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font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Resveratrol-shows-metabolic-benefits-for-obese-Study" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="nutraIngredients, Resveratrol and obesity"&gt;Resveratrol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;is a natural, chemical compound found in peanuts, blueberries and especially grapes.&amp;nbsp; Due to the large concentration of resveratrol in grapes, red wine – in which grapes are fermented longer than in white wine – is an excellent source as well.&amp;nbsp; Resveratrol gives off antioxidant activity and has long been considered as a contributor to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #382c1a; 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font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cancer.gov/drugdictionary/?CdrID=405819" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="National Cancer Institute, resveratrol"&gt;cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="art-PostContent" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div id="fb_share_1" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 2px;"&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_size_Small fb_share_count_wrapper" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; position: relative; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fisotonixblog.marketamerica.com%2Fstudy-resveratrol-may-stimulate-fat-controlling-hormone%2F&amp;amp;src=sp" name="fb_share" share_url="http://isotonixblog.marketamerica.com/study-resveratrol-may-stimulate-fat-controlling-hormone/" style="color: #1b6c98; 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border-bottom-color: rgb(176, 185, 236); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(176, 185, 236); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(176, 185, 236); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(176, 185, 236); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; margin-bottom: 7px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="fb_share_count_inner" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e8ebf2; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; display: block;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://isotonixblog.marketamerica.com/files/2011/01/red-grapes.jpg" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://isotonixblog.marketamerica.com/files/2011/01/red-grapes.jpg" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Red Grapes" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-386" height="300" src="http://isotonixblog.marketamerica.com/files/2011/01/red-grapes-186x300.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 1em;" title="Red Grapes" width="186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em;"&gt;A new study from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.uthscsa.edu/" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio"&gt;University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;found that resveratrol may also stimulate the fat controlling hormone, adiponectin.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20090707/study-links-a-protein-with-diabetes-risk" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="WebMD, adiponectin and decreased risk of diabetes"&gt;Adiponectin&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a “good guy” hormone produced in small fat cells that counters susceptibility to diabetes and heart disease by making the liver and muscles more sensitive to insulin. &amp;nbsp;Together, resveratrol and adiponectin&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Resveratrol-s-health-benefits-linked-to-fat-hormone-control" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="nutraIngredients, Resveratrol and adiponectin"&gt;“display anti-obesity, anti-insulin resistance and anti-aging properties.”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #382c1a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Dr. Feng Liu, professor of pharmacology at UT, stated that the study,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Resveratrol-s-health-benefits-linked-to-fat-hormone-control" style="color: #1b6c98; cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="NutraIngredients, Resveratrol and Adiponectin"&gt;“uncovers a novel mechanism by which resveratrol exerts its healthy beneficial effect,”&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and that&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Resveratrol-s-health-benefits-linked-to-fat-hormone-control" style="color: #1b6c98; 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Market America to acquire Bill Gates backed Shop.com, create social shopping destination.</title><description>&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Hey Team,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Bigger, Better, Faster, Easier...Move over Amazon!!! This is exciting news to launch us in to the next year! &amp;nbsp;2011 is going to be the best yet!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Shop.com acquired by MarketAmerica.com" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4236" height="73" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://blog.marketamerica.com/files/2010/12/shopcom1.png" width="200" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;2010 has been a banner year for Internet retailer,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1104083354934&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001ILycA4Cyt9IvyrV4yeWYyEtkxnC-9xW1giCH215M70qSoJLTx3w670D0QwZ1Eqwp2LglKGUAT2Xu5mmZuY8USo2WKrt1q5Qh26yBueJrX7tFjt_z_Zehiw==" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;MarketAmerica.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Earlier this year, we launched the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1104083354934&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001ILycA4Cyt9JXx8-hCjySOf-fL6YFIH2c_xx7XRKXf8tpCPOZy9op3WLElgHhHtoD_DAzi8yrD9tOC9PvN9Rfel-R1XWbEkBDMD6PdncPIhhmQwlBK9eHr-X3POSDjynrCiV-zA_1ba_zyQ2vAEZ3V7RhgN122R3cKomIv7-m2CqJAx_bSTgJcbeH8NEMDvJHRgHrn3NaJtkMOrCotqlVJA4eC3vPi0J1FwzkUnjN2vSwYmV0XWBqaAokIQf4NJN6RVa5vC_240hhv1Tv0cj3QPnQIE5_5Wj1" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ma Cashaback program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where we pay customers up to 50% cashback when they purchase products through Market America and 1/2% to customers for referring others to our site.