The wierdest medical Disorders

The world is truly a hypochondriac’s nightmare, full of thousands upon thousands of painful and debilitating diseases and medical conditions, from the mundane to the highly unusual. But you don’t see these 15 disorders every day. Extremely rare and unbelievably bizarre, the world’s weirdest health issues range from ‘possessed’ hands that can’t be controlled to a metabolic disorder that makes sweat, urine and breath stink like putrefying fish.

Alien Hand Syndrome

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It’s the plot of a few horror movies, but also a very bizarre reality for some: hands with minds of their own that move and behave seemingly independent of the sufferer’s intentions. The ‘alien’ hands undo buttons, manipulate tools and even grope people without the awareness of those to whom the hands are attached. The individual has full sensation in the hand, but it seems ‘possessed’. It’s caused by a separation of the lobes of the brain whether through injury or surgery, and there’s no cure other than to distract the errant hand with an object to handle.

Bodies Turned to Stone

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Some people’s bodies are a little too proficient at healing injuries, going so far overboard as to turn a joint to stone. The extremely rare condition known as fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva involves a mutation of the body’s repair mechanism, which causes muscle, tendons and ligaments to ossify when damaged. For people with this medical condition, operations on their injuries will only cause additional bone growth. In the most extreme cases, patients may be rendered completely immobile within decades.

Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome

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Imagine having 200+ orgasms each and every day – not just in the privacy of your own home, but on the train, in meetings at work and at dinner with your parents. As opposed to hypersexuality, persistent sexual arousal syndrome is more physical than psychological and is usually detached from sexual desire. One study connected the disorder to restless leg syndrome. There’s no known effective cure.

Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

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When objects appear much small or larger than they should – like dogs the size of mice, or ladybugs as big as a house – you’re either on drugs or experiencing Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, a temporary condition that affects our perception of the world around us. Sometimes associated with migraines and often occurring at the edge of sleep, the disturbances affect sense of size, depth and even time. Doctors believe that it may involve the brain’s occipital lobe, which controls visual information.

Exploding Head Syndrome

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If the jarring sound of an explosion wakes you up in the middle of the night, it’s usually because a transformer blew or your cat knocked over some dishes. But for some people, hearing such sounds is an everyday occurrence – and it’s all in their heads. People withExploding Head Syndrome hear all kinds of racket in the night, startling them out of a deep sleep. Such incidents are thought to be brought on by anxiety or extreme fatigue, and the condition is not associated with any physical ailment.

Walking Corpse Syndrome

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Walking Corpse Syndrome isn’t just the name of a metal band. It’s an utterly mystifying phenomenon in which the afflicted person is convinced that he or she has died or lost some vital part of the body, but are still aware and walking the earth. Officially known as Cotard’s Syndrome, this mental illness can sometimes be brought about by a brain injury. Very rarely, people with Walking Corpse Syndrome believe they’re immortal and begin testing that theory, resulting in suicide.

Progeria – Accelerated Aging

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We all dread the symptoms of aging – baldness, wrinkles, losing our teeth. But sometimes, they come all too early. Children with the extremely rare disorder known as Progeria begin to look elderly before they’re even two years old, while maintaining age-appropriate intelligence. Sadly, most people affected by Progeria begin to suffer from the same ailments as the elderly including arthritis and cardiovascular disease and rarely live past the age of thirteen.

Foreign Accent Syndrome

Imagine waking up to find that you suddenly have a foreign accent, and it’s completely out of your control. Crazy as it sounds, Foreign Accent Syndrome is not just a pretentious affectation among people who want to sound exotic or sophisticated. This involuntary change in speech usually occurs after a brain injury like a stroke or head trauma, although in at least one case it seems to have been caused by a severe migraine. The specific way in which speech is affected varies in each individual, making it sound as if the person has an accent specific to a particular area of the world.

Aquagenic Urticaria – Allergy to Water

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Being allergic to substances like milk or peanuts is difficult enough – but imagine breaking out in painful, burning welts every time your skin was touched by water. That’s daily life for people with Aquagenic Urticaria, who are allergic to water in all forms – even tears. One British woman with this highly unusual condition can’t even hold her son because if he sweats, she “gets covered in sore lumps.” “I am a prisoner in my own body,” Michaela Dutton told The Metro. “I don’t see friends because they wrongly think it’s contagious.”

