Dejections

What is networking? Are you going to meet a strange group of people, often in a strange place, to somehow get something you think will be of benefit. If you fit this definition in any way you are a Networking Numskull. So what about these people who go to ‘networking’ meetings.

If they go, they introduce themselves and hand out their business cards and collect cards from others. Most of these cards are soon lost or tossed, by both parties!

Everyone knows they should network, but have you? Between making your goals for the company, family and other important things in your life there just doesn’t seem to be any time left for networking. I hear this statement from people every day.

Would you make networking a hire priority if it meant an additional $700,000 in income?

It has been shown that by not maintaining and building your network you will be leaving a significant amount of money on the table. More than 80% of all jobs come from networking.

Statistics show that the average person will have twelve or more jobs in their career with an average three year tenure in each. In addition, establishing a network when you are in transition typically takes at least 4-6 months. If you make an average of $100,000 a year and have to re-build your network for each new opportunity, you will be walking away from 48-72 months of income. That adds up to as much as $700,000 of lost income, not including the potential investment income that could have been yielded.

Instead, let’s build a Career Networking Strategy to maximize the benefits for all.

Phase 1: the Introduction or Contact

What most people do not understand is that this is NOT networking, these are introductions or contacts. They are no more valuable than that person you met for the first time at the company Christmas party.

Phase 2: Get to Know the other person

So, what to do? Take the first, real networking step and start contacting those people who gave you their business cards. You know, the ones you don’t remember! Set up a coffee or lunch meeting and start to “get to know” one another, the first step in networking.

Once you get to know this person you can make a judgment if you should get to know them better. If you decide it would be mutually beneficial to go forward, then start building a relationship. Relationships are what make networking a valuable and rewarding process. We do business with those we have relationships with!

Phase 3: I know the other person

This is when someone asks you about another person and you can say “Yes, I know him/her.” And, you can tell a little about their background and expertise. But, you wouldn’t put your reputation on the line for this person.

Phase 4: I recommend this person highly

This is when you can honestly recommend this person to another and put your reputation on the line. This is when you are selling this person to another because you have taken the time to really know them, and they you. Now you are both comfortable in providing the most powerful referral, a personal one.

The more people you get to Phases 2 - 4 then the more powerful your network will become!

And don’t forget a couple of other simple rules when networking. First, always ask how you might be able to help the other person. If you give, then you will receive. And, surprise, it is not as hard or time consuming as you may think.

Second, create interest in yourself when you first meet someone. How? Start by having a very short statement or ‘hook’ phrase that creates interest for the listener. You know, the answer to the question ‘what do you do’? Why? You only have 10-15 seconds to capture their interest.

For example, a Vice President of Engineering could just say “I am a Vice President of Engineering”. This is possibly impressive to some but amongst a group of executives, ho-hum, not at all interesting. But a friend of mine who is VP Engineering says, “I am a de-engineering expert”. Instantly he gets the question “what is that”? Now a conversation ensues and the other party will more likely remember this person over most they have met.

Since most people can not come up with a ‘hook’ phrase, try creating a ‘value’ phrase. Determine what it is you really do, what value you bring to a given situation or problem.

Instead of that standard ‘title’ statement, use a statement about the value you bring to an organization or group. For example, “I establish engineering processes that are more efficient, easier to implement, and bring more profit to an organization”.

Isn’t that better? Someone said, “It is not who you know, but who remembers YOU”.

What is an “elevator” speech? I used to think it was something you said while riding an elevator. It is really an expanded ‘value statement’!

Even if you think you never need or want to meet an engineering executive, you would still remember this person over most you meet.

If you want to establish business alliances and personal alliances…,

Get past introductions and start building relationships. You don’t have a network until you have relationships. Shaking hands at an event does not mean you have built a network. Take time to build relationships that will add meaning to both your personal and professional life. Do not wait until it’s too late or you could be walking away from well deserved income.

Ask how you can help the other person, and, don’t forget to make an impression that others will remember!

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One of the matters commonly found at the bottom of the list when planning an education is medical insurance for students. More Often Than Not, the majority of students don’t consider how they will cope with insurance needs. Younger people tend to imagine that they will live forever and naturally they can not get sick.

As we all know, no matter how well an individual may seem, there is no way to ensure their future health. A suitable student medical insurance policy isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity.

Individuals who are covered by a family policy are in general covered up to their 23rd birthday. For those who do not currently have cover on a parent’s policy, getting an appropriate student health insurance plan must be apart of budgeting for college.

