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Email List Management

How do you get the most out of your list?

We all know that a lot of marketing is done to a list but, say you have a sizable list. Now what?

Once you have a list of any size built-up, you must start broadcasting to it. This is important for a couple of reasons;

1. You have to realize that a good percentage of your list will have people that are new to marketing on it. You might think of these subscribers as being in a kind of stasis–they’re really just checking things out. So one purpose of broadcasting is to stir up some interest or excitement among these new-comers.

One good way to do this is with contests. For example a friend of mine had a referral contest and the prize was $200.00 cash. The great thing about this contest was that, even if you didn’t win, you still got a lot of really great free things for signing-up, and it was free also.

2. You will make many more sales and sign-ups with your broadcasts.

Don’t broadcast more than about once a week, but do broadcast. One week, give away freebies, or have a contest or business tips, the next week advertise. Be charming and entertaining. Use some flare, to have a more distinct personality and stand out from the crowd of faceless form letters!

Remember, if you don’t broadcast to your list and keep it active, your list may soon shrink to nada.

Copyright 2005 Brian Beshore

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One World Order; The “Return of the Khalifate” An Opinion – Part 1

One World Order; The “Return of the Khalifate” An Opinion. Part 1.
Could the Anti-Christ be a Jewish Muslim from Syria? Is this the reason that The Anti-Christ will fight against the first three nations? Lets look into this.

Before we begin I want to let you read some news that isn’t broadcast to the general public. Many times the things that we read are just propaganda and sometimes what we read is made a little flamboyant, to sell papers, and then again the things that we don’t get to read are the things that are really devastating to us.

Lets Read.
Arutz Sheva News Service; MUSLIM PREACHER ON TEMPLE MOUNT: RESTORE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC RULE
By Hillel Fendel;

Sheikh Ismail Nawahda, preaching to Moslem masses on the Temple Mountain Jerusalem on Friday, has brought it out into the open: the call to restore the Moslem Khalifate, or, “Genuine Islamic Rule.” A plan for the “Return of the Khalifate” was published secretly in 2002 by a group called “The Guiding Helper Foundation.” The group explained that it wished to “give direction to the educated Muslim populace in its increasing interest in the establishment of Islam as a practical system of rule.”(I.E. Dictatorship.)

This past Friday, Feb. 24, 2006, however, the plan went public. Sheikh Nawahda called publicly for the renewal of the Islamic Khalifate, which would “unite all the Moslems in the world against the infidels.” (create a massive army against all who will not bow down to Mohamidism.)
The Khalifate system features a leader, known as a Khalif, who heads worldwide Islam. Assisted by a ten-man council (Sometimes referred to as 10 Kings.), his decisions are totally binding on all Moslems.
According to the Foundation’s vision of the Khalifate, significant
punishment can only be meted out for 14 crimes, including “accusing a chaste person of fornication,” “not performing the formal prayer,” and “not fasting during Ramadan.”( This could possibly be a prelude to the mark of the beast (666), knowing who and whom isn’t a follower of the Khalifate.)
The Foundation recommends working to restore the Moslem dictatorship using a system of small groups around the world. (These pockets of followers are many times called “Cells.”)

The purpose is so that the “enemies of Islam” who “will definitely try to stop us” will have a “much harder task, if not impossible, if they are faced with a myriad of small groups of differing locations, ethnicities,” etc. ( A world wide Moslem dictatorship isn’t that far fetched an Idea, considering the vast number of their followers, located, may I add, all around the Globe.)
This method also “ensures that if one group is found and cut off, other similar groups will remain undetected.”

Sheikh Nawahda reminded his Temple Mount audience that the first step taken by Muhammad in stabilizing his rule was to form the nucleus of the first Islamic country in the city of Medina (Medina is a city located North of Mecca and north east of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.). Nawahda also said that the status of Moslems around the world has dropped drastically ever since the collapse of the last Khalifate in 1924, after Turkey became a democratic republic. (This was the beginning of a divided Muslim State. Now we have many divisions of Muslims and civil war between all factions, noting that they are all of the same religion.)

