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When I got to 5MoreMoney.Com it was no longer there.

That's what makes internet marketing so tricky. You've got to know what you are doing!

Internet marketing ties together the creative and technical aspects of the Internet, including design, development, advertising and sales. Internet marketing also refers to the placement of media along many different stages of the customer engagement cycle through search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), banner ads on specific websites, email marketing, mobile advertising, and Web 2.0 strategies.

But what I really want to talk about is the interview with a famous internet marketer interviewing an 'infamous' direct mail marketer.

The direct mail marketer made so much money OFF line that it will make your head spin. The only problem with the interview is that he uses the phrase "you know" easily a thousand times.

But what he reveals in the audio is worth putting up with this conversation 'tick' that he has. I seen others selling this audio interview for as much as $27 dollars. But you can listen to it for FREE at the link below:

http://mlwblog.com/russell-brunson/

But hurry! Not quite sure how long it will be available.

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Robot wars ‘still a long way off’

The similarities between robots used for cleaning and those used by soldiers in Afghanistan

Despite the US Department of Defense once predicting that a third of US fighting strength would be composed of robots by 2015, experts warn that the machine wars seen in the movies will remain science fiction for quite some time yet.

"I'll be back" said Arnold Schwarzenegger as cyborg-assassin the Terminator, back from the year 2029 to carry out a murder in 1984. But it seems that, when it comes to science fact rather than science fiction, it is unlikely that anything like him - or should he be an it? - will ever "be" at all.

Robots in the home have been promised for a while and though - as the BBC's Jon Stewart has discovered - technology is slowly allowing robots closer to domestic use, some of the most practical applications so far have been in military operations.

Robots so far are not quite up to the images depicted in science fiction

What robots are doing in modern warfare is no small feat. Machines undertake bomb disposal, mine detection and entering unknown places of interest before sending in soldiers - a practice that the military believes is saving lives.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones have already carried out military operations carrying "lethal payloads" without having a soldier on board. It was called "the only game in town in terms of confronting or trying to disrupt the al Qaeda leadership [in Pakistan]" by CIA director Leon Panetta in 2009.

Despite it being called a "drone war" by some commentators, the Department of Defense is keen to point towards its key goals of "intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance" when it is using robotics.

In a document setting out an unmanned military vehicle roadmap between 2005 and 2030, it stated that around a third of US fighting strength would be composed of robots in a $127bn (£80bn) project.

This was scrapped in 2009.

But some of the latest prototypes could still make robots in military operations on the ground a regular occurrence.

The LS3 - known as "Alphadog" to its developers - will be able to carry up to 400lbs (180kg) of equipment over a distance of up to 20 miles (32km) over a 24-hour period.

In practical terms, this means that it could replace the use of a mule or donkey to carry heavy loads.

Newest prototypes move a lot more like organic animals than previously

Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) and the US Marine Corps, it can withstand being kicked and maintains its balance when pushed.

"For years, I did work on one-legged hopping machines - funny contraptions in the lab," Marc Raibert, of Boston Dynamics told an audience at Stanford University.

"The number of remaining problems that need to be solved is a small but manageable list. In the next couple of years, I can imagine getting legged robot technology… out there and into use."

The way it is able to right itself when toppled and the noise it makes when moving is more than a little like the Terminator and many reacting to the clips have been amazed at just how realistically the robot moves.

Tech site Gizmodo called it the "creepiest and most awesome quadruped robot of all time".

Life and death

But despite the occasional YouTube comment saying this development will lead to the end of the world, this is where robotics experts are keen to see the comparisons with sci-fi stop.

"With today's technology, there has to a person in the loop with regard to a decision that would have the gravity of life and death," says Joe Dyer, chief operating officer of robotics firm iRobot.

"Will we ever have machines that would truly challenge Asimov's laws? Maybe, but it's going to be a long time coming."

