April 27th, 2008
Are you generating sales for that new widget you invented? Perhaps your going for the affiliate commissions and promoting someone elses widget. Either way, there is some very good news for all aspiring netreprenuers. Recent studies such as the one performed by burst media found that 49.8% of the people asked said that television was the media that most effectively grabbed thier attention.
Now comes the good news. The internet came in as the second type of media with 22.3% of respondents going online to browse what interests them, followed by magazines newspapers and radio respectively.
That should have you out of your chair and doing the happy dance considering that the internet is still the newest of the lot.
The number of new online entreprenuers will also be increasing due to the fact that more and more working moms have decided that they want to and now have the opportunity to stay home while they conduct business online while at the same time watching and raising their children themselves instead of farming them out to the daycare centers.
Hopefully, the ones that do decide to start a new journey online will be able to avoid the scams and the hype that so many marketers fall for (yours truely included) when their just beginning.
These days though, it’s much easier to find reputable business owners and affiliate programs and mentors such as the wonderful teachers at the “affiliate classroom” or “linkshare” and “clickbank and of course “Amazon.
E-bay is always a good starting place as well for new stay at home moms who wish to get their feet wet in the online marketplace.
So is it easy to start a new career online? absolutely not. It is simple though with the right guidence, and all of, or rather most of the tried and true marketing strategies that have worked so well over the years in the real world carry over into cyberspace very well.
Actually the hardest part for the people that are Very green behind the ears is finding a good mentor.
They Are out there, and they need to find them first before wasting any time or money trying to just feel their way through how to operate a business.
Now is the time though to start because of the trends that online marketers are seeing in the consumers.
As the internet grows, so too, do the number of households that are using their trusty laptop or home computers to gather information about products and services that they want to purchase.
Oh and it gets even better.
It seems that the more that households make, the more likely they are to fly through cyberspace for what they want rather than trudging across the tundra at the local malls.
The studies show that the number of consumers that use the internet as their primary source of information about what they want to purchase are 50.6% for households bringing in $35.000 per year.
As income rises the percentage rises with 58.1% who earn between $35.000-$49.999, to 61.3% at $50.000 - $75.999 and a whopping 69.2% at the $75.000 plus range.
When the brick and mortor operators find out about these studies, the ad dollars going to TV at the moment will soon be moving online.
So if you are already here (online) get ready for the flood.
Dont-cha just love it when a plan comes together.
Copyright 2006 Rapidenterprises.net
Rich Carter is the CEO of Rapid Enterprises and is an expert affiliate marketer and consultant. Find more articles by
Mr Carter as well as other experts at his Net Trends and Affiliate Solutions Blog.
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April 27th, 2008
We all create systems, sometimes in subtle ways, to make our life easier and to meet our needs. Do you put your car keys in the same place each day so as not to misplace them? It may seem like a simple act, but it’s a system — an organized, coordinated procedure that creates a desirable effect.
Systems help us in our home and work life by:
- Helping us remember.
- Keeping us organized.
- Communicating to others.
- Triggering subsequent events.
- Simplifying tasks.
- Saving us time.
We use systems in our home and work life. Here are examples of systems in the workplace:
- Leaving important papers on a colleague’s chair so he’ll be sure to see them.
- Marking an opened email as unread so it will get your attention later.
- Attaching a sticky note with frequently needed information to your computer monitor.
How do you know that you need a System?
Chances are that you’ll know when your current method of accomplishing a task is failing you. If you are forgetting items you meant to remember, losing or misplacing things, these are red flags. Another signal that a system is needed is if a repetitive task takes longer than it should. For example, if you repeatedly look up the same information, instead, you might make the information more accessible.
Now that you know that systems can improve your life, and you know some of the symptoms that a system is necessary, let’s look at the steps of a real life example.
Step 1: Identify a Challenge
As a small business owner, or just a busy person, you have trouble paying your bills on time.
Step 2: Devise Possible Solutions
You could pay each bill as it arrives, or designate certain days each month to pay bills. You could set up automatic bill paying through your bank, or you could prepay your expenses. What other possible solution makes sense to you?
Step 3: Evaluate Each Option’s Suitability
A system is only going to work if it is something that you want to do, and it fits your lifestyle. Examine these factors:
- Life Circumstance. Ask yourself if you can pay your bills as they arrive if you only get paid once a month, for example.
- Consistency. If you decide to pay your bills on the 1st and 15th of the month, will that work if you travel frequently in your job?
