The Refresh Orlando Heirs

Creating a great ad means selling your strengths and attributes.
Think of this as creating your personal resume. Many of the
online systems provide a multiple choice matching along with an
essay. After someone finds you with a “match”, it is your essay
portion that can make you shine. It is crucial to fill out the
essay completely, with at least 2 or three sentences per
question asked. You can come back to the essay later on many
systems. You will spend 45 minutes to an hour filling this out.
People who do not fill out the essay are not taking seriously
and get passed on for other profiles that are more forthcoming.
Be honest in your ad.

What to write about? Describe yourself honestly and accurately.
Include hard data such as your height, weight, body type,
educational background and profession. Show your personality.
Talk about your hobbies, interests, activities you enjoy,
movies, books, or music you enjoy, where you like to travel, and
minimally about your work (do not give your place of
employment….keep it general such as: I am a nurse at a local
clinic, an accountant with a medium size company, etc). Don’t
share too much information or write a book…..just write enough
to get them interested. You have to leave something to talk
about later.

Share your feelings and experiences, not just facts about your
life. You don’t want your profile to be a touchy-feely pile of
mush (can you hear your potential dates heading for the door?),
but you do want to communicate things people can relate to:
where you’re from, where you are, where you’re going in life,
what makes you laugh, things you really enjoy about life. DON’T
fixate on only one aspect of your life: You may love your dog,
have a great career, live to ski, and those are great things to
talk about in your profile. But if you talk about that and only
that, you’re going to come off as one-dimensional and obsessed.
Show your fully rounded self. Put your personality and humor
into what you write. Tell what you are like, and don’t try to
make false impressions. False impressions will back fire in the
online dating arena as much as they will in the rest of your
life. Relax, and let your true self show through. There are
people who will like who you are.

Don’t dwell on your problems and limitations: This is not the
place to talk about why you got divorced, your last relationship
didn’t work out, or problems at work. You can talk about this
later after you get to know someone. If you have children,
mention them BRIEFLY with their ages and sex. Do not spend time
talking about your children or reveal their names. People are
wanting to look at a profile that focuses on YOU, not your
immediate family. You can talk about your childcare arrangements
and coaching little league soccer, etc later. People looking at
your profile want to know you have time for them. Focusing on
your children and their activities can give the impression that
you will have limited time.

What you are looking for: Think about who you are and what you
are looking for. To make friends? Fall in love? Meet someone to
hang out with? Do you want something short term or long term? Do
you just want to chat with? (Ex. I am looking for a cultured man
between 32-45 who is a Christian, attends church, college
educated, and is into opera and gallery hopping). (Ex. Looking
for a down to earth gal between 22-30 that likes the country,
camping, country music, country dancing and NASCAR). Don’t say
that you are looking for the love of your life and want to get
married….this will scare a lot of people away. Its good idea
to state the general type of person you are hoping to meet, but
don’t overdo it. If you set down too many requirements you will
miss out on the opportunity to meet some great people, and quite
possibly the one that is just right for you.

Words to Use and Avoid:

Good Words: Affectionate, Likes to cuddle, interested in a
committed relationship, sensitive, great cook, romantic, caring,
monogamous, down to earth, looking for best friend, educated,
sophisticated, loving, generous, cute, reliable, my colleagues
describe me as handsome, great legs, petite, curvaceous,
hourglass figure, gentleman.

Words to Avoid: Some of the bad stuff I have seen in ads. (On
some systems, you will get terminated using some of this
language whether in your profile or in an email). These guys
have read too many Penthouse magazines and need to look in the
alternative personals. Here is what NOT to put in a personal on
a regular/metro site: Well hung, great in bed, I’d love to
satisfy you, sexually insatiable, animal, great lover, oral,
fuck, blow, make love, erotic, uninhibited and any other sexual
words. This stuff is SCARY to most women and runs them off.You
can tweak and improve your profile as you go along.

Tweaking your profile: If you’re getting the type of responses
you’re looking for, great. If you’re getting responses from the
wrong types of people or not getting as many responses as you’d
like, then review your profile and think about how you can
improve it and make yourself shine a little bit more. Most
matchmaking systems have a place for you to edit your essay and
parts of your ad. Take a look at it at least every couple of
weeks.