Nawahda called upon the Arabs of the Palestinian Authority to rise above their personal and party interests, and said that Moslems must return to Islam and join forces in the struggle against the West. (To have one single man in charge of all Muslims around the world, would be a great disturbance to all Christians and the Gentile Race of people.)

He praised the worldwide protests against the anti-Mohammed cartoons, and encouraged the Moslem public to continue such activities. He implied that those who insulted Mohammed are liable for death. The Sheikh designated the Moslem masses as a strong point that can be utilized in the fight against the West. ( This type of rhetoric is a start in the direction of united muslim Force.)

In The Book of Revelations and especially in Daniel, we see an upcoming ruler that will take three Kingdoms by force and the other seven by capitulation. Isn’t this the way of the Khalifate?
Dan 7:23-27. Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: ( The times and laws, could be what the Muslim Khalifate will desire to do.) and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. end part 1. In Part 2 we will dig into the Scripture to find some answers. ars

Dan_7:20; Rev_12:3, Rev_13:1, Rev_17:3, Rev_17:12, Rev_17:13, Rev_17:16-18. Dan_7:8, Dan_7:20, Dan_8:9-12, Dan_11:36; 2Th_2:3-10; 1Ti_4:1-3

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Temple of Spirit & Truth Ministries
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Internet Tip of the Week: Seven Rules of Email

Now there is no law that says you have to follow these rules, but if you are in business on the Web, you should definitely pay attention.

Rule #1 – Turn off your CAPS LOCK – Some people seem to feel that if they write their E-mail in ALL CAPS it will be more effective.
Quite the opposite is the case. CAPS should be used only for emphasis. Many people consider the use of ALL CAPS as being the equivalent of shouting and do take offense at it.

Rule #2 – Never send multiple E-mails without using Blind Carbon Copies (BCC). If every E-mail address you sent it to is displayed, you are making the spammers job a lot easier when they harvest addresses. But you have to address it to someone, even if using BCC, so remember, there are a lot of “kooks” in this world who will persecute anyone they can identify.

When using BCC, never send the note to someone on your mailing list. If you have a second ID use that, or send the note to yourself with copies to everyone on your list. That way, if someone decides to “vent” it will come back to you and not someone on your list. It also gives you a permanent record of the E-mails you sent to your mailing list. If you don’t have a second ID#, you can get one easily at Juno, Hotmail, etc.

Rule #3 – Are you sure your E-mail was actually sent to your mailing list? One easy way to be sure it was, is to include your E-mail address in your file of names you send it to. A good method is to include your address at the very end of the list. If you get your copy, you can be sure everyone else did as well.

Rule #4 – Don’t Bore Them to Death – Advertising by E-mail is a cheap and effective way to get your message out to people, and most people don’t mind getting an E-mail if it is short and to the point, but don’t spam and send to people you don’t already have a relationship with. Also, don’t try to sell them your product or services with your first mailing. Try to pique their curiosity instead and have them either reply to your E-mail or visit your Web Site.

Rule #5 – Honor Removes – if someone asks to be removed from your mailing list, do it immediately and send them a courtesy note advising them it has been done. Keeping people on your mailing list that don’t want to receive your information is not only bad form, but can cost you your ISP if a complaint is lodged against you.

And NEVER forge headers so they can’t respond to you by E-mail.
This is the favorite trick of the scamsters who don’t want you to respond to their E-mail, and give you a number to call or a form to fill out instead.

Rule #6 – Be sure that you are not sending the same person multiple E-mails. This is a definite sign of spam and most people will simply delete them.

Rule #7 – I still get E-mails with no text and the message they wish me to read is an attachment to the E-mail. It is immediately deleted as it could very well contain a virus – even from someone you know. Some ISP’s have a top limit to the amount of text they will display, and anything larger is automatically converted to an attachment. Many people will not go through this exercise, so you should ensure that your E-mail message can be read by all the people it is sent to, without them having to open an attachment.