- Trigger. Ask yourself if a reliable reminder exists (such as a recurring electronic appointment in your calendar program) so that your system will work consistently.
After evaluating possible solutions to your challenge against your particular lifestyle, and identifying a trigger to ensure consistency, give your new system a try. Don’t expect your first solution to work necessarily — keep at it. Your effort at arriving at a workable solution will be rewarded with the system’s success.
© 2006 Kristy K. Schnabel, It’s Virtually Done!
Kristy Schnabel, virtual assistant with It’s Virtually Done, helps her clients develop systems for making their lives easier. She relieves home-based professionals of their administrative work. Learn more: http://www.itsvirtuallydone.com
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April 26th, 2008
You hear it all the time; “follow your dream”, “discover your dream”, “dreams do come true”. The way people talk about LIVING YOUR DREAM, it’s as if everyone must have one!
I think they do, which means I think YOU do! So, if in fact the rather bold statement I just made is true, how do you go about bringing your dream to light? These tips will help.
1. ALLOW yourself to dream.
We STOP dreaming because at some point in our life we were told the dream we had was unrealistic. And after hearing it enough times from others we started believing it too. A dream that once felt so good to think about and seemed so possible to achieve, suddenly left us feeling silly for ever having it. So we did the only thing we could do, we packed our dream(s) safely away, not to be shared again.
Just because your dream is packed away for safe keeping, doesn’t mean it no longer exists. In fact, it might be the thing that keeps trying to get your attention! If you’ve ever had a notion there was “more” to life, listen up - your dream is talking!
How can you gently coax your dream back into the light?
You can ask yourself: “If money was no object, and failure was not a concern, what would I do with my life?”
As we get older we get more practical. But when you’re trying to unleash a dream there’s no room for practicality. Asking the question above will give you free rein to dream away! There will be plenty of opportunities for practical matters later on. For now, give yourself permission to once again dream and when you do, dream BIG!
2. Don’t judge your dream.
There isn’t a scale on which dreams are measured. In other words, one dream is no better or worse than another dream. Your DREAM is YOUR dream!
If, since the time you were eight years old, you’ve wanted to study the life and habitat of iguanas, perhaps your dream is exactly what you need to do to feel your best and to live a life you find meaningful.
The consequence of not living your dream? What about the poor iguanas!
There’s a reason you have the dream you have. In the big cosmic picture of life, your dream serves a purpose to all life on this earth. If you don’t live your dream, the rest of us are missing out.
The second tip for bringing your dream to light: Don’t JUDGE your dream. Rather, embrace it - it’s yours for a reason.
3. Practice patience.
Dreams take time to unfold, especially when you haven’t allowed yourself to dream for awhile.
Some people know their dream from an early age. For the rest of us, we need to remain open and curious as to what our dream is. Listen to your gut, heart and soul and trust they have the answers you seek.
It may take some time for your dream to be revealed. Therefore, the last tip is to HAVE PATIENCE. It may take time to bring your dream to light, but it’ll be worth the wait.
Allow yourself to dream, don’t’ judge the dream you have and practice patience: three actions you can take today to bring your dream to light.
“There is a giant asleep within every man. When that giant awakes, miracles happen.” Frederick Faust
Copyright 2006 Cari Vollmer
Cari Vollmer, personal growth expert, is the founder of LifeOnTrack.com and InspireYourDay.com. For practical life strategies and success tips, sign up for LifeOnTrack.com’s FREE e-zine, LivingOnTrack, at http://www.LifeOnTrack.com
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April 26th, 2008
Students might start thinking a little differently, once they learn about brain foods, and how they can help their concentration and make their school work easier.
The most important meal of the day is breakfast. Kids who eat breakfast consistently do better on tests. Getting better grades is important, but making time to eat breakfast is tough. “If you don’t have time for a sit down breakfast, grab a handful of walnuts, a whole grain breakfast bar, yogurt, or some peanut butter stuffed inside a whole wheat pita,” advises Dave Grotto, a registered dietician, nutrition expert and director of nutrition educational services at Block Center for Integrated Cancer Care & Optimal Health. “Stay away from the high sugar/caffeine foods like doughnuts, soda and coffee,” explained Grotto. “Eating those foods can provide immediate fuel (glucose) to the brain, but it’s a very short-term fix. As your glucose level falls, concentration becomes difficult and you end up feeling tired and ready for a nap. Try making a fruit smoothie the night before so you can grab it in the morning and guzzle it on the way to school,” suggests Grotto, who recently coached contestants auditioning for ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ about specific brain foods that are optimal for concentration, and those that will slow a person down. “Use fresh fruit like blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, red grapes, and pomegranates … all high in antioxidants, which research shows enhances cognitive function, recall and memory. Add some yogurt, mix in two tablespoons of peanut butter, for a supercharged brain smoothie. This tasty concoction will zap the brain into an A+ charged state of concentration that will last for hours.”
