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AARP Wants Answers from Power Companies
As many in Montgomery and Prince George's counties remain in the dark, group wants to know why it's taking so long.
Officials from AARP Maryland want utility companies held accountable for the lack of communication and slow response time in recovering from the weekend power outages.
Although almost 75 percent of Maryland residents have had their power restored, many remain in the dark, including some with the greatest need for power — the elderly.
The death toll from the derecho storm and subsequent power outages in Maryland on June 29 has reach eight, according to Gov. Martin O' Malley. Of the seven deaths, four were heat-related, O'Malley reported Tuesday. He said the elderly were particularly vulnerable.
More heat-related deaths are expected as crews slowly restore power to the state, said Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Joshua Sharfstein.
In a letter to Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC), the AARP asked that utility companies like Pepco and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BG&E) be required to develop and submit a restoration plan, which is then reviewed by the PSC and the public.
"Why are Pepco's restoration efforts as volatile and unpredictable as the storm?" AARP Maryland State Director Hank Greenberg asked in his letter to the PSC, responding to Pepco's note to customers stating that some residents would have to wait until Friday, July 7, to get power back.
Greenberg e-mailed Patch Tuesday evening explaining their push for answers from power companies saying that telling customers it'll take a week to restore power without any other updates or answers is "woefully inadequate":
AARP MD is very concerned about the impact that the excessive heat is having, particularly on vulnerable people, including children and older Marylanders.
We are asking our volunteers to check on friends and relatives who may need help. Just last night, an AARP MD staff member invited a neighboring family that she saw sleeping in their car to come to her home that was without electricity but with a generator.
PSC Chair Douglas R.M. Nazarin told Patch on Tuesday that a challenge power companies had this time was that the weather changed quickly.
"When this storm came up, everyone didn't think Friday's storm would be a big deal," Nazarin said. But, when the storm hit the Ohio Valley and West Virginia, he said, the companies realized it was a large-scale storm making it difficult to get out-of-state help quickly.
Nazarin said that the companies will be held accountable for any mistakes and delays in restoration, but when there is severe weather there is no specific regulation on how long it should take companies to restore power.
"At this point in the life of this we're not grading anyone yet," he said, adding that the companies will have to submit a report within 21 days of the event with data and metrics on their restoration effort. The PSC staff will go over those reports in detail and may even host a public hearing.
Even after the PSC hosted a series of public hearings in January 2011 on utility companies' response times and lack of communication, some residents said they still felt ignored.
In a Patch poll, 66 percent of those who voted said they don't believe Pepco or BG&E's service has improved.
Patch reader Troy said he's been without power in Takoma Park since 10:45 p.m. Friday.
"After the snowstorm which left us without power for days, PEPCO indicated that things would be different," he wrote. "They indicated that part of the problem was bad weather limited their restoration efforts because of bad snow and ice. PEPCO's system currently says our power like everyone else's will be restored by July 6 at 11 pm. And this time we don't have snow or ice."
He added that he doesn't know if the new smart meters, which were installed to help identify issues, are helping.
Henriot St. Gerard, a Patch blogger from Wheaton, wrote that although his power was restored Sunday, he is concerned that so many remain without power.
"Considering that Pepco has experienced enough of these events to be better prepared to quickly respond, they continue to fail residents time and time again," St. Gerard added.
Some residents suggested that the government take on some precautions, such as burying power lines every time it re-paves a road.
Others, however, understood the intensity of the storm and said companies are doing their best to restore power quickly.
"This was a horrific storm that has effected millions of people throughout the metro area. I give my thanks and thumbs up for all the workers that have been laboring in the extreme heat 'round the clock' to restore power," Sally Williams, of Bowie, wrote.
Nazarin also said that facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, and senior living facilities are flagged for early service. However, those senior citizens living in homes by themselves may not be flagged in the utility system. Residents should check on elderly neighbors, officials said.
He noted that PSC has done a lot of work with utility companies to improve services and keep the systems reliable over the past two years by adopting new methods and regulations and fining when necessary.
"I think going into this storm, they were in better shape then they have been in the past, but we're going to find out after what there is to learn on this individual restoration effort," he added.
Pepco Spokewoman Courtney Norgas responded by saying, "Our focus right now is restoring power to our customers as quickly and safely as possible."
BG&E was contacted for comment. Their response will be added to this post, if received.
Don Risher
5:47 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Belair Engineering is a full service, home standby generator contractor in Upper Marlboro. I'd like to share some information concerning home standby generators and the installation process.
If you have natural gas service to your home, most of the time we have to get your utility company to upgrade your gas meter. This can take up to 3 weeks in the best of times. If you don't have natural gas you will need to get a 250-500 gallon propane tank. We also install an 8' grounding rod on all generators.
We pull all your REQUIRED permits and stand all your inspections! You will need to have a; mechanical permit, electrical permit, plumbing permit and pass all the inspections!
There is NO statute of limitations if you don't pull a permit. If you ever try to sell your home you will have a rough time if you don't legally permit your installation.
It can sometimes take a week just to get through the permitting cycle.
After 100 hours of use or once a year, you will need to have your generator's oil, oil filter, spark plugs and air filter changed.
Your generator will go through an exercize cycle once a week. You also want to choose a contractor who can offer you emergency service after the sale.
I can talk a lot faster than I can type so if you have questions please feel free to call or stop by our showroom.
Warm regards,
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11:27 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
don are you saying we should get off the grid(leave Pepco) and use Belair generators all the time?
George Buckwalter
5:54 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
After O'Malley, Leggett, Gray, here comes AARP into the fray to which none seems to have a clue what it takes to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. If anybody needs to be held accountable, it's O'Malley and Leggett.
In this information age how much more bs do we need to hear? Oh by the way, O'Malley, don't we have National Guard Units in Maryland?
It's time for boots up some politicians rears.
Hats off to the tree crews and linemen toiling to get us back up and running.
Joe Thomas
10:01 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Hey George. You might want to pay attention. The National Guard units are in Afhganastan.
Joe Thomas
10:00 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Next will be the Boy Scouts wanting an explanation why the power to their den meeting has not been restored. The AARP? Give me a break.
