Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The next robot or replace human intelligence

By Haven Frbiz

On the island in the Atlantic Ocean, universal robot洛苏姆company to produce the robot to infiltrate into the world. So someone would have predicted the extinction of the human disaster. However, the company's person in charge洛苏姆act not only continue to expand production scale, but also the continuous improvement of robot, so that they have thought. The results of the robot has a sense of resistance, more and more did not listen to orders, and even launched a riot. The face of crisis, engineers decided to burn all the manufacturing of the robot, but this way, human beings have lost their trump card against the robot. Finally the war both sides suffer, apart from the master secret robot engineers, other people were killed; the robot is unable to reproductive aging, gradually reduce the quantity. At the end of the story, hear the Engineer are both the world's last robot laughter, they have access to the human thought and emotion, and even have sex - they become the new Adam and Eve.

This is 1920, the Czech playwright Karel Capek's science fiction drama created - "universal robot洛苏姆Company" in the plot, is also the word robot debut debut. Capek in accordance with robota (Czech: "labor, work hard") and robotnik (Polish: "Worker") created a robot, the robot used to call the play. Later the word was adopted to absorb the language and become a global vocabulary, and develop science-fiction literature. Today, the level of robot manufacturers have long been not stop the development of drama in the sci-fi, scientists have created a wide range of unique features of the robot, a number of international events are also held regularly.

2008 Robot Competition and the RoboCup China Open

2008 Robot Competition and the RoboCup China Open on December 5 was unveiled at Zhongshan, Guangdong, from hundreds of domestic and foreign teams battle at the top here. RoboCup is an international RoboCup robot Open Cup, one of the world's top five tournament, RoboCup robot World Cup is the world's largest and highest levels, the impact of the most extensive robot race and Technology Symposium, held since 1997 since the beginning The annual World Cup of the robot. Event of this competition will be divided into robot soccer, robot arena game martial arts, dance robot race, robot race in the water, air robot race, race and rescue robot, robot simulation game and so on, one of the most talked about and among the most exciting robot and robot soccer tournament martial arts arena.

Events this game apart from a variety of robot, the most concern are the provision of services for the home robot. At present, the robot has entered the home, the market price at 5 million, 5 years after the robot home prices dropped to 2 million is expected, the general popularity of home can be. Families Group at the scene, Shanghai Jiaotong University to pay the long robot is self-introduction: "Hello everyone, My name is cross-long, 120 centimeters tall and weighing 20 kilograms, I will be in Chinese and English languages make .....。" End introduce myself, then with the robot walking at a slow, "master" behind the "kitchen" and "living room" shuttle, the robot behind the screen, clearly making "master" image. At this point, a stranger deliberately staggered with the robot masters, the robot can continue to follow their own "masters" and not with the lost, so that the audience is surprised. Except to follow the master, the family group of the main events include: self-introduction, since the positioning and navigation, manipulation of objects, identify a specific person, lost and looking for technical challenges, as well as seven aspects of race. Researchers of this type of robot to do a careful calculation and design, to the unfamiliar in a particular environment, by going to guide a person, the robot will know how to go, which are used for robot self-localization and navigation technology. This technology can be applied to the supermarket after the guide, as well as the street guide robot. Not only in China, the world of robot technology research and development are endless.

Japanese scientists to create their own robot to work on behalf of a substitute

Engagements, each white-collar workers have had to go off on the road at often a sense of mental and physical exhaustion. If you can comfortably stay at home, remote control robot to go to work instead of their own, and that nice!西罗思- ho Ishiguro is a busy person so he has two jobs, countless meetings and presentations, tight timetable for the timing of his very full, and no leisure. In order to allow themselves a moment leisure, give him a machine to create their own reality, instead of its own job site, or even let it go to the university on behalf of their class, and he just at home in the remote students can communicate with the remote, so removed from the their way of hard work. Professor at the University of Osaka, Japan, and Director of Intelligent robot stability西罗思- Ishiguro-ho to the public display of his "machine a substitute" - "杰米诺德HI-1" No.. Its appearance, expression, motion, voice-ho I like Ishiguro, a lot of people that have it as a real person, just like its maker.

This is called "杰米诺德HI-1" robot is the No. Ishiguro Laboratory ATR-ho led the development of the Group. "杰米诺德" Yes "like twins" means, HI Ishiguro ho is the English name of the first to write letters. The pursuit of realism, the two places at once Ishiguro ho is by his own tailor-made body. Group produced a first-ho Ishiguro facial model, and nuclear magnetic resonance to obtain the shape of his skull data. And the robot made from the same ho Ishiguro 1.75 meters height, which are the bones of steel and aluminum, are silicone skin, hair the first half of stone and ho is really my hair.

Substitute the use of compressed air machinery and small-driven actuators, the body 46 there is free exercise. Substitute machine is based on the internal procedures Ishiguro ho designed the personal habits, whether it is the blink of an eye or a way to roll his eyeballs, all with the same stone and I ho. When the chair to sit on it when, like scanning the room like a real person, it will be the same as normal "wink" to the way a restless, uneasy swing it up and down the legs, buttocks, or move it. When it breathing, but also to raise a little about the shoulder. Action is the width of such subtle, it's hard to believe that it is a machine, seems more like a person wearing a rubber mask. When the machine stand and sit together Ishiguro ho, the people will not know the truth that they are a pair of twins, never be confused as real ones.

British robot like human facial expressions can enrich the dialogue

British scientists have developed the first robot extremely humane "Jules", as it can, as the expression of human facial expressions, lips peristalsis, the natural look is very realistic. The laboratory robot designed by the Bristol robot invention is not the body, only the head, face and it looks like a man is like a woman, realistic feel of skin elastic, built-in video camera head and 34 electron micro-engines, it can automatically simulate a wide range of human facial expressions, his usual broad smile, play a variety of face, with the attendant changes or shallow or deep forehead wrinkles are very realistic, but also a simple conversation. Jules's eyes are a video camera to see people's faces, it will figure into video instructions, and then, through their respective systems and the formation of micro-electronic engine sports expression. The rate of 25 per second so that real-time simulation of robot expressions happen.

The laboratory robot are from the west of England and the University of Bristol University, co-founder, Engineer robot laboratory Hersh克里斯梅尔, O'Neill彼得杰克尔Campbell and three lasted only three and a half years to develop this new type of robot, robot implementation of artificial intelligence to interact with the perfect simulation of human facial expression that can simulate more than ten kinds of human facial expressions, such as happiness, sadness, worry and so on.克里斯梅尔Hersh said: "Jules is rich in expression, when he faces moving up, look very natural, just like people, like the expression."

At Bristol彼得杰克尔robot robot is responsible for the laboratory study of facial expression, he said: "The life-like robot to carry out face-to-face expression of the human-computer interaction is the most important. One day, robots can be become a good helper for astronauts, the elderly partner, in the field of health and education to help mankind. This calls for robot appearance and behavior to match want to meet people's expectations, to finally realize robot applications in these areas. us The study of the robot's facial expression has focused on the real extent, this robot is different from previous studies, it can be said that facial expressions are the most like a person of a robot. "In this regard, from the Joseph Fu County in the University of robot researchers also科尔斯廷too worried about the robot realistic, expressions, action, feel all too much like a real person, the future of robot will be difficult to identify possible sub-true people Machine confusion.

Korean scientists in the next few months to give sex robot

Scientists have created can walk and even run the robot speech, but a scientist from the Republic of Korea decided to study the robot one more big step forward - give the robot sex! The scientists named Kim Jung-hoon, from Korea Research Center, ITRC robot functions, he has invented a series of artificial chromosomes. These artificial chromosomes can be said to allow robot "lecherous" and eventually be able to "reproductive" and achieved self-reproduction. In the coming months, these chromosomes will be installed in a robot body, and this robot will be able to have a perception, logical reasoning and the desire to have a human capacity. Although Kim Jong-hoon admit some of his crazy ideas, but he is not a Frankenstein. 90 era in the 20th century, Professor Jin launched robot soccer World Cup, and now the race has become the most robot researchers welcome the progress of the state of robot Detect grand event.