One of the best brain boosters is the dependable egg. Eggs contain protein and choline. Choline is one of the B vitamins that participates in many biological processes, and is especially important for healthy brain, cardiovascular, and liver function. Check the label for the type of eggs that are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, which are also naturally lower in cholesterol. Omega 3 fats contain DHA, an essential fat needed for brain development and for reducing harmful brain plaques.
Students who chow down on burgers, fries, chicken nuggets or pizza at lunch, will get a quick blood sugar surge, accompanied by that all too familiar crash, most likely just as it’s time to walk into their next class. Studies have shown that consuming a high fat diet can impair learning skills as well as memory. Instead, try a grilled chicken sandwich on a whole grain bun, or grilled tuna or salmon burgers on whole wheat bread. Lean proteins with whole grains, along with some healthy fats, will help students sustain energy and maximize their potential throughout their school day.
Like gasoline in a car, students need to fuel themselves in moderation throughout the day. “If hunger pangs hit in mid-morning, mid-afternoon, or as soon as you come home from school, avoid snacking on candy bars, soda and potato chips,” says Grotto. “These foods can raise cholesterol levels, contribute to weight gain and obesity, and an increased risk of diabetes. Instead, choose brain food snacks like almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, whole grain cereal bars, peanut butter and fruit juice-sweetened jelly on whole grain bread. Instead of soda, mix non-sweetened grape juice with green tea. Green tea has the same healthful antioxidants as red grapes and berries. If you need a chocolate fix, the news is good. A small bar of dark chocolate - rich in antioxidants, is fine. Or. some dark chocolate chips with some healthy nuts … good for you and tastes great!”
Students need to keep their levels of concentration up to absorb all the information teachers are feeding to the brain. At night brain power needs to be maintained to handle homework and studying, to say nothing about extracurricular activities and a busy social life. “Feeding your brain the foods it needs, will help you think in a new way about what you eat,” concluded Grotto.
The Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care and Optimal Health was founded in 1980 by Penny and Keith Block, M.D. with a focus on treating the patient as a whole person, not treating just the diagnosis or symptoms. The Center’s research-based treatment integrates an innovative approach to the best of conventional medicine with scientifically sound complementary therapies — therapeutic nutrition, botanical and phytonutrient supplementation, prescriptive exercise, and systematic mind-body strategies — to enhance the recovery process. Block has pioneered this “middle ground” approach to cancer care and optimal health - designing a total treatment plan that is tailored to the precise needs of each patient, using a unique set of clinical and laboratory assessments. The Block Center is breaking new ground with the creation and development of Cancer Rehab as an innovative treatment modality, and currently is the only private North American medical center using chrono-modulated chemotherapy. While the Block Center is a full treatment clinic, it is involved in collaborative research with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas as a Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) and is also engaged in clinical cancer research with other university facilities in the United States and Israel.
Betty Hoeffner, is a freelance writer who writes articles on a number of subject matters.
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April 26th, 2008
TRANSLATION SERVICE NOW OPEN ALL HOURS
Thanks to an exciting new service being launched by antipodean
translation company New Lingo, no business need ever be lost for
words again - whatever the time of day or night! For New
Zealand’s leading Internet language services company recently
added a new string to its corporate bow, with the launch of a
24-hour translation service.
Given the 24/7 culture which prevails in international business
circles, this news will undoubtedly be sweet music to the ears
of New Lingo’s many clients worldwide. New Lingo is a perfect
example of the new breed of “virtual” company, and its pedigree
is impeccable. Established only three years ago, the dynamic
language services provider has a well-deserved reputation for
excellence, due in no small part to a policy of having every
translation independently proof-read. Moreover, with all staff
home-based, New Lingo’s operating costs are kept to a minimum -
a benefit which is passed directly on to their clients in the
form of highly competitive rates.
As language experts who pride themselves on their
state-of-the-art translation technology solutions, New Lingo
staff are renowned for their ultra-modern approach to business.
