'Riders on the storm.' A nor'easter wallops New England. Its aftermath, Sunday, February 10, 2013. The landscape of our mind changed.

by  Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author's program note. Whatever you were doing, whatever you thought important a moment before. Whatever your plans, schemes, intentions, wishes and desires, each alone and all together are trumped by the hauteur of wintry weather... a force of Nature, a creation of God which goes where it would and cavorts as it pleases with no thought whatsoever about us, puny beings consigned to cower on the sidelines by a force pure majesty, unimaginable energy... breathtaking beauty... certain killer... covering all corruption in white, just long enough for us to imagine our world pure and pristine again.

All hail such power... not least because it reminds us of our true place in the Cosmos and how little we count.

For such a time, the music is "Riders on the Storm," recorded in December, 1970. As things turned out, it was Jim Morrison's last recorded song. It entered the Top 100 on 3 July, 1971, the day  Morrison in all his unmatched beauty died, removing a troubled man from this Earth, leaving behind a legend which causes fervent pilgrims to break off stones from his defaced monument in the cemetery Pere Lachaise, his final resting place, where there is still no rest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCJm0kNm-2Y

Or for us, either.


Portents, Friday afternoon.

Even the fiercest of blizzards begins with a single frail flake, exquisite, poetry from ice, so lovely in its decent from heaven we must stop and wonder. We have seen it before, but no matter how rushed we may be, we pause to see it carry its celestial luster to a habitat which all of a sudden seems dreary without its allure. This is not snow; it is cool alchemy, turning commonplace elements into joy that dances before your eyes, kissed by wind, beckoning you from every responsibility, joy, pure  joy...  thus do even the greatest storms begin, as small bits of magic held in hand, and if you're lucky, captured on tongue, an agile result which no age eschews, even the oldest for whom the subtle taste is a passport to years gone by and people long gone and cherished.

"Blown away".

But, of course, the first snow flake is but the precursor of millions. And so while we scrutinize the first with eagerness and scrupulous attention, we prepare for all the rest, if not expecting the worst, at least readying for it. This time it came, in all its rampant ferocity, voracious, inexorable, inimical to everything in its path, no matter how hallowed or substantial. All of us, each thing, held hostage, no succor handy or soon expected. Thus were we humbled by a thing we had held in our hands just hours before, welcomed and extolled.

"Meterological bomb"

What had happened? Gleeful meteorologists, with too little to do this winter until now, tripped over themselves to educate a public suddenly desirous to know all -- and assess their peril accordingly. Thus we learned every worrisome and anxious aspect of the storm galloping to the very heart of our seaboard civilization, now a target, not just a desirable destination.

The jet stream that flows from west to east, 18,000 feet above the surface of the Earth, has two branches: a polar stream that takes a northerly route and a second, more southerly stream. When those branches converge (which is not infrequent during the winter), snow falls, as the frigid air from the north mingles with the humid air from the south. This winter there was very little of this mingling.

Until Friday.

And then we all became riders on the storm as we raced to the security of homes and families now in the face of threat more precious than ever.  Would we be in time? Thus little by little as we fled prayers were sent aloft; first a handful, then thousands, then hundreds of thousands, heartfelt, sent up from even the least believing, while in the background dead Morrison's incantation became insistent, "Riders on the storm... riders on the storm... riders on the storm." Suddenly the God we usually bury deep in the recesses of our mind, was apparent, puissant and vital... our true shield and bulwark, not just a word we use in vain. "O God, our hope in ages past..."

Just how at risk we were, how right to worry, how right to prepare the statistics tell:

190,000 power outages reported 2,000 utility crews mobilized to respond to power outages 4,000 pieces of snow-clearing equipment on the road 5,000 National Guard members activated 416 flights from Logan Airport canceled... the air now belonging to the dangerous weather, more powerful and more beautiful than ever.

"Killer on the road, yeah."

Then from the Corner Office under Bullfinch's great golden dome came the final indication, if one were needed, that the situation was bad and likely to get worse. His Excellency Governor Patrick, no alarmist, startled the Commonwealth by banning almost all traffic from Massachusetts roads. And so we all found ourselves marooned, cut  off, alone, as the storm grew and excited weather experts found themselves in urgent demand, glad to inform us just how bad things really were and hint at records over the Great Blizzard  of '78, records sure to fall before the impressive matter of our own troubles.

One such fact might truly beguile the Governor, namely that the last governor to apply such bold remedies was Michael Dukakis. No one knows better than Patrick that this predecessor secured the Democratic presidential nomination one year after he ruled the blizzard-stuck state, a sweater-clad executive ruling by media. How awfully clear that picture, that possibility must be to His Current Excellency, perhaps potent enough to obscure the fact Michael Dukakis lost resoundingly. So I remind him this: snow makes head-aches, not presidents.

Close but no cigar.

And then, bit by bit, the whole shebang begins to change. The snow falters. The skies open, light blue beneath dark gray, and Sol Invictus shines through as if Little Orphan Annie, that unquenchable optimist, had finally got her wish...

