillian Gard, a regular contributor of poems and stories to the Boy's Own Paper in the 1920s.
As a result, Daniel Jones book at first carried a publisher's note acknowledging the new finding and then the poem was removed in later editions.
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An in depth review of Dylan's 18 Poems appeared in the Herald of Wales newpaper. Reviewer, A. Spencer Vaughan-Thomas B.A. (Oxon) wrote…
'No one can read his work without feeling that here is a poet magnificently equipped to achieve great things.'
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A highly complimentary review of Dylan's first published book Eighteen Poems appeared in The Swansea Review section of the Swansea & West Wales Guardian newspaper.
This seems to be the first instance where the book was reviewed in a Welsh periodical.
The reviewer, "20th CENTURY" says of Dylan…
'Modern poets fall into two categories, those who are the creatures of their age, and those who are it's creators. In the latter group we find Auden, Spender and Dylan Thomas. It is a fault of both Auden and Spender, that having perfected their technique as poets, they strain themselves to become perfect media for propaganda. Dylan Thomas is too much the artist to allow politics to bemuse his muse. One knows instinctively his politics are correct, but they hover like a faint perfume above the lines of his poetry; they neither intrude or obtrude.'
He closes with…
'Mr. Thomas is doing with poetry much the same as James Joyce did with prose. He is making a new language, not a Joyce did by making numerous languages to produce an illegitimate literary off-spring, but hammering new meaning into old worlds and phrases; crowning backs with the alchemy of his essentially poetic imagination.
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An advert in the South Wales Evening Post gives mention that the first book of poems by Swansea's Dylan Thomas entitled 18 Poems, will be reviewed in its sister paper the Herald of Wales.
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Moneywise Fund Awards 2011
It hasn't been a great year for investors. Across the globe, economic concerns, natural disasters and banking crises have led to rollercoaster stockmarket returns.
But there are funds that have weathered the storm.
The Moneywise Fund Awards seek to highlight those funds that have outshone their competitors and consistently delivered top performances whatever the economic weather.
UK ALL COMPANIES
WINNER: L&G UK ALPHA
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Standard Life UK Equity Unconstrained
COMMENDED: Liontrust Special Situations, Rensburgh UK Mid Cap Growth, Royal London UK Mid-Cap Growth
Uncertainty over the future for the UK economy has seen investors abandon the UK All Companies sector in their droves - it was the worst selling sector of 2010, according to the Investment Management Association. "Developed markets such as the UK are often overlooked in the rush for emerging market growth," explains Danny Cox, head of advice at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"But there are many UK companies that derive a significant proportion of their earnings from faster-growing overseas economies," he says, suggesting the sector can still provide plenty of opportunities.
This year's winner is Legal & General's UK Alpha fund. Impressive growth - with returns of 77.83% over five years compared to a sector average of just 1.29% - sent the fund to the number one spot.
"This is a high-quality fund with an investment mandate that allows the manager, Richard Penny, the freedom to invest in any UK-listed company in which he sees value," says Gavin Haynes, the managing director of financial adviser Whitechurch Securities.
The runner-up in this category is Standard Life's UK Equity Unconstrained fund, which has performed well since stockmarkets bottomed out in March 2009.
The manager Ed Leggett "has exploited overly negative sentiment in the recovery phase," says Haynes.
UK SMALLER COMPANIES
WINNER: CLOSE SPECIAL SITUATIONS
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Marlborough UK Micro Cap
COMMENDED: Cazenove UK Smaller Companies, Investec UK Smaller Companies, Standard Life UK Smaller Companies
This was one of the best-performing sectors last year and there are "many quality fund managers and exciting companies in this area of the market," says Cox. It is more volatile than the UK All Companies sector, as for a company to qualify it has to be in the bottom 10% of the market in terms of size.
But "for investors seeking exciting growth prospects, investing in smaller companies can provide good opportunities," says Haynes. The companies in this sector are likely to be ones you've never heard of, but they could be the Google of tomorrow, making it an exciting sector to invest in.
Our winner in this sector is Close Special Situations. "Returns have been exceptional from this fund, with particularly strong returns achieved from companies involved in mining," says Haynes.
He adds: "The fund is an aggressively managed smaller companies fund and not for widows and orphans. The fund manager takes large positions in favoured companies and you need to accept potential for high volatility."
The runner-up in this sector is the Marlborough UK Micro Cap fund, which benefits from having a team of managers with "a wealth of experience," says Haynes. By focusing on very small firms with significant growth potential, it has achieved impressive returns.
CORPORATE BOND SECTOR
WINNER: M&G STRATEGIC CORPORATE BOND
HIGHLY COMMENDED: M&G Corporate Bond,
COMMENDED: Halifax Corporate Bond, Fidelity MoneyBuilder Income, Henderson Long Dated Credit
This sector has been very popular in recent years as investors seek out decent income in a low-interest market, it was the biggest-selling sector in September.
