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There are a myriad of issues that will probably make the well groomed hair on your hairline drop out, the main one is hereditary baldness. Male pattern baldness might well become a problem for as many as 4.5 in 10 of blokes under the age of 39 years old. The usual male has over 90000 hair follicles on their scalp and can quite easily drop fifty to two hundred hair strands throughout the day through brushing, washing, and sport. This will seem like tons but in fact it is the average amount.

The abnormal rate of your hair falling out is when men and women are losing more hair strands than what is sprouting back out. And you will soon understand and realise you have abnormal hair strand loss when guys and girls shockingly start to see your scalp. It is always best practise to check with a hair loss professional to make sure people are not seeing the side effects from any medical diseases or under immense depression. Get expert assistance in hairloss from Advanced Hair Studio now.

The most common cause though is male pattern baldness. This occurs when the hormones in your scalp force the hair follicles to close up. This disappearing effect makes the hair unable to grow.

If folk are fretting you will often go and talk to a specialist and identify what type of hair loss you are seeing the side effects from and also find out what great hair strand loss treatments are available to worried men.

Here’s one public you had better not ignore! the
audience whose actions most affect your organization.
And that is where your attention should be directed.

I’m talking about “publics,” or key audiences, like
customers, employees, community residents, union
membership, local influentials and, possibly, even a
nearby military base.

I’m certain you can add to this list because only you
can identify those certain groups of people whose
actions have the most impact on your business.

What should you do about them? Above all, stay alert
to any unintended perceptions among them and, thus,
brewing behaviors. Then take action when you
discover trouble in the making.

First, that means setting aside some time, as difficult
as that may be. Fact is, this effort can save you some
real pain and money when their actions begin impacting
your business.

We’re talking here about inaccurate perceptions such
as your product or service quality is declining; you employ
illegal aliens; you treat your employees unfairly; your
prices are too high or you use dangerous compounds in
your production process.

Remember, it’s what people BELIEVE to be true – rather
than the actual truth — that usually defines the public
relations challenge.

So, true or not, any “belief” can create perceptions that
lead to behaviors ranging from negative feelings or
suspicions about your business to outright hostility and
damaging actions.

In any case, NOT good for sales and profits!

Best way to handle this is to meet with individuals among
each key audience on a regular basis so you “see it coming.”
Also advisable: monitor your emails and your local media
for danger signals.

LISTEN carefully to what is being said about your business
and its products and services. Then take a hard look at your
operation. Be sure to fix what needs fixing, or take actions
such as those outlined below to correct any inaccurate
perceptions.

Make a list of your most important “publics” whose actions
really can help or hinder your business. After each, enter
those reactions discovered during your one-on-one chats.

Tip: taking the time to be a regular speaker, newspaper/radio
contributor, special events sponsor and an active member
of the more popular business and fraternal clubs can build
positive awareness of your business and of you as a manager.
This good will can be “money in the bank” when trouble brews.

At any rate, decide upon a clear and pointed message designed
to correct inaccurate perceptions. Try it out on a few outsiders
in order to gauge their reaction and the message’s effectiveness.

Now, how will you reach the people who make up the key
audience in question, with your persuasive message?

To actually reach them, you have a big choice of
communications tactics. Everything from meetings, speeches,
presentations and open house facility tours to promotional
events, newspaper and radio interviews, email messages and
many, MANY more.

You might even try to partner with a local publicity specialist
who can help you get these important and clarifying messages
to the people who need to hear them.

To repeat, unattended and uncorrected misconceptions held by
your important audiences can affect the survival of your business.
Don’t let that happen to you!

Now, you really should track your own progress as you go about
correcting misconceptions. To do that, you must take the time to
meet again with individual customers and prospects, area residents
and others whose opinions could lead them to take actions not
destined to help your business. What this article really says is that
because people will act on their own perception of the facts
before them about your business, the result could be behaviors
you would rather avoid.

But because something can almost always be done about those
behaviors, I try here to outline how you can, should and must
address such problem areas before they negatively affect your
business.

Why fail to take such action and roll the dice on your business’
survival?

Please feel free to publish this article in your ezine,
newsletter, offline publication or website. Only
requirement: you must use the Robert A. Kelly byline
and resource box.

Robert A. Kelly © 2006

About the Author:

Bob Kelly counsels and writes for business, non-profit and
association managers about using the fundamental premise of public
relations to achieve their operating objectives. He has authored
245 articles on the subject which are listed at EzineArticles.com, click
Expert Author, click Robert A. Kelly. He has been DPR, Pepsi-Cola
Co.; AGM-PR, Texaco Inc.; VP-PR, Olin Corp.; VP-PR, Newport
News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; director of communications, U.S.
Department of the Interior, and deputy assistant press secretary, The
White House. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Columbia
University, major in public relations.

