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 Hi Melody here from Peace At Last Farms Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc We are a non profit organization dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of abused domestic and farm animals. Please help us to continue to help them.

Here’s a new easy way to raise money for us or your favorite cause. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they’ll donate about a penny to your favorite cause every time you do a search!

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At the bottom of each page on our website is a Good Search / Good Shop badge. You can help us raise money doing what you already do! Please go to our website anytime and click on the badge and search in the support of PALFARR. Good Shop donates a percentage of everything purchased through Good Shop. You can download their toolbar and set Goodsearch as your home page.

We are also in need of donations and sponsors. All Corporate sponsors will be listed on our Corporate Sponsorship page.

Warm Regards,

Melody

http://peaceatlastfarmsanimalrescueandrehabilitation.org 

 

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Peace At Last Farms Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc.

My passion and motivation is, and always has been, animals. I have a non profit animal rescue Peace At Last Farms Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc. Since the farm and the animals are a full time job in itself I help support the rescue with online programs and we depend on donations. You are even welcome to sponsor one of the animals. All donations are appreciated and tax deductible.

I have a donation button available on my main webiste.

http://peaceatlast-yourcashflowcreator.com/aboutus.aspx

We are in need of regular monthly sponsorship. Every little bit helps. Even $20 a month goes a long way combined with the donations of others.

 There are dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, pot bellied pigs, a goat, horses, a parakeet and an umbrella cockatoo that currently reside here. All of these animals are abandoned and/or abused. I get the hard cases, the ones even other rescues were unable to care for so many are here to stay.

 These programs and peoples continued support is what gives these animals a chance for “Peace At Last.”

Wish List

Some items always needed here at the rescue:

Purina Equine Sr, Whole oats, Hay, Sand clear, pot bellied pig food, all stock, dog food, cat food and chicken feed, cat litter.

Other things we can always use:

Kiddy pools, feed and water dishes (low to ground), extra wood and tin, blankets in winter and any construction or fence materials (a piece here and there adds up to a new shelter).

http://peaceatlast.chipin.com/rescued-animal-fund

 

 

 I have a published article on one of the horses in my care. This article is something all women and anyone with a women in their life should read too, be it a mother, daughter, sister or wife. You may read it at

http://ezinearticles.com/?Micante—A-Story-of-a-PMU-Mare&id=1543217

 My main support program is Message Magic . A big thank you to Grant Andrews for such a wonderful program.

http://peaceatlast-yourcashflowcreator.com/messagemagic.aspx

 

If you’d like to see pictures of them you can see them here http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums&friendID=330587011

It is public profile so anyone can view them. If you are on myspace you are also welcome to send an ivnite!

 This is a link to a video of my horses and some more of the horse and piggy videos too.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=39670947

Message Magic Connected To Skype – How to verify and allow Message Magic to communicate with skype.

The following are directions for Skype 3.8 and Skype 4.0 .

In order to use Message Magic it must be connected to skype. Here is how you can verify that and also change it to allow communication if it was not set properly at time you installed it.

First step is to open up the “Manage API” to do this you click the two black arrows at the bottom of your main skype window. For location see image below. This is for Skype 3.8 only. For skype 4.0 go to next step.

For Skype 4.0 to get to the following screens you need to do these steps first:

On your main skype click “tools” tab scroll to bottom of list and choose “options”  and the Skype Options window will open. Click on the “advanced” tab. At the bottom of this window you will see two arrows facing opposite directions next to a link that says “manage other programs access to skype” click this link and you’ll be on the window of figure 2 below. Follow the directions from here for both versions.

When you click these arrows or link it will open up the API Manager and Message Magic should be listed as “Allowed to use skype.” If it is not you click “change” so that you can allow them to communicate. See image below.

When you click change the screen below will open. You put a “tick” mark to select “Allow this program to use skype and then click “okay.” See image below.

When you click okay you will be taken back to the main API screen. Click okay and you are now set to use Message Magic. See image below.

If you find Skype does not list Message Magic at all do the following to get them to communicate and ask permission:

Be sure you have skype running. Start Message Magic and click on “load contacts” on the right side of your MM software below the text box. When you do this it will initiate them to communicate. When asked for permission tell it to allow.

A common error received when Skype and MM is not connected and/or allowed is:

 ****time out! please try again****

If you get this error you have not done the steps to connect them.