The next robot or replace human intelligence?

In the sci-fi novels, robot except robot refers to the iron and steel (mechanical men) also includes the so-called "bio-robot," and even the early "human cloning." Broadly speaking, all the non-birth "people" are among the robot. In the real world, robots are not people really want with the form, in order to be able to work more efficiently, and their appearance is often strange. In the context of modern science and technology, robot is "automatic smart machine" that only the generation.

Involved in the early sci-fi robot stories, most of the performance of a concern for the scientific and technological progress: Mankind has created highly intelligent robot, tend to eat their own bitter fruit, to be replaced by robot. This technology in order to reverse the pessimistic views expressed by the end of 1940, the famous science fiction writer Isaac Asimov and science fiction editor John Campbell, for the robot to develop a set of norms and ethical codes of conduct, which is well-known "machines Three people learn the law ": a robot may not harm people, or being injured and stand by with folded arms; two, unless contrary to the First Law, Human robot must obey orders; three, unless contrary to the law of the first and second, the machine the need to protect their own people. From the 1941 science fiction short "reasoning" start, Asimov on "Three's Law" under the framework of creating a series of short science fiction robot. Proficiency in the use of his "law of three", there is probably in violation of the rules of robot under the premise of the story gradually started.

Asimov at an excellent work "200-year-old person" (1976), he expressed this idea most vividly.

"200-year-old person" tells the story of a robot version of Pinocchio Archipelago. This robot has just been created, it showed a remarkable artistic talent. In the following a long period of time, it can be brought to its enormous wealth, and it will use the money to realize his dream - becoming a genuine person. It continues to court to try to identity recognized by law; it will gradually replace parts of the body organ biology until fully into people physiological sense; Finally, in order to allow society to admit that he is a thorough person, it take the initiative to give up eternal life . Lay Dying At the court's verdict has come - "he" finally realized the dream became a real, people have dignity.

Science fiction has always been a dream of mankind of the stage show, accompanied by sci-fi novels and popular movies, more and more people have generally accepted such a future: peaceful coexistence and human robot will assist in the resolution of production and life experience difficulties, and even an alternative to our exploration and development of the territory of the unknown. With such consensus, coupled with advances in modern science and technology, in particular the rapid development of computer technology, the robot is out of science fiction dream into the reality of our lives. However, there is such a statement, the short term, when the robot and there is not enough compared to our intelligence, we can certainly make an order against them, gesticulating, this time we are not to pose any threat. In the long run, however, on the other hand, if there is one day more than their human intelligence, then you said to them, I lose the wrong place, I give to you about, or become our friends, this time they simply will not pay attention to human beings, would like us to keep shooting as mosquitoes die .....。 21 At the end of the century, if we say that there will be World War II, then at that time be able to harm human beings are not necessarily military capabilities, is likely to be a bio-technology, biological weapons, said the robot is therefore a potential danger.

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Web Messenger From Microsoft

By Lian Maksin

For more visit us at: Children Trundle. MSN web messenger is one of the ideas fully exploited by Microsoft, recently enriched by the live voice version that enables a superiority of features.

Although attempts are being made to turn the MSN web messenger into an instant-live messaging tool based on a browser, Microsoft still preserves the regular classic parameters. In fact a comparison between the MSN messenger and the Yahoo! Messenger would reveal lots of common features and only several distinctions. No matter the improvements, the standard initial features will remain the basis for any innovation.

Let us begin with the group conversation feature that allows access to twenty people in the same conversation on MSN web messenger. Then, instant messages are not available only between computers, but between computers and mobile phones as well; even the chat version of the computer-cellular pattern is now possible. The limitations of the function are caused by the regional factors responsible for Internet or mobile phone availability and by the organization of the mobile service provider.

Then, MSN web messenger provides several options for personal data protection together with the possibility to eliminate and prevent receiving messages from unwanted contacts. The availability status will allow you to stay invisible or unaccessible and thus stick to your privacy preferences.

On the contrary, in case you need to improve the availability level, you can include all sorts of data in the private contact box, and enjoy the details of your friends in a similar way. Music titles can be shared for informative purposes too; such functions are optional and every user is free to use them as he/she sees fit.

For new users of MSN web messenger, you can check online and see what technical characteristics it requires from an operating system. This could also help you learn more about the service advantages, features and usage mode.

In terms of comparison with the competitors, MSN web messenger doesn't stand out by any peculiarity; so far the choice of one provider or another results from personal selection criteria. What is important to know is that all services come up with newer versions of their messenger, changing design and adjusting features here and there, although the basic elements stay the same.

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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Advertising Tips - Impact of Colors in Advertisements

By Manu Hagen

Human brain receives signals faster through eyes rather than ears. Visual appearance is supposed to be more appealing when compared to any other senses, no matter what the medium of presentation is. So, there are methods by which one can increase the visual appeal. Other senses assist visual appeal, and are also important to concentrate on.

Typical example is color when accompanied with audio, and writing. According to a study, big budget companies spend billions in the color market research, which helps in product and packaging development. Color, along with content, helps to pertain the interest of the visitor and makes him surf the website longer. A colorful article will make the reader read it till the end.

Colors are known to influence the behavior of a person. Like blue color is said to have a relaxing effect. Red represents passion and love. A dating website can have red as the background color. Fast food restaurants have bright picture of food beautifully decorated pasted on the walls. This tempts the taste buds of the customer and the customer pounces on the food, eats and leaves quickly. And this is exactly the reaction expected.

Light effects can also be used to play with the mind of the on-looker. Advertisements, especially for food products, have strategically placed lights. The light effects trigger the hormones in the brain, which increases the hunger.

Countries around the world have different cultures that relate a color to an occasion or emotion. Climatic conditions also attribute to this. Like in America, people relate black to death and where as in Asia, white is related to death. People living near the equator like warm colors and people living nearer to the poles like cold colors.

It's a must for an advertiser to have the knowledge about the colors and what they refer too. Black stands for elegance, sophistication, seduction and mystery. White stands for peace, pure, clean, mild and youthful. Gold stands for prestige, luxury and elite. Silver stands for prestige, scientific and cold. Yellow stands for warmth, happiness and cheer. Orange stands for warmth, playfulness, and vibrant. Red stands for love, excitement, strength, passion, and danger. Pink stands for nurture, sweet, soft, and security. Green stands for nature, fresh, fertility and abundance. Blue stands for cool, trust, belonging and reliability. And lastly Purple stands for spiritual, royalty, and dignity.

From the advertiser's point of view, we can conclude that colors can determine the shopping habits of customers. Black, blue, red and orange attract impulsive buyers. Smart shoppers are attracted to pink, light blue and navy blue colors. Companies use colors in logo, advertisement, etc., to pass the right message to the customer. Wal-Mart advertise has a navy blue background and its catch line is "We sell for less", which means smart customers are their goal. Mercedes has a silver logo, true to its class.

Before designing an advertisement, the targeted customers should be recognized and the advertisers shouldn't use the colors that are their personal favorites but according to the ad campaign. Advertisement for children should have bright and vibrant colors. Yellow, red, blue and green, which are the primary colors, are the colors, which attract the children, which is why parents buy those colors for their kids.

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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Movie Download Sites Ratings

By Dora Tarumi

Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. High speed internet access has now made it possible to download movies right off a movie download site. You can get virtually any movie you want with a good movie download site. Here are some examples.

Cliffhanger: In a complex heist, a group of thieves hijack a $100 million delivery flight. Attempting to switch planes to escape, they crash in the mountains. They radio for help, and when it comes they force the rescuers to help them recover the lost cash.

