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NewsBoy'sNews Edition for February 20, 2004

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Good Morning to All My Subscribers, new and old!

Glad to have all of you aboard!

After the fiasco last week, I want to be sure that this issue goes out without a hitch, as I do not want those Spam Investigators on my back again. Even if you do everything exactly right, something can still go wrong! Right!

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** Today's Religious Moment

** Today's Sponsors

** Today's Marketing Tip

** Today's Business Topic

** Today's Computer Tip

** Today's Tip of the Day

** Today's Grins

** Today's Publication of Interest

** Today's Tax Dollars

** Today's Trivia

** Today's Health Topic

** Today's Homeowners Tip

** Today's Quotes

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We will serve the Lord.

The above piece of keyboard art is used with permission from Mrs. Mary Carter Mizrany of "On Wings of Faith Ministries". If the real person who designed this emblem will step forth, I will give them all the credits.

If you look close enough, you will find it was designed on 2/20/2000.

Subscribe to Mary's newsletter for a wonderful beginning of your day! This lady has a real "Heart for the Lord" and has a Wonderful Prayer Ministry and is a very accomplished poet, as well. Her web address is: OnWingsofFaithMinistries@aol.com.

WHAT'S IN YOUR SPONGE?

There are 5 sponges laying on your kitchen counter top. Each member of your family has been cleaning up different areas of your home, but all the sponges look the same. You are curious as to what was cleaned in your home, but you can't tell by looking.they all look the sameso what do you do?

You squeeze each sponge to see what comes out. As you squeeze the first sponge, you see that cola comes out, and so you decide that someone cleaned the kitchen with that one. Upon squeezing the second sponge, you find tub and tile cleaner - that one was used to clean the bathroom.

Next, in the third sponge, you find motor oil -- hubby was cleaning the garage!

In the fourth sponge, baby powder puffs out when it is squeezed -- yep, the baby's nursery was done with that one!

And finally, in the last one, is floor wax -- that was the one you used on the hall floor!

As you lay the last one down, you look again at their similarity - and they all look the same until they're squeezed.

Christians are the same way. As life squeezes us, different things come out - anger from one, a need for revenge from another, tears from one, remorse from yet another - also greed, untruth, lust - and finally, from one saint, pours forth the love of Christ.

Just like the sponge, we can only squeeze out what is put in - stay in the Word daily, and be in continuous prayer, so that when life puts the squeeze on you (and it WILL), Jesus, and Jesus ALONE will shine forth from you!

Have a blessed, squeaky clean day!

-- Author Unknown

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Here is a great TIP for copying some little thing you want to keep!

Printing Selected Text Instead Of An Entire Web Page:
(Internet Explorer 5 & 6, Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP)


Highlight just the text you wish to print by holding down your left mouse button and dragging the cursor over the text. Go to 'File' and 'Print' and put a dot in the circle next to 'Selection' and it will only print the part you highlighted.

A Question from Meridith: I have looked all over for the answer to this question and I can't find the answer. I have so many fonts installed and I'd like to remove the ones I don't want. What fonts have to stay in Windows XP (I use Home Edition). Your new newsletter is great. I have recommended all my friends to you. Thanks! Meredith.

We Answer:
Thanks for the nice comments Meridith. Yours is a good question (and a wise one) to ask before removing any fonts from Windows XP. Windows XP uses certain core fonts for things like menus, title bars, sub menus, task bars, etc. Additionally applications installed may assume you have the standard Windows XP fonts installed and access these fonts. Therefore, it is critical that you don't remove them. Please click here to see a list of Windows XP fonts and protected fonts. These fonts are core fonts in Windows 98/Me as well. It's also good to remember that having too many fonts can slow your system down considerably.

The above copied from CloudEight.com. What a newsletter they have!

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Here is a true story by Paul Harvey. You will be surprised who this young
man turns out to be. (Do not look at the bottom on this letter until you
have read it fully.

Years ago a hardworking man took his family from New York State to Australia
to take advantage of a work opportunity there. Part of this man's family was
a handsome young son who had aspirations of joining the circus as a trapeze
artist or an actor. This young fellow, biding his time until a circus job or
even one as a stagehand came along, worked at the local shipyards which
bordered on the worse section of town. Walking home from work one evening
this young man was attacked by five thugs who wanted to rob him. Instead of
just giving up his money the young fellow resisted. However, they bested him
easily and proceeded to beat his body brutally with clubs, leaving him for
dead. When the police happened to find him lying in the road they assumed he
we dead and called for the Morgue Wagon.

On the way to the morgue a policeman heard him gasp for air, and they
immediately took him to the emergency unit at the hospital. When the was
placed on a gurney a nurse remarked to her horror, that this young man no
longer had a face. Each eye socket was smashed, his skull, legs, and arms
fractured, his nose literally hanging from his face, all his teeth were gone
and his jaw was almost completely torn from his skull. Although his life
was spared, he spent over a year in the hospital. When he finally left, his
body may have healed but his face was disgusting to look at. He was no
longer the handsome youth that everyone admired.

