Keyword Real Estate
Hey guys and gals. Incase you didn’t notice I took a short break from posting to catch up on some work. Thanks for hanging out. Let’s review. In my SERP Domination post I spilled the beans about creating a site network by breaking down a larger site to take down the competition in [...] (Read on Source)
NBA 2nd Round Predictions
After a first round featuring one great series (game 6 notwithstanding, GS/Dallas was fantastic), one very good series (Houston/Utah), and 1 decent series (Toronto/NJ), and 5 boring ones, we're finally on to the second round. Here's my picks: (1) Detroit Pistons vs. (5) Chicago Bulls In the interest of full disclosure, game 1 has been played in ... (Read on Source)
Strapped U.S. automakers reward executives
Compensation packages awarded to executives at top U.S. auto companies averaged $4.2 million in 2006, The Detroit Free Press reported.
Dirty Dell or Deliverer Dell?
Sudo Bash: "There have been many whispers and flat out rants in the blogosphere about Dell's lack of advertising, support and passion for the Ubuntu systems that they are selling. This could actually hurt the Dell initiative..."
Paramount to drop Blu-ray high-def DVDs (AP)
AP - Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. will offer next-generation DVDs in the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray, further complicating the race between the competing technologies.
Boeing head: 787 causing 'growing pains'
Flight-testing of the new 787 Dreamliner will have to "go by the books" to be delivered to Japan's All Nippon Airways Co. on time, Boeing Co.'s chairman said.
Top court won't hear appeal in CIA torture case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A German citizen who says he was kidnapped, imprisoned and tortured overseas by the CIA lost his appeal on Tuesday when the Supreme Court refused to review a decision dismissing the case because it would expose state secrets. (Read on Source)
Guide to Cheap Computer Networking - Part 2
How to select the best Cheap Computer Networking for your home and office.
Simplify Your Search for Page Rank and Get a Higher Position on Google
If you own a website then you probably spend time checking the Google Search Engine to see where your site appears. This can be a distracting drain on your valuable time and can ultimately make you...
Tougher at the top?
Abstract: A discussion paper published today (22 July) by the Audit Commission examines a number of factors influencing the jobs market for local authority chief executives. The findings from Tougher at the top? identify an increasing tendency for local authorities (Read on Source)
Scotland smoking ban credited with fewer heart attacks
Scotland's smoking ban appears to have prevented hundreds of heart attacks in its first year.
The Olympics, Part 1: A Test of IT Strength, Endurance and Discipline
The 2008 Summer Olympics kicked off in Beijing Friday, and this year's Summer Games will serve up highlights outside of athletic prowess and national pride. China's hosting of this year's Games has made them a flash point for a wide range of issues having to do with China and international relations, from freedom of the press, human rights, Tibet and terrorism to pollution and climate change.
An old rocker taps into the potential of the digital
The musician Peter Gabriel has become a powerful player in the emerging online music industry by helping artists find new ways to market their music on the Web.
Lil Wayne Daughter
I had an email through this morning asking me if I knew that “Lil Wayne’s daughter Reginae” had died in a car accident on Sunday night. Well, please forgive my ignorance but I didn’t actually know who ” Lil Wayne” is. I had to ask Dave. Dave as usual knew the answer “An American Rapper [...] (Read on Source)
EBay Lowers Fees for Fixed-price Items
EBay is lowering listing fees for fixed price items, hoping to encourage merchants to increase their inventory.
Observatory: Marijuana Ingredient May Fight Bacteria
Researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent. (Read on Source)
Wikis Within the Enterprise: Serious Collaboration
Wikis began as free, open, public spaces for anyone at all to contribute and share their knowledge, expertise, and wisdom. Businesses have begun to recognize, however, the power of the wiki model for accomplishing internal collaborative tasks, like revising HR documents, producing specifications, and communicating across time and space. Call it Wiki 2.0 -- and it's the newest thing in enterprise software.
Supreme Court To Hear Drug Preemption Arguments At Feb. 25 Session
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in its first ever drug preemption case on Feb. 25, the court announced last month (Warner-Lambert Co., et al. v. Kimberly Kent, et al., No. 06-1498, U.S. Sup.) Full story on lexis.com
Japanese Girl Sensation: Virtual Boyfriends
In Japan, girls are crazy over virtual boyfriends. Webkare (Web Boyfriend in Japanese), a mix between a social network and dating simulation site, is Nippon?s newest web sensation. Geared exclusively towards girls, the site attracted over 10,000 members just 5 days after its release on September 10, racking up 3.5 million page views in the same ... (Read on Source)
UK college offers iPhone game dev. course
... writes the code. Deals for Seniors and Education. 1&1 Internet is the world's largest web hosting provider and leading domain name registrar. 1&1 offers a comprehensive range of solutions; from ...
