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| Network Location | |
| 20-Jun-08 | 27-Jun-08 |
| Network Location | Visits |
| road runner holdco llc | 271 |
| comcast cable communications inc. | 174 |
| cox communications | 81 |
| verizon internet services inc. | 78 |
| bellsouth.net inc. | 59 |
| penteledata inc. - cable | 50 |
| comcast cable communications holdings inc | 47 |
| qwest communications corporation | 44 |
| comcast cable communications inc | 37 |
| charter communications | 35 |
| wideopenwest llc | 33 |
| pppox pool - rback5 okcyok | 30 |
| gte | 23 |
| allied telecom group llc | 21 |
| embarq corporation | 21 |
| mediacom communications corp | 21 |
| covad communications co. | 19 |
| pppox pool se5.emhril 062507 0310 | 18 |
| america online inc. | 17 |
| at&t internet services | 15 |
| pppox pool - rback2.rcfril-1170939961 | 14 |
| killam associates | 13 |
| st michael s college | 13 |
| optimum online (cablevision systems) | 12 |
| evergreen fire and security | 11 |
| comcast cable communications ip services | 10 |
| cox communications inc. | 10 |
| netscape communications corp. | 10 |
| windstream communications inc | 10 |
| cellco partnership dba verizon wireless | 9 |
| google inc. | 9 |
| pppox pool - bras7.sndg02-1184910361 | 9 |
| purdue university north central | 9 |
| rogers cable communications inc. | 9 |
| shaw communications inc. | 8 |
| america online inc | 7 |
| comcast cable communications | 7 |
| core business solutions | 7 |
| fibernet | 7 |
| fidelity investments | 7 |
| santa rosa communications ltd | 7 |
| sprint pcs | 7 |
| earthlink inc. | 6 |
| fibernet of wv | 6 |
| pppox pool - bras7.sndg02-1185372961 | 6 |
| alltel - zoneton ky adsl pool | 5 |
| insight communications company l.p. | 5 |
| tomah hospitality | 5 |
| xo communications | 5 |
| comcast cable communications holdings inc. | 4 |
| pppox pool - bras7.sndg02-1184796961 | 4 |
| ryan_phillips | 4 |
| service provider corporation | 4 |
| sonic.net inc. | 4 |
| allstream corp. corporation allstream | 3 |
| comcast business communications inc. | 3 |
| hq global workplaces inc. | 3 |
| level 3 communications inc. | 3 |
| netnitco c/o northwestern indiana telephone company inc. | 3 |
| nixa mo customers | 3 |
| nuvox communications inc. | 3 |
| performance systems international inc. | 3 |
| piasanet | 3 |
| pppox pool - rback5.okcyok-1164920161 | 3 |
| rapid systems | 3 |
| rcn corporation | 3 |
| savvis | 3 |
| the crawford group/enterprise rent a car | 3 |
| unknown | 3 |
| wideopenwest michigan | 3 |
| american airlines inc. | 2 |
| antelecom n.v | 2 |
| army & air force exchange service | 2 |
| ashland internet pop - dynamic dsl pool | 2 |
| at&t worldnet services | 2 |
| barrett xplore inc | 2 |
| broadview networks | 2 |
| cable and wireless jamaica | 2 |
| centurytel internet holdings inc. | 2 |
| easynet ltd | 2 |
| fdn.com | 2 |
| globus & cosmus | 2 |
| gr manufacturing inc. | 2 |
| jackson walker llc | 2 |
| leboeuf lamb greene and macrae llp | 2 |
| national aeronautics and space administration | 2 |
| nib (national internet backbone) | 2 |
| oneconnect partnership | 2 |
| pppox pool - bras1.scrm01 | 2 |
| pppox pool - bras30.pltn13-1179113462 | 2 |
| pppox pool - rback5.ksc2mo 082305-1624 | 2 |
| puerto rico telephone company | 2 |
| sovernet inc. | 2 |
| sprint | 2 |
| stentor national integrated communications network | 2 |
| sympatico hse | 2 |
| telia network services | 2 |
| time warner telecom inc. | 2 |
| usa travel authority inc | 2 |
| verizon wireless | 2 |
| wideopenwest ohio | 2 |
| worldspan l.p. | 2 |
| ytb international inc | 2 |
| (not set) | 1 |
| 3m company | 1 |
| abts (karnataka) | 1 |
| accenture | 1 |
| adsl section-dynamic pool | 1 |
| adsl-go-plus | 1 |
| affinity health plan | 1 |
| alhambra-grantfork telephone company | 1 |
| alliance data systems | 1 |
| alltel corporation | 1 |
| american communication network (acn.inc) | 1 |
| american destinations | 1 |
| amnet television | 1 |
| amp networks | 1 |
| arcor ag | 1 |
| armstrong cable services | 1 |
| asc inc..292520 | 1 |
| at&t corp. - its | 1 |
| atlantech online inc. | 1 |
| att incs | 1 |
| ballinteer dhcp assignment | 1 |
| bandwidth.com inc. | 1 |
| bell sympatico | 1 |
| blazenet pvt. ltd | 1 |
| boat america | 1 |
| bras3.pltnca | 1 |
| bras30.pltnca08032006 | 1 |
| bras44.pltnca03022007-641 | 1 |
| bras7 pppox pool rcsntx | 1 |
| brighthouse networks cfl division | 1 |
| broadbandone inc. | 1 |
| bt ignite global business | 1 |
| cable and wireless turks and caicos | 1 |
| cable communications of willsbor | 1 |
| cable internet ltd | 1 |
| cable one | 1 |
| calvin harris-071127134720 | 1 |
| canaca-com inc. | 1 |
| canadian house of commons | 1 |
| carnival cruise lines | 1 |
| cbeyond communications llc | 1 |
| chinanet shanghai province network | 1 |
| chittenden bank | 1 |
| cingular wireless ii llc | 1 |
| cisco systems inc. | 1 |
| classic carriers | 1 |
| cm inc-061117064901 | 1 |
| cma cablevision | 1 |
| computer sciences corporation | 1 |
| cruise line international | 1 |
| cypress fairbanks isd | 1 |
| data systems of texas-060926064636 | 1 |
| dell computer corp | 1 |
| desktop media acc business | 1 |
| dhcp pool1 - dllstxre0aw | 1 |
| dhcp pool1 - sndgca140aw | 1 |
| dhcp pool1 - sndgca160aw | 1 |
| digital agent | 1 |