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Accessing XML Using Java Technologies

The most important benefit of XML is its simplicity. Though it is simple it is powerful enough to express complex data structures. Java is one of most important programming languages that is used for creating your web pages.

It is an object oriented language whose main purpose was to be used with embedded systems such as cell phones. But later it gained more importance to be used with Web pages that were dynamic in nature. Java Applet and servelets are the important mechanisms for implementing this.

Another advantage of using Java is the concept of JavaBeans, which is a software component model for Java that allows the rapid development of an application by using a visual buider.DOM is one of the methods for accessing the structure of an XML document.

An alternative is to use an event driven API.SAX is a simple API designed for XML.DocumentHandler is very important since it is called every time an element is found. A DocumentHandler is used as follows:

Step 1: Importing the parser interface

Step 2: Create an instance of SAX driver.

Step 3: Using this driver, create a parser object

Step 4: Register an instance of class MyHandler as a DocumentHandler.

JOX is a set of Java libraries that allows you to transfer data between XML documents and JavaBeans. JOX matches XML document to the fields of a bean and it will use a DTD when writing an XML document when one is available.JOX, unlike the other libraries, allows you to use any form of an XML document and any JavaBean without creating a separate schema to describe the mapping between Java and XML.

XP is an XML parser written in Java. The following are the advantages of XP:

* XP is designed to be 100% conformant and correct

* XP aims at High performance

* Apart from the high level parser API, it also provides a low level API that supports the construction of different kinds of parser.

Breeze XML Binder is the most complete Java/XML data binding solution available. Breeze creates JavaBeans directly created from the XML structures.

Visit A Guide to XML for a complete introduction to XML programming. Learn XML, DTD, Schema, XSLT, Soap and other related technologies. To access the online version of the above article, visit Accessing XML using Java Technologies.


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Teach Your Kids Arithmetic – The Magic of “One” Numbers – Part I

Do you know that numbers are the key to life? Indeed numbers form the foundations of mathematics from number theory all the way up to partial differential equations. Without these curious creatures, we could not calculate, estimate, or compute (as in computer); nor could we transact any of the business that occurs daily throughout the known world. Yet most people find these most interesting entities just a bothersome part of life. Why should this be so? Well maybe a person’s ambivalence towards numbers derives from childhood frustrations experienced when struggling to learn the basics of arithmetic and the rote calculations associated with this discipline.

Lacking an appreciation for numbers can be a sad state of affairs for any person since such a condition often leads to mathematical illiteracy. As parents we should try to instill a love and curiosity for numbers into the minds of our children so that they never arrive at this blighted condition. One way we can do this is by teaching our children early on the amazing properties of numbers and some of the magical calculations that can be performed with them. Indeed the Teenage Number Trick, the Nifty Five Square Technique (see my other articles on these topics), and the techniques laid out in this article should suffice to arouse and stimulate curiosity even in the most torpid learners. Thus here we go on to introduce a calculation that permits one to square any “one” number with blinding speed. In a future article we will learn how to multiply any two arbitrary “one” numbers with no difficulty at all.

But in order to begin this short educational journey, we need to understand what we are talking about in the first place. What is a “one” number. Take a stab at it before reading further. Okay, now the definition. A “one” number is simply a number whose digits consist entirely of 1’s. Thus 1 11 111 1111 11111 are all “one” numbers. Because 1 is such a special numberin fact one of the most important constants in mathematics, much like water is one of the most important compounds in chemistryits presence as the sole digit in forming numbersthe “one” numbersmakes squaring these numbers such an easy task. Watch what I mean.