So what must you look out for in a policy for college students? Deductibles: It is an annual sum you have to pay before your medical benefits are available, in the same vein as an auto insurance plan. To give an example, should the deductible be five hundred dollars, five hundred dollars must be paid prior to getting financial benefits from the insurance.

So what’s your co-pay? Once you meet your deductible, almost all insurance policies require that you contribute a part of the cost for each doctor’s visit, medicinal drug or procedure. This is termed a co-pay.

What is the area of coverage? Almost all plans include Health Maintenance Organization and PPA. This usually means certain doctors might be excluded from your authorized medical providers or not be included on your medical insurance plan. Nearly all programs provide a directory of approved professionals, so be sure you take this into consideration when you pick out medical insurance. What does the phrase catastrophic insurance coverage mean? There may be a restriction on college student medical insurance policies especially as far as catastrophic illnesses are concerned, in nearly all student insurance policies, it is commonly less than a regular insurance plan.

Restrictions: Affordable student medical coverage plans commonly have limitations. Study your insurance policy to discover the extent of your policy. Carry any insurance cards safe everywhere. It is not just impossible to plan for accidents or an illness, but they are unfortunately likely to hit when least convenient. So ensure you are conversant with your student health insurance plan even if you are covered by your family policy.

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Hayling Island

Hayling Island is a small Island that is tied to the mainland merely by a Bridge on the Solent coast.

This exquisite Island is called home by 16,900 people who enjoy the miles of shore lines butting against the Solent. The traditional Seaside feel is a perfect backdrop for Sailing, swimming, kite surfing and Wind Surfing.

Boasting 2 churches St Peters built in 1140 and St Marys which dates back to the 13th Century. A visit to the Life Boat Station and Museum situated by Sandy Point explains the courage and history, whilst the views across to the entrance of Chichester harbour may be enjoyed and maybe captured..

Or if you fancy a round or 2 why not tee off at Hayling Golf Club, founded in 1865, the 18 holes will test any golfer, set in a lovely location looking out across the Solent towards the Isle Of White, complete with Club House and of course the 19th Hole.

Or possibly the engrossing treasures on presentation at the Royal Marines Museum will not fail to impress, with their displays of Landing Craft, Uniforms, Silver and Manuscripts dating back centuries. Or be transported back in time with a visit to Southsea Castle built on the orders of Henry VIII, now home to a fascinating Museum and to the fabulous Over Lord Tapestry which commemorates D Day

Although many of you out there fancy yourselves as warm, loving, and competent fathers, you are sometimes the problem in your relationship with your kids. This may be difficult to hear, but if you make this secret the cornerstone of who you are as a father, you’ll increase your chances for success and effectiveness with your kids. Deny that this is ever a problem, and you’ll continue to create problems without your knowledge of it. Sound complicated? It’s not, just read on.

It’s incredibly easy to get to a place of judging your children harshly and blaming them for problems in your family. If you’re married, you may also get to the same place with your wife.

Fathers can easily see themselves as hard-working dads who care about their family and do all of the “right” things for them. You may have a hard time seeing your own contribution to any problems your family has.

But there is an important reason that you are the problem, and it’s a concept that can be used in any relationship in your life: In any relationship that you’re in, the other person really knows how you feel about them! Words don’t have to be spoken here. Your loved ones have an intuitive sense about your feelings for them, and they’re usually quite accurate.

When you’re not feeling good about your son or daughter, when you’re feeling they are embarrassing you or aren’t living up to “your standards,” you’re letting them know in some way that they’re failing.

When they pick up on those feelings, what you will notice is that you will get more of the very behavior that you are disturbed about. If you see your son as incapable, he will tend to “live down” to your expectation and be incapable. If you see your daughter as weak and dependent, you’ll get a good dose of these qualities as well.

Do you see how you’re the problem here?

It’s important to note that this initial “seed” of blame will have a tendency to cycle and grow stronger. The more your kids feel blamed for their behavior, the more negative feelings will come your way. In their book, “Leadership and Self-Deception (2000),” the Arbinger Institute talks about how easily we deceive ourselves and blame others, causing our relationships to worsen. Not only do we easily blame others, we are totally unaware of how we contribute to the problem by initiating this blame.

It is not being suggested that you should never have any negative thoughts about your family. These kinds of thoughts will come and go. What’s important to remember is that blaming your kids isn’t just ineffective, it’s destructive!

So why do it?