Indeed, in the words of Christof Schneider, chief of operational
improvements at New Lingo: “This new service is just the latest
in a series of technology-enabled firsts. It offers
organisations which operate under time-critical conditions an
immense commercial advantage.” He continues: “It also gives our
clients complete peace of mind to know that while they’re
sleeping, the documents they require for their meeting the next
morning are being translated!” Korean-born project manager
Austin Kim explains: “The nature of our business lends itself
perfectly to a 24-hour production system. Many of our clients
are multi-nationals and operate 24 hours a day themselves.
Moreover, our translation team already spans all time zones, so
providing a round-the-clock service is simply a natural
extension of what we already do.” In-house (and at New Lingo,
that means her own house!) German expert, Barbara Bumer adds:
“We have a close reciprocal relationship with a respected UK
translation company which works really well. Through them we
regularly provide translations for prestigious end-clients such
as Microsoft, Orange and Honda.”
Impressive names certainly - but equally impressive is what New
Lingo itself has achieved in a relatively short timescale. The
maths is simple: a network of tried and tested translation
professionals, all beavering away during “normal” working hours
in their own time zones, but collectively working 24/7. Add to
this equation the New Lingo factors of project management
experience and state-of-the-art translation tools, and you have
a winning formula: a round-the-clock stress-free professional
translation service for members of the global business
community.
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April 26th, 2008
One of the essential aspects of time management is scheduling. In spite of increased automation and other high-speed devices, we still seem to be having so much to do and so little time left. But effective people know how to manage their time and achieve their goals with minimum of stress. The ideal way to make the most of your time is to schedule your activities and maintain them.
In order to draw up a realistic Schedule for all your activities, you have to first be clear about your immediate or short, medium and long-term goals. The goals would cover all areas of life - career, social, family, physical, religious or any other areas. Once these are clearly outlined, you will have to accord these goals priorities in terms of short, medium and long. This calls for a lot of realistic understanding of the existing situation and your personal commitment to achieve the same.
Based on the goals, you can then schedule your activity. Your broader goals should be assigned a clear time frame and you have to then plan your action that will take you closer to achieving them. The most common feature found in many of our daily activities is that we spent 80% of our time on non-essentials, while only 20% is accorded to the most vital jobs. This results in non-achievement of our goals and a sense of frustration and stress at our inability to attain the same.
You have to form To Do Lists for your daily activity and set priorities for them. It is essential you assess the nature of job and assign those work that can be delegated or outsourced to others and concentrate on the vital areas that require your personal action. Successful leaders always know when and how to delegate or outsource jobs, while leaving them to concentrate on the most critical areas of action.
Another very important element of Scheduling is blocking appropriate time for any contingencies. With practice you will learn how much to set aside for these. There are always some unexpected elements that will demand more of your time than originally envisaged. Of course you will not be able to guess when interruptions will occur, but by giving space in your schedule, you will give yourself the flexibility to react effectively to issues as they arise, even as you maintain your overall time schedule.
Thus an effective Scheduling would be one that is based on your personal goals - short, medium and long - and To Do Lists- daily, weekly, monthly - based on priorities. When both these elements are clearly covered, you will have a well-set Schedule for you to follow.
Needless to say, there are great varieties of diaries, calendars, organizers, PDA or a software package like MS Outlook or GoalPro 6 and the likes. However, a simple Mind Maps will do the job of all these put together. That is because Mind Maps provide a wide scope for inputting your goals, To Do List, Time Schedules and much more all in one comprehensive Mind Map. You could then create separate Mind Maps for Goals, To Do List, Time Schedule Lists, etc.
Apart from providing you a complete picture, such Mind Maps provide a sense of motivation and purpose behind your actions. These Mind Maps thus serve as a record and mark your progress. They help in providing connectivity amongst your varied goals and actions and pave way for applying creative solutions and approaches for achieving them. It is the simplicity and vividness of Mind Maps that makes them such a useful device for plotting your life and actions. You will learn that being successful often means working smarter than just harder. Using Mind Map technique not only takes you nearer to your goal but faster and easier. Try it to know its effectiveness.
About the Author:
Dr. Vj Mariaraj is a Mind Map enthusiast and has been using Mind Maps for the past twelve years. He has created over 5650 Mind Maps. To learn more about mind mapping send an email to freemindmap@aweber.com . He is the founder of BusinessBookMindMap.com that creates Mind Map Summaries of Business Books. To learn more visit http://BusinessBookMindMap.com/mind-map.php?ea23
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April 24th, 2008
The job of choosing the right wedding cake style is the
responsibility of both the future bride and groom. The style of
cake you’ll choose will largely depend on the wedding theme and
the size of the wedding. You’ll want to be sure your cake is
large enough for all attending guests to receive a piece. If
you’re having a super large wedding you can always have two
cakes. In fact, a new trend is for there to be a bride cake and
a grooms cake.