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I’m sure I’m not the only person on the planet that remembers getting the occasional chain letter in school.. you know, the kind that was actually written with a pen or pencil on paper that told you either something wonderful would happen or something terrible would happen or both if you did or didn’t send out 20 copies within 7 days. Ugh. I still remember my fingers cramping as I tediously re-wrote the letter 20 times and the looks on my friends faces when they realized the note i just passed them was leading them to the same path of wasted paper.

Things have changed a lot since then;

Not just the venue has changed though, now we not only get poems with promises of good luck or threats of doom for not following instructions, we get petitions, promises of rewards from big companies, plea’s to call your local government person because of some pending law that will be devastating to someone or something, and suggestions to boycott popular companies because of some alleged injustice they have performed. (Just imagine the phone calls these companies get!)

I get amusing chain letters in my email box occasionally mixed in with some urban legends and Christian Internet hoaxes for variety and before I knew better I’d give a little laugh, a roll of the eyes and pass it on to the 10 required friends with the promise that something good would happen in 10 days (or that I would escape a horrific tragedy)

Oh but then I learned. I learned about SPAM and about how to finally change my email address when it got overwhelming!

Perpetuating email chain letters is not a good idea. I read recently that most Internet service providers prohibit it in their terms of service… hmm… I will have to read those terms to see what else I’m not allowed to do! But it is with good reason that they have these rules.

You know the old ‘phrase’ I tell 2 friends and they tell 2 friends and they tell 2 friends… yada yada yada… well imagine what happens when you forward that silly email to your 20 friends and they each send it to their 20 friends… well already you’ve got 420 copies going out to cyberspace and taking up bandwidth and bogging down servers all over the place – especially if your 20 people are co-workers on the same email system!

What else is wrong with it? Well you’ve just added your name, or at least email address to a long and growing list of which you have no control over. This is like sending out an engraved invitation to spammers and scammers all over the world and suddenly the note from Aunt Joan is burried among 50 emails trying to sell you everything from viagra to stocks and bonds.

So what can you do? Well, the first and most obvious is delete it. But sometimes it’s a cute story or a joke or some other reason to smile or chuckle and we all need some of that now and again so you want to forward it? Take these steps to do it safely.

After you’ve clicked forward go through the email, delete all the email addresses that are hanging on to the mail of all the people that have recieved it with you.

Leave only the portion of the email that you think is funny or cute and take out all the instructions to forward to 10 – 20 – or 50 people and what will happen if you don’t

Use the bcc: field for the emails of the people you’re going to send it to to keep their emails from being passed on if one of them chooses to forward it.

Finally, while I definately recommend against it, some people are just too superstisious to let a chain letter break. If you MUST continue a chain letter, still follow steps 1 and 3 above and get yourself a disposable email address for this purpose. Belive me, if you’ve never had to change your email address to get rid of the junk, you don’t want to find out how fun it is! Remember, it’s not just advising your friends and family and co-workers of the new email, but many of your online accounts use your email address if not for signing in, for getting lost passwords etc. How frustrating to go to get the status of some account and when you realize you can’t remember the password the only option is to have it emailed to you and you didn’t update the account!

So, get a disposable email address and use it for forwarding chain letters (if you have to) but also for signing up for things on the Internet! Then when the spam hits the fan, you can just delete the account and get a new one.

Lisa Campbell
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I don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner, but one day many years ago, I decided to try renting rooms in my home. I was young and single, and had a nice mobile home on small piece of property. I found that it was easy to rent out the other two bedrooms. Suddenly, I had thousands of dollars extra each year.

Why Room Rentals?

In many towns where the rents are high, single people are forced to share apartments with others. They inevitably have problems with splitting the bills, what to do if one person is late with their share of the rent, who made which phone calls, etc. So when they see a room for in a nice home, with everything from local cals to cable TV included in the rent, they like the idea.

Room Rentals – The How To

Include everything. Don’t set yourself up for arguments about who owes what for utilities, or who watches the cable TV more. Cancel long distance plans, get a phone card, and just have local service. If utilities run high, raise the rent. Just don’t be tempted into any “share” arrangements for anything.

