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Japanese Curry Rice Recipe



Ingredients

One package of Japanese curry sauce mix (cube)
2 potatoes, about 14 oz
2 onions, about 20 oz
2 carrots, about 8 oz
Chicken or beef about 14 oz
6 cups of water (check these proportions on the box you buy as the amount of water varies!)

Instructions
  1. Cut beef into bite sized pieces.
  2. Cut otatoes, carrots and onions into bite-sized pieces too.
  3. Fry vegetables and meat in a bit of oil in a large sauce pan.
  4. When the onion becomes brown, add water.
  5. When the water boils, remove the foam from the surface of the water. By doing this, you can eliminate the bitterness from the vegetables.
  6. When the veggies and meat are cooked, turn the heat off and dissolve the curry roux. Fill your ladle with hot water from the sauce pan and let the curry blocks dissolve in it.
  7. Turn the heat back to medium and cook until the curry thickens a bit.
  8. Serve with steamed rice.

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Pineapple Orange Slush By Roni Goodell


'This tart refreshing drink hits the spot, the coolness and the juices soothed sore throats and you don't have to make a lot"

Ingredients

1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups crushed ice cubes

Instructions

In a blender, combine all ingredients; cover and process until thick and slushy. Pour into chilled glasses; serve immediately.

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Fruit Fizzies By missy

"A fun recipe for kids. The baking soda reacts with the acids in the juice and produces carbonation. You can also use orange juice."

Ingredients

1/4 cup water
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup orange juice

Instructions

Pour water into a tall glass. Stir in the baking soda. Pour in the orange juice.

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Is Yahoo catching up on Google? By Anja Glauch

Indeed Yahoo! will propose ways to phrase a search as a user types into the query box and will produce more links to photos, music and videos on the main results page.

This new search tool will also pull information from Yahoo's calendar service:Upcoming.org to highlight local events to a search request .

Yahoo!'s idea when deciding to create this new "search assist " tool is partly based on a research showing that online consumers were suffering from "web search fatigue". The study by 'Harris interactive' reported that 99 % of adults online use a search engine to find information online but only 15% of them find what they looking for on their first search. They have to conduct a searche three or four times to find what they are looking for.

The manager of Yahoo! Search said that they make the changes to give the best answers to their consumers. This internet search fatigue damages yahoo's earning and profit and also has a dramatic effect on their market shares too. In August 2007, Yahoo market share represented 23% of U.S Search market compared to 56.5 % for Google. Two years ago, Yahoo market share(32 %) was only 3 points away from Google (35%).

The gap between the two search engines is going to be hard to fill but it is certainly worth trying!

Source from Tetridia & ArticlesFactory

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You Can Earn $100 A Week Without Spending A Dime By Casey Yew

Making money with articles is not as hard as it seems. When you are trying to make money with articles, you don’t really need previous career related experience. You can learn everything you need to know from the Internet. You can learn new skills along the way to make your living online. You can become an expert in one area by picking up new skills gradually.

When you are writing articles, you have to keep your readers in mind. A lot of the readers scan through article rather than reading it. So your article should consist of a good title, plenty of subtitles and bullet points. A good title should draw readers’ attention quickly and bullet points will make them easy to find the information they are looking for.

Make money with article is easy.

1. What to Sell: You have to decide what product you want to promote and make money. You can sign up for clickbank.com or CommissionJunction.com as an affiliate. Here you can find a lot of good products to sell. You can choose something you know a bit about or something you like but please make sure it is a top product in its category.

2. Research Keywords: Next, you need to know how to choose keywords that can help you get a good amount of traffic, without being too competitive to get on the first or second page. Keyword Suggestion Tool is a handy little tool that will help you to determine which phrases are searched most often on both Wordtracker and Overture.

3. Write An Article: Then you can write an article about the subject of the product you chose. You should carefully calculate the keyword density for SEO purposes. At the end of each article, don’t forget to include a resource box with your affiliate link that you are promoting.

4. Submit the Article: Submit that article to every free article directory you can find. You may want to modify the resource box, title or some words in one of the paragraph slightly with each submission.

It’s fairly easy and everyone should do it. Best of all, it doesn’t cost you a cent. Repeat these steps until you are earning more than $100 a week. Once you start earning more than $100 a week, you can spend some of your earnings hiring freelance writers to write for you. These freelance writers will ghost write articles for you and you own the copyrights of these articles. You can also invest some money on article submission software or getting an article submission service. Ghostwriting and submission service allow you to spend more time working on other aspects of your online business and make more money.

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Easy to Make Fudge By kentuckyslone


Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine (You will also need additional margarine to coat the foil)
7 ounces of marshmallow creme2 cups of chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped nuts
14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Line a 13x9 inch pan with aluminum foil or wax paper and spread butter or margarine on the foil or paper.
  2. Using a large sauce pan mix the sugar, margarine and evaporated milk. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat making sure to stir constantly for 5 minutes.
  3. Remove the mixture from the heat and add the marshmallow and chocolate. Stir until it becomes smooth and even.
  4. Next, mix in the nuts and vanilla extract.
  5. Pour your fudge into the prepared 13x9 pan and let it cool to room temperature. Once it has cooled you may cut it into squares and put it into the refrigerator until it becomes firm.

To make your fudge extra special you may want to add a topping to it such as peanut butter, nut pieces or cherry slices.

P/S: Perhaps you don't like nuts, but prefer candied cherries, coconut, or marshmallows. Those and many other things can be substituted for the nuts (or added along with them) when you create your fudge. If you do use nuts in your fudge, peanuts, pecans or walnuts are the best, but any nuts will be fine.