Cold Urticaria – Allergy to Cold Temperatures

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Almost everybody gets goosebumps in cold weather, but breaking out in hives is another matter altogether. People with cold urticaria are actually allergic to cold temperatures. Most people with this condition only get mildly itchy when it’s cold, while others suffer from severe welts on any part of the body exposed to cold, including the mouth and throat when cold beverages are consumed. Some people with severe cold urticaria can’t go swimming, because cool water temperatures could cause them to go into shock and drown.

Congenital Insensitivity to Pain

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A word without pain sounds great, right? Except that it would be a complete disaster. Just ask anyone afflicted with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. Sure, they’re immune to torture and won’t ever complain of a toothache or a sprained ankle, but for children in particular, this disorder often results in debilitating injuries. It’s all too easy to scratch your eye, burn yourself, bite off the tip of your tongue or walk around on a broken bone oblivious to the problem. The condition is caused by either large amounts of endorphins in the brain, or congenital mutations that dull pain-sensing neurons.

Human Werewolf Syndrome

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How much body hair is considered abnormal? It’s generally subjective, but for people with severe Hypertrichosis, hair grows profusely in all sorts of unusual places, leaving no question that something unusual is going on. Sometimes referred to as “human werewolf syndrome”, severe hypertrichosis involves excessive hair growth all over the body which grows back even after laser treatments. Only about 50 living people are currently known to have this condition.

Tree Bark Skin Disorder

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People go to great lengths to get rid of a single wart. What if your entire body were covered in them? That’s reality for the few people in the world who have ‘Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis‘, a hereditary skin disorder in which skin growths caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) spread out of control. One of the most severe cases is that of Dede Koswara, an Indonesian Man who has been called “Tree Man”. 95% of his warts were removed in 2008, but most of them grew back, making it clear that he will require 2 surgeries a year for the rest of his life to keep them at bay.

Blue Skin Disorder

Skin comes in all colors – even shocking shades of blue and violet. Forthe Fugate family of Kentucky, blue skin was a hereditary trait that passed down from one generation to the next over 162 years due to a rare blood disorder called methemoglobinemia. Essentially, because blood is less oxygenated, it appears blue rather than red through the skin. Since the cause of the family’s disorder was discovered, all members carrying the gene have been treated and appear normal. But sometimes people get a strange blue tinge to their skin even without this affliction – argyria is a blue skin disorder associated with consumption of the health supplement colloidal silver.

Fish Odor Syndrome

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How would you like to walk around emitting insanely noxious odors, no matter how good your personal hygiene may be? People withtrimethylaminuria, sometimes called ‘fish odor syndrome’, can’t control the very strong smells that are emitted through their sweat, urine and breath because their bodies don’t properly break down a fishy-smelling organic compound found in food. The smell is so strong that this rare disorder can be life-disrupting. There is no known treatment, but some people manage it through diet and antibiotics.

The Water Car is finally her

Everyone around the world is tired of watching gas prices inch up day by day. Most car owners are driving less than they used to and many people are opting to take public transportation. The high price of gas is really affecting the average person’s lifestyle as they have to decide whether to drive or to eat.

High gas prices have a ripple effect as well. The higher the price goes, the higher the price of many other items that need to be delivered go as well. Airfares have skyrocketed with the high price of fuel and the automobile manufacturers are seeing a huge drop off in new car purchases.

Genepax! the Japanese have Done it Again

Genepax a Japanese company, recently revealed in Osaka an electric powered car that can run on any type of water (you can even use tea and soda...etc). The car can run for an hour at about 50 miles per hour  on just a liter of water; about 2 cans of soda worth. As long as a bottle of water is on hand, that is how long the car will run. Genepax will truly change the world as we know it which is ironic since the media is giving hardly any coverage to such a world changing event; I am sure conspiracy theorists will have plenty to say about this. Unlike other electric cars, the Genepax car does not require that batteries be recharged and has no emission. The water electrical generator is located in the back of the car and when water is poured it is then broken

down in order to create electricity to power the car. Imagine what such a generator could do to the oil industry, the nuclear plants and the electrical grid; it wont be pretty for them. Of course the prices of such a car along with other hydrogen model vehicles are well beyond the means of the average consumers so far. Any new technology when first introduced is astronomical in price, but as more manufacturers catch on to the new idea, the price slowly but surely comes back down to earth. 

But what can consumers that are sick and tired of having their wallets emptied at the pump do in the meantime except drive less? There are a number of products that can turn your gas guzzling automobile into one that can run on alternative power for a price that most can well afford.

