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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>You have the Right to Remain Ignorant!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Ignorant is exactly where you will find yourself if you go along with the Government’s current and proposed No-Contact Laws.</p>
<p align="left">Under the Plan, you will only hear from those who can afford<br />
to purchase media to promote their products, services and views.</p>
<p><span id="more-18"></span></p>
<p align="left">With contact by phone, fax, email and flyers controlled by laws,<br />
Big Brother is blocking your access to learning about innovative, l<br />
ess costly, solutions from shoestring operators who can<br />
do the job but can’t afford the cost of media.</p>
<p align="left">So, you will pay more and get less.</p>
<p>For more thoughts on the dangers and links to important facts, watch the<strong>Subject Category on No-Contact Laws at Said-I.com</strong></p>
<p align="left">Now that you have been told, if you agree it makes sense, you must take some action.</p>
<p>What will it be?</p>
<p>You can start by claiming the right to be freely informed.</p>
<p>Subscribe to Said-I.com ’s “Contact Me With Worthy Information” list.</p>
<p>To <a href="mailto:Subscribe@said-i.com?SUBSCRIBE" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Subscribe@said-i.com?SUBSCRIBE</span></a></p>
<p>Curtis MJ</p>
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		<title>How to help cut the murder rate&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Least Expensive Reward!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merit Recognition is the Least Expensive Reward when given on time! Recognizing Extra-Effort Boosts Morale And Motivates Productivity. The penalty for You, the Manager, is acquiring and maintaining the data to reinforce the right person, with the right reward, at &#8230; <a href="http://said-i.com/?p=9">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Recognizing Extra-Effort Boosts Morale And Motivates Productivity.</p>
<p>The penalty for You, the Manager, is acquiring and maintaining the data<br />
to reinforce the right person, with the right reward, at the right time.</p>
<p>If you even think, recognizing extra-effort will help your work-place morale, you owe it to your workers and company to check out Merits4U Performance Appraisal and Merit Recognition Software.</p>
<p>Merits4U uses Merit Scores to track worker performance and tells you, who earned what reinforcement and when it is due. This is your opportunity to build a productivity boosting, Worker Recognition Program at a really low cost. </p>
<p>Use the 21-day Free Trial to get a baseline on current productivity and to see what happens when extra effort is recognized on time.</p>
<p>Your Company wins with workers motivated to be more productive. Your workers will thank you for recognizing the extra-effort they put-in!  </p>
<p>Get more information and download Merits4U at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.DesktopMagic.com">www.DesktopMagic.com</a> </p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Curtis MJ<br />
Merits4U Software Developer</p>
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		<title>Are You A Victim?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Marketer: Are you a victim of the proliferating No-Contact Laws? Are you interested in doing something about it? It all boils down to Public Opinion. An article in INC. Magazine Nov. 2003 warns, &#8220;Moves against phone-based marketing is just &#8230; <a href="http://said-i.com/?p=8">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Dear Marketer:<br />
Are you a victim of the proliferating No-Contact Laws?<br />
Are you interested in doing something about it?<br />
It all boils down to Public Opinion. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">An article in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20031101/telemarketing.html" title="INC. Magazine"><font color="#800080">INC. Magazine Nov. 2003</font></a> warns, &#8220;Moves against phone-based marketing is just the beginning. Because of positive consumer response to the Do-Not-Call List, Washington watchers expect all forms of marketing to come under fire one-by-one because, it&#8217;s a no-lose situation for politicians.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">The only answer is to change Public Opinion. Only Public Opinion will put a halt to no-contact laws. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">How do we change Public Opinion? </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">My Answer is, point out to the public, how supporting No-Contact Laws makes the Individual less free by restricting the exchange of information.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Americans take their freedom seriously. </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">If we can show Americans how, No-Contact Laws erode their freedom and show how, &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; is manipulating the laws for greater control, we have an issue the public can get behind.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">I have written two open letters on this Blog that demonstrates the approach I would use. One is titled &#8220;Who is putting the stranglehold on Small Business Advertising?&#8221; The other is titled, &#8220;Free People are Free because they know what Freedom is! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Are you interested in helping to get the message out? I want to start a Non-Profit Organization (NPO) for the purpose of influencing No-Contact Laws. The premise is: How can you have free choice, if information about free choices, is restricted or controlled? </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">An individual should have access to free information by any manner he or she chooses. No law should interfere with that right. Should a law interfere, an individual should be given the opportunity to opt-out of such a law, by listing their contact information in a place accessible to the list of information providers who they want to give permission to contact.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">The Non-Profit Organization would provide a website as a place to opt-out of no contact laws and opt-in to freedom of information. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">I need help with this project. I have never run a not for profit organization and I don&#8217;t want to run this one for very long. I might not even be the best person to start it but I don&#8217;t see anyone else stepping forward.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">However, I do have all the skills needed to get the project up and running. Plus, I am actively searching for valuable work to do. I am not a fan of non-profit. But, this project needs to be non-profit because of its purpose and also to take advantage of NPO status relative to No-Contact Laws. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">The bottom line is, we can do this, if the project can get financing. I would suggest, with a well supported NPO, we could get our opinion known.</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">What help can you contribute? I&#8217;m pretty sure donations will be tax deductible. The attorney(s) who set up the NPO will give full tax information. At this time I am only asking for a pledge of support. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><o></o><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Please Contact me with any help or information you can provide. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'">Thanks for your attention,<br />
