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I know it is a bold statement, but I have always created basic websites for people in my business. From way back when you had to hand code everything, up to now where you can load up a couple of pieces of software, then throw a template on it and it is done. It is much easier and prettier today than it was even 3 years ago. One of the problems that was around 10 years ago that is still around today is how businesses misunderstand their website. The problem that a majority of businesses have with misunderstanding their website is how it should be utilized to market their business.
If you build it, they will come syndrome…
That is the biggest misunderstanding people have when it comes to their website. I have talked to businesses who have spent 10k on a website they just didn't understand why they weren't raking in the dough and pulling tons of leads daily from it. They all have the same syndrome of, if you build it they will come, tons of people will come to your website overnight, turning you into a millionaire. This same thing is true with business Facebook pages, the thought process is still there. You want to know who the biggest pusher of this thought process is? It is a toss up, between other people who get business from their website and the website designer.
So let me dispel the myth for you, right here and now. Just because you have a website, does not mean you will suddenly have a ton of new customers overnight. Think about it for a minute, how do people know you have a website? You could have the prettiest website in the entire world, but if no one knows it is there, then all you have is a flyer in a box in your closet. My question to people who are complaining about their website and its lack of traffic is this, "how are you marketing your website?" You would think I had grown a 3rd eye, by the looks that I get when I ask most people this question.
Ask yourself the same question, how are you marketing your website? If you are not happy with the amount of traffic and purchases from your website, what are you doing about it? Are you yelling at your designer? Believe me, when I tell you this, most web designers are not marketers. They may give you a spiel saying that they are, but if their main business is not marketing, then they are not marketers. Me for example, I am a marketer who does websites. If you want a basic website that is set up and ready for you to market it, then I am your guy. But if you want this elaborate website that is going to require a ton of customization, I will be more than happy to help you find a phenomenal designer that will fit your needs. Then we can setup a marketing plan to let the world know about your new website!
I want to help you market your website! I want to get you away from this mindset of "I built it, now they will come in droves. Just like a black Friday sale or a bear to honey!" I want to see you succeed in business and having limiting mindsets such as that one only impedes your progress. I don't care if you have the ugliest website in the world, I would rather help you market that website, than tell you to spend 10k on a redesign. How about we get you some money coming in first, then you can build up your website over the next couple of years as your business continues to grow? How about that? How about instead of spending 10k we setup a marketing plan that spends half of that, but makes you 50k over the course of the next year? Does that make more sense to you? It does to me!
So what is your website really?
Since so many people misunderstand it, what is a website supposed to do for your business? You ready?
Your website is your 24/7 marketing and sales arm of your business!
Can you afford to pay someone to market and do sales for you 24 hours a day? Well if you are a local business and have operating hours of less than 12 hours a day, then no you probably can't or much less afford to pay someone to do that. So your website is there for people 24 hours a day 7 days a week, talking about your business and its offerings. How great is that!
How are you Marketing your Website?
Which bring me back to one of my questions, how are you marketing your website? If you don't have at least 3 ways to market your website that you have going on daily, then you are missing out on a ton of potential business. I actually have a class that teaches you how you need to be marketing your website. Starting in January, that class will actually be online! If you are interested in learning how you can be marketing your website and get away from this lack of business, head on over to my website and sign up for my email list. This way when I open this online class up to the public, you will know about it before anyone else. Not to mention, I will be giving a huge discount to everyone on my email list.
I certainly hope that this has helped to illuminate you and your thoughts about your website. I hope that you realize that you need to be marketing your website in different areas and places, so that you can start capturing new leads and new customers, especially in the new year! A website is a great way to tell everyone what they need to know about your business, especially if it is after hours or on the weekend.
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North Georgia Weather
2:29 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Most people don't understand SEO or how to make it work for them. but my experience is that it's hard to find someone that's "good" that you can trust to help you do it properly.
Jonathan Wofford
8:20 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Very true, I have worked with several companies who claim to do SEO, but all they really know how to do is add meta tags to the website and submit the site to Google. Which is fine, but with the prices people for that service, they are usually getting ripped off.
In my opinion SEO is only one portion of what you can and need to be doing in order to market your website. Organic search results are great over the long haul, but they do nothing to help you in the short term or when Google makes an adjustment to their algorithm.
David Manley
2:37 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
"Local Voices" seems to have been turned into a new way to advertise. Is posting in "Local Voices" still free? Will everyone with a product or service to sell be able to post in "Local Voices"? Is this post in "Local Voices" an implied endorsement of the marketing service by Patch versus those who clearly place an ad?
Sharon Swanepoel
3:04 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
No David, Local Voices is a blog and people who have information that is of benefit to our readers are welcome to become a blogger. Although there might be a re-direct back to actual paid services, the free advice upfront is what is "voiced" on Patch and comes with no endorsement or otherise. You can choose to follow up and take it further, or not, that choice is yours. The advertising that we offer on Patch, however, is paid.
North Georgia Weather
5:08 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
I do question some of the blogs though when all they offer are teasers with no real free advice or information. I kinda agree with David, I've even mentioned this to Kristi before.
Tucker M.
3:53 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
One redirect might be okay but really? FIVE keyword rich links plus the link to the original content posted on his website? If that is not free advertising, I don't know what is.
