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Should Obama appoint every democrat to his cabinet?

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:58:18 +0000

One by One, so we can discover how many tax dodgers are serving in our government? They need to have a massive audit on ALL these crooks. A matter of fact, why not ALL of congress and the senate, including some RINO’s too?

If you need an article for this, you must be living under a rock…

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Get Cooking with Gas | There's a BBQ Grill for Every Lifestyle

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:50:55 +0000

Barbecue or barbeque, typically shorted to familiar terms like BBQ, Bar-B-Que, and ‘barbie,’ is a method and apparatus for cooking meat with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, hot coals of charcoal, cooking gas, or even electricity. The cooking process includes the application of a marinade, spice rub or basting sauce to the meat. Vegetables are also very much part of this somewhat ritualistic cooking process.

Commonly referred to as a grill, a barbecue (the apparatus) is generally a brazier fitted with a grill and sometimes a spit. The brazier can range anywhere from a simple fire bowl, which uses hot coals as heat, to an elaborate electric barbecue.

There are two main schools of thought for the techniques or the methods you can use for barbequing. The first method, and most popular with the backyard crowds, is food cooked directly over the source of heat. Food is cooked rapidly on a grilled suspended directly over the charcoals, wood, or gas burners. Using this method, the lid is rarely ever closed.

The second barbeque cooking method uses indirect heat and is more appropriate when cooking much larger or whole cuts of meat. When using this technique, the food is cooked away from the actual source of heat and use of a pan of water to maintain moisture is typically common. During the longer cooking time, the lid of the barbeque remains closed most of the time. The rule of thumb for this method is using a low temperature for a long period of time.

The term barbeque also refers to the food which is prepared on the grill, typically we mean meat, poultry, or fish which is highly seasoned and basted frequently to keep it moist. The word barbeque also conjures up the image of an informal style, outdoor gathering where barbecued food is served.

Gas grills come in a variety of styles with added features to suit every cook. Whether you’re cooking for one or for a crowd, these grills are the perfect choice for any chef who loves to create authentic barbecue flavor. When you are ready to purchase, here are a few tips to consider when evaluating your options:

1. Function – Most consumers look for gas BBQ grills that will slow-cook their food to lock in juices and flavor. The gas travels through the gas lines up to the igniter switch; when the switch is ignited, the burner or burners are turned on, and heat and flame are created. The difference between a gas grill and a charcoal grill is that the gas flames are minimal and produce a slow, steady heat. Wood chips are placed at the bottom of the grill to add barbecue flavor.

2. Features – Gas barbecues will include the basic cooking surface; this is often a nonstick grate in porcelain, cast iron or chrome. Many grills offer a rotisserie or rack at the top of the grill to turn the food slowly while it is cooking. Temperature control and automatic ignition are added features. Some grills offer a vegetable griller inside so smaller food can be smoked or steamed as it is being cooked. Tiered cooking is common on most gas barbecue grills; this allows different food items to be cooked at different temperatures. Flat-surface grills accommodate smaller items that cannot be cooked on a regular grate. Hidden compartments to conceal the propane gas tank are also a popular feature. Some grills come with motorized hoods to free up the chef’s hands.

3. Types – The function remains the same but grills types may vary to include combination cooking with gas and charcoal. Gas smokers provide a strong barbecue flavor by slow-cooking the meat in a dome-shaped grill filled with flavored wood chips. Full-size portable grills that fold up for easy transport are great for campers and those who travel. Small tabletop grills are great for hikers and those who are tent camping. Built-in gas barbecue grills that are a part of an outdoor kitchen area serve as a permanent fixture for backyard décor and entertaining.

4. Size – Grills come in a variety of sizes, from tabletop grills to built-in outdoor grills. The size of the grill depends greatly on how many burners the grill has; most grills have between one and five burners. The burners take up the length of the surface of the grill, allowing for variations in size, but the benefit to having multiple burners is that the food can be cooked at different temperatures in different areas of the grill.

