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Recently a friend insisted that I read a book by Steven M.Collins, titled The “Lost” Ten Tribes of Israel…Found! This book tries to convince people that the “Lost” tribes of Israel after being uprooted by the Assyrians, started colonies all over the world and then ultimately migrated to Britain and then to America. The book attempts to prove in 439 pages what has been known as British- or Anglo-Israelism. The book was originally written in 1992 and was revised in 1995 and is gaining influence in some “patriot” circles. Some people who hold this theory are racists, following from their fleshly or carnal understanding of the outworking of God’s covenant in history exclusively along racial lines. A major thesis of the book is that the Jews (Judah) and Israelites are two separate and distinct peoples and kingdoms who must never be confused. Mr. Collins says, “…the Jews ceased to be part of the kingdom named Israel” (23). The author goes on to say
that “the term ‘Israel’ does not apply to Jews from the time of the divided kingdom forward” (23). Is this true? This is not a comprehensive review of Collins’ book. There are numerous problems in this book, some of which are dealt with below.

What are Collins’ qualifications? The author has a B.S. in Public and Personnel Management. In my opinion, Collins has a serious lack of training in the area of Biblical languages and the various theological disciplines such as systematic theology. These faults may account for many of the errors in his book.

On page vii under acknowledgments Collins refers to Dr. Barry Fell, founder and president of the Epigraphic Society, and a Dr. Charles Dorothy, an assistant professor of Biblical Studies at Faith Lutheran Seminary in Tacoma, WA. Collins cites Dr. Fell 103 times in his book. The author makes it clear in his acknowledgments that Dr. Fell does not agree with the conclusions set forth in his book. This is a significant admission. I believe that Collins is overly dependent upon Dr. Fell. Dr. Fell sees a number of examples of Old World peoples having traveled to the New World and then engaging in various forms of commerce. The evidence cited from Dr. Fell by Collins does not speak directly to the issue at hand, namely, that America is the alleged descendant of the ten lost tribes. Even if Dr. Fell’s examples are historically accurate it does not establish what Collins argues for. It simply does not follow that if Dr. Fell is correct then Collins’ arguments are proven. This type of fallacy is known as a non-sequitur. There can be any number of explanations of these facts other than what Collins has argued for. The evidence Dr. Fell sees has not driven him to accept Collins’ arguments as true. The problem with such extensive citations from Dr. Fell’s work is that laymen are susceptible to the fallacy of thinking because A might be true then B necessarily follows.

Dr. Dorothy studied ancient languages at Fuller Theological Seminary. The author also informs the reader that the linguistic information and conclusions of the book are his own and not Dr. Dorothy’s. Dr. Dorothy simply checked to see if the transliterations were correct.

The most serious problem with the author’s approach is that he starts with a preconceived notion and then begins accepting and rejecting material as it suits his case. This is clearly seen when he refers to Scripture. The Scriptures do not appear to be at all primary in his research. He cites them as proof texts to confirm what he is trying to prove. Collins says, “This book will also examine the life of Jesus Christ in light of new perspectives on world politics during his lifetime” (introduction xi). Clearly, the author is using a flawed hermeneutic in his approach to Scripture. Today, many so-called prophecy experts use the newspaper to interpret the Bible. Collins’ approach is fundamentally the same. He alerts his readers to watch for his new book on prophecy. He announces that he will interpret “a cryptic prophecy of Jesus Christ (Matthew 24:37)…” (434). He will do this utilizing material found in books by Eric Von Daniken in Chariots of the Gods, and In Search of Ancient Gods.

Collins is not competent to handle the ancient languages that he refers to in the book. His attempted connection between the English word “British” and the two Hebrew words for covenant (BRT) and man (ISH) are completely unconvincing (392). Trying to get “Saxon” from Isaac is another incredible stretch (385). Dr. Leonard Coppes, who was involved with the Old Testament translation committee for the New King James Bible, had this to say during a Bible study, “there are very few Hebrew words that have come into English. Coincidence of sounds does not mean there is any type of substantive connection between the two languages. English and Hebrew are two completely different language families.”1 It is well known that English has been influenced extensively by Greek and Latin. If Collins’ theory is correct there should be literally thousands of examples of Hebrew words in our language. The idea that the alleged “Lost” tribes somehow completely forgot Hebrew and virtually all traces of Hebrew vanished from their language is linguistically nonsense. In addition, a huge Israelite empire in the New World would have left unmistakable evidence.

There are many top rated scholars who would not agree with the author’s belief that there have been discoveries of Semitic writing in America. One example cited by Collins is the Bat Creek stone from Tennessee in 1889 (291). The late Dr. William Fox Albright, from Johns Hopkins University, and Frank Cross, a professor of Semitic languages at Harvard University, are two scholars in particular who have disputed this alleged example of Semitic writing in America (Tanner 134). It is also interesting to note that the Mormons have invested heavily in the same type of theories. One of the theories of the Book Of Mormon is that the early inhabitants of America, the Indians, were in reality Jews from Jerusalem who spoke Hebrew. Mormons have made such fantastic claims over the years concerning the Book Of Mormon that the Smithsonian Institute has issued a press release in effect saying, “Smithsonian archeologists see no direct connection between the archeology of the New World and the subject matter of the book.”2 The scholarly world as a whole remains unconvinced at this point concerning theories such as those held by Collins and the Mormons. Someone may say that “the scholarly world is intentionally supressing the truth concerning Collins’ theories.” If so, this should be proven rather than asserted.

Collins says, “It has been clearly shown that the ‘Phoenician empire’ was, in fact, the Israelite empire” (96). In my opinion, this statement was not proven, and this theory is nothing more than wild speculation. It is ironic that the author who insists that the Jews and Israelites are two different peoples and kingdoms and should never be confused, promotes a theory that the Phoenicians and Israelite empires are one and the same. Collins’ theory that the Jews and Israelites are always to be viewed as separate peoples is nothing more than “special pleading” on his part.

The author also believes the Scythians were part of the lost tribes of Israel (200). Are the Scythians really some of the lost tribes of Israel? In the book Foes from the Northern Frontier Invading Hordes from the Russian Steppes by noted scholar Edwin M. Yamauchi, we learn that the Scythians drank the blood of the first enemy killed in battle. This is a violation of the Levitical law (Lev. 17:10-12). The Scythians drank from the skulls of their victims. They also pacticed human sacrifice (Yamauchi 111). If these were really Israelites, they had certainly degenerated far from the true Biblical religion.