When the young man started to look for work again he was turned down by
everyone just on account of the way he looked. One potential employer
suggested to him that he join the freak show at the circus as "The Man Who
Had No Face". And he did this for a while. He was still rejected by everyone
and no one wanted to be seen in his company. He had thoughts of suicide.
This went on for five years. One day he passed a church and sought some
solace there. Entering the church he encountered a priest who had seen him
sobbing while kneeling in a pew. The priest took pity on him and took him to
the rectory where they talked at length. The priest was impressed with him
to such a degree that he said that he would do everything possible for him
that could be done to restore his dignity and life, if the young man would
promise to be the best Catholic he could be, and trust in God's mercy to
free him from his torturous life. The young man went to Mass and communion
everyday and after thanking God for saving his life, asked God to only give
him peace of mind and the grace to be the best man he could ever be in His
eyes. The priest, through his personal contacts was able to secure the
services of the best plastic surgeon in Australia. There would be no cost to
the young man as the doctor was the priest's best friend. The doctor too
was so impressed by the young man, whose outlook now on life, even though he
had experienced the worst, was filled with good humor and love. The surgery
was a miraculous success. All the best dental work was also done for him.
The young man became everything he promised God he would be.

He was also blessed with a wonderful, beautiful wife, many children, and
success in an industry which would have been the furthest thing from his
mind as a career, if not for the goodness of God and the love of the people
who cared for him. This he acknowledges publicly.

The young man. Mel Gibson. His life was the inspiration for his production
of the movie "The Man Without A Face". He is to be admired by all of us as a
God fearing man, a political conservative, and an example to all as a true
man of courage.

Mel Gibson has produced the movie "The Passion of the Christ". This is his
way of thanking God for his many blessings. And it's also his way of showing
us how Christ truly suffered. He's gotten a lot of slack from Hollywood for
doing this movie. Please e-mail this to everyone you know. _

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**Trivia

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs" therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."
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As incredible as it sounds, men and women often took a bath only twice a year! (May and October). Women kept their hair
covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. The wigs couldn't be washed so to clean them, they could carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell and bake it for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
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In the late 1700s many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board was folded down from the wall and used for dining. The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Once in a while an invited guest would be offered to sit in this chair during a meal (who was almost always a man). To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge. Sitting in the chair, one was called the "chair man." Today in business we use the expression/title "Chairmanor Chairman of the Board"

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Needless to say, personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions. When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told "mind your own bee's wax." Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile." Also, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt and therefore the expression "losing face."

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Ladies wore corsets which would lace up in the front. A tightly tied lace was worn by a proper and dignified lady as in "straight laced."

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Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the ace of spades. To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."
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Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what was considered important to the people. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs and bars who were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. "You go sip here" and "You go sip there" The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and thus, we have the term "gossip."
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At local taverns, pubs and bars, people drank from pint and quart sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts." Hence the term "minding your P's and Q's."

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How to Loose Weight!

by R. Keith Rice

This simple low cost system can be used by anyone! I know that it works as I have lost 55 pounds in the past fifteen months, and there are many others who have done as well or even better. My triglyicerieds dropped way down, my cholesterol dropped significantly. All in all, all of my levels are back to normal. They have not been this good in fifteen years.

The weight will not come off fast! Most of you did not put it on fast, so you must have patience. It just takes persistence to accomplish this.

The whole idea is to shrink your stomach, so that you quit eating so much! You have to completely quit snacking between meals. Quit eating snack foods all together. If you must eat, eat saltine crackers or pork skins. I ate three ginger snap cookies, until I got my stomach shrunk.

Only weigh your self once a week, at the same time of day every week . Otherwise you may become discouraged and just plain quit. The amount that you loose each week will never be the same. It will vary every week.

Suggestion: You need a partner who is interested enough in you to not only encourage you, but to insist that you follow your diet.

For breakfast, I eat either a bowl of cereal or two scrambled eggs with one slice of bacon, one piece of toast with jam or jelly, orange juice, plus two cups of coffee.

What you eat is up to you, but breakfast is a very important part of your food intake and your diet. So it is very important for you to have something for breakfast!

Do this diet for lunch! Here is the whole diet:

Drink one can of Slim Fast diet supplement. I would suggest that you stick with Slim Fast, as we know that it works.

Eat a bowl of dinner salad with moderate dressing - 2 tablespoons maximum!

Eat your favorite sandwich. Two slices of bread, one slice of meat, maximum! After a month, cut down to one-half of a sandwich. Continue with that one-half of a sandwich, if you so desire.

Have a 6-ounce cup of Blue Bonnet Yogurt for desert. Any flavor you like! Blue Bonnet yogurt is the best that there is, out there! I have tried them all. In a couple of weeks, you will think you are eating ice cream.

You can purchase Slim Fast by the case of 24 cans, at Sam's Club and save lots of money. They only carry two flavors, but you can get other flavors on sale at Wal-Mart or your favorite grocery store.

You will be surprised how you can cut your consumption in half or even more!

After the first month your hunger pangs will go away, completely.

It does not hurt to splurge or celebrate once a week, as long as you do it within moderation. It's OK to go out for pizza, as long as you do not stuff yourself. We go to a fish place for dinner at least every other week.

You will be surprised at how much better, you feel. Your whole disposition will change.

Happy weight loss!

R. Keith Rice is a freelance writer and hosts his own ezine, the "NewsBoysNews". http://www.artcraftinc.com.

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Good Morning to All My Subscribers, new and old!