... best of all those obnoxious weather people, filled with helium, seem to deflate before our eyes. We have survived... the evidence is everywhere. And so I decide to go out early Sunday morning, for I like to see for myself.

The roads are passable, the snow piled efficiently and high, brick sidewalks with a coating of snow; so much better than the dangerous black ice that will come with melting. Crooked paths abound; I see I am no pathfinder though it is early. And I am glad for my legs can be unsteady, and I am too proud to use a cane, though I am wavering.

I carefully walk the two blocks to the Sheraton Commander, where hot buttered toast and storm tales are to be had, the egregious waiter (never condescending to a smile) orders me away from a table for four (for I have newspapers to spread and spill on); saying I must use an inconvenient table for just two. There are just 4 people in the entire restaurant but the waiter is inflexible. It is a sure sign the blizzard and its aura of comrades and fellow travelers is over.

This feeling is reinforced when one of my new neighbors (going away) is forced to pass me (going home) on a trail as narrow as a celery stalk. I stop to let him by and wish him a good morning. He glowers, looks at the ground and rushes on, making sure he never catches my eye. Yes, we are back to normal while the storm named "Nemo" ("no one") blows North into other anxious lives waiting for it now, praying for deliverance.


About the Author

Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is CEO of Worldprofit, Inc., providing a wide range of online services for small and-home based businesses. Services include home business training, affiliate marketing training, earn-at-home programs, traffic tools, advertising, webcasting, hosting, design, WordPress Blogs and more. Find out why Worldprofit is considered the # 1 online Home Business Training program by getting a free Associate Membership today. Republished with author's permission by Elizabeth English http://LizsWorldprofit.com


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'Don't change a hair for me. Not if you care for me'. Your Extreme Valentine, 2012.

by  Dr. Jeffrey Lant

Author's program note. Men, it's time for your annual Valentine's Day update and reminder. For, as you will recall, Valentine's Day  (along with her dog  Pookie's birthday) is the most important event of her year. If you get it right (or as right as any man can get this minefield) you're in like Flynn for another year; your right to nookie safe and secure for another 365 glorious days.

But...

if you muff this, like you did last year and the year before that, you are in for another prolonged rough patch... and you know very well how rough that will be. To avoid this fate worse than death, extreme measures are required, and these extreme measures must be taken NOW! Men, have I got your full attention? Your Love Doctor is here for you... and OMG, you know you need it.

The Facts.

As we have discussed in prior years (and many of you have attended this critical training year after year, with, sad to say, spotty results) Valentine's Day is a world-wide conspiracy. It first began as the brainchild of a highly paid consultant who was charged with the task of selling a particularly noxious chocolate with a vile, disgusting taste... That didn't bother the consultant at all; it was the kind of challenge he lived for.

Even the fact that the chocolatier couldn't pay him even a token amount up front didn't bother our fearless consultant one iota. He still inked a contract that said he'd receive 25% of the gross on all new business stimulated by his best ideas. In other words, he would (in the best macho consultant tradition) forgo certain (albeit lower) payment in return for a whopping share of the gross... and so long as he could move the obnoxious chocolate that everybody loathed.... he'd be a big winner.

Frankly, the folks at the chocolate company (who pretty much loathed their product, too, and banned it from the company candy machine) thought they'd made the perfect deal. After all, they got the consultant to work for them for free... and gave away revenues that didn't exist, would probably never exist. But before claiming a huge write-off and throwing the offending chocs in the garbage, they needed -- so their accountant said -- to gve it the Good Ol' College Try.

His name was Valentine...

Now our audacious consultant sat down to business, and because he was a very clever fellow, the ideas flowed fast and furious. Thus after just a few days, the consultant was ready to see the CEO and present the all-important concept. As it turned out not only was this meeting important for the chocolate company; it was a crucial turning point in the relations of all men with their women... it thereby launched a movement creating millions of jobs and huge corporate profits worldwide.

The consultant's name was Valentinos Kariotes... known as Val... and he is the man who set the high standards for Valentine's Day...

Yes, it is because of this single man and his insight that the conjugal rights and ecstasies of millions of hapless guys are put at risk every single friggin' year, to be reaffirmed by shelling out for chocolate, making ever richer the corporate smarty pants who dreamed up this baby.

Down to business.

Val, a straight talking, no nonsense, "let's stick to business" kind of guy got right to the point. To sell the  chocs everyone acknowledged as disgusting, they'd have to have a bigger idea, something huge, clever, larger than life.... here Val paused.... because he knew that his next words would not only sell chocolates nobody could abide, but get men by the millions to line up in front of the company's packed stores to plunk down big bucks for a product they despised.

