|  | WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday aides to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., use "gutter" politics to get their way. The former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination was compared by one Clinton adviser to Judas this week following his voiced support of Clinton's rival, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., The Washington Post reported. "I'm not going to get in the gutter like that," Richardson said of the comments from informal Clinton adviser James Carville. "And you know, that's typical of many of the people around Senator Clinton. They think they have a sense of entitlement to the presidency." Richardson has been critical of the ongoing fight for the Democratic nomination, but his scorn of such tactics has primarily been aimed at Clinton's camp. "The campaign has gotten too negative," he said of the electoral battle. "I just feel the time has come to come together behind a candidate." 800surf.com |
Monday, March 24, 2008
Richardson Speaks Out
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Two New Sites for Information
There are two new sites that I located:
One is a glossary and has definitions on Technology and Diamonds, with more coming.
The other is a tips sites and has tips on a multitude of things.
Check it out.
glossary411.com
hitspottips.com
One is a glossary and has definitions on Technology and Diamonds, with more coming.
The other is a tips sites and has tips on a multitude of things.
Check it out.
glossary411.com
hitspottips.com
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Alabama Democrats differ on Obama's chances to be elected president
Despite Sen. Barack Obama's almost double-digit defeat of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Iowa caucuses, Joe Reed isn't convinced that white America or Alabama is ready to elect a black man president.
"Look. Time will tell about that. But when all this is over and if Senator Obama is president, I'll be the first to get down on my knees and say I was wrong. But I don't think I am based on just one vote in one state," said Reed, longtime leader of the Alabama Democratic Conference, the black wing of the state's Democratic Party.
The ADC overwhelmingly endorsed Clinton for the nation's highest office in October, and Reed said ADC will continue to support Clinton in the state's Feb. 5 presidential primary vote.
CHARLES J. DEAN
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Six People Killed in Alaska Plane Crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A small plane crashed Saturday in waters off Kodiak island in southern Alaska, killing six of the 10 people on board, authorities said.
The Piper Navajo Chieftain crashed soon after take off at 1:48 p.m. in shallow waters, according to the Coast Guard. The pilot radioed that he would be turning the plane around, according to Clint Johnson, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board."Just after takeoff, the pilot reported an undisclosed problem to tower," he said. "We don't know why he tried to come back."
A private float plane from a fish processing company pulled four people from the wreckage. One person died trying to swim the roughly 300 yards to shore, said State Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Keys to Advanced Blogging Success
Good article on Blogging
We know that keeping a business blog going requires time and energy. We also hear from some of our clients who complain that they don't get enough traffic or comments, and they wonder if blogging is worth it.
A blog will get you found more easily on the Web. Period. When you write about your topic using the same key phrases that clients are using to find solutions to problems, chances are your blog will come up in searches.
But simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog.
We have developed a system for advanced business blogging. You can use the CODA system to keep your blog on track:
1. C is for Content: post regularly, frequently, and stay relevant to what your readers want and expect.
2. O is for Outreach: find other blogs in your field and develop relationships with the authors through commenting on their blogs and linking to them in your posts. This is key to building up your readership.
3. D is for Design: pay attention to your blog's design, branding, usability, ease of reading and navigation. Include stand alone pages for your key editorial content.
4. A is for Action: use your blog for business by getting your readers involved and engaged. Build trust. Write persuasively. Link to your products and services. Get results.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments. More on blogging......
By: Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman
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We know that keeping a business blog going requires time and energy. We also hear from some of our clients who complain that they don't get enough traffic or comments, and they wonder if blogging is worth it.
A blog will get you found more easily on the Web. Period. When you write about your topic using the same key phrases that clients are using to find solutions to problems, chances are your blog will come up in searches.
But simply writing on a blog isn't enough to drive business. You have to pay attention to four key areas to have a successful blog.
We have developed a system for advanced business blogging. You can use the CODA system to keep your blog on track:
1. C is for Content: post regularly, frequently, and stay relevant to what your readers want and expect.
2. O is for Outreach: find other blogs in your field and develop relationships with the authors through commenting on their blogs and linking to them in your posts. This is key to building up your readership.
3. D is for Design: pay attention to your blog's design, branding, usability, ease of reading and navigation. Include stand alone pages for your key editorial content.
4. A is for Action: use your blog for business by getting your readers involved and engaged. Build trust. Write persuasively. Link to your products and services. Get results.
The CODA system is an easy check list for paying attention to what really matters on your business blog. If you aren't getting the kind of results you want from your blog, study each of these areas to find where you can improve and then make the necessary adjustments. More on blogging......
By: Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Great New Travel Sites
boo.com
Offers travel reviews from consumers, search capabilities for 2,500 destinations in 170 countries, comparison hotel prices, and booking through boo or hotel Web sites. Includes restaurants, bars and other interesting things to do in chosen destinations.
vayama.com
An online booking agency for international air travel with flight and fare options to about 190 countries. Allows travelers to enter preferences for connecting airports and travel time. Also has information about obtaining visas, passports and immunizations.
