Green Building in Western Massachusetts

Fitting upvc replacement windows and doors can often halve heat loss, practically eliminate condensation and often noticeably reduces noise from outside. The latter is often the primary reason for installing replacement windows and doors in busy inner city locations, as are the security benefits that come with properly installed units with multiple in-built locking systems. It is one of the most popular home improvement projects carried out on older properties.

Timber framed windows are naturally susceptible to rotting over time and regular maintenance is essential. This usually involves sanding down surfaces, patching any imperfections and then painting with a good quality exterior undercoat and then gloss. All in all quite a bit of work and not an inexpensive job, even for the keen DIY person. In contrast upvc surfaces require very little maintenance and even that is usually only a question of cleaning materials and soft cloths.

UPVC double glazing may not always spring to mind as the most aesthetically appealing solution. However, the range of modern styles of double glazed unit is now fairly broad. Exterior doors and porches often feature stain glass windows for example. While aluminium or hardwood frames might be considered an alternative, UPVC is generally a better insulator than either of these choices. Since it does not rot or biologically decompose, upvc is ideal for window and door replacement. Resistant to weathering, it has low maintenance requirements, is tough and yet can be recycled.

Of course for older styles of property aluminium frames may be preferred. However it always makes sense to check carefully for any local planning issues that may impose restrictions on this type of property - best not invest in new upvc replacement windows and doors, just to find that you have run foul of local planning regulations! This applies equally to adding a conservatory to increase available floorspace and add that wonderful open-air feeling when the French doors can be opened on to a patio when the weather allows. Conservatories require careful planning and overseeing, particularly in ensuring that foundations are properly laid.

Timber frames are the most expensive choice but if your home is a listed building, they are often the only choice for replacement windows or doors. A variety of hardwoods are available, though the range of choices seems to be diminishing as upvc becomes ever more popular. Hardwood frames are not as durable as UPVC or aluminium and generally a thicker frame is required to provide the equivalent strength of upvc or aluminium and reduce the likelihood of warping. After typically 5 years a timber frame will need to be re-painted with the attendant sanding, priming, painting and the house reeking of paint for days.

UPVC windows or doors are durable, easy to maintain and provide the best level of insulation - while improving the look and value of properties. The latter is these days an important consideration and buyers look favourably upon properties that have already had this work done, knowing they will not have to put up with the mess when having it done themselves. The usual colour for UPVC is white but there are now a wide range of other options, including wood grain effects. Most double glazing companies offer a range of colours and styles. We would recommend you selecting internally glazed units with internal beading, this is the most secure design in our opinion. Always check what locking systems are going to be fitted - Yale is considered to be among the most secure. Modern multi-point locking mechanisms provide a formidable barrier for even an experienced burglar.

UPVC systems are generally multi-chambered with internal gaskets to ensure watertight sealing. They all feature some form of reinforcement, usually an aluminium or steel box section. Double glazing with aluminium frames has become less popular as upvc has found its way into the market. While aluminium frames are strong and almost burglar proof, they do not have the same high insulation properties as upvc. Since the pay-back is much longer with the more expensive aluminium systems, their market share has diminished in recent years. The side effect of this is that the choice of finishes and the number of experienced installers has also diminished because of this.

If you are on a budget and the structure of your windows is essentially sound, then secondary double glazing is a less expensive option. This involves fitting a matching window to the inside of the existing frame. Care must be taken to ensure no dampness is present when this secondary unit is put into position. This procedure is not only less expensive but much easier to install as no external ladders or scaffolding is required. It will however rarely match the sound insulation that a new double glazed unit would provide.

Approximately 60% of heat loss from a home is through standard windows. Installation of double glazing reduces heat loss substantially, consequently reduces bills for heating - 10% off heating bills are often achieved. There is also a ‘Green” spin-off, in that households burn less fuel and this plays a part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Hopefully the advantages of UPVC replacement windows and doors over the alternative types of home improvement have been adequately outlined above.

If you really seek truth, it must be sought without bias. That means there must be no hidden agenda. That means there is no hidden profit motive. That means there is no resistance or egotistic bristling when a former position’s error has been revealed.

Like any scientist, we begin with a hypothesis. Assuming we are sincere, we test that hypothesis over and over again. No matter what the factual findings reveal, we joyously accept them. Now we have found a truth.

