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RSS Filter
RSSFilter is a PHP script that filters the contents of an RSS feed. The filters can be defined by the publisher so that the resulting RSS feed contains only the information they want. RSSFilter uses rules to filter the items that are included and excluded from an RSS feed in the resulting RSS feed.
http://www.feedforall.com/rssfilter.htm

New Updated RSS Scripts
All of the RSS scripts have been updated and now in addition to RSS support, they include support for Atom 1.0. There are 8 scripts in the directory they include: RSS Cache, FutureRSS, RSS2HTML, RSS2HTML Pro, RSS2SQL, SQL2RSS, RSSmesh, and now RSSFilter.
http://www.feedforall.com/scripts-directory.htm


RSS2HTML Templates
New LOGO Templates have been added to the RSS2HTML Template Directory. The RSS2HTML template directory is growing. A $ 29.95 subscription to the directory grants users unlimited access to all the templates contained in the directory for a lifetime!
http://www.feedforall.com/rss2html/index.htm

New Webmaster Websites
Stock Photos
In need of stock photos? Photo-Wizard.net contains high resolution royalty free photographs at bargain basement prices. Interested individuals can purchase the rights to use a single photographs for only $ .99 or they can purchase a time limited subscription. The subscription options allows for publishers to access an unlimited number of photographers during their subscription period.

The photo wizard website contains thousands of fantastic, high-quality photographs, in more than 30 categories. Photos can be used on websites, in promotional materials or educational materials. The photo wizard stock photo directory is packed with eye-catching photos that will meet the needs of graphic designers and webmasters looking for exceptional quality images at reasonable prices.
http://www.photo-wizard.net

Web Logos
Struggling to create a brand or identity? Find a logo at http://www.logo-search.com these logos can be used in templates in the RSS2HTML template directory too!

Other Resources:
Educational Feeds and Podcasts
Easily find or submit educational feeds by searching or navigating Educational Feed directory.
http://www.educational-feeds.com

Political Feeds and Podcasts
Locate or submit political feeds and podcasts for politicians.
http://www.political-humor.net

Articles
Building an Image with a Logo
Website design can be elusive to even creative individuals. Sadly some webmasters do not realize their incompetence and they post websites that have grainy graphics and turgid colors. If you are one of these webmasters and have seen the error of your ways, consider this. Your website is a sales tool.

A professional layout and design can significantly increase sales and conversion rates, gaining you customers. Businesses can greatly benefit from a professional and unforgettable logo that sets them apart from their competition. Logos are not just fancy graphics that adorn websites or letterhead, logos are a representation of a businesses' philosophy. Logos are a critical component of brand development.
http://www.small-business-software.net/logos.htm

How and Where to Locate PodSafe Music
Nothing really polishes a podcast more than background music or theme music. In the music world, these music segments are referred to as intros and extros. While many enjoy streaming Internet Audio and recording songs they like over the Internet, these songs cannot legally be used in a podcast.
http://www.feedforall.com/how-to-locate-podsafe-music.htm

How to Conduct a Podcast Interview
Conducting a successful podcast interview can be a tricky proposition for a podcaster starting out. Once you have determined individuals that will appeal to your target audience contact potential interviewees and arrange a time to conduct the interview. Following this guide will insure that the interview goes off without a hitch.
http://www.feedforall.com/how-to-conduct-podcast-interview.htm

Thank you for your continued interest, suggestions and support for the FeedForAll Product line.

RecordForAll Nominated as Best Sound Program 2007
The Shareware Industry Awards Foundation has announced that RecordForAll is nominated for Best Sound Program or Utility for the year 2007. Since 1992, the Shareware Industry Awards have been honoring and acknowledging the very best software. The Shareware Industry Awards are selected by a group of industry professionals that nominate and vote based on a programs merits. The award winners will be announced July 15, 2007 at the annual Software Industry Conference, held this year in Denver Colorado. http://www.recordforall.com

FeedForAll Mac is Universal Binary
NotePage is pleased to announce its Universal Binary version of FeedForAll Mac. FeedForAll Mac is software that allows publishers and webmasters to create, edit and publish: RSS feeds, podcasts and videocasts. The Universal Binary version of FeedForAll Mac now performs faster on Intel based Macs.
http://www.feedforall.com/feedforall-mac.htm

Reviews!
Do you love FeedForAll or FeedForAll Mac? A number of websites allow users to review your their favorite applications, post your review!