To some barbecue is a lifestyle and to most it a way of life. Always remember the safety guides of using gas and let’s get cooking!

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An Easy Tip for Improved MLM Success: Think of Every Person You Meet Online or Off as a Filing Cabinet

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:53:22 +0000

Laurel (my wife and business partner) and I have been “connected” to the MLM industry for a long time, either as customers, as business builders or as trainers. We love the industry, almost all of the products and services it offers, and most of the companies in it.

But we disagree with much of the training. We think the training – or lack thereof – is the Achilles’ heel of MLM. It’s why, in our opinion, the vast majority of the well-meaning and hardworking distributors fail. Miserably. For one thing, it doesn’t teach distributors what to say and do to REALLY get people’s attention – and without attention, there’s no interest, no reaction, and no action.

And we’ve observed their failure to communicate properly – that’s what it comes down to – everywhere distributors market and advertise their products or opportunity: at networking events (especially), with their Web site, their capture page, business cards, sizzle cards, flyers, ads, emails, etc. Everywhere.

Let me share with you the best tip we gave people when we used to do live or telephone training sessions: Imagine, from now on, that every person you meet – online or offline – is a four-drawer filing cabinet. Your simple job – we didn’t say easy – is to get them to open a “mental drawer” to take in your information in order to make a decision about your products and business opportunity, with the hope that in the end, they will discriminate in your favor.

The only two questions in your mind at this point should be: “What does he mean by ‘opening a mental drawer’?” and “How do you do that?”. Great questions. Let’s answer them one at a time.

Imagine that everyone is a filing cabinet with legs, feet, arms and hands, neck and head. As you probably suspect – just look at your own life – this “filing cabinet” is bombarded daily with hundreds, perhaps thousands of messages, from the outside – come to this event, register for this course, buy this brand of car, this house in this part of town, this shampoo, eat these cereals, eat at this restaurant, go there for your holidays, send your daughter to this school, use our credit card, our cellphone package, etc.

There are also a lot of messages coming from the inside – gotta renew my membership this week, gotta call the accountant, gotta order more checks from the bank, gotta change the batteries in the smoke detector, gotta get the oil changed on the SUV, gotta do this, gotta go here, gotta buy that…

Here’s what uninformed MLMers too often do: they bombard the poor soul with worthless words that just bounce off the sides of the filing cabinet and pile up at the bottom, words that will never be read, heard or referred to ever. Let me lift a corner of the veil and reveal why these words are worthless: these words speak of features and particulars. I’ll elaborate on this in a minute.

Let me share with you a very wise observation from a marketing genius named Michel Neray: “If you’re like most people, you try to tell as much as you can, as quickly as you can, in order to give your prospect as much information as possible in the hopes that something will trigger some interest. After all, you’ve got excellent credentials to describe great case studies, impressive expertise and a gazillion years of experience, and you really, really know what you’re talking about, right? If you never seem to get people as interested as you had hoped they would be, here’s why: the person you’re talking to simply can’t process all the information you’re overwhelming him with, and consequently, he just tunes out.”

They tune out. They tune out because you give them too much information, yes, but more important, they tune out because you give them the WRONG information. I’ll address that in the answer to your second question.

Your mission, when you are marketing and advertising your wonderful MLM opportunity and your fantastic products or services, is to get the person you are communicating with to pull open one of the drawers to receive and store your information – the information they’ll need later to make a decision.

Bluntly put, if you don’t get them interested enough – if you don’t get their ATTENTION – for them to open that mental drawer, you are SOL. Finished. Kaput. Sayonara. Va con dios amigo!

If they don’t open the drawer, they will NOT visit your Web site, they will NOT keep your business card or sizzle card, they will NOT read your flyer, ad or email. Consequently, they will NOT buy your amazing products and will certainly NOT join your business opportunity. EVER!

Now, your second question was (should have been) “How do you do that?” Here’s how: first, you start my remembering that the most listened-to radio station anywhere on the planet is WIII-FM – What Is In It For Me. Then, you tell the person what is in it for him or her if they buy your products or join your business.