It can actually be quite a fun event where you can let a little
bit of creativity flow. The solution to a “no stress” cake
selection is simply knowing what you need and doing your
research before hand. The information below will assist you in
making sure you’ve got your icing covered! The wedding cake is
usually cut into small slices, packaged and tied with a ribbon
for your guests to take home. You can also serve your cake for
dessert. A cake large enough to serve all your guests may cost
more but by the same token you eliminate the cost of dessert
from your catering budget.
Choose a cake that you both enjoy. The size of the cake is
directly related to the size of your wedding and your budget.
If your budget for your wedding is low or you just do not wish
to pay very much for your cake. If your budget is small, check
around with friends and family - there may be someone who has
the expertise to do your wedding cake for a fraction of the
cost. Friends, family, magazines, your local bakery, and the
internet are all great places to get ideas about the types of
cakes available. Or go crazy and get the cake you’ve always
dreamed of having.
Types of Wedding Cakes There are many types of wedding cakes you
can choose for your wedding depending on your budget and size of
your wedding. Here are just a choices Small or large
round cake Small or large sheet cake Single
level wedding cake Multi level wedding cake
Themed wedding cake - for example for a beach wedding you might
tie seashells into your cake, or have a sandy textured icing.
Fresh flowers on your wedding cake Icing
flowers on your wedding cake Silk flowers on your
wedding cake Match your cake with the colors of your
wedding theme - the colors of the flowers or the color of your
bridesmaid dresses are popular choices Traditional
wedding cake is fruit cake with white icing
More traditional choices are chocolate or orange cake,
sponge cake or carrot cake. To be able to keep the top layer of
the cake it must be a fruit cake. Order your wedding cake 6
months to a year in advance. The month you are getting married
in is important because the type of cake you choose may not work
well with the season. For example, mouse in wedding cakes does
not work well during the hot month of August. Winter wedding
cakes have fewer restrictions.
Questions to ask your Bakery and or Baker
1) Are samples available to try before you buy? Just because a
cake looks good doesn’t mean it will taste good, or not be as
hard as a rock. Best to taste test so you’re not disappointed..
2) When is the last day I can make changes? By finding out when
the last day you can make changes is, you will most likely be
getting the answer as to when they will be starting your cake..
3) Do you deliver? Cakes do not ship well, so unless you’ve made
arrangements for someone to pick your cake up and bring it to
the reception, it is best if the bakery can deliver it. 4) How
do you ship your wedding cakes? 80% of wedding cake damage
occurs during shipping. Shipping is also your friend picking it
up in their car. The cake needs to be packed properly to ensure
it arrives at the reception intact. 5) Should something go wrong
what is your back up plan? Many will say that they either have
no plans or that nothing will go wrong. Not a good enough
answer. When it’s the day before your wedding and something goes
wrong it’s too late to come up with a backup plan. 6) How much
would it be for regular cakes the same size as the wedding cake?
This will determine if you are being gouged or not. As with all
elements of your wedding planning and preparation are important.
Decide the type of cake, get pricing, and order early. Then you
can place another nice big fat checkmark on your “to do list”.
© Copyright Sher Matsen, All Rights Reserved.
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April 24th, 2008
Everyday we shed hair regardless of age or how healthy our hair is, just the same as we shed skin. Most of us fortunately never have any problems with noticeable hair loss, but then there are an ever increasing amount of us that do experience the almost ‘nightmare’ of losing our hair at all different ages. Once hair has been lost it is normally replaced in a reasonable amount of time, but it is only when the hair is not replaced for whatever reason that may be, that the loss of hair starts to become noticeable.
There are many myths of hair loss as usual, just as there are with any medical condition, but there are numerous known contributors to hair loss, that are present in most of our lives. Excessive bleaching and colouring of your hair and the constant use of products that are full of chemicals can be detrimental for your hair’s condition. The process of aging can have the effect of hair loss even if you have lived a stress free healthy life, and can cause you to search for hair loss treatment.
Most drugs whether they have been prescribed by doctors or taken for recreational purposes can not only have an effect on practically all of your bodily functions, and lot term effect on your body mentally and physically, but can also contribute to the loss of hair at all stages of life. Any type of skin infection or hormonal imbalance with women can influence the loss of hair, and so can any illness that has taken a hard toll on your body.