FeedForAll Mac Reviews
Version Tracker - Review FeedForAll Mac - http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27504
MacUpdate - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18909

FeedForAll Reviews
Download.com - http://www.download.com/FeedForAll/3000-9227_4-10665631.html?tag=lst-0-1

Other Resources:
Articles
Education and Podcasting
Schools all over the country have flocked to podcasting as a new medium to assist the teaching profession. Professors are using podcasts to instruct students and get their messages out. Podcasting is not restricted to one educational sector, professors at prestigious colleges from Bentley to Purdue have flocked to this medium.
http://www.feedforall.com/podcasting-revolutionize-education.htm

Academia and RSS
Academia has embraced RSS as a means to educate, but scrutinizing how educational institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily routines show RSS is utilized can vary across different industries.
http://www.feedforall.com/academia-and-rss.htm

Why Independent Artists and Musicians Should Podcast
Independent artists have long struggled to gain recognition and attract an audience. Without the backing of a major label it can be very difficult for independent artists to obtain radio play time, that is, until now. Podcasting a revolutionary new medium, has opened new distribution channels for independent artists. Podcasting is the process of distributing audio files using the RSS format and has become very popular with the younger generations.
http://www.feedforall.com/musicians-should-podcast.htm

Copyrights and Trademarks
Copyright is a type of intellectual property. A copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by the government for a limited time to protect the particular form, way or manner in which an idea or information is expressed. Copyright is the legal protection given to artists or producers of creative work which protects them against unauthorized copying of their work.
http://www.feedforall.com/copyrights-and-trademarks.htm

Reminder - RecordForAll Audio Recording for Podcasters
If you have not yet checked it out RecordForAll is getting rave reviews from the experts. RecordForAll is an easy to use desktop program for audio recording and editing. RecordForAll recently won the best audio software for 2007! RecordForAll was designed specifically for podcasters and can be used in conjunction with FeedForAll to create podcasts. An evaluation version of RecordForAll can be downloaded at:
http://www.recordforall.com

New Webmaster Websites
Webmaster Templates
Great collection of web templates, includes HTML layouts and CSS files. All files in the webmaster templates library can easily be edited with the HTML editor of your choice. http://www.webmaster-templates.net

Looking for Innovative RSS Ideas?
Learn how these companies are using RSS as part of their marketing strategies. We have compiled a number of white papers that detail how RSS is being used http://www.feedforall.com/whitepaper-directory.htm

Other Resources
Articles

RSS Feed Use in the Legal Feed
Lawyers have never been known as a technical bunch, but more and more often you see a lawyer with a palm pilot making appointments and a blackberry for those urgent messages. Electronic gadgets are now common in the courthouses across the US. Lawyers have increased productivity by utilizing technology so it should come as no surprise that lawyers are using RSS feeds as a means to grow and manage their practices.
http://www.feedforall.com/lawyers-use-rss-feeds.htm

Finance Companies and RSS
Financial institutions are reaching out to clients using RSS feeds. While banks and financial institutions are usually slow to adopt new technology, that is not the case with RSS adoption. More and more professionals are using RSS in innovative ways, to stay ahead of their competition.
http://www.feedforall.com/finance-companies-use-rss.htm

Academia and RSS Feeds
Academia has embraced RSS as a means to educate, but scrutinizing how educational institutions are using RSS feeds in their daily routines show RSS is utilized can vary across different industries.
http://www.feedforall.com/academia-and-rss.htm

Blog Tips for SEO
Blogs are the current rage, and many webmasters have blogs but fail to use their blog to it's full potential. Blogs provide a steady stream of fresh content, and if this content is written and managed properly, blogs have the ability to increase a website's ranking in the search engines.
http://www.feedforall.com/blog-tips-for-seo.htm

How to Conduct a Podcast Interview
Conducting a successful podcast interview can be a tricky proposition for a podcaster starting out. Once you have determined individuals that will appeal to your target audience contact potential interviewees and arrange a time to conduct the interview. Following this guide will insure that the interview goes off without a hitch.
http://www.feedforall.com/how-to-conduct-podcast-interview.htm

13 Tips for Maintaining Subscribers
You have an RSS feed and you have worked hard to get the word out. According to your logs you have subscribers! Now the hard part: how to retain the subscribers to your RSS feed. Follow these simple steps to insure that your subscriber base will grow.
http://www.feedforall.com/tips-for-maintaining-subscribers.htm