This publication was put on hold in September due to all of the
changes coming up in the new Federal Trade Commissions
Regulations. Now that has settled down and we have interpreted
what is expected of each of us publishers, we are resuming this
publication.

Then in late December I was hospitalized with pneumonia for
twelve days. I am slowly getting back on my feet and feel that
it is time to get back to work.

It is good to "get back in the saddle again". I have missed
communicating with all of you.

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** Today's Religious Moment
** Today's Sponsors
** Today's Marketing Tip
** Today's Business Topic
** Today's Computer Tip
** Today's Tip of the Day
** Today's Grins
** Today's Publication of Interest
** Today's Tax Dollars
** Today's Trivia
** Today's Health Topic
** Today's Homeowners Tip
** Today's Quotes


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As for me and my house, We will serve the Lord.
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)¨(´´´ l±±±±
¸,.-·²°´ ¸,.-·~·~·-.,¸ °²·-. :º°

The above piece of keyboard art is used with permission from Mrs.
Mary
Carter Mizrany of "On Wings of Faith Ministries". If the real
person who designed this emblem will step forth, I will give them
all the credits.

Subscribe to Mary's newsletter "On Wings of Faith" for a
wonderful
beginning of your day! This lady has a real "Heart for the Lord"
and
has a Wonderful Prayer Ministry and is a very accomplished poet,
as well. Her web address is listed above.

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Here are Some Unique - Holiday Gift Ideas!
We have all kinds of Kites, WindWheels, PinWheels, Whirlers,
WindSocks, WindChimes, WeatherVanes and AquaticToys. Plus we also
have All Kinds of Flags and Pennants!

You just got'ta see 'em!

We have Disney Characters and Nickleodean Characters as well as
Patriotic Figures!

Have you looked at our Flag pages lately? You may be in for a
big surprise!
http://www.artcraftinc.com


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Mel Gibson's film "The Passion"

In a never ending stream of liberal bias, the left wing is trying
its
best to see that this film doesn't succeed. Tell everyone you
know to go and see it.

Passionate About "The Passion "
By: Deacon Keith Fournier
Keith A. Fournier is a constitutional lawyer and a graduate of
the John Paul II Institute of the Lateran University, Franciscan
University and the University of Pittsburgh. He holds degrees in
philosophy, theology and law.
He has been a champion of religious liberty and appeared as
co-counsel in major cases at the United States Supreme Court. He
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I really did not know what to expect. I was thrilled to have been
invited to a private viewing of Mel Gibson's film "The Passion,"
but I had also read all the cautious articles and spin.

I grew up in a Jewish town and owe much of my own faith journey
to the influence. I have a life long, deeply held aversion to
anything that might even indirectly encourage any form of
anti-Semitic thought, language or actions. I arrived at the
private viewing for "The Passion", held in Washington D.C. and
greeted some familiar faces. The environment was typically
Washingtonian, with people greeting you with a smile but seeming
to look beyond you, having an agenda beyond the words.

The film was very briefly introduced, without fanfare, and then
the room darkened. From the gripping opening scene in the Garden
of Gethsemane, to the very human and tender portrayal of the
earthly ministry of Jesus, through the betrayal, the arrest, the
scourging, the way of the cross, the encounter with the thieves,
the surrender on the Cross, until the final scene in the empty
tomb, this was not simply a movie; it was an encounter, unlike
anything I have ever experienced.

In addition to being a masterpiece of film-making and an artistic
triumph, "The Passion" evoked more deep reflection, sorrow and
emotional reaction within me than anything since my wedding, my
ordination or the birth of my children. Frankly, I will never be
the same. When the film concluded, this "invitation only"
gathering of "movers and shakers" in Washington, D.C. were
shaking indeed, but this time from sobbing. I am not sure there
was a dry eye in the place. The crowd that had been glad-handing
before the film was now eerily silent. No one could speak
because words were woefully inadequate. We had experienced a
kind of art that is a rarity in life, the kind that makes heaven
touch earth.

One scene in the film has now been forever etched in my mind. A
brutalized, wounded Jesus was soon to fall again under the weight
of the cross. His mother had made her way along the Via Della
Rosa. As she ran to him, she flashed back to a memory of Jesus as
a child, falling in the dirt road outside of their home. Just as
she reached to protect him from the fall, she was now reaching to
touch his wounded adult face. Jesus looked at her with intensely
probing and passionately loving eyes (and at all of us through
the screen) and said "Behold I make all things new." These are
words taken from the last Book of the New Testament, the Book of
Revelations. Suddenly, the purpose of the pain was so clear and
the wounds, that earlier in the film had been so difficult to see
in His face, His back, indeed all over His body, became intensely
beautiful.

They had been borne voluntarily for love.

At the end of the film, after we had all had a chance to recover,
a
question and answer period ensued. The unanimous praise for the
film, from a rather diverse crowd, was as astounding as the
compliments were effusive. The questions included the one
question that seems to follow this film, even though it has not
yet even been released. "Why is this film considered by some to
be "anti-Semitic?" Frankly, having now experienced (you do not
"view" this film), "the Passion" it is a question that is
impossible to answer. A law professor whom I admire sat in front
of me. He raised his hand and responded "After watching this
film, I do not understand how anyone can insinuate that it even
remotely
presents that the Jews killed Jesus. It doesn't." He continued
"It made me realize that my sins killed Jesus". I agree.