| dod network information center | 1 |
| earthlink inc | 1 |
| electric lightwave inc | 1 |
| expedia.com | 1 |
| fl network llc corp | 1 |
| flight centre limited travel services brisbane qld australia | 1 |
| florida autosport inc | 1 |
| flow | 1 |
| france telecom | 1 |
| fullrate-dk-customers | 1 |
| futuramic tool & engineering | 1 |
| gci communications inc. | 1 |
| georgia institute of technology | 1 |
| georgia public library service | 1 |
| global crossing | 1 |
| globalcom | 1 |
| grafton technologies inc. | 1 |
| hameltronics llc | 1 |
| hansenet telekommunikation gmbh | 1 |
| hawaiian telcom services company inc. | 1 |
| headquarters usaaisc | 1 |
| hilton hotel corporation | 1 |
| hosted solutions llc | 1 |
| hotels.com lp | 1 |
| hutchison global communications | 1 |
| i.c.e. gallery | 1 |
| ibahn general holdings corporation | 1 |
| infowest inc. | 1 |
| ip pools | 1 |
| ipg | 1 |
| joe funk construction-040721083120 | 1 |
| john glodow c.o | 1 |
| johns hopkins university | 1 |
| kingwood tx customers | 1 |
| kinkos inc. | 1 |
| kpmg llp | 1 |
| lakedale link | 1 |
| lemoore net | 1 |
| lpl financial inc | 1 |
| lyonnaise communications | 1 |
| mci telecommunications | 1 |
| mcleodusa incorporated | 1 |
| md procurement office | 1 |
| megapath networks inc. | 1 |
| motion industries inc-061019235519 | 1 |
| mp esperia public subnet | 1 |
| mpower communications corp. | 1 |
| mta solutions | 1 |
| music and arts | 1 |
| navy network information center (nnic) | 1 |
| new york city public schools | 1 |
| nexxia hse (toronto) | 1 |
| northern arizona university | 1 |
| norwegian cruise lines | 1 |
| ntt america inc. | 1 |
| ntt communications corporation | 1 |
| orbitz llc/cendant | 1 |
| paetec communications inc. | 1 |
| payless shoesource | 1 |
| pinnatech inc. | 1 |
| popp.com inc. | 1 |
| pppox adsl - bras1.snantx | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras1.chi2ca-1174952162 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras10.hstntx-1197942662 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras12 rcsntx.588842 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras21a.pltnca | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras23.lsan03-1193425861 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras23.rcsntx-1156982161 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras23.rcsntx-1161047462 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras4.irvnca-082505.2224 | 1 |
| pppox pool - bras5.scrmca 090106-1000.1186373 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback12 pltnca | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback15.sndgca 080305-0226 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback2.chi2ca 060605-1520 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback3.kntpin 051506-1324 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback3.tul2ok 013006 1320 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback4.spfdmo 013105-2151.584254 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback5 okcyok.360533 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback5 wotnoh.584240 | 1 |
| pppox pool - rback6 okcyok 112805-0919.1038155 | 1 |
| pppox pool - se1.chmpil-1181799363 | 1 |
| pppox pool - se1.ipltin-1195137361 | 1 |
| pppox pool - se13.chcgil-1197961562 | 1 |
| pppox pool se12.emhril 121007 1106 | 1 |
| pppox pool se14.chcgil 121007 1006 | 1 |
| pppox pool se7.chcgil 112607 0213 | 1 |
| primenet global ltd. | 1 |
| private customer - sbc internet services | 1 |
| private customer - wave broadband | 1 |
| pt. telekomunikasi selular (telkomsel) indonesia | 1 |
| raleigh | 1 |
| rback12c.scrmca | 1 |
| rback21b.irvnca | 1 |
| rback24a.irvnca | 1 |
| rback25c.irvnca | 1 |
| reynolds smith & hills | 1 |
| robin thompson & doyle pa | 1 |
| rogers telecom holdings inc. | 1 |
| rosen plaza | 1 |
| sattel technologies inc. | 1 |
| sc electronic-side srl | 1 |
| sheppard mullin richter& hampton | 1 |
| slovak telecom | 1 |
| social security administration | 1 |
| south bank polytechnic | 1 |
| speakeasy network dsl | 1 |
| spider_web | 1 |
| state of ohio network | 1 |
| suddenlink communications | 1 |
| t3 communications inc. | 1 |
| telefonica deutschland gmbh | 1 |
| teleroda s.l. | 1 |
| telovations inc. | 1 |
| telstra internet | 1 |
| telus communications inc. | 1 |
| telus corporation | 1 |
| temple university | 1 |
| texas a&m system health science center | 1 |
| the almonte group inc | 1 |
| the boeing company | 1 |
| the economist | 1 |
| the university of melbourne | 1 |
| tiscali uk limited | 1 |
| tot public company limited bangkok | 1 |
| travel insured/ mcgraw communications | 1 |
| travelmuse inc-071112194344 | 1 |
| troy cablevision inc. | 1 |
| tt adsl-alcatel dynamic_aci | 1 |
| ubiquoss isp | 1 |
| uniglobe travel | 1 |
| uniserve on line | 1 |
| university of california san francisco | 1 |
| university of michigan medical center (mcit) | 1 |
| upc magyarorszag kft. | 1 |
| verizon internet services | 1 |
| vicky voll dba trvl-070608191526 | 1 |
| wild oats markets inc. | 1 |
| worldcom/worldspice technologies inc. | 1 |
| xanadoo llc | 1 |
| xerox palo alto research center | 1 |
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Blog
A blog is a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs.