If you love fudge Visit Fudge-Recipe.com for the best fudge recipe collection on the Internet. You will find delicious fudge recipes such as Grandma's Old Fashioned Chocolate Fudge Recipe, Diabetic fudge recipe and many more.

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How To Download PSP Movies By Brad


PSP movies are all the rage nowadays. The reason for this is quite simple: The PSP is a very versatile piece of equipment. It allows portability for playing games in the form of small UMD discs that you can easily carry around.
You can buy many movies for your PSP on an UMD (Universal Media Disc), but if you already have a collection of DVDs at home you don't want to spend all that money again just to watch them on your PSP. You can convert your existing DVDs to your PSP - even if they are encrypted. Apart from UMD disc, there are other ways of storing your PSP movies i.e. in your memory sticks. This is a simple guide on how to download PSP movies and games from your computer to your PSP.
What you will need is sufficient PSP memory stick. I would always recommend memory stick of at least 1GB, but if you do not have the sufficient resources (i.e. money) a 256MB Memory stick should be alright. Note: for a brand new memory stick you will need to format it. The other thing that you will require when installing a game to your memory card is your PSP Firmware version 1.5 or less. Later firmware version will not work. If you do have a later version of PSP, please consider downgrading you PSP.
You will download your games from the internet into you PC and then transfer your game files to your PSP via a USB cable. When your computer is connected to your PSP, your PC will recognize your PSP as a detachable memory (similar to a USB drive). It will assign a drive (usually f:) and you will be able to drag and drop you PSP games file to your memory stick.
These are some of the steps to download PSP movies and games.
Step 1
You must copy your PSP games or movie file to the correct path or the games simply would not work. The correct path is PSP-GAME (all the folder names are in caps)
Step 2
After the PSP games or movies are fully transferred to your memory stick, disconnect the PSP from your PC. In your PSP main menu, scroll to GAME and then select Memory Stick option. Press X, and list of available games in your memory stick will be displayed. If you find any error on your PSP, you might want to check your firmware version.
PSP Blender: Download your PSP with games, movies, music and wallpaper
AllPSPGames: Download PSP songs, movies, TV show, video clips, games and wallpaper
If you want to know where to go to download PSP movies and what software to use check out this site: http://www.squidoo.com/download-psp-movies-easily
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Daily Jokes

First Joke:

A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for $40 and a photo of his car.

Instead of payment he sent the police department a photograph of $40. Several days later he received a letter from the police thatcontained another picture, this time handcuffs.

He immediately mailed in his $40.

Second Joke:

A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife.However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile....Somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband’s funeral.The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends.

After reading the first message, she fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read :

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've Reached
Date: 16 May 2007

I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here, and we are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones. I've just reached and have been check-in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.Looking forward to seeing you TOMORROW!

Differences In Friendship

Friendship Between Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew about it.

Friendship Between Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next day he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends. Eight of them confirmed that he had slept over, and two claimed that he was still there.

I hope you like the jokes. :) Enjoy~

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7 Unusual Gadgets For This Summer By Dan Ionescu

See what are the top 7 unusual gadgets for this summer and how to use them to have fun. Are the unusual gadgets useful? I will let you decide that. I will just show you some strange gadgets that you can use this summer to have fun.



1.Automated Twirling Spaghetti Fork
The fork is twirling the spaghetti for you. Eating pasta will be fun and easy with the twirling spaghetti fork. The fork is battery operated, it requires two AAA batteries.

2.Foot in the Door High Heel Door Stopper
This funny gadget has the shape of a woman shoe that is used to hold your door in one place. The Foot in the Door High Heel Door Stopper is excellent for the bachelor trying to give a bit of femininity to his pad.

3.Gas Powered Blender
The Daiquiri Whacker gadget is the gas powered, so you can go anywhere and the party starts. With it your favorite blended drink will be ready fast. Daiquiri Whacker declared mission in life is to get people together. The Daiquiri Whacker gas powered blender is designed to be easy to operate, yet extremely durable.

4.Crusin Cooler
This gadget combines two basic necessities of life, the ability to have cold food or a beverage handy along with the means to get somewhere, without walking. With modern technology, the Crusin Cooler is available in gas and electric models. The cooler can be used for hunting, sporting events, races, camping, golf or even a trip to the grocery store to keep your food cold all the way home.

5.Potato Gun
The gadget is designed for maximum fun. Operation of the potato gun is simple, punch the barrel into a potato and break off the pellet with a downward motion. Then aim and shoot.

6.Radio Controlled Rat
This rubber rat is all you need to scare the living daylights out of your family and friends. The rat is controlled by a small radio controller. The Radio Controlled Rat has been designed with an evil looking face, snarling teeth and beady eyes that glow red when he moves. It requires 3 AA and 1 9v batteries.

7.Self Playing Violin Virtuoso
You can be classical musician! With this special violin you draw the bow across the strings this digital little wonder will play all the right notes. You can even control the duration of each note. The Instant Virtuoso electronic violin works with two AA batteries.

Dan Ionescu is the owner of http://www.gadgets-club.com the gadget blog and of http://www.giftideasblog.net the place where you will get gift ideas.

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Tips For Using Your PDA While Traveling By Wallace Willis


If you are a business man you know just how important it can be to have what you need available at all times. Listed below are a few tips that you should follow when using your PDA during a business trip. These tips will allow you to get the most out of your PDA, even if you are not the most advanced person as far as technology is concerned.

1. Your PDA can do a lot, this is one thing that a lot of people forget. Remember, outside of being able to hold phone numbers and addresses, your PDA can also store digital documents in word, excel, PowerPoint, and any many other formats. All of this information can be found in the guide book that came with your PDA.
2. Make sure that your PDA has a fully charged battery before you decide to head out. If your battery is not charged you risk not being able to access all of your information. In order to combat this problem, you can also take a power cord with you. Some PDAs even allow you to plug them into a cigarette lighter in your car. This makes things easy on you when traveling by car.