Before stating what would become his abiding claim to fame, Val paused, looked around the room, the better to get their attention and keep the memory of this supreme moment forever green in his mind. Then he said

"To sell chocolates you must get women to tell men that the purchase of these chocolates and the size of the box will be construed by every gal on earth as an indication of how ardently they are desired, loved, and wanted. In short, the target for their advertising campaign would not be the men who would actually buy the chocolates... but the women who would 'motivate' them to do so, in EVERY way at their command. Yes, in EVERY way."

Val then unveiled his first ad, a classic soon destined for the Advertising Hall of Fame. It went like this:

"The size of the box", it read, "indicates how much he loves you."

The image showed two boxes of chocolate. The five-pound box had a big black X through it. The 20-pound box was circled in a bright, bright red heart with exclamation point.

Just awesome!

Val's incredible idea at last gave women what they have always wanted, for thousands of years: a way to know, to measure, even weigh just how much their menfolk REALLY love them; the proof to be as easy to acquire as the simple purchase of chocolates.

"Brilliant" was the least of it.

In the lives of each of us, there come but a handful of moments of transcendence, moments of destiny, moments you are surpassingly glad to be alive. Our man Val knew such a moment this day... and as the astonished executives surged around him with their most ardent congratulations, they knew it, too. And immediately increased the box size and weight of their obnoxious product... for they knew at once that Val, their boy, was a genius. And so unanimously voted to create a day named for him -- St. Valentine's Day -- a day worth billions to love capitalists worldwide. It was the least they could do

And so Val got filthy rich.

Every time a woman got a two-pound box of chocs from her beloved, she knew that the donor was dead meat, a cheap, two-timin' low-life... who had then to go out and at once to get the 20 pound box... thereby passing the loved test... and making Val richer and richer still. Eureka!

Of course, other companies watched this phenomenon, this cornucopia of riches with the closest conceivable attention; Val ensured they did, for in due course, he made sweet deals with florists, pastry companies, every diamond purveyor in the land... always with the same awesome results.

Which is why you'll live today like a cat on a hot tin roof, spending good money you don't have to appease the little woman who controls your life. Be sure, too, to sing "My Funny Valentine" the right way, the feminist way, with the words about you, not her, for women have always hated this tune and its cock-eyed sentiment.

Thus, "my looks are laughable, unphotographable...." because that's what she wants you to say, just after she's looked at the size of the box.

(You'll find the inimitable "My Funny Valentine", released 1940, in any search engine; music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart. I prefer the original version -- and the original words -- by Frank Sinatra.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8vJ0tNDLA


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Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is CEO of Worldprofit, Inc., providing a wide range of online services for small and-home based businesses. Services include home business training, affiliate marketing training, earn-at-home programs, traffic tools, advertising, webcasting, hosting, design, WordPress Blogs and more. Find out why Worldprofit is considered the # 1 online Home Business Training program by getting a free Associate Membership today Republished with author's permission by Elizabeth English http://LizsWorldprofit.com

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Marketing Online Success

In order to achieve the highest level of marketing online success, you need a few basics. These "tools" will make it possible for you to make money and build a real business online. It isn't a high cost, but it will take some time to find all the tools you need and to learn the skills.

I sometimes fear that I sound like a broken record, but I truly do hate to see people work hard only to fail because they simply don't know what to do or are being misled by others who are only trying to make money.

So in order to ensure your own marketing online success, please heed the tips I'm about to give you. I have been doing this for many years and I know what I'm talking about. Most of this information I learned the hard way - by making the very mistakes I'm trying to get you to avoid.

Here is what you need to do:

1. Get an education. It doesn't have to be at your local college, there are many training resources available right online for minimal cost. Also, since these online courses can be accessed any time of the day or night, it is easier for working adults to find the time to complete them. You don't have to accommodate someone else's schedule.

Many of these courses can be completed in just a few weeks, and you may be able to actually start making some money while you are going through the course.

Whatever options you choose just make sure you get educated on how the various parts of marketing online fit together.

2. Check your delusion at the door. Hype seems to be rampant online and if you really want to have any success, you must get, and keep, your expectations in line. If you believe the hype, you will waste a lot of time and money chasing some new "sure thing" after another.

To be honest, that is exactly what I did. I was so convinced that my success would happen virtually overnight that when it didn't I thought I was just doing the wrong thing. It never occurred to me, in the early days at least, that it wasn't what I was doing that was the problem it was my unrealistic expectations that was causing me so  much trouble.

Once I accepted that building a business online would require time and attention from me and I started investing those things in my business I started having success.

3. Be consistent in your time. Even if you can only put a few hours a week to working on your business, you can make it work just as long as you invest that few hours a week every single week.

Of course, the more time you can put into building your business the sooner you may be able to start earning consistent money, but even with small amounts of time you can still build a business as long as you do it on a consistent basis.

Marketing online success hinges on these things. Follow them and you will greatly increase your odds of success.


