Sunday, November 21, 2010

Are You Programmed For Success...Or Failure?

Have you ever wondered why some people just have it all? They're well liked by everyone they meet, financially set and attractiveut what stands out most is their beaming sense of self-confidence when they enter a room.

It's almost as if they have a certain "presence" that gives off positive vibes.

Not everyone is this fortunate, however. There are people who are faced with low self worth, they struggle to maintain positive relationships and often feel resentful towards people who are better off than they are.

So what's the difference? How can one person be so incredibly successful while another person constantly struggles just to get by?

The answer lies in what I call your "Invisible Lifestyle."  Your Invisible Lifestyle is what made you into the person you are today. You were literally "programmed" with the habits and beliefs that you follow today (or refuse to follow). 

So who were the programmers?

Look no further than your very own parents or guardians.

It's true. Your parents unknowingly rogrammed?you to become the person you are today. The reason I say 'unknowingly' is because your parents raised you the best they could based on how their parents raised THEM.
Because of the "brain wiring" of your original programmers (your parents), as an adult, you are duplicating the way they lived when you were young.
 
For example, let's say you were raised in a household where both of your parents were always there for you. They took an interest and encouraged you in everything you pursued.

You grew up seeing your parents work hard every day, take interest in you and treat each other with respect. As a result, you grew up to have a successful career and a happy marriage because you worked hard and treated your spouse with respectust like your parents.

Now let's look at another scenario?
Imagine a life where you grew up in a neglectful household. Your parents never encouraged you or took an interest in anything you didVER.

Your father had a negative outlook on life because of HIS traumatic childhood so all he knew how to do was raise YOU the same way that his father raised HIM.

As a result, you grew up with a negative outlook on life (just like your dad), and you have low self esteem because nobody took the time to encourage you and take an interest in you as a child.

Is this YOUR fault? NO! Of course not!

You did not ask to be "dropped" into your parents' household. That is the and?you were dealt in life and now, as an adult, you're living out the consequences.

In these two scenarios, you're living out what I call "Invisible Lifestyle A".

A stands for "ALWAYS"

"What you didn't notice your parents doing as a child, you are faithfully reproducing today, and you don't have a clue you're doing it."

But there IS one exception to this phenomenon?
Let's say you grew up in a bad neighborhood with an alcoholic father. Everywhere you looked, you saw poverty, crime and hopelessness. As a child, you couldn't wait to move out of the house. You saw your parents' lifestyle and were DETERMINED to not only be successful, but be NOTHING LIKE YOUR PARENTS.

While you were growing up, you took the necessary steps to put yourself through school and as an adult; you have a positive self image and do everything within your power to remain financially stable.

This is known as Invisible Lifestyle B. 
B stands for "BUCKING"

"What you couldn't stand your parents doing when you grew up; you won't stand for in your relationships today."

Those who embrace the "B" Lifestyle, do so in defiance of their family's values.  The B Lifestyle can create the "black sheep of the family" and that goes for highly troubled families or very successful ones.

Invisible Lifestyle B has taken place when an inner city boy or girl goes on to pursue a successful career as a lawyer while each of their siblings end up in jail. On the other hand, a child from a wealthy family could go against his parents' values by recklessly spending and eventually filing for bankruptcy as an adult. 

Now I'm not telling you to place BLAME on your parents. Your parents raised you based on everything they knew at the time. It's ALL they knew. It's not their faultt's NOBODY'S "FAULT".

The key is to understand and accept the fact that the negative values you absorbed from your parents (i.e., fear of failure, low self worth, jealousy) are programs literally "wired" into your brain.

And if you have enough discontent with these, it is very possible to change that programming in your adult life.

But simply knowing this is not enough.

You must find these programs and learn how to "decommission" them. In other words, you need to know what to do and how to do it, especially if these programs seem to dictate your behavior.

Do you do things over and over that other people might call "self sabotage"?

Are you attracted to a certain type of person you know you shouldn't be around, yet you can't help but feel attracted to?

The source of this behavior is one or two negative programs from your childhood.

These programs will prevent you (or your loved ones) from a better life.

If your parents' programmed you with some negative values that are causing you problems in your life todayt's NOT your faultut it IS your responsibility to do something about it.

You can start by thinking about how each situation in your life today is directly affected by your Invisible Lifestyle. 

The more you discuss your childhood memories of the way things were, the more you become consciously aware of them and the easier they will be to "decommission".

Over an entire lifetime, most people will not make the connection between their behavior as an adult and how their parents lived during their childhood. 

They will accept their parent's values without questioning anything, never knowing the REAL reason they continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.

But now YOU know better than that. Don't live your life with a blindfold on. Create a better future by first identifying and then eliminating the values from your parents that are causing you trouble today.




--  extraordinarymindset.info



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Friday, October 15, 2010

I Wipe My A$$ With $100's! What Do You Wipe With?

A lot of people are trying to make money online. Some become successful overnight, while others tend to struggle with a variety of ideas, just hoping to earn their first hundred bucks.

There are a lot of ways to make money online, but not all of them will work out the way that you want. You've probably already tried to earn some quick cash online yourself, but have not gotten very far. You might even be thinking of giving up and going back to work in the "real world" and getting another boring, low-paying, dead-end job.

Fortunately, there are affiliate websites available that will not only help you to make a legitimate income, but will also pay you for doing almost nothing.

While everyone else is sweating and laboring, all you have to do is tell people about your websites. Marketing is one of the easiest ways to make money because everyone is being benefited. It's also an enjoyable experience. You'll not only like the money you make, but you'll also love your job.

Internet marketing is more popular now than it's ever been, especially because it works. There is a lot of proof that internet marketing work, all you have to do is read. Type in the terms, "internet marketing" and "affiliate marketing" into your search bar and see what comes up. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be around.

One of the biggest problems people have is that they believe that marketing businesses sound too good to be true. A lot of people may wonder, "all you want me to do is tell my friends, and that's it? You'll pay me for that?". The truth is that yes, in the marketing business world, people are paid huge commissions for simply spreading the word. What's even better is that the main company does all the work for you. It's true that you are helping to make them money as well, which is how everyone comes out happy in the end.

Unlike other ways of making money online, you are not paid a simple $2 or 3 bucks, but more like hundreds and thousands of dollars within months. It's hard to believe that this is possible because those figures are so big. The only way a person can know whether or not affiliate marketing really works is to try to make money online themselves. You can read all you want to about the success previous marketers have experienced, but you'll never have that experience yourself unless you take the risk.