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Today, we are excited to announce that Market America has acquired&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1104083354934&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001ILycA4Cyt9LmK9q4s-wR8GVyJQ2sG5HPWKvVf8DI2wh5hEIel94ShN7Q4rkcvEOQEfIYW9z36lC_xaKly4vqDJIgiO1Gd_yeWwmYwhJhd8s=" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Shop.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an online comparison shopping engine provider (and Bill Gates backed company).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Both MarketAmerica.com and Shop.com will continue to operate as separate websites, with both benefiting from the unique benefits that each company offers. Shop.com's strength in technology and merchandising combined with Market America's high-touch, unlimited cash back program and personal shopping experience will help expand the current people-powered, relationship-based shopping portal from Market America into a content rich destination that informs, entertains and guides customers in their shopping experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;President and CEO of Market America,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1104083354934&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001ILycA4Cyt9KpUQ_DI_8umy2V-ISCFXxLkd2s0_WEV1HjA_cNQAXt7JL0jhxd9pDO7eOc9rMxRGTvS8MKnBlzH5NAWBustQ_8ScAqHR7O1Ue-oWR3pljOn3Bo5V75z5Bz" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;JR Ridinger&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;had this to say on the acquisition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #D6E0E5; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0c1013; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;To date, no one has truly harnessed the power of technology to provide a high touch, personal shopping experience combined with the depth of selection available through instant search of the more than 43 million products in our database. Our business model rewards customers at every stage - by making their shopping easier and more efficient, and rewarding them with cash back for shopping with us. This unique strategy positions us for explosive growth and to compete head-to-head with the biggest, most dominant shopping sites on the Internet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background: #D6E0E5; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0c1013; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;~JR Ridinger&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Together, Market America and SHOP.COM are creating a new 'social shopping' movement!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;Both companies will continue to operate in their respective headquarters; MarketAmerica.com in Greensboro, NC and Shop.com in Monterey and Pasadena, CA as well as in London, UK. &amp;nbsp;Expect the deal to close by year-end 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #485760; font-family: &amp;quot;Verdana&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;www.shelleysamsal.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 2.25pt; margin-right: 2.25pt; margin-top: 7.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;For more information on launching your own internet franchise, email Shelley at ssamsal@comcast.net. &amp;nbsp;It is time to seize the moment and create the future you always dreamed of...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-5945685310226946112?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/r_wG_57VL1g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/r_wG_57VL1g/big-news-market-america-to-acquire-bill.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/12/big-news-market-america-to-acquire-bill.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188598793838158547.post-7119585097519751632</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-12-01T19:28:47.460-08:00</atom:updated><title>The Internet Evolution meets Economic Turbulence</title><description>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;When most businesses are downsizing, restructuring, and closing; Market America is writing the biggest checks they have ever written. &amp;nbsp;Why? &amp;nbsp;The plan is perfect, the products are amazing, people desperately need a different way and we are embracing the biggest business evolution we have ever seen. This is the time to kick your business in high gear.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;As brokers, we partner with two types of company’s…manufacturers and retailers. &amp;nbsp;I specialize in selling the Isotonix Vitamins and expanding distribution by mentoring other people to sell products in whatever area of the brokerage that they want to specialize ie Motives Cosmetics, Website design, Nutrametrix for Health Professionals etc.&amp;nbsp; With our business model we get paid in all of the industries that that we broker.&amp;nbsp; For example:&amp;nbsp; I have people selling make-up and websites and I get paid on their sales without ever doing someone’s make-up or selling a website.&amp;nbsp; In turn, they can get paid on the sales of my Isotonix Vitamins to my customers.&amp;nbsp; It truly is a cohesive team of professionals building their internet franchise and everyone works together synergistically.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Please go to &lt;a href="http://www.paulcarlotta.com/"&gt;www.paulcarlotta.com&lt;/a&gt; and watch the Market America Business Plan to learn more about what we do.&amp;nbsp; Contact me at &lt;a href="mailto:ssamsal@comcast.net"&gt;ssamsal@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt; with your contact information and I will be happy to answer your questions.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Time is of the essence…A new year is right around the corner.&amp;nbsp; Tax advantages are available to small business owners.&amp;nbsp; Check out this two short articles that will speak to why now is the time to start your own business.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;Shelley Samsal&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drinkisotonic.com/"&gt;www.drinkisotonic.