11:29 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
joe thomas: why do you want a break? AARO advocates for retired persons. Those ppl are old, have medical issues, and need electricity not just for cooling but for their breathing machines, etc.
...and boy scouts dens have FIRE POWER, pepeco not needed at all!
George Buckwalter
11:22 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Joe, It's not lost on me that our guard is over in Afghanistan!
art slesinger
9:44 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Restoration efforts are always unpredictable, storm intensity, path , etc. But PEPCO was to improve communication and I think they failed to show improvement. Time to restoration communication was useless. The expanded operator service failed for me. They gace out no time estimates which is as bad as inaccurate estimates. They get going but just a little slower than others but AARP is not going to solve this issue. Worked on Leggett's group and we tried to figure a better way, but in reality even PSC cannot run PEPCO. They do try but it is not always suucessful.
11:32 am on Wednesday, July 4, 2012
im tired of pepco saying "no one could have predicted the storm would be this bad". Did they not see the weather warnings I saw on the 4,5,6,7 pm news? Why not be safe vs sorry and starting at 12noon friday pepco should have called in contractors from ohio, texas, kentucky, etc. Clay Anderson telling me pepco has even called in Canadian contractors in hopes of getting sympathy hasnt worked. I have no sympathy. I have anger, frustration, and a refridgerator and freezer of spoiled food!
5:59 pm on Thursday, July 5, 2012
Pepco needs more tree service contractors. The trees have to be removed first, before any electrical work can begin. I think Pepco has more pencil pushers now than they do linemen..They need someone that knows what needs to be done without getting on some computer to figure out what just happened...duh
George Karadimas
3:20 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012
Wait Until the SMART Meters are Fully Rolled out!
They will fire the pencil pushers too!
"Why Smart Meters Might Be a Dumb Idea
Smart meters are supposed to help to give you more control over your energy use. But many experts doubt that you'll ever see the electricity and cost savings that electric companies and smart-meter manufacturers tout."
6:00 pm on Sunday, July 8, 2012
Why does Pepco have out of state workers in this area throughout the year? Not just during storm touble, but throughout the year. Wouldn't it save Pepco cusomers money if Pepco hired/trained some journeyman linemen from the local area?
George Karadimas
4:40 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
State study links cellphone use to cancer
Smart Meters are Next?
Wayne Phyillaier
7:19 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
If you don't hold the Smart Meter up to your ear for hours every day, you should not have an issue with brain cancer.
George Karadimas
7:26 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
@Wayne Phyillaier
Some people feel otherwise!
Texas Woman Stops Smart Meter Installation and Assault with Gun
George Karadimas
7:27 pm on Monday, July 23, 2012
DON'T SMART METER ME! – Notice of Non-Consent for Smart Meter Installation, Notice of Liability
You Got Love Sir. VeilMeNot Patron Saint of analog Meters.
Traci M. Radice
8:17 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012
Public Service Commission called an emergency hearing on Tues., Aug. 28th at 2pm to hear from the utilities as to their smart meter devices and their malfunctions, power surges, and fires. Any concerned citizen should plan to attend:
William Donald Schaefer Tower
6 St. Paul St., 16th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
File a dispute
(410) 767-8000
MD Toll Free: 1-800-492-0474
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Anyone know the deal with him?
Odd that he got 5 minutes in the Miami game and hasn't seen any action all year.
He didn't do anything of note (took 1 shot and missed badly) but odd he was thrown into this game without seeing the floor in any others.


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Comment: Re:Don't hate the player. (Score 1) 709
As another user replied to me, I was wrong when I asserted the first line about "companies legally and ethical responsibility". However I still think my conclusion stands that any company should do what it can under the law to not pay taxes it doesn't owe.
I know if i have a deduction that I can legally take on my own taxes I don't even consider for a second whether or not it's a good deduction for the country, I just say the law says I can take it, so I take it. I don't feel good or bad about it, I didn't write the law.
Today congress said Apple had broken no law and under oath Tim Cook said he believed Apple acted ethically.
>What about legal and ethical responsibilities to employees, customers, community, and environment?
Companies are there to make money. Full stop. Those other things only come into it when it's in the company's best interest, (Which I think it often is.) Charities are there to help with those other things, and for there selflessness, they don't have to pay federal tax.


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Prince Yeates, a full-service Salt Lake City law firm, has named attorneys Charles L. Perschon and Jared N. Parrish as shareholders. This new role took effect January 1, 2013.
Charles Perschon joined Prince Yeates in 2010 and maintains a practice in appellate work and complex commercial litigation. Recently, Mr. Perschon won a significant federal court case involving The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which victory yielded the reunion of the two abducted children with their mother. Mr. Perschon received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal and served as a member of the Connecticut Moot Court Board.
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Ad1tu wrote:Magpie: Try turning the modem off for about 2 min and then back on again, either with the power switch and/or unplugging it from the wall. That's what I do when our internet doesn't work, and it usually fixes whatever the problem really was.
Magpie: Try turning the modem off for about 2 min and then back on again, either with the power switch and/or unplugging it from the wall. That's what I do when our internet doesn't work, and it usually fixes whatever the problem really was.
I'll try that when I can - as soon as the brotherbeastie is out.
cyan wrote:Ad1tu! So good to see you back 'round these parts!
Ad1tu! So good to see you back 'round these parts!
*wavewave* ty :) I missed you guys!
*waves at Ad1tu*It's nice to see a bit more activity in the Mint again!I should be working on my novel, but I'm still too busy getting to know my new computer. It's so odd to sit in my room and hear nothing but my typing - none of the humming and grumbling and groaning from my old computer. Very, very strange.
Maen Mint!Busy on my novel. I've passed the 40k mark and hope to reach 50k before Wednesday evening. Won't have much time for writing after that.
Oh... yeah... that novel... I knew there was something I was still supposed to do.I've fallen into some kind of motivation hole again, but I really need to get a move on. I'm still ahead, I think, but I need to get done soon. Moving preparations to be made, and then my crazy Christmas market job.
G'maen Mint! This is a drive-by post, bf and I are off to meet my brother for Dim Sum, ymmmmm!
cyan wrote:G'maen Mint! This is a drive-by post, bf and I are off to meet my brother for Dim Sum, ymmmmm!
Is so very jealous..... can you send some over for my birthday????