Curtis MJ<br />
 <br />
P.S. If you are unable to help but would like to be kept informed,<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:curtismj@said-I.com?Subject=Keep%20Me%20Informed">curtismj@said-I.com</a><br />
Subject: Keep Me Informed<o></o></span></span></span></p>
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		<title>Who put the stranglehold on Small Business Advertising?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curtis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Business Owner: Did you know, it is some form of illegal, to phone, fax, email or distribute flyers to advertise your product or service? The only legal way to advertise is through the media &#8211; Broadcast, Cable or Print. &#8230; <a href="http://said-i.com/?p=6">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Business Owner:</p>
<p>Did you know, it is some form of illegal, to phone, fax, email or distribute flyers to advertise your product or service?</p>
<p>The only legal way to advertise is through the media &#8211; Broadcast, Cable or Print.</p>
<p>Forget web pages, they are for sales-support, not advertising. Web Pages only reach people who choose to visit your site &#8211; and visitors, can be few and far between. Banner Ads and other Internet Ideas are just that &#8211; Ideas- but, they still can cost more then the small-time operator can afford.</p>
<p>For centuries small businesses have at least been able to hand out flyers. But now, I read in the newspapers, police are cracking down on flyer distribution. They want you to be finger printed and photographed and purchase a permit to hand out flyers???</p>
<p>There has got to be a plot to destroy small business and I’d like to know who is behind it.</p>
<p>And… Why is none of the Media mentioning this nefarious scheme?</p>
<p>Am I the only one who can see, that with “by the sweat of your brow” advertising loopholes closed, you’re forced to go to established media?</p>
<p>Oops, is that the same media that pays Editors to say nothing?</p>
<p>Small Business is losing access to the public and, the public that signs for or goes along with, information access restrictions like the National, Do-Not-Call List, is giving up the right to know about alternates to big business Policies and Prices.</p>
<p>What do you want to do about it?</p>
<p><em>SAID-I</em><br />
Curtis MJ</p>
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		<title>Motivate Community Participation in Community Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Community Leader, &#160; I am writing to you because you are in a position to tell other Leaders about ways to Motivate Community Participation in Community Service to make it safer for us all. &#160; By motivating the community &#8230; <a href="http://said-i.com/?p=5">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I am writing to you because you are in a position to tell other Leaders about ways to Motivate Community Participation in Community Service to make it safer for us all.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">By motivating the community to participate in community service we gain Heroes!<span>  </span>We get people committed to stopping drug activity on their block. We get people to pick up trash in public places. We get people who find jobs for teenagers and get them off the street. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">One way to motivate community participation is to have a system in place to recognize the efforts of every individual that contributes to the community good.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Behavioral Psychologists say; positive-reinforcement of the right kind at the right time can increase productive behavior.<span>  </span>They suggest that the best reinforcement can often be simple recognition for a job well done.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The problem is; acquiring and maintaining the data to reinforce the right person with the right recognition at the right time. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">I offer a solution to the Merit Recognition problem that includes desktop and web-based software to manage performance data and to provide motivating reinforcement. The solution is called Merits4U. You can get full information and download a trial version from my website <a href="http://www.desktopmagic.com/">www.DesktopMagic.com</a>. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Merits4U was created for business, specifically, driver motivation.<span>  </span>However, I believe Merits4U can be even more valuable to sign up residents in efforts to help the community.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal">Merits4U runs on Desktop PC’s. I am building web-based interfaces for the Community-Service version to sign-up people on line, as well as, allow them to enter their own documentation of accomplishments.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Take a few minutes to review Merits4U on my website.<span>  </span>Be sure to follow the link for the “Mayor’s Community Service Example” and the “Mayor’s Web Page Example.” Learn about me from my Project Support Page and Portfolio of Related Experience links.<span>  </span></span></p>
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		<title>Free People are Free because they know what Freedom is!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowledge of Freedom is Power and the Government has no right to restrict the flow of Free Information through Laws. If you restrict the flow of information, how can you know what freedom is available to you? How can you &#8230; <a href="http://said-i.com/?p=4">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">Knowledge of Freedom is Power and the Government has no right to restrict the flow of Free Information through Laws. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">If you restrict the flow of information, how can you know what freedom is available to you? </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">How can you have free choices, if information about free choices is controlled?</span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">Now, your Free Choices are the choices I give you &#8211; because the only freedom you know is what I tell you about. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">Americans, please don’t give up your right to know. Don’t give up your access to Free Information by shutting yourself behind “Do Not Contact Laws”. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">You’ll find yourself in the clutches of “Big Brother” who will decide what is best for you. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">If you don’t want to be contacted, fine. But, take the second or two it takes to say no and disconnect. Don’t make a law against the contact. That’s abrogating your right to be free. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 5pt 0in; line-height: normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'">How can I warn you “The British Are Coming” if you’re hiding behind laws that say Don’t Call, Fax or Email. If you think I’m going to pay “Big Brother’s” Media to take out an ad to warn your lazy ass, you will end up a lot less free. </span></p>
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