Once you open it up to everyone with a widget or widget service to sell, you get spammy, link laden, keyword rich articles like the one above that are boldly self-serving and offer absolutely no benefit to your readers. The only thing I learned from the article above it that I should start submitting my links here too.
Shame on Patch for having no editorial guidelines in 'Local Voices'.
Jonathan Wofford
8:17 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
Hey, Tucker M. read both of your comments. I actually asked how many links I could put in before I added them. But apparently more than 3 really upsets some people, so I will adjust for future blog posts.
You may not have learned anything from the article because you already knew the purpose for your website. My articles either help you or they don't, you probably fall into the category of advance user, which is great!
Most people fall into the category of beginner and have the mindset of what I talk about above. Which is who my target audience is, not really after the advance users because they already know what they are doing.
There are plenty of people out there who don't get it when it comes to marketing their website or their business. Who I hope this information helps. If you have any questions feel free to message me, I don't always see the comments here (apparently, since I am just now responding), but you are more than welcome to email me!
I am a big fan of patch and don't want to be considered gaming the system. So I will adjust my links in my future blogs. Patch advertising is great, both on the free and paid side. I want to be considered someone who is sharing helpful information, which I feel like I am doing, for people who are considered beginners.


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WEST BLOOMFIELD TWP. When Chase Havlik was 15 months old, he wasnt eating.
His parents had taken him to five different childrens hospitals and were referred to the Cleveland Clinic, where he was going to be put on a feeding tube.
Chase was adopted when he was one day old by Jason and Sara Havlik of Grosse Pointe Farms. The couple traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, where Chase was born six weeks premature.
The family was sure (Chase) was exposed to drugs and alcohol throughout the pregnancy, said Jessica Hunt, an occupational therapist.
Hunt works at the Kaufman Childrens Center in West Bloomfield. Chases parents took him there as a last resort when he was 15 months old, after other therapists tried and failed to get Chase eating. A family friend who works as a speech pathologist referred the Havliks to the clinic.
Eating disorders for children are really the pinnacle of occupational therapy, his mother Sara Havlik said. If you are able to accomplish that (as an occupational therapist), you have reached the peak.
On April 10, Chase celebrated his second birthday. After six months of therapy with Hunt, he went from not being on the growth chart to doing just phenomenal, Havlik said. Before therapy, the toddler was not able to chew because he had avoided food for so long.
The Kaufman Childrens Center focuses on therapy for children who have developmental disorders, meaning present from birth. More than 75 percent of the children who come to the center have autism.
At age 2, children are supposed to gain one or two pounds a month. Chases aversion to food was affecting the nutrients in his body and the health of his bones, joints and fluids, Hunt said.
Feeding is one of the most social things humans do, and a child who wont eat is probably one of the most devastating things (there is) for a family, Hunt said.
Chase was going into fight or flight mode at mealtime and had screamed throughout previous therapy sessions. After coming to the Kaufman Childrens Center for a while, Chase smiled when he saw me in the waiting room, his therapist said.
Hunt credited some of her success with Chase to his mother, who followed through with at-home exercises.
The therapist said he is now discharged and functioning normally.
Every time I see him eat, I see her (Hunt) in his eyes. He would not be doing it if it wasnt for her, Havlik said.
Chases therapy was not cheap: The Kaufman Childrens Center charges $400 for an initial evaluation and $67 every half-hour for occupational therapy.
Nancy Kaufman, the centers founder and director, said insurance companies do not typically cover freestanding clinics.
Kaufman said insurers draw a distinction between therapy for children who have impairments from birth and adults needing therapy after an accident or disease.
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Well, I'm taking a stand. No longer will I be shackled by my fears! The following item may not be terribly funny to you, but by gum,* I think it's utterly uproarious. **
First, a bit of background. One of my brothers is also into photography. While on our recent trip to my parents' house (wherein we encountered the Doll of Dirrrty), I went through his photography books to see if there was anything I could borrow. Among the actual, helpful books, I also found a small photography book from the 1950's, which he had picked up for its comedic value at a vintage bookstore. I can't adequately convey the hilarity of the tone in which this book was written. It's definitely a product of its time, with such gems as how to get the best shots of a "vivacious model, full of pep and enthusiasm." There is also useful advice, like "Never use your photography as a means of…getting a girl out in the woods." The whole thing reminds me of this:
Best of all, though, is the introduction to the book itself. Now, there is no possible way for me to do justice to the Best Foreword Ever Written, so here it is:
My friends, meet Peter Gowland...photographer of women! The greatest pin-up artist of them all! I did some research, and though it seems that he actually has some clout, the foreword contains what is no doubt some of the most over-the-top prose ever written by the hand of man. (See? I can do it, too!)
It is now my goal to live a life that will one day inspire someone to write something like this about me.
Speaking of photography, I now submit to you a picture I took (albeit with my camera phone), which is Exhibit # 1,034,459 in the "Hot Damn! I'm a Pervert!" file:
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I'm sorry, but "Milky Pleasures"?! I'm not made of stone!
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Now, the drink's name alone is gag-inducing, but the combination of ingredients, plus that visual? Well, it just makes me want to hurl. Congratulations, Stephanie! Send me your address, and your prize will be on its way.