So what type of water are you to drink? If you’re reading this, most likely you’ve already concluded that city tap water is poison. Perhaps in a startling revelation you concluded that you didn’t think it healthy to drink chlorinated, decomposed toilet paper. What?! You don’t think drinking recycled water is safe? And you’re fed up with lies about how safely water travels from toilet to tap? Now you’ve become such a radical health nut that you dare to complain about the four thousand or so carcinogens in that same water? Imagine that!

After reviewing the options for drinking water, the brilliant water researcher Dr. Patrick Flanagan concluded that distilled water was the best. He said that given a choice of the above waters, we would choose distilled water over cationic water. This is because it does not disturb the charge on colloids in the blood system.

Cationic refers to positive harmful ions found in most alternatives to tap water. Dr. Flanagan said the best water is distilled water to which high zeta colloids and anionic electrolytes have been added. In recent years, other researchers have developed water machines that convert the harmful positive charge to a negative anion. This is commonly referred to as ionized water.

Sounds pretty nifty, doesn’t it? But, darn it! I’m still stuck on that image of 4000 or so carcinogens and drinking decomposed tampons mixed with toilet paper. I know, I know, the filters promise not to let any of that yuck get through while the machine zaps the water. It sort of reminds me of those electric mosquito zappers that pop and sizzle them! Yet I’ve seen some of the little buggers get through safely anyway.

I’m not against water ionizers, just the water that runs through them. Well, there you go, use well water. As long as there is no surface contamination by industrial and agricultural runoff, you’re safe, right? My well is two hundred feet deep on top of a mountain. It’s drilled through some mighty thick rock, too. Is it safe to drink? Not if inorganic particles hitchhike with it! So, how do you know if they do?

You simply distill the water. I may not understand all the dazzling words used to describe redox potential, ORP, molecular bond angles, etc., so you will have to forgive me for my common horse sense. The old tea kettle gets a heck of a lot of mineral encrustation on it simply by boiling water. My distiller gets a pile of it as well. Now you can identify it as, say, iron, or limestone (that’s calcium), or copper, or one of the countless inorganic minerals.

Do you really want this stuff building up in your body, turning you into a statue? Recently, I read some expert who said it wasn’t so. That you didn’t accumulate these minerals. Ah! I got it, like eating fast foods doesn’t make you fat? And why worry about those PCBs, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, and trihalomethanes? Oh yes, don’t forget the mercury, it really doesn’t accumulate in fish, oysters, and clams, or does it? I’ve heard all it takes is a broken thermometer of mercury to contaminate an entire lake. Do you really want to drink that stuff? I mean really? And what do you think your colon would look like if you sprinkled ready-mix concrete on your cereal every morning?

As great as charcoal water filters are, they don’t capture inorganic mineral salts. Where do they go? Often, they are captured by the joints. My distiller captures them at the bottom of the pan I clean out. Isn’t it better not to have them passing (hopefully) through your body?

It’s just common horse sense! And if you don’t accumulate inorganic minerals, toxic metal, and other yucky residues, then the world must be free of constipation and acid reflux, right? And all those fat people walking around must be an illusion!

When I use the word inorganic, I mean a substance composed of matter other than plant or animal. As an example, a plant can extract inorganic iron from the ground, but you can’t eat a nail. However, you can eat a plant and get organic iron. Your body will not accept dirt as food, so don’t drink mineral water, as an example. Otherwise you might end up a dirt-bag!

So, a number of years ago, I bought one of those fancy water machines. Yep, it ionized and alkalized my water. It sure reduced the water molecule and made the water wetter. Bear in mind that when you reduce molecular size in any liquid, it will stain easier. Think of fresh carrot juice, or how stubborn a wine stain or grape juice stain is to get out of a tablecloth. But, it finally dawned on me, if I really wanted to load my body up with highly charged ions, I’d better be using my juicer more! Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not against ionized water, it’s a great idea!

Yes, I still use my water ionizer and I fill up my distiller with it. And yes, I still get inorganic mineral buildup that needs to be cleaned from the distiller. I figure I can get all the natural organic minerals from my raw food diet. Pretty much like Dr. Norman Walker, the great proponent of distilled water, did.

If the folks who are against distilled water thought about it for a moment…They’d have to wonder why decades of drinking it didn’t leach the minerals from the bones of the famous Paul Bragg, a distilled water advocate who met with untimely death surfing at around 100 years old. Or, in fact, how Norman Walker got around while reaching one hundred and seventeen years old. Maybe I’d better get to wondering why, after decades of drinking distilled water, it hasn’t leached the calcium from my teeth. It’s because the calcium in my teeth is organic, not inorganic.