What will work is to find ways to be more aware of how you’re pointing fingers and to take on the responsibility of lessening the impact when you’re doing it.

The most important way you can do this is to love your kids unconditionally. You can see them as the wonderful, resourceful, loving people that they are and not as their flaws.

It’s also helpful to realize that your ego will often manipulate things so that you can’t always see the best in your kids. This effectively prevents you from having to consider your own contribution to the problem. Accepting this as a permanent condition for yourself will allow you to be more aware of the problem when it does surface.

So what can you do when you begin to see your kids or your family as “the problem” and your relationships begin to suffer?

•Be committed to staying aware of this tendency and to get accountability from your wife or others around staying away from it.

•Know the behavioral signs when you are judging others as the problem– you feel irritated, angry, argumentative, etc.

•Don’t try to change your kids; they’ll know what you’re up to and will resist you.

•Always look at what you can do to change–this takes a lot of courage.

•Get support; for a long time fathers have believed that they should be able to do it all on their own. Enlist other fathers or a coach or mentor to help you to be as effective as possible.

•Find a way that you can “practice” the skill of loving your children unconditionallybeing loving and supportive when they’re not at their best is one way to do this.

Since any of us can remember, we have tended to look at others in our family and believed that they are the “cause” of problems we have.

There is another way to look that demands more courage and is much more effective.

Have the courage to honestly face the fact that you are often the “problem” in your family.

Your loving relationship with your kids may depend on it.

About the Author

Mark Brandenburg MA, CPCC, is the author of “25 Secrets of Emotionally Intelligent Fathers” (http://www.markbrandenburg.com/e_book.htm#secrets. For more great tips and action steps for fathers, sign up for his FREE bi-weekly newsletter, “Dads, Don’t Fix Your Kids,” at http://www.markbrandenburg.com

Here is just a little wish list I put together for you. First, I feel I should tell you that I greatly appreciate all that you do for me and our family. Feel free to grant any or all of my wishes time permitting. They can be fulfilled in any order. I will gladly accept them on any given day. No need to wait for a special occasion or holiday to grant any of the following:
A thorough house cleaning preferably when the house is dirty. I will gladly show you where the cleaning supplies are kept and will provide a detailed list for you if needed.
A night out. Just about any activity will do. This would include everything from a simple picnic to a night on the town. Oh, I almost forgot, no kids. So you will need to arrange for a sitter.
A few diaper changes. For the baby of course, I’m past that stage. If you really want to impress me, you can change a few of the pooh pooh ones. That would be great!
An occasional morning to catch up on my beauty sleep. So I can remain the beautiful woman you adore. This can be arranged around your days off of work.
A night free of dinner duty and clean up. I trust you, so anything you decide to prepare will do just fine. I know you wouldn’t even consider serving me a TV dinner. And don’t worry about getting dish pan hands from the clean up. I use a wonderful dish soap that will moisturize your hands while doing dishes.
A couple of late night feedings would be nice. Not for me, I’m watching my weight. But, the baby is known to wake up a time or two hungry for a late night snack.
A bedtime round up. This would consist of rounding up all the munchkins and getting them tucked in their beds. Really its good exercise. All the repeated trips to the restroom and the kitchen for last minute drinks.
A thank-you for a job well done. It really boosts my self esteem and shows me how much you appreciate all that I do.
Now this was just a small list. Feel free to add anything to it or repeat any of my wishes. I will accept most graciously.
Love,
Me

About the Author

This article was written by Tammy Pinarbasi, Owner of the Parent Super Site, http://www.parentsupersite.com. You are welcome to use this article, but please link back to this site. Thank you…!

Searching for different methods such as school scholarships to finance a degree is difficult and intimidating. School scholarships are unlike a regular student loan in that they are a grant for your education, and therefore, repayment isn’t needed. When looking for ways to finance your university instruction, remember that funds are available in very unlikely sites, for instance left hander scholarships.

Left-Handed Scholarships: — It may appear strange to offer a bursary dependent on being left-handed, but it’s worth considering this: Bill Gates is left handed, as is President Barack Obama. Raphael, Da Vinci, Ringo Starr not to mention Winston Churchill were lefties as well. Current statistics propose up to eleven percent of people are lefties. Regrettably in the past southpaws have gone through significant discrimination, nowadays they are often believed to be more intelligent and more artistic. Today, lefties are no longer discriminated against or thought of as odd, as a matter of fact they may even be linked with the many great people named above.