There is not a scintilla of anti-Semitism to be found anywhere in
this powerful film. If there were, I would be among the first to
decry it. It faithfully tells the Gospel story in a dramatically
beautiful, sensitive and profoundly engaging way. Those who are
alleging otherwise have either not seen the film or have another
agenda behind their protestations.

This is not a "Christian" film, in the sense that it will appeal
only
to those who identify themselves as followers of Jesus Christ. It
is a deeply human, beautiful story that will deeply touch all men
and women. It is a profound work of art. Yes, its producer is a
Catholic Christian and thankfully has remained faithful to the
Gospel text; if that is no longer acceptable behavior, then we
are all in trouble. History demands that we remain faithful to
the story and Christians have a right to tell it. After all, we
believe that it is the greatest story ever told and that its'
message is for all men and women. The greatest right is the right
to hear the truth.

We would all be well advised to remember that the Gospel
narratives to which "The Passion" is so faithful were written by
Jewish men who followed a Jewish Rabbi whose life and teaching
have forever changed the history of the world. The problem is not
the message but those who have distorted it and used it for hate
rather than love. The solution is not to censor the message, but
rather to promote the kind of gift of love that is Mel Gibson's
filmmaking masterpiece, "The Passion". It should be seen by as
many people as possible.

I am passionate about "the Passion." You will be as well.

This is a commentary by DAVID LIMBAUGH about Mel Gibson's very
controversial movie regarding Christ's crucifixion. It's worth
reading. MEL GIBSON'S passion for "THE PASSION." How ironic that
when a movie producer takes artistic license with
historical events, he is lionized as artistic, creative and
brilliant, but when another takes special care to be true to the
real-life story, he is vilified. Actor-producer Mel Gibson is
discovering these truths the hard way as he is having difficulty
finding a United States studio or distributor for his upcoming
film, "The Passion," which depicts the last 12 hours of the life
of Jesus Christ.

Gibson co-wrote the script and financed, directed and produced
the movie. For the script, he and his co-author relied on the New
Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as well as the
diaries of St. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824) and Mary of
Agreda's "The City of God."

Gibson doesn't want this to be like other sterilized religious
epics. "I'm trying to access the story on a very personal level
and trying to be very real about it." So committed to
realistically portraying what many would consider the most
important half-day in the history of the universe, Gibson even
shot the film in the Aramaic language of the period. In response
to objections that viewers will not be able to understand that
language, Gibson said, "Hopefully, I'll be able to transcend the
language barriers with my visual storytelling; if I fail, I fail,
but at least it'll be a monumental failure."

To further insure the accuracy of the work, Gibson has enlisted
the counsel of pastors and theologians, and has received rave
reviews. Don Hodel, president of Focus on the Family, said, "I
was very impressed. The movie is historically and theologically
accurate." Ted Haggard, pastor of New Life Church in Colorado
Springs, Colo., and president of the National Evangelical
Association, glowed: "It conveys, more accurately than any other
film, who Jesus was."

During the filming, Gibson, a devout Catholic, attended Mass
every morning because "we had to be squeaky clean just working on
this. "From Gibson's perspective, this movie is not about Mel
Gibson. It's bigger than he is. "I'm not a preacher, and I'm not
a pastor," he said. "But I really feel my career was leading me
to make this. The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film,
and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power
to evangelize."

Even before the release of the movie, scheduled for March 2004,
Gibson is getting his wish. "Everyone who worked on this movie
was changed. There were agnostics and Muslims on set converting
to Christianity.[and] people being healed of diseases." Gibson
wants people to understand through the movie, if they don't
already, the incalculable influence Christ has had on the world.
And he grasps that Christ is controversial precisely because of
WHO HE IS - GOD incarnate. "And that's the point of my film
really, to show all that turmoil around him politically and with
religious leaders and the people, all because He is Who He is."

Gibson is beginning to experience first hand just how
controversial Christ is. Critics have not only speciously
challenged the movie's authenticity, but have charged that it is
disparaging to Jews, which Gibson vehemently denies. "This is not
a Christian vs. Jewish thing. '[Jesus] came into the world, and
it knew him not.' Looking at Christ's crucifixion, I look first
at my own culpability in that." Jesuit Father William J. Fulco,
who translated the script into Aramaic and Latin, said he saw no
hint of anti-Semitism in the movie. Fulco added, "I would be
aghast at any suggestion that Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic."
Nevertheless, certain groups and some in the mainstream press
have been very critical of Gibson's "Passion."

The New York Post's Andrea Peyser chided him: "There is still
time, Mel, to tell the truth." Boston Glove columnist James
Carroll denounced Gibson's literal reading of the biblical
accounts. "Even a faithful repetition of the Gospel stories of
the death of Jesus can do damage exactly because those sacred
texts themselves carry the virus of Jew hatred," wrote Carroll.
A group of Jewish and Christian academics has issued an 18-page
report slamming all aspects of the film, including its undue
emphasis on Christ's passion rather than "a broader vision." The
report disapproves of the movie's treatment of Christ's passion
as historical fact.

