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For some unidentified reason, men are prone to appreciate and from time to time assimilate useless knowledge facts. This useless knowledge is the resultant of millenia of fact collecting and organization performed by humans all over the world. Our attraction to random useless knowledge may be just as much a result of our own semiempirical itch to amass statistics to help us identify ourselves inside that world. Our identity may very well survive in the myriad knowledge collected since the beginning of composed earthborn culture.

While we are oftentimes confused about the meaning of these bits of knowledge, we are nonethless driven by them. Lists of these factoids have been hoarded for ages. Even in the modern era, we see them in books like “Guinness World Records”, whose publication has been in the hands of many millions members of our species. Within these lists, we find that our own special concerns and neuroses aren’t so other. This provides us with a degree of ease that may help us continue acting in the manner we have become used to.

If we lived in a world whose goals and motives were not amassed, our our own enduring heart might also be destroyed by the ticking clock of time.

It seems a time-honored tradition in Tolkien readership that people inevitably ask, “Did the Balrog of Moria have wings?” No question seems to cause more division within the rarely-peaceful circles of Tolkien fandom more than this one. The correct answer has been well-established in numerous essays: yes, but the wings were simply extensions of the dark emanation with which the Balrog surrounded itself. Nonetheless, some people have to have it their way, and they launch unjustified personal attacks on anyone who disagrees with them.

The truth about Balrogs is that people like to argue about what is really a very minor character in one of the most popular books in history. Fewer than 25 pages of text out of a 1200-page story even mention or describe the Balrog. So why do people become so defensive and angry when their unorthodox ideas are challenged? Numerous surveys and polls show that an overwhelming majority of readers (in excess of 75% in most cases) believe the Balrog has some sort of wings.

Two people who recently decided to resurrect the debate, posting under the screen names Halfir and Elenhir, supplemented their flawed arguments by attacking the credibility of writer Michael Martinez. Martinez more than any other Tolkien scholar has shown repeatedly that the truth about Balrogs wings’ debates is that the anti-wingers don’t play fair. And they did not play fair in attacking Martinez again on this occasion.

It was brought to Martinez’ attention that David Gransby, posting as Halfir, recently launched a series of verbal personal attacks on him. In the lies that pervade Tolkien fandom Martinez explained in plain language why people like David Gransby (and his pseudonymous friend Elenhir) cannot be taken seriously. What Martinez did not show is that in their attacks on him, Gransby and Elenhir deliberately refrain from linking to Martinez’ essays, which being citation-rich and well-reasoned, would reveal that the false claims Gransby and Elenhir make are just that: false.

This is not the first time someone has tried to make a name for himself by attacking the credibility of a well-established “bigger name” in an industry. It won’t be the last. But about all Gransby and Elenhir have proven is that they lack the credibility they need to be taken seriously. One of Gransby’s oft-repeated claims is that Martinez does not back up what he says with citations — and yet even the briefest perusal of a random Martinez essay shows he is quite meticulous and detailed in his research.

In this latest round of the Balrog Wings War, it looks like the anti-wing activists have struck out once again.

Originally, when Henry Kravis and his partner George Roberts launched Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co (KKR) in the mid seventies with assistance from the First Chicago Corporation, their specialty was in highly leveraged transactions. But in a drive to make the companies they buy have less of an ecological impact, KKR have set up an innovative green proposal that has changed the way business concerns and environmental activists work.

Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co’s Henry Kravis and the New York based Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) got together a year ago, hoping to make environmentally sound business procedures a widespread concept. The coalition was forged to fight big environmental matters, including toxic emissions, air pollution, exorbitant water consumption, and resource depletion.

In order to implement this, they employ a technique called eco-efficiency which makes use of concepts like reducing the waste of resources, recycling programs, and using clean energy. Regardless of the fact that the program was a tremendous success, managment just didn’t realize how extensive the effects were until Ken Mehlman, the man responsible for the program, reviewed the figures for the first year.

Ken Mehlman who practiced environmental law for Akin Gump Stauss Hauer & Feld from 1991 to 1996, has served as field director for George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign, managed the 2004 re-election campaign for President Bush and serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Climate Change Task Force, and the executive leadership cabinet of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Foundation, found that using eco-efficiency wasn’t only lessening impact on the planet, but additionally it was saving companies a great deal of money. At the time of writing, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co and Ken Mehlman have virtually all of their firms actively participating in eco-efficiency. When you think about the fact that this group of companies is valued at almost 100.000,000,000 USD, you can imagine what a challenge this actually is.

The original program is expanding to include new enterprises. To illustrate, KKR joined the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps Program that teaches MBA interns how to design and introduce financially sound, earth friendly practices. KKR and Ken Mehlman have been creating a variety of metrics and analytical tools which can manage resources. With this information available, businesses may easily evaluate each of their daily activities and ascertain precisely how they can resolve any issues while at the same time letting staff to view their impact on the planet.