Why would there be so many people who claim to have had big success in the marketing world if it wasn't a real way to make money? One has to wonder, how are they making their money? It has to be by some means, and if they have no job and all they do is market, then there is your proof. It's absolutely okay to be skeptical about it at first, that is what will make you a believer. If you're looking for a way to make money online quickly (within days and weeks, not months and years), internet marketing may just be what you are looking for.

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Don't miss out on this… Mobile Monopoly

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    Monday, October 4, 2010

    [Facebook Hyper Traffic] Finally Revealed: The $119k Facebook conspiracy!

    Facebook and Social Media - The Next Marketing Opportunity

    Marketing as an activity is all about reaching the right customers with the right products, and the result sought is delighted customers who are more than willing to open their purses wide enough to boost your revenues. For many years, marketers stalked their target customers through various means and by trying to get their message across to spread awareness about their wares.

    Traditional Means of Communication

    Traditionally, marketing communications were conducted via print, broadcast and such traditional media through disruptive advertising, where advertisements appear in between the content of interest for the customer.

    Traditional media does give a large reach to a marketer with its programming of mass appeal. However, the wastage is equally high, since a large portion of the audience would belong to a different segment than the one that is to be targeted by the marketer.

    Enter Social Media and the Internet

    The revolution stirred by the internet as a medium took place because of the fact that it is highly personalized and provides more content on-demand than any other available medium. Social sites proliferated far and wide in their usage for a few simple reasons:

    The power to create and distribute content is equally available to every user, irrespective of him/her being a customer or a marketer. In the earlier forms of media, that power rested with the editorial staff of the channel or the advertiser, but hardly ever with the user.

    The medium is completely personalized, and a user can create or join groups and further create content based on what he/she likes.

    Opinions are free and fair. This is one reason why social media is of utmost concern to marketers, since buying decisions are no more influenced as much by advertisements. The traditional word-of-mouth marketing approach has grown leaps and bounds on social networks.

    Facebook – At the Center of Social Media

    With 500 million (and growing) unique users worldwide, Facebook is the number one social networking site in terms of activity and subscriptions. What started as a garage initiative by Mark Zuckerberg has now become the biggest phenomenon on the internet.

    A user interface that allows for quick communication and the ability to create fan pages and groups at the click of a mouse button are what make Facebook extremely popular. Another important reason for its immense popularity is the wide variety of social applications that have been developed and made available within the Facebook environment.

    These applications can allow users and friends to do joint activities like playing games that run endlessly, sharing photos, videos, and web links, and many more.

    How does this help a marketer?

    Traditionally, media plans were drawn to include television channels, publications, or any other media that can grab maximum eyeballs and effectively reach a selected target audience. The science of segmentation and targeting has become only more accurate in the case of social media.

    Facebook provides a wide variety of avenues to communicate with the audience, which opens up an entirely different world of possibilities to have a fruitful dialogue with customers. Some of these methods used popularly by marketers are:

    Advertising: The first opportunity, which is the most obvious one, is advertising on Facebook. The difference, however, is the fact that you can create your own advertisement in a matter of minutes and also specify the details of your target group in terms of demographics and types of discussions where you want your advertisement to appear

    Fan Pages: Facebook allows every brand, as well as individual users, to create fan pages for their favorite celebrities and their own homegrown businesses. Large brands have also created their official pages on Facebook that have a huge, immediate fan following around the world. The fan page has immense utility to convey first hand information about the brand and also to collect immediate and frank feedback from your customers.

    Branded applications: One of the most effective ways to engage a user toward your brand is by creating an application; this could be a game or a contest, with your branding coming across subtly through it.

    What makes Facebook even more exciting is the way it allows you to target your communication sharply just to the customer segment you want to attract. It also provides analytics and page insights that give good feedback and measurement on the activity done.

    The options provided by Facebook can be creatively explored and used judiciously for bringing about maximum benefits to any brand.

    However, while doing all this, you need to be aware of the fact that customers have an equal say and have the ability to respond immediately to any of your actions with a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Availing the service of a social media consultant to work out a social media strategy may be required so that your efforts will not be in vain.

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    Wednesday, September 29, 2010

    Auto Blog Samurai Software Introduction -

    AutoBlog Samurai is the first and only blogging software that helps you build multiple revenue streams online with a few clicks of the mouse.  

    This is one of it's kind, never seen before software that can create profitable blogs with ease. 

    Auto Blog Samurai is a quality product and is created by popular internet marketer Paul Ponna who is also the developer and creator of bestselling software products such as Miracle Traffic Bot, Magic List Bot, Disc Mojo and Auction Acrobat. 

    Now with the AutoBlog Samurai software you can create 10, 50 or even 100 profitable money generating blogs that can each generate $1 to $100 a day in record time!

    Introducing AutoBlog Samurai…

    A breakthrough content rich profitable blog generation software. This software is one of its kind and is already powering 15,000 blogs around the world! 

    This is the most robust, easy to use and the most powerful blogging software available online.

    There has never been a better time to make money online from blogging. With Google acquiring Blogger.com, and Wordpress becoming the most popular and widely used blogging platform, blogs have become the number one source of information online by attracting free traffic from search engines. 
    Many blogs are now rivaling the traffic of established news media sites such as CNN, Fox News and other popular networks.

    How The Software Works -

    So now that you know the power of blogging, you might be wondering, how does AutoBlog Samurai generate money from the blogs you create with the software.

    Let me show you how the software works… 

    1) First thing you do is pick a niche. We will provide you with comprehensive training on how to pick the most profitable niches
    2) Once you do this, the software does all your research and automatically writes unique content for you 
    3) Then, the software takes this content and automatically posts it to your blog
    4) The software keeps updating your blog every day automatically without clicking a single button 
    5) You start receiving free targeted traffic as your blog and content are already keyword and SEO optimized.
        
    It's as simple as that! Your sparkling new money generating blog is created in 10 minutes or less.

    Cutting Edge Features -

    The software automatically updates your blogs for you every day so you can go ahead and create more profit pulling blogs without having to worry about updating the blogs you already created with the software. 