How to search for a new friend: Each matchmaking system has
different ways of searching for compatible profiles. Some have
several ways. Typically these are MATCH, SEARCH, FIND, and some
allow you to make a Search Profile that you can reuse. You can
search by location, ideal height and weight, ethnic background
– even by interest in having kids in the future.

A high percentage on a multiple choice match is a good start but
read the answers and look at the essay. The percentages may be
great but then the profile might be someone who sounds desperate
and lonely, is someone just looking for sex or has totally
different interests and values.

If there is a photo, look at the photo and remember that the
photo can be one taken yesterday or 5 years ago. Unless the
person is down right unappealing, remember that amateur/family
photos don’t always make a person look their best. Look for
profiles that match your ideal characteristics but also hit you
the right way — do the writers sound funny? Intellectual? Love
animals as much as you do? Like to travel?

Posting Photos: It is up to you to post a photo. You will
increase your response rate TEN TIMES by posting a photo. People
want to see who they are writing to, and many don’t want to
start a correspondence and waste time with someone that they
don’t know if there is even a initial attraction from a photo.
If you want a lot of responses, you’d better have a picture.
>From my experience, and from what I’ve heard from others, it
seems that people who don’t have pictures of themselves are
usually hiding something. So, if you don’t have a picture,
people are going to assume you look like a dog. If you are a
high profile person in the city you live, offer in your profile
to exchange photos from your personal (yahoo or hotmail, not
your real email address). Make sure you put an accurate
description of what you look like in your profile. You may want
to say what celebrity you closely resemble.

People who say they don’t have a photo or don’t have a way to
get one on line are either lazy or playing games. If you don’t
have a scanner at home or work, take a photo to KINKO’s (they
are everywhere). Have your photo or photos scanned in a .jpg
format. Most matchmaking systems do not allow you to send the
zip files or unusable formats. Typically .jpg, .gif, and .bmp is
the limit and they must be sized down. Photos should have a
shirt on, clearly show your face (no sunglasses), well lit, no
swimwear (except for secondary shots) and no family in your
primary photo. Make sure you are smiling in the photo. (Who
wants to meet someone who looks angry and glum). Many companies
allow secondary shots that have your family and friends in the
photos as long as you are in the photo. Don’t use a photo in
which you’re dressed too revealingly — you want to look elegant
and alluring, but a picture of you in a bikini is going to
attract the wrong kind of responses.

What should you not send? You car, house, boat, photos of your
kids or friends by themselves, photos where your face is the
size of a pencil head, photos with your ex, dark shots, anything
revealing, etc. Send your best photos. Remember, FIRST
IMPRESSIONS may be your only chance. Your most recent photo of
you camping (once in 5 years) with the ball cap on may leave a
the impression that you don’t want others to have. Again, think
in terms of a resume. How would you want an employer to first
see you? (Dressed nicely with your hair perfect). Ex. A good mix
would be primary photo in a business suit or polo shirt,
secondary photo out rock climbing with friends, third photo with
two nephews at XMAS.

Out of Town or Unable to Answer email? Members of matchmaking
systems expect responses to their emails quickly. If you can’t
answer emails for a week or two, edit your profile and at the
top of the essay say “I will be out of town for “x time frame”
and will not have access to email. Please ear mark my profile
and write me back at “x time frame” and I will be happy to
respond when I return.” This is especially important during the
summer months when people are on vacation and during holidays.

In March 2006, there was renewed concern about the patent system, manifested not only in discussion of the NTP v. RIM (BlackBerry) case, which settled for $612.5 million but also on the fate of the use of injunctions in patent infringement cases, to be reviewed by the Supreme Court in eBay v. MercExchange. The Wall Street Journal wrote that U.S. patent law is “deterring research and penalizing innovation,” and that the patent system is “fast becoming a detriment to U.S. competitiveness, not to mention basic fairness.” The idea that patents are not central to innovation can also be found in the philosophy of some venture capitalists, who will directly tell you “patents are not why we are investing.”

Although some people, such as Adam B. Jaffe, and Josh Lerner, suggest the patent problems are of recent origin, with changes in the last 20 years which have led to a decline in patent quality but a strengthening in patent rights, the empirical evidence for this is thin. Many of the issues we see now have been around for a long time.

