There are various methods of organic search engine marketing and Organic Search Engine Marketing is one such successful trick. Most of the individuals also tend to confuse Organic Search Engine Marketing with regular methods of SEO. Organic SEO comprises both black hat and white hat methods which are used for optimizing a site.
Nowadays, it is simply not enough, if an individual invests their time and energy in building an attractive website for their business. The website should also be able to draw large amount of traffic and business online for the host. However, it is easier said than done. Most of the individuals who have been engaged in online business well acknowledge the importance of online marketing and SEO.
SEO or Search Engine Optimization is the key to generate more business and profit for your enterprise. There are various methods of search engine marketing and Organic Search Engine Marketing is one such successful trick.
Organic Search Engine Marketing is a method which can be best implemented in any business only after hiring the services of an expert. The most important facet of organic SEO is optimization of your web page so as to ensure that it ranks higher in search engine pages. Most of the individuals also tend to confuse Organic Search Engine Marketing with regular methods of SEO. However, it is not the case. There are some distinct characteristics of Organic SEO which are not to be seen in other conventional methods of SEO.
A lot of individuals jump into Organic SEO thinking its functioning is similar to conventional SEO. Thus, they end up harming their business instead of profiting from organic SEO. If an individual wishes to employ organic SEO for their business, they must understand the fact that they will have to seek help from an expert or professional.
It is also imperative to assure that the SEO expert hired is well versed with organic SEO and does not mistakes it with other run-of-the-mill methods of SEO. A lot of professionals tend to simply employ similar strategies and implement them on different businesses. They need to understand that different businesses have different requirements. A one-size-fits-all kind of working never works in Organic Search Engine Marketing.
Organic SEO comprises both black hat and white hat methods which are used for optimizing a site. There is little doubt about the fact that maximum results are delivered via the black hat method. However, it is also important to understand that black hat method can cause irreversible damage to one’s business if used for an extended period of time. On the other hand, the white hat methods in Organic Search Engine Marketing are quite beneficial. Most of the individuals tend to choose black hat methods over the white hat ones simply because the former appear more quick and lucrative.
However, they need to understand that the white hat methods in Organic SEO promise good results in the long run, albeit they seem to be time consuming initially. Deciding to switch over to Organic SEO from conventional methods of search engine optimization is a big decision for any company. Hence it should be taken only after an individual has carefully and analyzed and assessed all possible pros and cons for their business.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Submit Free Articles To Online Directories And Get Consumer Traffic To Your Website
A key strategy that any website owner can use to rise from the Internet clutter is to look for different ways to advertise your website or blog and be different and accessible online.
A key strategy that any website owner
can use to rise from the Internet clutter is to look for different ways to advertise your website or blog and be different and accessible online. An easy and simple way to get this objective is to work on article submission which is essential for every website owner to know about and utilize this strategy to its maximum potential.
Submit articles and generate a high degree of traffic to your website by using this free online advertising tool. When you submit free articles to any of the online article directories you can benefit on multiple levels. The first and foremost impact is that you can
generate traffic towards your website if you use this tool effectively. Secondly you can become an industry resource and an expert on the subject that you promote by creating your reputation through valid content in the free articles.
In order to get the maximum advantage out of your free articles a good strategy is to find out how this marketing tool works and how you can use it effectively, especially in terms of the content that you create.
The Basics Of Using Free Articles To Generate Traffic Website
The starting point for using this advertising tool in the online world is to create good content for your articles. You can do this personally or have them outsourced and then have them published for free in article directories all over the world. Again there are two simple means of doing this first you can use article marketing services and secondly you can use article submission software to submit articles to directories.
When you use an article marketing service it is not free but of course you're utilizing the experience of an expert to get to the right sources and if you pay them you can actually have your results monitored. However if you use an article submission software all you
do is load your article into it and press submit whereby these articles are transferred directly to article directories for free and you can monitor the results of the increase of your Web traffic.
Benefits of Using Free Articles As An Advertising Tool
Once you've submitted the articles you can actually monitor the difference in the Web traffic generated by this new marketing activity. The major benefits that you will gain is that when you submit articles it creates a one-way link to your site and increases your page rank better than any other kind of link that you can have.
Secondly since surfers interested in your content have clicked on your website they are already potential customers who are interested in the subject matter and looking to satisfy any based around it. Finally, with regular updated content on the subject concerning your website floating on the Internet you will be considered a knowledgeable source of information on that particular subject and develop credibility and a good reputation online as a leading information source. These things will in time generate more traffic towards your site.
A key strategy that any website owner
can use to rise from the Internet clutter is to look for different ways to advertise your website or blog and be different and accessible online. An easy and simple way to get this objective is to work on article submission which is essential for every website owner to know about and utilize this strategy to its maximum potential.
Submit articles and generate a high degree of traffic to your website by using this free online advertising tool. When you submit free articles to any of the online article directories you can benefit on multiple levels. The first and foremost impact is that you can
generate traffic towards your website if you use this tool effectively. Secondly you can become an industry resource and an expert on the subject that you promote by creating your reputation through valid content in the free articles.
In order to get the maximum advantage out of your free articles a good strategy is to find out how this marketing tool works and how you can use it effectively, especially in terms of the content that you create.