Funds in this sector invest in corporate bonds - loans provided to companies in return for regular fixed-interest payments, plus the return of the investors' capital when the bond matures. Their nature means that corporate bond funds tend to pay a decent yield but not offer huge amounts of capital growth - but some of them buck this trend.
For example, this year's winner, M&G's Strategic Corporate Bond, fund pays a yield of 3.9% and has delivered 46.01% growth over the past five years. "This is a great return for a low-risk fund," says Geoff Penrice, a chartered financial planner at Honister Partners.
It is a defensively-managed fund that focuses on investing in high-quality investment grade corporate bonds. Managed by the very experienced Richard Woolnough, the fund has secured the top spot in the Corporate Bond category for three years in a row.
Woolnough also manages our runner-up, the M&G Corporate Bond fund. "Woolnough's defensive positioning during the difficult periods for bond markets has been impeccable, while he has also done well to capture strong returns in the corporate bond rally that commenced in 2009," says Haynes.
WINNER: UNICORN UK INCOME
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Troy Trojan Income
COMMENDED: CF Walker Crips Equity Income, IP High Income, Aviva Investors UK Equity Income
This year's winner, the Unicorn UK Income fund, has been managed since launch in 2004 by John McClure. Holdings such as investment manager Brewin Dolphin have helped the fund achieve impressive growth of 81.66% over the past three years - double the next best performer in the sector.
Our runner-up is the Troy Trojan Income fund, which currently yields 4.4% and has returned 35% over the past five years. The fund is "an excellent defensive choice for investors," says Haynes.
BALANCED MANAGED
WINNER: CF RUFFER EUROPEAN
HIGHLY COMMENDED: CF Miton Special Situations Portfolio
COMMENDED: CF Miton Strategic Portfolio, Newton Balanced, Henderson Enhanced Balanced
Funds in the balanced managed sector have a broad investment remit - they can invest in a range of assets as long as no more than 85% of the fund is invested in equities.
This is attractive to investors as they can access a diverse range of investments within a single fund.
Our winner, the Ruffer European Fund, has performed fantastically with returns of 72% over five years. Fund manager Timothy Youngman has "added value by not being afraid to hold safe haven investments, including gilts and gold, during periods of market turmoil," says Justin Modray, owner of financial advice website candidmoney.com.
"This fund gives stable returns and avoids the rollercoaster ride of some of the more volatile funds," adds Penrice.
The runner-up, CF Miton Special Situations, has taken the number two spot for the second year running. Haynes says it's an "excellent cautiously-managed fund". He adds: "The manager, Martin Gray, is known for his bearish stance, which in the current difficult investment climate has worked well for investors."
EUROPE (EXCLUDING UK)
WINNER: BLACKROCK EUROPEAN DYNAMIC
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Jupiter European
COMMENDED: BlackRock Continental European, Threadneedle European Select, Ignis Argonaut European Alpha
With Greece teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and Italy and Spain facing debt crises, it's hardly surprising that the Europe excluding UK sector was the worst selling in the last quarter. But, in fact, there are companies here that can offer investors real value, and many funds in this sector have delivered excellent returns.
For example, our winner, BlackRock European Dynamic, has returned almost 45% in the past three years, despite the problems plaguing the continent. The key to its success is manager Alister Hibbert's "focus on European firms with a high level of exposure to growth in emerging markets," says Cox.
Our runner-up, the Jupiter European fund, has also produced exceptional returns with growth of 34.35% over three years. Haynes comments: "The manager, Alex Darwall, is given the freedom to position the portfolio with significant differences to country and sector benchmarks. He focuses on large, well-managed firms and the fund is a good core European holding."
WINNER: NEPTUNE US OPPORTUNITIES
HIGHLY COMMENDED: AXA Framlington American Growth
COMMENDED: Threadneedle American, Schroder US Mid Cap, Henderson US Growth
The US government appears to be managing to stimulate growth, but its budget deficit is now trillions of dollars and the trade deficit is widening. All of this has made investors wary of the North America sector, but there are decent investments out there - after all some of the world's most innovative and profitable companies call America home.
Our winner is the Neptune US Opportunities fund. "The US stockmarket is notoriously difficult for fund managers to outpace, so manager Felix Wintle deserves credit for beating the S&P 500 over the six years he has run this fund," says Modray.
"But his aggressive approach has meant a bumpy ride, with exceptionally good years followed by less impressive periods, although he appears to be taking a more defensive stance in recent times."
The runner-up is the equally well-respected AXA Framlington American Growth fund. The fund manager Steve Kelly "has a strong track record of investing in high-quality growth businesses in the US stockmarket," says Haynes. The fund is a good choice for anyone wanting exposure to large US equities, including Apple and Google.