3. If your PDA allows you to connect to the internet make sure that you take advantage of this. Why let your email pile up in the inbox while you are away? Instead, you can check it from your PDA while you are on the road. As long as you know how to use this feature you should never run into any problems.

Overall, traveling with your PDA offers many benefits. The most important thing that you can do is become familiar with your unit before you rely on it during travel. When you know what your PDA can and cannot do you give yourself the best chance of success. In the past PDAs were not available. But now that they are, you might as well take advantage of this technology.

Wallace Willis is the editor of Laptopnik.com and SportsBetting1Stop.com that services thousands of people everyday. For details, visit http://laptopnik.com or http://www.sportsbetting1stop.com
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Make Money Online

This job is not high pay but at least you can earn something while you online. You MUST have a PayPal account because payment via PayPal. Click this link AdBux and register now for free.

Earnings Example (based on current averages):

You click 10 ads per day = $0.10!
10 referrals click 10 ads per day = $1.00!
Your weekly earnings = $7.70!
Your monthly earnings = $30.80!

Join now and start earning. Its FREE! My ID is sickchild (you get nothing if you let referral empty). Spread the news to your friends and earn more.

Another website that I happen to find is CashCrate. This is more like paid to survey/sign up. They pay via check so you don't have to worry about PayPal, credit card etc. To learn more about CashCrate, please go to http://www.cashcrate.com/tutorial.php. I hope this article is useful for you.

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Save The Environment By Elsa Samuel

WANT TO DO YOUR BIT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT? START WITH WHAT YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH - YOUR PC!

Shut down! Your desktop PC uses roughly 65 to 250 watts at any one time. At a tariff of 23.4sen per kilowatt/hour, that comes up to nearly RM6 an hour. A PC running on sleep mode uses 2.3watts while one that's turned off uses no energy at all. So turn it off at the end of the work day.

Sleepy does it. Try configuring your monitor (and printer) to switch to energy saver mode after 20 minutes and your hard drive to go off after 30 minutes inactivity if booting and shutting down is too much of a hassle. Setting your hard drive to sleep also extends the life of your drive too.

Turn off screen savers. This doesn't save energy but full-on monitor usage will continually zap power. You only save energy if the monitor goes dark (on standby mode).

Plug out. Turn off whatever computer accessories not in use or other devices plugged into the same power strip such as your mobile phone charger which are silent energy vampires. The main plug is sucking wattage even when nothing is used.

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Earn $1 For Everyone You GIVE This Report To

Here's the deal: Millionaire internet marketer Russell Brunson has just released a special offline report: "The IM Myth" where he shatters the myth that internet marketing is the "be all-end all" of marketing.

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Daily Jokes

The Third Affair :

  • A woman was in bed with her lover when she heard her husband opening the front door. "Hurry!" she said, "stand in the corner." She quickly rubbed baby oil all over him and then she dusted him with talcum powder. "Don't move until I tell you to," she whispered. "Just pretend you're a statue." "What's this, honey?" the husband inquired as he entered the room. "Oh, it's just a statue," she replied nonchalantly. "The Smiths bought one for their bedroom. I liked it so much, I got one for us too." No more was said about the statue, not even later that night when they went to sleep. Around two in the morning the husband got out of bed, went to the kitchen and returned a while later with a sandwich and a glass of milk. "Here," he said to the 'statue', "eat something. I stood like an idiot at the Smiths' for three days, and nobody offered me as much as a glass of water."



Singapore Manhunt Competition:

  • Ah Beng took part in the Singapore Manhunt Competition. During the Q&A segment, the host asks,"Name a drink that begins with the letter 'G'."The crowd shouts, "Gin! Gin!"Others exclaim, "No it's Grape Juice!"Another smart aleck yells, "Gatorade!"Host: "Quiet please."Ah Beng laughs hysterically like a hyena beforereplying, "C'mon man, you think I need your help? Igot more original answer: Guni!"(cow milk in Hokkien).

Overdue:

A young husband comes home one night, and his wife throws her arms around his neck: "Darling, I have great news: I'm a month overdue. I think we're going to have a baby! The doctor gave me a test today, but until we find out for sure, we can't tell anybody."

The next day, a guy from the electric company rings the door-bell, because the young couple hasn't paid their last bill: "Are you Mrs. Smith? You're a month overdue, you know!"

"How do YOU know?" stammers the young woman.

"Well, ma'am, it's in our files!" says the man from the electric company.

"What are you saying? It's in your files?????"

"Absolutely."

"Well, let me talk to my husband about this tonight."

That night, she tells her husband about the visit, and he, mad as a bull, rushes to the electric company offices the first thing the next morning.

"What's going on here? You have it on file that my wife is a monthoverdue? What business is that of yours?" the husband shouts.

"Just calm down," says the clerk, "it's nothing serious. All you have to do is pay us."

"PAY you? and if I refuse?"

"Well, in that case, sir, we'd have no option but to cut yours off."

"And what would my wife do then?" the husband asks.

"I don't know. I guess she'd have to use a candle."

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Create Your Own Ringtone

Get your phone ringing your original tune!

You will need:

  • Mobile phone with MP3 ringtone support


  • Your favourite MP3s


  • Any method of transferring the ring tone from PC to phone. (USB, Bluetooth, Infrared, etc)


  • Audio editing software (Sound Forge Free Trial Download or Audacity)

Instructions:

  • Pick the song of your choice.


  • Make a copy of the music file before you start so you won't affect the original version.


  • Using your audio editing software, determine a small section of the song you want to use as your ring tone.


  • Save the section you want in a MP3 format and transfer the file to your phone!