The Basics Of Using Free Articles To Generate Traffic Website
The starting point for using this advertising tool in the online world is to create good content for your articles. You can do this personally or have them outsourced and then have them published for free in article directories all over the world. Again there are two simple means of doing this first you can use article marketing services and secondly you can use article submission software to submit articles to directories.
When you use an article marketing service it is not free but of course you're utilizing the experience of an expert to get to the right sources and if you pay them you can actually have your results monitored. However if you use an article submission software all you
do is load your article into it and press submit whereby these articles are transferred directly to article directories for free and you can monitor the results of the increase of your Web traffic.
Benefits of Using Free Articles As An Advertising Tool
Once you've submitted the articles you can actually monitor the difference in the Web traffic generated by this new marketing activity. The major benefits that you will gain is that when you submit articles it creates a one-way link to your site and increases your page rank better than any other kind of link that you can have.
Secondly since surfers interested in your content have clicked on your website they are already potential customers who are interested in the subject matter and looking to satisfy any based around it. Finally, with regular updated content on the subject concerning your website floating on the Internet you will be considered a knowledgeable source of information on that particular subject and develop credibility and a good reputation online as a leading information source. These things will in time generate more traffic towards your site.
Corazon Aquino, Philippines president, dead at 76
Corazon Aquino, Philippines president, dead at 76
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.
The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, including those that ended Communist rule in eastern Europe.
But she struggled in office to meet high public expectations. Her land redistribution program fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite, including her own family. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.
Still, the bespectacled, smiling woman in her trademark yellow dress remained beloved in the Philippines, where she was affectionately referred to as "Tita (Auntie) Cory."
"She was headstrong and single-minded in one goal, and that was to remove all vestiges of an entrenched dictatorship," Raul C. Pangalangan, former dean of the Law School at the University of the Philippines, said earlier this month. "We all owe her in a big way."
Her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, said his mother died at 3:18 a.m. Saturday (1918 GMT Friday).
Aquino was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year and confined to a Manila hospital for more than a month. Her son said the cancer had spread to other organs and she was too weak to continue her chemotherapy.
Supporters have been holding daily prayers for Aquino in churches in Manila and throughout the country for a month. Masses were scheduled for later Saturday, and yellow ribbons were tied on trees around her neighborhood in Quezon city.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is on an official visit to the United States, said in a statement that "the entire nation is mourning" Aquino's demise. Arroyo declared a period of national mourning and announced a state funeral would be held for the late president.
TV stations on Saturday were running footage of Aquino's years together with prayers while her former aides and supporters offered condolences.
"Today our country has lost a mother," said former President Joseph Estrada, calling Aquino "a woman of both strength and graciousness."
Even the exiled Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison, whom Aquino freed from jail in 1986, paid tribute from the Netherlands.
Aquino's unlikely rise began in 1983 when her husband, opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was assassinated on the tarmac of Manila's international airport as he returned from exile in the United States to challenge Marcos, his longtime adversary.
The killing enraged many Filipinos and unleashed a broad-based opposition movement that thrust Aquino into the role of national leader.
"I don't know anything about the presidency," she declared in 1985, a year before she agreed to run against Marcos, uniting the fractious opposition, the business community, and later the armed forces to drive the dictator out.
Maria Corazon Cojuangco was born on Jan. 25, 1933, into a wealthy, politically powerful family in Paniqui, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Manila.
She attended private school in Manila and earned a degree in French from the College of Mount St. Vincent in New York. In 1954 she married Ninoy Aquino, the fiercely ambitious scion of another political family. He rose from provincial governor to senator and finally opposition leader.
Marcos, elected president in 1965, declared martial law in 1972 to avoid term limits. He abolished the Congress and jailed Aquino's husband and thousands of opponents, journalists and activists without charges. Aquino became her husband's political stand-in, confidant, message carrier and spokeswoman.
A military tribunal sentenced her husband to death for alleged links to communist rebels but, under pressure from U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Marcos allowed him to leave in May 1980 for heart surgery in the U.S.
It was the start of a three-year exile. With her husband at Harvard University holding court with fellow exiles, academics, journalists and visitors from Manila, Aquino was the quiet homemaker, raising their five children and serving tea. Away from the hurly-burly of Philippine politics, she described the period as the best of their marriage.
The halcyon days ended when her husband decided to return to regroup the opposition. While she and the children remained in Boston, he flew to Manila, where he was shot as he descended the stairs from the plane.
The government blamed a suspected communist rebel, but subsequent investigations pointed to a soldier who was escorting him from the plane on Aug. 21, 1983.
Aquino heard of the assassination in a phone call from a Japanese journalist. She recalled gathering the children and, as a deeply religious woman, praying for strength.
"During Ninoy's incarceration and before my presidency, I used to ask why it had always to be us to make the sacrifice," she said in a 2007 interview with The Philippine Star newspaper. "And then, when Ninoy died, I would say, 'Why does it have to be me now?' It seemed like we were always the sacrificial lamb."
She returned to the Philippines three days later. One week after that, she led the largest funeral procession Manila had seen. Crowd estimates ranged as high as 2 million.
With public opposition mounting against Marcos, he stunned the nation in November 1985 by calling a snap election in a bid to shore up his mandate. The opposition, including then Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, urged Aquino to run.