More opposition to Google-Yahoo deal
... introduced Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Web Premium, the next major release of its Web design and development software, says . Packed with new features and offering productivity gains, Adobe ...
"Cell Phone" rings with comic invention (Reuters)
Reuters - Sarah Ruhl's "Dead Man's Cell Phone," in its West Coast premiere, is wildly clever and very funny, like a frothy opera (without music, that is) by Rossini, tinged by campy overtones of Edward Gorey.
Let's Get Physical
I agree with The Wall Street Journal Health Blog and NEJM's Brian Rank, that executive physicals are, as they are currently practiced little more than a sham. To be more specific, as Rank argues, executive physicals are three things: inefficacious,... (Read on Source)
Webmasters Report October 2008 Google SERP Changes
"I'm seeing some index pages disappear (no longer showing on site: command or within the visible serps for vanity.domain searches) that were previously filtered 4-7 pages deep due to the dupe meta descriptions; this is happening at approximately 2 months post the issue arrising, so I'm curious whether some data is being folded ... (Read on Source)
Debian Linux Needs Your Help
Cyber Cynic: "The community was doing much better this time for the forthcoming release of Debian 5, Lenny, but some last-minute problems still need cleaning up and the Debian developers would like you to help."
Just in Time for the Holiday Season, Sommer Designs LLC Releases its' Long-Awaited Full Hostess Apro
... Owned and operated by Carrie Sommer, Sommer Designs LLC began in 1999 as a Web design studio, developing many websites over the years. As more businesses achieved their Web presence, ...
Sun warns of revenue drop, big loss
Sun Microsystems on Monday warned of a big loss for the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, issuing preliminary results that also showed revenue falling.
TimeVault simplifies data backup for Ubuntu users
Backing up data can be difficult, especially when you only want to copy files that changed since the last backup. It can be even more troublesome when you have to remember to start the process manually,or you have to delete old backups to make room for new ones. Because of these difficulties, some people decide not to back up data at all, and feel the pain when they accidentally delete the wrong file or their system crashes. TimeVault is a backup utility for Ubuntu that addresses these problems.
Casting the Ballot in Elections Gone By
: Photo: John Vachon
The American republic rests on the principle of one person and one vote. The voting booth is one of the most inviolable patches of American soil. Not that this ever prevented photographers from sticking their lenses inside polling places across the breadth of this great land, from seething city to bucolic township.
As you cast your ballot today, consider those who have voted before you and contemplate the amazing continuum that has led us to this time and place.
Left: Farmers of German and Russian stock, all Americans now, wait to vote in the 1940 presidential election at the Beaver Creek precinct in North Dakota's McIntosh County. North Dakota was one of 10 states to vote for Republican Wendell Willkie. The other 38 went for Franklin D. Roosevelt, carrying him in a landslide to his third term.
: Vote early, vote often: Balloting Chicago style, circa 1904, with the man on the right casting his vote on a mechanical voting machine, despite an open curtain.
Photo courtesy Chicago Daily News
: This voting-machine "apparatus," in a Chicago voting booth, dates from 1904, Teddy Roosevelt's big year.
Photo courtesy Chicago Daily News
: Photo: John VachonOn Election Day 1940, in North Dakota's McIntosh County, farmers cast their ballots at this little schoolhouse on the prairie.
: Photo: Marion PostIn 1940, a Woodstock, Vermont, selectman casts his ballot on "the liquor question." ("Yes, I'll have another one.")
: Photo: Lewis WalkerFDR was elected to an unprecedented fourth term as president in 1944. Whether this fellow leaving a voting booth in Barnesville, Maryland, was a New Dealer or cast his ballot for the GOP's Thomas Dewey is impossible to say. Which is kind of the point, right?
: Photo: Arthur RothsteinA black voter hands in his ballot in Dunklin County, Missouri, during a 1942 primary election.
: Photo: Russell LeeMormon farmers, part of a Farm Security Administration cooperative stallion group, meet in 1940 to elect a caretaker for their group. The FSA was formed as a part of FDR's New Deal to alleviate the effects of rural poverty.
: Photo: Maria EalandThis firehouse in Arlington, Virginia, served as a polling place during the 1944 presidential election.
: Photo: Arthur RothsteinA voter casts his ballot during a 1937 community election in Greenbelt, Maryland.
: Photo: Courtesy Franklin D. Roosevelt LibraryFirst lady Eleanor Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park, New York. Who did she vote for? She's not saying.
: Photo: Benjamin Brown FrenchAll that voting leads to inauguration day, in this case Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural in 1861. Note that the U.S. Capitol is still under construction. You can't see the war clouds gathering but they're very present, and getting darker by the minute.
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery Offers Comprehensive Cancer Removal Compared To Open Surgery, Study
Minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer called video-assisted thoracic surgery or VATS is a relatively new procedure performed almost exclusively at academic centers. Now, a preliminary study is giving surgeons an early look at its benefits.
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