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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., believes that Congress is "about 10 years behind the public." So Paul said on "Fox News Sunday" as he argued against incarcerating marijuana users. Paul sagely suggested the Republican Party should employ such thinking to "appeal across the left-right paradigm."
Paul has put his money where his mouth is. Last week, Paul co-sponsored legislation with Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt. Their Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 would grant judges greater flexibility in the federal mandatory minimum sentencing system.
"I think the American public would be shocked to find out that judges don't have the discretion," opined bill supporter Julie Stewart, president of Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Decades ago, in the name of going after drug kingpins, Congress passed laws with harsh sentencing guidelines that, if unintentionally, ended up condemning nonviolent offenders to obscenely long sentences.
Paul told Fox News' Chris Wallace that it is "a mistake to put people in jail for marijuana use and throw away the key" — which actually doesn't happen in the federal system. To get a sentence of 10 years or longer, you have to possess 1,000 marijuana plants, not a joint. Nonetheless, that is a long time for a first-time offense, especially if it's thrown at people who run state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries.
On the other hand, the federal system does not simply go after drug kingpins. The old laws perverted the justice system so that career criminals who inform on others win reduced sentences — sometimes sentences shorter than those applied to their underlings — while the underlings serve overly harsh time.
"What passes for a drug kingpin in 99 percent of the cases is nothing more than a young man who can't even afford a lawyer when he's hauled into court," Patrick Murphy, U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Illinois, told "60 Minutes" in 2004.
As Leahy wrote in a press release, inflexible "mandatory minimum penalties can lead to terribly unjust results in individual cases."
Clarence Aaron was no kingpin, yet he is serving a life-without-parole sentence for a nonviolent first-time drug conviction in 1993. The kingpin for Aaron's two large cocaine deals got out of prison in 2000. Another dealer is due for release next year. Yet unless he wins a presidential commutation, Aaron alone will die an old man in prison for a crime he committed as a young man. Sadly, President Barack Obama has used his commutation power only once — and not for Aaron.
In 1994, Congress passed "safety valve" legislation to prevent such excess sentences for low-level drug offenses. The Leahy-Paul bill would expand the 1994 law.
As Washington postures to pass anti-gun legislation, voters might consider how mandatory minimum sentences for ostensible gun crimes have led to other abuses. In 2004, in Salt Lake City, U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell proclaimed that he saw no "rational basis" for the law to require him to sentence a 25-year-old first-time drug offender to 55 years in prison on the same day he meted out a 22-year term to a man who had clubbed an elderly woman to death.
Granted, drug dealer Weldon Angelos owned guns and carried a concealed weapon during a marijuana deal, but he never brandished a gun; he didn't shoot anyone. Still, Cassell was forced to put Angelos away for twice the sentence given to a hands-on killer.
A free country doesn't imprison nonviolent low-level offenders for decades. There has to be a mechanism for mercy.
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When a young team goes against the best in the state, they cannot expect to escape without any scars and one of the scars might be a loss, and that's what happened to the Lady Rattlers Saturday night when they traveled to Des Moines and took on the undefeated Des Moines Lady Demons. The demons were demons beating the Lady Rattlers 67-28.
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Tucum 2 6 8 9=28
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Hey xods.
For your function, one decomposition is
Where the () brackets are applied first and then the [] and the final result is the + of these two inputs. With regards to the the first operation involving A, B, and C, this is just two and gates with one result fed into the other (first operation is with {}).
The only thing though that needs to be asked are the following:
1) Do you need to use specific kinds of gates (usually one specific gate where you build the others and the results from these)?
2) Do you need to optimize either the expression or the circuits to use the minimum number of gates (given a certain set of gate choices)?
If the above don't apply then you can come up with a few different ways of doing the same thing that are all the right answer.
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For this particular distribution you can just multiply the parameter by 7 to get the distribution of accidents over 7 days. Depending on your level of study you should learn that as a fact or be able to prove it. (im guessing you need to learn it, not prove it).
so if X is acidents over 7 days,
You should be able to do now that you have the distribution
If the sum is >420 then the average is >3.3333. Have you been taught an approximate distribution for sample averages? (Hint: Think "central limit theorum")


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HIV? poz about being neg:
Ok so it turns out I am suppose to be going for blood tests every month I was somehow not informed so i missed 2 tests can alot have changed in 2 months?
Hi, i think that is relative... it depends if you have got any illness, or if you are taking or not taking care of yourself. Like some people have mentioned before numbers sometimes get crazy. I think they want to test you to be aware when your cd4 reaches 350 to perhaps start with HAART.... I don't know, here in my country i was told that Haart is optional if you are above 200 (because they lack of medicines... so the later you start... the better for everybody), but if you are under 200 you HAVE to start with it, i think your Dr only wants to know if you are fast or slow progressor.
--- Quote from: HIV? poz about being neg on May 07, 2007, 04:14:26 AM ---Ok so it turns out I am suppose to be going for blood tests every month I was somehow not informed so i missed 2 tests can alot have changed in 2 months?--- End quote ---Well what's the purpose of testing every month? Are they testing something specific? I don't know your numbers, but is it testing for CD4/VL or something else?Milker.
As you are newly infected, my guess would be that the doctor wants to see how quickly your body adjusts and gets the hiv under control. It may be that he will want you to start meds if your numbers don't start showing signs of improvement. BUT - what I say is pure speculation. The best way to get the correct answer to your question is to ask the doctor himself. The standard routine is to test at least quarterly, but I was also tested more often than quarterly in the early days of my diagnosis. In my case, it was to get a handle on whether my numbers were trending up or down. Turned out they weren't doing either - they were bouncing all over the place. Still are. Whenever you are in doubt about what your doctor is doing or wants to do, ASK. Not only is it your right to know, but I'd go as far as to say it's your DUTY to ask. If you don't keep on top of your health issues, no one else can. Your relationship with your doctor needs to be a partnership for optimal results. You need to keep each other informed. Ann
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so i have recieved my 3rd set of tests now and according to the Dr. they are "great"I am just unsure about the vl.i was infected this last December and my first set of test on January 25/07 CD4 480 21% VL >100000Feb 20/07 CD4 450 28% VL >100000Apr 30/07 CD4 560 29% VL >100000So my question is why is the VL not dropping if everything is "great"?
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My QTH is on my island named Kalvoya, which is part of a larger island, Smola.
The station is remotely controlled via a 5GHz radiolink from home location in Kristiansund city. The LOS distance is about 28km. The link is capable of 50 MBits/s. It functions flawlessly in all sorts of weather conditions. The station is controlled, including two-way sound, without PC on the remote side using products from www.remoterig.com .
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My father's family came from Aleppo. They left it in the early 20th Century, went to Mexico to seek their destiny, as many families did. My father was born there, in Mexico City, and when he was five, his parents packed up and went to live in Palestine. But as Jews go, we identify ourselves based on our origins, and I am always proud to tell people that I am partly from Aleppo.