New Skype Hack Attempts – Do not accept file sends

Urgent Update 5-11-09: If you accepted this file and did not open it you are still comprimised. Confirmed hijack of skype account that accepted, did not open and deleted. DO NOT ACCEPT FILES FROM ANYONE

***New Names added below***

WARNING I received a file send 4867jpg.scr from Steve Hennessee, there is no history in his chat, my skype history, and I can’t seem to locate a chat room with him in it either to check. Please be careful if you receive this, it IS NOT showing in his chat history or my history log and he is not  replying to anyone. It is not Steve but a hacker.

This happened to a number of people months ago and is apparently still occurring. These files will come from persons you know and on your contact list. They may or may not respond. Several that lost their accounts to the hackers thought they were in conversation with their friend they do that sort of thing with all the time, send pictures between them.

The difference with this is, it DOES NOT come in normal. There’s no record in the person who sent it’s chat history or your history on your main skype page.  It is unclear how these files are being sent through skype.

If you receive files sent to you like this DO NOT ACCEPT and block the sender. If not they will repeatedly attempt to send the file.

Should anyone accept this file it gives them access to your skype account which they take over. They then in turn send the same file to your list of contacts and have also gained access to persons paypal accounts.

None of the victims of this have been able to get their skype accounts back and/or their money returned.

This is a very serious threat please use extreme caution. Do not save, download or open this file. Many of them did not even open the file it was simply self executable.

If you accepted this file you could lose access to your skype account, they change the password and infiltrate your account spreading the virus and getting money from paypal.

If you accepted it DELETE it and run a virus checker. This somehow gives them your access so you may not even be able to log into your account. If you think you possibly got infected change your password before they do. Log out of skype and warn all your friends you’ve possibly been hacked.

Just from the warnings I sent today to some friends the names list is growing. Please be aware of the following skype accounts:

Steve Hennessee, Eloise Lord, Ron Hird, Carla Carey,  Clint Burgess

Latest added names: drbarton54, kanndogirl

May 24th 9pm file send attempt from Mark Clutterbuck

I will try to post any new names reported to me as hacked or deemed suspicious during this latest hacker attack.

To block  hacked or suspicious accounts click “menu” on their name in your list and then “block this user.”

Tracking Your Results Is Key To Any Promotional Campaign

So many times I hear people say things like  ”I’ve promoted my program everywhere with no results” or “I have worked tirelessly to promote this program with little results.” Okay, let me ask you this, are you tracking your results? Are you changing your methods due to those results? Why keep promoting through avenues that continue to produce little or no results? You are just wasting your time and/or money.

By tracking your promotional campaigns you can see what is working and what is not. It could be as simple as your wording. You’d be surprised how changing one word in your message can make a huge impact on your results.

Take commercials for example… We see them everyday and how many of them do you see stay the same? Very few if not all will change something. A little tweak here and there to constantly improve on their message to get it right. The same should apply to any campaign you are doing. If it’s not working, change it.

I’ve done many different avenues of promoting. Traffic exchanges, classified ads, social networks, safelists and such. The problem with these avenues is they are so bombarded with everyone trying to sell something we all get ‘blinders” on or go broke trying all the next “get rich quick” thing to come around.

People do not buy into products, they buy into the people behind the products. Hence branding is very key to anyone wishing to promote anything be it an online business or a brick and mortar store front.

There are so many thousands of programs and products out there that you have to do something to set yourself apart and be unique. Branding is how you do this. You need to make yourself recognizable as well as likable and even more importantly you need to be trustworthy.

I personally have found two things to be the greatest benefit to anything I wish to promote. My blog and a software tool I use to gain contacts. Why you ask?

With my blog people are able to get to know me and the things I find important and to even learn where my values lie. As for contacts, well contacts make the Internet and local world go around. Without contacts we have no potential customers.

With the software tool I have a way to gain unlimited new customers and a built in method of keeping in contact with them on a personal level. You see, like most advertising and contact methods people have become blinded to emails. The most used button on any email account is…   “DELETE” and don’t laugh, we all know its true!

I’ve done my homework. I’ve tracked my results. I see the power behind these two very basic and very easy to use tools.