Darn, now that I think about it, I haven’t had an appointment to have a cavity filled for over twenty five years! If distilled water leaches minerals from the bones, why do tens of thousands of kidney dialysis patients show no effect? Yes, the dialysis machines use only distilled water! Remember, distilled water cannot leach, bones, blood, or tissue in only inorganic materials. According to Steve Meyerowitz, the author of Water-The Ultimate Cure, if you are worried about distilled water’s naturally aggressive chelating ability [then] put something nourishing in it. A few grains of rice per gallon of water, for example, will stabilize the distilled water in minutes and add organic minerals to it. Now it is alive.

Also, you can check out some of Dr. Patrick Flanagan’s discoveries that can make your distilled water as potent as the water that the long-lived Hunzacuts drink. Now that you think about it, consider their water comes from thousand-year-old glacial runoff.

Glacial ice is frozen distilled water! Dr. Theodore Baroody states in his book, Alkalize or Die, that if we don’t drink enough distilled water, it will slow the lymph flow. It is the lymph fluid that transports acid waste products into general circulation and out of your body.

Does distilled water leach valuable minerals out of the body? Dr. Baroody states he has not found even one reputable source to support that. In his book he says, Only distilled water produces a completely negative ion reaction in the system. And negative ions are alkaline forming–tissue acid wastes, which lead to an unwholesome death, are positively charged. Distilled water, being negatively charged, draws to it the positively charged waste products and flushes them into the elimination channels.

If you want to really bolster and enhance your water, you’ll find a plethora of products you can choose from. Personally, I haven’t found a single one of them as good as old Doc Willard’s catalyst-altered water. He was a true pioneer in water science. Yet his discovery was the definition of serendipitous. He was working on a way to clean out old depleted oil wells in Northern Alberta, Canada, when he stumbled on to nature’s secret.

He found a way to make water so wet that it penetrates wax. The water molecule becomes so reduced in size and increased in its electrical potential that it can actually wet wax. This was a boon to the petroleum companies, since wells would build up a paraffin-like compound and plug the well. Doc Willard found his water would increase the absorption of nutrients in food. It speeded up the elimination of toxins and acid wastes, and provide extra electrons, thus acting as an extremely powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger. You should bear in mind that once antioxidants (like vitamin C) give up their electrons, they become free radicals themselves.

This is not so with catalyst-altered water, better known as Willard water. Ranchers began spraying their pastures with it. They found Willard water’s hydrating powers were able to keep fields green even in times of drought. Gardeners were suddenly growing 200-lb. pumpkins, and people began drinking the stuff! And guess what?

Folks started talking about having miracle cures.
The word-of-mouth buzz reached the ears of the FDA, and the federal government launched a major investigation. Doc Willard was called before the 96th congressional subcommittee on July 7th, 1980. By the time the evidence was presented, the alleged benefits and the old doc emerged victorious. Willard water had taken the nation by storm. Soon CBS had Harry Reasoner and the crew of 60 Minutes doing a special on this amazing scientific breakthrough.

Friend, I’ve got to say it loud and clear. There’s only one real Willard water and lots of copycats! I drink the real thing. In, The Choice is Clear, Dr. Allen E. Banik writes that distilled water is the greatest solvent on earth and the only one that can be taken into the body without damage to the tissues. By its continued use, it is possible to dissolve inorganic minerals, acid crystals, and all the other waste products of the body without injuring tissues. Now if you’re a senior citizen can you touch your thumb to your wrist, touch your toes, or do a full back bend? If not then you may need to get a water distiller and get some Willard water to leach those inorganic deposits out of those joints. Yes, distilled water is a universal solvent. It’s sad a few naturopaths that opposed its use died so young! After all, it’s simply about using common old horse sense! Yes, there’s water, water everywhere, but only drink distilled, with Willard water in it.

REPORT: In the French countryside, technicians are experimenting with geothermal heat energy as an alternative energy source. (V. Morgan et P. Lovett)

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World’s first 1GW solar production tool. Breakthrough in the production of solar electricity cells: Simply printed (using ink with semiconductor nanoparticles).

Printing is a non-vacuum coating process that eliminates the need for a high-vacuum chamber as it is conventionally used. Printing is 200 times more capital efficient: A twenty times slower high-vacuum tool costs ten times as much.