Right now more than ever the price is gas is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Right now this is what everyone is talking about and what is coming up in more conversations than anything else.
BUT, did you know that as a YTB Home Based Business Owner your gas ‘should’ be only costing you $1 per gallon?
Now before you start thinking that coach is amazing, what oil company did he cut a deal with? - let me say that no matter what home-based business you’re in you can make these gas prices work for you and EXPLODE your business like never before because all gimmicks aside, this is real, your gas only has to cost you $1 per gallon!
Here’s how it works:
1) The IRS provides a .52 cent tax (Just increased to 58.5¢ starting July 1st) write off for every mile you drive that is legitimately related to business.
2) People who do not own a business CANNOT qualify for this tax write off.
3) Everywhere you go, whether its work, church, the kid’s soccer game, or just going to the store can be a legitimate mileage tax write off if you insert business into the equation.
This is EASY to do! It can be done by leaving YTB business cards on peoples windshields, handing people YTB business cards (or Success From Home Magazines), or of course doing a presentation.
Note: You must record your business mileage in case you ever get audited and this is where it typically becomes a sticking point with most people as they do not want to take the time, can’t take the time or forget. If that’s you here’s what you need to do immediately:
Go to www.Xpenser.com (this is a FREE service) and sign up. Now you can simply call a phone number before, during or even after you’ve driven somewhere (that was business related) and leave a voice message such as ... “Soccer game handed out 3 business cards & 14 miles” and hang up.
This FREE service will convert your message to text and log our it in an online mileage log for you.
4) So here’s the $1 per gallon formula (working with round numbers)
- $4.00 Per Gallon
- 20 Miles Per Gallon
- .50 Cents Per Mile IRS Deduction
- 30% Tax Bracket
Those of you with math brains can do the calculation but the basics are a 20 miles per gallon vehicle at $4 per gallon cost .20 cents per mile to drive. .50 cents per mile IRS deduction x 30% tax bracket is .15 cents in real money you pocket at the end of the year and when you deduct .15 cents from .20 cents your at .05 cents per mile or $1 per gallon!
These are real dollars/savings and real cash in your pocket at the end of the year.
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You might be saying “Wow, this sounds great - I see it and I’m excited that my YTB business is going to help me save $3 per gallon on my fuel cost & I’m going to business wherever I go and log my miles”.
PLEASE whatever you do - don’t miss the bigger picture!
Card mills, on the other hand, cross the line into scams. Although a card-mill organization nominally acts exactly like a legitimate agency that uses outside reps, it's totally different. What makes it a card mill is that neither the organizations nor the reps actually expect to sell any appreciable amount of travel (except possibly to themselves). Instead, travelers pay the fees and join solely to get one of those outside agent ID cards, which they supposedly can use to obtain free "fam trip" travel packages and huge "travel agent" discounts on air travel, hotel accommodations, cruises and other services for their personal trips.Imagine that! No one expects to sell any appreciable amount of travel except to themselves. Paying fees to get a card? They continue:
Promise that you can travel like a pro? Come on! Who would do that? They ask reps to recruit as well? Come on this is just ridiculous! A Pyramid scheme? And the "notorious" ones actually make more money selling memberships than travel? Simply unbelievable.How do you spot a card mill? Typically, card mills act in two ways that legitimate agencies do not:
-- They promise you can travel like a travel agent in their promotions.
-- They use multilevel marketing, which means they ask reps not just to sell travel but also to sell others on becoming reps. Or, in plain terms, they're pyramid schemes. The more notorious card mills make virtually all their profits through selling memberships rather than travel.
At least read the due dilligence part below.Wow---downlines, publicly traded and an admitted MLM program.
Multi Level Marketing Opportunity - this is the first time I have ever bought in to an MLM but this one I did. I will help you build your downline.
I know someone who made $5000 in only three weeks of joining this company... It is so achievable! Only $99.95 and you are in your own travel biz. This is a heads up regarding the next BILLION DOLLAR company in the travel industry called TRAVELSTAR. (publicly traded company --symbol TVLS. OB). Their concept is bringing 3 OF THE BIGGEST TRENDS TOGETHER......INTERNET, TRAVEL, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING!!!