    The most powerful feature of Auto Blog Samurai software is that, it can create blogs in any language so that you can target people from various countries around the world. The software supports a whopping 42 languages so you will never run short of untapped niches or worry about saturation or be constrained to audience from one part of the world.

    And the most shocking part of it all is that the software automatically writes the content for you in various languages… You do not have to know any foreign languages to use the software!

    This is nothing like you have ever seen before and the software is completely compatible with the most popular blogging platforms!

    The software is completely scalable to manage thousands of niches and hundreds of money generating blogs on autopilot. You can now manage a massive blog empire of your own right from your desktop without having to go through the hassles of constantly writing new content and managing hundreds of profitable blogs at once.

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    If you are a seasoned marketer who wants to build a massive email list using the software, this is a perfect solution for you. Now you can instantly place your opt-in forms in hundreds of blogs and generate thousands of new subscribers and a flood of new traffic to any offer you like!

    As you may know, email marketing is the most profitable medium to generate money online. Using AutoBlog Samurai… Lead generation, traffic, and building multiple income streams becomes an absolute breeze.

    Wave good bye to all the ebooks, expensive manuals and software tools that just automate one part of your business. With AutoBlog Samurai you have an all-in-one solution that can control blogging, niche research, traffic generation and list building, all under one easy to use platform.

    It is like having your own army of virtual workers who work 24 hours a day and complete all the time consuming work for you!

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    Tuesday, September 28, 2010

    A Media Social Event: How to reach customers using social media

    A Media Social Event: How to reach customers using social media

    By definition, the term social media was coined to support the innovative discoveries such as interactive broadcasts namely blogs, pod casts, and social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Tagged.

    These social networking sites are no longer a trend but as part of consumer research in which it generates secondary data to support the whole sales research.  Penetrating these sites will promise good traffic because part of getting them is to know where they usually are.

    Get into the Social Trend

    Though this strategy is undeniably easy, you still have to cautiously approach it. There are a few external factors to consider such as people who use these networking sites to scam members. In order to effectively implement such course of action, remember these key words: Look, Listen, Join In, and Start

    • Look. Let your inner Sherlock Holmes channel through and do some investigating and assessing of the current situation.
    • Listen. When you're all signed up, it is best to go through bulletins and forums where you can get useful information.
    • Join In: When you're all loosen up and everything is doing ok, feel free to join in and after a while, slowly get down into business.
    • Start: If you have established a closely knit relationship, you have an option to come up with your own forum where you can have it focus on your business and the products and/or services you offer. Similar to Ebay's live customer care program.

    In addition, the learning process never stops so gaining new business and promotional trends will be a big help by participating into marketing and business related talks within your company. This is also a good opportunity to meet prospective clients and/or prospective partners. Click here ---> http://tinyurl.com/2bvejyg


    Sunday, September 26, 2010

    This roadblock almost KILLED their Facebook success...

    If you haven't had chance to check out what Hyper FB Traffic can do for your bank account, then I strongly suggest you take a look whilst the doors are still open:

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    Remember, this program BLOWS the lid off TRUE money making on Facebook, even if you don't have a product or website of your own. 

    That makes it PERFECT for BEGINNERS and time-starved people who already have a lot going on in their day to
    day life.

    But despite all the good things being said about this program... 

    ... and despite all the success stories and money being made, 

    ... and despite all the hard proof and results that has been shared with folks over the past week or so, 

    ... there's still a problem.

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    Another problem...?
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    Don't worry...

    [X] The problem is not you. 
    [X] The problem is not the program. 
    [X] The problem is not Facebook. 
    [X] The problem is not affiliate marketing.

    The problem *IS*... "THE NAYSAYERS."

    ...You know, the "it can't be done" group. 

    The small minority of people who insist on telling you - the hopeful and hard-working marketer - that you don't have a chance.

    These people have never even TRIED the systems they claim don't work... yet they come out in full force as soon as they are released... choosing to spend all their time and energy trying to throw you off the scent.

    It's sad really, because they could have used their time and energy to finally start making some money from this stuff... but hey, that's their call.

    These guys say the same things, over and over again... no matter what the product or system is, no matter who is
    behind it, no matter what proof there is.

    I can't tell you who you should listen to. All I can say is, look at the facts.  Look at the plain and clear potential
    for yourself. 

    Use your common sense. Facebook is a goldmine, because it is the biggest website on Earth, and when done right, it can quickly become the biggest playground and cash machine for regular folks with nothing more than a plain 'ol affiliate link at the ready.

    The problem is, many people believe what the "naysayers" tell them... and I can understand why.

    You see, there was a time I would have listened to these skeptical people too. 

    After all, I've had my fair share of promises that ended up falling apart... maybe you have too?

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    But here's something I can say for sure...
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    NEVER did I sit there and think... "oh well, I guess this make money online thing is just a fantasy and the only
    people getting rich are the people selling guides on how to do it..."

    Why didn't I think that?

    Because I could see - in broad daylight, with my own eyes - thousands of household name brands and marketers actively selling online every day. 

    It's all around you. Look at the long running ads, the huge websites, the banners, the video promotions... and on, and on. 

    The fact is, the internet is where most companies generate their leads and sales these days. The good news is, you don't have to spend thousands to compete.

    With Hyper FB Traffic, it doesn't matter what the skeptics try and make you believe. Take a few minutes today and go kick around Facebook yourself... you'll quickly see big brands, well known products and even local businesses all
    doing their thing on Facebook.

    They're not doing it to make friends. They are doing it because IT WORKS.

    It makes them MONEY. Period.

    Let skeptics believe whatever they want to believe. But don't let them suffocate YOUR dreams and potential online.

    You don't want to look back in 20 years when your grand children ask you what happened to your business, and you tell them... "oh well, I gave it all up, because lots of people I never met in person told me I couldn't do it..."

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    Well, I'm sorry to say it, but that's what all your friends and family will think if that ever came true.

    Listen, people have already used the techniques taken directly from Hyper FB Traffic to rake in an average of
    $14,833.57 per month, as AFFILIATES.

    Can you imagine what kind of money can be made if - or when - you create your own products and get affiliates doing all the work for you?

    Or what if you only make a half assed attempt at this system, and you only get 5,000 visitors/clicks per week...

    ... that could easily result in an extra $300-500 per week, without being slouched at your computer all night every
    night.

    For most people, that's enough to wave goodbye to their dreaded 9-5 misery for ever.