The moral is that if you want the popular culture to laud your
work on Christ, make sure it either depicts Him as a homosexual
or as an everyday sinner with no particular redeeming value
(literally). In our anti-Christian culture, the blasphemous "The
Last Temptation of Christ" is celebrated, and "The Passion" is
condemned. But if this movie continues to affect people the way
it is now, no amount of cultural opposition will suppress its
force and its positive impact on lives everywhere. Mel Gibson is
a model of faith and courage.

Please copy this and send it on to all your friends to let them
know about this film so that we'll all go see it when it comes
out.

Editor's Note: I have followed this film very closely and have
friends who have seen it. It sounds awesome to me! Due to the
length of this article on Mel Gibson's "The Passion", I have put
other items on hold 'til next week.


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Multiple Screens

I find it very handy to have more than one screen being displayed
at the same time. While I have two screens, which actually
expands
the size of the viewable desktop, it can be done with just one.

This is especially handy if you are browsing the web and want to
copy and paste something to your word processor, and keep the
word processor open while you are browsing. Or, if you prefer,
you can open up several iterations of your web browser.

In the upper right hand corner of the application you are viewing
there are four boxes. On the right is one with an "X" in it. The
next one either has one large square or two overlapping squares,
and this is the one we are interested in.

If it is showing two overlapping squares that means the screen
is maximized. If there is only one square in the box, it means
the screen is in its' normal state and can be resized. To resize
it when it is in its' normal state, place your cursor on any of
the four corners, and it will turn into a double-arrow. You can
now hold down the left button and change the size of the screen.

You can also move the entire screen by placing the cursor on the
top bar. Hold down the left mouse button and you can place it
wherever you wish.

I find it easiest to have the screens at their full width with
one near the top of the screen and the other beneath that. You,
however, can do it any way you wish. If you have a larger
monitor, such as 19 inches, you can be extremely creative, and
even open up more than two.

From: "Bob Osgoodby"
publishers@1-webwiz.com>
Bob can be read daily at the above link! He publishes computer
Tips, among other things.

Editors note:
I cannot get this to work on my Windows 98 computer. Anyone have
any suggestions? These people that can afford all of the newer
gadgets grip me?.

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Thought for today - Compassion is difficult to give away because
it
keeps coming back.


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"I just hope it's not Alzheimer's," confessed the older gentleman
to
his doctor. "Maybe there's some kind of memory medicine you can
give
me. See I'm getting terribly forgetful; I lose track of where I'm
going or what I'm supposed to do when I get there. What should I
do?" he asked glumly.

"Pay me in advance," the doctor promptly suggested.


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TELL A FRIEND:

It's Official -- CAN-SPAM is Law
By Janet Roberts

With a stroke of the old presidential pen, the CAN-SPAM Act has
officially become the first United States law to regulate
commercial email.

President George W. Bush signed the bill into law at an Oval
Office ceremony this morning. The enactment ends the confusion
over differing state regulations for bulk email and apprehension
over the strong California opt-in law, but opponents say it won't
stem the junk-email tide streaming into recipients' email boxes.

At the very least, it might end all those hackneyed spam-canning
puns.

If you are following basic email best practices (getting
permission, honoring unsubscribe quickly, avoiding use of checked
boxes to indicate consent, using clear "from" and subject lines),
you should have no problem complying with
the new law.

The new law does require that you rethink the way you honor
unsubscribe requests, especially if you publish more than one
newsletter or send out commercial publications for a company with
several divisions.

Direct email marketers are still wary about the directive to the
Federal Trade Commission to develop a do-not-spam registry,
similar to the do-not-call list for telemarketers.

Right now, I would advise publishers and marketers not to hit the
panic button but to begin figuring out how you could incorporate
what amounts to a big suppression list in your database. If
you're shopping for a new list-hosting vendor, ask how a
registry would work with their systems.

Also, if you use a list-management service, contact it to see how
it complies or what changes it needs to make.

CAN-SPAM Particulars

We've covered basic aspects of the law in previous Ezine-Tips,
which you can find here:
http://Ezine-Tips.com/articles/management

We assume no Ezine-Tips readers are sending fraudulent email or
smutty messages with deceptive subject lines to illegally
acquired addresses, so we'll pass over those requirements for
now.

Digital Impact, an email service provider working mainly with
marketers, hosted a Web seminar last week in which Kenneth
Hirschman, vice president and general counsel, reviewed major
parts of the new law that are more likely to affect legitimate
publishers and marketers.

Here are some choice tidbits from that discussion. If you want
more details, you can order the slide presentation. Send email to
mailto:webinar@digitalimpact.com .

-- CAN-SPAM pre-empts most state regulations governing commercial
email, such as laws requiring senders to label all advertising
email in the subject line. States can still pursue email fraud.
However, individuals don't have the right to bring actions
against senders they believe spammed or defrauded them. The
federal law doesn't allow individual rights of action; only
governmental or law-enforcement agencies can launch actions.

-- The law defines commercial email as email whose primary
purpose to sell products. It doesn't define email newsletters as
commercial email, even if they have ads.

That was the California law's biggest problem for newsletter
publishers, Hirschman said. It didn't include that "primary"
qualifier, lumping email
newsletters in with all advertising and promotional email.

-- The law applies to email "senders," defined as anyone who
initiates a commercial email, such as the advertiser whose
products or services are promoted.