This opportunity is offered to us for a low cost of only $99.95 a year! We spend that on dinner and a movie!
There is a special FOUNDER'S promotion... If you personally sponsor ten by May 31st you go to Las Vegas FREE!!!
Due Diligence Checklist:
1. Call our 3 minute toll-free overview at 1-866-927-8509
2. Google the leadership of the company BILL ALVERSON and read up on his credentials.
3. Check out the opportunity at www. travelstar. biz/anewday Check out the FREE social networking site at: www. travelstar. com Check out the Press Release on Yahoo regarding TravelStar and social networking at: http://biz. yahoo. com/iw/080227/0367695. html Check out the sister travel site at www. joystar. com Read press release on Travelstar on Yahoo Finance regarding Carnival Cruise Lines http://biz. yahoo. com/iw/080205/0357422. html
4. Listen to a LIVE conference call at 4 & 10 EST at 1-866-674-1267 pin 6062#
HIGHLIGHTS:
The parent company of TravelStar is a 5-year old publicly traded company Three fastest growing trends.....internet, travel, and social networking Company has DEEP pockets with MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in a pre-launch budget!!!
Get in early and be a FOUNDER during the pre-pre-launch.....Timing is everything!!!
Owners made several Millionaires with previous travel MLM company before internet went mainstream Pay plan for networkers is unlimited $100k/+ month!!!
Get in NOW and EARN HUGE FOUNDER BONUSES!!!
Earn company stock!
TO ENROLL, GO TO www. travelstar. biz/dockery OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CALL Brian at 863-255-3283 OR EMAIL AT bdockery@tampabay.rr.com.
SPECIAL PROMOTION ENDING ON MAY 31ST----PERSONALLY ENROLL 10 MEMBERS AND YOU WILL GO TO LAS VEGAS ON THE COMPANY! JUNE 13TH AND 14TH, AIRFARE AND TWO NIGHTS AT CAESAR'S PALACE THIS IS HUGE!!!
WE ARE BUILDING A STRAIGHTLINE POWERLEG........ONE PERSON AFTER THE OTHER......POSITIONS ARE FILLING UP FAST SO DON'T DELAY......CALL ME AND LET'S GET YOUR BUSINESS POSITION LOCKED UP TODAY!!! $99.95!!!!!
If you do not wish to receive future emails please reply with REMOVE in the subject line. Thanks
Hmmm, i wouldnt mind answering those questions. However its hard to trust that i would remain anonymous do to the fact that im not sure if i can leagaly tell you my opinion . I dont represent the company as a whole so im not sure how valuble my opinion will be. I may , in the future , answer the other questions in further detail ,however, i can tell you this. I feel that it is a great company IF people have time to put energy into it. Since i have been buisy with work, i have not had time to do so and from that you can guess the conclusion. I would recommend anyone who is willing to put effort into ytb to join. I dont feel that it can be profitable any other way, as with other multi leve marketing companies. Bottom line, you get what you give. there are those that think it is a scam but it is not. peace, Aaron p.s. And yes i would love to see the article, that would be cool. I also like to write :) though my grammar is very poor :(Fair enough. I followed it up with some additional questions and assured him that he could remain as a "first name" or a "no name". Here was the response:
hey, i quit ytb this week, i thought i would let you know.
yes, me and my mother joined. we were just under the impression that it wouldnt be as hard as it was, and also, our team power leader said she would give us some of the people she got to join, she never did. All in all, i wish i was more informed about what kind of work it takes to get the ball rolling , instead, i was given the illusion that anyone could become successfull with YTB. The truth is that its not for everyone. Im upset that together, my mother and I spent about two thousand dollars on the company , and i think i recieved a check for 9.00 . Thats not a very good investment. it makes me upset every time i think about it. sincerely, Aaron
Join YTB for $97.00 - I'll Help You Get Started (Miami) Reply to: serv-710754575@craigslist.org Date: 2008-06-07, 12:16AM EDT YTB is an excellent company with an incrdible compensation plan. If the $500 to get started is difficult or impossible to you, I can help you to get started with only $97. You will be able to start your YTB business because we will pay the $500 fee plus 2 months of the $49 monthly YTB fee. Call me at 305-477-7600 x300 or email me your phone number for more information. Please call me only if you are serious. No games or gimmicks! 30 day money back guarantedd on your fee of $97 to get started. Call me today! * Location: Miami * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 710754575
CALLING YTB FOLKS! Reply to: sale-681274095@craigslist.org Date: 2008-05-14, 9:58PM PDT We are moving on Sat. Have a small box of new magazines for FREE that was my last MLM so hate to throw them out, come pick up! Judy 702-982-1844 * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 681274095
Does YTB have any Famous Celebrities?
Check out these famous stars…
Lou Brock, Former Hall of Fame Baseball Player
Mr. Brock is one of Major League Baseball’s all-time hits and stolen base leaders. Among nearly 20,000 players to play Major League Baseball, Brock is the 22nd all-time hits leader with 3,023 lifetime hits and he is the second all-time stolen base leader with 938 lifetime stolen bases. He was inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1985. He was named one of the Top 100 Players of the 20th Century.
In January 2007, Mr. Brock was selected to YTB's Board of Directors.
Jim Brown, NFL Hall Of Fame Running Back.
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former NFL player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a halfback for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965.