    The guys behind this system - Adeel and Bobby - know what they are doing... they have made millions from online
    promotions in the past few years, and every time they are brave enough to release their secrets to their loyal
    followers, the results they get are staggering.

    NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

    You've got nothing to lose here. You would have to do something seriously bizarre to screw this up... and even if
    you DO screw it up, you'll STILL make money. It's almost certain.

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    P.S - Ultimately, it's your choice. I can't tell you what to do... and I don't want to. But with such a huge amount of
    money literally waiting on the table for you over at Facebook, do you think it might just be worth giving this a trial for 60 days?

    Whatever you decide, please promise me that you don't let the skeptics - the naysayers - make your decisions for you.

    You have your own mind, your own power and control. They don't own you.

    Those guys couldn't care less about you... they are usually bitter and negative because they have been burned in the past, or simply haven't taken enough action to get results.

    That's not my fault... and it's not your fault either. So don't be their punch bag. Make your own destiny. 

    And please, PLEASE... don't end up like them... bitter, running out of time, drained of energy and money, full of
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    You don't have to invest in Hyper FB Traffic to avoid ending up like them, but it will help :)

    Friday, September 10, 2010

    Guided Meditation To Make You Whole

    Guided meditation is a form of stress relief that is conducive to relaxing the whole body, in part by finding a way of peaceful and calming relaxation from within the body. Guided meditation may utilize soothing photographs or scenarios to enhance the ability of the mind to relax and guide the body to a point of relaxation so that the person in meditation can find a true sense of inner peace. Quite often, guided meditation will be accompanied by soft music or sounds of nature.

    One of the keys to successfully having a session of Guided meditation is finding an area where the one meditating will be free of distractions. Any outside interference will prevent proper concentration and make the attempts at guided meditation futile and perhaps even frustrating, further aggravating the problem seeking to be solved by the very use of guided meditation.

    After finding a suitable location for guided meditation, other factors need to be taken into consideration. Some practitioners of guided meditation feel that visual stimuli can be used to help achieve a sense of inner peace and help to achieve true relaxation. Still other practitioners of guided meditation feel that any outside visual simulation will detract from the mind抯 ability to properly focus on the body and the results of the guided meditation will be hindered or even reversed.

    The same can be said for audio stimulation during sessions of guided meditation. While some individuals believe that soothing sound effects or even quiet music is conducive to the guided meditation, still others believe that it is only a hindrance and will do nothing more than create a harmful atmosphere for the practitioner of such guided meditation.

    The basic concept of guided meditation is to relax. This is done by taking oneself on a guided tour of sorts through their own body. In the practice of guided meditation, it is normal to find a focus point in the body and begin there, someplace that is easy to relax. While staying focused on the body and in particular the muscles, the practitioner of guided meditation attempts to relax the muscles of the body. Allowing the body to completely relax allows the practitioner of guided meditation to next completely relax the mind.

    When the mind and body are completely relaxed, the person can begin to concentrate on focusing his thoughts and ideas during the guided meditation. When using guided meditation, thoughts are usually thought to be transcendent and more in focus allowing the practitioner to perform better in all aspects of life. Whether or not guided meditation is right for a person is not only dependent on spiritual beliefs. Anyone contemplating the benefits of guided meditation must be seeking to improve themselves as a whole as well.



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    Thursday, September 2, 2010

    Help Pakistan - drop the debt

    Pakistan floods

    Whilst tens of millions struggle to survive the flood devastation, 30% of Pakistan's budget revenue will be sent abroad to foreign creditors for massive loans made to dictators years ago. Sign the petition to stop Pakistan's crippling debt:
    Sign the petition!

    Hello,

    Pakistan's people are desperately appealing for help after the devastating floods. Yet 30% of the annual budget revenues are being sent abroad to foreign creditors for massive loans made to unelected dictators years ago. I've just signed a petition to international lenders to immediately suspend the debt and I thought that you would want to join me.

    You can read more below, or sign the petition here: 


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    Dear Friends,

    As Pakistan struggles to rescue families from flood waters and fend off disease and starvation before winter sets in, it is scrambling to pay out a shocking 30% of its annual budget revenues to foreign creditors on debt incurred by previous dictatorships.

    If Pakistan is obliged to make these debt payments, rescue efforts for tens of millions of people whose lives have been devastated could be crippled. Earlier this year, we persuaded creditor governments to drop Haiti's debt after it was devastated by an earthquake -- and now we could do the same for Pakistan.

    Right now international financial institutions and donor countries are assessing how to assist Pakistan. Let's come together and call for life-saving debt relief for the people of Pakistan. Sign the petition below to stop these stifling debt payments and let Pakistan rebuild, and it will be delivered directly to ministers and senior officials attending the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).


    Pakistan's staggering $55 billion debt burden comes from decades of reckless spending by its autocratic ruling elites, matched by irresponsible lending on the part of Western creditors and banks.

    But 60% of Pakistanis still live below the poverty line. It is a tragic irony that these tens of millions of Pakistanis whose lives have been destroyed in these floods and who have received little or no benefit from these massive loans, are the ones now footing the bill of such unjust debt.

    In the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, Hurricane Mitch in Central America, and the Asian tsunami, the world responded by suspending and cancelling debt payments from affected countries. Pakistan's debt is too vast to cancel in one swoop, but a two year moratorium with accountability mechanisms to ensure that the released funds are spent on relief is a first step and now is the moment to push for it.

    Together we have donated a stunning $1 million which is already making a difference to desperate Pakistani flood victims. But if we win this debt campaign, we can make billions available for relief and reconstruction. Let's make sure the international community does the right thing. Sign the urgent petition below and share this message with all your friends and family:


    With hope and solidarity,

    Luis, Iain, Paula, Ricken, Alice, Pascal and the entire Avaaz team

    PS - Over the last 2 weeks, thousands of us have contributed US$1 million for relief and recovery from the Pakistan floods, which has been sent to support the Sungi Development Foundation, Hirrak Development Centre (HDC), Participatory Welfare Services (PWS) and other outstanding local organisations provide life-saving food, water, shelter and medical care across the country.

    Sources:

    # Race against winter in Pakistan's north-west:

    # Reuters, IMF talks: all options being explored to help Pakistan:

    # "Fuelling Injustice: Debt and Muslim countries", Report by Jubilee Debt Campaign and Islamic Relief UK:

    # Jubilee USA Network Calls for Immediate Debt Service Moratorium in Response to Disaster, Assistance in Grant Form:

    # EURODAD, "Pakistan needs debt cancellation, not new IMF loans":

    Tuesday, August 31, 2010

    Are All Of Us Cruel In Some Way?