The Cell: Catherine Dean has developed the controversial technique of synaptic transfer. She proves her skill by entering the mind of a coma patient. A serial killer is also in a coma, and the FBI needs information from this killer to find his latest victim, who is still alive, but will die soon if not located.

Hoffa: This movie chronicles the life of the famed teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa. The movie follows the history of battles he fought for the union. Jack Nicholson is superb as Jimmy Hoffa.

The Silence Of The Lambs: The F.B.I is trying to hunt down a serial killer. They are getting nowhere and time is running short. They decide to ask captured serial killer Hannibal Lecter, one of the most brilliant and disturbed minds killer ever caught, to help them with the crime. Although they take every precaution, Hannibal uses this need to ask favors from the F.B.I. They eventually find the killer, but at the cost of seeing Hannibal escape custody.

Gladiator: An epic saga of power and loyalty. A power thirsty Commodus mercilessly murders his father so he can become ruler of Rome. He then orders the death of Maximus, one of his father's closet friends. Maximus flees, only to be captured and forced to become a Gladiator. Eventually, finding his way back to Rome, Maximus hopes to end the reign of this cruel leader.

Unbreakable: Elijah Price has live his whole life with a horrible bone condition. His bones are so weak that they shatter with the slightest jolt. From his reading of comics, he is convinced that there is an opposite of him living in the world. The story is of his search to find this 'unbreakable' man.

Demolition Man: This futuristic sci-fi pits two violent men from the past brought of suspended animation in a nonviolent and crime free society. Simon Phoenix, a violent man who has be in deep freeze for years is 'thawed', and freed on parole. When he goes back to his violent ways, the police of the future are unable to capture him. They thaw John Spartan, the man who caught Simon the first time and ask him to bring Simon in.

Sphere: An incredible discovery has been made at the bottom of the ocean. A huge sunken ship has been found. A team of scientist is sent to the depths to investigate. The ship turns out to be a spaceship, with an unusual sphere inside. This sphere seems to have an affect on the crew of the deep-sea station.

Hitch: Alex Hitchens is a profession hook up man. He helps men succeed with the women of their dreams, for a fee. He eventually meets the woman of his dreams. Will she love him when she learns who he really is?

We have already seen the music industry take off online. We are now seeing the same type of growth in the online movie business. You can find websites that will help you find a good movie download site.

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Friday, March 27, 2009

Press releases as promotion tools

By Jillian whittaker

Why do we need a press release? What purpose does it have? What are its benefits? Well, a simple answer to this is that you need people to know about your existence. If you need to be known as a person or as a business entity, then you have to distribute news about yourself. A press release does this for you.

Press releases are basically pieces of information in written or recorded media conveying something that has news value for example a new product launch, a new acquisition by a company.

A press release can change the perception of people about your company and its range of products and services. It is very useful in gaining recognition in the market and portraying yourself as a probable client who is efficient and willing to work. Also, if published on web, it will add substantially to the traffic on your website.

When you publish a press release on a website and promote it, people will usually prefer visiting your website as it is easiest means of having an impression of who you are. As people visit your webpage they indirectly increase the traffic to your website.

A press release has a universal appeal and is viewed by the probable clients and the customers alike. You can announce opening of new a business or its relocation and publicize your products and services. It can help you get a contract or can motivate a customer to try your product which is already available in the market.

A press release should be better be written by a professional as it is critical in providing platform for a new product or a service by a company. The content should be to the point and should be directed towards the favourable audience so as to attract attention. Unnecessary information should be avoided and necessary information should be highlighted.

Another important part is to decide who to send the press release to. Your release may be highly creative and innovative, but if it is not distributed well enough, it may fail to serve its purpose.These things, if taken care of, will surely help you and your organization in becoming known to the people and hence in the growth of your business.

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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Serious Entrepreneurs Don't Need Toilet Paper

By Art Barron

Like a fairy tale, almost every successful entrepreneur has their very own "Cinderella" story, or, more known as a "rags-to-riches" story: from busing tables in restaurants to becoming millionaires by their 20'sfrom living in a dump calling itself a flat, to owning many homes, one for every day of the week.

And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more "down and dirty."

Mike Michalowicz would have you ask yourself: "Am I a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur?"

Mike compares true entrepreneurialism to a typical bathroom experience: "business" is done and you discover only 3 sheets of TP left on the roll! Necessity breeds invention if you want to leave the rest room smelling like a rose.

He adds that successful and serious entrepreneurs are not those who sit around and wait for someone to hand them a "roll of toilet paper".

They take matters into their own hands and search within reach that they use. If you must, dig through the garbage, or use the roll of cardboard instead and move on.

Serious Entrepreneurs don't make excuses and don't have patience for people who do.

You'll never hear them say

"I don't have enough money right now."

"I am not that smart."

"I don't have the time. I'm too busy."

"Businesses take too long to build."

"There's too much risk involved. I'm too scared."

"I'm too old for that."

They don't sit back on the loo and wait for the toilet paper. They grab it, or they make it. In the same way, they don't wait for their dreams to come true. They MAKE it come true.

They don't wait until they have enough money to fund a new venturethey find creative ways to finance their project by exploiting their own strengths.

By the way, millionaires are a frugal (as opposed to cheap) bunch: Warren Buffett, the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes, lives in the same Omaha, Nebraska, home he bought four decades ago for $31,500.

They don't, contrary to popular opinion, multitaskthey focus on one task until it's done.

Perfectionism is not one of their qualities, and they frequently say, "It's good when it's good enough".

And that's because they have learned that money likes speed.

They know that if they sit around and do and erase and redo and re-erase, by the time they finish their product, their competition would have swooped in, cornered the market, and left them no room at all.

They don't spend the bulk of their time thinking, planning, and revising they take action.

It's not that they're afraid of taking risks; it's just they take calculated measures that help them avoid risks.

Dick Costolo, founder of Feedburner.com said, "The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about 'there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off' and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way."

Serious Entrepreneurs do not need toilet paper.

It's probably because they'll have a spare napkin or piece of paper somewhere in their pockets with their next million-dollar plan scribbled hastily on its back.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Homeowners can Reduce Property Taxes and Save Thousands!

By Wallace Rowan

Certainly you have heard some variation of the popular statement, Knowledge is power! Well, in the context of lowering property taxes on your home, knowledge is power and can translate into some serious money. California property owners can benefit over the next several years with a little knowledge and some capitalistic motivation. In the state of California, property owners may request a decline-in-value of the assessed value of their home and lower property taxes they pay.

Around every opportunity to save or make money, depending on your perspective, sprouts new entrepreneurial endeavors to capitalize on such an opportunity. I am in full support of businesses being created around a developing need in an economy, but do not believe creating new businesses is always a desirable outcome when a need develops in a market. Instead, I am in full support of individuals proactively capitalizing on these opportunities themselves, especially when our government, of the people, provides a mechanism to do so.

Homeowners can really take control of the property taxes they pay every year with a little do-it-yourself philosophy. With the proper guidance, property owners can successfully construct a professional property tax appeal to present top their local county assessor and win.

If you want to save yourself a substantial amount of money over the coming years, check out a new program called the Property Tax Appeal Copilot. This comprehensive and complete instructional program is easy, and can be completed in a few hours in the comfort of your own home. Paying for expensive property tax appeal consultant is just a waste of more money for something you can do yourself, which doesn't make sense in any economy.

Capitalism still rules here, and the entrepreneurial spirit should be encouraged. If you have a day job, certainly you should not quit to try some new start-up business, but there are still ways you can save, and generate new income. Try providing some of the services to yourself that you would have outsourced a year ago when the economy was better.

After discovering hidden ways of increasing the wealth of ones household, a home entrepreneur must educate himself and learn what is necessary before acting. Balancing a checkbook and buying groceries are everyday mundane tasks done in the household, but researching new ways to increase the wealth of your home is the job description of a home entrepreneur. Balancing a checkbook and buying groceries are everyday mundane tasks done in the household, but researching new ways to increase the wealth of your home is the job description of a home entrepreneur.