The real stumbling block for robotics engineers is that where a robot fails - and a human excels - is context and recognition. People can tell things apart quickly, effectively and from a very early age.

While handling rough terrain is now generally considered to be at the later stages of development for robots, actual intelligence and recognition about what it finds when it reaches its destination is a lot more complicated.

"We're starting to nibble at the edges of it," says Dyer.

"The world will begin to change drastically when robots have the manipulation capability of a five or six-year-old child. That means you can start to do the basics."

Brain power

At the moment, "stupid" robots serve a purpose. Their main function is to go into places where it would be dangerous or impossible for a human to tread. High intelligence is not required so much as brute strength and the ability to keep humans away from potentially harmful situations.

Some robots are a lot less frightening to people than others

The first major mass practical use for these type of robots came in the aftermath of 9/11 as a search and rescue tool when emergency personnel were unable to carry out an operation. They were operated by human controllers in a similar way to how they are today.

But if futurist and author Ray Kurzweil is right, by 2019 a $1,000 (£650) computer will at least match the processing power of the human brain.

And this could lead to "intelligent" robots with an autonomy that many find uncomfortable. But what many see this as frightening at the moment, some experts think that it is only a matter of time before it becomes an idea that people will get used to and eventually consider normal.

"We [humans] don't like to give up our special-ness," robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks said in a Ted talk.

"Having the idea that robots could really have emotions, or that robots could be living creatures - I think is going to be hard for us to accept. But we're going to come to accept it over the next 50 years or so."

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Egyptians still await economic change

15 September 2011 Last updated at 23:02 GMT By Rob Young Business reporter, BBC World Service Young men and women protest in Cairo Seven months on from the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, there are protests pretty much every day.

Many of the demonstrations are political, but some are prompted by people's living standards.

Egyptians are demanding higher wages, better working conditions and more jobs.

"Life is tough," says Yasmine El Rashidi, an Egyptian author.

"On an economic level, there's been no change. If anything, it's become harder."

Food prices have been rising at a rapid rate, putting pressure on the poorest.

'Bleak' jobs outlook

The latest official data show the price of rice and sugar rose more than 10% just in one month, from June to July this year.

The price of tomatoes - essential to many Egyptian dishes - has almost doubled in a year.

Two-thirds of Egyptians are under 30 years old. It's thought about a third of them are unemployed, including many university graduates.

Many of these were the driving force behind the protests that led to the ousting of President Mubarak.

But they have not seen the increase in jobs they hoped the revolution would usher in.

Indeed, the overall unemployment rate is now higher than it was last year, standing at 11.9%.

"The short term is looking a little bit bleak," says Nada Al-Nashif from the International Labour Organisation's Lebanon office.

She advises: "There will have to be a large number of public employment schemes to get the transition going."

Tourists down

The Minister for Solidarity and Social Justice in the interim military-appointed government, Dr Gouda Abdel-Khalek, says Egyptians are right to demand more.

"They are justified, definitely. They have been waiting so long now, and they are... expecting to gain the benefits of that effort."

The price of food has risen sharply in Egypt

However, he adds: "Maybe they're a bit hasty."

The continuing unrest has had an impact on Egypt's economy.

The government has said potential foreign investors have cancelled visits because of the protests.

The all-important tourism sector, which dominated the economy before the revolution, has been hit hard.

Official data published this week suggests the number of tourists visiting the country has plunged since the beginning of the revolution.

Some 2.2 million people visited Egypt in April, May and June this year, compared with 3.5 million in the same period in 2010, according to the official Mena news agency.

Corruption campaign

However, the government says it wants to change the make-up of the economy.

Dr Gouda Abdel-Khalek describes tourism and construction as "important, but marginal sectors when it comes to employment generation and income generation and creating a multiplier effect within the economy".

He says the government will focus on agriculture and manufacturing in future.

But Dr Abdel-Khalek acknowledges that will not satisfy one of the demands of Egypt's protesting youth.