How You Can Do This

Hydrogen conversion kits like HHO Booster and Gas4Free also known as hydrogen gas savers are all over the market. By converting your car or truck gas or diesel into one that uses hydrogen in other words to a water hybrid to boost fuel economy you can save literally hundreds of dollars in just a single month. Your car’s engine performance will improve and the cost of maintaining your car will drop as well. The government offers those that drive a car that is friendly to the environment tax incentives, so converting your car is a win-win situation. Interestingly enough using a water kit  to improve mileage in your car may also help clean up you engine by removing sludge. According to yahoo a man was able to double his mileage using a water for gas kit. As has already been proven this is possible using one of the showcased kits. With such results the days of high gas prices are counted. Most importantly by converting your car using a water for gas kit you will be saving yourself a lot of money which you could use for other things in your life.

Fox 26 News Broadcast On Water For Fuel Technology

The Best Guides for Fuel Conversion and Water for Gas Kits

Finding the simplest and most cost effective guide to save money on gas can be tough with all the materials available online today.

In our car conversion kits we have taken some of the guesswork out of choosing a guide to help convert your car by rating the manuals with rate of satisfaction, ease of use, value for the money and its overall effectiveness.

Bestwaterhybrids Conversion Kit                         

Based on search engines traffic Bestwaterhybrids is one of the most popular hydrogen gas saving kits in the market. According to Bestwaterhybrids with their kit one might be able to save hundreds of dollars per month on gas. Best water hybrids can help you make your gas guzzling car or truck more environment friendly and economical. It is clear that it provides a win-win alternative to just using gas or diesel for both your pocket and the environment. Additionally by buying the Bestwaterhybrids Guide you will also get an HHO water to gas conversion manual as a bonus. Bestwaterhybrids offers very easy directions to follow and should be a fun weekend project.

 

Effectiveness: very effective
Ease of use: very easy
Support: excellent
Value for money: great
Satisfaction Rate: great
Price: $39.97  affordable
 

 Visit  www.bestwaterhybrids.com  and find out more!

Gas4free - Save a lot of gas using Gas4free hydrogen kit                     

Most folks don’t know that for less than $150 they can convert their car to run on water. This manual is a cost effective way to convert your car to hydrogen power. The procedure will work on almost all models of cars though it has not yet been tested on hybrids. Your car is guaranteed to emit cleaner emissions and be much more efficient at burning fuel.Other conversion kits can have a price tag of $600 or more. A do-it-yourself guide with a low price tag can be the most economical way to stop paying at the pump. This particular manual rates high on all categories and only costs $97 which equals one tank of gas for a big SUV like a Hummer.

Effectiveness:  effective
Ease of use: moderate
Support: Average
Value for money: So So
Satisfaction Rate: great
Price: $97

Visit  www.bestwaterhybrids.com For the best Car Conversion Kit!

 Water4Gas Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Kit Review                         

Similar to the Run Your Car With Water the water4gas manual is similar in price to gas4free. There are some free bonuses though that comes with it. Those that purchase the Water4Gas manual may be able to receive tax incentives from the government for driving a “greener” car. Those that purchase water4gas also stand to make money each time they refer the guide to a new customer that buys it for themselves.Other The time required to cover the original investment can be as soon as fifty seven days. You can even resell the water4gas technology to others and profit even more as the company holds no  patents on water4gas.

Effectiveness: effective
Ease of use: moderate
Support: excellent
Value for money: So So
Satisfaction Rate: ok
Price: $97  affordable
 

Visit  www.bestwaterhybrids.com For the best HHO value

Water Power killed By the Oil Mafias

November 21, 2013

(Left, Genepax, a Japanese car that can drive at 50km/h for an hour on a liter of water.)

Humanity is being held hostage
by the Illuminati bankers who control
the oil cartel. 



SOURCE:http://henrymakow.com/2013/11/Illuminati-Suppress-Water-Powered-Cars.html


"The number one thing that will diffuse the [Illuminati agenda] is to bring in an alternate energy source."




by David Richards 
(henrymakow.com) 

Water-powered cars have existed for years.

Oil, with its attendant evils - pollution, oil wars, oil spills - are unnecessary.

Water-powered cars have been given scant media coverage. In some cases, the inventors were intimidated into ceasing their work or assassinated.

The Illuminati quash free energy technology because it would transform society and breakdown the economic order. If you control the energy, you control the people.