Empowered with knowledge and information, a home entrepreneur can act and benefit from opportunities that such an individual sought out and went after. For example, California homeowners researching the law regarding property decline in value applications for a decrease in property taxes will find with proper knowledge and information, they can increase the wealth of their household tremendously.

Many may argue against my do-it-yourself approach by citing the benefits of delegation and time management. By devoting yourself to work at which you are proficient and well informed you create a value greater than doing work at which you are less proficient or skilled. Under this axiom, one will only do tasks he is skilled and proficient, then delegate tasks to which he is less skilled to others. However, the benefits of a small time and energy commitment on the part of a home entrepreneur with a substantial value have the greatest value before the negative effects of decreasing marginal utility take hold. In regards to property tax reassessment of ones home, it is far beneficial to do-it-yourself and invest the time and energy to reap the rewards of lower property taxes.

Now you may find yourself asking the question how do I reduce property taxes on my home, and can I really prepare a profession property tax appeal and be taken seriously? The answer is Yes you can! With a little help! Check out the Property Tax Appeal Copilot program, and find out just how easy it really is to save thousands of dollars of your home this year, and in the coming years.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Creating your Own Website Which Will Improve Your Business

By Dave Arnold

Businesses have all turned to being internet based and creating a website is just one of the many fastest ways of cashing in on returns. Businesses are being sought via the internet due to its informative and fast nature. It is high time you created one for your online business. Websites are responsible for informing people of your existence as a business, the products and services that you offer, special rates that you offer as well as your contacts and all this is done in the comfort of a central position yet achieving more than one task. This has become a linking bridge into business marketing online.

There are important things to remember on how to make your own web site. You may want to enlist the help of an internet business marketing consultant before you delve into internet advertising. He/she will take you through the steps on how to make a web page which will form the web site.

The Domain Name: This is the center point of website advertising. Select a domain that compliments the business while ensuring its simplicity in terms of remembering and don't forget to emphasis on the products or services you offer stating your location of business where possible. Always ensure you print your website address on every printed material to ensure the clients and other would-be clients know where they can find quick access to your information.

Catchy: Come up with something that will attract curiosity. Website advertising is all about being able to present your ideas in the most attractive and in a well designed manner. The site is what creates the first impression in the eyes of the customers. A catchy domain name will lead them into a search of the website. Dull webpage's are a big turn off and one won't bother to look any further for it would have already created a negative picture. Ensure you apply your logo and colors so as to compliment the other marketing materials you use.

Make it informative: Use web site to showcase your business. Provide company information, the products or services you offer and details of how you can be contacted. Include pictures of your business premises, products, staff and other business associates you may have, especially if they are influential.

Additionally, you can include links to other sites that may be useful to the clients and testimonials from other customers. These are more convincing for the new client who may want real evidence of what's offered. Important too is a contact form that the clients fill. This enables you to stay in touch with them.

Advertising business/internet marketing is all about enlisting your website on the major search engines available in the World Wide Web. Most domains would agree hosting your website on terms. This is just but another way of website small business advertising that can pull in clients.

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Want The True, One Week Marketing Review

By Susie Byrne

There is a lot of information available on the World Wide Web, most of this is rehashed information. Finding reliable system, which actually gives you the steps to take to succeed online is rare, when you find such a product, you want to show everyone how it will help them and set them on the right path. This great product I have found is by Pot Pie Girl, it's called One Week Marketing.

A lot of systems for sale online that promise instant riches, but the only one who gets rich is the Product owner. It is hard to know which ones are worth investing in and which ones to avoid.

Newbies or experienced marketers will learn something from Pot Pie Girls One Week Marketing System. It is a very easy to understand system, written in lay man/woman terms.

Have you ever struggled to find the perfect niche, getting traffic, find good products, with the One Week Marketing Plan every thing is covered to build a profitable business.

Have you ever noticed how some internet gurus offer to tell you their secrets to making huge income online, but when you get the product they give you enough to get you started but they keep all the really good information to themselves? Its almost like they dont want to give away their real secrets, even though theyre charging you money to do just that.

One Week Marketing is different. Youre given a blueprint that shows you step by step the tasks you need to do each day so that by the end of your first week youll see visitors arriving at your site regularly and you should already be making sales easily, which translates to quick profit.

One Week Marketing gives you checklists to follow as you build your online business. Simply tick off each task as you complete it and your business grows before your eyes. You can seriously short cut your path to success just by following the system. It really is as easy as that.

Everything you need to do is listed for you in order that it needs to be done so you dont get ahead of yourself or waste time completing unnecessary chores.

Each step you need to take is explained. Each action will have a reaction, you will gain a greater understanding of how everything fits together, you can duplicate your business success over and over again.

This is a proven system, easy to follow but requires effort, if you wish to put in the work then this system is for you.

If you want a system that shows you exactly what to do week by week to build a business on line, then One Week Marketing is for you.

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

What Pay You Cash For an Opinion and Give the Most? Paid Online Survey Companies

By Francisco Rodriguez

You don't have to jump through any hoops to find paid online survey companies that will gladly pay you cash for your opinion. You might have to jump though hoops to get a hold of one site that actually gives you decent money for doing their surveys, though. If you want to get directly to the paid online survey companies that pay you the most cash for your opinion, you need to listen up.

I will make this short and sweet. There are only two tips you need to make this happen. Tip number one is very quick. Don't use search engines! That's it. Their listings have become so terrible and are filled with the most underpaying paid online survey companies. Sure, you can get cash for your option for them, but what's the point if you are making pennies?

You could use a free survey network, but you are taking your chances by doing this. The bigger companies that can afford to pay cash and pay a larger amount of cash to get the surveys done, will not be included in the free networks.

Uses excel worksheet and indicate there the name of site, payment for each survey, minimum payout and number of surveys you have answered. Every time you finish a survey you have to update your list. In this way you will determine what site pay the highest and what site is very active in sending your surveys.

On average you can make over $50 per hour once you have a good idea of what you are doing and how the surveys work. Just one paid survey online can cover your entire membership fee, which means everything else is going to be profit.

Like I said, the topics are moderated, so spam is minimal, meaning you get the straight forward stuff. It's that simple. Thousands of paid online survey companies will provide you with cash for your opinion, but not all of them are created equal.

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

A Review of Unique Article Wizard

By Linda Jenkins

Unique Article Wizard (UAW) is a web based application to which you can submit articles. The unique aspect (hence the name) is that they will take one article which you submit and generate hundreds of unique articles from the one. It has the capabilities of turning your article into thousands of unique articles.

This service will help you to submit articles to 800 directories. All with one click and you do not have to sign up for the directories. You may have unlimited domains, pen names and niches. Here is the way it works. You write an article. The typical suggestion for the number of paragraphs is eight. Then you load your article to Unique Article Wizard.

Once you upload your finished article, you'll need to rewrite each paragraph; UAW will take you step by step through the process. UAW suggests rewriting each paragraph two times to arrive at three versions of your article. These three sets of paragraphs will be used to make hundreds, even thousands of different versions of your original article.

This is the secret of Unique Article Wizard's system. They randomly combine the various paragraphs to create many different versions of your article. The end result is multiple versions which are still on topic, are easily read and most importantly, don't look like they were written by software! Your keywords will be there as well, making UAW a great optimization strategy.

After you rewrite all of your paragraphs twice, you can even include back links. By adding these with keyword anchor text you will enable your site to attain higher page rankings. When all the different articles are created UAW submits them all over the web. Your articles will be on thousands of sites. You do not have to do anything. It is your choice whether to have the articles submitted all at one time or just a few every day.

However you do it, the result is that your articles are all over the web. This is what you want for maximum exposure. You may be wondering how long it takes for this to happen. The way this works is on the first day you submit your article to UAW. On that day or the next your article will be checked over by the staff there to see if it compliant with the standards of their site. Then at midnight your articles will start getting submitted.