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A Romantic Gift
Struggling with what you should purchase that special someone? We are offering a discount on the Podcasting Bundle for a limited time. $10.00 OFF for 1 week only. Enter the coupon code bemine in the coupon field for the podcasting bundle!
Podcasting Bundle - http://www.recordforall.com/podcasting-bundle.htm

Software Deal of the Day
Software Deal of the Day is a new site that offers software applications at a significantly reduced price for only twenty-four hours. Each day a new software deal is available. Software-DOD.com features popular software titles. The software discounts range from 10-90% off of list prices, and the software is only available at that price for twenty-four hours! Software-DOD.com also contains second chance offers. The second chance offers are still discounted and designed for those that miss the deal of the day offer, but the second chance offer is not as deeply discounted as the deal of the day offer.

Interested visitors can preview the applications that will be available on the Software-DOD website for the coming week. Additionally, deals are easy to monitor because RSS feeds are available that contain the daily specials, the second chance offers, and a preview of applications that will be featured on the Software-DOD.com website. Other webmasters and publishers can also syndicate the Software Deal of the Day offers, and integrate the discount offers into their own websites.
http://www.software-dod.com

Small Business Logos
Huge selection of web logos and images for businesses.
http://www.logo-search.com

Articles
Create Professional RSS Feeds
More and more companies are using RSS as a means to communicate, so having an RSS feed that is professional and well polished will help differentiate your company from your competition. What makes an RSS feed professional? Follow these simple steps to polish your RSS feed and take it to the next level...
http://www.feedforall.com/create-professional-rss-feeds.htm

RSS Feed Etiquette and Guidelines
We felt it would be helpful to provide general guidelines for those constructing an RSS 2.0 feed. In general, the following are guidelines for constructing an RSS feed. It is good to get into the habit of validating the RSS feed, either with software, or with an online validator.
http://www.feedforall.com/etiquette-for-feeds.htm

HTML Web Template Options
HTML website templates can significantly ease the burden of designing and creating websites by providing webmasters with a ready-made web layout, structure, basic graphics, and color scheme. Templates can generally be edited and customized with any HTML editor. The biggest advantage for webmasters using ready-made templates is the amount of time that can be saved. There are a number of websites that provide ready-made HTML templates. We have compiled a list of some popular sites to make the search process easier.
http://www.small-business-software.net/html-web-templates.htm

Web Design Q & A
How much do you know about web design? Take this web design quiz to find out how much you know about web design...
http://www.small-business-software.net/web-design-qa.htm

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RSS Scripts Directory On CD!
The RSS Scripts directory is now available on CD ROM. For only $ 10.00 more, customers can purchase RSS2HTML Pro, FutureRSS, RSS Mesh, RSS Cache and on a CD ROM. Customers will still be provided immediate login access to the online RSS Scripts directory, the CD ROM media will be shipped so that customers can have backup copies of all the scripts in the directory.
http://www.feedforall.com/scripts-directory.htm

Web Design Elements
Themed CD ROMs containing web layouts, graphics and royalty free stock photographs are now available. The Web Design Elements are perfect for a webmaster starting out. The CDs contain topical web templates, logo images and photos all of relevant topics. CDs are inexpensively priced ($59.95) and a great way for small businesses to get started with an online precense.
http://www.webdesign-elements.com

Deals on Software
Software Deal of the Day is a new deal of the day discount website specifically for software! Each day a new software application is discounted and can be purchased at a signifcantly lower price. Discounts vary from 10-90% and the discount is only available for 24 hours!
http://www.software-dod.com

Places to Get Blog Post Ideas
The best blogs and feeds are those that contain unique, fresh, compelling, content. So where do these prolific posters get their ideas?
http://www.feedforall.com/blog-post-ideas.htm

Website Sales Purpose
When designing a website, it is important that webmasters ask some general questions before they begin the design process...
http://www.small-business-software.net/website-sales-purpose.htm

Avoid These Common Web Mistakes
Webmasters need to avoid making these common web design mistakes. Website visitors who have a pleasant experience on a website are more likely to trust the website, and as such they are more likely to purchase products from that website. Use the following guide to avoid some of the more common web design mistakes...
http://www.small-business-software.net/avoid-these-common-web-mistakes.htm