Stanley Meyer, who invented a water fuel device, encapsulated the agenda: 'The internationalists want zero industrial growth, zero population growth... There is a move to force countries to sign over their natural resource rights, and if you sign over your natural resource rights, they have taken over the countries without even firing a shot. The number one thing that will diffuse the entire episode is to bring in an alternate energy source.'

Most of the cars use water as a source of hydrogen, which is a very efficient fuel.

Here is a list of men and companies who have invented water powered cars.

Herman Anderson (1918-2004) - Herman had an illustrious career as a scientist at NASA testing hydrogen powered rockets. He used this knowledge to create a water-powered vehicle which he believed would transform the world.

Herman created a water powered Chevy Cavalier (left). See Video

He was allowed to drive it, but was banned from selling or manufacturing the vehicle in his home State of Tennessee. The official reason was that the car gave off too much radiation. However, hybrid cars (that use both electricity and oil) produce a similar level of radiation and are legal. Go figure.


In 2008, a Japanese company called Genepax unveiled a water-powered car.  They received a patent for the vehicle in Japan and demonstrated it to the press. The car is extremely efficient, able to drive at 50km/h for an hour on a litre of water. It runs on virtually any form of water too, even tea and soda.

A year after the launch Genepax stopped selling the cars due to lack of funds. They currently have a website that explains how to convert your car to run on water. 

Stanley Meyer (1940-1998) - The most famous water car inventor. The American created the 'water fuel cell', claiming that any car fitted with it could run purely on water.  A local television station filmed him driving a dune buggy powered by the device.

The British Advanced Energy Institute reported, 'We recently sent a delegation to witness Stan's work, to really evaluate it, and came back saying "this is one of the most important inventions of the century."'

In 1998, Stanley was murdered. He and his brother Stephen met two Belgian men at a restaurant who claimed to be potential investors. After drinking a sip of cranberry juice, Stanley grabbed his neck and ran outside, where he was violently sick. Stephen recalls, "I ran outside and asked him, 'What's wrong?'. He said, 'They poisoned me.' That was his dying declaration."

The following day Stephen tracked down the Belgian men. "I told them that Stan had died and they never said a word, absolutely nothing, no condolences, no questions." A week after his death, the Feds came to Stan's home and confiscated his car and research equipment.


 Steve Ryan's water powered motorcycle - In 2005,  "60 Minutes" featured the inventor Steve Ryan demonstrating his water-powered motorbike. The footage shows Ryan fueling the bike with just water and then driving it 50mph along a highway.

Ryan's firm, BiosFuel were planning to sell motorbikes with the conversions in them. However, the company went quiet before announcing, 'Due to political and economical reasons, we are unable to sell the motorcycles.'

The Joe Cell - An Australian man, only identified by the name of Joe "X", has designed an Energy Cell that utilizes water for a fuel.

Unlike the other devices that use water as a source of hydrogen, The Joe Cell uses electrically-charged water as the "gate" or medium through which to draw a special kind of energy from the atmosphere. The existence of this free energy (termed the 'ether') is denied by orthodox science but adhered to by alternative scientists like Nikola Tesla. Ken Adachi explains in detail how The Joe Cell works.

Joe's experiments with various prototypes of his Energy Cell were recorded on amateur videos recorded in Australia from 1993-1997.

Joe X was the victim of threats and harassment that succeeded in stopping him talking. However other researchers have taken his videos and manuals and tried to build the device.

A man called Bill Williams studied the tutorials and claimed that he was able to power his truck using the fuel cell. He shared his findings with a group of fellow enthusiasts online. He explained in detail how he was intimidated into stopping his research:

In 2006, Bill posted this on the group: "I was standing in front of my truck, and this late model 2005 or 2006 Ford Explorer pulled up and parked diagonally in front of my truck.

"The driver got out of the rig and approached me. At about the same time, the passenger opened his door. The driver stated that they wanted me to stop working on all forms of alternative energy. He also stated that we know everything about me, my family, and all my projects past and present.

"At about that time the passenger reached and held up a file that was about 2 or so inches thick. He opened it up and showed me telephone transcripts, emails, messages from the groups that I had belonged to. They knew where my kids worked, the times they are at work; also my wife's working hours, my grandkids' school, etc. They knew everything.

"The driver said that if I did not stop working on this (he then opened up the left side of his jacket and showed his weapon that was holstered) that there would be other consequences. He also stated that he wanted me to post that I was no longer working in this field and to destroy all my work, i.e. cells, drawings, lab journals, everything!"