"Not everyone with a university degree will end up in a productive office job," he says.

Tourist visits have plunged

"Many Egyptians now are convinced increasingly that it's the dignity of the work you do and the income you receive that matters at the end of the day, rather than the type of job or sector where you work."

'Further uprising'

January's protesters also demanded an end to official corruption.

Many Egyptians say the country would be richer were it not for those linked to the former regime lining their pockets.

The Egyptian Initiative for the Prevention of Corruption has been set up to persuade new political parties that corruption must be punished.

Its chairman, Dr Ziad Bahaa Elddin, says all the main players agree with his ideas, but he would like things to move faster.

"The country is extremely busy with daily issues and, in a way, talking about preventing corruption in the future gets postponed a little bit," says the former head of the financial regulator.

The government is asking people to be patient.

Ms Rashidi, the author of The Battle for Egypt, warns people's patience will only last so long.

"There will come a point, just as it came in January. On some level, the Egyptian revolution is yet to happen. I think there will be further uprising," she says.

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Afghans: Still hoping 'peace and stability come'

 By Atia Abawi, NBC News Correspondent 

KABUL – Outside the walls of Kabul University, students, professors and passersby go about their day in the capital of Afghanistan. Many are unaware that in a few days it will be the 10th anniversary of one of America’s darkest days.

There is no question that the Sept. 11 attacks changed America and the world. Perhaps no one saw more change than the millions of Afghans who lived under the oppressive Taliban regime that hosted the al-Qaida leaders responsible for the horrific attacks – and as a result have been subjected to 10 years of war.

NBC News’ producer Akbar Shinwari, photojournalist Tony Zumbado and I spoke to a variety of Afghans on the dusty but paved road outside Kabul University to get their perspective on how life has changed – for better or worse – since the attacks of 9/11 and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.

‘The Russians did more work for the country’
First we spotted a young man wearing a black suit waiting for his ride. 

Naweed Omar, a 23-year-old psychology student at the university, told us that many Afghans were very excited when America and the NATO coalition came to help –they thought their lives would finally improve. 

But after 10 years that excitement has turned to hopelessness and resentment.

“If we compare America’s arrival to the arrival of the Russians, the Russians did more work for the country,” Omar said comparing the building and infrastructure the Soviets provided Afghanistan in the 1980s to what Afghanistan has seen since 2001. 

“Just look at it, Russia was one country that did so much work and now you have 40 countries who have done nothing,” he added.
Ziarmal Safi, a 25-year-old English literature student, agreed that the international community could have done more in the last decade, but he also believes that the Afghans still need outside help.

“Afghans, they do not have the capacity to take [on] the security or to ensure the security all over in Afghanistan,” he said, “I don’t want America to leave, but I want America to concentrate a little bit more.”

Safi said that the Americans have spent lots of money in Afghanistan but that his own government and the American government have squandered that money by not implementing a system of accountability.

“They’re supporting [the] Afghan government and [the] Afghan people. They give them money, but they don’t ask them where did they spent all this money.”

Women’s rights have changed – for the better
But money and security hasn’t been the only issue. Human rights and women’s rights were in the forefront when the war began, but those issues have been almost forgotten as the focus has turned to talks of Taliban reconciliation and international withdrawal.

Many Afghan women have stories of banishment and humiliation before 2001.  During the Taliban regime, women were restricted from working, receiving an education or even leaving their house without being escorted by a male relative.

“When the Taliban were here we always say it was really the dark, dark condition here.  Even the people of Afghanistan couldn’t believe that they are human,” Yalda Mojadidi, a 23-year-old psychology student at Kabul University, told me.

Mojadidi said that with the arrival of the Americans and the international community, much has changed in her life and the lives of women throughout the country – she was finally allowed to go to school again.

“[There] is lots of changes for us,” she said in English, “Especially for women.  They can go to university, college, school, anywhere and they can work as well.”