    The dictionary meaning of word "cruel" says - to make someone suffer or to give pain to someone. Are all of us cruel in our own ways? Some of us are more than others, but is cruelty a part of every personality?

    Let us look at it from the other side? Don't we all feel that many times our friends, family and even the people dearest to us act in ways that hurt us? Sometimes, we tell them about it, and sometimes we ignore. But is it not true that all those who relate with us closely at some point in our life, hurt us? The hurt may not be by a deed. It can be words spoken harshly. It can be misunderstanding our motives and giving them different color. It can be accusing us for no fault of ours. Or it can be simply not trying to understand us. All these actions hurt us. Don't we think at that time that if the other party had been more understanding, we would have felt more comfortable?

    Cruelty does not escape even the most loving mothers. When a mother is tense and tired, many times, she lets her child cry for milk for sometime ignoring the cries and rather cursing the child of hunger at all the times. The child does not understand any of his/her mother's problems, but only wants to be fed. It is not the child's mistake, but he /she is hurt. Why? Husbands knowingly not trying to help their wives in household chores, wives knowing all about husband's career problems still blaming him for small mistakes, children in a class room, targeting a child for a physical quality, and so on. Are all these not parts of a cruel nature?

    Companies not responding immediately to consumer's problems, consumers hammering the companies for smallest faults, lawsuits being filed for trivial matters, students made to slog in the schools to get higher marks at the cost of their childhood, politicians accusing each other of crimes never committed, and so many other such instances that can be cited to prove that somewhere in our life, we begin losing our compassion. Sadly, in most of the cases, we are not aware of our cruelty. We become aware of it only when we are targeted. Don't you agree that the world is slowly becoming a cruel world?


    Friday, August 20, 2010

    Why I think PayDotCom is the Best Affiliate Marketplace on the Net!

    If you are familiar with Clickbank.com (R), or even if you are not but you want to make profits online, then you will want to check this out ASAP ...
     
    While I like Clickbank, and they are a great marketplace... they are limited to many restrictions to sell products or earn affiliate commissions...
     
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    Yours OWN product...
     
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    This site is going to KILL all other marketplaces and I by now, almost EVERY SINGLE SERIOUS online marketer has an account with PayDotCom.com
     
    So get yours now and see how much they offer...
     
     
    OH! - Also, they have their won affiliate program now that pays you COLD HARD cash just for sharing the site with people like I am doing with you...
     
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    Wednesday, August 18, 2010

    The Future of Search Engine has Arrived!

    I haven't seen this much "buzz" about a new product in internet marketing for a while...

    ...maybe because it's *rare* to see something that introduces something totally NEW - and at just the right time for you to jump in and make an easy killing!

    It's called Mobile Monopoly and it shows how make as much as $1,000 A DAY putting easy little ads on CELL PHONES!

    It's pretty crazy actually. Think about this... there are over 5 BILLION people in the world walking around with their cell phones as we speak.

    This may be the new future as there is a high possibility that even YOU are using your cell phone right now to check this email. 

    Check it out now, while the "fast action" bonuses last: http://tinyurl.com/2eq2kl5


    Talk soon,
    Pete
     

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    Tuesday, August 17, 2010

    Water or a Keg Stand? Weight Loss and College

    Water or a Keg Stand? Weight Loss and College

    One of the most difficult times of your life is undoubtedly your college years, and the least of your problems may be losing weight. However, maintaining a healthy weight during college is very important because your weight dictates how healthy you will be overall. During college, you are introducing into mass living communities, like dormitories, where illness spreads like wildfire, and maintaining a healthy weight will help prevent you from catching some of these diseases, as well as help prevent disease later in life. Learning how to lose weight in college is important. 

    The first step to weight loss in college is eating healthy foods. While you might be tempted to trade in your water for a beer or your salad for a slice of greasy pizza, doing this too often can really kill any weight loss plans you may have. When you first begin attending college, check out what kinds of healthy choices are available at the student cafeteria and what kinds of healthy choices are available from restaurants in the area. It is also a good idea to invest in a mini refrigerator so that you can keep low-fat snacks, like yogurt and carrots, on hand. This also allows you to prepare some small meals in your room instead of grabbing a snack from the vending machines.

    Another step to losing weight in college is learning how and when you can work out. You may be so tired at the end of the day that you fell like you don't even need a work out, but if you head to the gym, you'll feel and look better. Most schools have a free gym available to students or, at the very least, offer gym membership discounts to area locations, so there really is no excuse to not go to the gym. 

    Weight loss in college requires planning, if nothing else. Make sure that you schedule time to eat and exercise every day, no matter how busy you may be. Plan out your weekend with fun activities that don't include drinking massive amounts of alcohol. Keep an eye on special promotions from health groups at school, or even consider joining one. 

    Like with any weight loss program, friends can help you out as well. Seek friends with healthy eating habits and find buddies for working out together at the gym. Losing weight can college is not an easy thing to do, but if you put your mind to it, you can achieve your goals and stun you friends and family when you're home for summer break. 

    Are You an Achiever or are You an EXCUSIOLOGIST?

    It would be a fairly safe bet that if you are reading this article then you are on the lookout for something more in your life than what you already have.

    Whether you are searching for a new business, a new opportunity, a part-time income or even a lotto system it all stems from one source - dissatisfaction of present circumstances.

    Now you might already be quite successful at what you do, so you might be coming from a position of boredom. Nevertheless, what you are seeking is change. Let me tell you a little secret...

    There will be NO change in your life until there is a change in YOU.

    Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher said, as far back as the sixth Century BC, "It is in changing that things find purpose."

    Do you want to change or do you want to keep driving a Volkswagen and pretending it is a Porsche? You are the only person who can make it happen.

    Basically, if you want more out of life you have to put more into life. A fundamental way to do this is to start educating yourself.

    How can you expect more in the ensuing years when the operating system in your brain is the same one that you left school with?

    Everything changes all the time.

    Maybe you need to change also. Re-invent yourself. Start a new exciting phase in your life. Time waits for nobody.