It's important to establish who an email's sender is, because, if
someone unsubscribe, the sender is responsible for removing the
address from the
database. If a company has several divisions, each with its own
publishing division, it must make sure all divisions honor the
unsubscribe, but not
necessarily any sister companies or corporations.

-- The new law doesn't require you to get the recipient's
permission before you can send email, but the best practice
remains getting permission, or affirmative
consent, first.

-- Ads still must meet FTC disclosure guidelines for Internet
advertisements, outlined here:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/dotcom/#III

-- The requirement to suppress unsubscribed email addresses
complicates email appending and viral marketing (forward to a
friend). Hirschman said it's
not clear whether they could create technical violations.

It also clouds the use of pre-checked boxes as a way to secure
consent. A federal judge or FTC regulation might be the only way
to settle the question.

-- The law requires you to remove a name within 10 business days
of receiving the unsubscribe. If you use real-time unsubscribe,
this shouldn't affect you.
Big companies with several marketers using the same same mailing
list could run afoul if one marketer doesn't forward the
unsubscribe in time before another sends to the list; hence, you
get 10 days to get the name off your list.

Hirschman recommended consolidating all of your email hosting
under one vendor. He does work for Digital Impact, after all, but
it makes sense to
work with one set of operations.

-- If you don't already include a reminder to your subscribers
about why they're getting your email, you should do it now. This
information, which we
publishing old-timers call "boilerplate," should go at the end of
every email, possibly with a graphic at the top to call attention
to it, and include your name, postal address and working
unsubscribe link.

Comments?
mailto:feedback@ezine-tips.com

Tip submitted by
Janet Roberts
Editor
http://EmailUniverse.com/


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The Doctor immediately went into "Emergency Room Action"!

He has had her checked inside and out, from one end to the

other. Then she has been checked and triple checked!

After all of the MRI's, the Heart Scans,

treadmill tests plus other tests, we find out that she is OK.

What a relief!

She was lower on potassium than she thought!

This Heart Doctor knows all about potassium.

He is one of very few!

Anyhow, the agony of waiting has just worn us out!

This brings me to the subject of today's topic!

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POTASSIUM!

By R. Keith Rice

Many years ago, a pharmacist friend of mine

gave me the low down on Potassium!

He knew that Barbara had a high blood pressure problem

and the problems that people go through with that medical

problem. He told me the symptoms that I should watch for,

should she become low on potassium.

He also told me that "not one in one hundred Doctors knew

anything about potassium deficiencies"!

He told me I should watch for any nervous disorder,

any unusual aching, severe headaches and any severe mood

changes. Being low on potassium can cause sudden death!

If you or a loved one ever has any of these symptoms,

you need to be alert! The first thing to ache, on my family,

is always in the calves of our legs. That is the "First Alert"!

You can control potassium deficiencies on your own,

without prescription drugs! There are a lot of foods that are

heavy in potassium such as:

fresh green beans, cauliflower, bananas, and the list goes on!

You can also buy potassium in drug stores and health food

stores.

We try to eat anything that is high on potassium content.

But in her case, even that was not enough.

But if your Doctor prescribes them, "Take Them"!

It almost killed my wife!

Today, she is back to being her old self, but "boy, what a scare"!

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He also is the Editor/Publisher of NewsBoy'sNews.

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Visit his website too!

He sells kites, windtoys, funnoodles among other things!

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friends are kind;
For only what we give away enriches us from day to day

- Anon-

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Bouncing Back
By Anne Marie Baugh
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"It's not how far you fall, it's how high you bounce

when you reach bottom."

I wish I knew who said that, because I have spent

the last two years testing this theory and now know I

have plenty of bounce in me. Two years ago when the

Internet began to rock and rumble on an economy

rollercoaster I thought that would be my biggest

struggle. Staying on top and moving forward in the

ever changing economy became my focus. Then life

laughed at me by throwing me a bigger curve. I

discovered that my biggest struggle wouldn't be

about business but about life. I got cancer.

The big "C" word that even with today's medical

miracles brought fear and trepidation to my soul.

At first I thought, "Okay, no big deal. I'll have chemo,

I'll run my business, everything will be fine."

Keep in mind that I was a 17-hour a day working

warhorse that had workaholic stamped on my forehead.

I was proud of that. I was, until the real war started.

The war with my body and soul that gave me back my

life and taught me a great deal about running an

efficient business along with having a real life.

Okay I admit, as it goes, I'm not the fastest learner in

the west. It did take nearly two years for all the

lessons to really sink in. First, I pretended it was no

big deal, then I thought, "It's a huge big deal", then I

found my pace and started to learn which is when I

started to heal both body and soul. And now I'm back,

having bounced a few hundred times and the better for

it. So, here is what I learned about running a better

bouncing business having survived a two-year struggle

to live.

1. First On The List, Time Off Is Not A Sin, But A

Necessity. If you don't decide to get this now, your

body will decide it for you sometime in the future.

Sometime when it's sick and tired, literally, of putting

up with you. Time off isn't just necessary for good

health, good relationships, it's also good for your

business. Some of my best ideas came to me after I had

been bed-bound for almost three months.

The first month I fought the inner turmoil of having to

be in bed, the second month I was just plain sick,

and the third month as I started to get rested my

creativity returned. A creativity that I hadn't

experienced since my twenties. If you are not taking

time off and your patting yourself on the back for it?