Alternative:

  • Check this out: Mobile 17^^ - You can also make your ringtones via website for free. The quality may not be as good as using audio editing software but if you aren't too fussy, you can give it a go too!

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Techno Tease



Don't have the courage to chat him/her up? Let your gadgets do it for you.

  • Covertly text him/her when you're in the same room together with a big group (about anything-even just to say hi) instant secret tryst!

  • E-mail him/her a photo of a celeb that he/she sort of looks like (but only if the celeb is cute!) and tell him/her the picture made you think of him/her. Every guy/girl likes to be compared to famous hotties.

  • Ask him/her what ring tone he/she wants assigned to him/her on your cell-it sounds casual, but he/she will know you don't do it to every guy/girl. (Otherwise you'd never recognize your own phone ringing!)

  • Post a comment on one of his/her MySpace/Friendster/Facebook photos. Come up with something a bit more cleverly suggestive than the usual "ur cute". Like, for a rock-climbing pic: "So is it lonely at the top? :)"

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Fettuccine Carbonara Recipe


Ingredients
  • 200g fettuccine pasta
  • 2 slices beef bacon
  • 1/2 chopped onion
  • 1 tsp of chopped garlic and shallots
  • 2 pieces shiitake mushroom
  • 3 piece baby asparagus (quartered)
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp grated parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. Cook fettuccine in boiling water according to directions on packet.
  2. While pasta is cooking, fry beef bacon until crispy. Set aside.
  3. Sauté onion, garlic and shallot in 1 tsp of olive oil.
  4. Add mushrooms and asparagus.
  5. Combine egg yolk and cheese in a bowl.
  6. Drain pasta, toss it with the egg and cheese mix before adding in the mushrooms and asparagus.
  7. Top with crispy beef bacon.
  8. Season well with black pepper and serve.

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An Honest Mistake

A woman was in a coma. Nurses were in her room giving her a sponge bath. One of them was washing her private area and noticed that there was a response on the monitor when she touched her. They went to her husband and explained what happened, telling him, "Crazy as this sounds, maybe a little oral sex will do the trick and bring her out of the coma." The husband was skeptical, but they assured him that they'd close the curtains for privacy. The hubby finally agreed and went into his wife's room. After a few minutes the woman's monitor flat lined, no pulse, no heart rate. The nurses ran into the room. The husband was standing there, pulling up his pants, and said, "I think she choked."

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Before And After Marriage

Before marriage...

He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She: Do you want me to leave?
He: No! Don't even think about it.
She: Do you love me?
He: Of course! Over and over!
She: Have you ever cheated on me?
He: No! Why are you even asking?
She: Will you kiss me?
He: Every chance I get!
She: Will you hit me?
He: Are you crazy! I'm not that kind of person!
She: Can I trust you?
He: Yes.
She: Darling!

After marriage... simply read from bottom to top.

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Lighten Up Your Day By Reading This Jokes.

First Joke:

Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
Customer: "Ok."
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"
Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'."(At this point I had to put the caller on hold to tell the rest of the tech support staff what had happened. I couldn't, however, stop from giggling when I got back to the call.)
Tech Support: "Ok, did you type 'click' with the keyboard?"
Customer: "I have done something dumb, right?"

Second Joke:

Customer: "I'm having trouble installing Microsoft Word."
Tech Support: "Tell me what you've done."
Customer: "I typed 'A:SETUP'."
Tech Support: "Ma'am, remove the disk and tell me what it says."
Customer: "It says '[PC manufacturer] Restore and Recovery disk'."
Tech Support: "Insert the MS Word setup disk."
Customer: "What?"
Tech Support: "Did you buy MS word?" Customer "No..."

Third Joke:

Tech Support: "Ok, in the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"

Fourth Joke:

At our company we have asset numbers on the front of everything. They give the location, name, and everything else just by scanning the computer's asset barcode or using the number beneath the bars.

Customer: "Hello. I can't get on the network."
Tech Support: "Ok. Just read me your asset number so we can open an outage."
Customer: "What is that?"
Tech Support: "That little barcode on the front of your computer."
Customer: "Ok. Big bar, little bar, big bar, big bar . . ."

Fifth Joke:

"Marketing 101"

- You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I'm fantastic in bed". That's Direct Marketing.
- You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, "He's fantastic in bed". That's Advertising.
- You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm fantastic in bed". That's Telemarketing.
- You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, "By the way, I'm fantastic in bed". That's Public Relations.
- You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says, "I hear you're fantastic in bed". That's Brand Recognition.

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FOILED! By Zurien Onn

Here are four uses for aluminium foil when camping:


  1. Clean food stuck on your grill by laying a piece of foil over the grill while it's still hot. Leave it there until your next barbecue, then crumple foil and scrub remnants off before you start up the grill.
  2. Soggy ground? Placing a few sheets under your sleeping bag helps keep moisture from seeping in.
  3. Wrap your matches in foil to guard against wetness.
  4. Fashion foil into a mini frying pang for light cooking by attaching it to a forked stick and moulding it to create a frame and base.

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Please leave! By Zurien Onn

It's tough to shoo friends out of the house after you're exhausted from hosting a killer dinner party. Here's how to get them going when they've overstayed their welcome.

Subtle hint: Start playing that dreary CD you got at the office party luck draw. Make small talk so as not to appear too rude, but try to talk about boring or nonsensical things so that they'll get the idea that you are not quite "awake".

Not-so-subtle-hint: If your guests missed the hint, just start cleaning the house and ask them to help. If this doesn't make them leave, you would at least have some help in clearing up.

Quite frankly: Your friend's quite thick in the head? Stand up and say "Well, it was really cool catching up with you. We should do this again some time soon."