Give them the BENEFITS, first. Not the features, not the particulars, not how many years the company has been around, the fact that they’re in 12 countries already, that your upline makes 10 grand a month, that you’ve signed up 16 people in the last week, that if they buy now, they get two for one and free shipping, or the fact that you can re-insert yourself in your own leg by buying extra positions. WHO CARES?

I’ll tell you who cares: someone who has just taken in, tasted, chewed and digested a fantastic benefit for them. Someone who has asked – verbally or in their head – the question “How do you do that?“ or maybe “Can you tell me more?” When they ask one of those two questions – consciously or subconsciously – they’ve now open a drawer and they are ready and willing (eager even if the benefit is huge) to take in your info and read it, watch it, listen to it, ponder it, study it attentively later. You’re “in”! You’re on first base!

Features tell, benefits sell! Features make the “filing cabinet” airtight, benefits open up drawers. Don’t get me wrong, people will need the features, the particulars, the details to make a decision – LATER! But they FIRST need to see the benefits, or all the other stuff will be of no interest, no value. And what do people do – what do YOU do? – with things that are valueless? You discard them.

One more thing about benefits and features: you need to know the difference.

This is a serious problem I observe daily in MLM campaigns everywhere: most MLMers, it seems, don’t know the difference between the two. Let me shed some light on this. A feature is what something IS or HAS (a compensation plan with an auto-ship) while a benefit is what something DOES (it guarantees your income from month to month). And even better if you can express the benefit(s) in terms of what that thing does FOR me, the prospect (What Is In It For ME!!!).

For example, which one of the following two approaches do you think has a better chance of enticing Bob to open up a drawer and store your information for future consideration?:

“One thing I like about our comp plan, Bob, is that the customers get their products via auto-ship.” (Bob thinking: “Who cares?”)

“You know Bob, because your customers get their product via auto-ship, your income is guaranteed every month, even if you spend half the time away from the office, doing what you really like to do…”

(Bob dreaming: “… like fly-fishing, playing golf, building the cottage…”)

In conclusion, people lead busy lives. They pay attention only to things that they consider of value, to THEM (WIII-FM…). Benefits represent value, features don’t – not until there is a benefit. If you want to get people’s attention, give them a good reason for action – aka the right information. That’s the only way to get them to open their mental drawer. When you get enough people to do that, sky’s the limit.

I wish you ALL the business success you desire and deserve. (Just remember that…what you “desire” is a function of your ambition, what you “deserve” is a function of your ACTIONS…Are the two aligned?)

Daniel G. St-Jean, BB, IMA, AMA, FBMI, SEM

(BizzBooster, Internet Marketing Advisor, Article-Marketing Alchemist,

Firm-Base Marketing™ Instructor, Successerenity™ Exponent & Mentor)

On the topic of ?Filing Cabinets?, know that our breakthrough Special eReport entitled Marketing In The Know-Zone? (http://www.Marketing-In-The-Know-Zone.com) explains WHY people do what they do, while our remarkable Special eReport on Firm-Base Marketing? (http://www.Firm-Base-Marketing.com) explains HOW to make people do what you want them to. I recommend my very helpful 18-page Mini-Report entitled Get on First Base by Design! which you can get for FREE at http://www.FirstBaseByDesign.com.

Do I Need A Receiver Box For At&t U-verse For Every Tv?

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:56:21 +0000

The reason I ask is because I am considering U-verse based on price. I really don’t mind having a receiver box for every tv in my house except one – a small under the cabinet tv I installed a few years ago in our kitchen. With cable I just wired into it and you can watch cable tv up to channel 99. If U-verse 100% requires a box then I may not get it because there really is no place to mount the box under the cabinet – I mean getting a small “under the cabinet” drop down tv was the point, not to have to have a converter box as well. Mostly we just have the news on in the morning or while cooking dinner, but it is still nice. Please let me know – thanks.

Do I Need A Receiver Box For At&t U-verse For Every Tv?

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:57:19 +0000