You only need to look at the headlines to see what your future may hold, and it isn’t pretty. Corporate bankruptcies that wipe out employee pension funds, while CEO’s not only keep their jobs, but are paid millions; many homes working the first half of the year just to pay their tax bills; the bleak future of social security that at best may force many Americans to work until age 70, if it exists at all and most recently the report that personal savings for 2006 dropped to the lowest level in 74 years. Any of these separately are bad enough, but many workers are the victim of several of these, creating an uncertain future for themselves and their families.
What’s the answer? To many, like me, that has come in the form of a home business. Thousands each year are turning to a home business as a way to supplement or replace their income and provide them with the time freedom that they desire to pursue other interests (besides fighting traffic, being at the beck and call of a boss, and working to make other people significant sums of money, while barely getting by themselves). But, what should one look for when deciding what business they should pursue?
Here are the major points that I suggest:
1) Look for a business that offers products that are consumable. Security comes in creating residual streams of income (those that pay you over and over for work you do once). The best consumable products are those used on a monthly basis: subscriptions, telephone services, and nutritional products are just a few examples that fall into this category.
Perhaps you could have a home business selling Bowling balls, but you would constantly need to be on the lookout for new customers and never have a business that provides you with a “walk away income.” High quality products, consumed on a regular (monthly) basis, that provide a service that the customer will use long-term, will provide you with the kind of business you’re looking for.
2) Select a business that can be built utilizing the power of the internet. Who wants to go from being tied to a desk to being tied to your own brick and mortar business? The internet makes it possible to business from virtually anywhere, 24/7 (in fact, I’m betting many of you will read this while I’m sleeping).
Home businesses used to have to be built locally, door to door, but no more. It’s just as easy today to get involved with a home business that offers an opportunity to build internationally, as it is to be strictly a local endeavor.
3) Company stability is of major importance when selecting your home business. Remember, most businesses fail within the first five years after they launch, so be very careful getting involved with a company that hasn’t passed this benchmark.
The longer the company has been around, the better their track record and also the easier it is to get detailed information that will assist you in determining the legitimacy of the opportunity.
Also, it’s easier to gain information if the company is publicly traded as opposed to being privately held, as they are required to make documents such as financial records available to the public at large.
4) Finally, look for a business where you can take advantage of a growing trend that appears to have staying power. You just have to look back to see how many of today’s millionaires made their money, by getting in front of trends like computers, housing booms, etc. There are growing trends linked to home businesses that are about to explode, find them.
Ok, there’s some serious food for thought when it comes to getting started with a home business. There are other factors to be considered, but these are some of the major items that you need to get a handle on when making a decision as to which opportunity is best for you to build your future on (and your future is certainly better in your control and in the control of others).
Richard Norris
http://www.articlesbase.com/business-opportunities-articles/create-a-home-business-create-a-more-secure-future-102534.html
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Robotic Deveopment & US Borders- What do you think?
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The Army possesses many robotic mechanisms that are intended to be used in Future Combat Systems. There are also a relatively large number of non-lethal weapons in the Army’s arsenal.
Persons entering the United States without passing through an authorized Immigration Control checkpoint, are criminals if they do so as American citizens. Persons entering whom are not American citizens do not have the same rights or protections provided to citizens.
Persons entering the US illegally for work have no intention of paying taxes to fund the various programs to support our way of life, and usually, the majority of all money made is funneled outside of the US which causes a depression in our economy. This is not the fault of the individual, it is simply how our economic system is setup. We have to control the numbers entering illegally because the unemployment rate would rise. However, if parent countries of these persons would allow improve relations with the US to allow business enterprise to be fairly implimented so that these people braving to enter the US for work would have equitable work at home, then there would be no need for borders. But until that time, we must restrict the many millions of people who want to enter the US to work because we can not absorb them into our economy without pushing out those here who are underprivledged. Those who have ADHD, dislexia, and other mental imparements have a difficult time making a living here as it is. So our borders should be protected, not from the individuals, but because of the business practices necessary to maintain the quality of life for our citizens.
I am suggesting that Army military robotic hardware be tested by patrolling the borders of the United States before putting millions of dollars of equipment in harms way in battlefield situations. A robotic device must be able to deal with non-lethal intervention.
Sonic herding of individuals back across the border, using bola or net guns to secure individuals on the run, shooting out tires and wheels to disable vehicles on the run, providing highspeed opportunities for robotic vehicles to overtake and deal with vehicles on the run like latching claws and applying brakes, documenting all scenarios precisely to build stradegies upon, …
Related to patroling the borders, there are so many opportunities for the military to use real people as test subjects. A large portion of the multi-billion dollar budget for securing our borders might go towards using military technologies more productively than could the private sector. Or better, the technology transfers to the private sector and provide greater funding for related military developments. I’m not promoting war, but I am promoting the efficient use of our national resources.
Obviously, the military technologies should be developed to the point of having likely success in implementation.
RFID transponders embedded in roadways along the borders would allow many simple vehicles with surveillance equipment to patrol borders with only one human operator. This system is already largely developed both in the private sector and in military research. The vehicles would investigate anomalies detected by broad coverage surveilance sensors.
All individuals found on the border would have pictures automatically taken of them to determine their identity or to create a baseline. Perhaps an Iris Image could be photographed for positive identification at a later time. More advanced and more expensive robotics could then be deployed to engage situations requiring more than a loudspeaker and a recording.
The border patrol would be called upon to apprehend individuals refusing to go back across the border. Army robotics would standby to support the border patrol in life threatening situations. If the border patrol is fired upon, the Army robots would subdue the assailants while protecting both the border patrol and anyone colocated with the asailant. A robot can take a sniper shot at a 100 yards with almost absolute certainty and is in no way endangered by small ammunition. A heavy rubber bullet delivered by the robot, though it might break the assailants ribs, might save his life.
Army robotics should definitely play a role in patrolling our borders. The further development of AI in operating defense mechanisms allows for both a real life test bed, and also a great savings in both border patrol costs and increased efficiency.
How do you feel about this proposal? Would it work? And should we or shouldn’t we-why?
I think it is a great idea! The best I heard.
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Sounds trippy!
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awesome idea!
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I think it is a wonderful idea. It would solve many problems.
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Interesting post. Our present policies are not working. Let’s move into new technology. We have it to use so why not?
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Honestly,that would beagreat way for the military to test out new equipment,to help ensure nothing willfail whenreleasedin the field..
Deport illegals, and keep the dream alive.
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