After a fierce campaign, the vote was held on Feb. 7, 1986. The National Assembly declared Marcos the winner, but journalists, foreign observers and church leaders alleged massive fraud.
With the result in dispute, a group of military officers mutinied against Marcos on Feb. 22 and holed up with a small force in a military camp in Manila.
Over the following three days, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos responded to a call by the Roman Catholic Church to jam the broad highway in front of the camp to prevent an attack by Marcos forces.
On the third day, against the advice of her security detail, Aquino appeared at the rally alongside the mutineers, led by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, the military vice chief of staff and Marcos' cousin.
From a makeshift platform, she declared: "For the first time in the history of the world, a civilian population has been called to defend the military."
The military chiefs pledged their loyalty to Aquino and charged that Marcos had won the election by fraud.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a longtime supporter of Marcos, called on him to resign. "Attempts to prolong the life of the present regime by violence are futile," the White House said. American officials offered to fly Marcos out of the Philippines.
On Feb. 25, Marcos and his family went to the U.S.-run Clark Air Base outside Manila and flew to Hawaii, where he died three years later.
The same day, Aquino was sworn in as the Philippines' first female leader.
Over time, the euphoria fizzled as the public became impatient and Aquino more defensive as she struggled to navigate treacherous political waters and build alliances to push her agenda.
"People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn't exist and never existed. He has never lived," she said in the 2007 Philippine Star interview.
The right attacked her for making overtures to communist rebels and the left, for protecting the interests of wealthy landowners.
Aquino signed an agrarian reform bill that virtually exempted large plantations like her family's sugar plantation from being distributed to landless farmers.
When farmers protested outside the Malacanang Presidential Palace on Jan. 22, 1987, troops opened fire, killing 13 and wounding 100.
The bloodshed scuttled talks with communist rebels, who had galvanized opposition to Marcos but weren't satisfied with Aquino either.
As recently as 2004, at least seven workers were killed in clashes with police and soldiers at the family's plantation, Hacienda Luisita, over its refusal to distribute its land.
Aquino also attempted to negotiate with Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines, but made little progress.
Behind the public image of the frail, vulnerable widow, Aquino was an iron-willed woman who dismissed criticism as the carping of jealous rivals. She knew she had to act tough to earn respect in the Philippines' macho culture.
"When I am just with a few close friends, I tell them, 'OK, you don't like me? Look at the alternatives,' and that shuts them up," she told America's NBC television in a 1987 interview.
Her term was punctuated by repeated coup attempts — most staged by the same clique of officers who had risen up against Marcos and felt they had been denied their fair share of power. The most serious attempt came in December 1989 when only a flyover by U.S. jets prevented mutinous troops from toppling her.
Leery of damaging relations with the United States, Aquino tried in vain to block a historic Senate vote to force the U.S. out of its two major bases in the Philippines.
In the end, the U.S. Air Force pulled out of Clark Air Base in 1991 after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo forced its evacuation and left it heavily damaged. The last American vessel left Subic Bay Naval Base in November 1992.
After stepping down in 1992, Aquino remained active in social and political causes.
Until diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2008, she joined rallies calling for the resignation of President Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption.
She kept her distance from another famous widow, flamboyant former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991.
Marcos has called Aquino a usurper and dictator, though she later led prayers for Aquino in July 2009 when the latter was hospitalized. The two never made peace.
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Associated Press writers Jim Gomez and Oliver Teves contributed to this report.
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.
The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, including those that ended Communist rule in eastern Europe.
But she struggled in office to meet high public expectations. Her land redistribution program fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite, including her own family. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.
Still, the bespectacled, smiling woman in her trademark yellow dress remained beloved in the Philippines, where she was affectionately referred to as "Tita (Auntie) Cory."
"She was headstrong and single-minded in one goal, and that was to remove all vestiges of an entrenched dictatorship," Raul C. Pangalangan, former dean of the Law School at the University of the Philippines, said earlier this month. "We all owe her in a big way."
Her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, said his mother died at 3:18 a.m. Saturday (1918 GMT Friday).
Aquino was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year and confined to a Manila hospital for more than a month. Her son said the cancer had spread to other organs and she was too weak to continue her chemotherapy.
Supporters have been holding daily prayers for Aquino in churches in Manila and throughout the country for a month. Masses were scheduled for later Saturday, and yellow ribbons were tied on trees around her neighborhood in Quezon city.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is on an official visit to the United States, said in a statement that "the entire nation is mourning" Aquino's demise. Arroyo declared a period of national mourning and announced a state funeral would be held for the late president.
TV stations on Saturday were running footage of Aquino's years together with prayers while her former aides and supporters offered condolences.
"Today our country has lost a mother," said former President Joseph Estrada, calling Aquino "a woman of both strength and graciousness."
Even the exiled Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison, whom Aquino freed from jail in 1986, paid tribute from the Netherlands.
Aquino's unlikely rise began in 1983 when her husband, opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was assassinated on the tarmac of Manila's international airport as he returned from exile in the United States to challenge Marcos, his longtime adversary.
The killing enraged many Filipinos and unleashed a broad-based opposition movement that thrust Aquino into the role of national leader.
"I don't know anything about the presidency," she declared in 1985, a year before she agreed to run against Marcos, uniting the fractious opposition, the business community, and later the armed forces to drive the dictator out.