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There are numerous scholarships accessible for left handed students when you search around. A Beckley Scholarship for 1000 USD is available at Juniata College in Huntington, PA. Presented to students going to Juniata College and it was established in 1979, this unique college grant has aided forty plus scholars in their pursuit for a college degree.

When looking for scholarships, do be mindful that some scholarships have requirements and limitations. This can be grade requirements or financial needs. Multiple applications may give you a much better opportunity of financing your college degree acquiring a minimal level of debt. Societies, hobby related groups and even local organizations may be a source of college scholarships. Scholarships for southpaw scholars aren’t the only case; funds are obtainable in numerous different cases for example to the children of veterans or if you are disabled in any way.

Searching out grants may take a little time, but the rewards will be valuable. Employed along with regular lending, they are effective at reducing the student debt that a college degree generates. Ensure you explore every last opportunity. The above-mentioned funding is not the only option — be creative! If you even suppose you might be suitable, then go for it, keeping any costs minimal, also you will be able to expect improved prospects when you eventually graduate.

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Most bettors will likely have seen the term “offshore sports betting”, though some may not be altogether sure what it refers to. An overseas gambling internet site inherently operates exterior to the dominion of a single nation or else it could mean an on-line gaming web site which has its master computer inside the boundaries of a nation in which online gaming isn’t currently illicit. To summarize then, it’s a sports betting facility working independently of the authority of the state of the gamer. Web based sports betting webpages are mostly modulated by 3 institutions. These are termed OSGA (the Offshore Gaming Association), the IGC (Interactive Gaming Council) and finally the Fidelity Trust Gaming Association FTGA.

The Offshore Gaming Association is in fact a nonpartisan body which audits the modern offshore gaming business with the objective of to provide gamblers the capability to easily pick out honorable internet companies to play games of fortune on, without unease. The OSGA strives to protect client’s rights, and also they do not charge any association expenses. The Offshore Gaming Association is a highly competent not to mention non-biased third party company which voices nonpartisan information, suggested by your comments, unbiased examination, telephone chats, inside prompts and also imparts inside communication.

The Interactive Gaming Council are a not-for-profit council. The organization was set up to provide a platform for curious participants to discuss questions and in addition to progress relevant matters in the international interactive sports gaming trade, to establish conscientious and also dutiful industry rules and patterns which aim to improve end user confidence in internet gaming commodities and functions, and also to assist as the offshore betting industry’s general strategy interpreter and it also supplies a data depot.

The Interactive Gaming Council has worked up a name for stimulating safety, stability and in addition plausibility by virtue of the strict ethical standards it exhibits, and its allure for moral business concerns. The IGC regulates overseas gambling by means of championing a particular 10-point working policy and in addition charges sports gaming business concerns a payment to feature their logo. Dispirited gamers can, if they like, mention their issues to the Interactive Gaming Council.

The Fidelity Trust Gaming Association was established in a venture to compose a benchmark to upgrade the procedures of online gambling internet sites. The authority proposerealize that conducting business with partners of good reputation, they can work out an affiliation of the most trustworthy and most efficient offshore betting operations worldwide.

These are organizations which govern the conduct of networked sports betting and which should help to assuage any insecurities held by skeptics. Machine-accessible gaming internet sites are altogether dependable, in as much as individual data are no longer needed and the rewards not to mention the odds are equivalent to your usual Vegas-type sports wager. These sites diminish travel time, but still maintain of a Vegas gambling casino, however today you are able to play in your own house.

Most of the questions that I get asked these days concern Ed Jr. He’s seventy four years of age now, and most of y’all know that he had major heart surgery several years ago. Most of y’all also know that he’s prominently featured in my first two books. His exploits seem to have been appreciated by more than a few, and I guess it’s only natural that some of y’all would like an update on what’s been going on with him lately. Because of that, I decided I’d give him a call and get the first hand skinny on what he’s been up to recently.

I called him around three yesterday afternoon, and was surprised at the fact that he picked up after only a couple of rings (typically, it takes five to six). In fact, when he picked up the phone, he sounded just a tad breathless. Why he was a tad breathless made a lot more sense after our conversation, which is provided for all of y’all below:

Me: “Hey, old man, just wanted to call and see how you’re holding up these days.”

Ed Jr.: “Son, I’m fine, life’s good.”

Me: “Have you been spendin’ much time in Juliette these days?”

Ed Jr.: “Al (his nickname for me), I’d like to talk with you, but I have someone out there in the den waiting on me.”