Arguments from silence significantly discredit Collins’ book. Collins argues that there are eighteen years of the life of Christ not recorded in the Bible (280-316). In essence, the author is saying the Bible is incomplete in dealing with the life of Christ. Where the Bible is silent, Collins boldly presses on hoping to convince the reader of his theories which if accepted serve to create doubt in the Biblical record. He then proceeds to give the reader page after page, thirty-six in all, of his own speculation. The missing years theory is a glaring example of an argument from silence. According to the author, Jesus had to travel to the countries where the ten “lost” tribes had migrated (285). There is no Biblical evidence that Jesus did anything other than live with Joseph and Mary and remain in subjection to them (Luke 2:51). Did Jesus travel around the world visiting the various Israelite colonies? Did Jesus get his Roman citizenship as the author thinks (306)? Did he go to the moon, or Mars? Arguments based upon silence can lead anywhere.

The author believes that in order for Jesus to gain knowledge of a geographical location and the inhabitants, he needed to go there (299). This is bizarre, and makes me wonder if Collins is an Arian in his Christology. The Bible clearly teaches that Jesus is God and possesses all the attributes of deity. One of these attributes is omniscience.

The author tries to latch upon anything to prove his theories. He leads the reader into thinking that the Quetzalcoatl legend is proof of Jesus in America (286). Quetzalcoatl was not Jesus in America. Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec god of the air. To try and connect Jesus with a pagan deity is blasphemous.

Collins’ understanding of Mark 6:1-6 is an example of a false interpretation of Scripture in an attempt to support the bizarre missing years theory (282). Remember Luke 2:51 regarding Jesus being subject to Joseph and Mary. Collins is forced to reject the plain meaning of the text, namely, that Jesus was a carpenter. This was supposedly a mistake on the part of the people of Nazareth. The author does not believe that the people of Nazareth recognized Jesus since he had supposedly been away for so long. Mark 6:4 makes it clear that the people did not believe that Jesus was sent from God. The basis of their sinful rejection was that they knew him. They said, “He is out of his mind” (Mark 3:21). Obviously, they knew him well enough to make this false judgement. How could he be a prophet? There was no doubt in their minds that he was a carpenter, the son of Joseph and Mary and nothing more. They even knew his brothers and sisters. This was Jesus’ hometown. There is no textual reason to disbelieve the Biblical facts concerning his brothers and sisters and his trade.

The author cites Matt. 3:13-16 as proof that Jesus was baptized by immersion (294). This illustrates how Collins reads into the text his preconceived notions of what the Bible is saying. The verse says that, “Then Jesus, when He had been baptized came up immediately from [apo] the water.” This allegedly proves Jesus was immersed. When Phillip baptized the Ethiopian they both “came up out of [ek] the water”(Acts 8:39). Were they both baptized? When Jesus came up from the water he could have been standing in knee deep water and then came up from the Jordan onto the riverbank. Coming up from or out of the water does not prove the mode of baptism.

The author makes use of more novel interpretations of the Bible. One passage is John 10:16 about the “other sheep” (292). This verse should be connected with passages such as Isaiah 42:6; 56:6-8; 60:3-11; 66:18-21. This passage in John has always been understood as the fulfillment of the passages in Isaiah. This is the salvation of the Gentiles. The author uses this verse as a proof text to promote his theory that Jesus came to early America during the alleged missing years. Mormons also appeal to this verse for proof of Jesus coming to America. This is clearly an aberrational interpretation of Scripture.

The passage, Matt. 10:5,6, dealing with the lost sheep of the house of Israel, is another example where Collins mis-interprets Scripture. The author believes that the ten tribes of Israel were in different foreign lands at this time. In Matt. 10:5,6, Jesus instructs his twelve disciples to go only “to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Collins believes that the disciples were to obey these instructions after Jesus died, and actually go to these different locations (314). Note that in verse five Jesus sent the twelve disciples out at this time, not after his crucifixion. It should also be noted that the parallel passage in Mark 6:7,12 says, “And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two… So they went out and preached….” Where did Jesus send the twelve disciples? To Britian? To America? They were to go to the cities of Israel (Matt. 10:23).

Does the author’s insistence that the Jews and Israel be considered different nations hold up? Consider Zacharias’ prophecy. “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people” (Luke 1:68). Speaking of John, Luke goes on to say, “So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel” (Luke 1:80). What did the “devout” man Simeon say concerning Jesus? “A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people
Israel… this Child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel…” (Luke 2:32,34). Simeon said this in Jerusalem. In addition, Matt. 2:21 says Joseph and Mary traveled with Jesus somewhere. Where did Joseph and Mary bring Jesus? What land? The answer is the land of Israel. In contrast, John 18:35 makes clear that Jesus was delivered to Pilate by his “own nation,” the Jewish nation. The reader can see by now that Collins’ distinction between Israel and the Jewish nation is artificial and erroneous.

Ezekiel 37:15-28 prophesies the reunification of Israel and Judah. This passage completely refutes Collins’ Anglo-Israelite theory. The children of Israel and Judah will be brought back from among the heathen, where God had driven them. The culmination of the prophecy would be that, “David my servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgements, and observe My statutes, and do them… and My servant David shall be their prince for ever” (Ezekiel 37:24,25). The fulfillment of this prophecy is in Christ. David was a type of Christ. The prophecy says that God will bring back the scattered tribes from among the heathen. They shall be one nation, with one king. In 458 B.C., King Artaxerxes said, “I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel, and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you” (Ezra 7:13). In response to this decree the Scripture says, “Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes” (Ezra 7:7).
It is also recorded that, “the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth, and with dust on their heads. Then those of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners…” (Nehemiah 9:1,2). God’s faithful remnant returned with Ezra and Nehemiah to Jerusalem in a number of mass migrations back to Israel. The center of religious worship for the Old Testament people of God was the temple in Jerusalem. God’s people were obligated to bring offerings and sacrifice before the LORD in Jerusalem. Those who refused to return with Ezra and Nehemiah were unfaithful to the covenant

Did Israel return with Ezra and Nehemiah like the Scripture says or not? Was Ezekiel’s prophecy fulfilled? The two nations had become one according to the testimony of Scripture. Collins in essence argues that this prophecy was not fulfilled. Ezekiel 37:21,22 deals unequivocally with the reunification of the two nations. This prophecy was clearly fulfilled. Consequently, Collins’ “lost” tribe theory collapses. After the return of the captives under Ezra and Nehemiah we never hear again about the separate Northern and Southern kingdoms. If members of the alleged “Lost” tribes never returned to Palestine, what type of questions could be raised about their covenantal faithfulness? Collins does not say.