Stop. You're only kidding yourself and your business

IS suffering for it.

2. Anger Isn't Worth Toting Around. Business comes

with its levels of anger. Those client's that "never" get

it, the complainers, the accusers, the cowards who turn

brave in email. Anyone in business on the Internet

knows what I'm talking about. The trouble is, if you're

internalizing all of this riff raff your stifling your

business energy. Bottling it all up will only build a

bottle bomb set to go off at the most inconvenient

times. Learn to process those frustrations.

The best advice ever given to me was to write an email

to the "accused" and then mail it to myself. Preset your

subject lines so that when that email returns to you it
automatically goes into the trash. This way you keep

your professionalism, but get it out at the same time

and no one gets hurt.

Let other people be responsible for their emotions.

If you have an angry client, give them room to deal

with it, and then look to find solutions. Just because

your client is angry does not mean that you are at

fault and it certainly does not mean you have to join

them in their emotional roller coaster. Be kind to

yourself. Be in control of your emotional harmony.

3. Families Are Forever, Money Isn't. If your family

never sees you, you can bet they aren't in love with

your business. If your laptop seems to be an umbilical

cord to your brain, it's time to step back and realign

your priorities. Set business hours so that your family

knows when you are off and when you are available.

Then spend those off-hours with them so that they can

support you during your working hours. Let's face it.

All that money your making.is going to them when you

die anyway and they'd prefer to have you than a bank

account.

4. Persistence ISN'T Just A Good Idea. You've heard

over and over again that you have to have persistence.

However, until your life depends on it, you might not

really understand that persistence isn't just a good

idea, it's an action verb. Persistence means sticking

with your goals. Sticking with your goals doesn't mean

dreaming about them, but working toward them.

WORK is the four-letter word you are allowed

to say. Make it a mantra. Mine is, "I won't live a lazy

life". Don't just think about persistence, do something

about it.

5. Follow Up or Fall Out. Okay, this is a biggie. In the

Internet world, there is a great deal of silence between

you and your client. There generally isn't an office they

can pop into to check you out, so follow up becomes

even more important. I had amazing doctors through

my sickness and what they had in spades was the follow

up. I never felt alone, and it was then that I knew my

client's should never feel alone either.

6. Passion Equals Courage. Passion comes from the

most unlikely sources. I didn't realize until I had gotten

sick that I had lost my passion. Oh, I was working long

hours, and putting everything I had into my business,

but I didn't feel anything anymore. I had lost myself in

my work. After my second round of chemo I discovered

my passion again, my passion for life. And with that

passion came courage. The courage to risk, the courage

to feel, the courage to believe. Once I had that back, I

started making changes to my online businesses that

brought back my energy and enthusiasm. In order to

find the courage to take new risks, you need to find

your passion again.

7. Fight Like Your Life Depends On It Never say die.

No one has said it better than that. That includes your

business. If your business is important to you, if you

love it but it's struggling, dig your heels in and fight,

fight, fight. Find out what you need to do to stabilize

your business by learning from others. Ebooks, online

experts, ezines, books, hardcopy magazines, online

courses and more can help you gain the knowledge you

need to push your business forward. Dig out everything

available and don't stop until you succeed.

8. Listen To Instincts. Instincts really kick in when you

get sick. I'm not sure what it is, but life's real traumas

energize your instincts and suddenly what you couldn't

hear comes in sounding like a megaphone from your

soul. Your instincts are you inner road to success.

I had lost touch with mine until I got sick and then all

the things that weren't working for me suddenly

became clear as glass. I recently read a book called

"The Joy Diet". It's intended to help you find more joy

in your life. One tool is to spend 15 minutes a day in

complete silence. Once I started practicing this, I

realized that my instincts were also becoming more

and more honed. It's such a simple exercise that can

make a huge difference in your life and your business.

9. Whiners Never Win. This is a hard one. Quite frankly

there are times when I love to whine. I wish I could

say differently, but it is so. However, after my diagnosis

and weeks of treatment, followed by remission and then

sickness again.I came face to face with the whiner in my

mirror. I faced my own facts, that whining wasn't going

to get me out of this, wasn't going to make it better,

and wasn't going to help anyone around me, including

me. The sooner you cancel the order for cheese with

your whine, the better off you'll be. Only then will

you discover your own real power.

10. Cancer Teaches You About Life, and Yes Work is

Part of That.Some people are going to say "Geesh

Anne, you got cancer, almost died and all you learned

is how to run your business better? Nope. I learned that

life is about all the degrees. Family, passion,

inner-peace, breakfast, lunch, dinner, paying the bills,

and yes, business. It'd be great if after a bout with

cancer we could all give up work and just be with our

families, or join a monastery and commune, but the

fact is real life requires all sorts of responsibilities and

if you're a business owner running that business is part

of it. It's okay if your business is important to you,

it's even better if it's a passion in your life, but if it's

all you have then your life is out of whack and you

aren't giving your business all that you could.

Balance is key to a long, stable, healthy business as

well as a long, stable, healthy life. Better to learn it

now, than have life teach it to you.
____________________________________________
Anne Marie Baugh is a noted online publicist and

e-commerce marketing expert. She owns Nine

Successful, Self-Propelling, Online Businesses grossing

over half a million dollars a year.
She can help YOU do it too. To propel your business

into overdrive, please visit her today!