After a few days of contemplation, Bill decided to abide by the demands: "I thought I was strong but when illness to the family comes into play, I have failed. I am truly sorry. I will not be working in any form of alternative energy field anymore. I destroyed my device tonight along with my written data and lab notes."

CONCLUSION

We are complicit in the suppression of free energy technologies. The truth is right in front of our faces: a quick YouTube search pulls up MANY videos of water powered cars.

If we want free energy we need to stand behind the inventors. As Stanley Meyer once told an audience, 'If me and you could come together in accord, no political institution in the word, no multinationalist groups could defeat us.' 

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Related- 
In 1917, John Andrew demonstrated this to the United States Department of the Navy. Accused of being a fraud by the investigating commission, he put a few drops of a crystal-clear concentrate into ten litres of both freshwater and sea water and challenged the investigators to test the mixture in an internal combustion engine. Boiling with indignation, he then left the test laboratory. When the test motor started, the significance of this ideal source of power became quite apparent. A subsequent search for the inventor found him murdered in his living room. from   Inventors of Water-Powered Cars 

Car Got 100 miles per gal- Inventor Murdered


Additional Information from Dan:

"The Water Engine" is a radio drama by David Mamet, later made into a film.  Written in 1976, Mamet set the story at the time of the 1933 Chicago's World's Fair.[1]   Based on the composite of stories of independent inventors, Mamet shows the standard procedures used to suppress inventions that threaten the monopolies of power. Synopsis - a lowly machinist working in an factory makes a working prototype of a water power engine in his spare time.  He merely wants to sell it to the corporation so he can retire.   What hasn't occurred to him is that the corps don't want a free-fuel engine. Worse, they can't let the world find out that it's even possible.


[1]  Mamet chose the 1933 Chicago's World's Fair as the background meme for the play because is is famous for it's 'World of the Future' promises of solving all problems through technology - in the future!  Sponsored by the big monopolies of the time of course: General Motors, General Electric, IBM, AT&T, DuPont and Dow Chemical, etc.
We're aware that public will never know that a free-fuel engine had already been invented, the world would never hear of the ill-fated inventor or his invention.

One must wonder why the TV movie version was broadcast on Illuminatus Ted Turner's network.   Is it 'revelation of the method' to discourage people from 'getting any ideas'?

The Water Engine (1992 TV movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105788/

Left, 1921 Johnson rotary steam turbine automobile engine.



First Comment by David K:
If Stan Meyer had not been so greedy and tried to get patents for his invention he could still be alive and the world could be a different place. Imagine instead he put detailed and precise plans out on the internet so anyone could build the device? Hundreds of companies could have started manufacturing it and individuals could have built it themselves and not even told the authorities they had one. If the plans spread on the net fast enough the Illuminati would have been powerless to stop it. And think about it, if he put the plans out there and simply stated "anyone who uses these plans to make money please send 10% of net profit to me", he would have still become filthy rich.

Maybe in his day this would have still been dangerous as everyone would know who he is but now with bitcoins someone could do this and remain completely anonymous, get their money, save the world and live happily ever after. Hopefully we will see something like this happen one day. People making these kinds of inventions need to try to remain anonymous... Do not go on television showing off your invention, put it out on the net with detailed plans and stay anonymous.

Now talking about bitcoins and other crypto coins for that matter, this could seriously be our hope of getting away from Illuminati control. If we all start using bitcoins we can trade without tax and with complete anonymity across the planet. And if you look at the fact that there is a limited number of bitcoins and all cryptos to be found and the world economy is growing and more people are finding out about bitcoins its not hard to see that the value can and will continue to grow for a very long time. In January this year bitcoins sold for $13 and today they sell for around $700 and it is sure that they will continue to rise. Anyone who wants freedom from the Illuminati needs to get on the Bitcoins and Litecoins and Feather coins etc. It is the way of the future. It may not be an ideal solution but there is currently nothing else even close to crypto currencies in potential for freeing up the economy to move away from Illuminati control.