To multiply the number 11 by itself, something called “squaring 11″ or taking the square of 11, we obtain 121. Stepping up to 111, squaring we have 12321. If we square 1111, we get 1234321. I think by now the pattern has become clear to you and we can thus form a rule for squaring any “one” number: write down the digits consecutively from 1 to the number represented by the number of 1’s forming the “one” number and then count backwards from this number to 1. So in 1111, we have four 1’s. To square this number write the numbers from 1 to 4 consecutively, and then back from 4 to 1 so as not to repeat the 4 twice: 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 to get 1234321 or one million two hundred and thirty-four thousand three hundred and twenty-one. That’s all there is to it. Want a bigger example. Try 11,111 x 11, 111. How many 1’s? Five. So we get 123454321 or one hundred twenty-three million four hundred fifty-four thousand three hundred twenty-one.

If you show your kids how to do these calculations so that they can multiply and square numbers which produce results in the hundreds of millions, do you think they might have a new outlook on mathematics and their ability to master this subject? I think you’ll agree that the answer to this question is self-evident. Stay tuned for Part II which is even more amazing than this one.

Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning former teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Under the penname, JC Page, Joe authored Arithmetic Magic, the little classic on the ABC’s of arithmetic. Joe is also author of the charming self-help ebook, Making a Good Impression Every Time: The Secret to Instant Popularity; the original collection of poetry, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, and the short but highly effective fraction troubleshooter Fractions for the Faint of Heart. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)particularly in regard to its educational flavor continues to captivate readers and to earn him recognition.

Joe propagates his teaching philosophy through his articles and books and is dedicated to helping educate children living in impoverished countries. Toward this end, he donates a portion of the proceeds from the sale of every ebook. For more information go to http://www.mathbyjoe.com


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Health Insurance Plans for College Students: What Do You Have to Understand?

One of the things usually found at the very bottom of the list whilst preparing for an education is medical insurance for students. Most students are at an age where health insurance is the last thing they think of. Young people are likely to believe that they will live forever and that they can never suffer from a serious illness. The reality is, this is seldom accurate regardless of how healthy a person may be. An appropriate medical insurance plan is not simply a luxury, it is absolutely necessary.

Those lucky enough to be included in a family insurance policy are in the main covered up to their 23rd birthday. For the individual who does not currently have coverage via their family plan, an essential part of preparation for a college education should be getting inexpensive medical insurance. So what must you look for in an insurance policy targeted at students? So what is a deductible? A deductible is essentially a yearly payment made before any medical benefits start, comparable to an auto deductible. For example, should your deductible be $500, you have to pay that sum prior to applying for any financial benefits from the insurance policy.

So what’s your co-pay? When your deductible is covered, broadly speaking for each trip to the physician, medicine, or procedure you will have to contribute a part of the bill. That, put simply, is a co-pay. What will the insurance policy extend to? Numerous plans include Health Maintenance Organization or Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA). Basically this can mean certain specialists might be excluded from your list of health providers or not be covered by your medical insurance policy. A directory of approved health professionals are included with most insurance plans, so be sure to consider that when you are selecting health insurance.

What exactly does the phrase catastrophic coverage mean? There is often a limit on medical insurance plans specifically for college students as far as critical illnesses are concerned, and for most health insurance for students, the cover is normally much lower than any regular insurance plan. Restrictions: Limits are frequent in student health insurance plans. Study your policy to discover what your insurance includes. Carry any health insurance details with you no matter where you travel. Illnesses are not just impossible to predict, but they are in all probability likely to happen when least anticipated. So take care you are familiar with the parameters unique to your policy even should you be covered by your family insurance policy.


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Deciding between Wearing Contact Lenses and Specs

While many people still wear glasses, there seems little doubt that they’re on the way out. There’s no doubt that putting them in your eyes and taking them out again can be a little scary at first, but once you’re used to it they are far more favorable than having bulky spectacles on your face, not to mention almost invisible, even to people who get close to your eyes.

Vanity isn’t the only reason to get into contacts, though. For a lot of people, it is just more practical – they work better for sport or any kind of manual work, for example, where spectacles could easily get damaged. contact lenses are also not subject to the many things that can go wrong with eyeglasses, such as cracking, busting, or being affected by the weather conditions (when they get rained down on, for example).