One of the most common thoughts of hair loss is down to stress, and working a lot of hours and spending most of your working week stressed up to your eyeballs, and not been able to distress before you commence with another stressful day at work seems to contribute to a lot of hair loss across the nation. A simply remedy to this is work less hours, or do not let your work stress you up as much. This is quite often easy to say, and very difficult to put into practice.
More information on Hair Loss Treatment can be found at the author’s website at http://www.nohairloss.info
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April 23rd, 2008
“The possibility of a purely psychological explanation is illusory, for a large number of observations point to a natural phenomenon, or even a physical one - for instance, those explicable by reflections from ‘temperature inversions’ in the atmosphere. Despite its contradictory statements, the American Air Force, as well as the Canadian, considers the sightings to be ‘real’, and have set up special bureaus to collect the reports. The ‘disks’, however, the objects themselves, do not behave in accordance with physical laws but as though they were weightless, and they show signs of INTELLIGENT GUIDANCE such as would suggest quasi-human pilots. Yet the accelerations are so tremendous that no human being could survive them.” -from Carl Jung, FLYING SAUCERS
Popular Mechanics from May, 2001 has a cover story that’ll make you wonder. “WHEN UFOs LAND At long last, scientists have their hands on the proof skeptics say doesn’t exist–physical evidence of flying saucers. *****The rich really are different. When Laurence S. Rockefeller–yes, those Rockefellers–wanted to know more about UFOs, he didn’t have to satisfy his curiosity at alien-hunters’ Web sites or in the Weird Science section of Barnes & Noble. He asked Peter A Sturrock, the former director of the Center for Space Science and Astrophysics at Stanford University, to convene a private meeting of a dozen top scientists at the Pocantico Conference Center, on the grounds of the old Rockefeller family estate 20 miles north of Manhattan. Sturrock’s guest list and agenda was noteworthy for its omissions. Bob Lazar, who claimed to have reverse-engineered UFOs at Area 5l, wasn’t invited. Neither was alien-buster Philip J. Klass of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Roswell, the ‘face’ on Mars and other familiar sightings got little attention. Instead, researchers from Princeton University, Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Center for Space Research in France focused on cases with more meat on their bones–sightings in which physical evidence was left behind. ‘While their findings were not conclusive. I hope (they) will raise the level of the debate.’ Rockefeller said afterward.
‘Ask most scientists -what they think of the UFO enigma and you will almost certainly get a scoff and a brushoff like, ‘There’s not one shred of evidence,’ says Bernard Raisch, an astronomer with more than 100 scientific publications to his credit. ‘That answer is simply not true. The problem is that this evidence does not follow our expected scientific logic, and so scientists dismiss what is, in fact a large number of accounts. Many sighting reports {Including Jimmy Carter.}, as absurd as they sometimes appear, are probably real. Most professional scientists never bother to look at the evidence. Instead, the dogmatic dismissals by professional debunkers, which are often patently ridiculous, are simply taken at face value.’
As you will see for yourself, some of the cases discussed at Pocantico are difficult for even die-hard skeptics to ignore.
In 1957, a UFO reportedly exploded after hitting the water near the town of Ubatuba, Brazil. Metallic debris collected by a physician, turned out to be composed of an extremely high grade of magnesium.
Recently declassified documents explain what it might have been. During the 1960s, the U. S. Air Force experimented with electrostatic drives. In theory, lift and propulsion can be created by imparting airframes with an electric charge that matches, and therefore repels, the surrounding air. Such an aircraft would require enormous amounts of electric power, and the Air Force seemed to know how to create it. Other declassified documents reveal the Air Force had built compact nuclear reactors small enough to fly on an aircraft. It had also experimented with a device known as a magnetohydrodynamic generator (MHD) to extract large amounts of electricity from a fast-moving stream of molten metal. Engineers familiar with such systems say that if MHD units were to become unstable, some of the metal circulating in the unit would have to be ejected.
UFO investigators sent a portion of the Ubatuba material to the Air Force for analysis. It was ‘accidentally’ destroyed before tests could be completed. (Insets: A sample of the Ubatuba debris examined under microscope revealed a higher level of purity than occurs in nature.)
POLICE CRUISER BLACKOUT Luis Delgado was a 28-year-old patrolman for the Haines City, Fla., police department when he became part of one of the most compelling UFO sightings. It happened about 3:50 am, on March 19, 1992. Delgado noticed a rapidly descending green light in his rearview mirror as he drove down a street alongside a citrus grove. The light seemed to keep pace with his cruiser, until he slowed down. Then the silent dome-shaped object flew overhead, filling his police cruiser with a brilliant green glow. He pulled to a stop, and the power in his vehicle went dead. For the next several minutes he stood outside his car watching the 15-ft.-wide craft hover silently in front of him. It seemed to float about 10 ft. off the ground; cooling the surrounding air to the point at which it formed a foggy mist {Tesla unified force field and extraction of earth energy?}. Then, just as quickly as it appeared, it sped away. Delgado returned to his car, and found the electrical system was again operating.