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Gay Activists Need Nonviolence
For all the comparisons that could be made about gay rights and the civil rights fights of the 50s and 60s, one major factor is missing. NONVIOLENCE! Martin Luther King, Jr., C.O.R.E, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and others were at the forefront of the fight and all of them preached nonviolence as the method of choice. It was a choice as they chose peace. It was understood that more hate would not stop hate.
Gay rights activists today could get peace with Church folks if they made the choice for nonviolence, civil disobedience and peace but instead many have chosen violence which anti-gay religious groups will use against us to show that gays are violent. Everyone looses when violence is used. How I could get this message around the USA to every homo out there so they choose nonviolence, learn nonviolence, and protest in nonviolent ways? Someone please tell me. Sadly, this counter protest in Mass. was a perfect example. Pro-gay marriage groups yelled at church protesters, called them names, and disrupted their rally. So now the anti-gay marriage folks went home disliking and hating gays even more. Please show me how this is going to change anything for gays. Groups like Mass Equality are not helping the struggle for rights when they make people hate us more. The goal should always be to bring the truth in love, not more hate. from the article: About 100 members of MassEquality shouting Bigots go home faced off with the anti-marriage demonstrators. If Mass Equality had counter protested in silence, handing out stories of gay couples and the need for gay marriage they could have educated our opponents and perhaps changed some minds through education and love. Instead those people left hating gays even more. Those anti-gay protesters are now more threatened by gays than before the protest. Everyone lost in this event. In violence, everyone loses. If they had chosen nonviolence, this all would be different. There are 100 more reasons to choose peace for every one reason to use violence. (no matter what they shout at you, no matter what they say about you, there is no reason to call them names) MassEquality said it will counter future anti-gay rallies with a similar show of force. Here is the scary part of this article, they plan to do this again, so rather than anti-gay people just hating us, and believing we are out to destroy marriage, they will think we are violent too! MassEquality is not helping us, they are hurting us this this type of protest. They should try peace, try nonviolence, they should hand out educational papers to opposing protesters. They should bring the anti-gay people coffee, offer to sit with them and talk, learn from each other instead of calling people bigots. If you want change, you must be the change. If you want people to stop calling you evil things, then you need to do the same. You want respect, you must show respect. Quote:
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Find a way to get MassEquality's email/address mailing list. And other mailing lists. Impossible? I don't know. But they exist and so does your goal. It can happen somehow. Who do you know who knows....?
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Establish a nonviolent group. That's how. PFLAG was started by someone who thought, well, I want a support group for GLBT's. Start a group that preaches nonviolence. Start a group whose message isn't shoving gay-rights down people's throats, but instead asking for equal rights, regardless of sexual preference. Start a group that shows its members are people. Not gays, or lesbians or blacks or white, just people.
You might also consider coining a new name for people with same sex attractions. Rather than using the word gay, maybe if we called ourselves something else. The word gay has such a negative connotation these days, people use it in the phrase "that's so gay." If we disasociated ourselves with this term mayber that would help. The best way to build a brick house is one brick at a time. Start small. With prayer God will help your group grow, people will learn about it, and sooner than you think you will have a movement. One that might be more successful than any so far. And if you want any help... you know where to ask. |
Sorry, this is a quick response after a very quick read through--forgive me if I am missing something. A comparison is made with the African American Civil Rights movement. As folks like the Rev. James Lawson has pointed out, the spirit of nonviolence was in large part a legacy from the faith traditions of African Americans--the black church in particular. Gay people have been cut off from that spiritual tradition by Christian homophobia. Gay people have difficult independent struggles to reclaim a spiritual identity. Soulforce is one small spiritual community-coming-to-be in the spiritual vacuum caused by the forced exile of LGBT persons from the faith communities of their birth. We have a really really big job to accomplish. Nonviolence does not come to people naturally. It is a product of education and en-culturation. The process of education and en-culturation requires established institutions that LGBT people are still struggling to create. I'm sorry to hear about the violent episode that Joe reports in Massachusettes. Here in Madison a few years back I saw Christian Right Wingers almost succede in provoking a riot amongst LGBT persons and their supporters. We really have alot of work to do! I have to confess, I need to do that work in my own spirit too! Soulforce has taught me alot--I still need to learn more. Steven Webster |
Took 2 seconds to find their website via google search.
www.massequality.org You can sign up for email updates. And another counter-demonstration is listed on the events schedule for Sat the 16th. Joe, perhaps you'd like to contact them directly? There's even a phone # on the website.
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I agree that GLBT activists need to embrace nonviolence, and I also think Steven's point is an excellent one.