ASIA PACIFIC (EXCLUDING JAPAN)
WINNER: ABERDEEN GLOBAL ASIAN SMALL COMPANIES
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Newton Asian Income
COMMENDED: First State Asia Pacific Sustainability, First State Asia Pacific, First State Asia Pacific Leaders
This year hasn't been great for Asia Pacific investments. China's soaring growth has stalled, with investments in the country managing only lacklustre returns and India's stockmarket has experienced sharp falls.
But that doesn't mean the area is a no-go for investors. "The fundamental reasons for investing in many of these markets remain," says Cox. They have just been hit in the short term by wider global concerns. "Any falls in these markets could provide a good long-term buying opportunity."
The Aberdeen Global Asian Smaller Companies fund has taken the prize in this sector with returns of 243% over seven years. The fund is managed by a "well-resourced and stable investment team, all of whom are based in the Asia Pacific region," says Haynes. "This fund is well worth considering for any investor wanting exposure to emerging businesses in Asia."
Our runner-up is the Newton Asian Income fund, which gives exposure to dividend-paying companies in Asia. The fund has "proven defensive in falling markets," says Haynes, while also producing "pleasing total returns" over the long term.
WINNER: ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS
HIGHLY COMMENDED: First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders
COMMENDED: Aberdeen Global Emerging Market Equities, First State Global Emerging Markets, Baillie Gifford Emerging Markets
Investors looking for long-term gains continue to put their money into the emerging markets sector. For anyone "looking to exploit the global shift of economic power away from the Western developed economies, this sector provides exposure to diversified emerging market funds," says Haynes.
The Aberdeen Emerging Markets fund has won the Moneywise Fund Awards for two years running, which is hardly surprising given its "good, consistent performance," says Penrice. It's an excellent choice for anyone seeking emerging market exposure as it is run by "one of the most experienced teams in the sector".
The First State Global Emerging Markets Leaders fund is the runner-up in this category. It's a "consistent performer" thanks to its management by First State's "very strong and experienced Asia and Emerging Markets desk," says Penrice.
WINNER: FIRST STATE GLOBAL RESOURCES
HIGHLY COMMENDED: IP Global Smaller Companies
COMMENDED: Fidelity Global Consumer Industries, Rathbone Global Opportunities, Ecclesiastical Amity International
With the European economy rarely off the front pages this year, it is hardly surprising that the Global sector has been popular. One of the best ways to protect your wealth is to diversify - and global funds are a simple way to do this.
This year's winner is the First State Global Resources fund, which has consistently outperformed its rivals - it has achieved 69.22% capital growth over the past five years. It has "exploited the bull market in commodity prices over the past decade to great effect," says Haynes.
But its heavy focus on commodities means "investors need to be prepared to accept a high level of volatility".
This sector's runner-up is Invesco Perpetual's Global Smaller Companies fund. The management team are "playing a very smart game," says Nick McBreen, an IFA for Worldwide Financial Planning.
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Rigo Tovar
Mexican singer
Alternative Title: Rigoberto Tovar García
Rigo Tovar, (Rigoberto Tovar García), Mexican singer (born March 29, 1946, Matamoros, Mex.—died March 27, 2005, Mexico City, Mex.), rose from poverty to achieve stardom not only in Mexico but in Latin America and the U.S. during a career in which he sold more than 25 million albums. He formed his band Costa Azul in 1972 and played a central role in popularizing Colombian cumbia music in Mexico by introducing synthesizers, electric guitars, and elements of rock and roll. Tovar and his band produced numerous hits, including "La sirenita" and "Matamoros querido." In later years he went solo, and in 1983 Tovar's free concert in Monterrey, Mex., attracted a record audience of more than 350,000 people. Tovar also starred in a handful of movies.
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Juan Gabriel, (Alberto Aguilera Valadez), Mexican singer-songwriter (born Jan. 7, 1950, Parácuaro, Mex.—died Aug. 28, 2016, Santa Monica, Calif.), was an immensely popular and prolific recording artist and performer. He wrote some 1,500 songs, sold more than 100 million copies of his albums, and…
Lola Beltrán
Lola Beltrán, (MARÍA LUCIA BELTRÁN ALCAYAGA), Mexican singer (born 1931?, Sinaloa, Mexico—died March 24, 1996, Mexico City, Mexico), infused mariachi ballads with such drama, emotion, and style that she came to be known as Lola la Grande, the queen of mariachi. Her regal bearing was enhanced by e…
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Jeunesse Scam? Yes It Is In My Opinion!
Shortly before the Vemma scam was shutdown by the FTC, Alex Morton jumped ship and joined Jeunesse. Has he changed his ways of endlessly recruiting people into a business opportunity and started selling products to customers? My subscribers have requested I take a look into Jeunesse. Here is what I have found.
Jeunesse was founded by Randy Ray and Wendy Lewis in 2009 and claims to have more than half a million distributors in 215 countries. It is a network marketing company. The company markets anti-aging products that include supplements, creams and gels.