Henry Kravis, the KKR, and the Environmental Defense Fund are trailblazers in the world of green business. So, in conclusion, these systems have made green business techniques not only viable, but commercially desirable, and their novel ideas are setting a new standard in today’s business world.

Like most people you’ll have encountered Mr. Naveen Jain’s name as being the co-founder and CEO of Intelius, Inc. the predictive intelligence market leaders. Well beyond having a position on the Forbes list “400 Richest in America” 2000, this prosperous business leader has collected various distinguished awards, foremost the WSA Industry Achievement Award, the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and the Albert Einstein Technology Medal, to cite merely only three. But that is not where it ends. Because Naveen Jain and his relations are equally as enthusiastic about their charitable works and will seek to give succor wherever possible. The young generation beyond doubt incorporate mankind’s most prized resource. This enterprising man regards and treats children as a central core of his charitable organizations, and he leverages any occasion available to assist them. This, of course, is the main reason why he is persistently using every chance he can to give assistance to them if it seems at all workable. Hence, Naveen Jain, his relatives and the workers at Intelius, Inc. are devoting their time to charities such as the Indian American Education Foundation, the University of Washington, and United Way. As one would expect, they assign significant monetary support, but even more importantly, they dedicate their time and energies to the most deprived and vulnerable children. Beyond this, he is sponsoring the Children’s Hospital striving to elevate children’s health. Because Jain is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and XLRI Jamshedpur, it’s no surprise that professional training is an exceedingly important preference in his philanthropic outlook. This encompasses causes and deserving causes local, state, and nationwide. Thus it only stands to reason that Intelius and its CEO are actively aiding voluntary bodies and organizations such as the Rotary Club, Hopelink and the Children’s Hospital. Getting foodstuffs over to the starving of the planet is another fundamental aim to Jain and those around him and he refuses all differentiation as to whether the individual at risk is a newborn or very old, and neither where they live, be it the largest city or the loneliest shack. While he is acutely conscious that the ambition to feed every starving mouth in the world can seem to be an overwhelming task, he also recognizes that the irresolvable can indeed become feasible assuming everyone toils in concert. If this business leader actually achieves his goals, there will come a final cessation to destitution and starvation in the world at some time.

You may imagine that functioning as the man in fully responsible for a flourishing company on top of being a committed spouse and father would leave him with little free time for benevolent works. Yet he makes certain that each of of his beneficent projects obtains all the aid he can realistically give. In summary, this entrepreneurial man is undeniably a lot more than a mere captain of Web commerce. He is, beyond that, also a perfectly unique person and a genuine community champion.

Believe it or not, you can market on forums and message boards without pissing anyone off. In fact, not only can you market this way, you SHOULD market this way, and I’ll tell you why later in this article. But for now, I’d like to point out that the reason I’m writing this article is because someone on an affiliate forum that I frequent got kicked out of an affiliate program for spamming a message board community. He’d posted his opinion of the affiliate product in the “personal opinions” section of the board, and the moderator of the community reported him to the merchant, who then kicked him out of the affiliate program.

There’s a big difference between expressing your opinion and marketing a product. Often the difference can be discerned as easily as discerning the tracking code in an affiliate URL for a product. I moderate at several forums online, and I despise dealing with spammers who think it’s okay to blatantly market to my readers without contributing anything of value to my community. So here are my rules for marketing on forums without pissing anyone off.

1- Participate in a forum that allows links to your website in your signature. If the discussion board doesn’t allow links in your signature, go find one that does.

2- PARTICIPATE in the forum. Ask pertinent questions. Make pithy observations. Answer others’ questions if you know the correct answers. Try to post something daily, maybe more often. Just be sure that you’re not just participating to get your link in front of people; participate in the forum in order to add value to the members’ experiences there. The rewards in terms of higher click-through’s and conversions are well worth it.

3- Include a link to your website in your signature file in a normal sized font.

That’s it. That’s all there is to it. How does this help your marketing? Well, you should be participating in forums at least partially related or of interest to the people who hang out in a forum. So some of them will click on your signature link just out of interest. And, if you post intelligently and often, you will gradually become recognized as an expert in that area. And that will make you more attractive. You’ll begin to get link exchange requests, links, and requests for help from indviduals on the forums. This is when you know your strategy is working.

Marketing on forums and message boards isn’t for the faint of heart, or for the lazy spammer. But if you’re willing to make appropriate effort, you’ll get appropriate returns.

The author is a full time affiliate webmaster who manages and promotes several sites in several industries. You can read more about his exploits at his Affiliate Marketing Programs Blog and see an example of one of his sites at Major Millions Jackpot