At the action we held at the ex-gay conference in Woodstock a month ago, I wanted to be sure that I followed principles of nonviolence. The sign I held was a rainbow fish, and we sang hymns of love and peace and we prayed. However, we had no control over other groups that came, and some groups (in my opinion) presented a message that was counter to what we were trying to accomplish. While I appreciated the presence of all groups at the protest, I simply couldn't stay when people started yelling "Christian fascists have to go!" That was my cue to leave. There was also a small group of people holding signs that focused on gay sex -- which ended up supporting the "gays want to shove gay sex in our faces" opinion that many CC's already feel. I wish we could all be of one mind supporting nonviolence to achieve GLBT equality. We of course have no control over what other groups choose to do. The key might be continuing work to attract people to Soulforce, increasing our numbers and, thereby, our influence for nonviolent methods of social change. One problem we encountered at Woodstock, I think, was the misperception that Soulforce is a "Christian" group. There is such anger within the GLBT community, so many who have been hurt by their church and religion in general, that there was some wariness even of Soulforce! So many GLBT people not only don't embrace religion or spirituality any more -- they actively oppose it because of the pain and fear it has wrought in their lives. Who hasn't, at some point, lashed out against that which has hurt them the most? Many GLBT folks I know resent Christianity so much, that I'm afraid any mention of the spiritual or religious sends them running. Susan
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My knowledge of history is still rather limited in most respects, including Gay Activism. As far as I know, every Gay Activist organization, from Daughters of Bilitis and Mattachine to the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Association. Unless we are to consider a ZAP as a violent action and I dont think it is any more violent than a march on Washington, I can think of nothing. I would honestly appreciate such news. The worst thing that can happen to a group is overwhelming feelings of persecution and isolation. Holding together, and seeing things as true as we can are better. Addressing your plea: I can speak from personal experience, a thought can give rise to a word or an action, even changes in ones environment. Until an individual can be sure that they can face a drunken mob or an entrenched politician or minister without so much as fear in their heart (fear can give rise to anger, which can give rise to hate), they should either select their weapon or walk/run away. We who have dedicated ourselves to the nonviolent approach to civil dissent cannot force anyone else to take this path. We can persuade, and help them when they make the choice, but never force them. That could lead to double violence; first to the dissident by us for forcing them into a way they are not ready for; then by themselves for the guilt and shame they have while they fight feelings they dont really want to fight. Let us take care with oughts and shoulds and musts when we are counseling, even our own souls on a matter. Living someone elses life for them is the surest path to despotism. Well, that is how I think on this subject.
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So it seems to me that an initial element is to encourage GLBT people to renew their spiritual lives ... but that's in itself a challenge of its own. |
It would take something akin to what led up to the Stonewall riots to get the community together for anything like a March on Washington. Politicians are clever, though, and learn from their mistakes. They may still write us off, but they still find a way to make us feel like they want us.
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[QUOTE=Joe Brummer;16297]For all the comparisons that could be made about gay rights and the civil rights fights of the 50s and 60s, one major factor is missing. NONVIOLENCE! Martin Luther King, Jr., C.O.R.E, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and others were at the forefront of the fight and all of them preached nonviolence as the method of choice. It was a choice as they chose peace. It was understood that more hate would not stop hate.[quote]
I do understand what you are saying, but do you comprehend how brutally tought it is to be physically and spiritually non-violent when anti-gays often engage in spritual violence. Just look at the comments on CARM(A very strong anti-gay board). I support you in theory, I have tried your approach in theory. But the temptation to engage in spiritual violence continues to increase when anti-gays refuse to listen to civil expression and consistently use spritual violence. Most of us just snap. I have. I tried to be polite and civil to anti-gays but when they continue with their ruthless and mean methods, I stoop to their level. Obviously this is not right but we are human. |
I am aware of how hard it is, but perhaps you are standing and looking at this from one place. I suggest you stand and look from another angle.
Stand from the place of young black men at a lunch counter with milk poured on their heads, hoping to end the segregation of the lunch counters.....is it still hard to hold back from violence? Stand from the place of the men in line at the salt factor in India. These men wanted to be free to make their own slat. One by one they approached the salt factory only to be beaten. One by one, they came in nonviolence.......do you still think you are not stron enough to be nonviolence, I think you are..... Stand from the place of Rosa Parks on the bus...close your eyes and picture this....she has just been told to get up from her seat and said "no", do you think they were not spiritually violent, verbally violent to her? Do you believe they carried her away in silence?.....do you still believe you can't do it....I believe you can, I believe we are all stong enough but maybe not ready. What can I do to help you get ready? Gandhi biggest adversary in India became his closest friend. NOnviolence is about seeing the anti-gay folks as people, not things. People, not a movement like they see us. Do not see the anti-gay as an agenda, see them as people, with lives...I do know it is hard, but it has to happen to end the violence. I have been emailing back and forth with a few people who are vocally anti-gay. One sent me a Christmas Card with a $10 gift certificate. She doesn't agree with me being gay, she thinks I am a sinner, but her ears are open...she respects my beliefs about being gay. SHe is a start to what we need to accomplish with all the anti-gay. I am sure she will still blog about anti-gay things and say horrid things about gays, but now I am in a position to talk with her and hope to end this violence and find peace. We need peace...and nonviolence is the method that will bring it. I know this with all my soul! Love, Joe |
When you are calm, then reply. When you can answer their hate, no matter how strong and know their hate comes from a place of pain and suffering. WHen we see others suffer, we should bring compassion. Compassion will transform them. It may take a few tries to make this happen, but trust me, it will. Here is what I suggest..... Take a yellow sticky note and put it on the monitor of your computer. Write on the sticky BREATHE.......It will remind you to breath and plan your words before answering the next anti-gay post. Answer them with compassion because you know that the hate, anger and fear comes from a place of pain and suffering. Comfort them from their pain, but change not who you are.....a gay man. Be stern, but loving. Be compassionate, but honest. Don't use words like "bigot" or "homophobe". Attack the forces of evil, not the person doing the evil.....(MLK) Trust me this works..... |
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Brad Schmett of Luxury Homes by Keller Williams has announced today that Rancho Mirage real estate will enjoy a substantial upsurge as the Third Annual Celebrity Golf Invitational kicks off at the Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, February 8-10, 2013. The gala event will also benefit Childhelp, a nonprofit organization founded for the prevention and treatment of child abuse in the Coachella Valley.