Maria Corazon Cojuangco was born on Jan. 25, 1933, into a wealthy, politically powerful family in Paniqui, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Manila.
She attended private school in Manila and earned a degree in French from the College of Mount St. Vincent in New York. In 1954 she married Ninoy Aquino, the fiercely ambitious scion of another political family. He rose from provincial governor to senator and finally opposition leader.
Marcos, elected president in 1965, declared martial law in 1972 to avoid term limits. He abolished the Congress and jailed Aquino's husband and thousands of opponents, journalists and activists without charges. Aquino became her husband's political stand-in, confidant, message carrier and spokeswoman.
A military tribunal sentenced her husband to death for alleged links to communist rebels but, under pressure from U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Marcos allowed him to leave in May 1980 for heart surgery in the U.S.
It was the start of a three-year exile. With her husband at Harvard University holding court with fellow exiles, academics, journalists and visitors from Manila, Aquino was the quiet homemaker, raising their five children and serving tea. Away from the hurly-burly of Philippine politics, she described the period as the best of their marriage.
The halcyon days ended when her husband decided to return to regroup the opposition. While she and the children remained in Boston, he flew to Manila, where he was shot as he descended the stairs from the plane.
The government blamed a suspected communist rebel, but subsequent investigations pointed to a soldier who was escorting him from the plane on Aug. 21, 1983.
Aquino heard of the assassination in a phone call from a Japanese journalist. She recalled gathering the children and, as a deeply religious woman, praying for strength.
"During Ninoy's incarceration and before my presidency, I used to ask why it had always to be us to make the sacrifice," she said in a 2007 interview with The Philippine Star newspaper. "And then, when Ninoy died, I would say, 'Why does it have to be me now?' It seemed like we were always the sacrificial lamb."
She returned to the Philippines three days later. One week after that, she led the largest funeral procession Manila had seen. Crowd estimates ranged as high as 2 million.
With public opposition mounting against Marcos, he stunned the nation in November 1985 by calling a snap election in a bid to shore up his mandate. The opposition, including then Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, urged Aquino to run.
After a fierce campaign, the vote was held on Feb. 7, 1986. The National Assembly declared Marcos the winner, but journalists, foreign observers and church leaders alleged massive fraud.
With the result in dispute, a group of military officers mutinied against Marcos on Feb. 22 and holed up with a small force in a military camp in Manila.
Over the following three days, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos responded to a call by the Roman Catholic Church to jam the broad highway in front of the camp to prevent an attack by Marcos forces.
On the third day, against the advice of her security detail, Aquino appeared at the rally alongside the mutineers, led by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, the military vice chief of staff and Marcos' cousin.
From a makeshift platform, she declared: "For the first time in the history of the world, a civilian population has been called to defend the military."
The military chiefs pledged their loyalty to Aquino and charged that Marcos had won the election by fraud.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a longtime supporter of Marcos, called on him to resign. "Attempts to prolong the life of the present regime by violence are futile," the White House said. American officials offered to fly Marcos out of the Philippines.
On Feb. 25, Marcos and his family went to the U.S.-run Clark Air Base outside Manila and flew to Hawaii, where he died three years later.
The same day, Aquino was sworn in as the Philippines' first female leader.
Over time, the euphoria fizzled as the public became impatient and Aquino more defensive as she struggled to navigate treacherous political waters and build alliances to push her agenda.
"People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn't exist and never existed. He has never lived," she said in the 2007 Philippine Star interview.
The right attacked her for making overtures to communist rebels and the left, for protecting the interests of wealthy landowners.
Aquino signed an agrarian reform bill that virtually exempted large plantations like her family's sugar plantation from being distributed to landless farmers.
When farmers protested outside the Malacanang Presidential Palace on Jan. 22, 1987, troops opened fire, killing 13 and wounding 100.
The bloodshed scuttled talks with communist rebels, who had galvanized opposition to Marcos but weren't satisfied with Aquino either.
As recently as 2004, at least seven workers were killed in clashes with police and soldiers at the family's plantation, Hacienda Luisita, over its refusal to distribute its land.
Aquino also attempted to negotiate with Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines, but made little progress.
Behind the public image of the frail, vulnerable widow, Aquino was an iron-willed woman who dismissed criticism as the carping of jealous rivals. She knew she had to act tough to earn respect in the Philippines' macho culture.
"When I am just with a few close friends, I tell them, 'OK, you don't like me? Look at the alternatives,' and that shuts them up," she told America's NBC television in a 1987 interview.
Her term was punctuated by repeated coup attempts — most staged by the same clique of officers who had risen up against Marcos and felt they had been denied their fair share of power. The most serious attempt came in December 1989 when only a flyover by U.S. jets prevented mutinous troops from toppling her.
Leery of damaging relations with the United States, Aquino tried in vain to block a historic Senate vote to force the U.S. out of its two major bases in the Philippines.
In the end, the U.S. Air Force pulled out of Clark Air Base in 1991 after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo forced its evacuation and left it heavily damaged. The last American vessel left Subic Bay Naval Base in November 1992.
After stepping down in 1992, Aquino remained active in social and political causes.
Until diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2008, she joined rallies calling for the resignation of President Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption.
She kept her distance from another famous widow, flamboyant former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991.
Marcos has called Aquino a usurper and dictator, though she later led prayers for Aquino in July 2009 when the latter was hospitalized. The two never made peace.