Tips for Real Estate Videocasts
Let the home shine by using technology to help market the property. Present the home in the best possible light, and through a variety of channels, and watch sales soar.
http://www.feedforall.com/tips-for-realty-feeds.htm

Top Podcasting Tips that Lead to a Great Sound
The sound quality, and the way a podcast is recorded, will impact the value of the podcast as well. Podcast structure and pre-planning are also important; do not skimp on the production, as it too can make or break a podcast.
http://www.feedforall.com/top-podcasting-great-sound.htm

Events
We are pleased to sponsor this year's Software Industry Conference. The conference will be held in Boston July 17-19th, 2008. If you are attending please let us know, we would love to meet you!
http://www.sic.org

Thank you for your continued interest, suggestions and support for the FeedForAll Product line.
FeedForAll team

Make Ringtones!
Many people do not realize, you can make ringtones from your audio recordings! Simply record and edit the audio file using RecordForAll . Then connect your phone to your PC using a USB cable and transfer the file to your phone!
http://www.recordforall.com

Recommended Related Web Sites
Deals on Software
Software Deal of the Day is a new deal of the day discount website specifically for software! Each day a new software application is discounted and can be purchased at a signifcantly lower price. Discounts vary from 10-90% and the discount is only available for 24 hours!

Web Design Elements
Themed CD ROMs containing web layouts, graphics and royalty free stock photographs are now available. The Web Design Elements are perfect for a webmaster starting out. The CDs contain topical web templates, logo images and photos all of relevant topics. CDs are inexpensively priced ($59.95) and a great way for small businesses to get started with an online precense.

Articles:
Avoid Duplicate Content Penalties
Representatives from the major search engines have all made it clear that they prefer search engines that contain unique content. Webmasters who want to avoid any current or future bans will do well to follow these simple guidelines in order to avoid duplicate content penalties:
http://www.small-business-software.net/avoid-duplicate-content-penalties.htm

Attention Getting Blog Posts
Blogs are now a dime a dozen, and bloggers need to make their blog posts stand out. Developing a blog following is not as easy as it once was. Learn how to write blog posts that attract readers and retain their attention. Follow these guidelines to cultivate readers...
http://www.feedforall.com/attention-getting-blog-posts.htm

Performing Better Searches
Performing and perfecting search engine results can save web surfers lots of time and energy. Understanding the nuances of searching allows researchers to immediately drill down and locate the information they are seeking, without having to wade through a myriad of irrelevant search results in the process. The increasing complexity of search engines has made understanding search engines a necessity for those who spend any amount of time online. The following search tips are standards that will work in most of the major search engines.
http://www.small-business-software.net/performing-better-searches.htm

Choose a Domain
Choosing a domain is one of the first steps in establishing an online presence. Changing a domain after-the-fact can be time consuming, and can be harmful to search engine ranking, so it is best to get it right the first time around. Follow these simple steps to select a domain name that will represent your online brand...
http://www.small-business-software.net/choose-a-domain.htm

The Rewards of Podcasting
Getting started with podcasting is a relatively inexpensive venture. The equipment and software required for podcasting is inexpensive for a business contemplating podcasting as a new marketing and communication adventure.
http://www.feedforall.com/the-rewards-of-podcasting.htm

Why You Should Use Web Templates
Web templates expedite the process of setting up a new website. The idea behind a web template is that it will save time with the creative design and layout process. In the business world, time is money; hence, using templates can save money. It can be a challenge to find a web designer for hire, and quite often the designer's schedule will not always mesh with the needs of a small business. Time rarely controls a web graphic designer. Artists are, well, artistic, and don't necessarily work by the clock. Instead, they work when inspiration strikes, which can be problematic when there are deadlines to meet. Templates are ready-made, and can be easily edited, allowing you to instantly create a website.
http://www.small-business-software.net/why-use-web-templates.htm

RSS Scripts Directory On CD!
The RSS Scripts directory is now available on CD ROM. For only $ 10.00 more, customers can purchase RSS2HTML Pro, FutureRSS, RSS Mesh, RSS Cache and on a CD ROM. Customers will still be provided immediate login access to the online RSS Scripts directory, the CD ROM media will be shipped so that customers can have backup copies of all the scripts in the directory.