And in the very city of Aleppo, 87 Syrian students were murdered this week, on the first day of exams, on campus. Many more were wounded. Most likely, the Syrian government is behind the killing that's been going on for months, taking the lives of scores of citizens, whose sole crime was daring to oppose their government. And sometimes not even that – 18 Syrian babies lying in incubators have been killed this summer, the incubator power plugs being pulled out of the power sockets, leaving these babes to their death. But this week's deaths happened in Aleppo, and that's where my heart is today.
Today I am not proud, though, just sad. Sad and angry and frustrated at the killing. And I ask myself – how can I stop the killing?
The answer is – unfortunately, I can't. But there's something else I can do, which brings some consolation. It dates back to my trip to Rwanda, on a consulting mission, of all things. Once I boarded the plane on my way home, I realized I forgot to bring a book with me for the flight. Now what? Like some junky seeking dope, I was searching the place for reading material, till I found 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' lying on the floor diagonal from me, which turned out to belong to one of the judges on Rwanda's international tribunal. He lent me the book – little choice did he have – who can resist a junky? I devoured the first chapter, which draws the distinction between the circle of influence, and the circle of concern. The former includes things you can take care of. The latter – things that are beyond your influence, and only cause you concern, and bring misery into your life. Because let's face it - being concerned isn't helping anyone. No matter how concerned I am over the poor souls of Syrian dissidents, there is little I can do for them. And by fretting I am hurting myself and reducing my wellbeing. The solution can be found in the circle of influence. So I try to make things better in my small circle of influence. I try to help the souls of those around me – the lady using a walker, who appreciates me holding the café door open for her; the elderly neighbor with COPD who needs help carrying her bag of groceries; the third grader who is stuck at home on a snow day and is happy to come and bake cookies with us, then eat them over a game of monopoly before returning to her sad home.
You see, concern does not make the world a better place. But our actions, the things we influence, can. So I get up and do something. Something, which, small as it may be, makes the world a better place. And makes me not a better person, but one who is more at peace with herself, in the process. I hold the door open, carry the bag, bake cookies and play monopoly, and hope some of this good will carry across the ocean, to the poor souls of Aleppo.


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An initiative of the Osho International Meditation Resort, Osho Tirth Garden is a park cum garden that is located at Koregaon Park in Pune. Located behind Rajneesh Ashram, this beautifully maintained garden is a treat to eyes where you can find that needed solace under the shade of the trees or feast your eyes upon the sight of the exotic flowers that have been planted here. Osho Tirth Garden has thus become site of devotion and a popular hangout for the residents of Pune It remains open daily from 6 AM to 7 PM, the entry to this park is free.
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This locality in Pune is located to the south of Mula-Mutha River. It is a developing market and houses the popular German Bakery. This bakery drew attention in Feb, 2010, due to the terrorist's attacks, which took place here. Other popular landmarks here are Chabad house, Osho Ashram, Ruby Hall Cli.
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The Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings are swapping power forwards. The T'wolves have traded Derrick Williams to the Sacramento Kings for Luc Mbah a Moute [[ Luke em-bah ah MOO-tay ]]. The 27-year-old Mbah a Moute was a teammate of T'wolves star Kevin Love at UCLA. He has averaged 6.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in five-plus seasons with the Kings and Milwaukee Bucks.
The Timberwolves are back home to battle the Denver Nuggets tonight at the Target Center. Minnesota will then head back out on another two-game road trip to Dallas and Oklahoma City on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. The T'wolves sit at 8-and-8 on the season after Monday's 99-84 setback in Indiana. The Nuggets have won three in-a-row to improve to 7-and-6.


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Kershaw and Ryu take their talents Down Under
The season will start just a bit early this year for the Los Angeles Dodgers thanks to Major League Baseball going global. MLB decided to expand the brand and use the Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks to promote the sport in Australia.
The two rival teams will play at Sydney Cricket Ground on March 22-23. The two teams have built a huge rivalry in the last two years, which will make for great competition amongst their Australian fans.
Clayton Kershaw gets the start in the first game, while Hyun Jin Ryu gets the start in the second game. Ryu replaces Zack Greinke who left a Spring Training game last week with a strained right calf. Greinke who was never fully in support of the trip Down Under, and will not travel with the team.
Greinke is scheduled to begin bullpen throwing sessions this week at Camelback Ranch.
The Dodgers are scheduled to depart for Australia next Sunday.
Countdown to Matt Kemp's comeback
Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp has continued to progress in rehabbing from his off season ankle surgery, that has kept him out of his action this Spring.
After positive test results that enable him to progress in more workouts that include tracking down fly balls and running on the field, manager Don Mattingly feels strongly that Kemp will return sooner. "I don't put that kind of timetable on it," Mattingly told MLB.com. "As long as he's moving forward."
Kemp continues to eye his return this season, although he will not be available for the Australia trip on March 22-23 against Arizona.
"I'm out there running again, I am happy. I'm good," Matt Kemp said regarding his progress. He could make a return during the first week of the season at Dodger Stadium.
"He's swinging the bat good. It won't be long before he's in a game," said Mattingly.
The important factor is to get Kemp healthy and last throughout the season, unlike his previous two seasons where he played a total of 179 games.
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The 22 year old Zach Lee makes his Catcus League start on Friday afternoon for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers are extremely excited to watch Lee pitch, as he was invited to Spring Training by the Dodgers this year. Lee has all of the tools to pitch in MLB, however must continue to fine tune his pitches. He overcame an injury to his lat muscle, which enabled him to miss his first scheduled bullpen session.
The Dodgers will be observant of his pitch count, and as Lee continues to develop. He could see some action in the very near future at the next level for the Dodgers, but now the team is focused on their other starters in Paul Maholm and Josh Beckett.
Zack Greinke suffers injury in Spring Training game
Dodgers starter Zack Greinke left yesterday's game after four pitches, due to a mild calf strain in his right leg.
Greinke struck out Tony Campana, and threw a few pitches to Cliff Pennington before Don Mattingly decided to retire Greinke for the afternoon.
Greinke felt some tightness in his calf, "we deal with small stuff all the time, and I think that's what this is. We'll see, but that's my guess," said Greinke. "I'd still be pitching if this were a regular season game."
Greinke made sure to let his thoughts be known how he was in favor of his team taking the long trip to Australia.
Since then Greinke has relaxed his stance on the down under issue, sort of.
"If we're going to be there, I want to pitch," Greinke said. "My vote if we had to go over there, was not going. But more people wanted to go than not, so now that we are going, I want to be there. I don't want to not go and have the rest of the team play with me sitting here watching. I also don't want to go there and not pitch."
Each day Greinke will go through ice and theraphy related treatment on his calf, until a diagnosis can be reached.
He will be ready to pitch again in time for the regular season.