Consider the following examples of the usage of Jew and Israel in the New Testament. Here, Paul describes the Israelites as his brothers. And yet, Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus” (Acts 21:39). Paul also said, “…for I am also an Israelite…” (Rom. 11:3). Was Paul a Jew or Israelite? He was both. Paul was a descendant of the tribe of Benjamin (Phil. 3:5). The tribe of Benjamin was part of the Southern kingdom with Judah (1 Kings 12:21). Furthermore, Jesus came through the tribe of Judah, which would make Him a Jew. And yet, the Scriptures say, “Who are Israelites… and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came…” (Rom. 9:4,5).

Collins believes people “who rediscover their Israelite ‘roots’ have every right to a sense of wholesome pride…” (376). Is this pride always wholesome? Can this pride ever result in racism, or racial superiority of one group over another? What about Black, Indian, Hispanic, or Asian Christians? It seems that they are left out of this “wholesome pride” theory. Collins himself believes that the alleged “Lost” tribes of Israel in the modern world must be located among the “White” or “Caucasian” nations (378). Some individuals who hold to Anglo-Israelism are racists. By his refusal to accept the fulfilled prophecy of Ezekiel, Collins has created an irreconcilable tension in his theology. This tension is exhibited by his repeated disclaimers, distancing himself from those who may jump to racist conclusions. He acknowledges that, “Jesus presented himself as an equal-opportunity Savior for all nations and ethnic groups” (376). He expressly repudiates racism and distances himself from those who promote racial superiority of the modern descendants of the alleged “Lost” tribes of Israel (375). However, he seems to be keenly aware that some individuals may jump to racist conclusions after accepting the thesis of his book.

The Christian Identity movement which is a subset of Anglo-Israelism clearly holds to racist views. This is because in the hands of carnal men a fleshly understanding of the covenant exclusively along racial lines can become a pretext for racial superiority, and is used as a justification for racism. Pride in race has gotten out of hand at times in history. Hitler’s Aryan race experiment is one example. When a society embraces theories that foster racial superiority, what happens to minorities during economic hard times? Some forms of Anglo-Israelism, most notably the adherents of Christian Identity, understand the outworking of the covenant to be along racial lines, and this accounts for their racism.

In closing, we should remember that the gospel properly understood breaks down
racial walls or barriers. In Eph. 2:12,13 we learn that the Gentiles are grafted into the Commonwealth of Israel. The Gentiles are now part of the church. They are also part of Israel. “And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God” (Gal. 6:16). The Commonwealth of Israel in the New Covenant is the church made up of Jews and Gentiles. In Rom. 2:28,29 we learn that the regenerate person who has been circumcised in his heart is a Jew. The author’s refusal to accept the fact that God reunited the Northern and Southern kingdoms in fulfillment of prophecy is an attack upon redemptive historical progress, and is therefore, non-Biblical and false. Collins’ theory of Christ’s purported world-wide travels undermines the authority of Scripture by calling into question its completeness. In this reviewer’s opinion, the author’s view of history, argued for in this book, is nothing more than imaginary. There is an inherent tendency within Anglo-Israelism to glory in the flesh. The Scriptures teach that we should glory only in the Lord Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul makes it abundantly clear, “There is no Jew nor Greek…. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (Gal. 3:28,29).

Notes:

Steven M. Collins, The “Lost” Ten Tribes of Israel…Found!, (Boring, Oregon, CPA Books, Copyright 1992, First Revised Edition 1995).

1. Dr. Leonard Coppes, Bible Study, (Denver, CO November 22, 1997).

Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Answering Mormon Scholars Volume Two, (Salt Lake City, Utah Light House Ministry, 1996).

2. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, (Washington, D.C., Press Statement, 1982). p. 1.

Edwin M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier Invading Hordes from the Russian Steppes, (Grand Rapids, Baker Book House, 1982).

Mr. Kettler is an ordained Presbyterian Elder and the owner of Undergroundnotes.com where his theological, philosophical and political articles can be read. He has worked in corporate America for over 25 years and is now realizing his dreams as a successful home business entrepreneur. Mr. Kettler can be reached through his business site at: http://www.internationalhomebusinessonline.com. Permission is hereby granted to reprint this article as long as my web site is retained in the biographical information.

When the poor were the majority.

The poor in developed countries like the USA and UK are now a minority, though up to maybe the 1950’s or 1960’s they had been a majority.

While the poor were a majority their main problems were simply economic poverty and economic exploitation. Government bodies manned by the upper and middle classes understood this sufficiently to be able to handle the poor with some appropriateness, if not always entirely to the poor’s liking. The votes of the poor majority were basically sought with a policy mix of small economic titbits and nationalistic policies.

The poor becoming a minority.

In the USA by 1950, and the UK by 1960, growing economic prosperity saw the numbers of the poor begin to fall until soon they became a minority. This was helped by more enlightened government policy, and was good for the many that then escaped poverty. Unfortunately the remaining poor as a minority were to face seriously increased problems.

There were two main reasons why the modern minority poor in advanced countries faced increasing problems. The first was that the poor soon had more complex, though supposedly helpful, welfare systems applying to them and giving them new problems – and also as a minority they now also hit new minority social exclusion problems. The second main reason the modern poor in advanced countries faced increasing problems was that they became less seen and less understood by the governing upper and middle classes, so their governing became wildly inappropriate and plain wrong.

How affluent governments lost their poor.

When the poor in developed countries became a minority, democratic political parties began to see their votes as unnecessary, though the poor are a socially significant minority whose misgovernment can seriously undermine society.

