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		<title>EbizCommando Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EbizCommando - Want a unique way to produce some serious profits? Looking for the skills that could help you develop the greatest opportunity of your sales lifetime?
Perhaps it’s time to turn to the revolutionary new EbizCommando Internet Marketing program.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://ebizcommando-secrets.blogspot.com/2008/06/ebizcommando.html"><strong>EbizCommando</strong></a> - Want a unique way to produce some serious profits? Looking for the skills that could help you develop the greatest opportunity of your sales lifetime?</p>
<p>Perhaps it’s time to turn to the revolutionary new <strong>EbizCommando</strong> Internet Marketing program.</p>
<p>Packed with dozens of resources for any internet marketer, <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/ebizcommando-reviews">EbizCommando</a> is going to become a household name in a short time, and you have the chance to get in at the introductory price.</p>
<p>Having the right skills to promote your product line is the key to your success, and the <a href="http://4secrets4u.cratus.hop.clickbank.net">EbizCommando</a> Internet Marketing program is the single best product on the market today. Crammed with the techniques and ideas you need to fully develop your marketing skills, it may be the only resource you need to get started.</p>
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		<title>Free Doughnuts on National Doughnut Day Mmmmmmm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Celebrate the doughnut on National doughnut day. Yes its the first Friday in June and that spells National Doughnut day to all you doughnut lovers. Doughnut purveyors Krspy kreme will be dishing out free doughnuts today so head on over to your nearest Krispy Kreme purveyor.
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</div>Celebrate the <strong>doughnut</strong> on <strong>National doughnut day</strong>. Yes its the first Friday in June and that spells National <a href="http://laughingaz.bloggerunleashed.com">Doughnut day</a> to all you doughnut lovers. Doughnut purveyors <strong>Krspy kreme</strong> will be dishing out free doughnuts today so head on over to your nearest <strong>Krispy Kreme</strong> purveyor.<br />
Why <strong>National doughnut day</strong>? - well it really started way back in 1938 when fresh coffee and doughnuts were served by young ladies to troops serving in France during World War 1<span id="more-15"></span></p>
<p>So feel good about yourself as you stuff your face with doughnuts, <strong>National doughnut day</strong> is celebrating a true cause and talking of other good causes involving, yes you guessed it - Doughnuts! - If you&#8217;re in the Chicago area then head on over to <strong>Donut Day</strong> and stuff yourself silly with a selection of tasty donuts, because all proceeds today will support various organisations helping children, families and the homeless.<br />
Everyday should be a <strong>doughnut day</strong> - eat yer heart out Homer Simpson mmmmmmmmmmdrool<br />
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		<title>Best Life Diet - Rob Greene&#8217;s Weight loss Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Rob Greene created The Best Life Diet which has subsequently been popularized by Oprah - indeed Oprah owes her recent weight loss success to Rob Greene&#8217;s Best Life Diet. Oprah has turned Rob Greene into a real life celebrity himself by revealing participants before photographs, airing their testimonials and then revealing them in their new [...]]]></description>
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</div><strong>Rob Greene</strong> created The <strong><a href="http://laughingaz.bloggerunleashed.com">Best Life Diet</a></strong> which has subsequently been popularized by <strong>Oprah</strong> - indeed Oprah owes her recent <strong>weight loss</strong> success to <strong>Rob Greene&#8217;s Best Life Diet</strong>. Oprah has turned Rob Greene into a real life celebrity himself by revealing participants before photographs, airing their testimonials and then revealing them in their new found slimmer selves.<span id="more-14"></span><br />
The Best Life Diet takes a fairly logical outlook at the slimmers personal barriers to weight loss success and offers means to overcome them. The program basically asks some very simple questions, such as:<br />
Why am I overweight, why doe I want to lose weight, what is preventing me from losing weight and why have I not been successful with my previous diet attempts.<br />
Next Bob Greene&#8217;s program shifts the focus to three phases in an attempt to re-examine my daily decisions in order to reshape my habits for long term success.<br />
These could include sections on weighing myself, adding additional foods to my diet, cutting down or removing alcohol intake, drinking more water, using vitamin supplements, not eating several hours before bed and producing weekly nutritional logs to identify which nutrients are missing from my diet.<br />
Rob Greene&#8217;s best of Life Diet lists six types of food to steer clear of: Soda, fried Food, trans Fats, Regular Pasta, White Bread and High Fat Dairy products.<br />
The Best of Life Diet recommends the following foods:<br />
Whole Grain or Whole Wheat Cereal, SlimFast nutritional shakes, Green Giant spinach, vegetables, Olive Oil, Spritz salad dressing, Wholegrain pasta, Soy Milk, mushrooms, Light Yoghurt and Flat Breads.<br />
The Best of Life Diet does not suggest eliminating any one food group, encourages eating frequently, drinking plenty of water and taking stock of your nutritional intake - Overall a basic and sensible way to conduct a diet plan that should see effective weight loss results.<br />