Dodgers' Matt Kemp gets MRI update on ankle
On Friday Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp gets an update on the progress of his surgically repaired ankle. Since the off-season and in Spring Training, Kemp has worked vigorously to return stronger for the 2014 season. Able to only workout and taking batting practice, good news for Kemp would be a relief where he'll be able to practice with the rest of his teammates.
Manager Don Mattingly is optimistic that Kemp will return, however still unsure of his timetable. "I'm assuming once we get the green light to go forward, it's still going to be a progression to get him ready," Mattingly told the LA Times.
The results of the MRI on his ankle will determine whether he moves on to the next phase of his rehab. If all goes well, Kemp could be ready in time for the March 30th season opener against the Padres in San Diego. Or he may be available for the Dodgers home opener on March 4th.
Kemp has maintained his stance, that he wants to be a Dodger for life, and this is the year of opportunity to prove his worth to the team and organization.
Clayton Kershaw begins his campaign in the Cactus League
Coming off a phenomenal 2013 season that resulted in the Los Angeles Dodgers appearing the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals, and Clayton Kershaw acquired his second Cy Young award.
Kershaw also made news when he signed his sever year, $215 million deal, he makes his debut today in his Cactus League debut.
"It's not a normal Spring Training," Kershaw told MLB.com. "Tomorrow we're, in a sense, in the middle of things. We've got 19 [days of spring training games] before we play a game that counts. We've got to feel some sense of urgency."
The team along with Kershaw have worked out but lacked energy according to manager Don Mattingly. However Mattingly is hopefully that the Dodgers will pick up their intensity as the season gets closer to beginning. Last season the Dodgers played approximately 36 games.
Kershaw is scheduled not to participate in the games in Australia in order to lighten his work load this season. The Dodgers have a less than a month before they face the Arizona Diamondbacks in a early regular season matchup.
"We've got to feel some sense of urgency," said Kershaw regarding the regular season.
The Dodgers also participated in some interleague games on Monday and Tuesday, before today's Cactus league game in order to get into baseball rhythm.
Along with Kershaw starting on the mound, Alex Guerrero will start at second base and bat second, along with Yasiel Puig batting third. Chone Figgins makes his Dodger debut as the lead off hitter on Wednesday.
SportsNet LA debuts on Time Warner Cable
The long awaited Dodgers network known as SportsNet LA, part of a twenty five year, $8 billion deal launches on February 25th at 7 PM PST.
Unlike the Time Warner Sports Net channel that is shared by the Los Angeles Lakers, Sparks, and Galaxy, this new network is owned and operated by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Time Warner customers can tune in to HD Channel 431 and standard Definition Channel 231. Time Warner is said to be in talks with various other operators such as AT & T U-verse, DirecTV, and COX. A deal should be coming soon between the various providers, however no projected date has been scheduled.
This new network will include exclusive behind the scenes coverage of the Dodgers with shows like Backstage:Dodgers, interviews, and most importantly the chance for fans to watch every Dodger game home and away.
The new SportsNet LA network consist of a dynamite line up includes insight from Jerry Hairston Jr., former Cy Young winner Orel Hershiser, Nomar Garciaparra, Alana Rizzo (formely of the MLB Network), and John Hartung (formerly ABC 7 in Los Angeles).
As Dodger fans get to hear that golden voice of summer known as Vin Scully call all of the Dodger home games and a few away games this season.
I'm looking forward to enjoying this new Dodgers network, that has been a long time in the making, but I'm sure will be well worth the wait.
Dodgers keep their hand in Tanaka sweepstakes
The Dodgers are in one of the most heated battles since claiming the NL West division last season, in attempting to acquire Masahiro Tanaka from Japan.
The Dodgers are in competition with several other teams, but remain the front runner with the New York Yankees as suitors for Tanaka.
The contract for Tanaka could go as high as $100 million, although the Dodgers remain somewhat tight lipped about the ongoing negotiations, don't count them out for a moment.
Dodgers GM Ned Colletti said that the two sides speak daily, and are committed to possibly bringing in the Japanese phenom. The Dodgers vowed several weeks ago that they would not be outbid, and even though they aren't going as heavy for Tanaka like they did with Hyun Jin Ryu, they have their target locked in.
The Dodgers have the money and flexibility to sign Tanaka, however one gem could be in their favor, is Tanaka's wife who wishes to stay on the West Coast to further her music career.
If Tanaka joined the Dodgers, they would have one of the most feared and solid rotations in baseball. Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Dan Haren, Hyun Jin Ryu, along with a solid relief rotation, could be dominate for years to come.
Whatever team signs Tanaka has to complete his physical by 5PM EST on Jan 25th.
Clayton Kershaw destroys Padres at Petco
Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (15-9) returned to dominate form on Saturday night against the San Diego Padres, who had no offense nor answer for Kershaw.
AJ Ellis and Yasiel Puig stepped up with huge home runs, that elevated the Dodgers over the Padres 4-0 in front of a near sellout crowd.
"I felt good, so I guess that's a bonus. A little bit erratic at first with the fastball but A.J. did a real good job of making me use all my pitches on both sides of the plate," said Kershaw.
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly pushed back a previous start that allowed Kershaw rest for the upcoming playoffs.
The Dodgers offense clicked in the fourth inning when AJ Ellis blasted a two run home run off Padres rookie starter Burch Smith for the 2-0 lead.
Kershaw remained untouchable as he sat down 14 out of 15 batters.
Yasiel Puig launched a two run home run all the way to La Mesa that made it 4-0 in the seventh inning.
Since Greg Maddox achieved this milestone from 1993-95, Kershaw is trying to become the first pitcher to lead the majors in ERA for three straight seasons.
Ronald Belisario and Brian Wilson pitched flawless innings for the Dodgers in the win.
"San Diego is a tough team. They battle me. They put good at-bats on me and always seem to get my pitch count up. I felt good to finally get a win against these guys," said Kershaw.
Burch Smith (1-2) gave up two and three hits in six innings of work in the loss.
The last Dodger pitcher to finish below 2.00 ERA was Sandy Koufax with 1.73 ERA in 1966 according to Stats LLC.
Matt Kemp goes BeastMode on D'backs
Outfielder Matt Kemp returned at the right time knocking the ball all over Chase Field as the Dodgers crushed the Diamondbacks 9-3.
Kemp went a perfect 4 for 4, with three RBI's and two double on Tuesday night.
Zack Greinke (15-3) pitched brilliantly and allowed two runs on six hits in six innings of work.
"It feels good to just be able to be here with the team and be able to go out there and run out with them and compete with them and do all that, " Kemp said. "I missed baseball, man."
Kemp started off hot, when he doubled deep to left that scored Hanley Ramirez and Mark Ellis for the 2-0 lead in the first inning.
After solo home runs from Juan Uribe and Adrian Gonzalez, Kemp continued to dominate as he singled to center that scored Ellis for the 8-0 lead in the fourth inning.