If you’re just entering the world of contact lenses, though, it can seem like a bit of a labyrinth. What should you choose? Hard lenses or soft? Daily lenses or monthly? Each selection comes with its rewards and disfavours.

The simplest doubt to deal with is believably that of hard lens systems. While hard lenses are still in use in many parts of the world, this is chiefly down to grounds of habit – people who are already using them are unlikely to change over. To the new user, hard lenses offer no advantages, and they are incredibly irritating until you get used to them. It is much better to merely go with soft lenses.

When it gets to the question of whether daily expendable lenses are better, however, there is some controversy. Once you factor in the price of cleansing solutions for monthly lens systems, there is little deviation in price, but some people simply favor not to buy and throw away so many lenses. In The End, though, daily disposables tend to be thinner and therefore more comfortable, as well as costing you less if you happen to lose one, which makes them better suited to the beginner.


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Algebra – the Math Cornerstone

It is safe to say that algebra is the heart of mathematics. An in depth knowledge of algebra and its basics is required before you could work on more complex mathematical problems. If someone asks you to get the product of 223 and 112, you can easily do it manually or with a computer. But when it comes to exponential (e) of 223 and logarithmic (log) of 112 then most definitely, you will need some kind of algebraic calculator or algebra solver. Graphing a circle will be easy for this given formula X2 + Y2 = 4 but when it comes for an inequality like (X-2)2 + (Y-4)2 > 20 then it will be quite harder to plot the graph. In this situation algebra application can help you immensely since you only need to enter the inequality and graph will be plotted within a fraction of second. Such computer software can very easily work out any kind of algebraic, arithmetical and radical expressions of any kind of difficulty.

Domain and Range of a Function

Now it is very easy to work out the domain and range of functions like Y = X2, you can just tell that X and Y can take any real number from the X-Y plane but have you ever thought of defining the domain and range of log(tan 2x + sin 3x) = cosine(-4)(2x). But now you can solve such critical and complex problems with an algebra calculator without breaking sweat and you will also be getting all the steps as well

Coordinate Geometry

Now you can easily find the vertex and directrix and whether parabola opens up or down by just inserting the equation into algebra software. In addition, subtraction and multiplication of polynomials, you are more likely to become bored because they require a lot of terms to be manipulated. But algebra calculator will do this job in much less time and with 100% accuracy. Solving determinants and matrices of 3×3 or 4×4 order can become very hard since it involves lots of calculation; getting inverse of matrices even more so. However using algebra software programs will make this task much simpler.

So, with the introduction of algebra software packages, the times where you dreaded the sight of indices, fractions or quadratic equations , comes to an end. If you could not stand geometry, you may even start liking it afterwards thanks to the computerized algebra calculating systems that will automatically solve everything you ever need.


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What Do You Prefer the Spanish Lotto or the Euro Lottery

In December 2008 eLottery brought the Spanish lottery to its product range, giving players globally a immensely bettered chance of sharing in this giant Spanish lottery prize fund.

If its the first time you have come across the Spanish Lottery, allow me to highlight simply how crucial this lotto is to the vast majority of the Spanish population. The Spanish lotto has been a national obsession in Spain for a very long time with massive involvement generated by the Christmas lotto draw each year. Believe it or not ninety-eight% of the population play this Spanish National lottery each Christmas.

There are a couple of underlying reasons why lot’s of Spanish subjects join in the Christmas Elgordo lotto draw.

First, on that point is the inducement of the biggest lottery prize fund of any world-wide lotto game – with over 2 Billion Euros! Secondly, there are more than 13,000 money prizes to be won. Lastly, the probability of collecting a money prize on the Christmas draw is a highly feasible – one : six.

