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Wow this is the first I have heard about this. It looks like they have planned the next possible launch date to be Oct. 14th. Thanks for letting everyone know about this. I am going to try and watch this live on the 14th.

In my opinion, the legal systems of the world are getting over-run by over-legislation. The governments of the world are adding new laws to the lawbooks year after year. This is needed to keep up with the changing methods and strategies of the criminals and businesses. The problem however seems to be that as the lawbooks swell in size, it is rare that laws are reviewed for relevancy to todays legal needs. A good example of this is a law in the state of Texas that states it is illegal to beat your wife unless it is done on the court house stepps. Obviously this is a very old law and newer more modern laws now say it is illegal anywhere. The problem is that even though newer laws seem to override the old law, the old law was never actually abolished. This leaves confusion and the possibility for leagal manouvering which ties up the legal system and courts even longer. I have no idea if that old law is still valid, but I did read about it only a few years ago.I think that a governmental legal authority needs to be established in each country that monitors the accumulation of laws and cross references them to weed out the duplicate or overlapping laws that tend to offer the lawyers room for manipulation of the courts. I also think that in order to improve the effectivness of the legal systems of the world, our society as a whole needs to re-evaluate the need for a moral code. I regret to say that I almost never meet an individual aged 25 or younger that would have been considered a nice, polite, or moral person back when I was that age. I think that all schools world wide should force all students to take a morallity course every single year of their schooling. It should be graded not by pen and paper tests or assignments, but by the simple observation of the moral/immoral behavior of the students.(compared to a predetermined moral code) It should be a requirement to graduate.Morallity in the past was taught and spread to the public through good parenting and religious beliefs. These days, governments are trying very hard to keep religion seperated from governance. Since religion is one of the biggest and best ways to spread morallity, a new system to spread morallity is needed. And since the religious method for spreading morallity also warned of dire consequences for immorality, whatever new system that is developed must also include some form of punishment or concequence for acting immorally. How this can be accomplished... no idea, but starting the process in our education systems seems a logical starting point.

Wow Sheepdog, that is a great picture. I was not aware that there really was such a thing as a real road runner. I guess I thought as you mentioned, that it was just a fictional cartoon character. Looking at the picture though and seeing those tiny little wings, are these flightless birds? Do they actually fly any real distances or just kinda hop and flap a bit sort of like a chicken?

Hello Infotronix! Welcome to Xisto. As the others have said, there are lots of interesting and informational discussions here. I for one have found many answers to my questions here and have learned alot from the members. If you have any questions to ask, you can be pretty sure that someone here will know the answers, or at least can probably help you find them.And the best part is, you get to earn myCents to pay for some great web services from Xisto hosting just for asking your questions or giving some answers to other peoples questions.

Your story reminds me of a similar item I wanted to purchase a few years back. My dad had just purchased one of those Forman Grills from a TV infomercial. He ended up paying over $150 after shipping and everything. I really liked the grill once he got it and was thinking of getting one for myself. I decided against it since the price tag was a bit too expensive.Just about 6 months ago I was browsing a local liquidation store and sure enough there it was. A brand new Forman Grill for $25! No shipping cost, no credit card required, and no wait! I ended up buying two of them and saving one for a christmas gift for a friend.As you said, good things come to those who wait! ;)Now if only those darn iPads would appear in the liquidation stores... before they go obsolete!

As a former PTC website owner I feel obligated to let you know that you will probably never get paid by most PTC sites. Although the PTC site owners may have good intentions and fully plan on paying the members, this business model is not sustainable. I know this from experience.In most cases the only advertisers that are purchasing ads from the PTC sites are in fact owners of other PTC sites trying to boost their traffic in a futile effort to attract more advertisers. It is a big ugly circle that drains money from the PTC site owners and eventually causes the sites to shut down and leave any owed balance to members unpaid.During the time that my PTC site was operational, we paid out hundreds of members, but in the end thousands of members who could not reach our $50 payout lost the balance owed to them when my operating funds went dry. The same will likely happen to you unless you are one of the lucky few who hit that payout level before the bottom falls out on the PTC programs you subscribe to.One method that makes some money online is selling drop shipped goods via ebay. Try searching for drop shipping companies online and see how you can get started.The nice thing about drop shipping is that you can list items for sale on ebay without having to stock physical inventory yourself. If an item sells, you simply enter the buyers shipping info into the drop shipping company website, transfer the fee, and keep the difference. If an item does not sell, you only loose the small ebay listing fee so the risks are low and income can be great depending on what you try to sell.

I am not sure I understand exactly what the OP is looking for. Is an autoresponder what is needed? Or maybe a newsletter manager software? Do you have a website with members that you need to mail regularly? I understand that you have 50000 or so subscribers, but how did you get the subscribers? Often an opt in email capture script also includes functionality to mail the list. Please explain in more detail and I'll do my best to see what I can find for you.

I am also interested in getting more info on this. I have done a fair amount of php programming for various websites of my own as well as some for friends. When trying to learn how to use the the preg_match functionality in php though I always run into problems and have had to outsource that portion of the code to others.If this is a topic you are knowledgeable about, please write a tutorial for us. I would love to finally get my head wrapped around this stuff so I can write better code.

In my opinion social networking websites can have a double edged sword effect on ecommerce. On one hand, the added exposure that an ecommerce website can receive will surely add brand recognition and possibly cause a viral boost in traffic. On the other hand, one bad experience for a single client can cause a viral spread of a bad review of the products or services of an ecommerce website.The benefits of social networking on ecommerce mostly lie in the added exposure and that is all. If something does go wrong however, and a customer gets upset and writes a bad review, the review can spread like wildfire and damage control can be nearly impossible.