The best bright spot for the Diamondbacks came in the sixth inning when Aaron Hill knocked out a solo home run, and still trailed 8-2.
Michael Young contributed with an RBI triple in the eight inning that scored Ramirez.
Patrick Corbin (14-7) gave up six runs on seven hits in two innings of work in the loss. This was his shortest outing of the season.
Kemp had been sidelined with an injury since July 21st with an severe ankle sprain. Kemp worked his way back into the lineup, rehabbing extensively to prepare himself for the playoffs.
"He swung the bat good," said Don Mattingly. "I thought he looked good in the outfield, too, just turning, a couple of plays he ended up backpedaling and stuff. It looked like he was pretty easy out there."
The Dodgers magic number to clinch the NL West is 2 games, and Zack Greinke spoke about the importance of winning the division.
"It's nice…but it's not really the special part. Something special would be winning in the playoffs or the World Series."
The Dodgers ended a four game losing streak, and look to clinch the division on Wednesday as they send Stephen Fife to the mound in place of Clayton Kershaw. Dodgers have decided to give Kershaw some much needed time off to keep him rested for the playoffs.


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1. Is History Repeating Itself?
The word pandemic comes from Greek roots meaning "all the people." Not surprisingly, the first known medical reporter to file a story about a flu epidemic was Hippocrates around 412 BC. For centuries, flu disasters have struck just as naturally and inevitably as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Indeed, over the past 300 years, there have been 10 major flu pandemics (an average of 22 years apart), according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota. Experts believe we're well overdue for another pandemic.
It's too soon to tell if this swine flu outbreak will turn into a pandemic, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised its pandemic alert level from 3 to 4 (on a scale of 6 being the worst). The swine flu outbreak has taken a "significant step" toward becoming a pandemic, but "we're not there yet," says Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general for health, security, and environment at the WHO.
A lot has changed since the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic just 91 years ago when an estimated 50 million died around the world. Back then, most scientists believed mistakenly that the flu was caused by bacteria. Back then, there were no antiviral drugs to combat the flu, let alone antibiotics, which were developed in the 1940s. Back then, there were no jet airplanes that could cross the world (and spread the virus to every continent) in a single day. In the intervening years, a lot of progress has been made preparing for the inevitability of another pandemic. WHO launched its flu surveillance program in 1947. Vaccines and antiviral drugs are stockpiled around the world. But will all that be enough? We'll get to the scary answer to that question at the end of this article.
2. Are there enough antiviral medicines to keep us safe?
Walgreen purchasing managers met last weekend to make sure they're ready for a spike in demand for personal hygiene products like face masks and hand sanitizers. No surprise, there's also a run on antiviral medications. That's because the government says the swine flu strain is treatable with two antiviral drugs: Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and Relenza (zanamivir). Manufacturers of both drugs - Roche based in Switzerland and GlaxoSmithKline based in London - say they're increasing production.
The US government has stockpiled enough antiviral treatments to take care of 50 million people while different states have 22 million treatment courses. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the government will release 25 percent of its emergency stockpiles -- some 12 million doses - of Tamiflu and Relenza to various states just in in case.
If it needs to ramp up significantly, Roche, for instance, has an annual production capacity of 400 million treatment courses, according to the company.
3. How long will it take to create a new vaccine?
Baxter International, manufacturer of flu vaccines, has already requested samples of the swine flu virus to begin work on a vaccine. On a fast track, it will take between four to six months to create and distribute a new vaccine. On a global level, if a pandemic strikes this year, according to CIDRAP, manufacturers could produce 2.5 billion doses of vaccine in the first 12 months, but it would take four years to produce enough vaccine to meet total global demand.
4. Do face masks protect against swine flu?
They're the instant symbol of the outbreak, but do they work? Snug-fitting medical masks approved by the FDA - like dental or surgery masks - are better than nothing if you need to come in close contact with infected people or you're in crowded situations, but the CDC says that information on their effectiveness masks is limited.
"The risk for infection can be reduced through a combination of actions," the CDC says. "No single action will provide complete protection, but an approach combining the following steps can help decrease the likelihood of transmission. These actions include frequent hand-washing, covering coughs, and having ill persons stay home, except to seek medical care, and minimize contact with others in the household. Additional measures that can limit transmission of a new influenza strain include voluntary home quarantine of members of households with confirmed or probable swine influenza cases, reduction of unnecessary social contacts, and avoidance whenever possible of crowded settings."
The CDC continues: "When it is absolutely necessary to enter a crowded setting or to have close contact with persons who might be ill, the time spent in that setting should be as short as possible. If used correctly, facemasks and respirators may help reduce the risk of getting influenza, but they should be used along with other preventive measures, such as avoiding close contact and maintaining good hand hygiene."
5. How deadly is pandemic flu?
Every year in the US, between five to 20 percent of us are infected with the old-fashioned flu; 200,000 of us end up in the hospital; and around 36,000 of us die. Flu victims are typically the very young, the very old and the very immune-suppressed or ill.
"During the worst week of the 2007-2008 season, the regular flu had a mortality rate of about nine percent," according to a blog by Amanda Ripley, author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why. By comparison, Ripley writes, one study of swine flu outbreaks showed a fatality rate around 14 percent.
The mortality rate of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 was 2.5 percent, according to The Daily Telegraph, while the mortality rate of the 1957 and 1968 pandemics was 0.5 percent. (The dreaded Ebola virus, for comparison, has a mortality rate that can reach 90 percent).
Obviously, the flu isn't a death sentence - far from it - but the body count escalates in a pandemic because so many millions are infected.
So, what goes wrong when younger, healthier people die from the flu? The key is something called the "cytokine storm," according to Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of CIDRAP. In a fascinating November 2005 online interview with The Washington Post, Osterholm explained: "A cytokine storm is the release of a chemical in the body that stimulates the human immune system to respond to the virus infection. In these serious illnesses and deaths, it's actually been an over vigorous immune response elicited by this infection that result in the organ damage and ultimately the death of the individual. Ironically this means that those with the strongest immune systems may be at highest risk for a serious outcome if infected with the (bird flu) H5N1 virus. At the same time, it is surely possible that those with weakened or immature immune systems, such as the very young or very old, and those with underlying immune conditions, may experience serious illness associated with the annual influenza illness, which often involves damage to the respiratory tract and subsequent secondary bacterial infection."
6. Is the world ready for a new pandemic?
In his online interview with the Post, Dr. Osterholm says that despite a lot of progress, the world still isn't very well prepared for pandemic. "The vast majority of the 6.5 billion people on the face of the Earth today do not have any access to intensive care or medicine," he says. "In addition, for most of the developed world, we too will not have access to mechanical ventilators, drugs, or other medical interventions that we might expect. We have little to no surge capacity or the ability to care for large numbers of new illnesses in any of our healthcare facilities today."