Jim Perloff:

This article is spot-on. Many American conservatives continue to live under the illusion that their country is a land of unbridled free enterprise, where "any boy can get to be President" and any idea, if ingenious and pursued with hard work, will succeed.  This is not the case.  Few people or ideas will rise to the top without Illuminati approval.  I learned this the hard way a few years ago when I--believing in the "land of free enterprise" myself-- invested in a small company that had developed a genuinely revolutionary product, only to see it killed when no capital would support it. There are many parallels to this article--in medicine, for example, where developers of cancer cures have been suppressed and/or assassinated. Free enterprise is allowed to thrive only in certain approved areas--such as software technology, because the Illuminati want us to move into a surveillance age where are all money and information will become digital. - See more at: http://henrymakow.com/2013/11/Illuminati-Suppress-Water-Powered-Cars.html#sthash.Y6HYNgjO.dpuf

10 ONLINE BUSINESS IDEAS THAT YOU CAN DO FROM HOME IN JAMMIES

Let’s face it: anyone that wants to get into business online is probably someone who wants to do it in the comfort of their own home, where they’re free to do as they please. Some people may doubt the viability of taking anonline business idea and trying to make a living off of it, but the thousands of people that have done so are proof enough that it can be done. Yes, not everyone will be able to make money off of their online business ideas, but it isn’t impossible – it just has a substantial learning curve. Don’t expect to replace a steady job income soon either; these things take time to be profitable enough to live off of.

Basic Guidelines

Regardless of the type of online business that someone engages in, there are a few things that should be kept in mind.

1. A pre-packaged program or arrangement is only as good as how much it can be customized. This is because if people just use the program without changing it, they literally can become a dime a dozen. Find a way to use the program but still make it seem unique.

2. Be wary of any “system” that sounds too good to be true or promises quick profits. These are never good online business ideas.

3. Develop a little understanding of some fields that are useful on the Internet, since these will be useful to any online business idea. Namely, HTML, search engine optimization, social media marketing, website marketing, traditional marketing and sales techniques are all crucial.

4. Specialization can be critical, since it allows the business to tap into a niche market that might not have a lot of competition. This is particularly good if the company knows its audience and sticks with it.

Barring someone who has a brilliant online business idea that would make investors come swarming to their doorstep, even a business over the Internet would require a lot of time and effort – just that setting it up is a lot more casual. There are a number of potential businesses that someone can dip into that have already been proven to work and can be set up from home without any special preparations – or publicly acceptable attire, for that matter.

* Affiliate Marketing

What this online business idea comes down to is the promotion of another company’s products or services on someone’s website. When sales are made, the affiliate gets a commission. This means that skill in writing sales copy and web marketing are going to be crucial. Working knowledge of SEO and Pay Per Click marketing won’t hurt, either.

* Blogging

Blogs are websites that have content written in a journal-style, typically arranged in chronological order. Articles and reviews aren’t impossible to find on a blog, though. The ones who seriously use a blog for income might sell advertising or mix in affiliate marketing tricks to earn cash. Copywriting and social networking are crucial to increase readership, while web marketing can help make sure the products being pushed are pushed effectively.

* eBay & Auction Sales

This is among the more management-heavy online business ideas, since it involves selling or reselling products online using marketplace sites like eBay, Amazon Auctions or Craigslist. These are great places for selling used goods, getting them wholesale or as a drop-shipping service. A little customer service can go a long way with this one, along with good merchandising skills. Of course, sales copywriting isn’t going to hurt, either.

* e-Commerce

The basic concept for this online business idea is the same as any business: sell a product or service. The difference is that, in e-commerce, the product or service is technology-based and often only available online. This has a tough learning curve, since it is basically the same as running a typical business, but without the need for a physical location. Any and all previously mentioned skills will likely be needed and put into play at some point with this.

* Arts & Crafts

The business world doesn’t always like to market creative ideas and designs if there’s too much risk to them. A good online business idea for those with creativity and the willingness to put apply it. Make product lines and sell them online. This is not that different from e-commerce, so a lot of the skills that work there will work here. Besides that, creativity counts for a lot.

*Research Business

Corporations, law firms and other organizations are always in need of things to be researched, which make this a good online business idea for those who have the time. The basic gist of it is to find what the client wants found and deliver results within a set timeline. Obviously, this requires intensive research skills on-par with dedicated librarians, as well as some customer service skills.

* Web Design

Simple fact: as long as the Internet exists, it is a good online business idea to market the skill in designing websites. The right software, a decent computer, an Internet connection and a lot of creativity are really all that’s needed for online business ideas like this to take off. It helps to prepare a portfolio of previously designed sites to show potential clients what level of skill is on offer.

* Consultancy

It is a good online business idea to advertise one’s talents and experience in a given field, provided it sets them apart from everyone else. In the competitive business world, people will pay for the edge that superior skill and experience provide. It is also a lot more cost-effective than retaining one in-house, for the company’s side of things. Of course, this needs both good customer service skills and knowledge of the trade in question.