In the following, aspects in the history of the light bulb are discussed. Consistent with the viewpoint of the VCs, J.P. Morgan invested in Edison, the man, before Edison’s key patent
issued. To attract attention of the influential, Edison set up the first commercial electric power plant near Wall Street, much as RIM (BlackBerry) has attained impact through the opulence of
its customers. After a commercial beachhead was established, the patent wars began. Edison’s final success in the patent wars was established both offensively and defensively, and was greatly
assisted by his high profile. It is suggested that certain legal issues that confronted Thomas Edison in the 19th century will soon appear before stem cell workers in the 21st century. [Of various suggestions that Edison was troll-like in his behavior in not making product, one observes that Edison himself obtained the funds from investors to set up the first electric power plant, and then created the power plant. He made product. Whether he was actually the inventor of the light bulb is a different story.]

DID EDISON INVENT THE LIGHT BULB?

Although not widely discussed, the application for Edison’s famous US Patent No. No. 223,898, granted January 27, 1880, was involved in an interference with competing inventors Sawyer and
Man and Edison lost on the contested point.

Following up, the successors to Sawyer and Man challenged Edison’s patent. The basic claim of Edison read: An electric lamp for giving light by incandescence, consisting of a filament of carbon of high resistance, made as described, and secured to metallic wires, as set forth. The trial court noted that Edison “was the first to make a carbon of materials and by a process which was especially designed to impart high specific resistance to it; the first to make a carbon in the special form for the special purpose of imparting to it high total resistance; and the first to combine such a burner with the necessary adjuncts of lamp construction to prevent its disintegration and give it sufficiently long life.” The trial court also noted, somewhat
cryptically, “There are many adjudicated cases in which it appears that the inventor builded better than he knew; where a patent has been sustained for an invention the full significance of which was not appreciated by the inventor when it was made. In the case of the Bell telephone patent there was great room for doubt whether the speaking telephone had been thought of by Mr. Bell when he filed his application for a patent, but the court said: ‘It describes apparatus which was an articulating telephone, whether Bell knew it or not.’” Edison’s patent survived. A problem with the court’s analysis is that the distinctly long life of Edison’s filaments arose from the use of
bamboo, which was not disclosed in Edison’s patent.

In a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, the relevant patent of Sawyer and Man, asserted against the interests of Edison, did not survive. The first claim of U.S. Patent No.
317,076 (related to patent 205,144 ) read: An incandescing conductor for an electric lamp, of carbonized fibrous or textile material and of an arch or horseshoe shape, substantially as
hereinbefore set forth. The Supreme Court noted: “It is admitted that the lamp described in the Sawyer and Man patent is no longer in use, and was never a commercial success; that it does not
embody the principle of high resistance with a small illuminating surface.” Getting to the broadness of the Sawyer/Man claim, the Supreme Court stated: “But if woods generally were not adapted to the purpose, and yet the patentee had discovered a wood ossessing certain qualities, which gave it a peculiar fitness for such purpose, it would not constitute an infringement for another to discover and use a different kind of wood, which was found to contain similar or superior qualities.” The court further noted that Sawyer/Man “made a broad claim for every fibrous or textile material, when in fact an examination of over six thousand vegetable growths showed that none of them possessed the peculiar qualities that fitted them for that purpose. Was everybody then precluded by this broad claim from making further investigation? We think not.”

The court noted that Edison “found suitable for his purpose only about three species of bamboo.” After discussing the amount of work Edison did with bamboo, the court asked: The question
really is whether the imperfectly successful experiments of Sawyer and Man, with carbonized paper and wood carbon, conceding all that is claimed for them, authorize them to put under
tribute the results of the brilliant discoveries made by others.”The court brought up the “infringement if later, anticipation if earlier” argument: “if the patent were infringed by the use of any such material, it would be anticipated by proof of the prior use of any such material.”

Although the Supreme Court did not address the issue, there were allegations by Edison at trial that Sawyer/Man had amended their application to conform to Edison’s work: “no such invention
was set forth in the original application, but was introduced for the first time more than four years after it was filed, and after the same material had been used by Edison, and claimed by
him in an application for a patent.” The trial court agreed, saying “after Edison’s inventions on this subject had been published to the world, there was an entire change of base on the part of Sawyer and Man, and that the application was amended to give it an entirely different direction and purpose from what it had in its original form …. [Testimony] shows that the idea of claiming carbons made from fibrous and textile materials was an after-thought, and was no part of the purpose of the original application.”