___
Associated Press writers Jim Gomez and Oliver Teves contributed to this report.
Play poker for real money: Earn money while playing
Playing poker for real money is now a revolution in all the poker gaming modes whether it’s online mode or offline. Players always put their best efforts to get the best rewards for their poker frenzy.
Playing poker comprises a huge amount of monetary rewards that makes this game more prevalent and demanding. Nowadays people play poker for real money as it’s such a thrill and excitement to gamble in the game with real money. When a poker player starts to begin the game with real money in a casino or at an online poker room, at very first moment he needs to decide that how much money he could afford at a time on the table.
Playing poker comprises a huge amount of monetary rewards that makes this game more prevalent and demanding. Nowadays people play poker for real money as it’s such a thrill and excitement to gamble in the game with real money. When a poker player starts to begin the game with real money in a casino or at an online poker room, at very first moment he needs to decide that how much money he could afford at a time on the table.
When it comes to real money, some poker rooms allow poker players to deposit a minimum amount to play the game and some rooms allow limit on maximum deposit for the poker players.
In an instant poker game for real money a poker player needs to build up a good start by establishing a stack. Here you need to concentrate on the opponent’s move and put a close watch on every step taken by your rival. This effort could help you to get huge benefits at the later stages in the game. It’s rewarding to be vigilant and careful to be a winner in the game.
When you are playing the game for winning the real money, the bet you are starting should be minimum and best affordable by you. This money should be enough for the play for at least a week. Playing poker with real money requires a huge concentration with your game strategy. It is very mandatory therefore to focus on improving instantaneous game skills and learn to have idea about opponent’s steps that could be dangerous for you.
To get the enough money from the game you may play poker with intelligent poker players who are well versed with several poker game rules and very much aware about the terms and policies of the game.
The thrill and the excitement that an individual may enjoy by playing poker for real money are simply incredible. You must keep an eye on those opponents who have same stack while continuing the game with those who have less number of stacks. You could take control on as much stacks you can to get a strong hold of your position.
It’s not an ordeal to play poker for real money. It just demands an intelligent thought towards the game and a clever analysis of opponent’s steps.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
McCain Lawyers Investigated Obama Citizenship
As we asked earlier this week, if questions over President Obama's citizenship were valid, wouldn't they have come out during the presidential campaign?
David Weigel talked with Trevor Potter and other lawyers for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign who said that they did look into the Obama citizenship rumors and found them without merit.
Said Potter: "To the extent that we could, we looked into the substantive side of these allegations. We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States. We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii. There was a certificate issued by the state's Department of Health, and the responsible official in the state saying that he had personally seen the original certificate. There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, which would be very difficult to invent or plant 47 years in advance."
David Weigel talked with Trevor Potter and other lawyers for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign who said that they did look into the Obama citizenship rumors and found them without merit.
Said Potter: "To the extent that we could, we looked into the substantive side of these allegations. We never saw any evidence that then-Senator Obama had been born outside of the United States. We saw rumors, but nothing that could be sourced to evidence. There were no statements and no documents that suggested he was born somewhere else. On the other side, there was proof that he was born in Hawaii. There was a certificate issued by the state's Department of Health, and the responsible official in the state saying that he had personally seen the original certificate. There was a birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser, which would be very difficult to invent or plant 47 years in advance."
Eric Winter in The Ugly Truth
If you're missing Eric Winter (ex-Rex Brady) on DAYS, you can catch the gorgeous star in the new upcoming movie entitled The Ugly Truth, which premieres in theaters on Friday, July 24. The highly anticipated comedy stars Katherine Heigl as Abby Richter, a morning show producer whose search for Mr. Perfect has left her hopelessly single. Gerard Butler portrays Mike Chadway, a hardcore TV personality who promises to spill the ugly truth on what makes men and women tick. Eric portrays a smart and successful orthopedic surgeon named Colin, whom the lead character, Abby, is trying to score a date with.
Although the writers conveniently forgot to mention Rex Brady's name during Kate's cancer storyline and at Grandpa Shawn's funeral, many fans haven't forgotten the character of Rex, or his previous portrayer Eric Winter. As fans may recall, Eric portrayed Rex Brady on DAYS from 2002 until 2005. His character was intially known as one of the Gemini Twins upon his arrival in Salem, became romantically involved with Mimi, and left town in July of 2005 after Rex discovered that Mimi had an abortion and kept this torrid secret from him.
Congratulations to Eric on all his success since leaving DAYS. Be sure to see him as Colin in The Ugly Truth, premiering Friday, July 24.
Although the writers conveniently forgot to mention Rex Brady's name during Kate's cancer storyline and at Grandpa Shawn's funeral, many fans haven't forgotten the character of Rex, or his previous portrayer Eric Winter. As fans may recall, Eric portrayed Rex Brady on DAYS from 2002 until 2005. His character was intially known as one of the Gemini Twins upon his arrival in Salem, became romantically involved with Mimi, and left town in July of 2005 after Rex discovered that Mimi had an abortion and kept this torrid secret from him.
Congratulations to Eric on all his success since leaving DAYS. Be sure to see him as Colin in The Ugly Truth, premiering Friday, July 24.