    There are many people who I speak with who have never read a single book or attended any sort of learning experience since they left school. I actually think that's rather sad but some of them are even proud of it. Yet when the conversation continues out pours all their problems, all their hard luck and "woe-is-me" stories.

    If you're still with me I want to ask you three questions but I would like you to think a little bit before you answer. It will probably take you a short while to answer the first question with a degree of accuracy.

    So here it is, the first question: "How much time did you spend last week feeding your stomach?" Your answer doesn't have to be exact but you should be able to work out some sort of reasonably accurate figure. Jot the answer down somewhere.

    Second question: "How much time did you spend feeding your brain?" Most people will not need anywhere near as long to answer this question. Unfortunately, for many, the answer to question two will be ZERO.

    So here is my third question and it's a pretty simple one. "Why? Why do you spend so much time feeding your stomach and so little time feeding your brain?"

    These questions are not meant to belittle anybody. Rather, I just want you to think about the issue.

    Thinking intensely about things will often lead to action and when action is taken your world can change. That is what you want, isnt it?

    Non-achievers are the excusers of society. By default they become excusiologists. They spend a lot of time and effort making excuses for poor performance. The crazy thing is that all that time and effort which was wasted on achieving nothing could easily have been used doing something positive.

    You can easily recognise an excusiologist by their language.

    "I'm not smart enough!" Rubbish. You don't have to be a genius to achieve. You just have to be willing to learn. Are you willing to learn?

    "Nobody in my family has ever been successful." Great. Here's a chance to show them something new. Break the family trend.

    "I've never had any luck." Really? Maybe God thinks you don't need it. The harder you work the luckier you will get.

    Be careful about what comes out of your mouth. What do most people say when you ask them how they are?

    Question - "How are you?" Answer - "Not bad." When you think about it, isn't such a reply rather negative and silly? Not bad compared to what? It's trash. Get rid of it. Try something innovative. Try this: "Outrageously well. Thanks so much for asking!" That will surely raise a few eyebrows.

    So, getting back to what this article is all about. How much longer are you going to waste the most precious commodity you have? - TIME.

    Stop making excuses and start taking action. Do something. Do it now. You could easily start educating yourself.

    Good knowledge will give you potential power. Acting on good knowledge gives you power.

    Try reading some good books. They can really make a change. Not sure where to start? Easy. Try try your local bookstore. Look in the "motivation - self help - personal development - success" area. There you will find dozens of books literally packed with good earthy, positive information. Most of them will contain references for even more information on these subjects. You could even enrol in a course.

    After undertaking these measures there will be no excuse for being an excusiologist. I have just offered you some suggestions which will allow you to change.

    Of course, you can always stay as you are. That's your choice. But if there is dissatisfaction in your life and you want to make improvements, for heaven's sake, do something about it!

    You only get one chance at the life you are living. Make it grand. You don't have to accept what has gone before as the template for what is to come.

    Change your operating system. Gather knowledge. Expose yourself to new ideas and ways of thinking and doing things.

    You have probably heard this before but it is so pertinent I will put it before you again...

    There are basically three types of people in this wonderful world of ours.

    1 - There are people who make things happen.

    2 - There are people who watch things happen.

    3 - There are people who say "what happened?"

    If you have traditionally placed yourself in groups 2 or 3 by not being willing to learn new techniques and obtain the knowledge that successful people seek, then there is a very simple remedy. But you have to be prepared to do three things:

    1 - invest in yourself
    2 - learn some new knowledge
    3 - apply that knowledge

    You can make a decision today to better yourself or you can ignore my advice. It's your choice.

    Remember, there is nothing so important in your life than investing in yourself. Even if a book or seminar can teach you only one thing out of the hundreds of ideas and special pieces of information they present, it will be worth it for you. Don't you think so? That one thing might be just the piece of knowledge that can make such a huge difference to your future.

    Are you worth investing in?

    If, in the past you have been prone to making excuses you have the opportunity right now to do something about it.

    If you read the newspapers, watch the TV and listen to the radio you will see how much negative permeates our senses. We are flooded by it every minute of every day. Studying success principles has the power to block all that negative out of your life. It can teach you how to concentrate only on what you want.

    When you learn how to shield yourself from negative you will then be free to concentrate on all the good that can come into your life.

    Just look around you - this world is in desperate need of more achievers. Heaven knows we have enough negative thinkers and excusiologists. They are everywhere. My advice to you is "don't add to their growing number."

    Join the achievers who have success thinking as their power base.

    Excusiology is a chapter you will find in a subject called Failure 101. Make the decision today to become an achiever.

    Whatever you decide I wish you all the best for your future.


    Monday, August 16, 2010

    A Sports Bra Could Stop Your Breasts From Becoming Saggy And Unsightly! !

    If you're the type of woman who loves to keep herself in perfect shape, you?ll know how uncomfortable a loose fitting bra can be. 

    Since your breasts don't contain any intrinsic structural support, the motion caused by exercising can result in damage and pain. 

    First Know Your Body... 

    To know how sports Bras can help you, it's important to know a little about how your breasts are structured. There's something called Cooper's Ligaments that are the primary supporting structures for your breasts. Secondary support is provided only by the skin, which can easily be stretched through constant loading. 

    The result is what every woman dreads - sagging breasts. Sports bras help to reduce breast movement, which limits not only the breast pain but also the irreversible stretch of your skin and Cooper's Ligaments, thus preventing your breasts from sagging. 

    If you are large breasted, then sports bras are all the more necessary. Research has shown that breasts that are not properly supported can cause back and neck problems. 

    Studies have further shown that sports bras reduced breast pain and vertical movement by as much as 50% when compared to bare breasted exercise. Other types of bras too, reduced pain and vertical movement but not as much as sports bras. 

    Now Get To Know Your Bra. 

    Sports bras are designed to be sturdier than regular bras, thus offering greater support for the entire chest area. They are normally made up of absorbent, stretchable fabric, like Lycra for example. This soaks up the perspiration away from the skin, thus reducing irritation. 

    Good sports bras have complete cups to prevent movement of the breasts in any direction. They should also have wide, non-elastic straps and covered fasteners, to prevent rubbing against any part of the body. 

    You can easily find a wide range of great sports bras online. They're designed to suit every Size and come in all shapes, types and colours.


     

    Saturday, August 14, 2010

    Climate Change – What is it?

    Climate change is an amazingly simple phrase for such a complex subject. Following, we have a go at defining climate change in today's terms.