* Freelancing

There’s always room for an online business idea to take the form of freelancing. From graphic designer to writer, there are always companies looking for someone to do freelance work on something that they can’t do in-house. Success with this online business idea requires not only a lot of skill in the chosen trade, but also at sales and marketing – to make sure potential clients notice the services offered.

* Virtual Assistant

This is a good online business idea for those who have a lot of organizational skills. In essence, this involves administrative and business support as a service to executives or other business owners. This involves all of the skills needed to be a good assistant, minus the actual physical presence.

There are a number of good online business ideas that people can tap into, if they keep in mind that this sort of thing is not easy. The profits from these are quite slow to come, and it isn’t wise to quit the day job before the online business is stable.

5 SMALL BUSINESS IDEAS THAT INCORPORATE GIVING BACK

More companies than ever are basing their business model on giving back. This model gives consumers the opportunity to do something good when they make a purchase, and this unique selling point can also do wonders for new companies. There are manysmall business ideas based around giving back, and inspiration can be drawn from companies that have succeeded in this field.

TOMS Pioneers One-for-One Shoe Program

TOMS is the perfect example. This shoe company caters to the alternative market, and for every pair of shoes that are bought, a brand new pair of shoes are donated to a deserving child. They look for communities that will benefit most from the shoes, and then provide as many children as possible with them.

The Buzz Around Burt’s Bees

Burt’s Bees may not be the best-known business in the world, but it’s certainly doing well. This bath and beauty business offers eco-friendly, honey-based personal care products. The company established their Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation in 2007 which is funded by a percentage of the money they get from sales. The goal is for the foundation to empower other non-profit initiatives whose efforts resonate with their own mission at Burt’s Bees. This small business idea – producing healthier, eco-friendly personal care products – is one that many social entrepreneurs are using to create change and earn a living.

One Laptop Per Child Builds Low Cost Laptops

One Laptop Per Child is better known as OLPC. This is a non-profit group that is innovating to create the lowest cost laptop possible, that also functions well in harsh conditions like the desert or in a monsoon or when used by a rambunctious child. The laptop was funded through people who donate in their give-one-get-one scheme through which consumers offer $399 for which they will receive their own laptop and have one sent to a child in need.

Proof Eyewear’s Ethical Sunglasses that Give Back

Brooks Dame created his ethical sunglasses company, Proof Eyewear, to produce outdoor eye fashion that’s not only good for the planet, but also great for those living with eye health problems. All sunglasses produced by the company are made from wood taken from sustainably managed forests, and none are made from wood of endangered tree species. Since they’re constructed of wood, the sunglasses are also biodegradable, which gives them a leg up compared to plastic ones. This small business idea involves giving back through profit-generated donations which are sent to nonprofits working toward eye health around the world. He donates funds to an eye clinic in India, a country in which more than 25% of all blind people in the world live.

One World Futbol Project is the Willy Wonka of Sports

Just like the never-ending gobstopper, One World Futbol Project offers a football that never goes flat and never needs air. This football, even when punctured, stays round and works just as it should. The company states that for every football that is purchased, another is sent to organizations that helps the poorest people all over the world. This promotes healthy lifestyles and sports, and gives deprived children a little bit of joy in their lives.

These are great examples of different ways that small business ideas can be turned into great social change. Let them be inspirational to you as you come up with your own small business idea that gives back. If you know of more inspirational concepts, share them here!

10 STUPID BUSINESS IDEAS THAT MADE MILLIONS

Let’s face it. For every ten or even a hundred stupid business ideas ever considered as a serious business venture, at least one succeeded. Against all odds, these once-laughable business ideas defied logic, market expectations and plain old commonsense, allowing their creators to get the last laugh, all the way to the bank.

Below are ten of our personal picks, not in terms of profit but for the sheer wackiness of the idea:

1. The Pet Rock

Ah yes, what childhood in the 1970′s would be complete without the “perfect pet”: a rock. Just think of it: they don’t need to be fed, watered, walked or bathed. But to seriously sell them, and expect people to pay?

Gary Dahl, an advertising executive from California, apparently thought he could. So he bought a bunch of stones from a builder’s supply store, packaged them in cardboard boxes with holes (so the rocks could “breathe”), and marketed them as serious “pets”.

For a production cost of less than a dollar, Dahl sold each rock for $3.95. And sell them he did. By Christmas of 1975, pet rocks were all the rage, with owners proudly displaying how their pets could “sit” and “stay”. As for Dahl, his aptly-named Rock Bottom Productions was rolling over…. in profits.