Me: “Someone waiting on you? Did one of your old Army buddies come to visit you?”

Ed Jr.: “Nope, no old Army buddies. Al, look, I’ve got a prime, less than thirty year old female waitin’ to spend some time with me.”

Me: “You gotta be kidding! A young gal like that wants to spend time with you?”

Ed Jr.: “And is that a big surprise for you?”

Me: “Well, yeah. It’s a surprise cause you’re seventy four years old and she’s in her twenties. Do you think that you’re still up to spending time with a woman that young?”

Ed Jr.: “Al, back when I had my navy blue sixty-five Ford Falcon, I always knew on a winter day that I would have to warm her up awhile before I could drive her. Well, these days, I’m a lot like that Falcon, it may take me a little while to get cranked up but I purr like a kitten when I do.”

Me: “Old man, a lot of my readers want to know what you’re up to these days.”

Ed Jr.: “Son, this woman is in here waitin,’ your readers will surely forgive me if I go ahead and spend some time with her.”

Me: “Dad, can’t you even tell them just a little something about your take on life or current events these days?”

Ed Jr.: “Alright son, but this is gonna be quick. The Braves collapsed again in the post season after the Gomer Pyle of baseball managers, Bobby Cox, made more mistakes than a blind person sittin’ behind the wheel of a moving car. Scott Peterson was guilty as hell, and the only person on this earth loopier than the skinny Anna Nicole Smith is the fat Anna Nicole Smith. An undecided voter is too stupid to be allowed to vote in the first place, and Bin Laden looks like a goat with a dress on. Probably smells like one, too. Georgia Tech needs to go ahead and admit the truth and start looking for a new head football coach, and don’t even get me started about Michael Jackson. He just needs to be taken out back behind the jail house and dealt with the way they used to take care of perverts back in the days of the old west. And son?”

Me: “Yes dad?”

Ed Jr.: “You know that I care about you, but there’s a twenty eight year old woman in the den who wants my company. You know what that means, don’t you?”

Me: “It means that if it comes down to you talking with me or her, she’ll win, doesn’t it?”

Ed Jr.: “Of course, son, my last name is still Williams. And now I gotta go. And son?”

Me: “Yes dad?”

Ed Jr.: “Don’t call back again today unless your health gets real bad all of a sudden. Call me again tomorrow and I’ll tell you what I can.”

Me: “Okay.”

Ed Jr.: “Later, Al.”

And with that, he hung up. And also with that, y’all now have the latest on the Godfather. The down and dirty. The true skinny. The current escapades of a typical Georgia senior citizen, living out his days in a simple, quiet way, just making the best of his golden years that he can…..

About The Author

Ed’s latest book, “Rough As A Cob,” can be ordered by calling River City Publishing toll-free at: 877-408-7078. He’s also a popular after dinner speaker, and his column runs in a number of Southeastern publications. You can contact him via email at: ed3@ed-williams.com, or through his web site address at: www.ed-williams.com.

BENEFICENT PATERNALISM REVISITED:

The motivations of those in power must be evident and ethical. That was the case when the ruling body of the Keltic clandoms of Atlantis (NW Europe and islands of the Mediterranean as well as missions in the Americas and at times co-ventures with Phoenicia or Mu) met each day. It was three women and three men of the best training and proven performance. None but the Druidic trained were eligible. This schooling was integrative and complete in all areas of knowledge to the point of understanding enough to have no fear or need of ‘expert’ influence. The six King/Bairds ruled from their acceptance till their death or 25 years. At the end of that term there was a great celebration or wake. They were the guest of honor along with captured enemies and criminals who did not find favor in ostracism. They all would be placed in a wicker wood enclosure and burned. There was no reason to sell favors or feather any nest eggs. If an administrative Ovate or Bishop was to be found transgressing any law or regulation they would pay four times the dire fine. They could not hide behind their subordinates as the politicians like Nixon and Bush did recently in Watergate and Ollie North, etc. They would be fined the same fine as their lackey or helper who was fined. The Brehon Laws were situational ethical constructs that placed a high awareness on the psychological and spiritual reality in their decisions. A poor man stealing bread might be given more food; but a person of substance who took advantage of the poor would be made significantly less powerful.