Forever Freedom International said dropping a $2 MPG-CAP in your tank with every fill up will increase mileage by 10 percent or 20 percent.
The Environmental Protection Agency has not tested MPG-CAPS, but it has tested more than 100 other gadgets and additives that say they will save gas and has found they do not work.
"Those kind of claims, we have yet to find any kind of device or additive that can produce that type of result," said Joni Lupovitz of the Federal Trade Commission.
I am not sure how you go from selling MPG-Caps to face creams, but that is what Randy Ray and Wendy Lewis have done.
Now they are selling Instantly Ageless as a powerful anti-wrinkle micro-cream that works quickly and effectively to diminish the visible signs of aging.
How effective is their Instantly Ageless product?
After viewing multiple reviews, it looks like Instantly Ageless does work but for a limited amount of time. Now let's take a look at the business opportunity they offer.
You pay a small upfront mandatory fee to join the business opportunity.
You are strongly encouraged to purchase a signup package.
You are strongly encouraged to signup for a monthly auto-ship.
To be active and qualify for team commissions you must accumulate 100 Personal Volume (PV) points in one month and personally enroll two distributors who each accumulate 100 PV points within one month.
To remain active you must generate 60 PV points each month by selling products to customers or by buying them yourself.
You recruit others to do the same thing.
You are not paid for sponsoring new distributors, but are paid on the sale of products to them and their customers.
You can sell to customers with Jeunesse, but why would you do that? According to the income disclosure, people just selling to preferred customers in the compensation plan make far less on average then those that are recruiting others into the business opportunity.
Why are you paying them to sell their products for them? In my opinion, this looks just like another recruiting scam.
In my opinion, nothing has changed with Alex. He is still standing on a stage recruiting people into a business opportunity. Product sales are a bi-product of his recruiting, but his focus remains on recruiting other people into a business opportunity.
Those that wish to earn can do so with the minimal start-up cost of a starter kit at $49.95. There is no requirement to purchase products, though you are encouraged to purchase products for your personal use. You are not required to carry any inventory.
There is a small Annual Renewal fee of $19.95 to cover the cost of your virtual Business Management System. However, if you maintain 360 CV from Autoship orders during the year, the Annual Renewal fee is waived.
Click Here for the the Jeunesse compensation plan.
As you progress towards building your Jeunesse business, there are 15 different ranks that you can achieve in their Financial Rewards Plan. You have to recruit distributors to move up in the ranks.
You can begin earning Retail Profits, Preferred Customer Bonuses, and New First Order Bonuses immediately upon the purchase of the mandatory $49.95 Starter Kit. However, in order to take maximum advantage of the Jeunesse Financial Reward Plan, you must be both Active and Qualified to earn Team Commissions, Leadership Matching Bonuses, and Diamond Bonus Pool income.
Being Active means you must generate 60 PV points during your Autoship Month. You must be Active to earn Team Commissions and Matching Bonuses. If you do not remain Active, any accumulated points will be reset to zero when commissions are calculated.
In order to qualify, you need to accumulate 100 Personal Volume (PV) points in one month during the first year (which ends on your renewal date) from your customer's purchases through your website or your personal purchases and personally enroll two Distributors who each accumulate 100 PV within one month. Place one of these Distributors on your left team and one on your right team. This will activate your position so that you may now be eligible to earn Team Commissions.
You can earn Leadership Matching Bonuses on the Team Commissions earned by your personally enrolled team. You can earn this bonus on up to seven levels of your team in each line of sponsorship. Every person you personally enroll creates a new line of sponsorship.
A Team Commission is created when you accumulate 300 CV in one of your teams and 600 CV in the other. This creates a Team Commission of $35. It does not matter which team accumulates what volume so long as a total of 900 CV is generated with at least 300 CV from one team and 600 CV from the other team.
Why sell products to the general population when you can qualify for bonuses with your personal purchases and recruit others to do the same thing?
Click Here for the Jeunesse income disclosure.
Distributors without an active downline and who have only registered retail customers and preferred customers average $71.14 per year.
95% of distributors with an active downline make $2,111.03 on average per year.
An Active downline is one that generates at least 60 PV in commissions a month and have an Active distributor on its right and left leg.
The amounts shown are before expenses incurred by the distributors in the operation of their business.
Jeunesse is a great way for you to make less than part-time minimum wage. They provide no information on what people are making through retail sales.
If a distributor wishes to return product purchased for personal use, inventory purposes or sales aids while the Distributor Agreement was in effect, all product in CURRENT, REUSABLE AND RESALABLE condition which has been purchased within twelve (12) months shall be repurchased subject to compliance with the Seventy Percent Rule (see Section 8.5) . The purchase shall be at a price of not less than ninety percent (90%) of the original net cost to the distributor minus any freight charges and commissions paid to the distributor. Any such requests will be considered a resignation of the distributorship.