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US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital Role 3, on August 23, 2011. Click on the photo to see a complete slideshow of pictures from Afghanistan

Edrees Bahadur, a 21-year-old economics major, agreed with Yalda. He said that Sept. 11 changed Afghanistan for the better by bringing attention to the country’s dire situation.

“America with its alliance came to Afghanistan and Afghanistan [gained] an independent government – so that caused Afghanistan to improve and to strengthen their capacities,” he said.

But Bahadur and Mojadidi warn that their country still needs the help of the international community.

“My hope for Afghanistan is that peace and stability [will] come,” Mojadidi said. “The foreigners should not go from Afghanistan, they should stay here.  If they go back, I think that the situation [of] 10 years before – it will come again.”

Some still long for the good old days
But there are still some who welcomed the days of the Taliban and a strict Islamic government.

Those people – usually men – tell stories of not worrying about air assaults and criminal gangs in the Taliban days. 

“During the Taliban time, if you had a sack full of money on your back and you put that on the road and left it there, nobody would touch it – nobody had the courage to touch it,” 40-year-old teacher Haji Shadeem of Paktika province told us.

Shadeem believes his country has spiraled out of control.  

“Everyone [now] has worries that they will be killed on any day. They are waiting for their death.  And we don’t know from which side,” he said, fearing both the insurgency and NATO forces.  

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’100 Days to Heaven’ Still Rules Nationwide Despite Change in Primetime Line-Up of Rival Network

ABS-CBN’s primetime programs unmoved despite change in rival network’s line-up.

Patuloy pa ring umaariba sa national TV rating ang Kapamilya teleseryes na “100 Days to Heaven” at “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin” sa kabila ng mga pagbabagong ginawa ng GMA kamakailan sa primetime line-up nito.

Pinakatinututukan pa rin ang kuwento ni Anna Manalastas sa “100 Days to Heaven” na pumalo sa average TV rating na 32.3% noong Lunes (Aug. 1) kung kailan nagsimula ang bagong lipat nitong kalabang “Amaya” na nag-rate lang ng 18.5%.

Maging ang huling katapat nito na “Captain Barbell” ay hindi rin nakapalag sa huling lipad nito noong Biyernes (July 29) at nagtapos sa rating na 20.7% kumpara sa “100 Days to Heaven” na may 30.9%.

Minahal na nga talaga ng sambayanan ang kuwento ni Anna, na ginagampanan ni Coney Reyes at Xyriel Manabat, lalo pa’t mas napapalapit na siya sa pagkumpleto sa kanyang misyon. Sa muling pagbabalik ni Anna sa lupa, taas-noo nang makakaharap si Sophia (Jodi Sta. Maria) sa kanyang mga kaopisina upang muling bawiin ang kumpanya. At may bago na namang pusong hahaplusin at buhay na babaguhin si Anna.

Tiyak pakaabangan din ng lahat ang nalalapit na pagpasok ng beteranong aktor na si Christopher De Leon at ang kontrobersyal na young actor na si Albie Casino.

Samantala, mas panalo rin sa mga manonood ang aksyon at romansang dala ng “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin” na magpapaalam na sa loob ng dalawang linggo. Mas pinili nga ng sambayanan ang makipagbakbakan kasama si Alexander at Javier noong Lunes (Aug 1) sa average TV rating na 24.3% kaysa makipagsayawan sa mga bida ng “Time of My Life” ng GMA na nag-rate ng 17.8%.

Wala na talagang bumibitiw sa makapigil hiningang huling dalawang linggo ng MLKI lalo pa’t matapos mamaalam si Jojo (Andi Eigenmann) ay mukhang maililibing ng buhay si Alexander.

Manatiling nakatutok sa “100 Days to Heaven,” weeknights pagkatapos ng “TV Patrol” at “Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin,” weeknights pagkatapos ng “Guns and Roses” sa hindi matinag na ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

Images courtesy of Jojit Lorenzo

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