As blunt as a ball: Just tell them that they need to leave pronto. However, lace it with some humour or an excuse such as an encroaching headache, so that they know you're not being disrespectful, you just need some rest. This is also good for when it's not night time and you can't plead about the late hour.

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Go the distance By Elsa Samuel

You are in love but miles apart from him/her. An LDR needs lots of communication to make up for physical absence:


  • BLOG IT. Start an online journal like Blogger or a online friends network such as Facebook to share your daily dos, post photos or videos, or send virtual hugs, kisses or smiles.
  • SURPRISE! Surprise him with a card, a small gift or something you feel would really put a smile on his face. Snail mail requires effort but they are romantic. Better still, post him a gift!
  • BOND A LOT. When talking to each other, nurture and build your emotional intimacy. Update him adequately so that the lack of communication doesn't cause you to drift apart and never end the conversation with an argument.
  • VIRTUAL DATE. Schedule a time to meet online and get a webcam so you can see each other. Spice it up a little by wearing that dress he so loves you in!
  • TEXT TIME. Because your phone is with you all the time and text messages are instantaneous, you can feel like you're very close by to each other by playing SMS tennis. Get the game going with something like "I'm thinking about you right now" or "Wishing you were here".

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How to Get Rid of Dark Black Circles Under Your Eyes By Ricky Hussey

Dark circles make you look older, tired, stressed, sick, depressed and just plain bad. Dark circles under the eyes are caused by a very specific physiological mechanism. There are many contributing factors to the development of these dark circles and even more things that can make them worse.

The best way to prevent dark circles under the eyes is to eat, drink and sleep well, reduce stress and combat fatigue. When dark circles do occur, this site offers natural, inexpensive methods of reducing or curing them. Drink tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. Eat food with rich vitamins and iron. Include fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet.

Home Remedies Dark Circles Tips:

1. Drink at least ten glasses of water everyday.
2. Yoga can also help you to get rid of dark circles. Do pranayam for at least 5 minutes everyday.
3. Massage dark circles with any cold cream before going to bed at least for 15 minutes.
4. Apply a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice.
5. Dip cotton balls in rose water or chilled water and keep it over the darker areas for 5-10 minutes.
6. Almond oil is the excellent skin food. Massage under and around the eyes with almond oil daily for 2 weeks.
7. Apply moisturizers with natural ingredients such as avocado oil, sesame, vitamin K and Vitamin E.
8. Apply a paste of powdered almonds and milk under the eyes.
9. Slurp this juice to get rid of those tainted circles. Drink tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt.
10. Eat food with rich vitamins and iron. Include fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet.
11. Use sunglasses while out in the sun, to protect your eyes from the harmful rays.
12. Cut the fresh figs into half and place them under the eye. Keep them for 15-30 minutes and rinse it with warm water.

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What Makes Up A Laptop? Batteries, Screens And Cpus By Melissa Knab

Laptops, also known as notebook computers, are trendy and functional computer devices that are now giving business people the best of both worlds in terms of business efficiency and mobility largely due to the fact that you can use batteries to power up the laptop for use anywhere, anytime. But what are laptops and what components go into making up a laptop device? For those who know little about laptops here is a quick overview of the various components that make up these versatile and mobile machines.

Screens are the displays that you use to see what the computer is doing whether it be typing words and numbers, surfing the Internet or manipulating images and photos. Laptops of years ago had very dim screens but these days the displays are big and bright and easy to read. The two main options in terms of displays are "dual-scan" and "active-matrix." Dual-scan is the less expensive option, and while it used to be somewhat inferior is a very acceptable option for people on a budget. Active-matrix is the brighter of the two.

Of course though the laptop is not just about displays you need to consider how the machine will actually run. Mobile CPUs are the component that makes the computer actually run. Buying a mobile CPU is an advantage because they use less power and keep the machine cooler.

Most laptops come with modular/swappable drive bays, to allow you to remove the floppy drive, DVD drive, and even the hard drive. This is very convenient if you often use different media for saving and storing data and need to make a change between media types but need to continue working at the same time rather than having to shut the machine down.

Some laptops come with a built-in AC power supply, so the laptop plugs into a wall outlet with a simple ordinary plug-in, however many have the power brick which is attached to the AC cord and this can be inconvenient if you are working in a confined space. Often with the more recent laptops you can by the more compact device to make it easier to use the laptop in small spaces such as hotel rooms.

Naturally laptops are purchased for their mobility to laptops will always come with one or two batteries to allow you to take the laptop away from mains power. This means you can leave the AC power cable behind and only plug it in to the mains power when you need to recharge the batteries.


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Four Reasons Why I Love My PDA By Kathryn Lively

Why do I love my PDA? It isn't difficult to come up with reasons, though I'll spare readers the time to wade through an entire novel and focus on the four main points that emphasize my gratitude for this invention and the ease it brings to my busy life.

1) Convenience - Decades ago computers used to take up entire rooms. The PDA, by comparison, is no bigger than the palm of my hand and goes with me everywhere. It is a personal date book, address book, memo pad, shopping list, and music player. Having it has helped me eliminate the clutter in my handbag. Now, when I need to take down any important information, I need only take out this hand held computer and jot notes with the stylus.

2) Wireless capability - As the world shrinks with Internet connectivity bringing people closer together, I can use my PDA to stay in touch with current events and family and friends. With its wireless capability I can step into any cafe or shop with a free wireless hub and check e-mail and download news alerts. It's like having a newspaper that never expires.

3) Usability and storage - Despite the size of the hand held device, there is plenty of memory to store important documents and phone numbers, a few favorite songs in MP3 format, and text messages from friends. What doesn't stay stored may be backed up into a portable, reusable drive, plus compatibility with my computer allows me to transfer files with ease.