Let me ask you this, how many of you have blogs but do not actually track your results? I’ve talked to people and shown them my blog stats and they ask me “where are you seeing this?” That tells me they are not utilizing the tools available to them and are not tracking their results.

It’s really simple to do too. Now I do not use a hosted domain so my setup is a little different from those who do. To see your blog stats simply go to “my dashboard” and then click on “blog stats” that’s listed down the left hand column or hover your mouse over “my account” and a drop down will appear and you click on “stats.” You will be amazed at the things you can find out by doing this.

You will see how visitors came to your blog, what pages or posts they viewed, links they clicked and search terms used on google that lead them to your blog. Learn from these! This is very very valuable information that so many people do not use.

If you want more information on blogging and adding contacts or about the software tool I use please feel free to contact me. I’m always glad to help because it is by the act of helping people that you truly help yourself.

A Growing List Of Contacts with Skype and Message Magic: An incredible Value

Message Magic generates a growing list of contacts through skype and myspace. It is something every entrepreneur, online marketer, online business, program, company or store needs…contacts.

I hear comments time to time like “i’m to busy with my current program” or “my main focus is on such and such” and okay, that’s as it should be. But…the thing I do not understand is when these very people making these comments have access to, and are paying for a software tool that is all about building contacts. Every program or business no matter what you are in needs contacts. Without them you have no customers.

Let me ask you this… How much do you spend on advertising each month without even questioning it? Do you spend time surfing traffic exchanges? You know time is money…  Think about all the things you currently do to try and grow your business and the results you are getting. Are you on safe lists? Are you doing solo ads? Buying credits on exchanges? All of these things add up to expense both time and money wise and what are you getting for it?

Message Magic costs $15 a month for the paid version. There’s even a free limited use version available. With that you gain access to millions of leads. You can search and return hundreds if not thousands of users daily in a matter of moments. You do not even have to be watching while it does the searches. Then with one click you can send an add request to them. With one click you can send them a message. Do you see the power in this software?

You will not have the contact potential at this price anywhere else. Message Magic in no way competes with your business or program in any way as it is uniquely it’s own. It is a real, viable, stand alone product that happens to have a compensation plan. This is where people have lost their focus.

Those who come in to Message Magic and focus only on the earnings do earn but, do you gain as well? No. If you are not using the software you are selling yourself short and doing an injustice to yourself, the software and any program you are in.

If you added only 1 contact a day how many contacts would you have at the end of a year?

All of this for $15 a month and you can even earn income from it. How great is that? It’s like being paid to advertise!

Questions about Swine Flu

Because I rescue pot bellied pigs many people are asking me about swine flu and/or telling me to be cautious. Well the truth of the matter is your more likely to come in contact with Swine Flu going to the store or especially the airport.

Swine Flu is only named this because it was first discovered in pigs in 1930. This is not even the same strain as it has changed. There have been no occurrences of Swine Flu found in pigs here in the US and they are not even clear if pigs can catch this particular strain or not from humans.

Swine Flu is air born and can not be contracted by eating pork either. It is not a food pathogen. The best way to prevent Swine Flu is the same with any other flu or cold…wash your hands.

To read the full story on the origin of the swine flu and the findings please see the following article from news crop weekly.

Swine Flu Has No Connection To Today’s Pigs: What You Need To Know About Swine Flu http://bit.ly/YRn10

I just read another very informative blog post about Swine Flu from a fellow twitterer and wanted to link it here too.

http://drmommyhealthtips.com/2009/04/swine-flu-really/

AboutVetMed passed this article along from the American Veterinary Medical Association with great questions and answers about Swine Flu and your pets.

http://www.avma.org/public_health/influenza/new_virus/new_flu_virus_faq.asp

Why Natural Horsemanship Training?

Common Misconceptions about Horse Training

I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen or talked to people who have sent their horse off for 6 months of training and been dissatisfied with the results. Everyone seems to think if they send their horse away to a trainer like this they are going to get back this dream horse they can do anything with. Instead they bring the horse home, put them in the pasture, and sometime later they get the horse out and wonder why in the world they can not do anything with them.

The average person, and all the people I’m referring to above, simply sends their horse off for normal handling and riding. Not for show competition. This is totally unnecessary, expensive and does not give you the results you are looking for. Just because a horse will do things for a trainer does not mean they are going to do it for you. Nor, even if you get them home and they do, if you do not work with them on your own they will revert right back to the behaviors of before.