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		<title>Tatum O&#8217;Neil Researches Crack Cocaine - Hands On!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tatum O&#8217;neil, Oscar winning actress has taken her acting to a whole new level. Arrested this morning and charged with purchasing cocaine and crack by detectives from Manhattan South Narcotics team. Tatum O&#8217;neil is alleged to have attempted to squirm out of the arrest by claiming that she was just researching the part of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense#affiliateonly--><strong>Tatum O&#8217;neil</strong>, Oscar winning actress has taken her acting to a whole new level. Arrested this morning and charged with purchasing cocaine and crack by detectives from Manhattan South Narcotics team. <strong>Tatum O&#8217;neil</strong> is alleged to have attempted to squirm out of the arrest by claiming that she was just researching the part of a junkie, and that the officers should just forget about this instance and be on their way. If it were that easy <strong>Tatum</strong>, we&#8217;d all be doing it - nice try though. God help Manhattan if tatum ever researches a serial killer lead role!<br />
<strong>Tatum O&#8217;Neil</strong> has has been outspoken with her previous addiction battles but claims that she has been clean for several years now. Cocaine addiction is rife amongst celebrities and all too often their habits go unchecked and unprosecuted - perhaps a spell in the slammer is all thats needed to shake the habit, I&#8217;m sure that would work if I were in that situation.<br />
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		<title>Who on Earth is Erlene Zierke ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erlene Zierke to many will just be a name to hit the headlines, brought about by her untimely and tragic death last week. To many of her friends in Atlanta though, her death has come as a devastating blow, and a sharp reminder that fate is a fickle thing. Erlene Zierke was by all accounts, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Erlene Zierke</strong> to many will just be a name to hit the headlines, brought about by her untimely and tragic death last week. To many of her friends in Atlanta though, her death has come as a devastating blow, and a sharp reminder that fate is a fickle thing. <strong>Erlene Zierke</strong> was by all accounts, a lively, bubbly, beautiful person - &#8220;The life and Soul&#8221; of the party.</p>
<p>You might have known <strong>Erlene Zierke</strong> too. She was active online, easy-going, feisty, and funny. She was a real evangelist for Turner Broadcasting. She championed Super Deluxe (comedy video producers) every chance she had and it was her online presence that has influenced those that have never met her. <strong>Erlene Zierke</strong> was an avid Flickr contributor with many, many fans eagerly awaiting her latest photos. Sadly there will be no more but her online popularity will ensure that the name <strong>Erlene Zierke</strong> will now be known to thousands of folk who never had the chance to meet her - God Bless you Erlene, my thoughts are with you and your loved ones.<br />
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		<title>Jeremy Clarkson Speeding Again - Surely Not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 22:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy clarkson Speeding - huh, something newsworthy here - its what the man does for a living, unless of course his recent revelations get him fired from the BBC&#8217;s Top Gear motoring show, which is what road safety charity &#8220;Brake&#8221; are calling for.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--adsense--><a title="Jeremy Clarkson Speeding" href="http://laughingaz.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/jeremy-clarkson-speeding-again-surely-not/">Jeremy clarkson Speeding</a> - huh, something newsworthy here - its what the man does for a living, unless of course his recent revelations get him fired from the BBC&#8217;s Top Gear motoring show, which is what road safety charity &#8220;Brake&#8221; are calling for.<br />
<strong>Jeremy Clarkson put</strong> his foot in his mouth when talking to an interviewer at the Literary Festival in the UK - <strong>Jeremy Clarkson</strong> said that he&#8217;d received a speeding ticket for driving a <strong>Bugatti Veyron</strong> supercar through the London docklands area at over 186 mph. Jeremy Clarkson soon retracted his speeding confession upon realising what a gaff he&#8217;d just made, by saying &#8220;or perhaps it was someone else because I didn&#8217;t get prosecuted for it!&#8221; - nice one Jeremy, wish that one would have worked for me.<span id="more-10"></span><br />
Jeremy Clarkson&#8217;s speeding antics are regular news in the Uk, just last year jeremy Clarkson was aquitted of speeding in an Alpha Romeo at 80 mph through a restricted zone - the case was dropped on a technicality. Jeremy Clarkson&#8217;s speeding habits are enjoyed by a fanatical following of petrolheads the world over - I for one do not believe that it was Jeremy Clarkson speeding in the Bugatti - had it been him, I reckon he would of pushed for 200 mph! - yes he&#8217;s that arrogant, but you have to love him!<br />
At the time of jeremy Clarkson&#8217;s alleged speeding offense, the Bugatti Veyron was probably the most potent supercar in production. powered by a W16 engine - 16 cylinders arranges in  four banks of four cylinders, four valves per cyslinder, quad camshafts and boosted by a whopping four turbocharges equating to some 970 Bhp at the wheels, and around 900 ft lbs of torque!<br />
The Bugatti has staggering performance - 0 to 62 mph is over in a blink at just 2.5 seconds and the top speed pushes 250 mph. At full throttle the Veyron will consume an environmentally unacceptable 2.5 gallons per mile. In the Uk that would cost around GBP £18 per mile and drain the entire tank of fuel in under 13 minutes! - perhaps the UK Government should be encouraging this kind of lunacy - just think of all that additional fuel tax revenue&#8230;now there&#8217;s another story - Over to you Jeremy Clarkson.<br />
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		<title>Grand Theft New York!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 01:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Affiliate Marketing Stealth Tax?