The value in this simple way is obvious. While others fought with landlords and roommate-friends, my renters stayed for years, with no household bills to pay, and no money issues for us to argue about. I had them pay weekly or bi-weekly, according to their paydays, so they wouldn’t have to save up for monthly rent.

Regulations in some places prevent renting rooms, but they are rarely enforced, and are being legaly challenged more and more. It is difficult to justify a system that allows a family with ten kids to live in a house, while discriminating against a household of three or four people – just because they are unrelated.

Room Rental Profits

I no longer live in Traverse City, Michigan, but in a decent house there, you can get $100 per week for a room. With two rooms to rent out, that’s $10,400 per year. Most of that is profit, since household bills don’t go up much with two more people in the house. If you don’t mind the company, that’s a lot of extra cash.

Steve Gillman has invested in mobile homes and other real estate for years. To learn more, and to see a photo of a beautiful house (not a mobile) he and his wife bought for $17,500, visit http://www.HousesUnderFiftyThousand.com

Windows Networking at Home
You’ve set up a home network and all your computers share the same internet connection. That’s great, but now lets get everything else sharing. Modern versions of Windows are shipped with an easy to setup and use method for sharing printers and files.

You may have experience with networks from school or the office. A network can make a big difference around the house, and can save you money on peripherals. For example, you no longer need to buy a printer for each PC in the house. They can all print to the same one. You can also share files and documents between computers. No more burning a file to CD when you want to move it around to other computers.

Prepare the Network
In preparation of setting up the rest of the network, I highly recommend that you choose unique and meaningful names for every computer on the network and put them all in the same workgroup. These simple steps will help you identify and find each computer on your network. Open up System in the Control Panel. Switch to the Computer Name tab. Your computer’s name and workgroup are listed below. Click the Change… button to give it a new name. Give each computer a short unique name like “upstairs” or “den”, and place them in same workgroup. The Windows default workgroup is HOME which is just fine. Put HOME in the Workgroup box and click OK. Repeat this for all the computers on your network.

Printer Sharing
Usually the most helpful and timesaving feature of a home network is the ability to share printers. This is pretty easy to setup, but unfortunately some printers simply won’t work over a network. I’ve seen some Dell and some Hewlett Packard printers that for some reason or other could not be made to share. The majority of printers are happy to share over a network.

The first step is to install the printer correctly on the “server” PC. This computer has to be on to receive instructions from the other computers on the network in order to print. After printing a test page to ensure correct installation, open the Printers and Faxes section of the Control Panel. Right-click the printer you wish to share, and select the Sharing… option. Simply click the box next to Share this printer and type a name in for the printer. If your home network has computers using older versions of Windows click the Additional Drivers button. Put checks next to the versions you wish to enable. You may have to install additional drivers from the CD that came with your printer, or drivers may not be available for these older versions to use this printer. Click OK and the printer will be ready for sharing.

Now we need to get the other computers to use the shared printer. Get on a computer you wish to use the shared printer. We now need to connect to the other computer. There are several ways to do this, the easiest of which is to type the name of the sharing computer into Internet Explorer. Open IE and type the name of the computer preceded by two back slashes into the Address bar and hit enter. For example, enter “den” or “upstairs”. You can also browse through My Network Places to find it. Open My Network Places then click View workgroup computers. Double click the computer sharing the printer. If you see a message saying you were unable to connect then you most likely have a firewall blocking your attempts. Disable any third party firewalls and try again.

Now right-click the printer and select Connect… A warning will appear, click Yes. At this point the drivers will be downloaded and installed. The printer is now installed on this PC. Close these windows and open the Printers and Faxes icon in the Control Panel. The printer should be listed there. You can make it your default printer by right-clicking and selecting Set as Default Printer. Print a test page. Repeat this for all the computers on your network.

File Sharing
Sharing files can also be quite helpful. Sometimes we need to have access to a document from anywhere in the house. Sharing a large file like a video over the network can save a lot of time and the effort of burning it to a CD. Some programs can even be run from another computer over the network.

Sharing a file is as simple as right-clicking the drive or folder in My Computer that you wish to share and selecting Sharing and Security… You can even share your entire hard drive by right-clicking your C drive. If this is your first shared folder or you are sharing a sensitive area you will be presented with a warning. Click when you are ready to continue. Then click the check box next to Share this folder on the network. Choose an appropriate name. The next check box decides if users will be able to change files in your shared folder. This has to be checked if you want users to be able to save files in this folder or edit files already listed. If this box is checked then anyone can delete the files in this folder as well. As an additional caution, if you have an unsecured wireless network anyone on the street can read your files and if this second box is checked, delete them all. If you are on a wireless network be sure you have tight security setup and don’t share your most sensitive files.