The articles are submitted to the correct category for your article. This is why not all of the submissions will go through but anywhere from 400 to 550 will make it through, depending on the categories that you select in advance. During the third to the tenth days you will begin to see your articles begin to show up on the directories. Some of them may take longer than this to process the articles. Others may not accept them for assorted reasons.

Usually on the fourth day your articles as well as your site will start to be found by the search engines. By the time this happens you will start having all kinds of back links to your site. The number of back links will increase as your articles begin showing up on more sites. If you should need help there are video as well as written tutorials for every step you use to submit your articles.

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Friday, March 20, 2009

Some Crucial Telephone Sales Education Concerns

By Terry Stanfield

It is extreemly grave in a slow market for valid telephone sales coaching. The competent coaching will assist your sales staff in feeling more at ease about calling customers which will increase their sales. The proper instruction will also increase your team's proficiency level which will lead to more and higher sales.

What follows are the six method for telephone sales coaching which will include: teaching them the basics of successful cold calling, the best way to use scripts, how to properly overcome objections, how to overcome call unwillingness, and how to properly qualify their leads.

Tip number one to effectively enlighten your sales staff on how to cold call is giving them the elementariess of effectual sales calls. If your team is inadequate in the basic fundamental skills they are more likely to become disheartened and quit.

The second intrinsic tip to augment sales with training is teaching the best way to use scripts. It is important that they don't sound like they are reading and yet know how to keep the call moving in the right direction.

The third intrinsic key for effectual sales training for your employees to make sales calls is showing them how to properly overcome objections. Every salesperson is going to encounter objections when they make sales calls and learning to overcome them is the solution for success.

The fourth principle key to augment sales with coaching is teaching your team how to overcome call reluctance. Once they have mastered this skill their productivity levels will increase dramatically.

The fifth intrinsic requirement for effectual sales coaching is instructing your team on the right way to qualify leads. Once they have learned this they can make much more useful use of their time.

The sixth and last requirement for effectual sales coaching is helping your salespeople understand the worth of the word "no". When your team understands the worth of the word "no" they actually look forward to making more calls and fear is replaced with enthusiasm.

Instituting the six keys for telephone sales training will help to increase your sales. Appropriate sales training can make the difference between success and failure, especially during difficult financial times. If you lack the skills to provide this training for your staff, you should seek a qualified sales training program to help them help you become more fruitful.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

You need one way links because...

By Stephen Trovsky

There are different types of link building techniques and strategies which could help in getting higher rank in the search engine rankings. Link Building is a discipline that has a ton in common with basic PR.

With the growth in search engine popularity and accuracy, and with newly emerging techniques used to target such engines, SEO has become a cut-throat competitive industry that is quickly being dominated in its utilization by big-business corporations.Regardless of a company size and status, however, company webmasters with basic knowledge of HTML and blogging can establish top search engine rankings for websites that target niche markets with great efficiency by employing specific on-page and off-page SEO techniques.

Search Engine Optimization is a combination of art, skill, experience, persistence, focus and a little luck. Search engine optimization is often neglected during the design process, when designers are focused on navigation, usability, and branding. Seo is absolutely essential when competing on line, especially when in competitive markets. Seo is a constant war for Websites.

Pagerank is in some ways related to link popularity, but the calculation is dependant on the quality and strength of the links, not just the number of links. Search engine optimization, or even web optimization on steroids is not going to get your site up there over night. It takes time for search engine optimization to work. Anchor text is simply the text used as the clickable portion of a link.

One way links are the most powerful links at this time. Link popularity dramatically affects the search engine rankings of a site. One way links are those when other websites link back to yours, without your website linking back to them and Reciprocal links are those where your website links to others and those others link back to yours. One way links are also viewed upon more favorably by search engines, as they don't feel you are necessarily trying to "cheat" the system. Not all reciprocal links are bad, as it is okay to exchange links with others that you feel your visitors might be interested in. One way links are more important as they give natural link building .

Link building is the process of getting websites to link to your homepage, or one of your websites internal pages. An example link would be me telling you that this blog is written by Collin LaHay . Link building is one of the best ways to make your site popular. There are few types of linking one of which is reciprocal links. Link building article India, Read articles on link building strategies and development. Get all the latest happenings of link building world written in researched articles.

SEO Experts worth your hard earned money know that content rich, well designed web sites attract high rankings. They also know that a sensible overall marketing strategy is your best bet for web success. When you work with a search engine marketing firm to promote your website, they cannot guarantee where your listing will appear .Search Engine Marketing is a part of, or form of Internet Marketing Services, and is meant to promote products and services of a company by marketing the company's website, on the Internet and Search Engines. The marketing and promotion of a website is achieved by raising its visibility and ranking in the result pages of Search Engines.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Internet Marketing With Online Banners

By Tom Williams

OnlineBannersNow, a Los Angeles based website marketing company, provides a full suite of online website marketing solutions directed to the internet community.

(PRWEB) April 21, 2004 -- OnlineBannersNow.com has built a strong technical and sales force aimed at providing the best online marketing services at the most affordable costs in order to service a wider array of online clientele. Their experience goes back 10 years in the Email Marketing arena and another 6 years in the Search Engine Optimization field. OnlineBannersNow.com has most advanced by perfecting a quicker and easier Internet navigation system called Online Banners Now for those who no longer want to navigate using long complicated and hard to remember domain names, or hunt through thousands of search engine results to find what they are looking for.

With Online Banners Now they can put your website on the front of all the major search engines. You can also then choose your desired keywords or phrases you would like to appear under. They put your website on the top of all the major search engines and actually open your website in the results. Once registered all traffic derived from your words will now be delivered to your website. You will have access to a login area were you can track your visitors.

www.OnlineBannersNow.com is intuitive, familiar words and phrases, such as generic phrases and names or a short description of the websites goods or services. For example, if the searcher types "Bank" into the Search bar of any major search engine on an upgraded computer, they are instantly connected to the respective website.

OnlineBannersNow.com are used in conjunction with search engines to provide direct access to websites, giving users the ability to navigate from any point on the Internet directly to our client's website, or even a specific location deep within their site.

To avoid many of the problems of the current domain name system, Online Banners Now manage the assignment of Internet Keywords with the goal of avoiding misdirection of users and misappropriation of trademarks and trade names.

Recent Forrester Research study shows that search engines are the top method for accessing customer sites followed by e-mail, and Search Engine Optimization.

www.OnlineBannersNow.com is currently the largest provider of keywords in North America and is developing standards with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). To rapidly expand this technology, the Company has leveraged its existing customer relationships and is aggressively pursing new distribution relationships around the United States through ISPs, as well as providers of search, directory, e-commerce, portal and content services.

Client's acceptance of the www.OnlineBannersNow.com product is almost intuitive. For anyone marketing on the Internet, keywords are foundational to online marketing strategies. Keywords are used in every websites meta-tags (these are hidden text descriptions) to notify search engines which words describe the site. There are also a number of sites that now sell keywords under what is known as a pay-per-click (ppc) model. Search Engine Optimization also focuses strictly on Keywords and meta-tags to increase a websites natural ranking on the major search engines.

Online Banners Now Search Engine Optimization service offers the guarantee that you will not find with most of the other SEO services online, a guarantee of first page placement. They will do everything in their power to place their clients website to be ranked in the natural results on the first page of those major search engines. Where other companies shy away from guarantees in order to stay safe, OnlineBannersNow will put their name on the line for their clients.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

One Way Links? Why are they important?

By Brent Sweet

Link building is something that is very important whenever you are starting up your own website. You have to think, there are millions of websites that go out everyday, how can you make your website stand out among the rest? The answer is link building. Today we are going to talk about link building and how to build free one way links like the pros. This is going to get your website noticed by the search engines a lot quicker and have you ranked above those other guys before you even know it.