There have been many posts recently regarding the New York State Department of taxation&#8217;s impending regulation to impose an out of State sales tax in respect of online companies having affiliates residing in New York. Effectively an online retailer would have to collect sales tax in respect of products sold online to [...]]]></description>
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<h2><span style="#3366ff;">Affiliate Marketing Stealth Tax?</span></h2>
<p>There have been many posts recently regarding the New York State Department of taxation&#8217;s impending regulation to impose an out of State sales tax in respect of online companies having <strong>affiliates</strong> residing in <strong>New York</strong>. Effectively an online retailer would have to collect sales tax in respect of products sold online to New Yorkers, <span style="underline;">IF</span> (and this is the crux) that online retailer has a physical presence in New York State.</p>
<p>Ok,  a bit of a bitch if you&#8217;re a New York Online trader, or if you&#8217;re out of state but have agents or offices within New York, then you&#8217;ve got until June 1st 2008 to declare your interests to the New York taxation department. (new Yorkers already have to declare out of state purchases when filing tax returns).</p>
<p>So no big deal to the rest of us (sorry New Yorkers you&#8217;re on your own) , BUT IS IT? - Well here&#8217;s the absolute lunacy of it all - YES it will affect us - well EVERYONE who sells products online and has an <strong>affiliate program</strong> in operation!<span id="more-9"></span></p>
<p>IT WILL if the NY taxation department get their way, because they are declaring that having an online <strong>affiliate</strong> residing in New York is exactly the same as having and angent or employee living there! and therefore the taxation rules will apply - Is this abosolute bollocks or what?</p>
<p>Online giant Amazon.com are not taking it lightly and are currently suing the NY Taxation department; &#8220;We are challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted legislation in New York,&#8221; Amazon spokeswoman Patricia Smith said. Officials estimated the state would gain about $50 million by requiring Internet giants such as Amazon.com to collect state sales tax.</p>
<p>Imagine if idiocy prevails - how many other states (and countries) will get in on the act - some nice extra revenue there for the taking! - sure it would probably cost in excess of the recoverable revenue to set up a department to police and collect the taxes, but hey that&#8217;s never been an issue before has it!</p>
<h2>Watch out Google you&#8217;re next!</h2>
<p>So what about <strong>Adwords</strong> and <strong>Adsense</strong> (and any other PPC program), will they be immune? - If the same argument stands then the situation is exactly the same. Yes, utter crap I know, but its exactly the same. If you are an online retailer and you choose to have your ads shown across the <strong>Google</strong> network, then there is every likelyhood that one of you&#8217;re ads will be displayed on a website operated by a New Yorker - So you now have an agent (<strong>affiliate</strong>) residing in  New York and  you must now  collect sales tax from <span style="underline;">ANY</span> products bought by New Yorkers! (maybe there&#8217;s an option in adwords to turn off New York State).</p>
<p>Seriously people, this is something that affects us all as internet operatives - its bureaucratic greed at the highest level. I doubt it will ever come to anything and I&#8217;m sure <strong>amazon</strong> will give them the beating that they deserve, but its worth keeping a watchful eye on events..<div style="float:right;"><script type="text/javascript">submit_url = 'http://laughingaz.bloggerunleashed.com/generalnews/grand-theft-new-york/';</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://bloggingzoom.com/evb/button.php"></script></div></p>
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