In my opinion, Jeunesse is a recruiting scam. They convince people to spend $49.95, accumulate 100 Personal Volume (PV) points in one month, and recruit two other people to become distributors to qualify for team commissions. You have to recruit other distributors to increase your rank in the compensation plan. You are not selling your own products or services. There is no reason to pay this company money for this business opportunity. With seven levels of commissions paid to representatives this compensation plan takes advantage of the many people at the lower levels of the company. With previous representatives of scams like Alex Morton recruiting for this company, I would avoid the Jeunesse business opportunity.
If you are legally covered, you can do evil or good things, mindless or wise things.. what matters in this stupid world controlled by armed gangs (governments who are controlled my major multinational companies such as the military industrial complex and the medical trade), is 'is it legal'?
'is it Moral?' is nothing of interest to the Government, the Supreme Court of any Ministry of Health.
Until Humanity has Purity of heart and Absence of Deceptive Intentions, Absence of Greed or Need which is what drives us to have deceptive Intentions (for profit) and until the Monetary System, of Paid Education to Gain Subsequent Employment and the rest of your life paying off the education you needed to get the employment and your home and car.. well, we will see face creams, emu oil, wonder cures.. and all the rest of this totally deceptive fake rubbish.
I also had a laugh because you have to buy these products at really high prices but you can also buy these products from wish .com for next to nothing!!!
Some people are so naive and their so called friends are opportunists. I am talking about the people on Facebook raving about B'luxe promoting product Nerium trying to recruit others. After doing some checking the same people trying to recruit under the new business opportunity B'luxe are the same people who used their friends and family to climb the Juenesse ladder. Why have they jumped ship?? Total pyramid scam! It not about the product just how many people you can con!!
Hi, I don't know Alex Morton, but if he was a scammer, it is a valid point (albeit a case of guilt by association).
However, your presentation does not in any way show it is a scam.
I think the only real scam that I can spot is encouraging people to buy startup packages… I did not, but then afterwards I kinda regretted it cuz products are cheaper that way.
I just started so if you have more substantive scam material I am all ears so I don't waste time.
You have been warned. You are training this companies sales force for them and you are paying for the privileged to do it. Countless new people come here and do not want to listen, but you will lean first hand as you lose your money.
Do you know anything about Discovery Toys? A high school friend of mine started making postings on facebook. Looking at the website, it looks like a run of the mill MLM but I can't find anything about their compensation plan or what the average consultant makes. The fact that they are hiding the ball is a bad sign . . .
I have not heard of Discovery Toys. I will add them to my list to look into.
I signed up with jeunesse about 5 months ago in Dubai. The products are easier to sell for retail over here and so the retail system is reasonably working in here and in Far Eastern Countries (as far as I know). I am very skeptical about network marketing and I examine the company activity and move slowly to see if there is any scam theme activity in the active groups over here.
I am selling from my dedicated sub-website provided by Jeunesse and getting commission from retail. people are not force to sign up, they buy a product from my sub-page and I got the retail commission immediately. so I do online marketing for my page and get the benefits.
I don't force any person to buy a package at the sign up time. only they sign up to be able to buy at cheaper price. I introduce the products and ask them if there is any product the want to try. when they try it I follow up on results and normally they are the one that come after me because they are satisfy with some product line. some of them want to make business and some are only consumers.
I don't turn on auto-ship for any one at sign up time unless they WANT to start a business. I ask them to try a product and in the future if they want to turn it on and have a business I'll instruct them. Again in many case they come after me to repeat the purchase or want to learn how is the business opportunity.
Instantly ageless has the fastest effect so it can be sold faster but I do not emphasis on it because it has a temporary effect. I encourage them to try Luminesce product or supplements which they can see the permanent repairing effect in their body and they can decide with confidence.
I believe that marketing in the middle east is little bit different and here I see that some of your scam parameters are not true, but they may be true in USA and Canada and even Western Europe. so with my knowledge I am still not convinced that Jeunesse is scam but I will monitoring it deeply while I am working with them.
I believe you are an accurate and honest person and I am reading your blog since I started network marketing to learn from you and be aware of any fault in Jeunesse or other company's system.
I appreciate your effort on scam exposing and I am available for any doubt and question about Jeunesse as far as I have the knowledge about it.
Awareness will always bring clarity and it will lead us to a conscious and ethical life and business.
Today i met this guy from Jeunesse and he told me to sign up for ambassador package? Do you recommend that i shall sign-up as i don't have network here in Dubai all i have to use social media for finding my customers.