First of all, you have to understand what one way links are before you can start link building. Have you ever clicked on a link that took you to a website, then when you go back to click on that link again, you go to a different website? Yeah, those are not one way links. These are links that are set up with other websites, and they are all paying to share that one link. This is not good, because your website is not always going to get credit for that link, thus it is not worth paying for. What you want is one way links to your website and nothing else. These are links that you want to get out there on other websites, because it is going to help you to achieve a better ranking for your site in the organic search engine results.

Now that you know a little bit more about one way links, you need to know how the pros get it done. Well first of all, they do not submit their web links to just any website. You have to note that this is actually, in the end, going to hurt your ranking with search engines. You need to have your links on trustworthy sites and sites that have been out there for a long time. Not only that, but you have to get your links on websites that are actually related to your website niche. For example, if you have a website about web hosting, then you are going to want to link to other websites that talk about web hosting or starting up a website.

You are not going to want to link to a fishing website that has nothing to do with your website, unless that fishing website has a section about starting up your own website.

The pros never link to a website that is not related to their website, because that is a wasted link that could count against you.

To Your Success!

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Online shopping is a new culture

By shopping

Online shopping is the process of buying goods and services from merchants who sell on the Internet. Since the emergence of the World Wide Web, merchants have sought to sell their products to people who surf the Internet. Portal online shopping malls do require you to sign in, after which you would be allowed to shop at any store. This is so that they could keep track of the purchases you will be making so that you would be getting credit for them.

As the 21st century progresses, more and more people prefer buying online. There has been no better time for those that sell advertising and for online merchants. However, online shopping could be a bit of a nightmare for inexperience online buyers. Given this, how would you be able to protect yourself from being a victim of fraudulent advertising? How would you verify the accuracy of the information you have? A lot of online stores have their own brick and mortar stores.

You could hunt for bargains while shopping online. You might be able to purchase the same item at another website for a fraction of the price. Make sure that you have looked around before you start giving your credit card number. There are also some stores that have lower shipping costs. You could also check for coupons, sales and discount codes that could lower the price tag even further. A lot of online catalogs give you the convenient ability of buying cheap clothes online. Though such catalogs are not from very famous designers and names, you will surely be able to find great items that are not only for you, but for your loved ones as well.

Belts that are available online are made from a lot of different kinds of materials. Though leather belts are still seen to be the most formal of the belts, there have been a couple of changes and alterations that were made in its design in order to make a lot more interesting and stylish to wear. Buying gold online could be a bit tricky, but if you keep some considerations in mind, then you would certainly be able to find some great and quality pieces online at reasonable prices.Gold jewelry is probably the most common and traditional kind of jewelry, which can be worn by almost anyone living in any society.

Over the last couple of years, shopping online for virtually anything has become a lifestyle. Presently, it has actually been influencing the way we lead our lives. The days when you had to go out and drive to the movie house to get tickets are long gone. Now, you could just sit at home as you order tickets. Virtually every industry has applied e-commerce to their business and clothing and apparel is not an exception.

Product images in the shopping cart or order summary pages should represent the specific colors or styles selected by the customer. Products such as spare parts, both for consumer items like washing machines and for industrial equipment like centrifugal pumps, also seem good candidates for selling online. Retailers often need to order spare parts specially, since they typically do not stock them at consumer outlets -- in such cases, e-commerce solutions in spares do not compete with retail stores, only with other ordering systems.

Security management is the process of developing a comprehensive data protection plan. It takes into account all potential threats, the existing network environment, the future needs of the organization, and lays out a multi-tiered blueprint to integrate the security technology needed to combat these threats.

Do ask questions if in doubt. Good online stores do usually provide a reasonable description of the item. However, if you have any questions regarding any aspect of the item, please contact the merchant to ask before purchase. Good merchants will respond to you in a timely manner.

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Marketing for small businesses # 2

By Viliam Kanis

AuthorJet Wood Lathe. Have you ever thought of entering the marketing world and get to marketing small business accordingly? If you have a business that's on the Internet or an ordinary business offline you should be aware on how important it is that you get to know how you will be able to bring people notice that your business exists, right?

In marketing small business, you need to know certain strategies that would assist you in building interest for your target market. Aside from having people know about your business you must develop interest from the online users. You can look into building a website which would bring people to it and from there you can create ideas on how you will be able to increase profit for your business.

This time around you will now have an idea on how to generate revenues through this website you created. The whole process would entail you building a marketing plan for marketing small business and wait for its successful outcome.

Keep in mind that if you're marketing small business online, you'll find large-scale businesses online which could be one of your competitors, , now what are you plans in keeping the business of your clients? That is the role that your marketing pan partakes. So it is important that your marketing plan for marketing small business would be able to create goals for you together with keeping your business intact and capable of keeping your business with your clients stable.

Let's say that you are not much confident in creating a marketing small business plan, you should be able to ask help from professionals that are willing to help you out with formulating plans for your business. They would be able to provide you options in marketing your business, suggestions in building an excellent marketing plan for marketing small business. As well as checking if your marketing plan will keep you staying in the business for a long period of time.

(To be successful|If you want to gain a favorable outcome in marketing small business you should be strongly motivated to succeed in reaching your target market. You have to put in mind that, that is your purpose in attaining improvement for your business. If you are capable of utilizing a very good marketing strategy for your business then you'll definitely enjoy gaining profit for it from time to time confident that the strategy you will be using for marketing small business would work, then be ready for the improvement.

Try looking into some resources that you could be using startegies for marketing small business and see what changes it can do for your business. Your determination will lead you to success!

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

A One Tenth Full Glass

By Louis R Burns

I've recently noticed a number of situations in which things were noticeably framed in the affirmative.

When you have a choice, it's usually better to tell people what they can do rather than can't. Here are three examples:

I was just reading an e-book titled, "The Top Ten Secrets of Instant Wealth" by Salad Seminars CEO Jamie Smart. Normally I would pass over anything like that but I've recently acquired two sets of Salad playing cards.

Jamie talks about asking better questions for wealth. Instead of seeing something and saying, "I can't afford it," he suggests asking, "How can I afford it?" The glass being half full significantly affects your attitude as it will with your audience.

The second example is that I sometimes see marketers bad mouth "hypnotic techniques." Here's a quote from an article in the Early to Rise e-zine (July 31st Issue):

"Don't try to be a copywriter. Just explain what you've got and why anyone should care - and then just get out of the way.

"In other words, don't mess around with mystical, manipulative tactics that are supposed to magically vacuum money out of your prospects' wallets while they grin stupidly in a hypnotic trance.

"Just talk to people. Be interesting. Be respectful of their time. Share value. Make your pitch. And shut up."

The point I think the author was trying to make was to not make the amateur mistake of making it sound like you're trying too hard or using hype. He's telling you to do exactly what a copywriter tries to do but then starts out telling you not to try to be a copywriter.

The take away from that is that the writer must not know how to use hypnotic language patterns. There's more opportunity then for those of us that do.

The final example was the one that prompted this post. I went to see a movie at our local IMAX theater. It's inside a state history museum. While everyone was waiting in line, one of the museum employees made an announcement with an interesting one tenth full twist.

He announces that food and drinks will be allowed in the theater as long as they were water with screw top bottles and candy bars still sealed in their wrappers. There's no doubt that this approach was better received than telling people that no food or drinks were allowed except bottled water.

That's like Henry Ford's statement that you could have any color of Model-T car as long as it was black.

I found that approach humorous and effective. That was actually much less than one tenth full but you get the point... give people permission as much as possible for best results.