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She's got the power! The lady with success tied around her little finger... Meet Linda Elze... force of nature, lovable champ, an example to us all. Worldprofit Sales Person of the Year, 2012.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author's program note. I am about to do you the biggest favor of your life. For right here, right now I am going to introduce you to a svelte California grandmother named Linda Elze... and I can assure you it's a contact you will cherish, the way so many all over this grand world already do.

Linda Elze! (Pronounced "El Zee").

Say it out loud.

Roll these two words on your tongue.

Say them as often as necessary until they are engrained in your brain... because she's about to become one of the most important people in your entire life and that's a fact.

To put you in the mood for what's coming, go to any search engine and call up a tune that turns the timid into tigers; wimps into winners; the cowering and terminally cautious into champs with attitude and energy to burn. I'm talking about the pulsating number called "The Power".

It's an electronic pop hit by the German music group Snap! from their January 1990 album "World Power". It's not a tune for sissies, and if you're the kind of person who's prone to throwing in the towel whenever the smallest obstacle intrudes, you'd better scram now because this tune, like Ms. Elzee herself, is raw energy and not for quitters, whatever the "reason". Capisce?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRv9wGf5pk

Thousands and thousands in debt. "Oh yeah, gettin' kinda heavy."

One fine day several years ago, Linda arrived at Worldprofit's Live Business Center at worldprofit.com. She was depressed, despondent, dazed and all but bleeding to death. She wanted to make money online, was willing to invest, was keen to work and work hard but so far her endeavors had generated nothing but anger, frustration, and a whole lot of unladylike verbiage. Linda was at the end of her tether, thousands and thousands in debt, good money thrown after bad. She was about to become one of the legion of also-rans whose bleached bones litter the Internet. It was not a pretty picture, and the prognosis was worse.

But then the lady got lucky...

She got an invitation to visit that interactive gem of the Internet, Worldprofit's Live Business Center, a place where generous experts donate their time 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to help people like Linda -- and you. When you enter, without waiting even a minute, you find the kind of mature, helpful, informed, good-natured folks your mother told you make the best friends and why didn't you bring a couple of them home after school, she'd like to meet them?

"Don't need the police to try to save them."

As her name was called out -- "Hi, Linda!" -- she felt -- right then -- that she'd come home. "They had me at 'hello' ", as she likes to say. And she meant it just as thousands of others have.

She joined that day, within the first hour she knew of this oh so special place... that reached out with technology made easy (per chief  technical officer George Kosch); ongoing instruction in how to create, develop, market, promote and maintain an online home-based business (also per George Kosch)... prompt, friendly, understandable answers (per director of website development Sandi Hunter) to the queries which inevitably pop up to even experienced marketers and need immediate attention. And over 1.5 million formatted words by that "lyrical Jesse James" (that would be me) ready for blogs, ebooks, videos and more.  It was Christmas, Valentine's Day and your birthday all rolled up together and presented on a solid silver plate engraved just for you.

Part-time to full-time."Quality. I possess something. I'm fresh."

Like so many Worldprofit members, Linda kept her day job while she mastered the ins-and-outs of online marketing. She played it cool; doing her home work, attending George  Kosch's supremely practical, do-able, and precise step-by-step training sessions which were both live and recorded.

She was champing at the bit to go full-time, especially after the money started rolling in; (just days after she joined and which she used to polish off that multi-K monkey on her back)... but took our advice: "Slow and steady wins the race." She's a smart lady, listened and moved ahead -- always ahead -- one certain step at a time. In short order she was a full-time online marketer, home-based, her favorite television programs crackling in the background as she soon exceeded the income from her old J.O.B., and that was just the beginning, for her objective was as infinite as the Internet itself.

"Maniac, brainiac, winning the game".

In quick-step time, by following a proven cash-producing system developed and perfected over nearly 20 years online and available in the Home Business Bootcamp, Linda Elze jumped up the ladder of success; first by mastering the basics. Then by implementing them EVERY SINGLE DAY. Her unyielding mantra went like this:

On sunny days, promote. On days that aren't, promote. On days you're hungry, promote. On days you're not, promote. On days you feel like it, promote. On days you don't, promote.

Get the picture? Promote every single day without fail. Never permit yourself the license or luxury to forego this absolutely essential activity.

By following George Kosch's system, for the improvement of which she made excellent suggestions from time to time, her goals were achieved with speed and efficiency.

Item: She made back the thousands in previously lost money. She had assumed such a loss was permanent, but Worldprofit's tested system returned the funds, an unexpected moment of pure joy.

Item: She was able to quit the J(ust) O(ver) B(roke) and work her ever burgeoning online business full time, with substantially improved financial returns. Her always cheerful disposition showed just how happy she was, how well she was doing.

Item: The business she built so well, so thoroughly, so happily produced not just funds for her but a substantial legacy for her family and that gave her peace of mind.

"I've got the power!"

Today Linda Elze stands before the world as testament to what happens when you are willing to invest in yourself, follow a proven system, and work within a life enhancing community where all work for themselves and each other.

On every level, in every way, on every day Linda has shown us what is possible when a great system, a great work ethic, and a great heart are united...