Thanks for the heads up about Jeunesse, Ethan. I've met a few people here in the Toronto area who are independent distributors with Jeunesse. I'm not sure if I misunderstood what I read in your report, but from what I read, Jeunesse distributors have to purchase the products from their uplines. Is that true? If so, then does that make Jeunesse a pyramid scheme? I have an independent business with a direct sales company. Although I have an upline/sponsor, myself and everyone else in the company purchases our products at the wholesale price directly from the parent company and our uplines/sponsors get a commission on our sales paid directly to them from the parent company; no money comes out of our pockets to pay our uplines in any way. Rather, the commission is paid by the parent company out of their own pockets and profits as a thank you to our uplines for training us, and it doesn't come out of our personal profits. We then sell the products at the retail rate to our customers. I don't understand why Jeunesse would make the independent distributors purchase from their uplines instead of from the corporate parent company. Most legitimate direct sales companies operate the way that my direct sales business operate. I had read before that 1 of the things that makes a company a pyramid scheme is when distributors have to purchase from their uplines instead of purchasing directly from the corporate parent company. Can you please clarify, Ethan? Thanks so much.
You don't have to purchase from your upline. The sales to the downline happen when you sign someone up and they purchase a starter kit and you sign them up for an auto-shipment. The payment is made to Jeunesse.
I think the face cream may be sodium silicate dessicant. It's used in film makeup if you have to make someone look younger or if you want a sort of 'blank slate' look to carry a heavier makeup. I wouldn't want to wear it for any period of time though… It really dries out your skin and can cause breakouts.
I found you because suddenly all my friends are trying to sell Juenesse, and I sort of thought it was a pyramid. That video pretty much convinced me the product is bogus at any rate.
Didn't Jeunesse also buy the Monavie product line when Monavie filed bankruptcy?
I signed up last year and sometimes forget to read your reports silly me they are so well reseached. Today's example the scam about the veritable youth serum is typical. Over here in the UK the care profession use a cream for the elderly called E15 it has the texture of axle grease but it does the job. I used to get it for my mother for free but now I see it advertised on tv for a mind boggling price tarted up as the next best thing for combating old age its a funny old world.
An axle like grease on the face does not sound fun to me. Ha ha.
Good, maybe Vemma will go back to a good company again. I used their vitamins 3 years ago and they were extraordinary. I miss them actually. Thank you for this review!
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Discussion in 'Food & Cooking' started by siloway, Mar 28, 2011.
I watched a documentary on an up and comming Corsican chef last night, absolutely amasing the combinations he was comming up with.
In Corsica they are like spoiled kids for ingredients, they have amazing cured meats, beef, veal, mutton and fish.
The animals feed on a profusion of wild herbs and bushes which translates into beautifully flavored meat.
They also have a rich tradition of working with chesnut flour (the original polenta commes from Corsica I believe).
Anyway, I was drooling all over the couch... a real mess so thought I'd "share the love" his site is http://www.le-lido.com/ want to go there for my next holiday.


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Une clientèle diffuse est une clientèle dont il est malaisé - compte tenu de la nature des biens/ services offerts ou des clients concernés - d'identifier ou de localiser les clients et/ou les prospects potentiels.

Exemple : Un sculpteur, un fabricant de petits objets de publicité est rarement l'initiateur du premier contact avec sa clientèle (lequel contact pouvant d'ailleurs et à la limite ne jamais se produire de manière directe).

Intérêt de la Notion
Selon les usages et les bonnes pratiques, ce type de clientèle entraine des conséquences particulières :

 Ce type de clientèle n'étant pas identifiable, il est généralement inefficace de chercher à en dresser la liste nominative. Il peut néanmoins être très utile d'en établir une typologie voire une segmentation.
 Ce type de clientèle n'étant pas davantage localisable, toute tentative de localisation précise et a fortiori nominative est impossible. Des indications très globales concernant la localisation peuvent cependant être trouvées dans des études de synthèse.

Par contre, il est plus productif et donc chaudement recommandé de s'appuyer sur un réseau d'intermédiaires ou réseau relationnel tant pour établir qu'entretenir la relation avec la clientèle.

Ainsi dans le cas de notre sculpteur, celui-ci aura intérêt à construire et à faire jouer un réseau composé de Galerie d'art, d'experts, de critiques artistiques, d'agents, de journalistes et /ou de médias spécialisés, ceci dans le but :
 de faire passer par leur intermédiaire une information en direction de la clientèle
 de récolter en retour des informations précises et documentées sur d'éventuels prospects, voire d'éventuelles commandes . (ce qui peut impliquer la mise en place d'un système plus ou moins formel de rétribution ou de récompense : Commission, commission d'apport, commission d'affaire, etc.)

En clientèle diffuse, la capacité à construire, à animer et à entretenir un bon réseau relationnel est un facteur clé de succès

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
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Under the Sea: Unusual Mantle Behavior
By Amy Wu April 21, 2018 14:22
The Medical Game-Changer
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Though hidden, Earth's interior is full of activity. Heat from Earth's interior drives plate tectonics, the movement of giant slabs of the Earth's crust. At certain areas, such as along the coast of Chile, one plate slides under another, sinking into the mantle in a process called subduction. New research by Yale geoscientists Kanani Lee, associate professor of geology and geophysics, and graduate student Jie Deng helps explains why subducting plates do not sink directly down, but stagnate at around 1000 km in the lower mantle.