Events
We are pleased to sponsor this years Software Industry Conference. The conference will be held in Boston July 17-19th, 2008. If you are attending please let us know, we would love to meet you!

Thank you for your continued interest, suggestions and support for the FeedForAll Product line.
FeedForAll team

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Sound Effect Library
Check out the Digital Sound Effect library. The library contains thousands of sound effects. The sound effects can be used in podcasts. Each effect comes in a .wav, .mp3 and .wma format.
Digital Sound Effects -


Free Website Review Webinar
Have your company website reviewed, analysed and dissected by two online marketing specialists – live, in public and for free.
Website Review


Huge Lists of Podcasting Tools
This large list contains a wide array of tools, software articles and hosting services specific to podcasting.
Huge List of Podcasting Tools


Huge List of RSS Tools
Large list of tools specific to RSS feed management.
Huge List of RSS Tools


Articles
What Exactly is Podcasting?
The term podcast was initially used to reference an RSS feed that contained audio files in the items enclosure field. The meaning of podcasting has since expanded, and now refers to RSS feeds that contain all types of media, including audio and video, in the items enclosure field. For the non-technical folks, podcasting is simply a means of syndicating and distributing rich-media files via the Internet.
What Exactly is Podcasting?


Where Do You Find Content for Podcasts
You should not have to look far to find content or new ideas for your podcast show. Look to your daily sources to find fodder and ideas for new podcasting segments.
Where Do You Find Content for Podcasts?


RSS Feeds to Locate Jobs
In addition to actually seeking a job, there are also other valid reasons to monitor the job market. Perhaps you are satisfied in your current position, but just want to keep an eye on new positions in a specific sector. Perhaps you are just curious to know what the wages are for similar positions. The job market can be monitored quite easily using RSS feeds. You can subscribe to RSS feeds in order to find specific company job openings, employment available within a specific region (i.e. by using a postal or zipcode), specific positions available, or to locate all jobs within a specific wage range.

The following are websites that have RSS feeds to help employees looking for jobs...
RSS Feeds to Locate Jobs


Social Bookmarking Primer
Social media is the Internet's version of viral messaging and marketing. Social media can be used to disseminate news or information, as well as to attract attention. There are a wide variety of social media channels and networks available.
Social Bookmarking Primer


Create RSS Feeds
RSS is a standard for syndicating content on the Internet. RSS feeds are used in a variety of ways to distribute all types of content via the Internet. The benefits for individuals subscribing to RSS feeds have resulted in a rapid growth and adoption rate. Software and tools have made RSS feed creation and management easy, even for non-technical individuals, which has also fueled the growth of RSS feeds.
Create RSS | Make RSS Feeds

What Can be Published Using RSS
With all the vast amounts of information available on the web, it is becoming more and more difficult to sort through and find what you are looking for. RSS significantly lowers the signal-to-noise ratio.
What Can be Published Using RSS Feeds?

Suggested Websites
Webmaster Elements - Web Elements a premier collection of resources for webmaster, search engine marketers and others interested in online marketing.
Webmaster Elements


PowerPoint Templates - Collection of themed PowerPoint Templates. Purchase PowerPoint templates individually or a subscription to access all templates. Each download includes 18 slides and graphics. The PowerPoint Templates will work with all versions of PowerPoint.
PowerPoint Templates

Green Tip
Leaving a computer on all of the time wastes energy. Turning it off, even occasionally, clears the systems memory and saves configuration changes. It also resets your system’s Internet address, and that helps maintain network security.

Events
We are pleased to sponsor this years Software Industry Conference. The conference will be held in Boston July 16-18th, 2009. If you are attending please let us know, we would love to meet you!
Software Industry Conference

Thank you for your continued interest, suggestions and support for the FeedForAll Product line.
FeedForAll team

Welcome to latest news from FeedForAll.