4) Reading books - Used to be I would carry a bag full of books on vacation. Having a PDA, however, eliminates the need for extra luggage. With many bestsellers in eBook format and public domain eBooks available on the Web for free, I can download as many as ten books into my PDA and read to my heart's content. I can also adjust the font size on the screen to suit my eyes and use the back light feature for night reading - I can't do that with a book!

For convenience and usability, my PDA is an absolutely necessity. For work and entertainment, I don't need to look further than the one device that does everything.


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Laptop bag packing checklist By Marc Norris

In your rush to get out of the house or office, you may forget to pack everything you need in your laptop bag. As a quick checklist, be sure to bring along the following:

1. Power cord/adapter

Having your power cord and adapter is a must. You never know if an appointment will go longer than expected, you may have extra time to sit and work on your laptop, or the opportunity to charge the battery may just present itself. If you find yourself to be very forgetful, buy a second power cord and adapter and leave it in your bag – that way you cannot forget it.

2. Mouse

Even though your laptop comes with a pointing device built in (either a touchpad, track point, or other device); sometimes you may require the precision of a regular mouse. Also, if you are working for an extended period of time, a mouse can reduce the amount of strain put on your hand. Usually, a USB mouse is probably the easiest to pack as most laptops have a free USB port that you can use. Should you decide to bring a wireless mouse, be sure to pack the receiver and an extra set of batteries.

3. Office supplies

You should always have some basic office supplies in your notebook bag such as pens, paper, paperclips, stapler, etc. Bring those items based on what you would or could use in an average day. Be sure to bring at least one paperclip, just in case your DVD or CD drive won’t open – you can use the paperclip to open it in a jiffy.

4. Spare battery

If you have a spare battery; be sure to bring it with you. Just make sure that you charge the battery before you go out on the road – it won’t be much good to you if it is not charged up.

5. Removable Media

You never know when you might have to burn a CD or DVD, make a backup for a client, or create a “hard” copy of something on your hard drive. Bring some CDs and DVDs (provided your laptop has a CD or DVD burner) along just in case you might need them. Also consider bringing along a USB flash drive with you, as it makes it easy to transfer information from your computer to another.

6. Computer cables

Be sure to bring all the cables you might need. Ethernet, USB printer cables, phone cable (should you use dial-up or need faxing capability), FireWire, power cable, etc. If you bring along a digital camera, don’t forget about bringing the USB cable to hook it up to your computer.

7. Headphones and headset

Be sure to bring some comfortable headphones. Not only do they give you some privacy (if you are listening to music or a book on tape), but it is also courteous to others around you.

Bring a headset as well. Since the introduction of voice-over-ip (VoIP) telephone service, as long as you have an internet connection, your computer can be used as a telephone. It is also handy when you are chatting or using voice-recognition software (for example Dragon Naturally Speaking.) You can get both wired and wireless (via Bluetooth) depending on your notebooks’ capability.

8. Travel surge protector

At home, most people would plug their notebook into a surge protector. On the road most people do not take the time to do so. Bring along and use a travel surge protector – for five to twenty dollars it will protect your investment.

9. Laptop lock or alarm

Bring along an anti-theft device for your notebook. Get a lock or an alarm that sounds when your laptop is moved - it will protect you machine from being stolen.

This is not a complete list but rather a sample of what you should bring. Depending on your situation you may bring a printer, USB hub, external disk drives, etc. Just be sure that when you do leave home, the above items are in your laptop bag. You will need them.

Article written by Marc Norris.


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Learning About All The Different iPhone Features By Dhiraj Bandurkar

The iPhone is a truly revolutionary new phone, one that allows you to make and receive calls and perform various other tasks with a simple touch of a button. There are so many different and great iPhone features, and in order to take full advantage of this revolutionary device, you are going to want to understand as best about all these iPhone features as you possibly can.

Calls

Obviously the most common task that the iPhone is used for is making and receiving calls. The process involved in either case here is incredibly simple, and making a call is especially easy. All you have to do is tap an entry that you have listed in your contacts, favorites, or recent calls lists, and then this will begin the call to the particular contact that you have selected.

When it comes to answering calls you have a few more options, and when someone calls you, the phone will ring while simultaneously displaying the caller’s information. You can tap Answer, or if you have the phone locked you can drag the slider. If you are listening to music through a headset then you can just click the mic button to answer, and you will be connected to the call.

SMS

This is another of the most popular iPhone features, and SMS, or text messaging as it is more commonly referred to in the general public, is a really great feature on any device. The software design created here by Apple recognizes that most of us really get into text messaging with our friends and so they help you here by tracking your SMS exchanges in speech bubbles, so that you can easily scroll back and remind yourself of what was said previously in each conversation.

This is especially useful for those people who text message with a variety of different people at a time, so that they can keep track of each separate conversation and stay on top of what topics they were talking about.

Voicemail

Voicemail of course is another of the iPhone features, and the greatest thing about the voicemail feature on the iPhone is that it is visual. This means that you can pick and choose between the different voicemails that you want to listen to, delete, and so on, rather than having to go through them and decide this only by audio. This results in saving you a great deal of time and money in the end.


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The Best iPhone Tips And Tricks By The Content Group

The iPhone is already assured to be one of the best-selling Apple products of all time, and its launch is being awaited by millions of consumers around the world. Even though the iPhone has not actually been released yet, there are a number of iPhone tips and tricks that will come in handy learning now.

iPhone Tips and Tricks

When it comes to iPhone tips and tricks, one of the best involves how you can make the low ringer on the iPhone louder. This is important because in fact one of the most common complaints about the iPhone is that it has such a low ringer volume. If you are one of the many people who finds this to be a problem, then at least there are iPhone tips and tricks you can use to do something about it.