Envoi. Words from your CEO on behalf of the three Co-Founders of Worldprofit and all the Members.

Friend Linda. Here you are again in the Winner's Circle, as you have been so very many times before. You, who so avoid the lime light, are enduring it again... Not for yourself but because you know that people worldwide need to hear your inspiring story, need to know what you did and how you transformed long-standing defeat into continual victory. They need to know... so that they, too, can do. And for this we thank you as we thank you for the privilege of traveling this information highway with you.

Thus, on behalf of the three partners and Co-Founders of Worldprofit, Inc., George Kosch, Sandi Hunter, and me; and for all your many friends, colleagues, dealers and well wishers, I name you Worldprofit Sales Person of the Year, 2012. What will you do now? I know.

After having graciously accepted our words, kind, well-meant, honest, you will go back to your work and touch the lives of people worldwide who, not yet knowing you and what you can do, will soon know better and thank you for being you, the lady we know, the lady we respect, the lady who long ago won our hearts and admiration.



 About the Author

Harvard-educated Dr. Jeffrey Lant is CEO of Worldprofit, Inc., providing a wide range of online services for small and-home based businesses. Services include home business training, affiliate marketing training, earn-at-home programs, traffic tools, advertising, webcasting, hosting, design, WordPress Blogs and more. Find out why Worldprofit is considered the # 1 online Home Business Training program by getting a free Associate Membership today. Republished with author's permission by Elizabeth English http://LizsWorldprofit.com


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How To Pick a Legitimate Home Business Opportunity

You've seen the emails, the offers, the promises and the claims. Everyone it seems has a way to help you make money online.

But how do you know who you can trust? How do you know what system works? How do you protect yourself?  

The fact is that you CAN earn money online from legitimate sources, here's what to look for when picking an online business opportunity.

Products or Services with actual value

Many companies including large companies like Amazon and ClickBank offer what is known as an Affiliate marketing program, or sometimes called a Reseller program. This allows you to promote a company's products or services and earn a commission when a sale is made through your website link.   The key in knowing what is legitimate is to be sure you are actually promoting a real product, or a digital product, or an actually service.  Beware of selling anything that seems without substance, and has no real market value.   An example of something suspect would be getting paid to recruit people into a program who have not paid any money to do so.  All business online and off works when there is an exchange of money for a product or service.    Pyramid schemes exist online and off and are an example of focus on recruitment into a program rather then the sale of an actual product. In the case of a pyramid scheme, and example is someone paying to join a program but receives no product or service of REAL value in return.  In short, make sure that you are actually selling something of value. 


Customer Service and Support

Legitimate companies that sell actual products and services will support or service what they sell. In other words, good companies will have a Customer Support Department, or a Service Department or Technical Support division to assist customers who have either bought a product or intend to do so.    Reputable companies offer this support in any number of ways, online chat, support forums, Twitter, Facebook, telephone support, or online support.  


Time in business

Legitimate business opportunities most trustworthy are often those that have stood the test of time.  On the web it is very easy to set up a company, sell questionable products and services, then disappear into the night when the business practices come into question.   When picking an online business opportunity select a company that has been around for at least a few years. Companies that continue to exist are usually those that demonstrate an interest in keeping their customers happy, are accountable, and adhere to policy and legislation that permits them to provide a product or service.

Reputation

When picking a reputable business opportunity people will often look to review sites for feedback from others. This can offer you some interesting details about what people think about a company and how the company responds to complaints.  In reading the reviews though keep an open mind knowing that no company exists without complaints against it. Good companies that you would want to associate with, are those that try to address customer complaints or resolve issues brought to their attention.  People with an axe to grind will sometime post negative reviews and hide in the anonymity of that post.  So be  smart when reading review sites, and look for dates, patterns or themes and try to separate the intelligent comments from the less helpful and questionable ones.


Look before you leap

When you decide on which business opportunity you wish to join, be sure to take your time and read over what you are agreeing to before you sign on the dotted line or hit the submit button. Determine what your up front cost is, your monthly cost (if any), your ongoing cost? What happens if you want to cancel, is there a guarantee, or is there any long term obligation or a penalty for cancelling?  Find out how your sales will be tracked, how often will you paid, for which services and how will you be paid.

In summary, here are 5 questions to ask yourself for any company you are considering for a home business opportunity.

1. How long has the company been in business? What is their reputation?

2. What is the product or service you will be selling? What is the value in the market place? There should ALWAYS be a product or service being sold.

3. What is the initial cost to get started in the business? What do you get for that amount of money? What are the ongoing costs? 

4. What kind of support or service will you receive as an Affiliate Marketer or Reseller for the company to help you make sales? What kind of support of service will the people you refer receive when they make a purchase?

5. How much money are you paid by this company when you make a sale, how often, and how will your sales be tracked?  

These questions and information contained within are a guideline to help you make a smart decision about an online business opportunity that is right for you.