‘The scientific panel was very impressed by cases in which electrical equipment was disrupted,’ says Michael D. Swords, of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. A conference participant at Pocantico, Swords told POPULAR MECHANICS that this type of encounter is far more common than most people realize. UFO investigator Mark Rodeghier of the Center for UFO Studies in Chicago told the conference at Pocantico that over the past 50 years more than 500 similar reports had been filed. What distinguishes the Delgado sighting is the inherent credibility of the observer. As a police officer, Delgado had nothing to gain–and possibly a great deal to lose–by coming forward with his account.
TRANS-EN-PROVENCE For UFO investigators, the most disappointing aspect of the Delgado sighting isn’t the absence of evidence, but the way evidence has been allowed to simply disappear through neglect. Samples of the nearby road and vegetation were never collected. No radiation measurements of the area were made.
UFO researchers in France take the scientific investigations of unexplained aerial phenomena more seriously than those in the United States. The Center for Space Research, France’s counterpart to NASA, even has a team that swings into action when these types of events occur. The team is called GEPAN, after the French acronym for Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Study Group.
GEPAN investigator Jean-Jacques Velasco told the Pocantico conference the details of what is perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time, the Trans-en-Provence incident.
Renato Nicolai didn’t think he had seen a UFO, but instead a secret military aircraft that had strayed from its test site. A contractor who had for about two years when the episode occurred on Jan. 8, 1981, Nicolai was working on his terrace in the late afternoon when he heard a faint whistling. In the distance he saw a lead-coloured object, about 5 ft. high, a bit wider in diameter, and shaped like a pair of inverted bowls, fall from the sky. It came to a floating stop about 6 ft. above the ground. For the next half-minute he observed the object, and then watched it rise into the sky, creating a small trail of dust. ‘When my wife came home in the evening, I told her what I had seen,’ he said in his official report. ‘My wife thought I was joking.’ The following morning, he showed her where it had hovered and the two of them spotted circular traces it had left in the ground {Photos included.}. Neighbors suggested they tell the police. Through the police, word reached GEPAN, which routinely checks to see whether such sightings are of a military activity or an aircraft. When both were rules out, GEPAN interviewed Nicolai and collected soil from the area where the object had reportedly hovered. The mystery only deepened. There was black material mixed with the soil, but chemical analysis ruled out combustion residue, oil or concrete. Later analyses showed the soil had been contaminated with traces of metal, and the surrounding vegetation showed subtle damage.
Something happened in Trans-en-Provence, but to this day no one is certain of what that was.
METAL RAIN … says Jacques F. Vallee… in detailing the episode. When onlookers arrived at the impact point on a small levee, they found a 4-in.-thick mass of molten, red-orange metal covering the frozen ground, about 16 ft. from the road. The metal mass was still glowing 15 minutes later when Mike Moore’s father, assistant fire chief Jack Moore, arrived.
After the metal had cooled, Robert Allen, a local astronomer, collected samples. Part of the roughly 40-pound slab went to the U.S. Air Force’s Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. A portion also went to the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University. The Air Force never made its analysis public, but in a letter assured local authorities that ‘re-entering spacecraft debris does not impact the earth’s surface in a molten state.’ In his report, Ames Laboratory director Robert S. Hansen ruled out a meteor.
… The Council Bluffs episode was not unique. At the Pocantico conference, Vallee said that in at least nine other sightings, aerial objects in distress were accompanied by the ejection of molten metal. ‘Reports of unusual metallic residue following the observation of an unexplained aerial phenomenon are detailed enough for a comparative study to be undertaken.’