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Friday, March 13, 2009

B2B uses Viral Marketing

By Steve Blalock

They use viral marketing as a marketing tool... what did you think I meant? Viral marketing can work well for B2B providers, as long as the following is true:

1. The product or service has to add value for the sender, as well as, the receiver.

2. The offer has to be deliverable. You dont want to offer a product that you cant deliver if demand increases.

3. The offer has to be transferable to others. E-mail and Web pages provide the best medium to facilitate this.

4. The best viral marketing campaigns use existing networks to move the message along.

The basis of viral marketing has been around for a long time. The idea is that you incite your customers or referral sources to pass on something about your business to their network of colleagues and friends. Those that pass on your information get something in return. The something might be a gift or service related to your business.

Using e-mail makes it incredibly easy to pass information on to a colleague, especially if it involves something fun or free. With millions using the Internet worldwide, the potential for exponential growth is tremendous. The great things about viral marketing are that it is free and works virtually by itself. Once you make an offer and provide the facility for referrals, viral marketing spreads like well a virusbut the good kind.

To implement viral marketing for your business; first, start with your customer base. Incite existing customers to refer new ones. Second, go to your referral sources. Service providers, your outside network and colleagues can be encouraged to provide referrals that lead to business.

If your customers are stressed business owners, offer a reward that provides relaxation and leisure... like a weekend away.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Online Movies Just In

By Gina Tims

It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. These days you can stay at home and get movies form a movie download site. You will find just about any movie you want with a good movie download site, below is a small sample.

Swordfish: Gabriel Shear, Swordfish, knows where there is a lot of money. The problem is that it is in cyberspace. To steal it, he kidnaps former super hacker Stanley Jobson. He then pressures Stanley to comply, or suffer consequences.

Wild Wild West: This is a big screen adaptation to the old TV series of the same name. James West and his buddy Artemus Gordon are determined to stop the evil Dr. Arliss Loveless, who is planning to assassinate the president. Will Smith stars as James West.

Sin City: Sin City is a place not for the faint of heart. The streets are filled with vigilantes, crooked cops, and sexy women. Unique and brilliant cinematography and special effects create a perfect atmosphere for this world. Mickey Roarke and Bruce Willis star in this violent action thriller.

The Mask: Mild mannered Stanley Ipkiss discovers an ancient mask. Once he puts it on he has incredible powers. This leads him to a crime spree, and a big increase in his self-confidence. When a big crime boss takes the mask from him, the town is in big trouble.

No Country For Men: Llewelyn Moss walks into a scene of death. A drug deal went bad and everyone's dead. He grabs the suitcase full of money and walks away. A deranged man is aware that Moss has the money, and is killing everyone he confronts, as he chases down Moss and the money.

In The Line Of Fire: Frank Horrigan, an overly seasoned Secret Service man, who was working the day J.F.K. was killed, finds himself in another tough situation with a President. Mitch Leary, an embittered former C.I.A. assassin, is after the President. Horrigan will be tested again.

National Treasure: Ben Gates has been hunting his whole life for a legendary national treasure. Following in a long line of Gates who have lived out there lives chasing clues this great mystery, Ben finds himself in a race for the treasure against a criminal mastermind. He must steal the Declaration of Independence in order to protect the clues and the document from this criminal. The clues lead him on his continued pursuit of this supposed national treasure.

The Saint: Master thief Simon Templar is close to retirement. He decides to take one last job, to properly fill his bank account. A Russian billionaire hires him to steal a formula for cold fusion from scientist Emma Russell. Two things change his plans. He falls in love with the beautiful scientist, and learns the potential disaster if this formula was in the wrong hands.

Walk The Line: This film tells the life story of famed country singer Johnny Cash. His battles with alcohol and subsequent resurrection are both chronicled. His life runs the gamut of emotions, from despair to exaltation.

We all have used the internet for music purchases for some time now. We are now seeing the same type of growth in the online movie business. Movie downloads just might be the wave of the future.

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Top Three Reasons Why Ugly Dolls are Popular Now

By Kim Daly

Ugly and adorable, ugly dolls have been making it big in the market today. We all grow up with Barbie and other fashion dolls but these days, those strange-looking cuddly stuffs are what the collectors now want. When you are collecting these dolls, you would always look for those rare and those that could not be found from the rack of your friends.

With their quirky sizes, designs and colors, no one can resist the unique effect these dolls give. Buying and collecting will never be a source of regret because each piece is worth-looking and spending for. They are also great gifts for loved-ones and friends. Why then choose an ugly doll as present?

They are outrageous and unique

Cinko for example has this odd characteristic: he is scared of the water. With this feature, your friend or ay receiver of the gift would definitely be amazed and thrilled of the thought that he or she has to take extra care of it. Finding out the special characteristic is one exciting experience.

They are lovable and eccentric

Like Babo, no one can deny that his lack of smartness is not a big deal to his very lovable characteristic. Ugly dolls are never boring and they are what every person look for because there are no doll moments with them.

They are fun and adventurous

Watch how Abima get holds of his cookie jar and how he looks forward to every adventure that comes his way. With these refreshing features, doll collectors and kids at heart are all in-love.

Where does one find these ugly dolls like Cinko, Babo and Abima? Generally, online shopping starts with an Amazon or Ebay search. The products come in different prices and so it is easiest fro you to choose what suit your budget. The challenge there is how you make sure that you are buying from a reliable seller. Check out profiles before bidding, read descriptions and other details carefully, find out the status of the product and most of all investigate the legitimacy of the seller.

By doing this, you have more confidence in your choices and purchases. Your first Ugly Doll will not be your last because with their different appeal, you will surely search for more.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Choosing a Credible Lighting Business

By Tom Sanderrs

Choosing a credible business is very important when searching around for decorative fluorescent lighting fixtures. When you buy a product you should also consider quality. An established business is able to offer quality goods because of their experience.

Places to look: Finding these reputable stores can be done in a few diferent ways. Offline you can look in places like the yellow pages. The established organizations are proud of their longevity and will be happy brag how long they have been in business.

One of the best ways to find these businesses is to look online. You will find many stores listed in Google. They will have websites and picture galleries for you to browse through. You can then get some ideas before you visit their store. A lot can

How to choose: it is wise to research a company before buying product from them. If the company is an established one there is more information about it. The more you know about the company the better. Knowledge equals trust in a company and its products.

Here are some points to help you choose the best company.

* Look up credentials: check a company's "about us" page on the internet and take a look at the company information contained on that page. Established companies will tell you how long they have been in business.

* Check out testimonials: There are sometimes testimonials about the company and its products on their website. It is good to check these out especially if it pertains to the product that you want to buy.

* Check any recommendations: friends, family and work associates are the best places to start for recommendations. You also know you can trust these people as they aren't just faces off the street

Why established businesses are best:

* Better product: established businesses have been around a long time because people like their products and services.

* Credibility: It's hard to argue with a good reputation. A long standing business has credibility and you can be assured they stand by their business and products.

* Knowledgeable about products: a company that has been in business for a while will have a vast amount of knowledge on their products. Take the time to pick their brains as it's likely they've been trained in sales and won't make you feel like a fool.

Choosing a credible store to purchase your fixtures from is not as daunting as it looks. All you need to do is to check out the store carefully before you go to purchase anything. An established store will be able to fulfill your needs and help you select the right lighting fixture for your home.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

Autopilot Profits System for a Successful Online Marketing

By Richard Steaney

Internet marketing and selling products online have been around nearly as long as the Internet when the boom really caught fire. Veteran marketers came onto the web and starting using offline methods as the basis to build and create Internet marketing techniques. Autopilot Profits goes in-depth when looking at the various ways marketing a product or service to a specific niche can transpire.

Because Internet marketing is actually based off the same principles as marketing done by offline marketers, many businesses see the Internet as just another venue to get the word about their product out there, but are also aware of off-line methods are available including direct mailing methods. The trick for you to use is any possible medium that you define as the areas to market products. The Internet is just one of them.

One of the fundamental principles of marketing in a legitimate online business is if you want to sell something or give the customers something to see you're online. It's also your responsibility to convert them into buyers which is where learning the Autopilot Profits System separates you from the masses of people out there trying to market on the net.

