Scam or Maybe a Rescuer? Nicheblueprint in Review

By Jim Smile

If you have ever considered e-commerce you might just be interested to know that Tim Godfrey and Steven Clayton on the 12th of January next year (2009) will release the niche blueprint course dedicated to niche web e-commerce. As you may already know these guys are the creators of the incredibly successful commission blueprint course.

A number of services have been created especially for the launch of this new course including a hosting company. They have even created an additional product, dropshipblueprint.com, which will additionally be given to everyone who purchased niche blueprint for free.

This is a new service that is a competitor to 'World Wide Brands' - a service that would otherwise cost buyers of 'Niche Blueprint' $397.

As you can see and what I really like about this course is you truly do NOT need any further investment once you have access to the course (not like most others).

Even better is the fact that they put this together in such a way that absolutely anybody regardless of whether they have any website skills or online business experience can make this work. Additionally it doesn't have to take up a lot of time, although obviously work is required.

For the Newbie you will be very relieved to know that you do not need affiliates, a list, your own product or one of those joint venture partners.

It is the simplicity of this course which really makes me think it is more suited to the beginner online, all the other stuff is very good and can make you a lot of money, but at first you just want to be focusing on simple things that can build up your income.

Economically speaking we all know that things are not looking good, one thing is for certain 2009 will bring a lot of job losses. Now is definitely the time to act and get that second income stream up and running so that you can sleep well at night knowing that you're covered.

The fact of the matter is, if you can follow precise step by step instructions you should have no problem with niche blueprint in creating your own e-commerce online network of sites.

In fact the only thing they don't supply is your time. I can see that it doesn't take much of it but it does take some, if you are going to buy it but not take action or do anything with it you would be better off saving your money.

For those who take action and dedicate a little time to this each and every day steadily there is no reason why they will not eventually build themselves a multimillion dollar business. Obviously not in the next week, but certainly in the near future.

So if you are the type of person that will take action and are serious about building an online business then you need to buy this course as it is without doubt the best I have seen.

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This has just been a quick review, check out my Niche blueprint review site plus bonuses to learn more. There's also lots of information about Tim Godfrey plus Steve Clayton.

Bear Bile Farming: Why It's Unnecessary Today

By Rashel Dan

Although it is more destructive than it is worth, bear bile farming is still a common practice in some places. It is a practice that must be stopped. It causes extreme pain to the bears. During the process, it can be observed that bears gnash their teeth, bite their cages, moan, and even chew their own paws because of the pain.

Bile Extraction - Bile extraction is done in the crudest manner, and without any form of sanitation. The persons conducting it are unskilled and the process is not up to modern veterinary standards. Most of the bears die during or soon after bile extraction. If they live, they suffer from liver cancer, as a result of chronic inflammation and infection of the gall bladder and liver. Generally, farmed bears live only up to 4 years.

Why They Do It - Bile is a digestive liquid produced by the liver and stored in the gall bladder. Bile gathered from bears has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for at least three thousand years for a variety of purposes. It is used in Chinese physiotherapy, to cure inflammations and to dissolve gall stones and kidney stones. Also, it is thought to help detoxify the liver and improve eyesight. And according to research, bears are the only mammals that produce the bile salt ursodeoxycholic acid, which is effective in treating some liver diseases.

Before, bear bile was gathered by killing wild bears and removing their gallbladders. In recent decades, when wild bears became increasingly rare, bile became prohibitively costly for most Chinese. But then, during the year 1980, the Chinese bear bile farming industry adapted a technique first developed in North Korea. This involved extracting bile from captive bears without having to kill them.

Cruelty to Bears - The bears are housed in cages hardly large enough to hold the animal itself. To get the bile, an incision is made in each bear's abdomen and a catheter (which is basically a plastic or rubber tube) is then inserted into the gallbladder. The bile is drained through the catheter and then gathered for sale.

To gather the bile from the gallbladder, a connection from the gallbladder (located deep inside the body) to the surface has to be established. The connection, which is medically called fistula, is made in any of the three ways: insertion of a metal tube, insertion of a plastic tube, or creation of a tissue bridge between the gallbladder and skin. The connection is conducted by untrained and unskilled individuals who do not observe modern veterinary standards.

A metal jacket is donned on the bear to be biled. It is worn around their bodies and it has a collection container attached to it. There are bears forced to lie on the floor of their small cages so the bile will drip downward. Keep in mind that their crush cages are extremely small. The floor is made up of iron bars so the bears cannot stand or lie down on firm ground. This results in neck and back injury. Since a bear's body will try to exclude the inserted metal or plastic tube or close the tissue bridge, scarring and damage is done to both the inside and outside of the bear. Sometimes, to prevent the closing of the incision, hot pieces of metal are inserted without any form of sedation or anesthesia. Bile is collected twice a day, and this goes on for the rest of their lives.

Why Its Unnecessary - There is no need to make poor bears undergo such abuse. The use of bear bile is obsolete. There are at least 75 herbal medicines that can be used as an alternative to bear bile. Of which, 54 are proven to work. These alternatives are a lot cheaper and more convenient.

Today, we can already manufacture synthesized bear bile that contains UrsoDeoxyCholic Acid (the active constituent in bear bile). All these alternatives are just as effective without the deaths of innocent bears. Let us put a stop to bear bile farming. It causes unnecessary torture to poor bears.

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Know more regarding stricter punishment for animal cruelty. Know more regarding bear bile farming and other animal abuse.