TRUE SKEPTICS NEEDED Bernard Haisch, a former Lockheed scientist who had served on the Rockefeller panel in 1997, believes it is time for the scientific community to become more skeptical in the truest sense of the word. ‘We need to be skeptical of both the believers and the scoffers,’ he told PM during a visit to the California Institute for Physics and Astrophysics in Palo Alto, Calif., where he is currently director. To this end, Haisch recently created www.ufoskeptic.org. The Web site encourages mainstream scientists to reconsider the UFO phenomenon in light of recent advances in physics, such as superstring and M-brane theories, which postulate the existence of multidimensional space. ‘I’ve learned quite a bit about the UFO phenomenon over the years, certainly more than I bargained for. UFO sightings are not limited to farmers in backward rural areas. There are astronomers, and pilots and NASA engineers, who have witnessed events for which there is no plausible conventional explanation.’” (3)
The important thing about this article is not the content but the publication itself. This is not ‘UFO Magazine’: this is a conservative factual publication with an excellent track record of telling the facts. We wonder about the honesty or what is being called transparency in other areas. Is there any reason to believe anything you hear from a government that creates massive schemes to deny the facts and counter-counter contingencies to maintain existing lies? The Congressional hearings on Roswell or the JFK assassination are fine examples. How can the ‘one bullet theory’ still be supported? The current Bush administration is committed to another SDI gambit and they talk about rogue states such as Korea launching missiles. Dr Wright of the Center for Concerned Scientists from MIT acts as an apparent decent ‘foil’ when he points out the threat of such ballistic missiles is unrealistic. The Koreans would deliver their weapons by ship and assemble it like the Iranians in a city of their choice.
I think the threats of nuclear weapons are minimal when compared to the ability to foul-up the power grid and blow up refineries and the like from a computer anywhere in the world. The really scary thing that we have seen in a ‘60 Minutes’ program in 2000 is the fact that an individual accessed the super secret Cheyenne Mountain military installation from a laptop computer. Thus the nuclear weapons can be turned upon the builders themselves. Far more dangerous than nuclear is the biologics or germ warfare. We have dealt with the matter of laser diffusion and targeting in the words of Dr. Robins the solid state chemist/inventor. He correctly states the only way to make these SDI technological missile shields is through X-Ray lattices with more concentrated beams. There are probably things we aren’t being told. Why spend all this money? Is there a rogue alien group who actually might invade through space without time or ultra light speed technology? Is it possible that the missile shields are going to use lasers to protect the government in case of a citizen revolt when they mount another coup d’etat such as they did in the JFK situation? The aliens appear to have more advanced technology that might be able to cloak their equipment such as the U.S. was attempting in the USS Eldridge.
I doubt Korea or aliens are the intended targets. The Russians were never likely to mount a nuclear attack. If you want to wipe out all life on earth there are airborne biologics. The question should be (in every citizens’ mind) when will they tell us whether their underground shelters and nuclear subs are able to filter the air against these real and horrific threats? If they are safe to wage war without a threat to their family and friends, then WE are the only ones at risk! The Swiss government has cities built inside mountains to house all their people.
If a simple analogy might do the trick, let me draw a small illustration. If you had a person in your life that lied to you all the time would you trust them? When the U.S. taps in to Canada’s secret computer net in order to make better trade deals or when they have leaders who frame ‘patsies’ for the benefit of creating stories to make their citizens buy some confusing array of lies why believe them? Is there not a real need to expose their own secret agencies and rogue elements?
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April 22nd, 2008
The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon - understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.
The Hero’s Journey:
Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.
Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.
Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.
The Hero’s Journey is also a study of repeating patterns in successful stories and screenplays. It is compelling that screenwriters have a higher probability of producing quality work when they mirror the recurring patterns found in successful screenplays.
Inner, Outer and Romantic Challenges
In successful stories, the hero has three challenges (inner, outer and romantic). The process of resolving these challenges and the point of resolution is nearly always the same:
Romantic Challenge: Often resolved first and is the reward given for Seizing the Sword and completing the Rebirth Through Death (Meeting with the Goddess and Woman as Temptress stages). In Dances with Wolves (Academy Award Winner Best Film 1990), John Dunbar marries Stands with a Fist AFTER retrieving the guns from Fort Hayes and battling the Pawnee.
Inner Challenge: Often confronted at the Atonement with the Father stage and resolved in the Apotheosis stage. In Dances with Wolves (Academy Award Winner Best Film 1990), John Dunbar (having conquered his romantic challenge) confronts Kicking Bird with the truth about the White Man - that they will come and they will be “as many as the stars.” In Raging Bull (1980), this is where Jake confronts Joey and finds out that Vickie has been sleeping will the whole neighbourhood.
Outer Challenge: Often confronted and resolved at the Master of the Two Worlds stage. In The Matrix (1999), this is where Neo confronts Agent Smith and wins. It is important to note that there are multiple catharses in the resolution of the outer challenge - clearly seen in the Bond franchise, where the hero confronts the antagonist, the lieutenants and more.
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