Many of the marketing techniques presented in Autopilot Profits are based on principles that have proven effective over the years in both direct mail marketing and traditional advertising. When looking at visitors online, one must remember that behind the Internet are real people. In order for a product or service to successfully sell, it must reach the hearts and minds of those visitors and present a scenario that makes it really impossible not to want the product.

The Autopilot Profit System is such that it makes possible for Internet business owners to choose an affiliate product or services that they have bought with resell rights or their very own product that runs almost automatically.

When considering the purchase of an e-book or Internet marketing system, you must take into consideration what benefits and features come with the package, how easy it's going to be to go from idea to profit, the amount of time and effort you will need to expend in order to be successful and how hard is the learning curve in order for you to understand the concepts in order to get started.

Autopilot Profits enhances only the basics and enables you to make a quick shift from idea to profit. If you look at different Internet marketing systems there are many similar tools filled with irrelevant information that is hard to make sense of.

Autopilot Profits not only gives you adequate data, but presents it in such a way that you can immediately start making money online. A lot of e-books, programs and systems do not fulfill their promise of working easily towards profit on the Internet.

When you really look at most of the e-books and internet marketing systems out there, they just leave you with vague, general information which really doesn't do you a lot of good. With Autopilot Profits, you won't have this problem; just useful, practical advice which works for your business.

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

How to Start Up a Home Business?

By Amanda Somrekli

Looking at the above factors about running a home home business to work at home a home home business allows you to get income from your regular income job until you are sure of the extra cash from your home home business produces more then your regular day job income. The best part is you can always switch!

But with every new sale your enthusiasm will be reinforced, remember success breeds success, the opportunities are limitless.

Owning your own home business means that you can take care of all your families requirements what ever they maybe. Your own home business will allow you and your loved ones the kind of lifestyle that you deserve.

Many people tend to think of home business in two ways; businesses that utilize domestic skills or online capabilities. Although most home businesses do subscribe to that, these are certainly not everything there is to them.

There are also home businesses that require highly specialized or technical skills and creative abilities like fashion designing, jewelry cleaning, or electronic repairs.

To be able to work at home with any degree of effectiveness, you must have high levels of self-motivation. Of course, running your own home-based business is going to be a strong motivator in itself because you are directly responsible for how much money you make.

You are able to take the original depreciation deduction at ordinary income tax rates, and bring it back into income when you sell your home at the lower capital gain rate. Your depreciation deduction can also reduce your self-employment taxes.

Bottom line: You can still save taxes overall by taking the home office depreciation deduction each year.

This will have you qualified to take the deduction. To make sure that you will qualify for the home office deduction utilize one room in your home as your work office, and use it for nothing else.

In conclusion; research, calculated approach, and common sense are what is required when choosing the best home based business, also these are the keys to avoid a home business scam.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009

What do you think about being Rich?

By Samantha A. Bow

Have you ever driven past a mansion, or at least a house much bigger than yours and thought, "oh, they're rich!" What makes them rich? Is it the huge house? Or maybe it's the Porsche in the driveway that gives it away.

To you they are rich because they possess things of apparent wealth. A large house and a fancy car cost a lot, so they must have a lot of money in order to afford it.

Now what would you think if I told you that they actually had a mortgage on the house that they owed more on than the value of the house, they leased the Porsche, they had $100,000 in credit card and other debt, and they were continually going into debt further and further by $1,000 a month. Would you consider the rich now? In these situations you can easily see how someone can look rich on the outside and in fact be quite poor.

If you looked at that person at first and thought they were rich, you probably consider rich someone who has a lot of possessions. They have a lot of expensive looking things. This all depends on what your definition of rich is.

Have you ever thought of someone who has no debt, a paid off home, and a comfortable retirement savings put aside as rich? They don't live a wealthy lifestyle, but they could be considered rich because they are financially secure.

There is also wealth outside of money. Someone could be rich with friends, or rich with other emotions. This is rarely thought of as rich because wealth usually has a monetary value, but money isn't everything.

You could be rich because you are satisfied and content with your life or because you are loaded with money. Rich is a positive word and you automatically feel you need to be rich. Contentment in your life should be your ultimate goal and you should strive for happiness.

If you still want to have a lot of money, you can always get a really high paying job, save everything you earn, invent something everyone needs, invest in the next big thing before it gets big, or try many other ways to get there. Maybe, just maybe, you will someday be rich!

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Friday, March 6, 2009

Freelance Writers Work At Home

By Leven Breath

There are freelance writing opportunities available all over the Internet and they are offered by many different companies too. Just about anyone can cash in on this home business.

If you are even a minimally skilled writer, you can learn more about the industry and soon you will have the expertise in the field and find all kinds of writing gigs.

To do this you don't have to have experience or be a professional but you do need to have writing basics established. You look for online writing job boards and initially you will find simple projects.

Build a portfolio so that when a customer asks to see some of your previous work, you can provide samples. It will not take long and you will see that this type of work can be very profitable.

Freelance writing is big in the telecommuting sector and with web pages being literally rampant on the Internet people need articles and web content like never before.

Clericals may accept work of writers which reduces their operating costs, as never before. During recent years, Internet has shown great progress for freelance writers and those who show diligence may make $ 500-600 per week.

If you think you might be interested in freelance writing make sure that you are self motivated and make sure that you have a quiet area to work in. That can often be a bit tougher than it may seem.

When you time your jobs, always allow for the unexpected and remember that distractions are so very common in a home environment. When you can least afford it someone will come over without calling.

Use time management wisely. After writing basic articles for some people, you may want to expand writing to electronic book. They take a little more time to write, but money is a lot better. Learn to judge your assignments so that you don't stop working.

Freelance portals are very popular. They allow an intermediary to contact between a supplier and a buyer. For example, someone needs a job so they determine what they need in detail. Writers then see the job description and the authorized budget and from there on a job writing develops.

If it is accepted, you will be notified by the buyer and when you finish your mission money is in escrow waiting for you to be paid.

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Lifepath:A True Personal Development Business

By Shona Dosher

LifePath has combined a superior stand alone product line in the booming personal and prosperity development genre with the most powerful and revolutionary compensation plan in the industry.

LifePath Unlimited is the only top tier direct sales opportunity that offers a true retirement plan. Some one brand new to the business can make over one hundred thousand dollars in the first year and even retire in two years while still earning over a hundred thousand.

The first level to come in at is the Discovery Series. This product is unique and the result of the group work of 14 of the best trainers in personal and prosperity development. This features such luminaries as Michael Losier, who wrote "The Law of Attraction" and may be heard seven times per week on Oprah Winfrey's radio broadcast, author Janet Atwood, who wrote "The Passion Test," and Dr. Frederic Lehrman founder of Nomad University. LifePath Unlimited Co-Founder and Director of Product Development Patrick Combs pulled the fourteen luminaries together to combine their expertise, insight, and knowledge on every topic that is covered in the Discovery Series.

The Discovery product offers an eight CD and DVD collection in addition to a 56 day online course of instruction with 14 luminaries. Discovery customers also have access to a weekly mentoring session with Patrick Combs and various well-known authors and success coaches. The cost of the Discovery series is $1,695.

The second level is the Breakthrough conference. This is a 4 day all-inclusive conference for two people at a tropical resort. Lifepath Unlimited offers thought provoking and interesting lectures both day and night. The most enlightening part of Breakthrough is "Firewalk", which will push your belief system to new limits. The cost of Breakthrough is $8995.

The final product is the Destiny conference. A lavish five-day event held annually at exotic high-profile destination locations around globe, Destiny sets a new standard for life-changing events. With the opportunity to interact with and learn from some of the most empowered, enlightened and successful individuals on the planet, the Destiny series is an incredible experience. Two people can attend the Destiny event for $14,995.

This incredible personal development business opportunity allows you to make executive level pay while changing the lives of so many people.

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