    Climate Change – What is it?

    In the current day lexicon of scientists, climate modification isn't really a term of use anymore. The reason for this is that we have come to understand that the effect of the changes we make to our environment will increase the temperature in many locations on the planet, but will also cool a few places. In light of this, the thing you know of as climate modification is actually referred to as global climate change. Over all, however, the world is definitely warming.

    We need a simple definition for climate change in relation to the warming of the planet, one that gets the gist without excluding the simplicities. The simplest and most accurate definition is that climate change is the effect greenhouse gases have on the earth's climate. Greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to, carbon dioxide and methane. While this sounds like a simple definition, there are a couple of key things to realize.

    First, climate change is both a natural phenomena and one created by man. Put another way, greenhouse gases are a natural part of the biosphere and would exist if man did not. Indeed, they are a critical component to the existence of life on this planet. If greenhouse gases didn't exist, the temperature on planet earth would average zero degrees! Naturally occurring gases, however, keep the temperature at a much more livable 59 degrees.

    So, if climate change occurs naturally, what is the big panic about? The problem we are facing is the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases act as thermal blankets for the atmosphere. The more gas in the atmosphere, the thicker the blanket and the less heat escapes. Over the last 80 years, we have been pumping massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the sky. At the same time, we have been reducing forestation around the planet, the primary plant collection that sucks greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. This double whammy is starting to show negative results, the increased heating of our world.

    The ultimate question with climate alteration is what will happen as the planet heats up. We are already seeing signs with the retreat of the glaciers. Glacier National Park, for instance, is going to have to be renamed since it has already lost 65 percent of all of its glaciers! While the exact end result of these environmental changes is not clear, we can expect major climatic changes over the next 80 years.


    Are You Being Lied To?

    Right now, one of the books I am reading is "Get Anyone to do Anything" by David J. Lieberman.
     
    This book is filled with many techniques you can use in difficult situations to get other people to do what you need them to do.
     
    His methods are based on many years of research into human behavior.  He has written a previous book on how to tell when people are lying to you.
     
    I will just briefly present some of his ideas on how to tell whether or not another person is telling you the truth.  This is a problem we all face from time to time, so it is helpful to have a few tips.
     
    If you think his advice is useful, you may wish to check out more about David J  Lieberman's other books on human behavior.  They are fun and easy to read, and contain a lot of practical, useful information.
     
    You might get the suspicion that the other person is not telling you the truth.  Sometimes we feel this suspicion because we are naturally suspicious and have a hard time trusting anybody.  But sometimes we are suspicious because we sense that something is wrong, and that the other person is lying to us.
     
    How can we tell when someone is lying to us about such a matter?  Usually, when we try to ask questions of a person who has decided to lie to us, they will continue sticking to their story. 
     
    David Lieberman suggests that sometimes we can flush out a lie by introducing a made up "fact" related to the other person's story.  Make the "fact" you introduce sound like a plausible story.  That means, it sounds as if it could have really happened, but it didn't.  Then watch how the other person reacts.
     
    For example, if the other person says "I was at the Royal Theater for the six o'clock movie"  you can say, "I heard on the news there was a big accident outside the Royal Theater just before six." 
     
    If the person was really there, he will immediately tell you, "No, there wasn't an accident" and will appear quite calm about it.
     
    However, if they weren't really there, they are likely to become flustered and confused, because they don't know what to say next.  They might say something like "Oh, right, well, that certainly was a bad accident."  If they seem to hesitate and act suspiciously, this will confirm to you that they weren't really there, because they are trying to come up with another made up story.
     
    I'm not a big fan of this technique because I don't believe in trying to catch a liar by becoming a liar, but sometimes we feel desperate to know whether or not someone is lying to us about something important, and this kind of technique can at least let us know what kind of situation we are dealing with.
     
    How to Tell is a Person is Trying to Bluff You
     
    Bluffing is a word that means someone is pretending to be confident when they are in a difficult situation and they are trying to get away with something.  They want desperately to manipulate you into believing they are confident and have a lot of power and advantage when really they don't.
     
    They are hoping that if they pretend to be confident, you will be fooled and back away or give in.
     
    For example, in a game of playing cards, especially when betting is involved, a person who has a terrible handful of cards will often bluff.  He will try to act very confident., as if he actually had very good cards in his hand.
     
    By this show of confidence, he tries to intimidate the other card players into backing down so he can win.  So, he will try to look confident and happy as he looks around the table.
     
    And often, this technique will work, because the other players will believe, "If he is acting so confident, he must have good cards.  I should just give up now, before I lose too much."
     
    But as David Lieberman points out, if a person truly had a handful of very good cards, he would not be trying to act confident.  Why?  Because he has no real need to try to make the other players back down. 
     
    A person who truly has a good hand of cards would probably try to act quite neutral so others couldn't guess that he was happy.  Or he might even decide to pretend he is worried and anxious to cover up the fact that his cards are actually very good.
     
    A player only needs to put on a show of confidence when his hand is quite poor.
     
    So very often, a show of confidence is actually a sign that a person is bluffing.  Because a person who truly has a powerful advantage doesn't need to try to act confident.
     
    All people who are bluffing have one thing in common – they want you to think that they have some powerful advantage so they try to convey this by acting confident.
     
    Very often, they try too hard.  Remember, that when a person is truly confident of their position or their power, they don't need to try too hard to convince you they are confident.


    A Better You: Your 7 days program to self-improvement

    I seem to lost count on how many times I've read and heard of celebrity marriages failing almost left and right. Not that I care (and personally I don't), it seems strange that we often see movie and TV stars as flawless people, living the fairytale life of riches and glamour. I suppose we all have to stop sticking our heads in the clouds and face reality.

    There are many ways to lose your sense of self-esteem despite of how trivial it could get. But whatever happens, we should all try not to lose our own sense of self.

    So what does it take to be a cut above the rest? Here are some of the things you can think and improve on that should be enough for a week.

    1. Know your purpose
    Are you wandering through life with little direction - hoping that you'll find happiness, health and prosperity? Identify your life purpose or mission statement and you will have your own unique compass that will lead you to your truth north every time.

    This may seem tricky at first when you see yourself to be in a tight or even dead end. But there's always that little loophole to turn things around and you can make a big difference to yourself.