Majority middle-class issues became prioritised, for example huge anti-tobacco-smoking resources being applied by government and employer bodies but much less on drunkenness, drug-taking or weapon-carrying – pushing many from cigarettes to these. Socially tobacco is a small undesirable but the available alternatives for the poor are really much worse. And some of the health problems of smoking may be due to inhaling cigarette lighter flints rather than inhaling tobacco.

All government, charity, employer and other bodies being now run by a middle-class having no real understanding of modern poor minority problems has led to many policies affecting the poor becoming totally inappropriate. And developed countries prioritising middle-class issues and worsening the position of their poor minority are in effect doing a Nero and ‘fiddling while Rome burns’, but their governments basically lost the poor.

Re-finding the poor.

In developed countries now, those producing policies are educated professionals with little or no experience of the poor today, and they may commonly have correct general theories but often be missing the correct practical detail needed for correct modern policy making for today’s minority poor. They urgently need to find and involve the tiny handful of street-wise professionals who somehow do happen to have substantial real experience of today’s poor themselves – but as yet they are totally unaware that this is needed.

Or if modern affluent middle-class government cannot find a way to better govern their poor and other minorities, then perhaps modern democratic government will demand less middle-class officials. Maybe a percentage of politicians should not be elected, but instead be randomly selected from elector lists ?

Vincent Wilmot currently lives in Grimsby UK and has several interesting websites including http://www.social-exclusion-housing.com

It’s a man’s sympathy with all creatures that truly makes him a man. Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man himself will not find peace.

These words spoken decades ago by Albert Schweitzer ring true to a special group of dedicated and caring Los Angelenos. Appointed to be the eyes and ears of those who can not speak for themselves, The Directors of Animal Welfare (DAWs) work with their Neighborhood Councils to tackle problems, initiate proposals and hold events aimed at solving problems or creating awareness on issues that help humans and animals live together harmoniously. In 1999, the new L.A. City Charter divided Los Angeles into 90 geographic areas and a Neighborhood Council was empowered in each to represent its respective neighborhoods.

In October 2004, Valley Glen Council member Dr. Charlotte Laws introduced the idea of appointing a representative to each Neighborhood Council to handle animal-related issues. The Director of Animal Welfare program was part of her proposal to make Los Angeles a No-Kill City. With approximately 40,000 dogs, cats and small animals euthanized in L.A. annually at a cost of $14 million, it is a crisis in need of resolution. Valley Glen, won over by Dr. Laws’ enthusiasm and good ideas, promptly appointed her to the position for their area. Additionally, Laws proposed the formation of a California Animal Commission. Comprised of non-paid individuals committed to animal welfare, the Commission would serve in an advisory capacity to help cities and counties achieve the no-kill goal at their public shelters. According to Laws, “This would be an important first step towards ending the needless killing of tens of thousands of animals each year.” If formed, California would be the first to have such a Commission and would lead the nation by recognizing the plight of its animals.

In Los Angeles County there are 2.6 million dogs & cats in private homes, so helping them peacefully cohabitate with humans makes good sense. Recently Ed Boks, General Manager of the L.A. Department of Animal Services (LAAS), wrote a letter to all 90 Neighborhood Councils encouraging them to support the DAW Program and select a stakeholder as their representative. Currently 35 DAWs have been appointed, so the program is still looking for more individuals to get involved. With eleven committees, there is something for everyone, from Spay/Neuter Education to the Elephant exhibit issues at the L.A. Zoo; from disaster preparedness plans, to horse trails to animal cruelty cases.

According to Burbank DAW George Shea, “The value of the DAW Program is simply that if you’re into animal [issues], you can feel isolated – a bunch of separate groups not knowing what each other is doing and with no real clout behind us. Becoming a DAW has brought it all together for me…I’m not alone in my struggles; we exchange ideas and support each others goals.”

Reseda DAW Missy Woodward was already active in her Neighborhood Council before being appointed its Director of Animal Welfare. Her Council took their time, listened to Woodward speak, had their President attend a DAW Meeting and asked a lot of questions. They then felt that appointing a DAW to their Council would be mutually beneficial. A city on the verge of revitalization, Reseda has made Emergency Preparedness a priority and hopes to furnish a van with all the supplies their community will need in the event of the “big one.” Community members will be CERT (Certified Emergency Rescue Team) trained and preparations will be made for their animals as well. Woodward feels “the Katrina Disaster showed us the best and worst,” and she hopes that Los Angelenos will learn from it and be prepared – for themselves and for their animals.

Kris Kelly, DAW for Beverly Hills and Pacific Palisades, feels the program’s biggest accomplishment to date is the relationship formed with Ed Boks. “I think Mr. Boks and his department no longer feel alienated by the animal community. We’re working together for all of Los Angeles.” The DAW Animal Abuse Committee, which Kelly chairs, was recently asked to join with the new Los Angeles Animal Cruelty Task Force to share ideas and achieve goals. According to Kelly, “The only way we are truly going to make L.A. a no-kill city is by joining hands, not fighting with each other.” Differing groups have varying approaches but their goals are the same, so the DAW Program is serving as a unifying conduit to make things happen — a sort of “United Nations” of Animal Welfare.

Case in point: The combined efforts of several DAWs, the West Hollywood Neighborhood Council and the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Department recently arrested a puppy dealer who was abusing underage puppies. This criminal now lives in a cell far roomier than the animals housed in our City & County Shelters, but at least he is unable to hurt any more dogs — at least for the time being.

Atwater Village, situated near the Los Angeles River, has long been a dumping ground for unwanted pets, so its five DAWs organized a monthly Pet Adoption Fair at the Farmer’s Market on Glendale Blvd. Additionally, the group educates residents who are unaware of leash and chain laws. According to Beatrice Shapiro, “Any resident violating a leash law is first given information on the rules and best ways to contain their pets. On a second offense, the resident is given a courtesy notice with the offending Municipal Code attached. If this doesn’t get the message across, Animal Control is contacted regarding the violation.”

Over in Lake Balboa, Lisa Reveen is busy on an avian cause. “A well-meaning lady arrives each morning to feed the birds, but her good intentions have led to chaos for all,” Reveen explains. “Commuters cut through the park to avoid the main roads and since there are no speed bumps or visible stop signs, they do so at high rates of speed. The ducks, geese and other species of birds, now dependent on their morning feeding, are no longer mindful of the cars, dogs or people who mean them harm and are losing their lives in alarming numbers.” Reveen is asking for speed bumps and stop signs, as well as visible law enforcement to slow down traffic and prevent people from feeding the wildlife.