Rancho Mirage, California (PRWEB) February 04, 2013
Brad Schmett, Broker Associate with Luxury Homes by Keller Williams, today announced that the Rancho Mirage area real estate market will enjoy a significant boost thanks to the upcoming Third Annual Childhelp Celebrity Golf Invitational on February 8-10, 2013. As in past years the event is expected to draw thousands of visitors to Rancho Mirage and surrounding area, creating an upsurge in interest in Rancho Mirage area real estate.
This year the event will be held at the posh Westin Mission Hills Resort and Spa in the spectacular City of Rancho Mirage. With Grammy award-winning country songbird LeAnn Rimes performing, a sold out event is assured. The big winners are always the children of our local Coachella Valley communities thanks to Childhelp as they work diligently to prevent and treat child abuse. Stunning actress Cheryl Ladd and the ever popular and dashing John O'Hurley will host the weekend's events.
World famous LeAnn Rimes is the youngest ever recipient of a Grammy Award as well as the first country recording artist to win that award in the "best new artist" category. With 42 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart including 13 "Top 10" hits, attendees are in for a truly magnificent show from Ms. Rimes. Recently Brad Schmett spoke about the upcoming event, "A star of this caliber always attracts a standing room only crowd. Add to that plenty of outstanding golfing, a gala awards luncheon, and lots of celebrities and you have the formula for this simply amazing weekend. I know the rest of the real estate community joins me in welcoming our new friends and neighbors who will be shopping for homes all through February as well as attending this stellar event."
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Try my build of PearPC for linux with the newclock patch (JIT Pentium4 Optimized), It doesn't display the icon bar at the bottom in Mac OS X, but it runs much faster than even that latest version of SDL+newclock build from richardgoodwin site. I have Pentium4 3.4Ghz cpu and Red Hat 9, it is running very fast for me, especially the applications are loading very quickly as compared to SDL and other builds.
Try it and tell me the results. Sometimes it may crash when u run it the first time, so try to run again. Use the ppc.cfg file, just change the harddisk and cdrom image locations. When its running, its pretty much stable. Here is the link:
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I've been fortunate enough to get to play Guild Wars 2 (GW2) multiple times at trade-shows so when ArenaNet & NCsoft started a pre-purchase beta invite program not putting the money down to get in wasn't even up for consideration. The first of an undetermined number of beta weekend events for pre-purchasers like myself is starting up on Friday, April 27th. I have some ideas of how I want to approach this period, consisting of the following activities:
Trying out races and classes that I wouldn't normally play.
Given that anything achieved in the betas will be wiped from existence there's no real use getting too attached to any characters created. I am particularly drawn to the ranger, mesmer, and thief professions and imagine I will be playing those at launch so I'd like to play as some of the ones I would otherwise steer clear of, notably the warrior and guardian classes. Throw some furry charr action in there and I should be getting a very different taste than what I'd prefer to invest in.


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WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1863.Mr. DOUGLASS from the Committee on Education reported back the joint resolution [S. 1] amending the Constitution so as to empower cities, towns and townships to levy special school taxes, recommending its passage.
Mr. MARCH explained the joint resolution. The Supreme Court had decided that no school taxes should be levied and collected save the State school tax. If the people, at the next election, approved by their votes the amendments proposed, then any local community could levy an additional school tax for the benefit of their own children.
Mr. CLAYPOOL said that he was opposed to the proposed amendments, unless some provision was made to stop the present rule, by which such counties as his (Fayette) were depleted of taxes raised in their midst to sustain other counties where the taxes collected were much less than their distributive share.
Mr. SHIELDS contended that the principle of general taxation for school purposes was correct, and that it was reasonable and just that wealthy counties should help educate the poorer ones. He wished to perfect our system so that when the volunteer left his State he could say to his wife, "If I should not come back, we have schools in which to educate our children."
Mr. MANSFIELD thought that it was the intention of the framers of our Constitution to provide an equal system of common schools throughout the whole State by which the poorest localities could have its schools. The proposed amendments enabled any community that desired to increase its school facilities to levy a special tax for that purpose.
Mr. JOHNSTON had always been opposed to the system that allowed one man to be taxed to educate the children of another. He didn't believe in the doctrine preached so often that an increase of educational facilities would increase the morals of community. If a man was a natural born rascal he would improve in rascality by education. He might stand alone on this floor in his opinion on this subject, but it had always been his view of right and justice in that regard, and he had seen no good reason lately to change it.
Mr. CAMPBELL favored the adoption of the resolution.
page: 66[View Page 66]Mr. MARCH claimed that in all well educated communities the proportion of immorality and crime was much less than in more ignorant localities, and that the principle was right that all should be taxed for educational purposes. This propo- did not touch that clause in the constitution, but gave additional powers to communities to levy additional taxes that all the children might be educated.