You can easily resolve this issue by using a custom ringtone rather than those already available on the device, and make sure that the ringtone you choose is a loud, high frequency audio.

Another great tip involves how you can watch Google videos over your iPhone, and the process required here is incredibly easy as well. Since the iPhone’s Safari browser did not support Flash, the Apple Company therefore had to come up with a new application for the device which would allow streaming video to play on it, and yet it does not work on Apple’s new application.

You can however find various YouTube videos that give you step by step guides of the trick that is required to watch Google videos right from your iPhone.

Another of the best iPhone tips and tricks involves streaming audio from your iPhone to your Bluetooth headset. This is another important issue because many people were very disappointed when they learned that Bluetooth’s A2DP profile was not included in the iPhone feature list. In order to use Bluetooth, the device must be compatible with certain Bluetooth profiles.

To achieve this you will need to pair a Bluetooth headset with your iPhone, switch on the headset so that it can perform the handshake with the iPhone, and once you have done this you will need to go into the Visual Voicemail screen and tap the Audio button in the upper right hand corner. You will then receive an audio selection dialog, from which you select the Headset option, and then you switch over to the iPod and begin playing your music or video.

There are many other really great iPhone tips and tricks that you can use as well, all of which are really great because they allow you to get even more out of your iPhone device.
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E Mail Logo/Icon Generator, For GMail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, AOL Etc By shocker

Just wanna share this LINK on how to generate a email logo with your sign in name on it. This is kind of useful if you want to let other people know your address with out typing it. Useful for forum's signature.

Example:


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Enabling right click on sites that disable it By slayer832001

Lots of web sites have disabled the right click function of the mouse button. It's really, really annoying. This is done so that you don't steal (via right-click->save picture) their photos or images or any other goodies. Unfortunately, it disables ALL right-click functionality: copy, paste, open in new window.

It's easy to change, assuming you are using IE 6:
Click "Tools"->"Internet Options"
Click the "Security" tab
Click "Custom Level"
Scroll down to the "Scripting" section
Set "Active Scripting" to "disable"
Click "Ok" a couple of times.

You'll probably want to turn this back to "enable" when your done because generally the javascript enhances a website.


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Download YouTube video to iTunes, convert automatically into .mp4 format By atria83

It just a guide on how you can download any video from YouTube and store in .mp4 format. Been using for a while, the new version work really well and stable with the new iTunes ver 7.

iTube Version 2.0 (history)

Publisher - Benjamin Strahs
File Size - 2531 kb
Last updated Nov 17, 2006
License Freeware
Windows 98/NT/ME/2000
Requirements .NET Framework 1

Download iTube ver 2.0

1. First of all you need to have this two program:
- iTube Version 2.0
- iTunes (this version work well under iTunes ver. 7)

2. After installing both software, open your internet browser. Go to
YouTube.com

3. Watch a video that interest you.

4.


5.


6. In your iTunes, goes into your Videos section, you can see your converted YouTube video.


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Buy a Cheap Laptop or a Cheap Desktop? By Charles Wee

Should I buy a cheap laptop or a cheap desktop?

You may find yourself asking that question many times while shopping for a computer. This guide offers you the pros and cons of owning a laptop versus a desktop pc.

Processing speed

Comparing processing speeds, laptops usually lag behind their desktop counterparts. With the rapid advance in microchip technology, the gap between them will become smaller.

Wireless

Most laptops especially those with Intel mobile chips come with wireless capability out of the box. This means you can get online from any location at home easily without ugly wires if you have a wireless network setup at home. Desktop pcs do not typically provide this capability out of the box although that may change in the near future.

Memory

Memory chip tends to be more expensive in Laptop than desktop pcs. If you buy a laptop with less than 512MB ram, be prepare to pay more for memory upgrades than you have to with a desktop pc.

Graphics Display

Because of the size of a laptop, most business or entry level laptop use integrated graphics with limited ram. This means most laptops even some expensive ones cannot run graphics intensive applications or 3d games as well as a desktop pc. With a desktop pc, you can buy a dedicated graphics card just to serve a graphics intensive application.

Portability

Portability is why everyone wants a laptop these days. Because of their size and weight, it is easier to carry a laptop around as opposed to a desktop pc.

Screen Display

Everyone buy laptop for their portability so laptops usually do not come with screens as big as their desktop counterparts. The screen technology used is usually not as good as those used by desktop pc. Furthermore with a desktop pc, you can always upgrade to a bigger and better screen whereas for laptop you are stuck with the same screen display for the whole lifespan of the laptop.

Upgradeability

Laptops do not offer many upgrade options. You can only upgrade memory and hard disk. With a desktop you can upgrade almost anything and only limited by the motherboard. This means a cheap desktop pc offers a longer lifespan than a laptop.

So whether you should buy a cheap laptop or a cheap desktop, ask yourself what are your needs? If you want to be able to use a computer wherever you go, then you are looking at a laptop to fulfill your needs. However if you do not require the portability of a laptop, play a lot of 3D games, graphic intensive applications, if you care about upgradeability to prolong the lifespan of your investment, then desktop pc is a smarter choice for you.

Charles Wee runs a free hosting service at BloggerHaven. He also owns and runs a website at CheapLaptopGuide which provides free guidance for buying of cheap laptops and notebooks


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Drink A Glass Of Mangosteen Juice For Health Benefits Every Day By Kerry Ng

Fruits and vegetables have always been an important part to a healthy diet. Along with daily exercise and your body will reward you with great energy and radiating skin. This is no secret; it's just plain fact.

Choosing the Proper Fruits

While some of us love our vegetables and fruits, some of us barely eat a handful a week. Eating the proper foods is a part of promoting good health. Learn a bit about your daily diet and you'll be able to eat right even if you don’t consume the exact amount needed daily. The mangosteen is a fruit that is filled with all the vital vitamins and minerals required to provide that needed dosage for good health on a daily basis.