Magpie wrote:Oh... yeah... that novel... I knew there was something I was still supposed to do.I've fallen into some kind of motivation hole again, but I really need to get a move on. I'm still ahead, I think, but I need to get done soon. Moving preparations to be made, and then my crazy Christmas market job.
It's a fail for me again.... just haven't had the time... I think I only have a couple of pages and am quite sure I won't be able to make it to 50K... darn......
I have plenty of time... but seriously lacking in the motivation department. I like the basic idea behind the story, but I have no idea about the plot, and I don't know the people... they just trudge around and say, "Ok, so we're in Fairyland and have to kill people here... so what? And why is there no toothpaste here?" They spend more time whining about the absence of toothpaste and toilet paper than actually doing something.Except one, who's just decided he's had enough, and has run away. And now I need to turn someone else into a bear.
Maen Mint!My novel is still crawling along. And I still haven't figures out what my MC's are going to do with their Lilypad Arduinos. I just know that them finishing the project will be the final scene in the book. Now to figure out what they'll make and how to get there in 9k words.
Just applied to yet another NGO job.... I so want this... please just give it to me, or at least give me the chance to talk to you guys, 'cause seriously when you talk with me, you'll know that you want me.... Pretty-pretty please??????Yes.... I have succumbed to pleading and begging.... I so want to get going with my life... even sitting here contemplating to follow the advise of a publisher-friend who told me that I don't need experience or papers to get into publishing.... Still have my doubts, but at this point I'm about ready to do anything....
*huggles Libra and sends some luck her way*What's NGO?
Thanks I need all the luck I can get....An NGO is a non-profite organisation, usually charities or similar organisations.... And I really want to get into that world, as it's always been something I feel strongly about... so with a financial function in such an organisation... it's still finance, I know, but at least it's moving away from the commercial side!
Well best of luck!By the way, did I mention that I've got a pretty new recorder! *tries wrestling her novel to 45k*
I still haven't got the internet to work properly. *grrr* But I don't have time to fiddle with it any longer today - need to get my bike fixed again (now the light is not working), then borrow the car and go shopping. First time driving on my own, argh! And I had my last write-in in Vienna for this year. I can't go to the last one, or the TGIO party, because of my Christmas market job. *pouts*
*hellos the Mint*
Left the knitting needle I needed at home. Brought the wrong one to work. *sigh* Will have to find something else to do at lunch.
Bike-light is still not fixed, but I've driven out to a couple of furniture stores all by myself and the car and I made it back in one piece. It was occasionally terrifying, though.And I've got a fantastically sore throat from all the biking in the cold last week. *coughs*
Carpet cleaning today, house is all 6's and 7's. Husband forgot to inform me that the kitchen is full of furniture and I cannot cook dinner. *pouts* Oh, well.Time to order in dinner!
G'mornin!So it's the last day of classes before Thanksgiving break. Aaaaaand it's about 60F and quite windy outside. Am also super excited that I don't work Wed, Thurs, or Fri! So I can enjoy my no school & no work days quite thoroughly! (Except I have a hwk assignment due next Tues.. so I should probably start that over the weekend..)So I'm just sitting here, waiting for my last class to start in... over an hour.. hmm..
Trying to get back into my NaNo novel. I decided to skip ahead to the end, because I know what has to happen there, compared to the rest of the plot, which is just random bits and pieces. It's still hard to feel excited about it.Also, I've got an annoying cold.
*offers Magpie tissues, cough drops, tea, and a warm blanket*Feel better!
I really could do with those cough drops!*curls up in the blanket and sips tea*Too much biking in the cold last week. This had better stop before I start working on Monday.
Well, well, well, look at that... my annoyingly apathetic characters are actually showing some emotions!
Couldn't get out of bed at all today - not until nearly 1 PM. But at least my cold is better.


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At gun violence hearing, Giffords calls for action; NRA stands firm
Giffords: "Too many children are dying"
Updated: 1:41 p.m. ET
In remarks kicking off today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., made a defiant call for Congress to "be bold" and "act" on gun violence.
"Too many children are dying," she said. "We must do something."
Giffords, who survived a gunshot to the head two years ago during an assassination attempt that left six people dead, read slowly but forcefully from prepared remarks, and acknowledged that "speaking is difficult."
"But I need to say something important. Violence is a big problem," she said. "It will be hard. But the time is now. You must act. Be bold. Be courageous. Americans are counting on you."
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The longstanding debate over the nation's gun laws has taken on renewed resonance in recent weeks, in the aftermath of a mass shooting last month that left 20 first-graders and six adult faculty members dead at a small-town elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
Since then, Mr. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have vowed to enact meaningful change to reduce gun violence in America, and consulted stakeholders from all sides of the debate on how best to achieve that goal. In remarks unveiling his findings from that process earlier this month, Mr. Obama proposed a series of sweeping new laws, including the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, universal background checks on gun buyers, and a ban on high-capacity magazine ammunition.
Today's congressional hearing marks the first on gun control since President Obama's proposals, and the Senate Judiciary Committee's first legislative hearing in the new Congress.
Mark Kelly: With gun rights come responsibilities
Testifying before the committee this morning, former astronaut Mark Kelly, Giffords' husband, made an impassioned entreaty for bipartisan action to curb gun violence. Kelly, who with Giffords recently started a PAC with that same goal, said his first priority is fixing the nation's background check system.
"The holes and our laws make a mockery of the background check system. Congress should close the private sales loophole, and the dangers people entered into that system," he said.
Kelly: Stronger background check would have stopped Tucson shooter
Kelly also called for tougher gun trafficking laws, the removal of limitations on collecting data and scientific research on gun violence, and "a careful and civil conversation about the lethality of fire arms we permit to be legally bought and sold in this country."
He stressed that both he and Giffords are gun owners, and that they support the "right to own a firearm for protection, collection and recreation."
"Gabby and I are pro-gun ownership. But we are also anti-gun violence," he said. "When dangerous people get dangerous guns, we are all the more vulnerable."
The implementation of universal background checks is thought to be among the White House's top priorities with regard to its gun control proposals, and James Johnson, chief of police for Baltimore County, Md., and chairman of the National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, supported the notion of its efficacy in testimony before the committee today.