FeedForAll on Twitter
Follow FeedForAll on Twitter - http://twitter.com/feedforall or follow at @feedforall

Digital Sound Effects
Want to spice up your podcast? Add sound effects. Digital sound effects contains hundreds of royalty-free sound effects.
http://www.digital-sound-effects.com

Articles
Creative Podcasting for Businesses
Potential podcasting content covers the gamut. With more than millions of podcasts now available, there are few topics that are not covered by this popular communication channel.
http://www.feedforall.com/creative-podcasting-for-businesses.htm

Where to Locate Sound Effects
Royalty-free sound effect libraries contain thousands of sound effects that can be licensed for specific uses. A customer who uses royalty-free sound effects, as opposed to hiring a sound engineer to create them from scratch, can save considerable time, effort, and money.
http://www.feedforall.com/where-to-locate-sound-effects.htm

Audio File Optimization Tips
Optimize your audio files to increase their popularity, just as you would optimize a website. Audio search engines are becoming more advanced as audio files become more commonplace on the Internet. Here are some tips to optimize your audio offerings...
http://www.feedforall.com/audio-file-optimization-tips.htm

How to Promote Podcasts
There are a variety of things you can do to promote your podcast and increase its popularity...
http://www.feedforall.com/how-do-i-promote-my-podcast.htm

Blog Promotion Tips
There are a wide variety of things you can do in regard to blog promotion. Here are just a few...
http://www.feedforall.com/blog-promotion-tips.htm

ABC's of RSS
Implementing RSS (Really Simple Syndication) can be aided by an understanding of the terms relating to RSS. Learn the ABCs of RSS..
http://www.feedforall.com/abcs-of-rss.htm

Green Business Tip - Steps Businesses Can Take to "Go Green"
While not all companies may be considered Eco-Entrepreneurs, be reasonable when possible, and take proactive steps toward being green, which are not only good for the environment, but also good for your bottom line .
http://www.notepage.net/steps-businesses-can-take-to-go-green.htm

Thank you for your continued interest, suggestions and support for the FeedForAll Product line.
FeedForAll team

Stop Writing Newsletters The Hard Way! Here's How Anyone Can Turn Themselves Into An Award Winning Newsletter Editor! Discover How To Quickly and Easily Create Award Winning Newsletters In Less Than One Hour!

Happy New Year everyone! I've worked hard and really customized Wordpress to look and work exactly as I'd like. It's ready to go as soon as I get the rest of the site up.

One of the next tasks was to replace the mailing software that I was using to send out my Behold News to people who had purchased or downloaded Behold. You might have noticed that you didn't receive a mailing for my last version in November. I didn't send one out because I had problems back in August with my mailings. My software kept shutting down every few hundred people and I'd have to restart it quite a few times. I wasn't sure if everyone had received it, and I'm sure some people received it twice. I didn't want that to happen again, so I didn't send one out in November.

I was thinking of switching to phpList to be my mailing program. But in the last couple of days, I found out the real problem and phpList wouldn't be any better than Spd E-Letter would.

There are three ways of sending Mass Mailings:

1. From a program running on your website. This is what Spd E-Letter and phpList do. What I discovered the trouble here is that webhosts limit the number of mailings you are allowed to make in an hour. This is to prevent spamming. My number of mailings is now getting large enough that it would take quite a number of hours to send them all out at the limits they allow. If I had 10 times the list size, it would take days. So this is no longer a solution for me for the future.
    
2. From a program running on your computer. Unfortunately this has the same problem. The limit instead is imposed by the ISP who you get Internet service from.
    
3. From a company on the web that provides e-mailing services. This appears to be my only option. My research indicates the way to go is to stick to one of the top two: AWeber or GetResponse.

But next it's off to Vanilla and finishing up the rest of my "new" site.

The following articles may be used freely in opt-in publications and websites, provided that the resource box is included and the links are active.

RSS Articles, Podcasting Articles and FeedForAll Newsletters

Urges Mr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar to get relevant countries to work collectively under coordination from India to impress upon Israel to give up its illegal occupation, surrender its settler-colonial policies, work towards a one-state solution.

Emarketing firms IMH, Inc. and eLaw Marketing offer new RSS services for publishing eNewsletters. Can the same thing be accomplished using your existing blogging software?

Read to the end to see a baby penguin who, for some reason, has the energy of a 58-year-old mob boss. In today’s edition: Hello to everyone in Portland posting selfies with folks IRL that they’ve worked/gossiped with on Slack for ages.???? Etch, please! Kevin Geary attempts to stir up FOMO with his big, bold […]

Welcome back to another episode of the Niche Pursuits News Podcast! This week Spencer and Jared break down the latest news affecting SEOs and small publishers, they share their side hustle progress, and they talk about some weird niche sites…

The post This 8 Letter Tweet Just Changed Search Forever appeared first on Niche Pursuits.

Frederica reviews the 2010 movie, Letters to Juliet.