The Mangosteen Fruit

Grown in the tropical land of Southeast Asia several centuries ago, the mangosteen tree needs warm temperatures and large amounts of rain to grow. Nonetheless, its growth is very slow and it achieves its peak-season in about 10 years. By then, it starts to produce large quantities of mangosteen fruit yearly.

What Exactly are The Health Benefits of Mangosteen Juice?

The health benefits from mangosteen juice is faster absorption in the body instead of eating fresh or dried. The most significant health benefit from the mangosteen juice is the rich content of antioxidants in each fruit. Antioxidants are recognized for their ability to fight and delay the aging process, thus leaving us with healthier skin.

Drink mangosteen juice for your health benefits. These health benefits include a good daily dose of vitamins and minerals, such as Vitamin E, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, calcium, potassium, iron and fiber.

Just a Reminder

Although the health benefits from mangosteen juice are huge; it acts to compliment our immune system by assisting it to fight infections and other possible diseases. It does not cure any illnesses on its own. All fresh fruits and vegetables are good for our health and well-being.

Feeding our bodies with natural foods found in nature, with no preservatives or additives, is one of the best ways to ensure a long, healthy and happy life. Consume fresh fruits and vegetables as frequently as possible to sustain your health for the long haul.


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Podcasting Software 12 of the Most Popular Software Solutions for Podcasting By Reed Floren

Interested in podcasting but overwhelmed as to what software to use to help you? Here is a list of some of the top podcasting software programs you can find on the Internet:

1. iPodder - subscribe to and receive podcasts on your PC

2. Radio Blog Club - creates a playlist of audio files for a web site

3. Doppler Radio - podcast aggregator that downloads podcasts to your computer

4. iPodderX - another popular podcast aggragator

5. PodFeeder - tool to manage your podcast subscriptions also lets you search for podcast feeds to subscribe to.

6. Blog Matrix Sparks - you can record streaming Internet radio programs and download podcasts with this program.

7. jPodder - another popular tool to subscribe to podcasts.

8. podOmatic - service to create podcasts and host them online.

9. EasyPodcast.com - tool to create podcasts

10. Propaganda - a software program to create your own podcasts

11.Poderator - online tool that creates the podcast RSS feeds.

12. Podcast Teleprompter - tool to make your recordings sound like a professional news anchor when you do your podcasts.


Well those are the 12 podcasting programs I can think of at the moment and I am sure over the years more and more podcasting software programs will be developed.

As you can see there are a lot of different podcasting software programs to check out ranging from programs to download podcasts to your computer, to places to host your own podcast to podcast teleprompters to make you sound more professional.

Reed Floren is the author of How to Podcast for Fun and Profit the book that teaches you how to profit from your own podcasts and creator of Podcast Teleprompter Software the software that makes you sound like a professional news anchor every time you do a podcast.


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Affiliate Marketing - Three Good Sources of Products to Promote By Charlie Essmeier

Today, there are a lot of people who are interested I making money using their computer. How many? A simple Google search reveals nearly two and a half million results for the topic "make money online." Some of those results will no doubt offer some useful information, while others offer either scams or other sorts of "get rich quick" ideas. Stil, the lure of working from home and making money on your own computer is appealing to many. While there are many different things that one can do in order to earn money on the Internet, one of the most popular, and perhaps the simplest, is to participate in affiliate marketing.

Affiliate marketing is a powerful advertising method where the seller of a product (the merchant) enlists the help of third parties (affiliates) in making sales. The merchant may offer products for sale via his or her Website, but he knows that if other people help promote and advertise the products it will yield more revenue. In exchange for third party help, the merchant offers the affiliates a portion of the sales price in exchange for the free advertising that the affiliates provide.

In the most common scenario, the affiliates advertise products via their own Websites or e-mail campaigns, and include a link that prospective customers may use to purchase the products described. That link includes code that tells the merchant which affiliate sent the customer so that the affiliate may receive his or her commission for the sale.

The beauty of affiliate marketing is that participants don't have to stock inventory, make sales directly or ship any merchandise. The sales process is entirely "hands off" as far as the affiliate is concerned, making the process much simpler than running any sort of retail operation.

Where can someone find products to sell as an affiliate? Here are three popular options:

Amazon.com - Amazon, the giant online retailer, has a popular program that lets their affiliates promote just about everything for sale on the site - books, DVDs, electronics, kitchen gadgets, and more. The percentage of the sales price offered for each sale varies with the type of item sold, but many people like working with Amazon because a lot of "niche" products can be found there that have little competition elsewhere.

Clickbank.com - Clickbank bills itself as the "Internet's leading retailer of digital products." They only sell downloadable products, such as software and electronic books, or e-books. There are thousands of products available for sale at Clickbank that cover a wide variety of interests. Each of these products has an affiliate program, and many of them offer commissions of as much as 75% of the sales price to affiliates. It's easy to sign up and they pay twice a month like clockwork.

Commission Junction - Commission Junction at CJ.com, offers affiliate programs for more traditional sorts of products - loans, insurance, cars, electronics, and more. There are literally thousands of different companies that use CJ to enlist the help of affiliates to boost their sales. Commission Junction has the widest variety of products available for those who are interested in affiliate marketing.

The nice thing about making money in this type of marketing is that it is easy to get started. You can sign up for these programs for free and the cost of doing business is quite minimal when compared to retail sales. If you have any interest in making money online, affiliate marketing is a good way to get started without risking too much of your money or time.


©Copyright 2007 by Retro Marketing. Charles Essmeier is the owner of Retro Marketing, a company specializing in sites devoted to making money online and affiliate marketing.


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