"The best way to stop a bad guy from getting a gun in the first place is a good background check," Johnson said.
Johnson also said he's seen an "explosion of fire power since the assault weapons ban expired," and argued that "the ban on assault weapons, and high-capacity ammunition must be reinstated."
"Victims are being riddled with multiple gunshots," he said. "The common-sense measures we call for will not infringe on the Second Amendment rights, but will keep guns out of the dangerous hands of -- of people who are out there to commit danger in our society, and excessive firepower out of our communities."
While gun control advocates and many Democrats have applauded the White House for recent calls for action on this issue, it's unclear which of these proposals -- if any -- can make it through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. And the pro-gun lobby has already begun using its considerable resources to target the president's proposals.
NRA CEO: "Be honest about what works" on gun violence
Wayne LaPierre, the CEO and Executive Vice President of the NRA, made the case this morning that efforts to curb gun violence should be focused on strengthening school security and mental health resources. He also stated his opposition to closing gun show loopholes, arguing that criminals won't submit to background checks anyway.
"The problem with gun laws is, criminals don't cooperate with them. The mentally ill don't cooperate with them," he said. "Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals, nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families... We need to be honest about what works and what does not work. Proposals that would only serve to burden the law-abiding have failed in the past and will fail in the future."
Gayle Trotter, an attorney and senior fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, argued that assault weapons provide a woman with "peace of mind" -- because "knowing she has a scary looking gun gives her more courage."
"An assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies at her home becomes a defense weapon," she said.
Throughout the lengthy hearing, advocates from both sides remained adamant in defense of their views, and Democrats objected strongly to assessments by LaPierre and Trotter that background checks and stricter regulations of gun sales would do nothing to solve the problem at hand.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told LaPierre that his testimony missed the point "completely" on how a universal background check would deter criminals from purchasing firearms; Kelly, meanwhile, argued that stronger background checks could have prevented his wife's shooter from acquiring his weapon.
Later today, Giffords and Kelly will meet with Mr. Obama in a meeting closed to the press, according to White House spokesman Jay Carney.
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- HISTORYNOTE I've seen this behavior in my relations. Midwest attitude is unfathomable. Nothing scares the Midwest folk. They will endure everything.
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- That's low. Parading Giffords out to limp and slur and sob about children. That's sympathy tactics at their worst. "Too many children are dying"? No kidding, but many more kids die from disease, accidents, and a laundry list of other things. Remember who shot Giffords? A mentally ill person, same as the school shooter in Sandy Hook. That's the problem, keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. Address THAT and stop wasting time arguing over a few meaningless yet inflammatory words like "assault rifle" and "high capacity magazines".
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- I grew up in the Midwest. This explains quite a bit. There is a huge disconnect and misunderstanding of these types of folks. I wasn't country as these brothers on you tube. It's a great life, go to college, work hard, play hard.
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Give me a few days and I'll submit a real account about a local hockey game that recounts the local feeling of the boys in a midwest town prior to WWII.
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- LEGALBUTUNJUST does it have to be a few days?
I mean, why the wait?
And what are you really talking about now? Local boys, the Midwest, hockey game, feelings before WWII?
I must say, I am confused.
I have to find it - it's not in digital form. scan it and convert it.
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Also you are isolated. It leaves you vulnerable to break ins and worse. Call 911 and you could have somewhat of a wait. It is the risk you take.
Also, Canadian geese and the like, will destroy crops. I lived in the country. Farmers do not kill the geese that can descend, 1000's at a time. They do shoot up and away but it works to scare the geese.
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Just saying.
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THE_RANGER_STANDS_ALONE says: A person steals guns, ....to commit crimes.
That makes sense. Which holds all gun owners responsible to secure them from being stolen.
Odds are no gun owner will admit to having a gun stolen, so naturally, there is no source.
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Hmmmm, now that you have mentioned it, I'm thinking we should all know where they went! : )
And if those groups were outlawed, surely this group can be too? That group is almost half your population!


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Blonds have more fun with orange
Sara Branley writes: "Meet my amazing mom, Karen. The youngest of four, she didn't grow up in the wealthiest family. But her innate creativity and resourcefulness didn't let that stop her love of style. Like my grandmother before her, my mom has great talent with sewing and making clothes. She made almost all of her outfits like this awesome one here. Inspired by a mix of styles, she took the simplest patterns and made them amazing and fashionable."
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She's gorgeous! I sooooo wish I could sew my own clothes. Maybe someday :) Thanks for sharing!
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You have a beautiful mother. I love her style!
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awesome. pretty woman clad in my favourite colour:)
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Your blog is fantastic!! This pic is amazing beautiful, thank you for sharing the pic and the story.
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I wish i had her talent too. Love your blog, by the way. it's amazing and was such a great idea.
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As an association, NACDL provides many services and benefits to its members. NACDL takes great pride in its educational offerings, legal resources, timely and relevant news items of interest, numerous amicus briefs submitted in the tireless fight to ensure justice for all accused of crimes, and opportunities provided for members to network and share knowledge with peers. These benefits are readily available to all members.
But there is another NACDL member benefit that may not be immediately apparent to all members — the ability to shape public policy. As a group, NACDL has the power to foster criminal justice reform. NACDL continuously monitors legislation that has the potential to dramatically affect the way attorneys practice law, the rights of clients, and the rights of U.S. citizens as a whole. Whether NACDL members choose to take advantage of this benefit not only impacts the members themselves, but it affects their peers, the entire legal profession, and the public.
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Post subject: MATTHEW INMAN OF "THE OATMEAL" SUCKS!
"DON'T MESS WITH MY MOM," by Charles Carreon
Don't Mess With My Mom, by Charles Carreon wrote:
by Charles Carreon
(Dedicated to Matthew Inman of the Oatmeal)
I'm the pterodactyl killa'
From the City of Tucson
Ya' mess with me baby,
Come and get it on.
There's never been a fight that I backed away from,
So next time remember,
Don't mess with my Mom.
You make fun of my name,
The noble Carreon,
We came here with Cortez,
And our legacy lives on.
The battles that we fight
Are the ones that must be fought.
When the smoke clears, Matt,
Your army will be gone.