He is widely considered the best running back of all time.
In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever.
Uniquely, Brown was every bit as good a lacrosse player, with the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame stating that he was "widely considered to be the greatest lacrosse player ever." Sportswriter Bert Sugar named Brown #1 in his book The Greatest Athletes of All Time.
Robert Pack Jr., Former NBA Player
Robert John Pack (born February 3, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. Nicknamed "Pac-Man", the 6'2" point guard had a thirteen season career in the NBA, most notably with the Denver Nuggets. Pack was not drafted by an NBA team, rather he began his career being signed as a free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers on September 16, 1991. He played 72 games for the Blazers as a rookie, averaging 4.6ppg in 12.4mpg as he was entrenched behind veterans Terry Porter and Danny Ainge. The Blazers went to the NBA Finals that year, before losing the series 4-2 to the Chicago Bulls. During the 1992 off-season, Pack was traded to the Nuggets for a 1993 second-round draft pick.
Roger Staubach - NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback.
Roger Thomas Staubach, a.k.a., '"Roger the Dodger"', '"Captain Comeback"', (born February 5, 1942 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 till 1979. Staubach was key in developing the Cowboys to become America's Team and led the team to nine of the Cowboys record-setting twenty consecutive winning seasons. Staubach lead the Cowboys to their first Super Bowl victory and as a result he was named MVP in Super Bowl VI. Staubach was described by legendary coach, Tom Landry as, "possibly the best combination of a passer, an athlete and a leader to ever play in the NFL."
Anthony "Tony" Drew Dorsett, NFL Running Back
(born April 7, 1954 in Rochester, Pennsylvania) is a former American football running back in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos.
Dorsett was a college football running back at the University of Pittsburgh and helped to lead them to a national title in 1976, also picking up the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Award (Player of the Year) and led the nation in rushing with 1,948 yards.
He was a four-time All-American, and he finished his college career with 6,082 total rushing yards, then an NCAA record. This would stand as the record until it was surpassed by Ricky Williams in 1998.
Dorsett is considered one of the greatest running backs in college football history. In 2007, he was ranked #7 on ESPN's Top 25 Players In College Football History list.
Mike Alstott – NFL Fullback.; YTB Director
Michael Joseph Alstott, nicknamed "The A-Train", (born December 21, 1973, Joliet, Illinois), is a former American football fullback in the National Football League. He spent his entire 12-year career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played college football at Purdue. During his career, Alstott was selected to six Pro Bowls and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII.
He was the cover man for NFL Extreme for the Playstation.
James “Bone Crusher” Smith - Boxing Heavyweight Champ and YTB Director
James (Bonecrusher) Smith (born April 3, 1953 in Magnolia,North Carolina) is a former American boxer who was briefly WBA heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He was the first heavyweight champion with a college degree (Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko later achieved this distinction as well).
Total Fights 62
Won 44
Lost 17
Draws 1
Knockouts 32
Titles Won WBA Heavyweight 1986-1987
Roderick "Rod" Smith NFL All-Pro Receiver
(born May 15, 1970, in Texarkana, Arkansas) is a former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent in 1994 and played his entire 14-year career with the team. He played college football at Missouri Southern State.
Smith is the only undrafted free agent to have ever surpassed the 10,000-receiving-yard plateau. He is ranked 15th in NFL history in career receptions and 16th all time in receiving yards.
"I've been thinking about life after football for 32 years," said Smith, 36. "Football's not going to always be there, so I've got a ton of different business ventures."
Kenny Knox - PGA
Edward Kenneth Knox (born August 15, 1956) is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Knox was born in Columbus, Georgia. He and his brother were introduced to the game of golf by their mother. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida where he earned All-American honors as a member of the golf team. He graduated in 1978, turned professional that year, and joined the PGA Tour in 1982. Knox won three events during his career on the PGA Tour. His first win came at the 1986 Honda Classic; his next a year later at the Hardee's Golf Classic, and his most recent win came in 1990 at the Buick Southern Open. During this phase of his career, Knox had more than two dozen top-10 finishes and $1.6 million in earnings. His best result in a major was a 4th place finish at the 1991 PGA Championship. In his forties, he had difficulty maintaining his PGA Tour privileges and has had to play some on the Nationwide Tour.
Knox is known for his superior putting ability. He holds the PGA Tour record for fewest putts in a tournament (93) set at the 1989 MCI Classic. His weakness is in the tee-to-green ball-striking phase of the game. In 1996, Knox used his understanding of the short game to start TourGreens, an Atlanta based business that designs and installs tour-quality artificial putting greens. He is also active in golf course design and construction. He lives in Tallahassee.
Jim McMahon, NFL Quarterback
James Robert "Jim" McMahon (born August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former NFL quarterback, playing collegiately at Brigham Young University and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears. McMahon led the Chicago Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX.
A.C. Green, Jr., NBA Player
(born October 4, 1963 in Portland, Oregon) is a former NBA basketball player who has played in more consecutive games than any other player in NBA and ABA history (1,192). He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and attended Benson Polytechnic High School. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2003. He missed just 3 regular season games in his entire career playing 82 or more games in all but one season (79).
John Salley – NBA
John Thomas "Spider" Salley (born May 16, 1964) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA, actor and talk show host.
Salley was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is a 1988 graduate of Georgia Tech's College of Management and a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Salley played high school ball at Canarsie High School in Brooklyn.