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;ssamsal@comcast.net&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"&gt;Top Businesses to Start in a Sluggish Economy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;  &lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;It may seem counterintuitive, but starting a business during a recession can reap some big rewards. In fact, studies indicate that more people are taking the entrepreneurial plunge despite the economic slowdown. Less competition for customers and lower marketing costs can make a sluggish economy one of the best times to start your business. Here are a few businesses that even thrive in tough times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;1. Debt Collection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;2. Healthcare Products&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;3. Job Search Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;4. Mediator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;5. Security Firm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;6. Computer Repair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;7. Internet Marketer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;8. Web Entrepreneur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;9. Pawn Broker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;10. Cosmetics Sales&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; padding: 0in;"&gt;Are you ready to supplement your income?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; padding: 0in;"&gt;Full Article available at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.legalzoom.com/business-management/starting-your-business/top-businesses-start-0"&gt;http://www.legalzoom.com/business-management/starting-your-business/top-businesses-start-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.5pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="margin-bottom: 3.75pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.5pt;"&gt;Tax Breaks and Incentives for Small Business Set to Expire&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="field-content"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;C. YODER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="separator"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="date-display-single"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;DEC 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 9.0pt; text-transform: uppercase;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;Small businesses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;will benefit from the&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;Small Business Jobs Act of 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;, which was signed into law on September 27, 2010 after months of wrangling among lawmakers. The law includes tax cuts, financing incentives, retirement options and loan programs.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;“This bill is the just the first step in putting small businesses at the forefront of our economic recovery,” said U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., who heads the committee on small business and entrepreneurship, which assembled the package of assistance.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;However, some of the tax cuts and incentives are set to expire by year’s end, so be sure to take advantage of them while you still can.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;Why Small Business?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Policymakers, economists and politicians agree that small business is the engine of the American economy, and its health is essential to a robust recovery.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;According to government studies, small business is at the heart of the nation’s employment; 27 million small businesses pay 44% of the total American payroll and generated 65% of the new jobs created over the last 17 months. The package addresses several issues as outlined below:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;1. Tax breaks for small businesses – deductibles, expenses and depreciation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt; &lt;!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;2. Incentives for small business – employee health care benefits and retirement savings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;3. Access to financing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -.25in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;!--[if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;4. Incentives to invest in small business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;A Global Perspective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;Assistance from the Small Business Jobs Act can’t come soon enough. Recent studies have pointed to an erosion of the United States’ status as the global leader in entrepreneurship. A recent&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs370tot.pdf" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial;"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3366eb; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"&gt;SBA study&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3366eb; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;noted a slowdown in entrepreneurial activities in the U.S., but indicated that it may be due to progress from the rest of the world, who has looked to the U.S. model as an example and begun to catch up.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; line-height: 12.0pt; margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000033; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10.0pt;"&gt;“The United States has long been an example for the rest of the world in terms of its capacity for innovation, creation of knowledge, and growth,” and those traits keep American at the very top of global entrepreneurship. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 aims to secure the United States' position as a global leader.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Full Article available at &lt;a href="http://www.legalzoom.com/business-management/starting-your-business/top-businesses-start-0"&gt;http://www.legalzoom.com/business-management/starting-your-business/top-businesses-start-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000066; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-7119585097519751632?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/PIVULwYzgMo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/PIVULwYzgMo/internet-evolution-meets-economic.