Next time remember,
Don't mess with my Mom.
Your allies are the fools
Who cut and paste all day.
They think they're important,
But their anger is impotent.
They say nasty things,
But they don't get paid.
Their ignorance is deep,
So ya' get 'em on the cheap.
Your humor's scatological,
Your mind is pathological.
Did someone drop you on your head,
When you were in your baby-bed?
Did they take away your rattle,
And teach you how to tattle?
Whatever the reason,
You have committed treason
Against decency and sanity,
You're offensive to humanity.
But never fear --
I'm here to liberate you.
There's no chinks in my armor,
So I don't have to hate you.
I raise up the sword
That vanquishes disorder
I place you without passion
In the matter transporter.
You see, winged reptiles
aren't needed here.
What we need is thoughtful people
Who are decent and sincere.
So get behind me, Satan!
You're just a bit of roadkill,
Like the thief of Sex.Com,
Just another fool,
Who thought he was the bomb.
Next time, Mr. Inman,
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Artist The Oatmeal's rendition of Carreon's mother attempting to bed a bear.
The Oatmeal/Matthew Inman
The lawyer representing FunnyJunk, a site threatening to sue The Oatmeal for $20,000 for defamation, has expressed bewilderment at the Internet's negative reaction to FunnyJunk's case. "I really did not expect that [The Oatmeal] would marshal an army of people who would besiege my website and send me a string of obscene e-mails," Charles Carreon, FunnyJunk's legal representative, told MSNBC.
The Oatmeal is the site of Internet cartoonist Matthew Inman. Inman wrote in 2011 about his frustrations with FunnyJunk, saying the humor site hosted his content without attribution. FunnyJunk allegedly removed the offending material. One year later, Inman received a letter from Carreon, demanding that he produce a check for $20,000 payable to the order of FunnyJunk, LLC for defaming its operation.
While Inman set out to collect that $20,000 (and redirect it to a pair of causes, bears and cancer), Internet users set about finding Carreon's online contact information and shaming him for his actions. The attorney, who successfully litigated the sex.com case in November 2000, said to MSNBC, "I'm completely unfamiliar really with this style of responding to a legal threatI've never really seen it before... I don't like seeing anyone referring to my mother as a sexual deviant." (Carreon is referring to Inman's drawing of a woman seducing a Kodiak bear, shown above. Inman later clarified that he intended the bear to be FunnyJunk's mother, not Carreon's.)
We at Ars were, of course, shocked to hear that an unqualified attack on a beloved Internet artist might generate a negative reaction, on the Internet, by fans of that Internet artist. We are further shocked that those fans might express those reactions through other Internet channels to the instigator of that attack, such as through a publicly available e-mail address. "It's an education in the power of mob psychology and the Internet," Carreon told MSNBC. If you were waiting for Carreon's blessing as a force not to be trifled with, Internet, you have it now.
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by Tara Carreon
Killer Klowns From Outer Space, by The Dickies
Killer Klowns From Outer Space, directed by Stephen Chiodo
Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal wrote:
Created by The Oatmeal,
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by lofinikita and Cassandra Electra
Psycho Santa, by Charles Carreon wrote:
by Charles Carreon
(Dedicated to Matthew Inman of the Oatmeal)
Well he used to be a pterodactyl up in the sky,
Tearin' people's heads off,
and eatin' their eyes,
But now he's done a change-up,
Got a new disguise --
All Points Bulletin: Look out for this guy!
He's a psycho-Santa with a big bag of tricks,
Ringin' a bell, and beggin' for clicks,
Psycho Santa got a itty bitty stick,
Psycho Santa, don't fall for his schtick.
Particularly dangerous to boys and girls
Who play with computers in the virtual world
He claims to be the hero of the human race,
A relief from their cubicles and bookin' their face.
He's a psycho-Santa with a big bag of tricks,
Ringin' a bell, and beggin' for clicks,
Psycho Santa got a itty bitty stick,
Psycho Santa, don't fall for his schtick.
His prehistoric origin's a mystery --
Did he escape from the lavatory?
Was he made by the Pentagon and NSA
A living drone that shoots mind rays,
Makin' zombies of his followers --
Internet slaves!
He's a psycho-Santa with a big bag of tricks,
Ringin' a bell, and beggin' for clicks,
Psycho Santa got a itty bitty stick,
Psycho Santa, don't fall for his schtick.
When cornered he will strike back with a vicious blow,
There is no depth to which he will not go.
Do not attempt to apprehend --
Type "King Kong," then hit Send.
He's a psycho-Santa with a big bag of tricks,
Ringin' a bell, and beggin' for clicks,
Psycho Santa got a itty bitty stick,
Psycho Santa, don't fall for his schtick.
He can revert to his original form at will.
X-Men got nothin' he can't kill.
Only a simian of similar size
Can pluck the Pterodactyl out of the skies.
He's a psycho-Santa with a big bag of tricks,
Ringin' a bell, and beggin' for clicks,
Psycho Santa got a itty bitty stick,
Psycho Santa, don't fall for his schtick.
"PSYCHO SANTA BOOTLEG VERSION," by Charles Carreon
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:27 am
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David Thier wrote:
Funnyjunk Lawyer Carreon Isn't Afraid of The Oatmeal
by David Thier
Attorney Charles Carreon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The story so far: Matt Inman, AKA The Oatmeal, complains about Funnyjunk.com using his comics without permission. Intellectual property lawyer Charles Carreon sends him a letter asking for $20,000 as recompense for this defamation. Instead, Matt Inman sends him a letter explaining why hes not going to do that, raises more than $140,000 for charity, and draws a comic insinuating that Funnyjunks collective mother would not be entirely unhappy about making love to a Kodiak bear. Charles Carreon finds himself at the center of an internet firestorm.
When I talked to Carreon last night, however, he didnt seem the least bit fazed by all the negative attention hes been getting throughout the internets, or even the more aggressive incursions onto his Twitter account or WordPress site. In fact, he seemed excited about this bizarre new world he had stumbled into. For him, the Funnyjunk stuff is old news this is about himself, Matt Inman, and the great wide internet.
In his 20 years as a lawyer, he says, hes written hundreds of letters like the one he sent Inman, but the response to this one was unique.