Mr. DUNNING believed that every community ought to take care of all the children in its midst, and as the proposition enabled communities to do this he should vote for the joint resolution. He was a popular sovereignty man, and believed in the doctrine of people regulating their own affairs in the matter of education. He combatted the views expressed by the Senator from Putnam,(Mr. Johnston,) and contended that it was as much the duty of those who held property to pay taxes for schools as it was to pay taxes for the support of county poor houses.
Mr. DOWNEY. There is an objection to this joint resolution that has not yet been spoken of. The Constitution of the State requires the taxation for school purposes to be general. The joint resolution proposes to give power to localities to make a specific tax. If you pass this amendment, will the Representatives from these districts consent to a general tax? Will you not nullify that provision of the Constitution? He feared the grant of the power to tax locally would destroy the system of general and uniform taxation for the purpose of education throughout the State.
Mr. MANSFIELD admitted there was force in the view presented by Mr. Downey, but he felt that the wants of cities, towns and more populous districts were such that they required more money for school purposes than the general law gave them.
Mr. RAY. It is too late in the day to deny that education was essential to the maintenance of popular Government--too late now to raise arguments against the utility of education In the face of our own Constitution, which says that "Knowledge and learning, generally diffused throughout a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government," it was the duty of the General Assembly to provide laws on the subject. He thought the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Downey's,) objection untenable, for the reason that the "proposed amendments were intended to correct the existing provision prohibiting local taxation and if they were adopted there could be no conflict between their provisions and those of the Constitution as it was. No country has ever suffered by education. He thought the cant of the priesthood of New England had some effect on the ignorant minds, possibly of the South, and may have tended to produce our present troubles; but this should lead us to adopt a broader and more liberal system of education. There was a general discontent when the Supreme Court decided that cities and towns could not levy a local tax for school purposes, because such taxation would conflict with the provisions of the Constitution. The decision of the Court was legally, right, and this amendment was the remedy to meet the wants and wishes of the people.
Mr. JOHNSTON denied that the Constitution required a tax to be levied upon the people to educate the children of the State. Education was a good thing in itself, but not everything. There would be just as much justice in taxing the people to buy books, or clothing, or food for children as to raise a fund, by taxation to provide them with schools. The Constitution states what shall constitute a school fund. The doctrine that majorities shall rule in all things would do away with the necessity of a Constitution. Constitutions were made to protect minorities--majorities could take care of themselves. Protect the people and preserve the individuality of the citizen, if you want the people to love and respect the Government.
Mr. LANDERS moved to amend by limiting the provisions to cities and towns. If the people of cities and towns wanted schools for a longer period let them have them. In the fanning districts they had schools when they wanted them, and they got them up in their own way, In the country the poor children were never excluded. If you want the amendment to prevail when it goes to the vote of the people, you had better amend it cow, or it will be voted down by them.
The PRESIDENT, (Mr. Wolfe in the chair,) decided that the joint resolution having been passed by a previous Legislature it was not subject to amendment. The only question to be determined was that of concurrence or non-concurrence.
Mr. MARCH, as a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution, was satisfied that the Convention did not wish or desire to prevent localities to tax themselves for school purposes. Had the matter been presented to them directly, they would have so decided. The decision of the Court, as a legal proposition, was correct, although unfortunate. He hoped the joint resolution would pass.
The report was concurred in.
On motion by Mr. DUNNING the order of business was suspended and the joint resolution was read the third time, and passed by yeas 36, nays 7.
Mr. LANDERS from the Committee on Military Affairs reported back the bill [S. 6] ceding to the United States jurisdiction over certain lands in Marion county for an Arsenal, recommending its passage.
page: 67[View Page 67]On motion by Mr. NEW, the rules were suspended, and the bill read the third time and passed--yeas 42 nays 0.
Mr. BROWN, of Wells, from a select committee to act with a similar committee on the part of the House, to wait upon the Governor and inquire what his pleasure was in regard to the delivery of his message, reported that the Governor informed the committee that, as there was not a quorum present when his message was sent in before, he now sends the message and accompanying documents.
On motion by Mr. COBB the message and accompanying documents were laid on the table.
Mr. DUNNING moved to reconsider the vote just taken--Messrs. Claypool, Browne of Randolph, McClurg and White speaking in favor of reconsidering, and Messrs. Cobb and Landers opposing.
Mr. COBB wished to set himself right in making his motion to table. It was not from any disrespect to the Governor. He Intended to deal openly and fairly. He would at all times fairly state his reasons for his action. It was that the printing of the documents should go to the State Printer to be elected. For doing this gentlemen had abused him. He turned to the journals and read the coarse pursued by the gentlemen in opposition when Governor Hammond's message was before the Senate. These same gentlemen at that time voted to refer the message to the committee on Printing--a committee not then raised. It was done to place the message where it would sleep the sleep that knows no waking. It was not his intention to lay those documents aside thus His motion was made simply to wait a few days, when the documents would be called up and the printing ordered.