"For example," Osterholm says, "in the United States, we only have 105,000 mechanical ventilators in our hospitals. Today an average of more than 80,000 ventilators are in use every day and during the regular influenza season we find almost all of the 105,000 mechanical ventilators in use. Our national strategic stockpile maintained by the federal government has only an additional 4,500 mechanical ventilators for use in an emergency. We will run out of mechanical ventilators overnight. This is true for many of our antibiotics and antiviral drugs, as many of these are made outside of the United States in a single plant and where the raw ingredients needed to make the drugs come from many other countries."
Dr. Osterholm goes on: "With the first onset of pandemic influenza, I believe many of our borders will be closed to transportation and commerce and in this global just-in-time economy, many essential products and services will disappear overnight. ...The only things they will have left to protect themselves will be respirator masks. Again, because of the global just-in-time economy where two companies own a very large percentage of the international market share for production and sales of masks, and which have virtually no surge capacity for production, we will soon also run out of them. Finally, our hospitals, which are now operating in an almost constant full capacity, will not be able to handle the surge of patients with influenza. Therefore already many communities are planning for the care of these patients in auditoriums, gymnasiums, and even arenas where many cots can be lined up in endless rows. When one considers the above information, how can anyone think that this will be a whole lot different than?"
(Bonus) 7: Should you be scared?
Over the last few years, I've interviewed hundreds of the world's most effective survivors and thrivers. Many of the members of the Survivors Club share an outlook - a mentality - and an approach to dealing with crisis. Sure, they get scared (and freaked out) too. But they turn fear and anxiety into motivation and purpose. They confront all kinds of adversity with a mixture of realism and optimism. They seek out information; they adapt to new challenges; they make Plan and Plan B; and they take action.
No one in the world wishes or wants this swine flu outbreak to morph into a full-fledged pandemic with mass casualties. But it's absolutely essential to think the unthinkable and, given the nature of a pandemic threat, to be as well prepared and self-reliant as possible.
From The Washington Post online, Dr. Osterholm gets the last words: "The potential for pandemic influenza to be a catastrophic event in our human history is just too great of a risk for us to wait until the night before to get prepared. While this may all sounds scary to those reading this, our job in public health today is not to scare you out of your wits, but to scare you into your wits. We need you to let your federal, state, and local leaders, including those both elected and in the private sector, know that planning at the international, national and local level must be one of our highest priorities."
For more information about swine flu or surviving other kinds of life-changing adversity, please go to The Survivors Club Website.
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I wrote last time about why the need for taxes is uncontroversial among economists. Virtually all economists agree that there are some goods and services, like public safety, that are more efficiently provided on a collective basis, and that getting people to pay their shares voluntarily is impractical due to the incentive to "free ride." Compelling everyone to pay a share through taxation, with democratic decisions on what services will be provided and how the burden will be shared, allows the required goods and services to be provided in a manner potentially beneficial to all.
Some readers thought I was arguing that we need higher taxes. But that was in no way my point. I was simply saying that the case for taxes is uncontroversial among economists, even if taxes don't get a very good rap with the public.
How high should taxes be? That depends on how much of which public goods we value relative to the private goods we also want to consume. It's not that different from asking how much we want to spend on food versus clothing, except that public goods like national defense, public security, and pharmaceutical and workplace safety are on one side of the scale, and private goods like food, clothing, houses, and electronics products are on the other. Do we want to spend more to bring down the pothole count in our roads, or more on upkeep of the cars we drive over them? If our ideal consumption basket, at prices that cover the relevant costs of production, consists of, say 30% public and 70% private goods, then in the long run and on average we need to capture about 30% of GDP as tax and other revenues to pay for the public goods share of the overall basket, leaving the rest to spend on ordinary goods and savings.
A complication, of course, is that tastes differ. If I prefer more food and you more clothing, we can each make our own decisions with no need to compromise. The same doesn't apply when people share a budget, such as married couples do—do we prefer having a larger house, or taking more vacations? We may have to compromise. All the more so when a decision on the share of funds spent on public versus private goods is taken by a whole state or country. I might prefer more well-maintained national parks while you prefer more privately maintained golf courses. An effective democratic process should work out a compromise that pleases the voter with the median preference, leaving about half of the population thinking we're putting too much into public goods provision and the other half thinking that we're putting too little into such goods. In a country of three hundred million people, having about half thinking government too large and another half thinking it's too small is thus to be expected, and is indeed a sign that our democracy is working. If having almost no one be perfectly pleased sounds grim, it might provide consolation that the chosen size of government may at least be in the ballpark of many voters' ideal choices, and that total amounts of disappointment should be both roughly minimized and shared as equally as possible by this process of compromise. If your tastes seem to differ too dramatically from those of your fellow voters, there's always the option of moving to a different jurisdiction, just as married partners who differ too much on their priorities have the option of parting company.
But now back again to the harder part. Just how much should each person pay as his or her fair share? Since incomes vary widely, it would be impossible to have everyone pay the same absolute amount without driving many on the bottom rungs of the income ladder into penury. So how about equal proportions of income? This is more feasible and on first blush, it has a ring of fairness.
The equal proportions solution indeed serves as a benchmark against which other ways of dividing up the tax burden are routinely judged. A system that makes poor individuals pay a higher proportion of their incomes than the rich is called regressive, one in which rich individuals pay a higher proportion is called progressive, and one in which all pay the same proportion, proportional. Modern industrial societies exhibit some taxes of each kind. Sales taxes are regressive because poorer individuals devote a larger share of their earnings to purchasing taxable items whereas richer ones devote relatively larger shares to saving. Abstracting from loopholes and the additional legal assistance with which to take advantage of them, income taxes tend to be progressive, requiring richer individuals to pay a higher share of their incomes than poorer ones.
A principle commonly invoked in favor of making taxes progressive is that of equalizing the sacrifice: the things a wealthy individual much forego to pay a proportionately higher tax bill seem objectively less critical to their attainment of well-being than those that a poor individual would have to forego at the same proportionate tax rate. In fact, if the value of the last dollar spent tends to fall for all individuals as their total expenditure rises—a standard assumption in economic theory—then the sacrifice from the last dollar of taxation will be equal only when tax progressivity is high enough to make after-tax incomes fully equal. Even in countries with the most progressive tax rates, progressivity stops far short of equalizing after tax incomes. Observed progressive tax rates can be seen as a compromise between the proportionality rule and the notion of equal sacrifice. This compromise reflects a sense that both the proportionality and the equal sacrifice rules have some moral appeal. It also reflects the recognition that eliminating all income differences would have a severely deleterious effect on incentives to work hard, invest in skills, and innovate.