At 6'11", Salley played both power forward and center for the Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Panathinaikos BC and Los Angeles Lakers. He gained the nickname "Spider" for his in-your-face style of guarding his opponent. Salley is also the first player in NBA history to play on three different championship-winning franchises.
Dave Grayson - NFL
Dave Grayson (born 1939) played offensive and defensive halfback at the University of Oregon. He was drafted by the American Football League's Dallas Texans in 1961 and played four years with the Texans/Chiefs before joining the Oakland Raiders in 1965. Grayson held the AFL record for longest interception return for a td, 99 yd against the New York Titans in 1961. He had an interception off George Blanda in the Texans' classic 1962 double-overtime championship game victory over the defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers. Grayson was anAmerican Football League All-Star six times, in Dallas/Kansas City in 1962, 1963 and 1964, and in Oakland in 1965, 1966 and 1969. He made a 48-yard return with the opening kickoff against the Oilers in the 1967 AFL Championship Game. At Oakland in 1968, he led the American Football League with ten interceptions.
He is the all-time AFL leader in interceptions with 47, for a 20-yard return average and 5 tds, and he averaged 25.4 yards on 110 kickoff returns. He is a member of the American Football League All-Time Team.
Charles Barkley - NBA (Former Philly 76’ers and Phoenix Suns)
Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles," for his aggressive and outspoken demeanor, and "The Round Mound of Rebound," for his unusual build and talent as a player, Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards. He was selected to both the All-NBA First Team and All-NBA Second Team five times and once named to the All-NBA Third Team. He earned eleven NBA All-Star Game appearances and was named the All-Star MVP in 1991. In 1993, he was voted the league's Most Valuable Player and during the NBA's 50th anniversary, named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games and won two gold medals as a member of the United States' Dream Team. In 2006, Barkley was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Barkley was popular with the fans and media, and made the NBA's All-Interview Team for each of his last 13 seasons in the league.[1] He was frequently involved in on- and off-court fights and sometimes stirred national controversy, as in 1993 when he declared that sports figures should not be considered role models. Short for a power forward, he used tenacity and strength to become a dominant rebounder. He was a versatile player who could score, defend, rebound, and assist. In 2000, he retired as one of only four players in NBA history with 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists.[2]
Dan Patorini, NFL Player
Dante "Dan" Anthony Pastorini (born May 26, 1949 in Sonora, California) was an American football quarterback who played for 12 seasons from 1971-1981, and 1983. He played for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, all of the National Football League.
John Beck - NFL player
John Dalton Beck (born August 21, 1981 in Hayward, California) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the second round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Brigham Young University.
Lil' Bow Wow (Rapper/Actor)
Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987), better known by his stage name Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper, actor, and music producer. He released his debut album Beware of Dog at age 13, then under the stage name Lil' Bow Wow, which he carried until his 2003 album Unleashed, under simply Bow Wow. Two more albums followed, Wanted in 2005 and The Price of Fame in 2006. In 2007, he released the collaboration album Face Off with Omarion.[1]
Cedric Ceballos - NBA (Phoenix Suns)
Cedric Z. Ceballos (born August 2, 1969 in Maui, Hawaii) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. As a small forward, he played most notably for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns, later finishing his NBA career with the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, and Miami Heat. Ceballos attended college at Ventura College and later Cal State Fullerton.
His career highlights include leading the NBA in field goal percentage (57.6) in 1992-93, leading the Lakers in scoring in 1994-95 with a 21.7 average, and in 1995-96 with a 21.2 average, notching the Lakers' first 50-point game in over 20 years in 1995, and winning the NBA Slam Dunk Contest with a blindfolded dunk in 1992.
Baby Face (Singer/Producer)
Kenneth Brian "Babyface" Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana), is an American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entrepreneur.
Edmonds, who is the fifth of six brothers (Kevon Edmonds also had a solo album), attended North Central High School and as a shy youth, wrote songs to express his emotions. Edmonds later played with funk megastar Bootsy Collins, who tagged him "Babyface" while he was still a teen, and the nickname has stuck with him throughout his life. He also played in the groups Manchild (which had a 1977 hit "Especially for You" with band member Daryl Simmons), then in the light-funk and R&B group The Deele (which also included Antonio "L.A." Reid, with whom he would later form a successful writing and producing partnership). One of his first major credits as a songwriter for outside artists came when he co-wrote the tune "Slow Jam" for the R&B band Midnight Star in 1983. The tune appeared on Midnight Star's double-platinum No Parking on the Dance Floor album, and while it never hit the charts, the song has since become a quiet storm staple and a semi-classic of the genre. Meanwhile, Babyface remained in The Deele until 1988, when both he and Reid left the group.
Regina King (Actress)
King was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She attended Westchester High School (Los Angeles) and the University of Southern California.
King began her acting career in 1985 in the role of Marla Gibbs' daughter Brenda on the television series 227, a role she played until 1990. She went on to appear in the John Singleton films Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice and Higher Learning. In 1995, she was featured in the hit comedy Friday. In 1996, she played the love interest of Martin Lawrence in A Thin Line Between Love and Hate and was in a satirical comedy called Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Also in 1996, she gained notoriety starring in the blockbuster romantic comedy Jerry Maguire, with Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr. This film brought King mainstream recognition in her role as Cuba Gooding Jr.’s wife.