One final bit of advise. Once you have found a company to represent be sure to be realistic about your earnings and accept some responsibility for your own success.  At the end of the day, your success comes down to you, and your efforts.  It won't matter what business opportunity you select if you don't take the time to learn about the program, learn how to market online, and make an honest consistent effort to build your own success.

I hope this has helped you so you can select one or more legitimate companies and you can join the growing population of people making money at home using the power of the web.


About the Author

Sandi Hunter is the President of Worldprofit Inc., a company providing training and support for small and home based business since 1994. Services include home business training, reseller programs, affiliate marketing training, earn-at-home programs, traffic tools, advertising, webcasting, hosting, design, WordPress Blogs and more. Find out why Worldprofit is considered the # 1 online Home Business Training program by getting a free Associate Membership today.
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'Don't break the heart that loves you....' Lance Armstrong fights doping charges by '60 Minutes'... but this time they have teeth.

by Dr. Jeffrey Lant

Author's program note.  There was that quavery, achy-breaky  tone in her voice that made you believe Connie Francis' world was crumbling... that respect, trust, love were gone and her heart was broken, all because one lover was true and the other... wasn't.

The name of one of these songs was "Don't Break the Heart that Loves You". (1962). You'll find it in any search  engine. Listen to it once or twice... before you read here of the real-life tempests and troubles of a man who's breaking our hearts right now... and it hurts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN5S7OpW50M

Lance Armstrong,  the very essence of grit and determination.

Lance Armstrong is as American a story as you'll ever find.

He was born September 18, 1971 at Methodist Hospital in Oak Cliff, Texas, the southern sector of Dallas.  His mother Linda Mooneyham was a secretary; his father Eddie Gunderson worked for "The Dallas Morning News", as a route manager. He was named after Lance Rentzel, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver. His home life was chaotic; his mother married and divorced three times... and so poisoned are the confused relationships that Armstrong doesn't speak to his father and has been caustic about Terry  Keith Armstrong, the man his mother married and who adopted him.

 In short, like millions of his countrymen, there was mayhem at home, not love. And Lance Armstrong wanted love... Sports were the way to get it... escape, recognition, acceptance... and above all love.

Armstrong got active in sports for the first time when, aged 12, he finished fourth in Texas state 1,500-meter freestyle. But when he saw a poster for a junior triathlon he ditched swimming. It was a good move. In 1987-1988, Armstrong was the number one ranked triathlete in the 19-and-under group. It was now that people began, with seriousness, to look at Lance... and the magnificent body God gave him. It was the vehicle to move out... to move on... to move up...

Armstrong's point total  for 1987 as an amateur was better than the five professionals ranked that year. At 16, A:rmstrong became a professional triathlete and became national sprint-course triathlon champion in 1989 and 1990 at 18 and 19, respectively.

A boy and his bike.

Every American boy wants a bike...a bike he can use to get away from mamma... and taste freedom... a bike he can pound, dance wheelies, maneuver with show-off arrogance... and no hands. Yeah, every boy needs a bike. Lance Armstrong did, too. In short order he and his bike had fused; Lance needed his bike... and his bike needed him. They were an unbeatable team, soaring, energized... true grit, the centaur of the course, a phenomenon that made, even in these early days, the crowd scream his name as he whirled by, the ultimate manifestation of what every boy with a bike could feel and imagine...

It became supremely clear that Lance's greatest talent was for bicycle racing after he won the U.S. amateur championship in 1991. Representing the United States, he finished 14th in the 1992 Summer Olympics. And now the money came; it was the folks at Motorola who got there first. They wanted what the whirligig of Armstrong could deliver... speed, grace, excitement, and the thrill of escape from everyday woes and oppressions.

In 1993, Armstrong won 10 one-day events and races. He stunned the cycling world when at age 21, he became one of the youngest riders to ever win the UCI Road World Championship, held in pouring rain in Norway.... and so it went, dazzling speed, even more dazzling endurance his to command and ours to exult. We loved this boy... and the smile he flashed us as he sped by... he was our Lance.

The big "C".

And so it might have gone... more prizes, more victories, more fame, and the money that pours in such situations. But fate, wide-grinning fate, was not finished with Lance Armstrong, not by a  long shot. On October 2, 1996, aged just 25, Armstrong was diagnosed as having developed stage three testicular cancer. The cancer spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. On that first visit to a urologist in Austin, Texas for his cancer symptoms, he was coughing up blood and had a large, painful testicular tumor. Immediate surgery and chemotherapy were required to save a life which had now taken a very painful turn.

But here is where the story of Lance Armstrong morphs into something greater, more compelling, and infinitely more important. For now, to the admiration of all, he becomes the very embodiment of American grit and determination, a man of gallantry and fortitude, a hero for our times. And so Lance Armstrong  showed the nation and the world what real courage was all about.

He got back on his bike and turned it into a symbol of hope. And we loved him, if possible, even more... for he carried on his handlebars the best of us...