The researchers studied ferropericlase, the second most abundant mineral in Earth's mantle, under high temperature and pressure conditions simulating Earth's interior. By looking at how ferropericlase's melting behavior affects its viscosity, or its resistance to flow, the researchers hypothesized that around 1000 km below Earth's crust, ferropericlase helps create a region in the mantle a hundred times more viscous than the surrounding rock.
This layer would hinder the sinking of tectonic slabs, causing the slabs to buckle and stagnate. In the other direction, the layer would affect mantle plumes, such as those beneath Hawaii and Iceland, that contribute to volcanic activity. The layer's high viscosity would slow down and deflect plumes of hot rock rising from Earth's core, causing the plumes to bend sideways.
"There have been other ways to explain the stagnation of subducting slabs, however this mechanism also explains the deflection of rising plumes," said Lee. This new theory is the first to account for both stagnation of subducting plates and deflection of mantle plumes.
[1] Interview with Professor Kanai Lee, Yale Department of Geology and Geophysics on 12/01/09
[2] "Viscosity jump in the lower mantle inferred from melting curves of ferropericlase", J. Deng, K.K.M. Lee, Nature Communications 8, 1997 (2017) [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02263-z]
[3] https://news.yale.edu/2017/12/08/unusual-melting-behavior-mantle-mineral-may-dictate-deep-flow-
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Baby battles 'living hell' as her skin burns, peels off and scabs after quitting steroids creams that she used to treat eczema for a month
A baby is battling 'living hell' as her skin burns, tears off and scabs over, after quitting steroid creams used to treat her eczema for a month.
Natasha Das Gupta, 27, from Mississauga, Ontario in Canada, was prescribed four different types of the medication for daughter Indica, now eight months, before stopping it all together.
PICS BY NATASHA DAS GUPTA / CATERS NEWS: After just one months usage of topical steroid creams, she has been battling withdrawal that has left her skin red-raw, burning up, oozing then scabbing over
Despite applying the creams less than recommended by her doctors, she believes the intensity of the drugs have now left her daughter's skin dependent on steroids.
Since quitting in March, it has left the baby's skin going through phases of being an red-raw open wound without skin, oozing and then scabbing over.
The mum-of-two says she has rarely slept due to her daughter's agonising screams when her skin is enflamed, and it feels like it's 'on fire day and night'.
The 'gruesome' side-effects are a phase of Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW), which happens to some individuals after stopping strong or long-term use steroid-based treatments.
Indica, who has now been abstinent for four months, is starting to show signs of improvement, with her painful phases lasting for less time and clear eczema-free skin beginning to appear.
Natasha, a full-time parent, said: "It took three days for the first flare to reach its peak, it was more gruesome than anything I had seen before and worse than her eczema had ever been.
"She had no skin on her cheeks. It was red, wet and raw. Her skin was peeling off, it was terrifying.
"She would scream like her skin was on fire all day and all night, there were times where I didn't sleep at all and would stand rocking her all night
"I couldn't put her down or leave her. You could watch her face scab-up thicker than coins, then every time she screamed they would burst and she would cry more.
"It was like her skin was melting off and there was nothing I could do about it. It was horrible.
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"She would scratch all her skin off, then different parts of her body would break open and weep.
"It's shocking that these were the effects after a month of, not even daily, intermittent steroid cream usage.
"It's a waiting game now, we don't know when it will be over. It sucks that her first year of life is wasted in pain and she can't do things other babies can.
"Her first flare-up lasted for six weeks, then the next for five, this one was three-and-a-half-weeks.
"Thankfully they are getting a little shorter each time and the breakout is less severe and noticeable."
Indica was prescribed topical steroid creams in February, to treat eczema over her entire body.
Within hours the mum would see her daughter's skin clear-up, after applying the medication, but later her skin would worsen once more.
She said: "I used it less than the recommended amount as I knew it was no good for her, I underused the prescription and not every day.
"Her skin would get better over short bursts of time, it cleared up and then came back after.
"You could see the significant difference in three to four hours, it acted so quickly because she was so small.
"But then it reverted again overnight, that's how quickly it worked on her. The last time it came back worse than before and I threw the steroid cream in the garbage."
A day after quitting the steroid creams, Indica skins started to flare-up worse than before.
Natasha says through motherly intuition she knew the medication was to blame and started researching online as well as trying holistic treatments.
She found out about Red Skin Syndrome and Topical Steroid Withdrawal and recognised the symptoms her daughter was suffering with.
Natasha said: "I knew that her body was having a negative reaction to the steroid creams, but I didn't know it had a name.
"It was totally defeating because I knew it was out of my hands. It was a helpless feeling doing nothing."
As the shocking symptoms manifested, Natasha feared taking her daughter outside because of the risk of infection and judgement from strangers.