More info see Nanosolar blog at www.nanosolar.com/blog3

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Newconsumer.tv landed in Swaffham, Norfolk, to climb the UK’s only wind turbine open to the public.

Last week, the EU committed Europe to producing 20 per cent of its energy from renewables by 2020.

In the UK, that mostly means wind power, which - contrary to some reports - is being greeted with open arms in parts of the country. One of the nation’s wind-lovers is the tiny Norfolk town of Swaffham, which is already home to two major turbines and has just received a planning application for another six.

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The energy supply market was deregulated in 1999 and since then

millions of people across the UK have benefited from cheaper bills by

switching their gas or electricity supplier.

There are lots of different deals available to suit different domestic

consumption habits, so you can pick and choose the package that offers

you the best value for money. For example, people who don’t use much

energy – perhaps individuals living alone – may find it cheaper to opt

for a package with no standing charge (which charges a higher price per

unit). Often money can be saved by taking both gas and electricity from

the same supplier (often referred to as ‘dual fuel’ supply).

Alternatively, some companies offer deals such as fixed or capped rates

for a specified period, just like mortgage rates. As the energy

market is prone to price fluctuations, this could save you money. A fixed rate

is one that stays the same no matter what the price increases are, so

if there is a price rise above your agreed fixed rate you’ll save

money, but on the other hand if the price of energy drops below your

fixed rate you’ll lose out. A capped rate is one that may fluctuate but

will not go above a certain price.

If you’ve never changed supplier, you’re likely to benefit from a

significant saving on your first switch. However, don’t just stick to

the same supplier once you’ve made the move. They all change their

deals frequently so by shopping around every so often you can ensure

that you’re always getting the best deal. It’s so easy to switch that

saving money on energy is really no hassle.

To switch, simply look around for a better deal. There are some helpful

and informative websites that allow you to compare the latest deals

from a variety of suppliers and can take care of the switch on your

behalf, often without a fee – such as www.uswitch.com or

www.simplyswitch.com. If you’re doing it yourself, just contact your

chosen new supplier and your current supplier to inform them and give

them your meter readings, and you’ll receive your final bill from your

current supplier. If you have a direct debit with your current

supplier, remember to cancel it after you have settled the final bill.

Most suppliers require you to give at least 28 days’ notice of

cancellation, but very few will charge a cancellation fee (unless, for

example, you have signed up for a fixed or capped rate package and are

pulling out before the end of the specified period). If you’re in debt

to your current supplier, you’ll need to clear any outstanding bills

before you’ll be able to change. The change will be seamless – there

will be no interruption in your supply as the same infrastructure

(pipes, meters, wires, etc) is used. You’ll simply receive a final bill

from your current supplier, followed in the next bill period by a bill

from your new supplier.

Money-saving isn’t the only reason for switching, though. Many people

change supplier for better customer service, or for environmental

reasons.

Some energy companies use renewable sources of energy such as wind

farms or hydroelectric power, and some have schemes in which your bill

contributes towards the funding of environmental projects such as the

planting of trees. Energy generated from renewable sources isn’t

currently available in all parts of the country (only about 4% of the

National Grid’s energy supply comes from green sources), so you may not

be able to go completely green with your energy supply. However,

alternative packages are available in which you receive your energy

supply from conventional sources but your energy supplier agrees to

contribute a certain amount of energy made from renewable sources to

the National Grid on your behalf depending on your consumption.

Getting the cheapest deal isn’t the only way to save money though. You

can cut down your energy use and do your bit for the environment at the

same time by making your house more fuel-efficient. Insufficient

insulation is where most houses lose energy unnecessarily. Check that

your loft is well insulated, to a depth of at least 250 mm. If you have

cavity walls, have them insulated too, as well as your pipes and hot

water tank. And seal any nooks and crannies such as gaps in draughty

windows, doors, floorboards and letterboxes.

Changing your habits at home can also make a big difference. Keep doors

and windows closed to retain the heat. Switch off the lights when you

leave a room. Don’t leave electrical equipment such as TVs or hi-fis on

standby when not in use – switch them off fully. Boil just as much

water as you need to in the kettle. Only put on the washing machine or

dishwasher when you have a full load. Have your curtains lined and keep

them drawn at night. Even wear a cosy jumper around the house during

the winter!

Changing your supplier should be straightforward and hassle-free. If

you have any problems, though, or if you have a complaint that you have

not managed to resolve with your supplier directly, then contact

Energywatch (www.energywatch.org.uk), the independent energy watchdog

representing consumers, or OFGEM (www.ofgem.gov.uk), the government

regulatory body that was set up when the market was deregulated in 1999

to ensure that energy companies are run fairly and effectively and that

consumers get the best value for money in a competitive market.