Soon thereafter she played Will Smith's wife in the spy thriller Enemy of the State, and was also featured in How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Disney's remake Mighty Joe Young. She continued playing feature roles in a variety of films, including Down to Earth, with Chris Rock, Daddy Day Care with Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde with Reese Witherspoon and Sally Field, and A Cinderella Story, with Hilary Duff.
Most recently, she appeared in season 6 of the hit show 24 and the film This Christmas she played a mother and a faithful wife, daughter, and sister.
Venus & Serena Williams – WTA Tennis Stars
Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player, former World No. 1, and the reigning Wimbledon singles champion. Williams has won the Olympic gold medal in women's tennis and 14 Grand Slam titles, including six singles (four at Wimbledon and two at the U.S. Open), six women's doubles, and two mixed doubles titles. She is the older sister of fellow former World No. 1 tennis player Serena Williams. The Williams sisters are noted for their power games.
Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.[2] She is currently the top ranked American female player. She is the last player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is the younger sister of another former World No. 1 professional female tennis player, Venus Williams. Serena currently resides at Ballen Isles in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.[citation needed
Ben Crenshaw – PGA
Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas before turning professional in 1973.
In 1973, Crenshaw became the second player in Tour history to win the first event of his career; this accomplishment was achieved earlier by Marty Fleckman (1967) and later repeated by Robert Gamez (1990) and Garrett Willis (2001). In 1984 he won The Masters, one of golf's four major championships. In the mid-1980s he suffered from Graves' disease, a disease of the thyroid, but he continued to accumulate victories, finishing with 19 on the PGA Tour, including a second Masters in 1995. Crenshaw won several further professional events outside the PGA Tour, including individual and team titles in the World Cup of Golf in 1988. He spent 80 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 1987 to 1989.
Crenshaw is widely regarded as one of the best putters in golf history.
Randy White, NFL Player, Hall of Fame
Randy Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football player. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971-1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975-1988. He is a member of both the college and professional football halls of fame.
Eugene Lockhart, NFL Player
born March 8, 1961 in Crockett, Texas) is a former American football linebacker who played for nine seasons in the National Football League from 1984 to 1992. He played college football for the University of Houston. During his career with the Dallas Cowboys, he was nicknamed "Eugene the hitting machine". In 1989, he led the NFC with 222 tackles, and did not make the Pro Bowl, but he did make the All-Pro team.
Everson Walls, NFL Player
Everson Collins Walls (born December 28, 1959 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football cornerback in the NFL, having played for the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Giants, and the Cleveland Browns. During his 14 seasons, he was a four-time Pro Bowl selection. He was also a 3-time All-Pro selection. Walls won a Super Bowl with the Giants after the 1990 season.
Other YTB celebrities include:
David John Thomas - Actor (over 100 films)
Al Dave, NFL Player
Marion Barber, NFL Player
You don’t have to look very far to find a false earning claim made by an MLM company. They are everywhere. With catchy website names like “20dollarmillionaire.com and “6monthsto6figures” it’s easy to see how people get sucked in.
Biblical theme park planned in Germany
Wed Jun 4, 12:29 PM ET
If you ever fancied lunch in the Tower of Babel, visiting an "original size" Noah's Ark or a multimedia depiction of the final battle between Good and Evil, you may not have long to wait.
Under plans announced by a group of Swiss evangelical Christians and reported by the German press on Wednesday, Genesis Park, a theme park based on the Bible, will open at a yet to be chosen site in Germany by 2012.
It will group some 40 attractions over an area the size of 70 football pitches encompassing all areas of the Christian story, according to the organisers' website.
The centrepiece will be what the organisers call an "original size" Noah's Ark which is 150 metres (490 feet) long and surrounded by water.
Other attractions will include two roller coasters -- one giving an idea of the Great Flood and another on the theme of heaven and hell -- a miniature version of Biblical-era Israel and a Roman amphitheatre.
Visitors will be served food at the City of Enoch, a Tower of Babel panorama restaurant, an Old Testament-era desert tent, and a mock-up of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus -- also the location for the main shopping mall.
"We would like to transmit the story and the message of the Bible in an active and exciting way, so that many people in our society may have the opportunity to experience up close the most wonderful and fantastic love story of all, the love story of our Creator and Jesus Christ," the website said.
The project is well short of the necessary 120 million euros (185 million dollars), but organisers are talking with German investors and hope to raise enough by the end of the year, according to the Frankfurter Rundschau daily.
Considering the post from earlier this morning, I thought that a follow up by Ann was appropriate. I also want to point out that for months, the MLM supporters have been telling the TTAs to go to the "travel" training, go to a CRTA training to see the "travel" side of YTB. We have heard that every program we attend is not the way it is supposed to be, yet YTB continues to allow these "not right" programs to continue. So, a TTA does attend one of the trainings and lo and behold, not much travel. I really do not think anyone is shocked--on either side. But what is surprising is that rather than discussing what she witnessed, the immediate reaction from YTB is the four bullet points above! Wait, did I say that was surprising? Sorry, that most certainly is NOT.
So here's my investment tip for you: Here are three more things that currently are scarce and getting scarcer, things you should invest in right now: time, service and expertise.Uhm, well I guess MLM does not have that.
And expertise? In today's Web world, there's so much information that a professional who can find, sift through and interpret what's relevant has a rare skill indeed.Uhm, what do you mean? We just point people to our sites and the site takes care of it.