Six is a good number for decision making committees. These six people should have different strengths and expertise as well as an irreproachable public persona. With immortality imminent (900 years according to articles in Scientific-American) the term could be a century or more. I would imagine the group might want to replace one member every few years by means of a majority vote. I think a mandatory replacement of two people every 50 years would keep a core group of recognizable motivational wise people. These replacements could be drawn from a clan council (of old) or Advisory Panel of helpers. This panel should be taken from all walks of life and all areas of expertise. It might need to place weight in areas of social import such as the war on women, and thus have more women than men at first.

PEROGATIVES OF PURPOSE:

The mission statement is simple - improve the quality of life! The means might change over time at the request of duly elected officials of the United Nations. Such requests would not have to be honored by the six members of the head council. They would initially pay a lot of attention to transparency issues such as the oversight of policing and espionage agencies. Their access to information would be total, but their power would come from their message and wisdom NOT by means of force. A lot of public forums such as the U.N. would happen on a regular basis. Encouragement and media exposure combined with ecumenical initiatives would be paramount at first. By telling people about technology that can determine guilt in many crimes through MRI memory scans they would end a lot of legal wrangling and correct a lot of social ills. The money they would receive from estates and charitable donations would be used to create model programs to demonstrate more efficient and humane management of society.

Their web-site would operate as a continuing forum on many issues with worldwide input and access. Countries like China that seek to limit access would find G-7 countries no longer willing to trade with them. Through access to truth people will become empowered! Once empowered, they will demand change. The lack of a moral voice and such access is all that stands in the way of the following:

1) The end of the war on women - No arranged marriages
- Rights of property and abortion
- Equal voting rights and education
- No exclusions from priesthoods
- Protection from incestuous and ethnic practices like genital disfigurement and being thrown alive on husband’s funeral pyres

2) Ending standing armies and secret agencies, over time

3) International Policing of technologies such as biologics or genetics.

4) A World Court with its own policing agency and the necessary means to enforce their decisions, including IMF and World Bank support. It might not use these current names or structures.

5) The end of safe havens and tax incentives or exclusionary practices for international criminals like drug lords and arbitrageurs.

6) The end of ecological predation and destruction.

7) The creation of hope for all with the desire to participate and assistance for them to make a better and more soulful world.

Research into possibilities for improvement of all aspects of society that must focus on love as the guiding force.

9) Worldwide access to telomeres and gene therapy to make individuals who live in JUST societies to be nearly immortal.

POWER, REMUNERATION AND DUTIES: - NONE!

Expenses would be paid for by the Advisory Panel member’s donations. They would put their assets in a blind trust and have no need of any legislated power. The truth and wisdom of their message would be all they need to do these things and more.

HOW NAIVE?!

Principled people like the Gracchi and Cathars have tried this kind of thing since before the time of Lactantius or Mani. Without authority there is no reason to believe effective and responsible people will want to try to change the world. Goals need to exist and mere principles based on love and other ‘airy-fairy’ wishful thinking of the bleeding heart variety has no chance of succeeding.

The World Wide Web makes it a different ball game. There is a group of internationally recognized philosophers creating social salons to augment the growing ‘critical mass’ of RIGHTeous people already. Marianne Williamson and Deepak Chopra along with their friend Wayne Dyer and others are not stupid or solely intent on marketing their message of renewal and soulful purpose. I think the pressure to make this organization take a more active role in government might not be taken on. In some cases they might be able to do some good in these arenas for a short time. It would be essential to never get involved in gutter politics and keep the message clean. Imagine the conflicts over who got to sit on these positions of honor and trust. Would the Catholic and Islamic representatives have to be female? Why have a shaman or a Yamabushi? What expertise does the Green Party or Amnesty International bring that better people can’t provide? Who is John Ralston Saul and what gives a monarch any moral standing even if he is different like Prince Hussein of Jordan? Why are there so many Hollywood people or Americans like Oprah Winfrey and Jimmy Carter? The scientists are the culprits and the proselytizers are the worst criminals of all history, why let their voice be heard anymore? Who represents US!!???

The arguments would be extensive as agents of the old order saw what the future held for them. If this organization kept to its principles and told only the truth about its attackers rather than normal politics, it will succeed. There is no need to get anyone’s approval or any government either.

Who would be the person to start this organization? Bill Gates and his wife Marilyn could put their $17 Billion Foundation to good use in such a purpose-oriented educational medium. Marshall McLuhan was right when he said give me control of the media and I will control the nation. Let us all encourage each other to take back control of the message, and make sure the messenger is honest!

About the Author

Author of Diverse Druids
Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
Guest ‘expert’ at World-Mysteries.com