With the measure of interest that is devoted to the Christmas Elgordo lotto draw, lots of people are oblivious that there are 5 additional Spanish Lottery draws annually as well. These lotto games take place on May, July, January and November and March. While these 5 games do not feature the enormous prize fund of the Christmas lotto draw, they are sizable all the same, ranging from seventy eight million Euros to six hundred and sixty six million Euros. Plus, these games provide virtually 3 times as many prizes as the Christmas lotto draw and odds of collecting a cash prize of an awesome 1 : 3.

The Christmas Spanish lottery operates in a different way to almost all other world drawings. A full lottery ticket ‘billete’ is really expensive, costing 200 Euros. However, these tickets are divided up into 10 ‘decimos’ (tenths) costing twenty Euros apiece.

When buying your lotto tickets you have the option of purchasing 1 decimo, a complete lottery ticket, or a share of a lottery ticket. If you do not buy the full lottery ticket, someone else will purchase the rest of your lottery ticket. For example, if you purchase two decimos, someone else buys 3 decimos and someone else purchases 5 and your ticket wins 1000 Euros, then you will receive two hundred Euros, 300 Euros and five hundred Euros respectively. Owing to the expense of buying a full lottery ticket, it is not unusual for households and friends to incorporate their lottery money and all purchase a separate ‘decimo’ (tenth).


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Personal vs Professional Life Email – Don’t Squander Your First Internet Impression

My first email address was with compuserve.com back when you could only have numbers for an email address. They then allowed us to have letters as well on prodigy so I switched internet service providers or internet content providers as they are better known to us geeks. My next stop was with the number one provider AOL and my name became an extension of my love for jazz music and I have had that email address ever since. I also have a yahoo.com email address that I use strictly for its Spam filter and free virus protection software that is built into the website. Free email addresses are great and I suggest you take advantage of their many no cost features. But I only use them for personal reasons. The main reason I don’t use them for business is because I refuse to give the free email services anymore free publicity and not get anything in return.

The use of email addresses that promote anything but your business is a waste of great branding potential. Every time you send and email to a potential client or customer you have a perfect opportunity to promote your business. Yahoo and MSN will gladly give you a free email address because you help market their business with every click of the send button.

Earthlink and AOL get you to pay them every month to promote their service. I ask you, what are the chances of wemakewidgets@aol.com winning a ten million dollar contract over yourname@wemakewidgets.com Who do you think will be taken more seriously? Don’t get me wrong I am sure there are many multi million dollar deals done using these services. But how many of them keep using it to create a more corporate and professional image.

Why not go to a website like Proemailaddress.com and register your own little piece of electronic marketing. This can be done for as little as $9.95` for a years worth of keeping your businesses name moving back and forth through cyber space. And get this; yourname@yourcompanyname.com makes a much bigger impression on those you look to do business with in the future.

I can’t tell you how many business cards I have received with yahoo, msn, hotmail and especially aol.com email addresses on them and thought do I really want to do business with this person. Are they just a fly by night business? Can I trust a person who can’t take the time and effort most legitimate businesses use to make sure they are recognized and respected industry leaders?

At one time just having an email address on a business card was impressive because not everyone had an email address let alone knew how to use it as a marketing tool. Gone are those days and in their place one has to step up their game and make more of a first impression. Using a professional email address does just that and more. Not only does a professional email address bring more promise and prestige to your company but it is one of the most inexpensive forms of mass marketing there is today. You are able to market your business to many potential clients while at the same time keeping customers informed and up to date through correspondence.

So in reading this article if you only get one thing that you can use please see to getting a professional email address and give your business the optimum chance to show its true worth.

EzineArticles Expert Author Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite

Jeffrey Alexander Brathwaite, aka “JB” is a Internet Technology Coach, Speaker and Trainer. JB prides himself on helping small to medium size businesses who are frustrated with dealing with the Internet. If you are having problems trying to deal with Email marketing, Search Engine marketing or just getting your own website off the ground. Please go to our website
http://www.2thenextlevel.com


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