She added: "I was afraid of people looking at my daughter like she was a 'freak' or thinking I was a 'bad mom.' One woman even asked if she was a burn victim."
The recovery time for Indica could take up to a year, but thankfully the symptoms are starting to recede.
Natasha said: "Now she has better days and we can get outside for fresh air and sunlight.
"On bad days life is like a prison and truly hell, but it's helped being able to talk to people going through the same thing online."
Natasha is now warning others about the harmful effects of using steroid based treatment within a network for suffers and their caregivers.
She said: "It's insanely scary what these things can do and that you don't know it's going to happen.
"It's pretty devastating as there are a lot of holistic ways to permanently cure eczema through environmental and diet control.
"I don't think she will remember it, but hopefully it will become a stronger person. This is the devil incarnate if ever I've seen it."
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GE introduces new software applications suite to improve wind farm profitability
GE Renewable Energy has introduced five new software applications which it says will improve the profitability and annual energy production of wind farms.
The apps include Energy Forecasting for business strategy optimization, Wind PowerUp Services and Digital Plan of the Day to streamline site operations, and Diagnostics & Prognostics for turbine-level asset performance management.
The applications suite for GE's Digital Wind Farm ecosystem, offered as part of the company's flexible service agreements, are compatible with its new 2MW and 3MW wind turbines.
The programs are built on the Predix software platform and include its specialized cyber security protection for operational technology.
GE onshore wind business president & CEO Anne McEntee said: "The Digital Wind Farm is changing the future of our industry.
"We are actively working with our customers to develop new software technology applications that generate more production, better availability and ultimately higher profit across the lifecycle of a wind farm."
The Energy Forecasting app utilizes weather forecasting data to give an accurate financial modelling and better predictions for the next day's grid supply and demand fluctuations.
Digital Plan of the Day is a scheduling application that enhances operations and maintenance efficiency for field service teams. Wind PowerUp Services platform has the capacity to increase a wind farm's annual energy production by about 10%.
The Diagnostics app utilizes operating data for advanced anomaly detection analysis, which will be incorporated into a detailed case management and recommendation system.
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While providing affordable housing is an altruistic endeavor, it nevertheless comes with its share of laws and rules that must be followed—fail to follow them and you could find yourself in a legal mess that might even include going to court.
But working with an attorney from the beginning can help ensure that all regulations are followed. Whether it is a finalizing a sale, obtaining financing, or drafting a proposal, having a real estate attorney prepare and review all documentation is essential: affordable housing is not a simple real estate transaction, it overseen and implemented by the federal government. As such, what might seek like a small error to you, may very well disqualify you in the end.
Knowing whom you can trust in a business deal is essential. Most people are honest, but even honest people can misinterpret building codes, union contracts, and leases. Relying on an attorney to help you inspect and implement contracts, and draft and evaluate all documents, can save you thousands of dollars and endless headaches and concerns—streamlining the process and providing smooth progress for your project.


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Secret plans by the Victorian government to build a 15-kilometre underground railway line under Melbourne. The line would link North Melbourne and Caulfield, and take two of the sets of lines that currently go through the loop. It looks like the loop would be left servicing the Burnley and Clifton Hill lines, and possibly the Sandringham line, and Richmond and South Yarra stations would become a lot less busy, losing a few now redundant platforms.
Internal emails show the option favoured by the Department of Infrastructure was for a 15-kilometre underground rail line linking North Melbourne and Caulfield stations, which would include new subway stations at Royal Parade (intersection of Royal Parade and Flemington Road, servicing the University Of Melbourne), Melbourne Central (upgrade of existing station), Flinders Street (underground extension to the train station), and Domain (intersection of Domain and St Kilda roads).
The whole exercise is said to cost only AUD2bn, which sounds implausibly cheap for 15 kilometres of tunnel. Public transport advocates are not impressed, though, and assert that the money could be better spent extending the railway network to car-dependent areas like Doncaster, and finally running a railway line down that invitingly wide median strip along the Eastern Freeway.
If this scheme goes ahead, though, it looks quite plausible to extend it to the Doncaster line. Given that it goes from North Melbourne station to the corner of Royal Parade and Flemington Road and then down Swanston Street, it would execute a pretty tight S-shaped turn under North Melbourne, and be heading east at Royal Parade. Thence, it would be fairly simple to have a branch line going straight east, under Carlton (possibly with a station on Lygon Street), Fitzroy (with a possible station near Brunswick or Smith Street) and Collingwood, before emerging right in the middle of the freeway. Whether any government would stump up the money (especially when car-dependent swinging electorates want more freeways and cheaper petrol) is another question.
Meanwhile, British transport consultant Sir Rod Eddington, who has been contracted to do a study on Melbourne's transport needs, has said that Melbourne's transport system is still "a work in progress". Then again, couldn't the same thing be said about London's (at least by Ken Livingstone)?
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