The compromises that we make on the sharing of the tax burden are likely to perfectly satisfying few, just as do the compromises we make about the total size of government or the composition of its spending. Each issue involve a continuum of views within which, if democracy works well, it's roughly the median preference that will prevail. But the compromise on the bearing of the tax burden tends to be particularly contentious because variation of opinions tends to align to some degree with incomes, and not simply with tastes. From a purely material standpoint, those whose income is below the average of all incomes in society stand to gain from a more progressive tax scheme, while those whose incomes are above the average stand to lose from more tax progressivity. To the extent that publicly funded programs like food stamps, job retraining, and school lunch subsidies disproportionately aid poorer households, progressive taxation will have an added element of redistribution from rich to poor, and some high income individuals are sure to resent this. Finally, if rich and poor turn out with equal numbers at the polls, those with incomes below the average will have the upper hand, because the average income is well above the median one that exactly divides the electorate: around 65 – 70% of voters typically earn less than the average. That's because the average income is pulled considerably above the median one by the presence of some very high end incomes among a small share of the electorate.
It's no wonder that there's much controversy about tax progressivity, but also no wonder that large majorities of Americans these days express agreement that it's fair to tax the highest 2% of income earners more. Even many top 2%-ers favor higher taxes on the richest, however, although its equally true that some average and even below-average income earners are less than sold on the desirability of progressive taxes. These deviations from strictly economic determination of views on tax progressivity exist because notions of fairness play a part in determining people's views to some extent independently of their strictly material interests.
The question of optimal progressivity is unlikely to ever be fully resolved. What seems likely, however, is that the pendulum swing against both taxes and tax progressivity in the United States has begun to run its course, and that we'll be seeing some movement back to the levels common in the 1990s, if not earlier decides, in the years ahead. Tax progressivity exists in every high income democracy because it's a natural outgrowth of combining political democracy with economic arrangements that cause most to earn well below the arithmetic average income, a natural outgrowth also of the need to compromise between the principle of equalizing pain at the margin and the need to retain incentives for hard work, investment and innovation.
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Mrs. Thomas was born to Morris and Bessie Mae Goodlow Boales in Skidmore. She attended public school there and was a lifelong member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Tom Dean Thomas in 1939 in Skidmore and moved to Alice in 1946 where they spent the next 40 years, moving back to Skidmore in 1987.
Mrs. Thomas was instrumental in re-establishing the Saint Paul A.M.E. Church in Skidmore. She was a delegate to the General Conference in Los Angeles, Calif., a great historian, storyteller, cook, and firm believer in education.
She was preceded in death by her son, Harold Dean Thomas.
Survivors include two daughters, Faye Thomas Harris of Beeville and Rachel Jane Thomas of Skidmore; nine grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 11 great great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Treviño Funeral Home.
The funeral service will be conducted Thursday afternoon, Aug. 2, at 2 o'clock at Treviño Funeral Home with Rev. Regina Burks officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Skidmore.
Pallbearers will be Jamie Harris, Harold Thomas Jr., Brian Kearney, Trey Thomas, Brandon Hughes and Robert Hudson.
Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. J.A. Ferrell, Rev. Dallas Baldwin, Rev. Napoleon Williams, Rev. Urel Green and Rev. Lloyd Chenault.
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Angelic Devotion Ch1
Posted 28 September 2010 - 05:49 PM
Plenty of guards running around in confusion, Naomi saw the moment and seized it. She ran down the corridor to the vault, pilfering as much money as she could. Her next move was to the armory next door, taking what appeared to be the tools for her future excavation in the corner. Old and worn down. Of course. Because no right minding general would cop out for new things. Good thing she had a bit of an overhead on her project now. She took a sword from the wall, just in case. She could always sell it, but you never know.
Her next plan of action to give her some time to get out of here, was to free the remaining prisoners. Searching the cells, only a strange red headed woman could be found. Naomi quickly picked the door, and threw the sword and a handful of gold at the woman. "You a mercenary? Well you just got a new contract."
Posted 28 September 2010 - 05:57 PM
Laterite shrugged, turning towards Ivan, now that the taller and wider man was awake. "What do you thin- oh, why do I even bother asking? Of course you'll want to go somewhere to get out of this despicable place." He gazed quickly around the establishment, to the sleeping and gambling drunks, to the decrepit build of the place, the disinterested man behind the bar. "... I can't say I blame you. I think we've been here long enough anyways. Of course, we'll have to go get Andra and Rakka." He stood suddenly, grabbing the bag at the side of his chair, removing his cloak for a moment to set the strap over his shoulder. It left his clothing exposed for a moment - if anyone were paying any attention, perhaps they would realize that not every mercenary present was a poor sellsword - but he didn't really care. Being seen for who he appeared to be was all a part of the job, a major part, really. He considered, for a moment, standing on the table and declaring who he was - but that was a bit of an amateur's mistake.
"Shall we? Our comrade will want to hear the news of activity."
Posted 28 September 2010 - 05:59 PM
"Hey! HEY! What's going on? We under attack? Hey! Lemme outta here! Hey!" Beatrice frantically screamed out. To her surprise, a women appeared from the entrance and offered her some gold and a sword. Beatrice was a bit skeptical of the whole idea, but what was the woman gonna do to her any way? Fight her?
"About dang time!" Beatrice jammed the tip of the sword into the chains on her legs and the brace on her arms, freeing herself from both restraints. Already she could feel her good old raider spirit rush back into her body. "What's this on about, lady? Somethin' about a job?"
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:14 PM
"Attacks are always great for starting ruckus and helping yourself to money, aren't they?"
Naomi thought to herself. Selvano could get what was coming to him. A measly budget, stupid restrictions, a supervisor? SHe was not some child that needed baby sitting. She could hide the body before dawn, and then get rid of that supervisor when no one was around. The soldiers would certainly enjoy a nice burger after weeks without meat. Or these wolves people keep shouting about could help her out.
"So, I suppose after hiring you I should get to know you. What's your name?"
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:22 PM
'I see... That would appear to be a wolf. But at the same time, there's something not right here,' he said to himself. 'I won't attack just yet, but I do think that this could be problematic. If that's what I think it is, this town could have a big problem on its hands. Lots of very big problems...' I need to find who's responsible...
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:38 PM
As Arias started walking in search of something the man behind him, a bearded burly mercenary smirked before pulling out a piece of red cloth and tying it around his forehead. "Hey you" he shouted after Arias, "What do you think about my bandanna?"
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Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:43 PM
Instinctively, Arias, being on careful alert, turned around and began to cast a fire spell. As he looked up to prepare the spell, he saw that the strange figure was certainly not a feral beast, and probably not hostile. Arias put his tome away.
"There's something strange going around here," he thought to himself.
"Your bandana seems a little ragged," he said to the stranger. "Now, can you tell me what's going on? I have to run all the way to this village to chase off a pack of wolves, and there are no wolves to be seen!" Did you get a look at what happened?"
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:44 PM
"What happened here?" Bullet asked, as he arrived in the deserted-looking town. "It looks a bit like a ghost town." At least, he thought, this can help me get out of here before people begin recognizing me.