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/12/internet-evolution-meets-economic.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188598793838158547.post-5373305548515852281</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-11-13T14:00:22.210-08:00</atom:updated><title>Study: Probiotics could help with stress</title><description>Great news...something that could help with stress. Can't think of anyone that doesn't need help with this!&lt;br /&gt;I have amazing&amp;nbsp;Probiotics supplements available at &lt;a href="http://www.drinkisotonic.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &amp;quot;6a232&amp;quot;, event);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3b5998;"&gt;www.drinkisotonic.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; I have been using Isotonix Digestive Enzymes for year with great success.&amp;nbsp; I have just began taking our newest Nutriclean Probiotic, delivers 10 billion CFUs from 10 different strains with patented LiveBac® and Bio-&lt;em&gt;tract®&lt;/em&gt; technologies to help keep the probiotics viable during both bottling and throughout the digestive process.&amp;nbsp; Love both and would highly recommend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For those who thought probiotics were just for your digestive health, we’ve got some news for you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition shows that two particular strains of probiotics — &lt;em&gt;Lactobacillus helveticus&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Bifidobacterium longum&lt;/em&gt; –have “beneficial psychological effects in humans” and may play a key role in reducing some people’s anxiety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The research by French scientists found that “levels of psychological distress, including measures of depression, anger-hostility, anxiety, and problem solving, were significantly improved in the probiotic group, compared with placebo.” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the researchers: These results provide further evidence that gut microflora play a role in stress, anxiety and depression, perhaps via the enteric nervous system as well as centrally. … Subject to the confirmation of these results, probiotics might offer a useful novel therapeutic approach to neuropathological disorders and/or as adjunct therapies in psychiatric disorders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Researchers have found that two probiotic strains could help with anxiety issues.&amp;nbsp; Research has shown probiotics to support immunity, as well as other important areas of one’s health. Probiotics, tiny microorganisms that help maintain a healthy balance of essential bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, are becoming increasingly popular in today’s health &amp;amp; nutrition market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is important to understand, though, that while some products claim to provide large quantities of probiotics, the diversity of strains, total bacterial count and protection of the probiotics are key elements in a powerful product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drinkisotonic.com/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &amp;quot;6a232&amp;quot;, event);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3b5998;"&gt;www.drinkisotonic.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or contact Shelley to get your questions answered at ssamsal@comcast.net&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-5373305548515852281?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/HBGDTIACuww" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/HBGDTIACuww/study-probiotics-could-help-with-stress.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/11/study-probiotics-could-help-with-stress.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188598793838158547.post-5192614674742491849</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-20T10:56:56.441-07:00</atom:updated><title>Middle Class is being Wiped Out...Don't become a Statistic!</title><description>To fellow and future Mompreneur's&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;There has never been a better time to establish an&amp;nbsp;Internet Franchise&amp;nbsp;and work from home!&amp;nbsp; For more information contact me at &lt;a href="mailto:ssamsal@comcast.net"&gt;ssamsal@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Business Insider recently published an article that I encourage you to read and utilize to expose your UnFranchise business which is the best solution for those people out there who are looking to enhance their quality of life and improve their standard of living.&amp;nbsp; People need a better way and we have it!!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Here are a couple of the statistics that stand out for me...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;People are working a plan for someone else's financial success - not their own!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;There is a better way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; ----&amp;gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1103802156428&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001_Y3EXCi91HJgJMhCiZHdtvVlxy5L_RRBymlEnIyNCC7mft8aAtsN4nvL3Sm8Ng_O5dBoCIe7aXSPIzrWqenl3F6Otemzk6zXckV-P0AWFNo=" shape="rect" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://bit.ly/aVFI9O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;Business Insider: 22 Statistics That Prove The Middle Class Is Being Systematically Wiped Out Of Existence In America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For the article from Business Insider, simply&amp;nbsp;read below or click&amp;nbsp;the following link:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=tbdiwjcab&amp;amp;et=1103802156428&amp;amp;s=5&amp;amp;e=001_Y3EXCi91HJl54vFhsUctRB7zFI3kKeOHmSRHVl51PE8Xgkc0QSlNZDFL7aGIAZ3tXCWa46nG7vR4IiVJFT2SorEi--FYkCStKgkYs2b9nE=" shape="rect" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 18pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;http://read.bi/au90H5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;The 22 statistics detailed here prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in America.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering rate. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;So why are we witnessing such fundamental changes? Well, the globalism and "free trade" that our politicians and business leaders insisted would be so good for us have had some rather nasty side effects. It turns out that they didn't tell us that the "global economy" would mean that middle class American workers would eventually have to directly compete for jobs with people on the other side of the world where there is no minimum wage and very few regulations. The big global corporations have greatly benefited by exploiting third world labor pools over the last several decades, but middle class American workers have increasingly found things to be very tough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Here are the statistics to prove it:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 83 percent of all U.S. stocks are in the hands of 1 percent of the people. &lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 61 percent of Americans "always or usually" live paycheck to paycheck, which was up from 49 percent in 2008 and 43 percent in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 66 percent of the income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% of all Americans.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 36 percent of Americans say that they don't contribute anything to retirement savings.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A staggering 43 percent of Americans have less than $10,000 saved up for retirement.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 24 percent of American workers say that they have postponed their planned retirement age in the past year.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Over 1.4 million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy in 2009, which represented a 32 percent increase over 2008.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Only the top 5 percent of U.S. households have earned enough additional income to match the rise in housing costs since 1975.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For the first time in U.S. history, banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the United States than all individual Americans put together.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In 1950, the ratio of the average executive's paycheck to the average worker's paycheck was about 30 to 1. Since the year 2000, that ratio has exploded to between 300 to 500 to one.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As of 2007, the bottom 80 percent of American households held about 7% of the liquid financial assets.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The bottom 50 percent of income earners in the United States now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation's wealth.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Average Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In the United States, the average federal worker now earns 60% MORE than the average worker in the private sector.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The top 1 percent of U.S. households own nearly twice as much of America's corporate wealth as they did just 15 years ago.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; In America today, the average time needed to find a job has risen to a record 35.2 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; More than 40 percent of Americans who actually are employed are now working in service jobs, which are often very low paying.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; or the first time in U.S. history, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that number will go up to 43 million Americans in 2011.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; This is what American workers now must compete against: in China a garment worker makes approximately 86 cents an hour and in Cambodia a garment worker makes approximately 22 cents an hour.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Approximately 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010 - the highest rate in 20 years.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Despite the financial crisis, the number of millionaires in the United States rose a whopping 16 percent to 7.8 million in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The top 10 percent of Americans now earn around 50 percent of our national income. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Giant Sucking Sound&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;The reality is that no matter how smart, how strong, how educated or how hard working American workers are, they just cannot compete with people who are desperate to put in 10 to 12 hour days at less than a dollar an hour on the other side of the world. After all, what corporation in their right mind is going to pay an American worker 10 times more (plus benefits) to do the same job? The world is fundamentally changing. Wealth and power are rapidly becoming concentrated at the top and the big global corporations are making massive amounts of money. Meanwhile, the American middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence as U.S. workers are slowly being merged into the new "global" labor pool. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;What do most Americans have to offer in the marketplace other than their labor? Not much. The truth is that most Americans are absolutely dependent on someone else giving them a job. But today, U.S. workers are "less attractive" than ever. Compared to the rest of the world, American workers are extremely expensive, and the government keeps passing more rules and regulations seemingly on a monthly basis that makes it even more difficult to conduct business in the United States.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;So corporations are moving operations out of the U.S. at breathtaking speed. Since the U.S. government does not penalize them for doing so, there really is no incentive for them to stay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;What has developed is a situation where the people at the top are doing quite well, while most Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to make it. There are now about six unemployed Americans for every new job opening in the United States, and the number of "chronically unemployed" is absolutely soaring. There simply are not nearly enough jobs for everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Many of those who are able to get jobs are finding that they are making less money than they used to. In fact, an increasingly large percentage of Americans are working at low wage retail and service jobs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;But you can't raise a family on what you make flipping burgers at McDonald's or on what you bring in from greeting customers down at the local Wal-Mart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;Shelley Samsal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.drinkisotonic.com/"&gt;http://www.drinkisotonic.