2. The Million Dollar Homepage

A pixel is the lowest unit in a display screen. In 2005, one enterprising student came up with the unique business idea of selling website ads per 10 pixels, like billboards do per square meter. Except for one thing: a typical LCD monitor typically displays over 1,024 pixels.

This means that buying ad space roughly the size of an avatar will cost you big-time. And yet somehow, the idea took off. In less than a year, the million-dollar website, composed entirely of mish-mashed ads  resembling a quilt done by a blind person, brought in $1,037,100 in gross income.

3. Holy Ink

At the risk of being excommunicated, this doesn’t refer to ink cartridges blessed by the Pope and sold on eBay. But something close. Like monks in brown robes, refilling used ink cartridges.

Father Bernard McCoy found his printer dry one day, and searched around for reasonably priced alternatives. Finding none, he did what any monk would do: he started his own ink-refilling business.

And so the eight brothers in the monastery of Cisterian Abbey in Monroe, MO got down to work. In between singing Gregorian chants and contemplating, they fill used plastic cartridges with black powder. From $2,000 in 2002, sales of the holy refilled ink soared to an astonishing $2.5 million in 2005.

4. “Positive” Attraction

Many couples try to find a common ground, such as a mutual hobby or favorite sitcom. One business idea for a dating website went a bit further, by making sure it provides only “positive” matches.

HIV-positive, that is.

Paul Graves and Brandon Koechlin started PositivesDating.com in 2005. The website offers anonymous matching services, catering only to HIV-positive members. Within a few years of launching, PositivesDating was able to attract over 50,000 members.

5. Plastic Wishbones

Is humanity that desperate for luck that we need artificial wishbones? Apparently, we are.

Starting from a (dim) lightbulb in his head, Ken Ahroni founded Lucky Wishbone Co. to cater to the worldwide demand to divine one’s destiny. The company now produces 30,000 plastic wishbones daily, each retailing for about $3.

6. Doggles

The boom in the pet care industry has extended to all kinds of items, from goodies and “cribs” and even to pet clothing. But goggles for dogs?

It turns out there IS a market for everything. For cool canines who don’t dig the sun, Doggles is the answer. The company has been featured on CNN, The Today Show and National Geographic. And in the age of Facebook, cute pictures of pets sporting sunglasses isn’t hurting their sales, either.

7. Exercise Cards

If the military had the “Iraq’s Most Wanted”playing cards (with El Moustache himself as the Ace of Spades), why not make a version for lazy civilians in need of a good workout drill?

So went the thinking of ex-Navy SEAL and gym instructor Phil Black. And not a bad idea it was. The $18.95 deck of cards, featuring various exercise routines, reported sales of $4.7 million in one year.

8. Working Vacations

Most people take a vacation to escape the worries of the workplace. Vocation Vacations begs to differ.

The company proposes that you use your priceless time off to try a different job, preferably your dream job. Always dreamed of harvesting crops instead of virtual ones on Farmville? How about being a mortician? Launched in 2004, the website now offers over 125 unique jobs to “test out”, and boasts 300 mentors to help you make the career shift.

9. Santa Mail

People say Christmas has become commercialized, particularly Santa Claus when he’s used by a major soda beverage and countless toy retailers to peddle their products.

Well, it certainly doesn’t get more commercialized than this: register a postal address at The North Pole, Alaska, and charge parents $10 to send their innocent, clueless children a letter, purporting to be from Father Christmas.  Who would fall for such thing?

Oh, only about 200,000 parents. Since its launch, SantaMail has raked in around $2 million off the hopes of wide-eyed children who leave socks hanging every Christmas eve.

10. Aquariums… without the fish

A more sophisticated version of what the Pet Rock was in the 70s, the fancy-named “Ecosphere Closed Ecosystem” is the “perfect pet” for the 21st century. Perfect in that it doesn’t need to be fed, watered, walked or bathed.

That’s because the ecosphere is nothing less than an aquarium, without the fish. Each glass globe contains a self-sustaining ecosystem, where minute shrimp feed on the algae which in turn feeds on sunlight. No muss, no fuss. But no fun, either.

So whats the moral of the story? The market, just like humanity, takes twists and turns. What we deem “useless” right now might end up next season’s best-seller. It can be the product’s novelty, fun factor or sheer stupidity. Whatever the case, just remember there is always room on the market for an original business idea, one that just might earn you success… as well as a place on this list.