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Beatrice didn't fully trust the person she was following, but she didn't really care. She wanted to see where this was going before her sword hand got too itchy.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:56 PM
Ah well, much as I'd like to end their pitiable existence, I'm not going to risk exposing myself. Certainly not here in the middle of the village. I'm not going to get innocent people involved.
Arias used the commotion caused by this battle to attempt to escape. Unfortunately, it seemed as though he had no choice as the battle raged.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:57 PM
Wait. Broadsword?
Edited by Camtech075, 29 September 2010 - 05:26 PM.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 06:59 PM
...And there were no wolves. None he could see. It was very quiet. Too quiet. He saw some of the soldiers from the fort as he continued along but saw nothing else...
Until bandits came out behind a building with grins on his faces. Raising his sword, he winked at one of them and did a small dance to get them to charge him.
"Hey. Lookit this retard mask guy. Let's stick 'im boys!"
Well it got more than one of them, he got a good chunk of them, around 5 charging him. As one got close, he kicked him in the knee, snapping the bone before beheading him with a single strike. An axe went towards his head, but he blocked the first blow, kicking off the others, hoping for some backup.
"Bit of help would be nice!" he called out.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:02 PM
Well, that takes care of finding a weapon.
Edited by Camtech075, 28 September 2010 - 07:03 PM.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:03 PM
Soldier: "Lieutenant Helvorn, the last of the heretics have departed" the soldier whispered to the grim looking man.
Helvorn: "Excellent, everything's going according to plan, how's the prisoner doing?"
Soldier: Bleeding profusely, though he'll live, the healers have finished their work with him and he's been escorted to the cells by a dozen men as we speak.
Helvorn: Good, there's a few things I want to ask our good friend a few things before he gets incinerated by the flames of the abyss.
The metallic door leading to the cells slammed open as a dozen armed men marched in with a groaning man in between them. The man leading the group froze as his eyes settled on the two unbound women who turned to face them just as surprised as they were. "What's the wench doing out of her bonds?" he shouted angrily, "And who the hell is that runt?" he shouted enraged indicating Naomi. Tossing the ragged prisoner aside the men drew their weapons pointing them menacingly at the pair. "Don't know who the hell you are runt but you're not getting out of here alive."
Edited by Kanami, 28 September 2010 - 07:03 PM.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:03 PM
Arias began chanting a spell....
The next instant, the nearby bandit realized that he had a new fiery haircut, courtesy of the mage who had slipped behind some trees. Three more bandits received similar hairdos, before Arias was finally discovered.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:07 PM
Except, that man over there, setting one of those useless ruffians aflame. With a spell? Why, once this was all over he would have to investigate that disturbance. It wouldn't look good for a rogue mage to be out and about and even worse to run into a fellow spy!
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:07 PM
Her mind was racing. The money would certainly hold her over enough till she could find someone else able to fund her project, and she could always find some wealthy nobleman who could feign interest. Anything to get to her ruins. They were rightfully hers after all. Five years scouring that hell of a desert and she couldn't just give up. The others had always said "Oh, there's nothing here Naomi.", or "Stop shoving sand down my throat Naomi." or even "The heat is making me dizzy." but she stood it out. The rumors and textbooks all proved there was something there. She'd stop at nothing, and no one could get in her way. Heck, the only real friends she had had lately were the sand lizards and cacti in the desert. Her colleagues never understood the big picture. It wasn't enough to simply find and study boring old ruins. You had to see what they were like so long ago. Use them. Not just let them sit in some museum collecting dust like they had been for thousands of years.
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:24 PM
The tip of the sword collided with the soldier's armor, making a huge clanking sound and leaving a dent. Crestia armor was decent at best, so it managed to block the majority of the strike. In reality, it would have been a better strike, if only Beatrice was at one hundred percent.
"Ugh..." The charge clearly was beyond her limits at the moment. Beatrice stumbled back down to the ground, quickly picking herself up in a second. It was clear she wouldn't be trying that trick again anytime soon. "Can you fight Naomi, or do I have to do everything?"
Latching her sword onto her armguard, Beatrice smirked smugly. "Not that I mind..."
Posted 28 September 2010 - 07:33 PM
Naomi turned around, wiping off her dagger. One had tried to sneak up on them from the staircase below them, obviously hiding to get the jump on the guards. She had cleanly cut his throat, and was currently searching his body for valuables. "Just cleaning up around here. Well let's keep going. We should be able to slip away carefully towards the Commandant's quarters silently since everyone's running around with their heads cut off."
Naomi quickly stepped outside to assess the situation. Plenty of bandits everywhere, apparently fighting some mage. How much did tomes go for these days? No matter, his body would hit the ground soon enough. "This way."


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by Pete Prestipino
Posted on 01.02.2009
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Even in the age of hyper-personalization and geo-location in search, the number of
inbound links pointing to your site is still the most important aspect of
developing and securing top search engine positions. That's right, it's not
about internal linking structure, keyword density or the presence or absence of
title tags - it's about getting websites to link to yours. So how do you do that
in 2009?
Link building hasn't really changed much over the years and it probably
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Attention Website Magazine readers - share your link building tactics and resolutions
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Write and Distribute Press Releases Frequently: You very well might have
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way to spread the word is through the use of press releases. Website Magazine
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has remained one of the best, yet most basic, ways to get links (and to do it
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Become a Guest Blogger: One of the easiest ways to get attention on the
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else works and it works well. Guest bloggers have a captive audience and an
unmatched opportunity to build a viable relationship with an audience that is not their own. Resolve
in this new year to be a guest blogger a few times, if only to test the waters.
Identify blogs or email newsletters which you think your message would be
valuable to and offer to share your expertise (for free of course) in exchange
for a link or even some advertising. Take the idea of guest blogging further by
recruiting your own guest bloggers - you'll be shocked at what kind of
promotional effort people will put in on your behalf!
Share Your Insights Through Commenting: One of my favorite down-time
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toolbar. While the traffic that StumbleUpon itself sends is of the lowest
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at helping users discover sites that they might find interesting or valuable.
Search the service using individual keywords and couple that effort with comment
tracking services such as CoComment for the purpose of measurement. The benefit
of course is that you are identified as a participant in the conversation, which
positively impacts your future link building prospects. If by chance the
weblog you leave a comment on uses "follow" links instead of "no-follow" links, all the
better for your link building efforts.
Do Something Nice: If you've got an advertising budget, consider
shifting a portion of those funds to secure natural (or at least semi-natural)
links. Say for instance that you use an open-source software that requests
donations. Why not make a donation and ask for a link from the developers site?
Or say for example that you write a weblog on music like WM's Senior Editor Mike
Phillips; why not consider writing a post on how to give back to music charities
- someone will notice and grant you a link! Resolve to reap what you sow in 2009
and you'll be that much closer to Web success at the start of 2010.