So someone takes one of my letters and takes it apart. That doesnt mean you can just declare netwar, that doesnt mean you can encourage people to hack my website, to brute force my WordPress installation so I have to change my password. You cant encourage people to violate my trademark and violate my twitter name and associate me with incompetence, with stupidity, and douchebaggery, he says. And if thats where the world is going I will fight with every ounce of force in this 511 180 pound frame against it. Ive got the energy, and Ive got the time.
Its a bold notion, saying that youve got as much time and energy as the internet.
He compares Inmans charity campaign to when people would sell tickets to throw balls at women being accused of witches in a dunking tank. Money for charity is raised, of course, but the witches arent in on it. He may have a very difficult time proving that Inman instigated attacks, as he said on his website, but hes certain he can find some legal recourse for whats going on right now California code is just so long, but theres something in there about this, he says.
Carreon is mostly fascinated about plumbing the depths of internet rage, and hes diving in. He says he takes the time to respond to hate mail, but marvels at the extent of the language people use.
What I see is a world that is transforming before my eyes, and Im very fortunate to be at the forefront of a lot of technical development, and you cant learn anything being timid, he says.
My hero is Cyrano de Bergerac, and he said that hed rather have an enemy than kiss ass, just to sum it up, he continued. I welcome the opportunity to confront legally the misuse of a new technology.
This bizarre saga may be just beginning.
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Mike Masnick Retard Wannabe Lawyer Writer at TechDirt ejaculates wrote:
"Carreon tries to claim that these images actually incite Inman's followers into action:
'Inmans followers are by and large technologically savvy young people eager to follow the latest trend, who embrace Inmans brutal ideology of tearing you a new asshole.'
Seriously? Carreon is literally arguing that fans of a silly comic with cartoonishly ridiculous violence leads them to 'embrace' this 'brutal ideology?' Carreon really ought to spend more time online. Carreon repeatedly makes incredibly weak connections between Inman's cartoons, his online persona and the later hatred directed his way, but without any actual evidence."
It isn't even theoretical that Inman has a nasty mind and then does nasty actions. His cartoons prove his nasty mind, and his nasty actions are proved by his attempts to destroy our and our client's business. So they're connected. There's an obvious cause and effect relationship. History is full of evidence of the connection between hate speech and hate action.
What is also not theoretical is the racist effectiveness of the Nazi propaganda against the Jews. "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion," Henry Ford's "The International Jew," and cartoon books like Elwira Bauer's "Trust No Fox on His Green Heath and No Jew on His Oath," were all means of spreading anti-semitism. They were used as a justification for the Holocaust and innumerable pogroms against Jews around the world.
Who in their right mind could say that there is no connection between thought and action except for a sneaky, slimy fascist?
These Techdirt nazi scumbags are doing to Charles what they did to the Jewish lawyers in Nazi Germany. Accusing him of greed and being responsible for the entire economic mess that our country is in. I mean, that is crazy! No group of people deserves to be so wholesaledly condemned, unless they are a criminal organization like the Mafia. I don't even believe in groups! Give every individual identity, dignity, human rights, and freedom.
In addition to working for himself, Charles is working for You the People on this one, because who in the world would want this to happen to them? It's a very, very bad thing that's happening on the Internet right now to us, and it could happen to you. They're even threatening our children. One girl was so violent and threatending, said she was going to make my daughter lose her job, that she had to take the entire conversation to her HR manager. These people are BAD, BAD PEOPLE, these Matt Inman people. They are true Internet terrorists. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't involve a lot of the Anonymous people. They got this energy through the Occupy Movement. Which just goes to show you how good that whole thing was!
Trust No Fox On His Green Heath and No Jews on His Oath wrote:
The Jewish Lawyer
Just as children have their fights,
Grown-ups have their quarrels, too.
Parents judge in childrens squabbles,
Judges settle grown-ups disputes.
A good lawyer must before the judge
Lay bare all the details of the case
When the trial once begins.
The lawyer gets his money.
So it is in the whole wide world...
Our farmer Michael goes to town.
Hes got a date with the sharp attorney.
See him in the sketch Ive drawn,
With handsome wife in fine attire.
Next them the lawyer may be seen,
Hes looking very poor and mean.
Just now his trade is very slack,
From farmer Michael he expects a whack!
To the farmer he makes a plea:
Dear rich Michael be kind to me.
Couldnt you bring me butter, wine,
Flour and eggs? That would be fine!
Just give me time with this tricky suit;
Well win the case and money to boot!
Heres good prospect, I surmise,
But all he said was a pack of lies.
The peasant folk from Dummelsbrumm
Believe it all: they are so dumb!
They bring him every kind of food.
And, Boy! that lawyers feeling good.
The end is sad to this long tale:
The farmer had to go to court,
So long the Jewish lawyer fought,
Primed with the farmers butter and eggs.
Now round and plump and plump and round,
Jew lawyer weighs 240 pound.
Only when there was nothing left
Did, strangely enough, the trial end.
The farmer, true, had won the case;
Now he wonders with long face
Who his goods and money took.
They were stolen all by the Jewish crook.
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Anonymous Coward at TechDirt wrote:
In the grand scheme of useful professions I used to consider the un-fireable federal civil servant to be essentially the dead end of productivity, the gutter of the American workforce, a valid reason the federal government is ruining our currency with waste and spending explosions...
But really, it's people like Carreon who are the worst of the worst. The American economy would likely be going gangbusters if the patent system hadn't been transmogrified into a system of property ownership via legal fight by lawyers such as him. This infestation of trolls and vultures has turned the creative process of the American economy into their own personal b*tch through threats and lawsuits. The creativity of the free people of this earth wouldn't be hamstrung by scum like this if they didn't have to look over their shoulder any time they feared having their creativity stolen and themselves muscled out of the industry by those with money and legal staff via patents that are too vague, copyright enforcement that should not apply, and trademark fights that are baseless.
You are scum, Charles Carreon. You contribute nothing to society. Your ego and greed are the reason millions are out of work right now. You are a contemptible butt baby that managed to live from out of the anus of mankind, polluting our lives with pre-restraint of our own imaginations and paranoia for those who have already created beautiful things. If I had 10+ billion dollars I would try to forcibly use you as a space monkey for early colonization of Mars, at least then we'd get valuable data out of your pathetic existence.