Mr. CLAYPOOL thought the record was against the argument. He did not care who did the printing. The majority might incorporate in the resolution to print, that the work should be done by the State Printer to be elected this afternoon. If gentlemen wished to apply the gag they might do so.
Mr. COBB said he had stated, time and again, that he disclaimed all intention to take advantage of the minority.
Mr. WOLFE made an ineffectual motion to lay the motion, to reconsider on the table--yeas 22, nays 22.
The motion to reconsider was agreed to yeas 24, nays 20.
Mr. CLAYPOOL moved to print 5,000 copies, 2,000 in the German language.
On motion by Mr. WOLFE the further consideration of the subject was postponed until 2 o'clock to-morrow--yeas 27, nays 17.
Mr. BROWN, of Wells, offered the following:
Resolved, By the Senate (the House concurring,) that, as the Representatives of the people of the State, we hereby extend their thanks to that noble army of volunteer surgeons and nurses, who, with great personal sacrifice to themselves, and with no prospect of future position, power or aggrandizement accruing to them therefrom, have surrendered themselves to the mission of alleviating the suffering of Indiana's gallant sons, who, by disease or the casualties of dread war, have been cast upon beds of pain and anguish.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolution be regarded as supplementary to the concurrent resolution of the Senate, which was passed yesterday returning thanks to his Excellency Governor O P. Morton, for his efforts in behalf of our sick and wounded soldiers.
Mr. BROWN offered the resolution, because on looking over the detailed statement from the Governor, he found a large sum had been paid to these Surgeons. They doubtless performed their duty and they had been paid for it. If there were surgeons who went without pay he would pay them in thanks and in any other way. He knew from his part of the State money had been raised to send Surgeons, and there was a great competition among the Surgeons who should go.
Mr. BROWNE, of Randolph, moved to strike out the second resolution.
Mr. RAY, The resolutions do not go far enough. These thanking the Governor, the other day, when first introduced, went too far. Why thank a few doctors and nurses, many of whom had already been paid the value of their services, and omit the sanitary committees, and the thousands of mothers and daughters who had given their means and their labor without reward in the same cause?
[A message from the House, inviting the Senate to repair instanter to the Hall of the House to go into the elections designated for this afternoon, was received, and the Senate preceded by the President, repaired to the Hall of the House. At 5 p.m. Senators returned to their chamber.]
The second resolution was striken out and the resolution as amended was adopted by yeas 40, nays 0.
The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate an answer to its resolution concerning the distribution of the 14th Indiana Reports.
On motion by Mr. WOLFE the papers in the contested election cases, except those relating to the seat of Mr. Murray, were referred to the Committee on Elections.
Mr. BRADLEY offered a resolution, which was adopted, that the Committee on Benevolent Institutions inquire into the expediency of so amending the law as to provide for the admission into the Asylum and the permanent care of the incurable insane of the State.


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Already working with evidence of an ancient watery environment at its location on Mars, the Curiosity rover has collected even more astonishing findings with its first drilling sample: the Red Planet once harbored an environment that could have supported similar kinds of microbial life that developed on Earth.
"We have found a habitable environment that is so benign and supportive of life that probably if this water was around and you had been on the planet, you would have been able to drink it," Curiosity project scientist John Grotzinger said at a press briefing in Washington, D.C.
The results indicate the environment wasn't as oxidizing as Mars is now - which gives the planet's surface its reddish tinge - and wasn't too acidic or salty.
The analysis also showed sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon, all elements important for life.
"A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration
More drilling samples will be collected at the rover's location in Yellowknife Bay, a low-elevation area within Gale Crater on Mars, Grotzinger said, but scientists are contending with a few interruptions.
Next month is a solar conjunction, when communications with the rover will be cut off because the Earth and Mars will be positioned on opposite sides of the sun.
"Basically we can't talk to the rover and the rover can't talk to us for most of the month of April," Meyer said.
Curiosity won't drill a second time until the solar conjunction is over.
The rover is also operating with its "B-side" computer after a glitch last week that forced Curiosity to suspend its operations for a few days, and it later went into sleep mode to weather the effects of a solar storm.
Despite those problems, scientists are thrilled with the findings and expect to get more supporting data when Curiosity drives closer to Mt. Sharp, in the middle of the crater.
Curiosity cannot detect whether any microbes survive beneath Mars' surface, but it can lay the groundwork for future missions to explore that possibility.
There are conditions where some microbes essentially could have fed on rocks, Grotzinger said, as long as the conditions are right. The environment essentially could have functioned as "rock batteries" that provided energy to microbes.
"What we can do is to survey additional targets that we have picked out," Grotzinger said, "and we still hope to get to Mount Sharp ... with what I hope will become a new field of comparative planetary habitability."


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Anyone else notice that there have been no new apps added to the app store since late last week? Made me wonder if this means some changes to the store.
Also, the music hasn't been updated on iTunes as well. Wonder if you're going to have to download version 9?
im so excited.. will this be showing the event or will it be like live blog like everywhere else???
sorry im confused dunno if it was like the keynote thing wen the iphone came out or not lol
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Craig- I saw the new espn fantasy football app just came out today for $4.99. It was not in the store yesterday.