Bill Gates Dumps Facebook: “Too Many Friends”
Bill Gates confessed at an event in New Delhi today that he gave up on Facebook because he couldn’t keep up with the friend requests. Gates remarked that there were “10,000 people wanting to be my friends” after he tried out the service, and it was time consuming to decide if he “knew this person, did I not know this person”.
Gates was speaking at a gathering to accept the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition to saying that Facebook “was just way too much trouble so I gave it up”, the AFP story on the event quotes Gates as saying he’s “not that big at text messaging”. The Microsoft co-founder also mentioned that he doesn’t spend all day using technology and that “All these tools of tech waste our time if we’re not careful.”
And while Gates insists that he’s “not a 24-hour-a-day tech person”, it’s clear that a growing number of Facebook users are – it’s the very reason why Microsoft has a stake in the networking giant, as users’ time and attention are increasingly consumed by these somewhat addictive services.
We have no idea what Bill Gates’ Facebook (
) page looks like, but we’d like to imagine it’s similar to this hilarious mockup, courtesy of PC World:
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wow! A Quadrillion-Dollar Credit Card Bill
A North Texas man has a 17-figure credit card statement after a bank glitch resulted in an eye-popping charge.
This is what it looks like: $23,148,855,308,184,500.00.
Here’s how to say it: 23 quadrillion,148 trillion, 855 billion, 308 million, 184,000, 500 dollars.
It's more than 2,000 times the national debt -- and, according to Jon Seale's online credit card statement, it’s what he spent July 13 at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck.
“For that amount of money, I could actually own Wolfgang Puck himself," Seale said.
Seale, a husband and father of five from Trophy Club, spent much of Tuesday making calls to Wachovia and Visa in hopes of getting the exorbitant charge removed from his Wachovia Visa Buxx credit card. Both companies told him they were working to resolve the issue.
“It's an inconvenience, but it's not like I was truly worried my money was gone," he said. "It’s an obvious, glaring error.”
Seale even tried tracking down the celebrity chef himself.
“I tried to find Wolfgang Puck on Facebook and add him as a friend to see if he’d make a comment, but I didn’t have any luck finding him," Seale said.
Visa said the technical glitch that resulted in the giant charge only affected some customers with prepaid Visa cards.
"A temporary programming error at Visa Debit Processing Services caused some transactions to be inaccurately posted to a small number of Visa prepaid accounts," said Visa spokeswoman Elvira Swanson said in a written statement. "The technical glitch has been corrected, and all erroneous postings have been removed.”
Steale was not the only Visa Buxx cardholder to see the huge charge on his statement. A New Hampshire man found the $23 quadrillion charge after buying a pack of cigarettes at a gas station. A Visa representative said affected customers will also have the $20 overdraft fees removed.
This is what it looks like: $23,148,855,308,184,500.00.
Here’s how to say it: 23 quadrillion,148 trillion, 855 billion, 308 million, 184,000, 500 dollars.
It's more than 2,000 times the national debt -- and, according to Jon Seale's online credit card statement, it’s what he spent July 13 at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck.
“For that amount of money, I could actually own Wolfgang Puck himself," Seale said.
Seale, a husband and father of five from Trophy Club, spent much of Tuesday making calls to Wachovia and Visa in hopes of getting the exorbitant charge removed from his Wachovia Visa Buxx credit card. Both companies told him they were working to resolve the issue.
“It's an inconvenience, but it's not like I was truly worried my money was gone," he said. "It’s an obvious, glaring error.”
Seale even tried tracking down the celebrity chef himself.
“I tried to find Wolfgang Puck on Facebook and add him as a friend to see if he’d make a comment, but I didn’t have any luck finding him," Seale said.
Visa said the technical glitch that resulted in the giant charge only affected some customers with prepaid Visa cards.
"A temporary programming error at Visa Debit Processing Services caused some transactions to be inaccurately posted to a small number of Visa prepaid accounts," said Visa spokeswoman Elvira Swanson said in a written statement. "The technical glitch has been corrected, and all erroneous postings have been removed.”
Steale was not the only Visa Buxx cardholder to see the huge charge on his statement. A New Hampshire man found the $23 quadrillion charge after buying a pack of cigarettes at a gas station. A Visa representative said affected customers will also have the $20 overdraft fees removed.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Manny Ramirez Biography
Manuel "Manny" Aristides RamÃrez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican-American Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of twenty-five people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. His 20 career grand slams are the most by any active player, and the second most all-time, behind Lou Gehrig's 23. For the past eleven years, Ramirez has been a fixture in the All-Star Game, and is a twelve-time All-Star.
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle News
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle News
Mrs. Tom Cruise herself, Katie Holmes has an awful lot to answer for! Not only is she an amazing actress, wife to the world's most attractive men and also world class actors and mother to a gorgeous baby girl, but she is a style icon at the same time. For many women that struggle to fit in a working day with the housework and looking after the family, you have to wonder how Katie manages it all.
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Of course, for the likes of Katie Holmes, looking as good as she does must come easy. She has a wonderful figure, aside from claims that she is getting too skinny of course, wonderful dark hair and friends like Victoria Beckham to show her a helping hand. Of course that is not to say that she gets it right everytime, but for the most part, she seems to do it all rather well.