Of the issue of inventorship, text within the court cases manifests diffidence as to whether Edison was, or was, not the inventor of the light bulb. In 1875, Henry Woodward and Matthew
Evans patented a light bulb, the rights for which were purchased by Edison. In 1878, Joseph Wilson Swan invented a light bulb whose lifetime was about 13.5 hours. Edison’s bulbs in 1880, derived using a filament derived from bamboo, lasted 1200 hours.

The issues in the 1895 case are not unrelated to those in LizardTech v. Earth Resource Mapping, 433 F.3d 1373; 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 137; 77 U.S.P.Q.2D 1391 (CAFC 2006) and are not
unrelated to issues in the current discussion of alterations in the practice of continuing applications.

[Endnote 13, which appears here in the text, states: 71 Fed. Reg. 48 (Jan. 3, 2006). Abuses of applicants while awaiting developments in similar or parallel technology caused by amending the pending application to cover developments. If the
amendments are covered by the disclosure, this practice is allowed. PIN/NIP, 304 F.3d 1235.]

STEM CELLS

The situation faced by the courts in the 1880’s, in trying to figure out who made the step-out invention with the light bulb, will soon be faced by the courts of the 21st century, in trying to figure out who has made the step-out invention in embryonic stem cells. Although there are presently numerous patent applications on somatic cell nuclear transfer [SCNT] in various phases of generating embryonic stem cells, there are presently questions of scope of invention and of enablement, just as there were in the 19th century. Although many people are now claiming
large, with perhaps limited enablement and written description, the ultimate winner will be the person, who both identifies the insight to make the entire system happen and obtains patent
protection thereon.

UPDATE TO “YOU ONLY LOOK TWICE”

In the November 2005 issue of Intellectual Property Today, I presented some data on continuing applications for FY 2004 from the PTO, and noted the USPTO is evaluating the possibility
of limiting continuations, which crystallized in the Federal Register in January 2006. Two readers from Chicago, Kevin Noonan and Paul Reinfelds, sent along data for FY 2005, and noted, with the small number of “second” continuing applications, that the PTO proposal limiting continuing applications, even if effected, would not likely solve the problem faced by the PTO.

[Endnote 18 stated of the data for FY 2005: There were 63,000 continuing applications, which included 44,500 cons/cips and 18,500 divisionals. Of these, 11,800 were second, or subsequent, applications. Separately, there were 52,000 RCEs, of which 10,000 were second, or subsequent. Thus, 21,800 applications of
384,228, were second or subsequent, which is 5.7%. As for FY2004, RCEs were the single most abundant “continuing” form, 52,000 of 384,228 [13.5%]. All “continuing” forms combined
constituted 115,000 of 384,228 [30%]. The contents of Endnote 18 were cited in comments made to the USPTO about proposed rulemaking in the area of continuing applications:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/comments/fpp_continuation/ebert.pdf.
The comments referred to my April 2006 article in Intellectual Property Today, which unknown to me at the time of the comments, was not actually published by Intellectual Property Today. These comments to the USPTO objected to the proposed limitations on second, and subsequent, continuing applications on the basis that, even if implemented, the proposed limitations would NOT resolve the application backlog problem AND separately would adversely impact many reasonable uses of continuing application practice.]

Of Carhart’s book, “Lost Triumph,” the publisher is Putnam, not Putman. Two other reviewers have discussed the novelty of the book, even though the theory about J.E.B. Stuart’s possible
role had been published years before Carhart’s book.

[After March 2006, the Supreme Court decided the case eBay v. MercExchange. Therein, the Supreme Court made clear that entities such as universities and individual inventors, who don’t make product, could satisfy the four-factor test and obtain permanent injunctions to bar infringement of their patents.]

Have you figured out how to copy a dvd to your PSP? Many folks know it can be done but are confused on how to do it. I know I really struggled at first.

I am going to give you my quick and easy recipe to copy any DVD to PSP. There are only a few steps and it is a cinch on you know how.