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:ssamsal@comcast.net"&gt;ssamsal@comcast.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN" style="color: #777777; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;443-880-7477&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-5192614674742491849?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/VA2syiWAaF4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/VA2syiWAaF4/middle-class-is-being-wiped-outdont.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/10/middle-class-is-being-wiped-outdont.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188598793838158547.post-5936722201663602346</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T16:08:27.733-07:00</atom:updated><title>Ask and you shall receive by Loren Ridinger</title><description>We’ve all asked the universe for something at one point or another. Some might call it praying, while others call it “putting it out there.” Whatever your views may be, I think we can all agree that asking is part of who we are. Can you think back to a time in your life when you asked for something and only few months later realized you received it? It could have been for more money or a college acceptance letter. It’s pretty cool how our requests get answered. But as we get older, we tend to over think our desires, which only delays the receiving process. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how can we start receiving from life? Well, first we need to learn how to ask. Many of us may think it’s selfish to ask for things. “Why should I ask to be wealthy when there are so many poor people living on the streets?” Well, those poor people would rather you help them with your new wealth than pity them with your thoughts. As long as those desires come from a pure place and are meant to better yourself and those around you, you really shouldn’t feel guilty. Even if your request is to have extra money for a mani and pedi every week. Hey, if pampering yourself is going to make you feel better, and in return you will shine a little brighter to the world, then so be it. Just remember you deserve whatever it is you want from life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An easy way to help get over the guilt of asking is by practicing appreciation. I know this may sound like a contradiction. But appreciating even the smallest things like your new pair of shoes enables your current feeling to improve. As your emotions continue to improve you’ll begin producing positive thoughts, which will eventually translate into feeling good about yourself. And once you have that high self-esteem, you’ll believe that you deserve the things you want. Bye-bye, guilt!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After you’ve decided you are worthy of achieving the things you want, you must begin to align yourself with those desires. How do you align yourself? By making choices that bring you closer to your goal. As you make your decisions, remember to ask yourself, “Am I truly aligning myself with my goal by making this move?” Trust yourself. You’ll know when it’s right. Don’t get ahead of yourself. Take it step by step. And just focus on the goal not the details. Trust that the small things will work themselves out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The final step to receiving is letting go and believing that the universe will supply. This is definitely the hardest part in the process. But look at me: As a little girl growing up in the Bronx, I never thought one day I’d be living in a fabulous apartment in Chelsea. But that’s what I asked for at some moment in my life, and I believed it was coming. Your thoughts are stronger than you think. Even if you’re not saying it out loud, your thoughts will attract your desires. So think big!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you need a cheat sheet, here’s a simple roadmap to receiving everything life has to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thinking positive thoughts = Feeling good about yourself = Believing you deserve what you want à Align yourself with your desires àLet go and believe = receiving&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;xox&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loren Ridinger&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-5936722201663602346?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/3CDjBq6IvUs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/3CDjBq6IvUs/ask-and-you-shall-receive-by-loren.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/09/ask-and-you-shall-receive-by-loren.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188598793838158547.post-374533949333741531</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-07T15:57:24.155-07:00</atom:updated><title>The Best of Both Worlds</title><description>Being a Mompreneur gives you the flexibility to work around your family's needs.&amp;nbsp; So many women feel guilty...guilty if the work all the time (like I did) or guilty, because they are not contributing to the finances (but somehow still working all the time).&amp;nbsp; Some say you can have it all, but at what price?!&amp;nbsp; I think it is just simply redefining the word "all"!&amp;nbsp; It is a delicate balance of being a Mom that is present; creating memories and enjoying their children, as well as, pursuing a professional career and following you dreams and passions. Thus, the power of becoming a Mompreneur.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1188598793838158547-374533949333741531?l=shelleysamsal.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~4/jZXMvWS06jA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ShelleySamsalAMompreneur/~3/jZXMvWS06jA/best-of-both-worlds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shelley Samsal)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://shelleysamsal.blogspot.com/2010/09/best-of-both-worlds.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