Attorney Tiffany Krog, who is the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council DAW, hopes to put her legal expertise to use for the animals by encouraging LAAS to put into operation a screening process for potential adopters of Pit Bulls. Krog states, “By helping animals and promoting their welfare, humans are also benefited – it has been established for some time that animal abuse is a clear indicator of violence towards humans. Not only is this breed physically abused, it is wrongfully maligned and misrepresented. The reality is that Pit Bulls are being used successfully as search and rescue dogs and have rated higher in temperament tests than Golden Retrievers according to the American Temperament Testing Society’s statistics.” Additionally, Krog is working towards ensuring that a foster program is implemented by LAAS so that animals can be placed in a home or foster home while court cases are still pending. Currently evidence animals are held in specials areas of the shelter where they can not be seen by the general public and therefore do not have a chance of being adopted. An abuse case can take a year or more to prosecute and all this time the animals are hidden away.

The Directors of Animal Welfare have a lot on their plate and with kudos to Charlotte Laws, the program has created an environment that welcomes all causes and points of view. The individuals come from diverse backgrounds with differing priorities, yet they are finding the organization an excellent forum to make things happen. After speaking with a dozen or more members of this grassroots organization, I find they work like the many spokes of a wheel…together they move forward and keep themselves in balance. Most are pet parents and concerned with Animal Welfare (those whose goals are to prevent suffering and provide care for animals) and a few are Animal Rights Activists (those who wish to end all human exploitation of animals). There are Realtors, attorneys, rescue workers, hair stylists, photographers, actors, business professionals, athletes and at least one medical doctor who together are turning the wheel of progress and hope to roll Los Angeles in the direction of Mahatma Gandhi’s vision: The moral greatness of national should be judged by the way it treats it animals.

For more information visit www.dawprogram.org or contact DAWs President Dr. Charlotte Laws at (818)781-5280. Already the program has spread to Orange & San Diego Counties and even to Canada. Don’t just say you want to make a difference, do it! Become a Director of Animal Welfare or an Assistant DAW and take part in your community.

Denise Fleck, founder of Sunny-dog Ink, is a writer on animal issues. She is also an Animal Care Instructor specializing in Pet First-Aid & CPR and Caring for Senior Pets, a volunteer with Akita Buddies Rescue and a Board Member of the Bumper Foundation. Visit her website at http://www.sunnydogink.com

When it comes to Link popularity and its relevance into getting better traffic, we all know that it is a necessary thing. Link popularity is one of the ways that search engines like google and yahoo give your site better rankings. You can search through different sites advertising about link popularity that say they can increase it overnight with thousands of links directing to your site.

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One of the best ways to approach link popularity is to think about the relevance of your site to one you would like to link to. It is better for you to have a small amount of links to your site than having a large amount if the relevance is high! The higher the relevance, the less links you need to have to increase your popularity. Google and Yahoo do not only look at the amount of links, but the quality of links. The better quality, the better positioning and page rank. So do yourself a favor and work on getting your links on quality relevant websites and you will reap the rewards of doing this right!

Grayson is the current owner and operator of Overdrive Electronics and OverdriveSEO and is certified for SE Optimization and online marketing techniques.

Now if you have been marketing online for awhile you have
probably heard of Google Adwords. Basically, for those that
don’t know, you pay a certain amount for each time some-
one clicks on your ad. This has been a proven way to market
as it is VERY targeted! This usually leads to great
conversion rates. Well when the gurus tell you to advertise
on Google or any other PPC, they don’t tell you the whole
story.

What they haven’t told you is that your ad can be taken off
Google if your CTR (click-thru rate) isn’t high enough. That
means a certain percentage of people that see your ad need
to click on it to keep your CTR high enough. Well you can
make sure that you ad doesn’t get taken off.

You need to “target” your keywords. You can do this by
putting brackets [] around keywords that are two words or
less and putting quotes ” ” around keyword phrases that are
more then 2 words. So if your keyword is golf clubs then it
must be put into brackets like this: [golf clubs]. If you don’t
target your keywords then your ad could show up for people
searching for “how to quit golf.” Those people will definitely
not click on your ad.

Just to let you know, this is FREE information given by
Google if you call them up for help. I’ve seen people sell this
information for $50 which I think is very unfair since they got
it for free.

So just follow these steps to success on Google.
1.) Choose the keywords that you want to target using the tip
I gave you. Make sure people are actually searching for your
keyword and make sure it isn’t super-competitive.
2.) Write an ad. Look at some of the ads on Google and learn
from the ones that made you want to click on their link. What
did they do that made you want to click?
3.) Bid on the keyword. You do NOT have to be number one,
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The game of baseball continues to fascinate North Americans as they watch and participate in the game of baseball. More and more people are playing baseball than ever before. And this means buying a new baseball glove, which isn’t often an easy task. A new baseball glove is stiff and hard to bend when you first buy it. This means that you need to break in your new glove so that it fits your hand and gives you the game that you want to have, without fumbling with your new glove. However, buying a new glove doesn’t mean that it’s going to take you a long time to break it in. There are some things that you can do to speed up the process of breaking in your new glove.

One of the first things that you want to do is wear the glove as often as you can. While wearing the glove make sure that you toss a training ball into it whenever you can. This will help to break in the glove so that when you’re actually on the baseball field you’ll have feel for how the glove catches balls and you’ll also be able to catch those balls much easier. There are oils that are available to keep your glove oiled however, no matter how much it is recommended, you should never oil your baseball glove more than two or three times each year. Too much oiling of your glove will cause the leather to break down much too quickly.

Another tried and true way to break in your baseball glove is to wrap it up in a towel and sleep with it under your mattress. This is so that the glove softens and the leather is more pliable. There are many other tricks that baseball players use to make their new glove more suitable to their hands. In most cases, no matter what you do, it’s just a matter of time before your new glove starts feeling like an old friend.