First like any recipe…You have your ingredients:

512 MB Pro Duo Stick (This is what holds your movie files)

DVD Player installed in your computer

DVD Ripper (Software that pulls the movie from the DVD to your computer)

PSP Video Converter (Software that converts movie and video files to MP4 format that you watch on your PSP.)
(Note: There is software that has both the DVD Ripper and Converter combined)

USB Cable

1. Load your DVD and fire up your DVD ripper select the movie or video you want to put on your PSP and hit the “extract” or “rip” button. Tell it where you want to save the file to.

2. If you already have movie and/or video files on your pc then all you need to do is hit “add” from your DVD
ripper and tell it where you want to save the file to.

3. Select the file that you saved to your computer and hit the “extract and/or encode” button and save that file.

3. If you have DVD Ripper/PSP Video converter combo software…You can combine steps 1,2 and 3.

At this point you have the files on your PC…and they are in the correct format.

4. How to download or transfer your new mp4 file to PSP? Just connect your PSP with your PC with the USB cable, and
Create a folder on your Memory Stick called “MP_ROOT.” and create a sub-folder called “100MNV01.” under it.
Copy your MP4 files to this location (no need to copy the .HTM files).

5. Now on your PSP go to video and memory stick and watch your movie!

Travis Sago is a computer technician and PSP enthusiast and fanatic. Don’t have a good DVD ripper or psp video converter? You can learn more at http://www.the-psp-pimp.com/pspvideoconverter.html and find tons of cool things you can do with your PSP!

How to Copy a DVD to PSP.

JPEG: The full form of JPEG is Joint Photographic Experts Group.
JPEG was invented to make huge image files into small file size.
It compresses the files by 90%, and cuts the file size to 1/10th
of the original. Mainly the JPEG files are used in websites.
Because it is almost feather light in terms of file size and
enables the web pages to open in the browser faster.

JPEG files do not maintain the full image quality. It reduces
the quality of the image comprehensively. Thus from the JPEG
file original image is not recoverable. Generally TIF, PNG, BMP
are loss less in terms of image quality. That means these files
maintain 100% image quality of the original. But JPEG goes the
other way. JPEG manipulates the pixel data for more convenience.
If any detail of the image is causing problems for compression,
it can be ignored. This allows tremendous file size reduction.
It makes JPEG different from the other image file formats.

Introduction:

Of all the important decisions that go into a successful Pay Per Click Advertising program, the most critical one is which keywords to target. Choosing the right keywords will drive a continuous stream of qualified buyers to your site at affordable CPC’s. Choosing the wrong keywords will negate even the most well planned Pay Per Click Advertising strategy.

Going Beyond The Obvious:

At first glance, choosing keywords for your Pay Per Click Advertising program seems easy. Anyone can come up with a list of obvious keywords related to their web site. The problem is, because the keywords are obvious, all your competitors have come up with the same list of words. This can lead to price inflation for these keywords on the Pay Per Click Search Engines, making it difficult for anyone to profit from these keywords. The key to a successful PPC Advertising strategy is to identify targeted, hard to find, niche keywords that drive profitable traffic to your site.

Monetizing The “Keyword Tail”

The enormous number of queries that fall outside the obvious keywords is known as the “Keyword Tail”. An advertiser’s ability to mine the “Keyword Tail” for profitable nuggets of Search terms is often the difference between a successful Pay Per Click Advertising program, and one that loses money.

Examples of keywords that fall into the “Keyword Tail” are singular, plural, and misspelled versions of keywords, and keyword terms related to the obvious keywords for your site. For example, if you own a site that sells fishing supplies, you may come up with the following list of keywords:

Obvious Keyword: Fishing

“Keyword Tail”: Fly Fishing Equipment

Fly Fishing Gear

Fishing Lures

Fishing Reels

Many of the Pay Per Click Search Engines offer tools to help advertisers identify hard to find keywords related to their sites. Overture’s is the most advanced in this area, but Google’s works well too. The leading third party tool to help advertisers uncover profitable keywords is offered by a company called WordTracker. WordTracker not only helps identify good keywords for your Pay Per Click Advertising program, but it also tells you how many times the words were searched on across all the major Search Engines. This is important, because the more niche the keyword, the less traffic it will generate. It doesn’t do any good to find a perfectly targeted keyword if it only generates a few clicks a month.

Because each targeted, niche, keyword by definition will only produce a small amount of traffic, it’s important to identify as many as possible so their combined traffic will have a meaningful impact on your Pay Per Click Advertising program.