Fr. Tom reads from and comments on this 2nd century historical Christian letter to the unknown Diognetus.

St. Paul's letter to the Romans is critical to understanding the Gospel of Christ. In this episode, Fr. Thomas gives us a helpful overview of this letter and its central theme.

As we approach Great Lent, Fr. Thomas has a helpful book to recommend entitled Letters to Spiritual Children by Abbot Nikon.

As the blessed Natvity of our Lord approaches, Matthew catches us up on events in his own life, reflects on the past year and gives thanks for all his gifts.

This week, Fr Joseph answers questions from AFR listeners. Topics include: annoying Orthodox phrases, wicked political emails, Palestine, women's ordination, and Waffle House.

This episode is taken from the forthcoming audio book version of "We Came, We Saw, We Converted." Fr. Joseph answers letters from AFR listeners which include: annoying Orthodox phrases, wicked political emails, Palestine, women's ordination and Waffle House.

29. Book 1: Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet by Susan Kelly von Medicus with poems by Ginny Eliason Silva part one (Conciliar Press, 2000) Book 2: From I-ville to You-ville by Mersine Vigopoulou, part seven (Uncut Mountain Press, 2006)

30. Book 1: Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet by Susan Kelly von Medicus with poems by Ginny Eliason Silva, part two, recorded 10/30/07 (Conciliar Press, 2000) Book 2:From I-ville to You-ville by Mersine Vigopoulou, part eight and final installment (Uncut Mountain Press, 2006)

Ignored by much of Western Christendom, these letters give us insight into how the very early Church viewed the role of the bishop as well as the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

What was different about those early Christians. The little known Letter to Diognetus gives us a glimpse as Dn. Michael Hyatt continues his class on the Apostolic Fathers.

In this episode, we hear a Christmas letter from Fr. Nicolaie about two things, no three things, St. John the Compassionate Mission can count on.

The Pascha pastoral letter was read from His Eminence Metropolitan John, Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Deanery of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Fr. Gregory reads the two-part letter from Patriarch John X.

Dr. Albert Rossi shares a letter that he received from a former seminarian about the lessons that he learned and how he is sharing those insights through his ministry today.

Paul transforms his prison cell into a hub of missions work. The text is Colossians 3:4-11.

Dear New Port Richey, Florida,

Hey there, it's been a while since we touched base. Soz about that. I've been away writing books and getting up to no good in the UK; you've been busy increasing your suburban sprawl to the point where there is now no clear boundary between you and the rest of the West Central Florida region (a.k.a. "the bit too far west of Disney").

Anyway, I thought we should probably catch up after you recently announced a new plan to arrest sex workers in the city limits. As I am arguably the city's best-known export, and certainly its best-known prostitute export, I'm surprised you didn't run this by me first. Because this plan of yours? I'm telling you this now, it ain't gonna work.

Just to catch up the rest of the folks reading this - the grandees of New Port Richey got tired of rigging elaborate stings to entrap sex wokers, so are giving cops free rein to arrest people who tick any three of eight "behaviours" off a list. These behaviours include asking if someone is a cop, getting into and out of cars at the same place by the road, trying to attract attention of drivers, and more.

You know who else asks if you're a cop? People who are trying to get help in an emergency. You know who else gets into and out of cars by the road every day? Students and workers waiting for their carpool. You know who tries to attract the attention of people driving by on US 19? Anti-abortion protestors. Last time I checked, New Port Richey had all of these in abundance.

That's the problem with these kinds of laws, you see. Profiling has a false positive rate greater than zero, and some of those false positives will no doubt lawyer up. Also, picking up people because you think they might possibly commit a crime in the future is not the same as detecting people who are actually breaking the law. It is - hm, how you say? - oh yeah, now I remember the word. "Unconstitutional." (My time in Florida's schools did not go to waste, as you can see.)

And while we're on the topic of what's legal and what's not, please explain to me what the point of criminalising sex workers is again? Because harassing people over a victimless crime seems like a pretty poor use of resources.

Back when I lived in Florida I knew a few women who were out there selling sex on the streets. Not one of them ever said, "you know what would change my life in a positive way? A mandatory minimum jail sentence and a thousand dollar fine." For the most part they were just trying to get by day to day, put food on the table, hoping maybe for something better someday. Jail is not that something better.