Tour de France

Before his cancer treatment began, Armstrong had already won two Tour de France stages.  Now, a cancer survivor, he wanted to show the world not so much what he could to... but what they could do for themselves if they would never quit, never waver, never doubt, never throw in the towel or pity themselves. Lance was never about pity. He was about being the best you could be whatever your affliction. And the grueling  stages of the Tours of France,(which he won 18 times) became a manifesto to the world about rising above and winning the great game of life, whatever stood in your way.

Oh, had it all just ended there... on such a note of bliss and transcendence; even his bitterest foe might wish as much.

But it did not, has not ended there... wide-grinning fate has seen to that.

Throughout Armstrong's career, there have been charges he achieved his great feats solely or in large measure because of performance-enhancing drugs. These are charges he has adamantly, unequivocally denied, pointing to his willingness to take hundreds of drug tests. But the charges have persisted over time, gaining credibility and adherents. Now the most substantial of these charges has been made on CBS' respected "Sixty Minutes" program (May 20, 2011) by former U.S. cycling professional Tyler Hamilton.

The cornerstone of Armstrong's defense against previous charges was that he had never tested positive during his career. But this was flatly contradicted by his former U.S. Postal team-mate Hamilton on "Sixty Minutes". "I know he's had a positive test before," Hamilton said. "For EPO (at the) Tour of Switzerland, 2001." Asked by the CBS reporter Scott Pelley how  this alleged positive test had not been made public and no action taken, Hamilton said "People took care of it."

Armstrong through his attorney instantly answered this and the other charges, and immediately threatened to sue. But CBS is holding its ground, since they have credibility to protect too. Both sides know the seriousness of this matter... a fight perhaps to the death.

As for Lance's fans; they are fewer now, quieter, reflective.They are hurting bad, afflicted, unhappy. They want their boy back, riding like the wind past them, arrayed with dazzling smile, victory in his pocket. We loved that boy and everything about him... he was ours. Now he's slipping away...

Connie Francis knew everything about that, about the misery, the longing, the brutal unhappiness and regret when love goes bad. "Don't break this heart of mine...Don't break this heart that loves you so..."


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A citizen writes the Inaugural Address he wants President Barack Obama to deliver January 21, 2013. What would you like this crucial speech to say?

by  Dr. Jeffrey Lant.

Author's program note. Everything, absolutely everything, pertaining to a presidential inauguration is not only of immediate, obsessive interest but constitutes, we know, History... moreover History in which we can and must participate, mull, comment upon, scrutinize, analyze, and, it's our right, even excoriate, denounce and ridicule without fear of retribution. And so we watch as it all unfolds for you, for me, for each of us...

What the President did while he waited to take his place in the bullet-proof limousine... what the First Lady wore and whose fashion career she made thereby... how the Vice President, the person always just a heart beat away, looked as he took the 1884 oath to uphold the Constitution that kept him next to the most important person in the world but powerless and obscure for another four years. We cannot get enough, no detail too small.

And so we watch, mesmerized, by the most ordinary activities... we learn the President has a new coat and a new reason for his radiant smile... we watch as he walks briskly to the dais where the World, every friend and foe, is waiting impatiently for him... we note the dignitaries... each one a power in our fragmented, federal nation, forged by revolution.

Who is here today... where do they sit and why...  who is absent? It is all grist for our mill. The Great Republic does not have the brilliant pageantry of a monarchy nor would it be appropriate, for the precise traditions of our nation are simple and unadorned. Yet there is not a freedom-loving person on Earth who does not find the matter at hand moving, grand, capable of putting a lump in your throat at any moment.

America stands before the world today, proud, reverent, hopeful, riven with problems of every kind, glad to have the opportunity to solve them. At this moment the sharp notes of "Hail to the Chief", written in 1812 for just one person and this moment, rain upon us all. It is our President and whatever our party affiliation and opinion we wish him Godspeed... for he is our pilot now.

"My fellow citizens:

Forty-five times before, most recently by me at this place four years go, each President has taken the short oath that transforms him from citizen to your servant. It is a moment of awe, humility, and for celebration of the endless possibilities which constitute our Great Republic, and for the vision and genius of our people who, day by day, make these endless possibilities constantly improved realities. God bless America!

Let me share my vision of this place with you, this land of purple mountain's majesty, from sea to shining sea.

My America is a place of tolerance and unstinting welcome; not merely a great nation, however significant, but bigger than this place, a concept. That here we have as our rooted objective not merely talking about pluralism but fostering it so that we create a nation whose strength is based on, drawn from every diverse strand. As such I shall urge the Congress to give first and prominent attention to creating a workable immigration policy that is at once fair, inclusive, and flexible. Franklin D. Roosevelt once reminded us that we are all immigrants. We must work together so that these immigrants become the best possible Americans, the pride of the Great Republic.