How I look at it….

When ever someone asks me how much it is per month for training I say “Well it depends, I look at it weekly, most times its something that can be worked out in less time than that.

How I go about it…

What I do is bring a horse in for a week and evaluate the horse, address the underlying causes for their behavior and work on building trust, respect, confidence and a willing partner. I then work with the owner and repeat the same process with them. People have to understand that just because their horse gains the above attributes with a trainer DOES NOT mean they are going to have them with the owner. The owner and horse need trust, respect, confidence and be willing partners to each other.

Why It Works….

Having a horse is a commitment. You need to constantly build on your repore and understanding of your horse. Most people do not know how to do that. They are not a car. Yet on that note, to put what I’m referring to in easier terms, what would happen if you never maintained your car? You didn’t check the oil? You didn’t give it a tune up? You didn’t fill it up with gas? Your car would no longer do the things you expected of it. Now think of a horse, that has its own mind to add to that.

How many of you watch RFD-TV? Do you have a favorite horse professional you like to watch? Say you went out and bought Magic, Diez or any number of horses that belongs to one of these professionals and bring them home only to stick them in the pasture and pour food to them every day. Then six months down the rode you decide to ride them. How cooperative do you think they are going to be? Or how responsive? How happy are they going to be? Not very…

 http://naturaladvantagehorsetraining.bravehost.com/

Care2 – A Website Dedicated to Making the World a Better Place

Care2 is a remarkable social environment filled with people dedicated to making the world a better place. It is free to join and by doing so you become a part of a family of people striving to make a change for the better. Even if you have little time but want to make an impact by helping preserve our environment and its inhabitants you can do that daily in less than five minutes.

One of the many things Care2 offers is their Care2 Click to Donate Races. They have 10 causes that you can do daily free clicks on and make an impact on each individual cause. The 10 causes are Global Warming, Habitats (Rain Forests, American Prairies or Marine Wetlands), Seals, Oceans, Big Cats (Tiger, Leopard or Jaguar), Primates, Children, Pets, Stop Violence and Breast Cancer. Look at the wealth of causes that you can make a n impact to in less than 5 minutes.

A long side of that they have Daily Activities. This is where you can learn ways to preserve the environment by taking daily action to prevent waste, reduce energy use and make are world a cleaner place and much more.

Beings it is a social environment you get to interact with others like yourself who are concerned about our earth and its inhabitants. You get your own page where you can post your causes, pictures, blogs and such. You can join groups and participate in group forums. You can even set up your own polls or petition site.

Care2 is what I would label “a feel good site.” You feel good knowing you are making a difference. You are met with warmth by good people doing good for others. I learned about this site from a dear person who does a lot with animal rescues. She told me about the site and I went and joined to look around. I was truly impressed with what they are doing and what they are accomplishing. They are making a great resource available to people who care.

You will find Care2 gives you a sense of peace the moment you arrive. You will be rewarded with gratitude and knowing you have done your part to make this world a better place for you and yours and for generations to come.

Have a particular cause you are concerned with or follow? I am sure you will find it at Care2. There is a wealth of causes from a wealth of people available. Take advantage of the search feature and find others who are interested in the things you are and join in the groups and discussions about them.

I invite you to go and see for yourself what Care2 is all about. Make a difference and do your Care2 Clicks. Create your profile and you can track the difference you are making by spending that 5 minutes each day on 10 great causes. Make friends, influence people and make a stand for what you believe in.

This article is dedicated to Jerilyn. Thank you for all you do and for telling me about this wonderful site.

Melody Baum For more information about this great community go to http://www.care2.com/ Copyright © Melody Baum, All Rights Reserved You may reprint this articles AS LONG AS the entire article remains the same including this author resource box! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Melody_Baum

Creating Skype Groups and Moving Contacts

Question: How do I move the contacts that have added me to their list into a group of their own?

Answer: You go to your main skype and to the right of the word “groups” there is a “+” symbol. Click that and a type box will appear. Type the name of the group you wish to call it and click enter. You now have a new group. To move contacts to the group hi-light the first person, generally in ungrouped, and then click ‘control A” and this will hi-light the entire list. Drag and drop them into the group you just created.

See screen shot below for locations and at a glance directions.