DAY 1 Sabeel’s 6th International Conference: The Forgotten Faithful/Palestinian Christians

Sabeel is rooted in Palestinian soil and seeks to make the gospel of Jesus Christ relevant in the 21st century to Christians in the land where The Prince of Peace walked and preached the good news that God is within all people. To truly follow Christ means one will rise up/intifada for the oppressed, the outcast, the widow, the orphan, the poor, the prisoner and the refugees and pursue justice: which is the only way to peace. Sabeel challenges and empowers the Palestinian Christians with hope that by building and nurturing a healthy community a strong civil society will result.
The Christians of the Holy Land have decreased from 20% of the total population to less than 1.3% since 1948. 90% of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land never even meet any Palestinian Christians; thus they are known as The Forgotten Faithful.

Over 330 Internationals gathered yesterday in Jerusalem at the Notre Dame conference center to begin our journey and education of the past and to face the present realities.

Prior to 1948, 70% of West Jerusalem was Palestinian. From ‘48 to ‘67, Jerusalem was divided into Israeli West Jerusalem and Palestinian East under Jordan’s control. When Israel captured and occupied the West Bank in 1967, the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem were also redefined. Israel annexed the greater Jerusalem area but did not ‘adopt’ the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem as Israeli citizens.
Today, Palestinians living in Jerusalem are classified differently from those in the West Bank. They are called permanent residents, they can vote in local elections but not in Israeli national elections. Most do not bother to vote as a statement against the occupation.

Today West Jerusalem in nearly 100% Jewish. The Palestinians in East Jerusalem pay the same taxes as those on the West side, but receive only 8% of the total municipal budget. Orthodox Jews pay no taxes. Palestinians make up 1/3 of the total Jerusalem population, but pay over 40% of the taxes. One is immediately aware when one walks from the East to the West, that one is truly in two different worlds. On the West side of town there are many parks, the roads and streets are well maintained and sanitation pick up is predictable. Twenty-six of the thirty-one City Council members of Jerusalem are Orthodox Jews. The East side of Jerusalem is more like the lower east side of New York.

While the Israeli government considers Jerusalem the capitol of Israel no foreign country does. There are no international embassies in Jerusalem, except for a fundamentalist International Christian Zionist one.
The Wall that was begun after the Second Intifada has expanded the municipal boundaries established in 1967 and the Israeli settlements/colonies are growing unabated. According to International Law all the settlements are illegal and the world is silent. In the 1930’s Ben Gurion said that the settlements will define the boundaries of Israel.

Jeff Halper, 2006 Noble Peace Prize nominee and founder and coordinator of ICHAD stated, “Israel has set up a matrix of control; a thick web of settlements guaranteed to make the occupation permanent by establishing facts on the ground. Israel denies there is an occupation, so everything is reduced to terrorism. It is our job to insist upon the human rights issue, for occupied people have International Law on their side. [WAWA Note- International Law guarantees the rights of the occupied to rise up with violence against their occupiers. What ISM, ICAHD and Sabeel promote is Creative Nonviolence]

When Jerusalem was controlled by Jordan, the East side was 6 sq. km. Since 1967, Israel has added 64 km. The West side was 38 sq. km until ‘67 and is now 108 sq. km’s. Israel plans to develop 17 settlements. Israeli policy is to maintain a 72% Jewish and 28% Arab population. Palestinians cannot get building permits to build upon their legally owned land. The Arab land has been re-zoned as green space, and the green space will be re-zoned for the settlements.
Every single Palestinian home in Jerusalem has a demolition order. The entire West Bank has been zoned as agricultural land by Israel, and that will also be re-zoned again for more settlements.

“It has been said that the Israeli’s do not love this land, they just want to possess it. There have been three stages to make this occupation permanent. The first was to establish the facts on the ground; the settlements. There are ½ million Israeli’s and four million Palestinians here. They have been forced into bantusans; trunkated mini states; prison states. It is apartheid and Bush and Hillary are both willing collaborators. In 1977, Sharon came in with a mandate, money and resources to make the Israeli presence in the West Bank irreversible. The second stage began in April 2004 when America approved the Apartheid/Convergence/Realignment Plan and eight settlement blocs. This is just like South Africa! The Bush Sharon letter exchange guaranteed that the USA considers the settlements non-negotiable. The Convergence Plan and The Wall create the borders and that is what defines bantusans.Congress ratified the Bush plan and only Senator Byrd of West Virginia voted no and nine House Representatives.”-Jeff Halper

Orwellian doublespeak has also been employed in the USA to turn the illegal colonies into “neighborhoods”. A new highway has already begun to link all the settlements. The Eastern Ring Road will have bridges for Israelis but is just another wall against the Palestinians.