James Hunt has spent 15 years as a professional writer and researcher covering stories that cover a whole spectrum of interest.
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Cat Like Reflex Training Methods

It can go with out saying that whatever your sport, improved reaction time & response time a.k.a. reflex speed will be vital. Any & even the slightest improvements in this skill can have astonishing results on your game. Think about it for a moment… even if you could shoot, move, and jump like MJ you’d still be at his mercy if you didn’t have his eyes. Meaning react unexpectedly, see defenders before they move, & beat the head fakes. Again this carries over to most every sport imaginable. Take the boxer, his whole game, the entire fight is react as fast as possible before your opponent does & don’t get faked out!

Before we get started I want to clarify a couple things. There are 3 phases of speed. 1) Reaction time: This is the perception of an attack, or rather the interval between stimulus and the beginning of response. 2) Response time: This is the time it takes to choose an appropriate response to the initiation of the actual movement. 3) And finally, movement-speed. Quite simply how quick your counter punch is or how fast your body moves getting out of the way of trouble, etc. You will notice some of these examples seem geared more towards martial artist and there methods of training but not to worry you’ll also see how the can be adapted to any sport.

Reaction & Recognition

Woods Running: I can’t think of an easier drill to start doing that requires no training partners or equipment for enhancing coordination & reflex speed. All that is needed is a little bit of nature, so go to a local park with a batch of thick untamed woods, shrubs, ditches, canals and other natural obstacles. What makes this a Grand exercise is that you have to react with your body in very unpredictable ways, uneven footing, while making cuts, ducks, jumps, bobs, & shuffling of the feet. The key to a successful session is RUN FAST! Yes the faster you run the harder adapting will be. Interestingly enough your mind will be so preoccupied with this live video game that you won’t even notice how winded your getting! You can make this drill harder in a couple simple ways. 1) Try putting on an eye patch. This creates a major deficit in depth perception. 2) Try this wearing sunglasses, giving you less distance vision in a shady wooded area. 3) Simply add ankle weights, that will throw off your innate sense of timing.

Dodge Ball: “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball”-Patches O’Houlihan. And if you can dodge a dodgeball the way I’m going to challenge you to, you’ll evade anything that’s slower than a bullet! So to start you need a partner to be a thrower. You can switch up to make it fun & interesting for both of you. Begin at about 10′ apart and use a soft rubber or foam ball. Start slow, then as you get better have the pitcher increase his velocity & get closer. Here’s a short list of some variables you should use to continually make dodgeball more challenging & fun. 1) Use multiple throwers. 2) Start with eyes closed and have the pitcher cue you before he throws. 3) Thrower can disguise his toss with “feints”. 4) Color code balls: Red ball = catch, blue = dodge, green = strike. These force you to recognize as well as react.

Solo Wall Bounce: Stand in front of a wall with any kind of ball that bounces. Throw and catch. Make this more difficult by: increasing your velocity, standing closer to the wall, progressing to smaller balls, switching catch/throw hands, and starting facing away from the wall, throwing the ball over your shoulder then turning around at the sound of it hitting the wall. Jump USA sells a “reaction” ball that looks like an odd, uneven bouncing ball that can go in any given direction. These sell for about $10. Pick one up after you’ve mastered my previous methods of bouncing!

Response Times

Once you’ve learned how to appropriately identify stimulus and speed up the recognition, or need to do something, the next phase of training deals with programming your nervous system with a proper response. This will just as easily improve your overall speed. If you see things even before they happen what good is it if your body clumsily tries to move? You need to have a storehouse of nervous “memory” responses that are quick, smooth, & graceful.

Balloon Kicks: This exercise is mostly a coordination builder but it is so fun I had to throw it in. It will improve timing, accuracy and responsiveness quickly without seeming tedious at all. Blow up a balloon and go into a room that has numerous natural obstacles like chairs, stools, counters, & coffee tables. If you’re so inclined, get some cones and small objects to clutter the floor. Now, start kicking the balloon with the purpose of not letting it touch the floor. Kick, kick, kick! If It drops you lose. Time your self to see how long you can last each session.

Side Shuffles: Here one your football & basketball coaches wish they knew. If you have access to a treadmill you will make agility leaps & bounds. You are certainly going to look ridiculous doing this but that’s ok, my theory is the more embarrassing your training is the better it works! Hey I was training with jumpsoles back when they first hit the scene, before they were the commodity everyone knows them as. Now picture this skinny 17 year old Florida boy sprinting up and down blacktops in Giant horseshoe like strap-ons. Yeah I got funny looks! So will you. Anyway what you need to do is crank that machine up to 5mph to start and gallop if you will, sideways trying to gradually increase the speed to your limit. Switch sides. Next slow it back down to 5mph and try cross-stepping front & back. See what your threshold is in terms of mph. Your objective is a slight increase each session. Final set is backpedaling. Better start slower than the 5, this ones harder. The treadmill is necessary because if forces a pace. Next time some ball hog tries to take you on a dribble he’ll have another thing coming!

Visual Speed & Acuity

Video Games: This is a perfect way to enhance response action, and visual perception all while having fun! You don’t need to go out and purchase a $200 X-box, a simple Gameboy to carry around for the next time your waiting to renew your plates or visit the dentist s fine. Stay away from the Mrs. Pac-man that you’ve mastered ages ago. Try something new & challenging, change-up every other time you play to keep it unpredictable! I recommend 2 days a week for 30 minutes a little video gaming. It’s training!

Peripheral Driver: Not much need to go into the importance of side vision awareness & expansion, its usefulness carries over to every sports activity imaginable. You need to know if a potential defender or tackle is just out of your sight coming up the sides of your vision. Here is a great way to develop your P.V. while driving. Next time you’re on the road try to be consciously aware when you catch a glimpse of a vehicle in the corner of your eye. Call out the color or make if you can. Gradually you’ll be noticing them much sooner. The real trick is jut remembering to practice it when you get in the car so my suggestion is to write it on the rear view with dry erase.

Eye Accommodation: Or rather the ability for you eyes to quickly adjust from focusing on objects close to far. Rapid adjustments in depth perception, is a skill that can be developed quickly & easily. This will play a key role in how well you can respond. If a fist is flying at your face you need to be able to zoom in before you can gauge an appropriate counter move. Try these 2 simple drills once daily. Hold a pen out at arms length, now look across the room about 20 ft away. Shift your focus from a far object, then back to the pen several times quickly. Rest and repeat, changing the proximity of the pen (closer to your face) every couple of sets. This is known as shifting. The next drill is called figure 8’s. Hold your thumb up at arms length & begin moving it in yes, figure 8’s. While you’re doing this also bring your thumb closer & further from the face a well as vary the speed at which your thumb moves every 10 seconds.