Summary:

The beauty of Pay Per Click Advertising is the more targeted the keyword, the less you’ll likely have to pay for each click. This is opposite of how every other form of advertising works. If you use direct mail, magazines, TV, or even other forms of online advertising to market your products, the prices rise as the audience becomes more targeted.

To succeed you must take advantage of this unique dynamic of Pay Per Click Advertising by using every available tool to help you think “out of the box” to create a comprehensive, targeted list of keywords to drive a steady volume of profitable traffic to your web site.

About the Author

Stan Hauser is a leading expert on Pay-Per-Click Advertising strategies and the creator of http://www.pay-per-click-advertising-guide.com

Don’t be a victim of Cybercrime

When you access the Internet through the world wide web it is extremely important that you safe guard your personal information.

There are literally thousands of people around the world that make a living exploiting the security loop holes by accessing your personal identity, passwords and bank accounts.

There are many more daily who are the victims of these crimes. You have a responsibility as a user of the Internet to take certain precautions to protect yourself from online crime.

Internet users who access bank accounts, e-currency accounts or any source of personal information online, should be aware of the following methods used by criminals to convince you to reveal your confidential information.

Here are some simple steps to help keep your information secure

1. Avoid being a victim of fradulent email requests for personal information

This method is called “Phishing” and is a popular way for criminals who are acting as legitimate businesses to steal your personal information. This is usually accomplished by sending you an email with a hyperlink to a fraudulent website made to look like the real one. Once you have entered your information the perpetrator will have access to your account, many times unknown to you.

One way to avoid falling victim to this sort of scam is to never provide any personal details in response to an email. Legitimate businesses will never ask you for your password by email. Be aware of suspicious emails from unknown individuals. Delete before opening anything that you think might be harmful.

2. Make sure you visit your bank, e-currency or financial website via your Internet browser with the correct website address.

3. You should take care to never follow any suspicious hyperlink, url, or open an unknown senders attachment.

If you inadvertently reply to a “Phishing” email or respond to what you think could be a fraudulent website, contact your associated financial institution immediately for advice. Do not delay in seeking help. Check your account for any unusual activity.

Ways to protect your computer

1. It is important to use only a trusted and secure computer to access your Internet banking account.

2. Using publicly shared computers, such as those at Internet cafes, is strongly discouraged.

3. It is recommended that you keep your computer up to date with current anti-virus protection, firewall and the latest patches.

4. Remember that after you install virus protection it is necessary to update the software so the protection remains current.

5. Avoid using the “remember my user name and password” feature when accessing sensitive financial information.

6. Make sure not to store your passwords and account information on your computer.

7. Use a different password for your bank than you would for your email address.

8. Do not use easy to guess passwords, or passwords that closely relate to you. Your birthdate, name or favorite pet make poor passwords.

9. Create passwords that have both numbers and letters.

10. If you use a wireless network it is important that you never leave your computer unattended.

11. Take extra precautions around wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspots that provide free Internet connections. Coffee shops, Internet cafes, airports and libraries can pose significant security threats. Avoid conducting sensitive business in a Wi-Fi hotspot.

Sniffing and Evil Twinning are two methods devious criminals are using to steal confidential data. Sniffing is the act of using a program to search for certain information like passwords and credit card numbers over a Wi-Fi network. Evil twinning mirrors the setting of a Wi-Fi hotspot. When the unsuspecting person uses the evil twinning hotspot the hijacker uses sniffer technology to access anything the victim might be sending.

12. When accessing bank accounts online, confirm that your data is encrypted between the bank and your computer by looking for the padlock symbol on the bottom right hand corner of the browser window.

13. Close your Internet browser after logging out at the end of each online banking session.

14. Beware of any windows that ‘pop-up’ during an online banking session.

Most financial institutions have detailed information on their websites on how their customers can protect themselves from Online fraud attempts. Visit their website or contact them via email or telephone for information on how you can protect yourself from online criminals.

Copyright (c) 2005 by M.Sherborne. All rights reserved. The author authorizes you to post the above article on your Web Site or E-zine solely for personal and non-commercial use.

Matt Sherborne is the creator of “Get Rich Trading E-Currency.” For more information please visit his website at:
http://www.dxingold.com