Yes, all this is sort of obvious, yet most of us have yet to integrate it into the way we work, sell and market. You must target customers who don't have the time to buy online and who hit the Internet to book travel only when they can't find anyone knowledgeable and efficient enough to do it for them.But, but but..Marc, 80 Million people like to book online. I was told that was fact!
Another tactic: Promise in all your promotions and networking to do things more efficiently and better than anyone or anything else (that includes the Web). Underscore the time savings you can provide. Cite your certifications and expertise. Volunteer to write a travel column for your newspaper or write a blog; anything that brands you as an expert.Finally, something that makes sense. I will just flash my CRTA card and my CLIA card that I bought for $149 and $25 (respectively) and that will prove it!
Well, there you have it folks. Straight from the mouth of the lead trainer of the largest travel MLM in the industry. All of a sudden the future does not look so bright for the model now does it?What about the service issue? This is your ace in the hole, because a computer may provide personal service, but not personalized service. It's a machine, after all, not a person.
It has an especially difficult time dealing with more experiential, unique or complicated products, like cruises, resorts, tours and FITs.
In fact, the Internet's content is so dense, biased and contradictory that many customers who'll happily book a flight online fear buying a more complex or expensive product on the Web.
For such purchases, a customer wants someone, not something. And if they feel you know your stuff, then loyalty will almost surely follow.
I once met a couple who were on their first cruise. I asked them how they chose the line, ship and sailing we were on. "Well, we started with the Internet, but we simply got more confused. So we went to a travel agent our neighbor uses. She recommended this sailing."
"Is it what you wanted?" I asked.
"Absolutely," they replied.
And then they said something quite unexpected. "And you know, that $150 service fee we paid her was totally worth it."
A TTA in CRTA Training
31May2008
Are traditional agents without guilt? By no means. Yes, we have our bad eggs. We have those agents that put all their relatives on the IATAN list. We have those that only go to trade shows for the freebies. We have further exacerbated the problems by not encouraging some sort of universal licensing/certification in order to be in business, which makes saying “I’m a travel agent” as easy as hanging out a sign. There are a proliferation of trade associations all claiming to work for the agent, but most fail to do what most of us think they should be doing – that of educating the consumer of the value of working with a professional agent. Too, there is much apathy on the part of agents with regard to these travel MLMs. “Not my problem.”
Are the RTAs to blame? No, to a point. How can you blame someone who has no clue how the industry works? For those who have signed up with YTB (or any other MLM) and have been serious about learning the business, they are soon disenchanted with the emphasis put on recruiting. They, in many cases, move on to a traditional host agency. For those who find the MLM part of the business more alluring and are good at recruiting, the promise of YourTravelBiz.com riches keeps them in, and they take advantage of their status as “professional travel agents” with YTB Travel Network for their personal travel. Any incremental business from family and friends is simply icing on the cake. And for those who are professional MLM jumpers, who wouldn’t be attracted by not having to have a garage full of product? This is a huge plus for those in MLM. Are there some who have successfully integrated the 2? Yes. But they are in the minority (and I’m talking tiny), and I still question whether their priority is selling travel and servicing the client, or recruiting. The ones who are to blame are those at the top of the pyramid. Their obvious priority is YourTravelBiz.com, since they have no travel industry experience, surround themselves with MLM experts and move from one travel debacle to another.
I would strongly encourage suppliers to attend a CRTA training to see for themselves what YTB is all about. If you come to a different conclusion, so be it. But at least you’ll not be able to say you weren’t warned…
I did sort of feel sorry for the 70% in the room who wouldn’t be around next year… But remember, Directors don’t become Directors from selling travel.
A review of the company's SEC filings for the last two years indicated that the company in the last two quarters attracted fewer new referring travel agents, known as RTAs, than in the third quarter of 2007, when the number peaked. Also, its rate of RTA retention dropped dramatically in the last two quarters. During that two-year period, YTB's reports show, there were some calendar quarters that produced a net gain in new RTAs that was as high as two-thirds or three-quarters of the number of sites sold. The last two quarters, however, produced the lowest retention rates of the past eight. In the first quarter of 2008, new site sales came to 31,000, but the quarter's net gain of active RTAs was only 7,749, or the equivalent of 25% of new recruits. There was also a slight decrease, 7.5%, in the number of websites sold in the first quarter of this year compared with first-quarter 2007.Is the trade media finally coming to the conclusion that this blog did when it launched in October of last year? Can it be the trade magazine that has heaped praise in the past may indeed be seeing that self reported numbers may not always be as accurate as promised? Can it be that others are generally coming around to the notion that MLMs and Travel are indeed a bad mix?YTB continues to earn considerably more by signing on RTAs and supplying their technology, just as RTAs are earning considerably more by bringing in additional affiliates.
In the first quarter this year, sales of the sites and monthly fees accounted for 79.5% of YTB's net revenue, and sales of education programs and marketing materials to RTAs amounted to another 7%. Travel commissions and services accounted for 12.5% of revenue.
Calculated differently, RTAs on average generated quarterly revenue for YTB of $244.64 for site sales and monthly fees plus $21.68 for educational materials and $38.37 in travel commissions.
The payouts revealed a similar relationship, with 58.7% of revenues paid in marketing commissions to RTAs and 9% of revenues paid in travel commissions.
Again, in dollars per RTA, that came to payouts of $180.59 in marketing commissions and $27.75 in travel commissions.