There I scratched (meowch!) the surface of what can be done to start your transformation from slow to whoa! Let me close by saying a lot has to do with what your tying your brain up with at the moment. So put all those pesky thoughts away during your next game, & just BE THERE! Absorb yourself in your tactile senses just like a feline would!There’s way more secrets i’ll reveal another time like better drills, brain sharpeners, simple tricks to play, drills you can do while watching TV, and even supplements that can improve your reflex speed immediately! In the mean time give these examples a try a couple days a week & in as little as 2 weeks you will be quite impressed with the progress!

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The transitional period of returning to work after a prolonged period of sickness absence can be daunting for the employee AND their line manager – especially where the ill health revolved around a ’stress at work’ issue. Coming to terms with changes that have taken place during the employee’s absence and re-establishing team working practices will take effort and commitment from the manager and employee alike. Supportive and proactive interventions must be implemented to ensure a smooth transition back to the workplace.

The employee’s perspective

Returning to work following a long period of absence is daunting in itself, but with stress-related absence this is often so threatening that some individuals never make the transition back to full time employment. If the illness was brought about by stress at work or there are unresolved bullying or harassment issues, it’s likely that fear of a relapse, along with lack of confidence and low self-esteem, will inhibit rehabilitation. When work pressures only partially contributed to the illness, there may be a feeling of guilt on the part of the employee that he or she had let their fellow workers down and put unnecessary pressure on others in the run-up to their illness. Such anxieties may be groundless, but individuals feel very fragile following stress-related illnesses – with anxiety, depression and panic attacks being common symptoms of breakdown or burnout. A considerable amount of support and encouragement is required if a full recovery is to be both achieved and sustained.

The employer’s perspective

The long-term absence of an employee naturally puts pressure on an organisation, both in terms of the costs of covering the absence and also in maintaining the morale of team workers. Achieving the smooth return to work of an employee who has been absent for some time requires early steps to be taken to establish a non-threatening rapport with the individual, and this should be undertaken with care and sensitivity. It should be the responsibility of the line manager or personnel officer to keep in contact with the employee – as it’s important that the absent employee feels valued but not pressured into returning to work before they are completely recovered.

Once it has been established that an employee is well enough to return to work, it’s imperative that a phased return is planned. This should involve the employee’s GP, counsellor/coach, personnel officer or line manager, together with an external mediator if there are unresolved workplace issues that still need to be addressed. The phased return should include a short induction programme and any necessary retraining. Workloads at this stage should be carefully monitored – as too much too soon could result in a crisis of confidence and a relapse; while too small a workload can have the effect of making the employee feel superfluous.

Guidelines for rehabilitation back to work

Each case has to be judged on its merits, and in cases of return to work after several months of illness it will be important to work in conjunction with an occupational physician. The importance of this process cannot be overstated. Once an employee has highlighted that they have had a stress-related illness, positive action must be taken to remove the stressors and/or give adequate training and support to the individual to enable them to cope with the demands of their job

The normal work-related pressures should be removed, as far as is possible, for the initial return to work, and then gradually reapplied as the individual becomes fit enough to accommodate them as part of their normal everyday work. In some cases retraining may be appropriate, and this will depend on discussions with the individual, the job evaluation and skills analysis.

Ongoing appraisal needs to be a guided conversation, with the manager helping to review aspects of the job that may be difficult, and identifying areas where the individual is happy to initially return to begin work.

Key questions for consideration in ensuring successful rehabilitation of an employee back to work include:

• Has the individual been off work for the optimum recovery period? Individuals may return to work too soon and without having had enough time to rest and recover and to rebuild their self-esteem and confidence.

• What are the factors that caused the original problem, and who needs to assume responsibility?

• Is it appropriate that the individual returns to exactly the same role?

• Where the individual’s role needs to be changed, has this been communicated clearly, i.e. are the manager and individual clear about roles, responsibilities and expectations?

• What working practices need to be in place to support the returned worker and what can management do to facilitate this?

• Has the individual been given any advice on burnout prevention? The value of this cannot be overstated, particularly in relation to key areas including sleep, hygiene, energy management (through nutrition), and graded physical exercise programmes.

• Have procedures been established for the regular review of the situation? Progress should be continually monitored with regular communication between the Occupational Health department, manager and the individual.

• Motivation – is the individual suited to the job? What do they want from their job?

Serious stress-related illness, and in particular ‘burnout’, are conditions from which it is difficult to make a complete recovery. There is, unfortunately, a high risk of relapse should either the employer or the employee not have learnt the necessary lessons. It is for this reason that the employer must monitor the employee’s return to work and be alert to the early warning signs of reoccurring personal stress or any inability to cope with given tasks. Regular appraisal will identify further training needs, and provide a discussion forum to enable both parties to raise issues that may be inhibiting a full return to work.

Having said this, it is only reasonable to accept that whilst the employer can provide the structure and support mechanism for an employee to return to work, they cannot guarantee that the employee will necessarily slot back successfully into the original position that they formerly occupied.

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When you talk about genetic hair loss most people think about the most common form of hair loss: male-pattern baldness. This is the type of hair loss that is passed on genetically to offspring from their mothers. Most often the recipients of this type of hair loss are men, but sometimes the gene can result in female hair loss.

While genetic baldness in men is identified by a receding hairline or balding crown, genetic hair loss in women is a bit different. In most cases, a woman will not lose her hair in spots only but will thin out evenly throughout the head. Sometimes, this thinning can be quite severe and result in the woman having to wear a wig to cover up her thinning tresses. While female hair loss almost never results in a completely bald head, it can be extreme enough to expose the scalp quite plainly.

For the woman facing this type of hair loss, there are a few hair loss treatment options that can be explored. They include shampoos, conditioners and topical treatments, such as Rogaine for women, which stimulate hair growth and prevent further hair loss; vitamin supplements; and stimulatory treatments such as massage and infra-red therapy. The most successful of these hair loss treatments are the topical treatments. While they are quite expensive, they produce the best results.