For other users to access these files they will need to connect to the sharing PC the same way listed in the section on printers. Either type the name preceded by two back slashes, or browse My Network Places to the computer. The shared folder should appear under the name chosen during the sharing setup. To make this shared folder more accessible you can create a shortcut to the folder, or you can make a network drive. A shortcut can be created by simply right-clicking the shared folder and selecting Create Shortcut.

Network Drives
A network drive makes the shared folder available as though it was a hard rive installed on the local computer. Right-click the shared folder and select Map Network Drive… Choose a drive letter. The checkbox, Reconnect at logon, will make this drive permanent. Otherwise the drive will disappear when the computer is rebooted. Clicking Finish will complete the setup. You should now have a drive which can be accessed like any other, but which shows the files from a different computer.

This article is from http://www.home-help-desk.com where articles, howtos, and faqs are posted to assist the everyday PC user. Topics include spyware, security, hardware upgrades, tweaks, and general computer usage tips. All advice is given in a step-by-step manner so almost anyone can have their computer running in top form.

Fire pit cooking is a tradition that has been around since the beginning of time. This typical fire pit cooking is used in Hawaii during a luau, where a hog is cooked in the ground. There are several steps that must be done to prepare the food for the pit cooking. It can be a drawn out process for the cooking process but times vary according to type and size of meat to be cooked. Everyone enjoys an old fashioned pit cooking. Normally cooking with a cook is amid a huge celebration such as a wedding, reunion, retirement, or a huge birthday bash this is only to name a few.

When building a cooking fire pit it is important to make sure that your pit is lined in stones or bricks. Lining a pit is done to prevent potential breakage of your pit and to preserve the heat and increase efficiency. When choosing to stone to line your pit don’t use stones that have been exposed to ocean salt water or stones that are very old because these types of stones have a potential to crack and break. These stones also have been known to cause explosion. Bricks are a better choice to line your fire pit.

What if public relations were illegal? Well it kind of is if you think about it; for instance if you embellish a story which is construed as advertising then it could be considered false and misleading? If you were to make a statement and someone complained to a Federal Agency or States Attorneys General Office they might come to investigate you? If you had a customer or shareholder which said they used that information to make a decision to buy your product or stock well you could be sued by an attorney in a private right of action; lawsuit? If enough people got together you could be looking at a class action lawsuit as well.

Now public relations is legal if you are a government agency, as long as you bullshit and lie to the American People. If you tell them they are safe from criminals, fraud or International Terrorism when you know damn good and well they are in immediate danger? Or if you are government agency you can tell the consumers, citizens and investors that they are safe from SPAM or Identity Theft because your forceful agency has now made a rule or law and brought 60 cases to court which will take a year to bring to trial, meanwhile there are 60,000 scoundrels out there SPAMMING and countless criminals stealing your personal information. As well as many government agencies, which make the information available to all. In fact Public Relations is fine if you are the government. And defrauding the American Taxpayers, consumers and the American People using tactics of misrepresentation and misleading information is fine as long as you are a government agency and no one can sue you either. Think on this, as we have scoundrels afoot using PR tactics to cheat us and it is not the business community doing it.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/

Taming the See Food Eat Food Response

What happens when you’re just minding your business and suddenly someone walks by with a delicious looking cake, muffins, or some other goodie you weren’t expecting. You weren’t hungry a minute ago but now you are suddenly ravenous. So you jump up and rush to get yours before it’s all gone. After you get back to your desk and a few minutes go by, what happens? You suddenly realize you want more. Your stomach may be growling in fact. You can still see those muffins in your mind’s eye. You want them. A few minutes pass while you debate, “I want another, No, I shouldn’t, but, I really want one, they sure tasted good. If I don’t hurry they might all be gone, what about your diet, who cares? I’m getting one,” and off you go.

Frustrating, isn’t it? All you need is a plan for when the unexpected food suddenly drives you to eat. It’s not like this isn’t going to happen time and again, so having a way to deal with it, in that moment, is better than simply being swept up in the wave of wanting. The old pattern of see food, want food, eat food, get angry about eating food, eat more to get over feeling angry, get angrier, give up, eat more. This cycle generally ends when you either pass out or the food is gone. It doesn’t have to be this way.

TV commercials also induce this see food, want food response, which is why so many people overeat in the evening while watching their favorite shows.