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Take when we first met Katie Holmes for example, she was a plain looking girl with one length hair worn in a just off centre parting. There was nothing really spectacular about that and the same could be said for the hairstyle that she had just a few short months later when she livened things up a little bit by adding honey highlights.
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Since then however, she really seems to have come into her own, going darker in color and getting shorter and shorter as well as much sleeker until we see her today. A cropped pixie look that is very dark and rather moody looking but ever so glamorous.
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
I'm sure that we are bound to see many more hairstyles and looks from this young actress, some of which will be great and some that will be not so. However, with the likes of Victoria Beckham and some of the world's most famous stylists helping her out, perhaps her fashion faux pas' will become a thing of the past!
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Katie Holmes 2009 Hairstyle Trends
Katie Holmes Biography
Kate Noelle "Katie" Holmes (born December 18, 1978) is an American actress who first achieved fame for her role as Joey Potter on The WB television teen drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003. Her movie roles have ranged from art house films such as The Ice Storm to thrillers such as Abandon to blockbusters such as Batman Begins.
In early 2005, Holmes began a highly publicized relationship with actor Tom Cruise, which drew attention due to the sixteen-year age difference between the two. In June, two months after they first met, Holmes and Cruise were engaged. Their relationship made Holmes the subject of international media attention, much of it negative, including speculation the relationship was a publicity stunt to promote the couple's films.[2] Holmes, who was brought up as a Roman Catholic,[3] joined the Church of Scientology shortly after the couple began dating.[4] On April 18, 2006, Holmes gave birth to their daughter, Suri. On November 18, 2006, she and Cruise were married in Italy.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Insomniac Jackson begged for drug
Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid.
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional counseling, said Tuesday that she repeatedly rejected his demands for the drug, Diprivan, which is given intravenously.
But a frantic phone call she received from Jackson four days before his death made her fear that he somehow obtained Diprivan or another drug to induce sleep, Lee said.
While in Florida on June 21, Lee was contacted by a member of Jackson's staff.
"He called and was very frantic and said, `Michael needs to see you right away.' I said, 'What's wrong?' And I could hear Michael in the background ..., 'One side of my body is hot, it's hot, and one side of my body is cold. It's very cold,'" Lee said.
"I said, `Tell him he needs to go the hospital. I don't know what's going on, but he needs to go to the hospital ... right away."
"At that point, I knew that somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system," she said, adding, "He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out."
Jackson did not go to the hospital. He died June 25 after suffering cardiac arrest, his family said. Autopsies have been conducted, but an official cause of death is not expected for several weeks.
Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse whose specialty includes nutritional counseling, said Tuesday that she repeatedly rejected his demands for the drug, Diprivan, which is given intravenously.
But a frantic phone call she received from Jackson four days before his death made her fear that he somehow obtained Diprivan or another drug to induce sleep, Lee said.
While in Florida on June 21, Lee was contacted by a member of Jackson's staff.
"He called and was very frantic and said, `Michael needs to see you right away.' I said, 'What's wrong?' And I could hear Michael in the background ..., 'One side of my body is hot, it's hot, and one side of my body is cold. It's very cold,'" Lee said.
"I said, `Tell him he needs to go the hospital. I don't know what's going on, but he needs to go to the hospital ... right away."
"At that point, I knew that somebody had given him something that hit the central nervous system," she said, adding, "He was in trouble Sunday and he was crying out."
Jackson did not go to the hospital. He died June 25 after suffering cardiac arrest, his family said. Autopsies have been conducted, but an official cause of death is not expected for several weeks.
How to play Mafia Wars on Facebook
Welcome to Mafia Wars!
We’ll try to go over some basic aspects of gameplay here to make sure you know how to own the back alleys and streets of your crime empire.
Crime Jobs
A mobster's gotta work! Crime jobs are a great way to earn cash and experience, especially when you’re getting your start. Some jobs require certain items, properties, or mafia size to complete. New jobs become available as you progress through the game by completing jobs, earning cash and expanding your mafia size. Use that cash to buy the tools you need to perform bigger and better jobs for a bigger payoff.
Staying Alive, Stay Fighting, Stay On Top!
In order to do anything from picking a job to picking a fight you need to maintain your health, energy and stamina. You need your health to stay alive in fights and to avoid getting knocked down from a sucker punch. You’ll need your energy to complete jobs and should you get nabbed by the cops – to break out of jail! You’ll need stamina to keep fighting. Earn cash and experience by performing jobs and picking fights! You need experience points to move up to the next level and become a more powerful criminal.
Hit List
Check here to find out who’s got a bounty on their head, and make sure you’re not one of them! A successful hit will earn you a nice cash reward. Keep in mind being a bounty hunter will earn you easy cash, but every other mafia will be able to view the same Marked Men – first come, first served. You can place a mark on most players in your same level range from their Mafia profile as long as you’ve got the stamina and the money to pay out for a bounty.
Properties
Real estate is a great way to earn quick, steady and reliable cash and street credit. Owning properties is where the real cash is at! Properties generate recurring income that can be used to finance your criminal activates. The more properties you own, the more money will continue to roll in.
The Bank
The streets are rough, and rival mafias are everywhere. You can safe guard your cash at the bank, but after laundering and the bank’s cut, you’ll lose about 10%. But better lose it to the bank than on the streets because during fights, you can’t lose money you have in the bank!