Have you tried speaking to a medical professional? Quite often when people try to develop a successful diet they will rely on advice of family or friends. Although sometimes they may be right, it can't hurt to find out what an actual doctor or nutrition specialist might say.An example of this is my aunt. She tried all the big diet plans like weight watchers and such, plus she tried her own methods. She never saw any lasting results from any of these methods. Eventually she went to see a nutrition specialist. The specialist did some tests and discovered what nutrients were missing from or in abundance in her body. They used this info to make a diet just for her. About four months later she hit her target body weight and has stayed there ever since. Also once she had balanced nutrient levels, her hunger levels were reduced and a stable meal pattern was established naturaly.This kind of thing is best checked by a professional if you are serious about it.

Hello Carlow. Welcome to Xisto! We have many knowledgable people that use this forum to discuss all kinds of technical things. If you ask questions here, you will usually find someone that can either answer them or at least point you in the right direction to find answers. The users here are usually eager to help.

Although I do agree that a great sales copy will convert a larger number of visitors into clients, it is not the only reason some sites have difficulty making sales. To ensure you are capturing the business of the maximum number of visitors, you need to examine the habits of the visitors who have made purchases in the past. Where did the visitors come from? (web site, search engine, direct link, etc.) What country did they live in? What is the most common language spoken by your customers? What is the product or service you sell most often and what is different about it compared to your other products or services? These are just some of the things that need to be researched in order to improve sales. These things are needed to improve the sales conversion from traffic that is already incoming to your web site, and they are in addition to the sales copy mentioned by the OP. After considering all this though you still haven't increased traffic volume, you have increased only sales conversion. After considering all the above, try thinking of what other goods or services may be of interest to your customers. For example if you sell perfume on your web site, then perhaps many of your customers would also be interested in bubble bath, or cosmetics. Now that you have identified some probable shared interests for your clients, you have an idea of where to advertise your own goods and services. If you were selling perfume as in the example above, placing an advertisment on a web site that sells bubble bath might increase quality visitors to your site since their customers share interest in your type of goods also. It is important to always put yourself in the shoes of your visitors. Always keep asking yourself what you would want to see as a customer. A friend of mine once said "In business to succeed you need to under promise, and over achieve." What this means is, always promise less to your client than what you can actually achieve for them. Then when you achieve more than they have been promised, they become very satisfied customers. I try remind myself of that often, and it have helped my business greatly. Sorry if this response seems a little disorganized. I am too tired to be typing lol.

It is true that there are a wide variety of different article directories online. The easiest to find will be the ones that are more general in topic. As for directories that are more specific to your niche, they are out there as rpgsearcherz has pointed out. Finding them can be a bit tricky though. To find directories or ezines that cater to dog information, try searching google using terms such as: dog article directory, or submit pet articles. I have tried these two searches and they returned quite a few directories that allow article submission. One alternate option is to use google blog search to find dog related blogs. Many of these blogs may allow guest posting. Often if this is the case, a link will be posted somewhere on the blog. You may also try contacting the blog owner and offering to guest post on their blog. If contacting the blog owner, include a copy of the article you wish to post, or a link for them to view the content before making their decision. Many blog owners welcome new and fresh content as long as it is well written and accurate. I think I may need to write another tutorial outlining some article marketing strategies in more detail.

Although listing some good article directories or open ezines here might be very helpful, I worry that this topic would quickly become filled with responses from people wanting to advertise their own article directories here.To find good article directories, try getting the google toolbar to see the pagerank of the directories you are considering. The higher the pagerank as reported from the toolbar, the better.If you would like to get a little more in depth and investigate the quality of a directory, you could actually spend some time browsing through the articles. Look to see what kind of articles that the editors of the directory are willing to accept. Are the articles written well? Are they written like an informational resource, or more like an advertisement. Do the articles contain spelling and grammar mistakes? The best directories are very picky about what articles they will publish. Good directories will check for spelling and grammar. They will also check for plagiarism or article duplication on other web sites.One more important thing to look for is social network linking. A good directory should include easy one click sharing of articles on all the major social networks. These are buttons such as the facebook like button, or google + 1 buttons. These can cause your article to become a viral sensation on the social networks.I do have a list of directories that I find are very good to use but I think sharing them here would send this topic off course. If anyone wants to use my list, send me a PM and I'll get back to you.

I think the OP has an amazing idea. I have just though of a way that this could be modified to add an additional power source to the system.As was mentioned in another reply, focused sunlight can create vast amounts of heat, that heat can also be used to create energy via steam or other methods. One of the more recent green technologies is thermoelectric generator cells. These convert heat to electricity. They can create about 1 watt per cell (at 100 degrees C) and they are about the size as a small cell phone.Lets imagine that the sunlight is focused to a certain degree but not enough to melt components, and then it is directed to shine onto a large boiler tank. The tank is connected to a network of pipes that circulate the water as it heats. The network of pipes would be lined with thermoelectric cells to collect the heat from the heated water flowing within. The small size of thermoelectric cells means thousands of watts of power could be generated in a somewhat small area with a fairly small network of pipes.Because of the small space requirements of the water/thermocell system, you could incorporate the solar idea in the same space by placing the solar cells on top of the water/thermocell system. Increasing your power output in the same area.I am no expert in the subject but maybe this could work. What do you think?