Try this new approach using a technique caled EFT. It’s effective in that it forestalls the immediate pattern of jumping up and rushing to get a treat, and gives you a moment or two to think about what’s happening. Realizing you want a treat is fine, and deciding to have a treat is fine too, but simply eating out of a primal see food/eat food response is not okay. You can move past that immediate driven response to food cues by using this approach.

Step 1: The Desire to Eat Unexpected Food

Do a round of EFT the first moment you suddenly are struck by a desire to eat (when you weren’t hungry or thinking of food a moment before):

“Even though seeing those muffins made me hungry, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I’m suddenly starving, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I want some cake (or whatever it is), I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I know once I start, I’ll never stop eating all day, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

“Even though I’ll wreck my diet today, I deeply and completely accept myself.”

Now, these statements make not appear to make much sense, but if you’ve used EFT in the past, you’d know that a quick round of EFT on whatever it is that’s first and foremost in your mind (the thing you want, despite that you wish you did not), is what you want to address. That’s how EFT works. I don’t know anything about my car’s engine, but I can drive. You don’t have to understand every nuance of EFT or why it works to use it. Just do use it. (For info on learning EFT see resource box).

Step 2: Spending Your Calories Wisely

First check out the offerings by looking them over. Food, especially unexpected food, has to qualify before I’d even consider eating some. For me a food qualifies as special by how it looks, it’s texture, taste, and whether it truly is “special.” Does it appear good enough to spend my day’s calories on? I do pay attention, and I know I have a certain amount of calories on any given day and I don’t want to waste them. If the food is ordinary (something I could buy myself any day of the week), then more often than not I’ll choose to pass, saving my calorie expenditure on something I deem more worthy.

I think to myself, “I’d rather have cheesecake,” which means I decide whether I want this food, or whether I’d rather go get something better later. I can always stop by the bakery on my way home. There are other things I like better which I could have instead. Think of your own favorite treat and use that when confronted with unexpected food that you may want, but it’s not fabulous, just ordinary.

By ordinary I mean doughnuts bought at the supermarket that are nothing special, or a bakery cake with icing you don’t like. I don’t like typical bakery shortening icing and always scrape it off because the cake’s still okay. Don’t eat parts of the food you don’t even like. Chips, pretzels, cookies, etc. Are they home made or store bought. You can buy the store bought brands any day, they aren’t special at all. Take a pass. Save your calories for something really special. I’d rather skip the morning treats and have a piece or two of excellent chocolate tonight.

If you take a bite and find the food is not as good as you expected, you don’t have to eat it. “Really? I don’t have to eat it?” That’s right, you can choose to not eat. There is simply no way I’m wasting calories on food I don’t even like. No one is going to notice you aren’t eating. Talk to those around you. Laugh, enjoy yourself. Set the plate down, walk away. No one will even notice. If someone says, “Aren’t you going to eat that?,” you can say, “In a minute,” and go on chattering. They’ll forget all about it. Their only making conversation, they really don’t care whether you eat, believe me.

If the idea of leaving food or throwing food away is more than you can tolerate, use EFT on that issue too:

“Even though I can’t stand to throw away food …”

“Even though I hate wasting food …”

“Even though there is no way I can throw away perfectly good food …”

“Even though my mother said you should never waste food …”

Being unable to “waste” food is usually a holdover from childhood. You can outgrow childhood conditioning, if you want to. If you hold on to those beliefs, fine. There are no rules here. Just go with whatever comes up, using EFT on anything and everything, and you’ll be amazed at the difference it can make.

Step 3: Ending Food Cravings Even When You Don’t Want To

Do a round of EFT on the desire to eat anyway. If you think you don’t really want the food, but yet you do. In other words, you can’t decide not to eat it, or you’re deciding not to do the EFT because you want to eat it anyway, then do the EFT first, have the food second. You’ll still get to eat the goodies. No one is taking anything away from you.

You may still want the food but find your desire has lessened. You’ll want it because you’re hungry for it, or you’ll want to take some and save it for later when you are hungrier. You can always save some for later. There is no food police to take it away if you don’t eat it right now. Nobody is going to scold you for not finishing your food. Maybe when you were 6-year sold, but not now.

If any memories pop up about eating, leaving food, your mother telling you what you should or should not do, wasting food, or about getting enough to eat, use EFT on those too. That’s the best way to use EFT, just go with the flow of your thoughts, ideas, memories. You’ll get where you want to go without needing to know the details in advance. Just use EFT on whatever thoughts pop up, and slowly those emotional issues and faulty beliefs will melt away like light snowfall in the afternoon sun.