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Today's Computer Tip!

OVERVIEW ON HOW TO INSTALL A NEW MODEM

To install the modem hardware on your computer,

refer to the manufacturer's documentation.

Generally, the following instructions apply:

If you have an internal modem with jumpers,

set the jumpers for Plug and Play for Windows XP or,

if that option is unavailable, for Windows 95,

Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000,

or Windows Millennium Edition.

See your modem documentation for information about

setting the jumpers.
Install an internal modem in an empty slot.

Attach an external serial modem to an unused

communication port.
If you have an external modem, make sure that it is

attached to the computer, plugged into the power

source, and turned on before you turn on the computer

and start Windows. Make sure that your modem is

properly connected to the phone line and to your

computer. Most modems manufactured now are

compatible with Plug and Play and installed

automatically after they are connected to the

computer. However, older modems and external serial

modems may not be detected. If your modem is not

installed automatically, use Phone and Modem Options

in Control Panel to install it manually. To open Phone

and Modem Options, click Start, click Control Panel,

and then double-click Phone and Modem Options.

That machine in front of you is quite expensive and I

want you to enjoy its use to the fullest. It can either

open a whole New World to you or, when improperly

used, make you ready to pick it up and throw it out

the window. Don't bother doing that, you might put

your back out (computers are HEAVY!) and a simple

e-mail may solve your problem.

Since Angelfairy Internet has run so low on funds,

I have decided to provide a technical service.

The cost will be free, but if you wish to make a

donation to the Ministry to show your thanks it would

be greatly appreciated, the amount is up to you.

Those of you wishing to take advantage of this service

need only write to me and I will

do everything I can to answer you within 24 hours.

If you find the service satisfactory and you care to

make a donation via your credit or debit card then

please click the URL below -

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Editor's Note!

This Lady has a real heart for other people!

She and I, would invite you to read her newsletter

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Today’s Religious Moment - and for everyday God, hold our

troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform

for us in our time of need.
Amen

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a

prayer for our troops in Iraq, and around the world.

This can be very powerful! Of all the gifts you could give a

US Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine Coast Guard & others

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She was not made from his head to top him,
Nor out of his feet to be trampled upon.
But out of his side, to be equal to him,
Under his arm, to be protected,
And near his heart, to be loved."

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TODAY'S COMPUTER TIP!

DISK CLEANING & DEFRAGMENTATION

This should be done monthly!

Go to Start;

Go up to Programs;

Go across to Accessories;

Go down to System Tools;

Go down to Disk Cleaning;

Let the computer take over and do it's cleaning.

You may have to baby-sit for a few minutes.

TO DEFRAGMENTATE

Do all of the above, except go down to Disk Defragmentation;

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***** Today’s Quotes

Todays Daily Quote:

If our country is worth dying for in time of war, let us

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Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.

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"Follow your dream; take one step at a time and

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A defendant in a lawsuit involving large sums of money

was talking to his lawyer. "If I lose this case, I'll be

ruined."

"It's in the judge's hands now," said the lawyer.

"Would it help if I sent the judge a box of cigars?"

"Oh no! This judge is a stickler for ethical behavior.

A stunt like that would prejudice him against you.

He might even hold you in contempt of court.

In fact, you shouldn't even smile at the judge."

Within the course of time, the judge rendered a

decision in favor of the defendant. As the defendant

left the courthouse, he said to his lawyer,

"Thanks for the tip about the cigars. It worked!"

"I'm sure we would have lost the case if you'd

sent them."

"But, I did send them."

"What? You did?" said the lawyer, incredulously.

"Yes. That's how we won the case."

"I don't understand," said the lawyer.

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the plaintiff's business card."

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*****Today's Trivia

A Billion

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one

advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure

into perspective in one of its releases:

A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive

A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate
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***** Today’s Home Topics

Clean Gutters and Down Spouts

by R. Keith Rice

If you have downspouts and gutters that are clogged with leaves,

pine needles, bird nests and other debris you

need to get them cleaned out completely. Clogged

gutters and down spouts can cause you a lot of damage

to your roofs, ceilings and walls.

So you want to do it just as soon as the trees are leafed

out. Try blasting from above with a garden hose. I

use an adjustable nozzle and set it on as harsh a spray

that I can get. I get on the roof with the hose and my

wife operates the valve on the hydrant. That saves me

a lot of ups and downs, on the ladder.

For a really tough clog, use a plumber's auger, and feed

it from the bottom of the downspout. Turn the crank on

the auger as you push the cable up the downspout.

When you feel resistance, stop and begin to rewind the

cable.

Repeat this process as many times as needed until your

downspout is clear of debris. Then give your downspout

a quick rinse with the hose.

Now with that out of the way, it’s time to clean out all of

the gutters. I have seen a number of homes where weeds

were literally growing in the gutters. If yours are full of

dirt and other debris, it may take you some time.

This process can also be done with the garden hose.

Start three of four feet from the downspout and begin

washing the debris toward the downspout. Move a little

farther away and begin the process all over. You may even

have to wash it down the gutter, as well.

We have pine trees, maple trees and Aspen trees around

our house, so each spring the work is cut out for me.

Some years, I may have to clean them more than once!

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