The Godfather
Any made man knows that when you need a little help, you go to The Godfather. He’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. The Godfather can assist you by rise quickly through the ranks by giving you cash, energy or more members power up your mafia fast. You can help The Godfather out by donating or filling out offers. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to return the favor...
IF YOU ARE MISSING REWARD POINTS:
* If you purchased reward points with your credit card or Paypal: Fill out a Support Ticket
* If you have completed offers with Super Rewards and you are missing the points have to send a request to them for help. In order to do this you will need to go to the Points page and click on "Missing Points". This will display a list of offers that you have clicked on. Find the offer that you believe you completed and click "Missing these reward points". In the form that comes up paste the confirmation email that you received for completing the offer. They will then process this request and award you the points if they find that you completed it.
The Hospital
Every now and then you’re bound to get caught up in a back alley beating or drive by shooting. When you’re feeling down and low on health, visit the Hospital to pay off the doctor to get patched up and back on the streets, and off the books.
Fight
There's a war going on outside! Fight it out with other Mafia Families for honor and fame. It's your family versus theirs: each member of your Mafia is armed with the best offensive and defensive weapons you've got and same deal for your opponent. You should try to have at least one offensive weapon, one defensive weapon, and one vehicle for each member of your family. Pick fights to win cash and bragging rights on the streets.
Inventory
Where you buy and sell items. Shows the items that are available and the quantity you own. More items become available as you progress through the game.
Your Mafia Members
In Mafia Wars, you're only as strong as your family. Mafia members are essential for doing jobs and fighting other families. If your Mafia is low on members, you can recruit more.
Profile
When you gain enough experience to increase in level, you are awarded upgrade points that you can use to improve your character's attributes.
We’ll try to go over some basic aspects of gameplay here to make sure you know how to own the back alleys and streets of your crime empire.
Crime Jobs
A mobster's gotta work! Crime jobs are a great way to earn cash and experience, especially when you’re getting your start. Some jobs require certain items, properties, or mafia size to complete. New jobs become available as you progress through the game by completing jobs, earning cash and expanding your mafia size. Use that cash to buy the tools you need to perform bigger and better jobs for a bigger payoff.
Staying Alive, Stay Fighting, Stay On Top!
In order to do anything from picking a job to picking a fight you need to maintain your health, energy and stamina. You need your health to stay alive in fights and to avoid getting knocked down from a sucker punch. You’ll need your energy to complete jobs and should you get nabbed by the cops – to break out of jail! You’ll need stamina to keep fighting. Earn cash and experience by performing jobs and picking fights! You need experience points to move up to the next level and become a more powerful criminal.
Hit List
Check here to find out who’s got a bounty on their head, and make sure you’re not one of them! A successful hit will earn you a nice cash reward. Keep in mind being a bounty hunter will earn you easy cash, but every other mafia will be able to view the same Marked Men – first come, first served. You can place a mark on most players in your same level range from their Mafia profile as long as you’ve got the stamina and the money to pay out for a bounty.
Properties
Real estate is a great way to earn quick, steady and reliable cash and street credit. Owning properties is where the real cash is at! Properties generate recurring income that can be used to finance your criminal activates. The more properties you own, the more money will continue to roll in.
The Bank
The streets are rough, and rival mafias are everywhere. You can safe guard your cash at the bank, but after laundering and the bank’s cut, you’ll lose about 10%. But better lose it to the bank than on the streets because during fights, you can’t lose money you have in the bank!
The Godfather
Any made man knows that when you need a little help, you go to The Godfather. He’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse. The Godfather can assist you by rise quickly through the ranks by giving you cash, energy or more members power up your mafia fast. You can help The Godfather out by donating or filling out offers. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to return the favor...
IF YOU ARE MISSING REWARD POINTS:
* If you purchased reward points with your credit card or Paypal: Fill out a Support Ticket
* If you have completed offers with Super Rewards and you are missing the points have to send a request to them for help. In order to do this you will need to go to the Points page and click on "Missing Points". This will display a list of offers that you have clicked on. Find the offer that you believe you completed and click "Missing these reward points". In the form that comes up paste the confirmation email that you received for completing the offer. They will then process this request and award you the points if they find that you completed it.
The Hospital
Every now and then you’re bound to get caught up in a back alley beating or drive by shooting. When you’re feeling down and low on health, visit the Hospital to pay off the doctor to get patched up and back on the streets, and off the books.
Fight
There's a war going on outside! Fight it out with other Mafia Families for honor and fame. It's your family versus theirs: each member of your Mafia is armed with the best offensive and defensive weapons you've got and same deal for your opponent. You should try to have at least one offensive weapon, one defensive weapon, and one vehicle for each member of your family. Pick fights to win cash and bragging rights on the streets.
Inventory
Where you buy and sell items. Shows the items that are available and the quantity you own. More items become available as you progress through the game.
Your Mafia Members
In Mafia Wars, you're only as strong as your family. Mafia members are essential for doing jobs and fighting other families. If your Mafia is low on members, you can recruit more.
Profile
When you gain enough experience to increase in level, you are awarded upgrade points that you can use to improve your character's attributes.
Long Live The Fearless Man - Democracy Contest
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Si Hayden Koh Mag aaral daw muli.. Gusto nya Kunin Law tapos sabay mag law-lawko-loko nanamn sya.. hahaha.. ^^V
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