Create Authority Documents and Share Socially: An authority document
is one that people look to for guidance on a) how to do something, or b) how to
do something better. Content does not exist in a vacuum however - it won't pull
people on to your site on its own merit. You must share that information
through an active network of Web friends and colleagues to make it stick in the
Web's sphere of influence. That's why Website Magazine and others spend so much
time discussing social news/bookmarking sites like
Digg and Delicious, micro-blogging
communities like Twitter and social networks
like Facebook. These are opportunities where
one can share their ideas and their content. Remember, authority does not happen
overnight - it happens gradually with sudden increases (bursts) of influence.
Resolve in 2009 to develop one well-thought out authority document each month of
2009 and, build out your social profile and share your content on as many social
networks as possible, encouraging you friends to do the same.
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LewisM 01-02-2009 4:12 PM
I'm a Webmaster rather than a developer. This idea of exchanging links is what I've been doing for a year with the one commercial website I maintain.
We are an RV dealer in Florida. I'm trying to build online market share for the dealer (organically). I had not considered blogs or "guest" blogging.
I would appreciate any advice in this area.
Lynn Northrup, CPA 01-02-2009 4:18 PM
Thank you for a very informative article. Even with this great advice, you need to be discplined and determined to stay with the process. I like the advice about creating authorative documents and have this in my website strategic plan. Keep up the good work
CyberSiteSearch 01-02-2009 4:35 PM
I've used work.com to share for "authority documents".
MikeH 01-02-2009 8:22 PM
Tips for Link Building
• Ensure all your current online advertising or inbound links are linking to your current domain name.
• Trade links with partner businesses, such as your local automotive business partners (i.e. body shops and parts shops).
• The best quality links are from similar/complementary sites, such as local auto club sites or your regional OEM dealer association site.
• Links should contain text that describes your site to the search engines. For example, a Hummer dealer might use keywords such as Sport Utility Vehicle, H2, H3, all-terrain vehicle, 4 wheel drive, etc.
• Links surrounded by relevant additional text will reinforce the link's relevancy and can be even more beneficial. For example: linking from the automotive classifieds' pages to your local newspaper and radio sites.
• Start your linking strategy at directories such as Yahoo! and DMOZ Open Directory. Some directories such as Yahoo! charge on an annual basis.
• Don't participate in paid link exchanges for the sole purpose of manipulating your ranking, because it is discouraged by the search engines.
• Be patient! Building quality links over time is generally the most effective way to obtain quality links for your website.
Nicholas Ward 01-03-2009 9:39 AM
Lewis, you read Website Magazine, too? We use our homepage blog to promote our advertisers. I'll have Kent give you a call.
Here's an example of guest blogging. I think it would be great if you wrote an authority piece for our blog. Something timely, like how to get your RV out of winter storage. I'm sure you have a wealth of knowledge about RV care. Have you thought about sharing some of it on RVer sites?
Great article. Content is still king. I have also seen the authority document work on user forums. It work's like this. Find a forum that's relative (and well ranked), and just start answering people's questions. You become the resident expert, and search engines will link to forums before other social networking conversations.
Mike is correct. Be patient. Building links is is like building relationships. It takes time and you want to make sure that its a good match.
HasnainZ 01-03-2009 2:15 PM
All are great point but especially the ones about authority articles (that some authors also refer as pillar articles), and using social networks. Writing great press releases remains an effective strategy. Write social media press releases with link to social networks and having video, podcast and sharing options.
Hasnain Zaheer (www.hasnainzaheer.com)
Shari Sultana 01-05-2009 9:54 AM
This is a great article about an often confusing topic. Thanks for addressing it. I also agree with Mike that link building takes time and patience.
I was a guest blogger once and found it very helpful for building quality links to my own website as well as providing the host with some quality content for his own site. It was a win-win for both of us.
I'm looking forward to your article next week. :)
StuartH 01-05-2009 11:55 AM
This is some advice for the RV dealer in Indiana. Our company creates niche content, primarily for females. I use our arts and crafts site www.favecrafts.com as an example. The site has a blog, favecraftsblog.com. We use WordPress for the blog, it is free software. I suggest you set up a blog and comment every day on things happening in the RV world. I just did a Google search for "RV Blogs" and see quite a few. I suggest you make nice posts/comments to these blogs and ask some folks to be a guest blogger for your site. We just started our craft site, but we use the same formula for each site. For crafting, we have unique original craft, sewing, scrapbook and related content on favecrafts.com. Our blog is where we get guest bloggers, comment on craft trends, etc. I hope this helps.
ReneeG 01-06-2009 10:13 AM
Link building has been one of the hardest things for me with Ijustfinished.com. I am adding a huge writers resource page, that I hope is useful enough to bring writers back, and that the resources listed are courteous enough to link back to me as well.
I also politely ask all our reviewers and our authors who do interviews on our site to link back to us as well.
According to all my research that is the correct method, but I have to say it seems to be a very slow process.
We also are very active on all our social media sites as well. Now we are working on PR and more press coverage. Hopefully some guest blogging and interviews will help boost the process.
I am open to any other suggestions....
JohnMicknal 01-06-2009 5:35 PM
I am learning how to build a website and I found the article on link building very helpful. Thank you!
Don Shenton 01-09-2009 7:33 PM
The two big items in our business of building websites is Content and Link building.
Thanks for your good articals
BradT 01-09-2009 8:56 PM
Thanks for this great blog. Even with all the fancy stuff going on online now, it's basics like good link building that provide real meat to the overall successful ranking of a site. Keep up the great work on this site. thanks.
LauraJean 01-10-2009 9:03 PM
Thanks for the great ideas, and the comments about giving back and sharing knowledge as a guest blogger.
Excellent Article!
DavidM 01-16-2009 9:51 PM
Thank you very much for this very useful article. I am new in the link building area. I would like to know where do I start to build link for our company website?
SaifulB 01-16-2009 9:53 PM
Thank you for this great article. Would like to know and learn more about the link build for our company website.
SriG 01-24-2009 1:38 PM
If someone wants to write fitness related stuff for a blog you can do so at http://salevalley.blogspot.com
Eileen Burick 01-27-2009 6:32 PM
This information is very timely and relevant in light of the fact that so many companies have come to rely exclusively on the internal linking and key word structure as the final word in how they approach SEO even to the exclusion of traditional media (off-line publications, TV and radio) which are also still a valid tactic to driving website traffic.
Web site design is also impacted by these issues, since any site that's developed exclusively in Flash to take advantage of the visual elegance and powerful animation capabilities (not available in HTML) has been generally scoffed at by "experts" as completely ineffective in placing for any first page organic ranking.
By relying on external electronic "PR," i.e. "link building," -- akin to the process in the "real world" -- this approach to SEO allows a website to have it all -- visual flexibility to utilize state-of-the-art creative techniques while enabling high organic rankings.
Thanks for articulating these concepts and bringing them so clearly into the mainstream conversation!
ScottC 01-29-2009 9:55 AM
Thanks for this great article. It has given me some great ideas for how to direct our Comms unit to help promote the site after a major redesign.
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