Americans need work and must find their way to success amidst the vicissitudes of the ever changing global economy. This means constant, sustained, never-ending focus on jobs for Americans. Thus, as Commander-in-Chief I hereby declare war on unemployment, war on underemployment, war on dead-end jobs, jobs without future, for America must shape the future in which she'll abide... creating the jobs that future will demand.

Thus, today, a day of national renewal, I will commence a new, focused attack on the many destructive, pernicious, debilitating aspects of unemployment. Our headquarters will be what in World War II was called the "situation room." It is now named after Franklin Roosevelt and here I shall work with America to the very moment when every American who wants a job has a job, for my vision of America is an employed America.

It is also a nation where children are safe and not murdered, where the smiles and joys of youth are fostered, valued, treasured... because their smiles and trusting natures brighten the lives of so many, including my own. Just a few weeks ago, I went to Connecticut, to Newtown, and what I experienced there changed my attitude and my life. And so I say this to you, my fellow citizens, "Remember Newtown" and work with me to make sure the sweet laugher of our youngest is not lost forever, their innocent blood dappling the snows of New England, or anywhere else.

Thus I have today instructed Vice President Biden, one of the finest public officials it has been my privilege to know and to call upon for the benefit of America, to take the chair of a national commission on this important matter. I have advised him to invite good people of different viewpoints to participate. The issue is multi-faceted, complicated, thorny and difficult. But the good people of America will solve this matter and stop its terrible manifestations. Because that's what America does... and what we owe those poor dead children, the children we failed... and must never fail again.

Now I wish to speak to you about health, because life without health is a cruel hoax. We have, I am proud to say, made many advancements towards total national fitness. It is my pride that some of the most important of these were made on my watch. This is good, but America, citadel of the healing arts, can do better, must do better. Thus, I have called upon Bill Gates, a man of vision, kindness, and determination to head a multi-national commission on the eradication of disease, one disease at a time. Such an effort must link government resources and those of generous private donors, individual and corporate. America is admirably suited to lead this initiative... and to lead it now. Since we are able, so must we do.

Similarly, it is time to erase the pirates, marauders and e-highwaymen, the people who have turned one of history's greatest devices, the Internet, into a mine field where the legitimate and necessary interests of individuals, businesses and government are attacked and destroyed by a handful of criminals and malcontents. This scourge must be stopped and stopped at once. Officials from my administration have been instructed at once to eradicate cyber-crime and free the world from the depredations of the destructive few and so advance universal amity and communication; a future where the entire globe and every person benefits from this epochal advance of massive utility.

Utility, too, must be brought to our foreign policy and diplomatic endeavors. I intend to remind the people of our troubled planet that we have not forgotten our roots, our heritage, the great ideas of democratic governance conceived here, developed here, perfected here, still living here. We are a government of the people, by the people, for the people. This is our heritage, our creed, and our undying example. No foe whoever he is, wherever he may be should forget this and no friend must ever call upon us in need, only to discover that this is nothing more than empty words. And so I have requested outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to take up a new role in her historic career; to transform American diplomacy so that America's mission, America's message, and America's heart are known to every person everywhere. This lady who has forged new pathways for women has now agreed to assist me forge new pathways for world peace, for only in peace is security.

One more lady and her crusade must be cited, my rock and loving friend Michelle, always First Lady of my heart. Michelle has been a tireless supporter of American arts, literature, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, and historic preservation. Too often our national support for these essential cultural features has been paltry, derisory, an afterthought. But no longer.

A Great Republic requires thoughtful, sustained, and broad-based support for the arts, all the arts. We have waited too long to provide such support. If not now, when? If not us, who? Every great nation glories in its arts and its masters.  It is time for our Great Republic to do so.

It will be said that such a national agenda, with so many demanding, intractable problems, is too ambitious for a "lame duck" President. That second terms, however massively bestowed by our citizens, are often futile and bereft of meaningful successes and worthy endeavors. Perhaps. But we, improving everywhere, must not let such improving end at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where more than anywhere else vibrant change and unceasing betterment must be the order of the day, every day.

Thus, I give you one last reform: the end of Presidential libraries as we have known them. Presently such libraries, monuments to men more than the great and high office itself, commence with President Herbert Hoover and end with President George Bush. It is now time to rethink this matter through the creation of a soaring institution featuring the Presidency, the Congress, and the Supreme Court of these United States, our three co-equal branches of government, too little known by our people, young and old.

Such an institution, set in the midst of our great Capital, made awe-inspiring and thrilling by our unparalleled interactive technology would put the focus where it truly belongs... on the people and what we have, with God's help, wrought through days of duress and triumph. sacrifice and unified purpose.

Now we must begin for there is much to do. Just steps from this place of our assembling, Abraham Lincoln said, "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history... No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us." Thus, I invite you to be an active participant in the greatest odyssey of your life, a voyage each generation must take all over again with determination, commitment and joy... the epic task of reinventing our Great Republic and the nation and people on whom God shed his grace and infinite love. Hallelujah!"


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