If you take these three steps and still want to eat, go ahead and eat. You’ll feel okay about what you’re eating, and that’s the point. Doing what is best for you in the moment is what really taking care of yourself is all about.

The P6500 is a really well designed phone and HTC clearly spent a lot of time designing it. HTC have done a excellent job on the functional design of this phone.

If the colour scheme of your mobile handset is on your list of requirements, you should be aware that the P6500 can only be bought in Silver. Compared to other models, the P6500 is one of the smallest phones on the market. The battery cell supplied with the P6500 is a Li-Ion 1600 mAh. Regarding the the display the mobile phone is equipped with a 3.5 inch screen, which, considering the alternatives for this price is a great size. A TFT touchscreen, 65K colors display is fitted to this mobile handset. The ring-tones enabled on the P6500 are Polyphonic (40 channels), MP3 along with a vibrating alert. The P6500 is compatible with 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G HSDPA 850 / 1900 – US version. A 3 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus, video camera is integrated into the P6500 camera. A WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (PocketIE), browser allows this phone to be used for mobile Internet access. The HTC P6500 comes equipped with bluetooth, making it very simple to integrate with devices, for example wireless headsets. The P6500 has a number of other useful features such as, GPS navigation, Video/audio album, Pocket Office(Word, Excel, Outlook, PDF viewer), Fingerprint sensor, Barcode/BusinessCard reader applications, Built-in handsfree, MP3/AAC player, Voice memo and Java MIDP 2.0.

Regardless of being a fairly recent model, there is already stiff competition from more recent models. This means it is quite easy to pick up a great bargain on the P6500. Due to the number of online stores that have opened it has never been easier or as cost competitive to purchase a mobile. Ordering online will save you a lot of money, it is even possible to get free line rental for one year on the HTC P6500 , which may never cost a dime.

Most recently the Federal Trade Commission has put forth their requests for further budget funding for fiscal year 2007 and in this report to Congress for more taxpayer’s monies the FTC cited their efforts to curb SPAM. Yet many critics of the agency who have called it everything from incompetent to the Blob of Bureaucracy believe that the FTC has done little since the CAN SPAM Act to enforce this unsolicited commercial email. Here is what the FTC told the US Congress:

SPAM.

“Experts have estimated that spam (unsolicited commercial email) costs businesses between $10 billion and $87 billion annually. Additionally, consumers spend countless hours each year dealing with spam. The CAN SPAM Act provides the FTC with tools to address this issue.”

Perhaps they have the tools to address the issue, yet SPAM has increased not decreased under their watch. Additionally the FTC cites another piece of information:

“In April 2005, the FTC and the California Attorney General brought an action to halt an operation that sent millions of illegal spam messages touting mortgage loans and other products and services. The FTC’s Adult Labeling Rule and the CAN.SPAM Act require commercial e-mailers of sexually-explicit material to use the phrase SEXUALLY EXPLICIT:” in the subject line of the e-mail message and to ensure that the initial viewable area of the message does not contain graphic sexual images.”

If in fact the State of California can take care of this, why are we doubling up and paying the FTC to work on it too? This duplication has to be costing the US Taxpayers millions of dollars, is it not? Meanwhile the FTC’s report goes on to state:

“In 2005, the FTC filed suit against a network of individuals and corporations that used spam to sell access to online pornography, and charged seven companies with violating the labeling requirements of the Rule and the Act. The spammers paid $691 000 to settle the charges and agreed to injunctive relief.”

But one case is not sufficient at all. There are thousands of spammers out there and this one case is not even a drop in the bucket, surely the agency with all this power and weight and self-aggrandizement can do better than this? Yet the FTC always falls back to the more safe position when asking for money from Congress and stated:

“The FTC also continued to work on the rulemaking and reporting requirements mandated by the CAN-SPAM Act. In June 2005, the FTC issued a report to Congress on the use of subject line labeling for commercial email as a means to reduce spam, concluding that such labeling would not be an effective way to curb spam. December 2005, the FTC issued a report to Congress on the effectiveness and enforcement of the CAN.SPAM Act. That report concluded that, while the Act has helped to deliver some improvements, passage of the U.S. SAFE WEB Act, continued education efforts, and improvements in anti-spam technology also are needed.”

And there you have it folks rather than telling the US Congress that the FTC is incompetent they tell them they need more of our money to finish a job that they are failing at. Meanwhile we have Yahoo and AOL planning their own way to make money sending us SPAM and the FTC is going to do nothing about it. Consider the this in 2006.

“Lance Winslow” – Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/