Both sides of Charles' family, the Ainsa/Anzas and the Carreons, were Spanish Conversos. The Carreon name is on the list online. Ainsa, on the other hand, his mother's surname, is also a town in Basque Spain. When Spanish Jews converted to Catholicism, in order to discard their Jewish surnames, they often took the name of their town, and thus their surnames are also "place names." Thus, it is quite likely that Charles is genetically Jewish from both sides of his family.
The Ainsa family also had the typical southwestern U.S. tradition of mysteriously refusing to eat pork. That is something that is said to be the vestiges of Jews fleeing not only from Spain to Mexico, but then, when the Inquisition also took effect in Mexico, they further fled to northern New Spain, into New Mexico, and what is now Arizona.
The Ainsas also attained great prominence as a wealthy family in San Francisco before the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Jose Ainsa was a member of the Crab expedition that ended in the incredible Caborca massacre, and his story is a matter of legend. And if we're looking for family pride, Jose Ainsa refused to leave Mexico before he was given an apology for being arrested as a member of the Crab expedition. Everyone else was killed and he was the only one left alive because he was so handsome and well spoken that the daughter of a prominent family fell in love with him, and begged the governor to pardon him. And he was pardoned, but he still refused to leave Mexico until he got an apology, at which point his friends bundled him up and carried him back to San Francisco. See "Hey Dude, Where's My Silver Mines?" by Charles Carreon
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TDR of TechDirt wrote:
"He held a position of no importance. He was a lowly parasite, a zero. A piece of sputum swirling around the toilet bowl of life. He was like the security guard at the front gate who thinks of himself as head of the corporation. And so, when this dispute with the Oatmeal arose, Charles Carreon went over the edge. It was his case, ergo, his pride. I ask the court to look at this man, this sad man, this pathetic man, this joke of a man. A man who sat and failed his mental health exam on no less than fourteen occasions. A man so petty and small-minded, he would while away his hours writing threat letters for defendants he hadn't even met yet. A man who commanded as much love and respect from his fellow human beings as Long John Silver's parrot. An overzealous lawyer with a Napoleon complex. Who would ask this man to represent them in a court of law? Only a yogurt."
These phaggotish, conspiratorial, childish, dorkish, baseless, mindless, shameful, dumb, aggressive, jealous, reprobate, obsessed, mad, clueless, shockingly delusional, completely lost and in trouble, bottom-of-the-barrel, short-sighted, dumb-fuck, ranting, Un-American, contemptible, obnoxious, embarrassing, incompetent, bizarre, constipated, bankrupt, hypocritical, stupid, fearful, carnivorous, wolverine, ranting, foaming at the mouth, bullying, lying, paranoid, no-better-than-the-mafia, smeghead, scumbag, cretinous, lazy, delusional, demented, narcissistic, pathological, extortionistic lunatic, thuggish drama-whores, poised on the edge of a precipice, hoisted by their own petard, their holy fucking shitballs burning inside a biplane careening toward the Statue of Liberty, rhinos raping chinchillas dressed up in unicorns' undergarments, who deserve every bad thing that happens to them, having to learn their lessons the hard way, and who I wouldn't even piss on if they were on fire (they believe in name-calling at TechDirt) claim that these types of statements are not actionable because they aren't "false facts," just "satire." Where is the dividing line?
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Another Anonymous Coward at Techdirt wrote:
I hope to god that you're a child, because otherwise, you seem to have some quite profound issues. The thought of you driving a car, voting, or god forbid, raising children scares me.
It is a fact that Funnyjunk was removing the attribution from Matt Inman's work in an attempt to drive ad revenue. (This is presumably because nobody who works for Funnyjunk has any actual creativity or talent to draw their own damn cartoons.) When Inman rightfully complained about this (the removal of the copyright), then rather than do the right thing, Funnyjunk began to behave as if they were the ones who were being wronged. This escalated to the point that Funnyjunk's nutcase-for-hire, Carreon, tried to bully Inman into paying him $20,000 (for what? Compensation to Funnyjunk for suffering the indignity of being called thieves, when they were caught stealing?) This is when Inman went public on this and Carreon went into conniptions, and started to have what seems to be some kind of mental breakdown.
The above is indisputable, but allow me to offer my opinion as well. For people like Funnyjunk and Carreon, lying and bullying is just their modus operandi - they do this day in, day out. They're so used to people rolling over and appeasing them, or just giving up and walking away, that they are genuinely upset that Inman has called them on their bullshit. These people are no better than the Mafia. I wouldn't do business with them - I wouldn't even piss on them if they were on fire. But the whole world can now see them for the reprobates that they are. If they do end up damaging their careers (if aggregating unattributed cartoons even qualifies as a career), then good. The only thing they can do to make amends is to apologize at the very least, and maybe match Inman's charity contributions. They brought this on themselves and they deserve every last moment of it.
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Michael Pollitt wrote:
How to get online advertising for free: Adding hard-to-see tags to viral widgets worked well for one developer, but how ethical are his methods?
by Michael Pollitt
The Guardian, Wednesday 13 February 2008
Matthew Inman may be a genius. Or he may be a fiend. What the Seattle-based web developer and online marketer has done is figure out a way to get people to advertise his sites without paying them. What's even smarter is that he's got the people who search engines rank most highly to do the advertising: bloggers and social networkers.
It works like this. Inman devises a free quiz, which appears on some webpage. You take it - answering perhaps a dozen arcane questions about Star Trek. At the end, you're presented with a badge or widget for your blog, website or social networking page; there's also the option of some HTML code that can just be copied and pasted in to any page's source.
Tucked away
But tucked away within the HTML code that puts the badge or widget on your site - and unseen by human readers of the blog, because the badge or widget obscures it - is a link to an entirely different site. Search engine spiders spot the link, see that many bloggers seem to be pointing towards it and raise its page rank, producing high search results for certain keywords (also in the HTML) such as "cash advance".
"About a year ago I built a free dating website [Mingle2]," says Inman, who previously worked for a search marketing company. "Unless I could get users to sign up I was dead in the water - a dating site without dates is pretty much useless."