The settlements will ring around the Old City of Jerusalem.”I don’t just have a political problem with this Judiaization of the Old City, it is ecologically and environmentally offensive.”-Jeff Halper

I add it also is spiritually impoverished. The raping and pillaging of what is claimed holy ground refutes and denies the biblical meaning of dominion. The ancients understood dominion meant to nurture, love and protect and the destruction of Palestinian homes, the stealing of their legal property, their water is an abomination.

“What does God require? He has already told you o’man! Be just, be merciful and humble.”-Micah 6:8

MLM or Multi Level Marketing, on or off the Internet, is probably the business structure that offers the most opportunity for all involved. Everyone from the consumer to the business owner and builder can benefit greatly from this exciting business model. Choosing which MLM opportunity to take up as your own can be a daunting and sometimes harrowing task.

For every truly good MLM business opportunity, there are hundreds of fly-by-night, pre-launch, flavor-of-the-month, startups, all put together by people who have no intention of creating or contributing anything lasting to their enrollees or society. All of these “Hot Opportunities” and “Auto-Pilot” money-makers give good, solid, respectable MLM companies a bad name, and can make it very difficult for the sincere MLM’er to distinguish between the gold and the brass.

If you are currently contemplating becoming involved in an MLM opportunity, here are some things to keep in mind which may help to guide you in your selection:

1)A good MLM opportunity will have products that are unique enough to be able to receive patents. The products must serve multiple market categories, and must serve the masses, not just one strata of society.

2)The company must have a record of long term stability…no startups or “hot pre-launch” opportunities.

3)The company must provide a simple, effective marketing system…one that can be used by anyone and whose use anyone can duplicate. Failing that, it must at least lend itself to use by someone using such a system, and allow you to market it in that way.

4)The company must be led by successful business leaders, with a verifiable history of accomplishment and a vision for growth.

5)The company should be in a state of beginning to expand globally, using the Internet.

6)The compensation plan should maximize your income based on your efforts. It should pay out at least 50% of sales and should offer unlimited depth within the compensation plan, fast start bonuses, and other rewards and recognition.

MOST IMPORTANT HERE: you must be able to achieve $10,000 per month true residual income with less than 500 people in your organization.

7)The company should contribute something of value to society, and be conscious of conducting its business effectively while preserving the environment, making a positive impact on the world at large.

All of those things are simple prerequisites of Good Business.

On the Internet today, the great majority of companies you will run across are being run by people who are truly experts in one thing…the Internet. They have no true Business background.

We’ve all heard the saying, “The Internet changed everything”. Well, it didn’t. It only changed the environment. The activity itself is still Business, and these people know nothing, and care nothing, about creating a long-term, truly functional organization, designed to serve its customers, its distributors, its executives, and society itself. They do a complete disservice to the concept of MLM and network marketing and the entrepreneurs who participate in it.

In my MLM businesses, I often relate this concept to my enrollees/trainees in this manner:

Let’s say you are going to perform an activity within a certain environment. The activity will be reading a book, and let’s suppose that the environment will be your living room. You’ll naturally perform the activity in a manner allowed by the environment. You’ll probably sit in a comfortable chair with a cup of coffee or cold drink nearby.

If you want to perform that same activity in a different environment, say at a Metallica concert, you will perform it in a slightly different manner…perhaps using earplugs and a flashlight.

However, even though the environment is changed, and therefore you adjust some aspects of how you perform the activity, the activity itself remains the same.

You still need to know how to read.

Business is still business. Plan long-term, solidly, with one eye on the past and one on the future. Don’t be misled by fads, fashions, or hype. Choose you MLM opportunity using the guidelines of time-tested business principles and you won’t go wrong.

This video was created by Bowdoin College students www.bowdoin.edu in cooperation with the Maine Energy Investment Corporation www.renewmaine.org.

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The first solar panels have been installed on top of the papal audience hall at Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI’s has made conserving the Earth’s resources an important concern of his papacy. (Sept. 29)

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