    2. Know your values
    What do you value most? Make a list of your top 5 values. Some examples are security, freedom, family, spiritual development, learning. As you set your goals for 2005 - check your goals against your values. If the goal doesn't align with any of your top five values - you may want to reconsider it or revise it.

    The number shouldn't discourage you, instead it should motivate you to do more than you can ever dreamed of.

    3. Know your needs
    Unmet needs can keep you from living authentically. Take care of yourself. Do you have a need to be acknowledged, to be right, to be in control, to be loved? There are so many people who lived their lives without realizing their dreams and most of them end up being stressed or even depressed for that matter. List your top four needs and get them met before it's too late!

    4. Know your passions
    You know who you are and what you truly enjoy in life. Obstacles like doubt and lack of enthusiasm will only hinder you, but will not derail your chance to become the person you ought to be. Express yourself and honor the people who has inspired you to become the very person you wanted to be.

    5. Live from the inside out
    Increase your awareness of your inner wisdom by regularly reflecting in silence. Commune with nature. Breathe deeply to quiet your distracted mind. For most of us city slickers it's hard to even find the peace and quiet we want even in our own home. In my case I often just sit in a dimly lit room and play some classical music. There's sound, yes, but music does soothe the savage beast.

    6. Honor your strengths
    What are your positive traits? What special talents do you have? List three - if you get stuck, ask those closest to you to help identify these. Are you imaginative, witty, good with your hands? Find ways to express your authentic self through your strengths. You can increase your self-confidence when you can share what you know to others.

    7. Serve others
    When you live authentically, you may find that you develop an interconnected sense of being. When you are true to who you are, living your purpose and giving of your talents to the world around you, you give back in service what you came to share with others -your spirit - your essence. The rewards for sharing your gift with those close to you is indeed rewarding, much more if it were to be the eyes of a stranger who can appreciate what you have done to them.

    Self-improvement is indeed one type of work that is worth it. It shouldn't always be within the confines of an office building, or maybe in the four corners of your own room. The difference lies within ourselves and how much we want to change for the better.


    Thursday, August 12, 2010

    Nuclear Energy - The Green Solution

    The United States with less than 5% of the world's population consumes roughly 25% of the world's energy.  Some might argue that this is egregious, while others would say that it is simply a yardstick by which the world's largest economy is measured.  But for whatever the reason for our vast consumption of energy, the fact remains that in order to consume you first have to produce.  And as most of our energy comes from burning fossil fuels- which wouldn't be too bad except that:

    (1) burning vast amounts of fossil fuels in this county alone dumps millions of pounds of earth warming greenhouse gasses into, what appears, is a fragile atmosphere, every day.  Just warming up the atmosphere a couple of degrees on average has significant impact.  Look no further than last year's hurricane season.  The worst on record. And...

    (2) let's not forget its close cousin; smog pollution, which adds to respiratory problems and other health conditions, not to mention the visual blight hanging over our cities as well.  In addition...

    (3) have you filled your tank recently?  Paid the heating bill?  The cost of all fossil fuels, even coal has increased significantly.  As other emerging economies such as China and India vie for ever more limited resources, all bets are that the costs will continue to climb over the long haul.  Moreover...

    (4) as we import most of our oil nowadays- we are increasingly held hostage to an unstable supply from a number of countries that we, for whatever reasons, are increasingly unpopular with.  The end game?  If our supply of oil is not first arbitrarily cut off, as it becomes increasingly scarce the price will rise until our growth is strangled.  In either case we will feel impelled to engage in war with other rising powers to secure our supplies.

    The bottom line: Fossil fuels are not only hazardous to our health (and the planet's) but may in fact be hazardous to the American way of life.

    But if energy is the lifeblood of our economy what are we to do?  Wind? Solar? While anything we can do other than consume fossil fuels will help, these sources of energy are relatively diffuse and inconsistent.  In other words, their "cost to calorie" ratios are not efficient and they are not always dependable.  As James Kunstler points out in his intriguing book The Long Emergency, one of our best options out of these dilemmas is to do an "Apollo Project" type effort to develop additional, new nuclear energy capability. As it turns out, it just may be the greenest, viable alternate we have.

    The U.S. currently produces about 20% of its electrical power from nuclear power.  The advantages are; that there are no greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere, no visual pollution, it is cost relatively cost effective, quiet and we have sufficient supply of uranium here at home for the foreseeable future to provide for a major portion of our energy needs.   Historically, at least, the problem with nuclear energy has been primarily two fold.  First, the "China Syndrome" problem of a meltdown of a reactor which could release a large amount of radioactivity and second, what do we do with nuclear waste material that has a half-life of over 25,000 years!  The perception of these two significant obstacles might doom a new nuclear drive and stand in the way of an energy-independent United States.

    However, there are new technologies in this field that, like the cavalry, have come to our rescue- and none too soon.   First, there is a new class of nuclear reactors that have their nuclear fuel so structured that they cannot do a melt down.  Turn off the cooling to this new nuclear reactor and it only gets a bit hotter.  No big deal. Turn the cooling back on and it runs more efficiently.  Okay, one down.  But what about all that radioactive spent reactor fuel?   Let's see if we can put some perspective on it.  If you gathered all the spent nuclear fuel in this country under one roof it would fill a typical high school gym. Not too unmanageable.  Moreover, the spent fuel is encapsulated in super strong glass beads, which in turn are embedded into hardened concrete inside steel drums.  This makes the waste product "transportable" and is designed to withstand the elements for 10,000 years.  Nevertheless, even in it's tomb it is still relativity radioactive.  Most of these drums are stored in water as radiation cannot penetrate more than about 3 feet of water. However, no one seems anxious to have it in their back yards.   A political hot potato to be sure.

    But while our politicians don't have the answer, the earth does.  The answer lies in the bottom of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific.  It is the deepest place in the ocean (over seven miles) and one of the fastest moving subduction plates on earth.  If the drums of waste were placed in the bottom of the trench, they would, within a few hundred years, be swallowed up into the bowels of the earth and blend into the earth's core where heat and pressure (caused in part by radioactive substances contained within the earth) rendered insignificant.

    Given the current geopolitical situation, which only seems to be working to our disadvantage, limited resources for cheap fossil fuels, not to mention the environmental impacts we are starting to experience, it is time we take drastic measures to get us off our fossil fuel addition.  Let's hope we are not too late.