At first, he tried creating linkbait to get his site noticed. That's not as sinister as it sounds: linkbait means interesting content on a website which baits visitors to place links to it from their websites. "I created a few of these linkbait pieces and they gained quite a bit of traffic, but I still wasn't getting many signups," Inman says. "Eventually I created the 'how geek are you?' quiz and added a link to the quiz badge that said 'free online dating' and linked to my homepage."
As his quiz badge spread across the internet like influenza, Inman's dating site began ranking at Google for "free online dating", and people started to sign up. He claims to have generated nearly a quarter of a million links in four months, eventually ranking number one for such searches on Google. Six months and 2 million visitors later, Mingle2 was bought by JustSayHi.com, another free dating website, which is now Inman's employer.
The original geek quiz has been followed by more than 80 quizzes, badges, blog widgets and blog bumper stickers, attracting up to 175,000 visits per day to JustSayHi's blog widget section. Inman was also responsible for the Blog Readability Test, hosted on criticsrant.com. As a viral widget, it's been picked up by tens of thousands of people.
Google views things differently. The alt attribute tag in the HTML ought to be used for a meaningful description of the image but has keywords - like "cash advance" - instead. A small visible text link - such as "online payday loans" - points to cashadvance1500.com. Search engines now see many inbound links to the loans site which ranks highly for its keywords. And criticsrant.com gains too.
Is there something fiendish going on? Who benefits? "Criticsrant.com and cashadvance1500.com are both owned by NextInternet which is the venture capitalist/incubator that funds us," Inman says. "Cross-linking and cross-promoting is something companies with multiple websites do all the time."
The plan worked well, especially when the Blog Readability Test was picked up by Wired's Underwire blog. However, Inman points out that his work is used voluntarily, and that nobody is paid to do so.
"We created a piece of content that webmasters and bloggers really liked. We provide them some suggested HTML code to make it easier to share," Inman says. And those links to cashadvance1500.com? "The links we put in the code are completely visible. Webmasters are free to remove them, change the code," he says.
Search engine optimisation - the real, if disguised, objective of the exercise - offers good and bad techniques. Google's quality guidelines advise against the latter: "Avoid tricks intended to improve search engine rankings," Google says.
Link schemes that increase page rank are also disapproved of. However, Google often won't take action on a single site, preferring to "improve the algorithm to spot all sites of a similar nature". (Sites suspected of breaking the guidelines may be reported at here.)
The Guardian showed Google some of Inman's work. "Widgets that are distributed with a link back to the site that created the widget are fine," it says. "However, going a step further and selling links to third parties is against our quality guidelines. Sites that employ or distribute such widgets may risk losing rankings." Inman's response? "We're not selling links to anyone. We own or have very close partnerships with all the websites who we are targeting in those quiz badge links. If the widgets come with a bit of advertising attached I don't see it as being too terrible."
As the links to the sites are visible in the code and displayed on screen, it's not surprising that Inman admits that a "huge percentage" are removed. But enough survive to make his job worthwhile."I could adjust my badge code to easily hide those links," Inman says. "Instead, I keep them out in the open."
Using Yahoo's Site Explorer, Danny Sullivan, a search engine guru and editor-in-chief for SearchEngineLand.com, found more than 150,000 inbound links to cashadvance1500.com. "I think putting an entirely off-topic link next to a graphic is pushing it," he says.
The Guardian emailed bloggers who had published the Blog Readability Test with its links intact. Tony Hillerson, a software architect from Colorado, seems unperturbed. "I did notice that there was an ad there and I didn't mind, since I thought it was funny," Hillerson says. "In that context, I really doubt they got any clicks. All in all, it was funny, and the price to pay was to have these guys get a few possible clicks off of me, so I don't mind."
'Offending code'
But Stephen Sherlock in Massachusetts didn't realise what was happening until we told him. Now, somewhat annoyed, he's removed the "offending code" - the link to cashadvance1500.com. "I don't like those who game the system. I'll be much more careful with the next opportunity to participate in a meme like this," he says.
Dan Thornton, a community marketing manager for Emap and editor for Disposable Media, innocently added the test to his blog. He says: "If I'd examined the HTML I definitely would not have included the link on my page, and would have publicised the fact that it's a scam.
"Hiding link code in a widget like this is basically using the same methods as you would use to spread a virus, and while this is essentially just to aid someone's Google ranking, the fact they felt they had to hide it in such a way makes me a little annoyed."
Inman says: "This is just a clever spin on linkbaiting that gives me a competitive edge. Placing links on websites to aid in search marketing efforts is nothing new." Yet the dividing line between fiendish money-making or clever marketing may never have been narrower.
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Though imagery suggest this post is predominantly dedicated to Adidas, the subject matter is in fact, Daft Punk. I felt the galactic ghetto-luxe just seemed appropriate. And it's one of my favourite styles, so why not!
R.A.M. – or better known as Random Access Memories – not just a computer thing but also the name of one of our favourite disco/electro/helmet-wearing DJ duo, Daft Punk's latest and most talked about album.
Because we love these guys and wanna spread the word about their awesome new album with the track everyone's singing along to at the moment – 'Get Lucky', we decided to giveaway ANOTHER album and D.I.Y. Daft Punk promo helmet to you guys – because we love you too!
So for those who thought they missed out – well, here's your lucky second chance to win. Entry is stupid simple. Just tell us your favourite Daft Punk track from their new album, Random Access Memories. And that's it – though there are some small conditions below that will secure your entry.
1. Using the comment form at the end of this post, tell us what your favourite track is from the Random Access Memories album
2. Don't forget to leave your name and email address
- One Daft Punk 'Random Access Memories' CD album (see last image)
- One D.I.Y. cardboard helmet mask (see second last image)
Entries close Saturday 15th June 2013 at end of day. Goodluck!
Below are images of what you will have the chance to win: 1 x D.I.Y. Daft Punk cardboard helmet and Random Access Memories album
Daft Punk helmet
Daft Punk 'Random Access Memories' album and cardboard helmet from Sony Music
Cast Eyewear 'Coco Flannel' sunglasses – here
Electric Yoga from Style Runner puff hoody – here
Adidas Originals clothing from Adidas Originals - here
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Photos by Jesse Maricic using Nikon equipment | nikon.com.au