Hair loss due to chemical processes

No matter how healthy and strong your hair is today, you could experience severe hair loss after undergoing a harsh chemical process such as a perm or color. While almost all chemical hair fallout is due to operator error, the chance of it occurring is multiplied by chemical services that you perform on your hair at home. I’ve seen more than one case of female hair loss in clients who have bleached their hair at home, colored it over and then came to the salon for yet another bleaching. Not knowing this past history, the stylist used too strong a chemical, and the process resulted in hair loss.

Since most of these cases do not result in complete hair loss, the hair loss treatment options include protein treatments and other conditioning treatments to strengthen the remaining hair; a good hair cut that will remove most of the damage; and a gentle hair-care routine that will minimize further hair loss due to breakage. You should also refrain from using thermal styling tools and undergoing any further chemical procedures until the hair is completely grown out.

Hair loss due to stress

Cases of severe stress can literally cause handfuls of hair loss at a time. Women experiencing stressful conditions can experience female hair loss represented by thinning all over the head or in spots called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata means “Hair loss in spots or areas,” and can result in bald circular patches on one or more spots of the scalp. While this type of hair loss is alarming, it is not permanent. After the stress is removed, most sufferers of this type of hair loss regrow all of the hair that they lost.

In most cases, the hair loss treatment for stress-related hair loss is minimal. After ruling out other causes of hair loss, your doctor will likely recommend changes in your diet or ideas to help alleviate your stress. Keep in mind that it can take months for your hair to grow back even after the stressors have been eliminated.

Hair loss due to illness

Any type of extended illness or surgery can result in hair loss. Medications taken to combat certain types of illnesses can also cause your hair to become brittle and break or fall out altogether. The most identifiable type of hair loss is the loss associated with chemotherapy treatments. In most cases, this hair loss is complete and affects all areas of the body.

While there is little that can be done to prevent this type of hair loss or promote growth during illness, surgery or chemotherapy treatments, this type of female hair loss is also temporary. In most cases, full recovery of hair is made after the illness is over.

You can promote hair growth after the illness by getting regular trims and using growth enhancing shampoos and conditioners. Vitamin supplements may also be beneficial.

As you may have already guessed, hair loss in women is more common than we might think. And many may be experiencing hair loss and dismiss it as a natural occurrence that comes along with age. A lot of these women fail to seek the necessary hair loss treatment that can help them keep their remaining hair and regrow new hair. So, if you are experiencing hair loss, do not think that it is just because you are getting older. There may be something that you can do to keep the hair on your head from clogging your drain.

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Last spring in 2005, people across the planet were turning their attention to DxInOne, an online – offshore investment concern based on the tropical island of Vanatu. Although it had visions of other pursuits in the works, at the time DxInOne’s claim to fame was (and is) its role as an emerging e-currency broker.

Why the excitement?

Because people were able to realize tremendous growth in the DxInOne “portfolio” system. Deposits of, for example, $1,000 were growing to ten times that amount in only a couple of months. Not only was that true, but more importantly people were also cashing money out of the DxInOne system. Bigger players were able to move hundreds and thousands of dollars out of DxInOne on a near-daily basis.

These amounts always seemed to be far in excess of what these members had actually put into the system.

This went on for months. As an offshore entity, DxInOne didn’t have to disclose anything of substance regarding how they were able to accomplish this. The notion of taking $1,000 from an investor, and giving him back $5000 in payments over the next several months didn’t seem to make economic sense. But the gig was working. People really were getting paid.

As June hit the managers at DxInOne had begun to assume a near mythological status: they were seen by many as enigmatic geniuses who held their cards to their chest and made the seemingly impossible actually occur (which is to say they paid, and paid big).

Under these euphoric circumstances people signed up to DxInOne in droves. Numerous courses in how to learn the complex DxInOne system were plastered all over investment message boards. Everybody was getting involved, it seemed – even the Rich Jerk.

Why not, when a deposit of a few thousand could rapidly balloon into a hundred thousand or two? At this level the DxInOne system paid out dividends daily amounting to thousands of dollars. This was money that could be cashed out (in about 3 days) or reinvested to increase portfolio growth further increase one’s DxInOne portfolio balance.

An important point: this daily growth was regulated by the DxInOne managers, averaging .30% to .40% daily (or about ten to twelve percent monthly) during the Glory Days of winter – spring 2005. No one knew the formula the DxInOne demigods applied to determine the daily growth, but that was okay – they had, after all, become mythological beings.

But again, whatever the formula was it couldn’t have much to do with basic economic theory – that much was obvious to many. By extension, the DxInOne formula for daily growth was widely presumed to be more a reflection of their secretive business model than it was an indicator of normal market forces, namely supply and demand. Plainly put, you just can’t be giving out thousands in cash again and again to people for doing nothing, at least if if they only put in hundreds to begin with.

Then reality kicked in, which I shall hereinafter refer to as “The Great Crash of Summer 2005″. All of a sudden it was impossible to move money out of the system.

Curiously, the daily growth was only marginally affected. Accounts were still growing by about .20% a day during the worst of times, but soon the averages seemed to find their way back up to the .30% level. This is very robust growth, amounting to about ten percent a month. That kicks ass on just about everything, including the growth of mainland China’s economy.

Now think about this: How can a company grow its investors’ portfolios by 10% a month when it takes months to process an request for money?

Several answers come to mind. The most obvious is that this can happen because the portfolio growth has nothing to do with the actual health of the system: members can’t take their money out in a reasonable amount of time because there simply isn’t enough monetary supply to meet the demand for cash. We’ll return to this question later.

So, things with this company called DxInOne were going well, then there was a crash in the Summer of 2005 to whereby people couldn’t get any money out of the system.
This has been going on for about seven months now.

In fairness to DxInOne, an article like this should cast light on DxInOne’s overall vision as it is an ambitious one that could generate the long-awaited correction. In fact, 2006 will see the roll-out of several new business which will be integrated into the overall DxInOne “economy”. I will discuss these in a subsequent “Part” of this article, but for now I must address thornier matters.

In the next Part of this article I will discuss the thorniest matter: Why The Crash now threatens to completely erode members “Portfolio” balances.

Mark Grant is the owner of Surf At My Dot Com – http://www.surfatmy.com a site dedicated to presenting free tutorials and exceptional online money-making opportunities.