Appears that only "The new 32GB and 64GB iPod touch models feature improved performance and support for OpenGL ES Version 2.0", the 8GB is the same old one ;)
Am I right in thinking that Shuffle got nothing except more color choices and a 2Gb version? That seems to be in the wrong direction, although 8Gb of music with no screen might not be that great.
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"What's a year in prison worth?"
That's the question asked by attorney Dennis Dettmer, who is representing Michael Cristini, a Macomb County man who served 13 years in prison for a brutal rape that he didn't commit.
We won't pretend to have a definitive answer for the price anyone can put on a person's freedom.
But Dettmer is using as a comparison the $2.8 million settlement accepted by Jeffrey Moldowan, accused of the same rape and who spent 12 years in prison.
Cristini and Moldowan were eventually acquitted after being granted new trials.
The charges against them, the convictions, improper police investigations and tainted testimony are examples of just how misguided our criminal justice system can be at times.
Neither Moldowan nor Cristini could be described as model citizens, but serving more than a dozen years in prison unjustly demands retribution.
Both have settled civil lawsuits against Macomb County.
"What's a year in prison worth?"
Looking at it as a mathematical equation, Moldowan's settlement of his civil suit against the city of Warren was $2.8 million or about $233,330 per year. Continued...
Given the additional year Cristini was imprisoned, his settlement should be a few thousand dollars above $3 million.
The financial battle over the settlement comes down to what Warren's insurance company will pay over and what Cristini will accept.
Cristini's original conviction was reversed in a jury trial in 2004.
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verb: the political act of altering a video and/or employing actors to create video footage that can then be altered to destroy a rival organization or person. (Background: The tactics were used against Acorn, Shirley Sherrod and most recently, Planned Parenthood.) Those House Republicans sure didn't waste any time after Planned Parenthood was acorned.
I loved how Jon Stewart acorned Glen Beck last night. |
Awfully Corrupt Officials for Registring Negroes (ACORN) is yet another corrupt political group hiding under the guise of helping the poor and advancing civil rights. ACORN might do at least a little good despite their repeated offenses at advising people on how to effectively commit tax fraud and defrauding people to believe they are simply registering voters when they are really aiming to register democratic voters. But isn't it *truly* a mark of shame for the democrats when they benefit so extremely disproportionately from an effort at registering the nation's most uneducated, uninterested and ignorant people to vote? What will they do in the next tight election, court the violent pedophile vote?
An acronym for Association of Community Organizers for Reform now, which is an organization that operates in low-income neighborhoods to help register new voters. They are a radical left-of-center group and have yet to ever support a conservative candidate. Recently, investigations in 14 different states have led to numerous convictions of ACORN employees, including things such as voter registration fraud, election fraud, perjury, identity theft, and now most recently, videos of an undercover investigation have surfaced plainly showing ACORN employees aiding a couple posing as a hooker and her pimp in getting a home in her name through illegal means including falsifying documents, tax evasion, and child prostitution. The US Census Bureau recently cut ties to the group after all of these nefarious actions came to light also. It is of the opinion of many now that ACORN is less of a community organizing group dedicated to helping low-income and minorities than it is a multi-state organized crime racket that ought be brought up on RICO charges. Barack Obama is a big supporter of ACORN as well and once served as a lawyer for the group. Bob: "Those fuckers from ACORN ought to be locked up."
Joe: "Yeah, right along with their crooked, lying leader, Barack Hussein Obama." |
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From what sources do you get information about the changes in SEO? What kind of information you can trust completely and do not check?
Anyway, what resources do you use in your work?
Just wondering and would like to learn something new))
17Mar2012,14:28 | #2 |
mostly we are following the seomoz.org we hope they giving good information and when the search engine algorithm updates and we are following some yahoo answers.
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I just search for Google update and see what comes up. But in many cases I get the news from one of the forums, then I investigate the source.
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I often go to the blog of matt cutts to look for the news about seo and google
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Originally Posted by jeweling |
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I also think that visiting his blog on regular basis is necessary but still he does not reveal everything in detail and keep all of us guessing for different meanings of his statements.
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I think that what is relevant here is something that was said in the opening post, i.e.
"What kind of information you can trust completely and do not check?" The problem with most sources is that they are secondary sources and at best they can only be experienced opinion. Google is deliberately vague in its announcements, so that sources are left to speculate on what they may or may not mean, so "news" is usually a copy of what they have said (which is what I meant by being secondary sources) followed by an analysis. Even when there seems to be general agreement over something, it doesn't mean it is correct. I find it interesting sometimes to look at forum threads and articles from some years back, and to compare what the analyses were of what was going to happen with what has actually transpired. Just to give one example of something I was looking at yesterday, 5 years ago there were strong rumours that PR would be removed from the Google toolbar, and 3 years ago (from a Google spokesman) that it could be renamed. So I don't believe there is any information from any source that can be trusted completely and not checked. As I mentioned in an earlier posting, if I find something I investigate it. If I want further opinion I will find a forum thread or start one. Even then, it is really up to individuals to form their own opinion, because there is very little SEO news that can be easily established as being factual. |
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Originally Posted by lalitkumar In fairness I would read their comments and give some credibility to them, but I wouldn't accept them without checking elsewhere. Would you? |
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Forums have always been a great avenue to gather information and apart from it Google blogs updates everything on SEO periodically.


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