Remember how that Prohibition thing worked out with booze? The War on Drugs with drugs? Yeah, this is bound to backfire, too. The people you're trying to target - some of whom really are vulnerable - will be getting criminal records instead of a helping hand.

Meanwhile, the indoor sex workers like me who can easily dodge these ham-fisted vice moves will continue making money, because the truth is you can't stop the world's oldest profession.

Florida's an odd place, I'll grant you that, and it can be tough to set yourself apart when virtually every other town and city in the state has attracted international attention for doing strange stuff. Why, just down the road we have Clearwater, a place that's both the spiritual HQ of Scientology and the world HQ of Hooters restaurants. It's hard to compete with that kind of weird.

But this approach is not the way forward. Becoming well-known for something you didn't exactly plan on is kind of a bummer. I feel your pain. You know what? Sometimes you have to roll with the hand you're dealt. Like, maybe offering the sex workers passing through the Pasco County law enforcement system options other than going to jail? Or - if you're feeling like pushing the boat out a bit - letting adults mind their own business.

New Port Richey, you and me parted ways a while ago. But that doesn't mean there isn't still a part of you with me, and a part of me with you. I'd really appreciate it if you could do me a solid and reconsider this ill-thought idea. Otherwise I'm going to have to keep telling people I'm from this town, and from what I gather, that would probably rub you up the wrong way.

Sunshine and kisses,

Brooke

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Privacy: Our parents were taking liberties for granted in their analog world, liberties that are not passed down to our children in the transition to digital — such as the simple right to send an anonymous letter.

Sometimes when speaking, I ask the audience how many would be okay with sites like The Pirate Bay, even if it means that artists are losing money from their operation. (Do note that this assertion is disputed: I’m asking the question on the basis of what-if the assertion is true.) Some people raise their hands, the proportion varying with audience and venue.

The copyright industry asserts that the offline laws don’t apply on the Internet when they want to sue and prosecute people sharing knowledge and culture. They’re right, but not in the way they think. They’re right that copyright law does apply online as well. But privacy laws don’t, and they should.

In the offline world, an analog letter was given a certain level of protection. This was not intended to cover just the physical letter as such, but correspondence in general; it was just that the letter was the only form of such correspondence when these liberties were drafted.

First, the letter was anonymous. It was your prerogative entirely whether you identified yourself as sender of the letter on the outside of the envelope, on the inside of the letter (so not even the postal service knew who sent it, only the recipient), or not at all.

Further, the letter was untracked in transit. The only governments tracking people’s correspondence were those we looked down on with enormous contempt.

Third, the letter was secret. The envelope would never we broken in transit.

Fourth, the carrier was never responsible for the contents, of nothing else for the simple reason they were not allowed to examine the content in the first place. But even if they could, like with a envelopeless postcard, they were never liable for executing their courier duties — this principle, the courier immunity or messenger immunity, is a principle that dates as far back as the Roman Empire.

These principles, the liberties of correspondence, should apply to offline correspondence (the letter) just as it should to online correspondence. But it doesn’t. You don’t have the right to send anything you like to anybody you like online, because it might be a copyright infringement — even though our parents had exactly this right in their offline world.

So the copyright industry is right – sending a copied drawing in a letter is a copyright infringement, and sending a copied piece of music over the net is the same kind of copyright infringement. But offline, there are checks and balances to these laws – even though it’s a copyright infringement, nobody is allowed to open the letter in transit just to see if it violates the law, because the secrecy of private correspondence is considered more important than discovering copyright infringements. This is key. This set of checks and balances has not been carried over into the digital environment.

The only time a letter is opened and prevented is when somebody is under individual and prior suspicion of a serious crime. The words “individual” and “prior” are important here — opening letters just to see if they contain a non-serious crime in progress, like copyright infringement, is simply not permitted in the slightest.

There is no reason for the offline liberties of our parents to not be carried over into the same online liberties for our children, regardless of whether that means somebody doesn’t know how to run a business anymore.

After highlighting these points, I repeat the question whether the audience would be okay with sites like The Pirate Bay, even if it means an artist is losing income. And after making these points, basically everybody raises their hand to say they would be fine with it; they would be fine with our children having the same liberty as our parents, and the checks and balances of the offline world to also apply online.

Next in the series, we’re going to look at a related topic – public anonymous announcements and the important role the city square soapbox filled in shaping liberty.

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