VibeAgent.com
Combines user-generated reviews, meta-search capabilities, and social networking (think TripAdvisor plus Kayak plus Facebook) for personalized hotel recommendations and booking at the best prices. Personalizes hotel searches via three categories: "Ambience," "Activities," and "Recommended For," such as a romantic hotel near the beach for gays and lesbians. Users can create custom groups, or become members of existing groups, such as marathon travelers, to exchange stories, tips and recommendations. Connects you to the Web site with the best price for booking from among 120,000 hotels.
YELLOWPAGES.travel
Searches up to 12 travel Web sites, including Orbitz, Kayak, Expedia and SideStep. Users click on each site's logo at the top of the page for the results. SearchBoth.com, a subsidiary of YELLOWPAGES.travel, allows users to search two travel sites at the same time and places the results from the sites on a split screen.
ProfessionalTravelGuide.com
Offers reviews of hotels and restaurants from professionals - journalists and expert reviewers from the travel industry — including insider tips and specific, detailed information about more than 159,000 hotels. These reviews are more like what you would find in a guidebook than in an anecdotal consumer review. Also has a customized guide for users who are traveling to several cities.
yapta.com
Stands for Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant. Enables travelers to tag flights from several airlines, including American, United, Delta and Continental, and alerts them when the fare drops. But unlike farecast.com, which predicts whether prices are rising or dropping, yapta can continue tracking prices even after you purchase the ticket. If you booked directly with the airline and the price drops below what you paid, you may be eligible for a refund or credit from the airline. Other rules may apply — for example, some airlines charge a re-booking fee to capture the travel credit, so check the details. (Yapta currently only tracks airfare prices for U.S.-based carriers, though it does track international flights for these carriers, which include American, Continental, Delta, United and U.S. Airways.)\
TripIt.com
Organizes travel plans into one master online itinerary. Forward flight, hotel, rental car, and other confirmations to an e-mail account, and TripIt will e-mail travelers with the link so they can see and manage the itinerary. Includes weather, maps and city guides. Users can customize the itinerary with additional information, such as directions to a restaurant or tourist attraction.
Orbitz.com
Offers a new social networking component — OrbitzTLC Traveler Update — with real-time updates from travelers about security wait times, traffic and parking, taxis, etc. at more than 40 airports. Travelers can post the information on the Web site or send a text message. Orbitz encourages people to send information by giving out perks to people who send in tips and updates, such as a free pair of airline tickets.
BestTripChoices.com
Matches travel personalities with best destinations. Travelers take a test and are classified into one of six travel personalities, ranging from "Venturers," people who are extreme risk takers, to "Authentics," people who want a relaxing, lazy vacation. The site recommends travel destinations based on the results. The destinations have been rated by travelers with similar personalities who have visited those places.
fabsearch.com
For the fashion-conscious traveler. Fabsearch features blurbs on hip restaurants and trendy hotels from media mentions in sources ranging from Vogue and Town and Country magazine to DailyCandy.com, the Financial Times and Wallpaper. Saves the mentions in a "my clippings" file.
Yahoo! Trip Planner (travel.yahoo.com)
Helps travelers create a personalized guide for an upcoming trip, with information on hotels, attractions and restaurants, and share the details of their trip with friends and other travelers. Coming soon: Yahoo! Travel will roll out a revamped version of My Travel with an interactive world map that will allow travelers to mark the places they have been and the places they want to go and connect users with others who share similar travel interests.
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Offers travel reviews from consumers, search capabilities for 2,500 destinations in 170 countries, comparison hotel prices, and booking through boo or hotel Web sites. Includes restaurants, bars and other interesting things to do in chosen destinations.
vayama.com
An online booking agency for international air travel with flight and fare options to about 190 countries. Allows travelers to enter preferences for connecting airports and travel time. Also has information about obtaining visas, passports and immunizations.
VibeAgent.com
Combines user-generated reviews, meta-search capabilities, and social networking (think TripAdvisor plus Kayak plus Facebook) for personalized hotel recommendations and booking at the best prices. Personalizes hotel searches via three categories: "Ambience," "Activities," and "Recommended For," such as a romantic hotel near the beach for gays and lesbians. Users can create custom groups, or become members of existing groups, such as marathon travelers, to exchange stories, tips and recommendations. Connects you to the Web site with the best price for booking from among 120,000 hotels.
YELLOWPAGES.travel
Searches up to 12 travel Web sites, including Orbitz, Kayak, Expedia and SideStep. Users click on each site's logo at the top of the page for the results. SearchBoth.com, a subsidiary of YELLOWPAGES.travel, allows users to search two travel sites at the same time and places the results from the sites on a split screen.
ProfessionalTravelGuide.com
Offers reviews of hotels and restaurants from professionals - journalists and expert reviewers from the travel industry — including insider tips and specific, detailed information about more than 159,000 hotels. These reviews are more like what you would find in a guidebook than in an anecdotal consumer review. Also has a customized guide for users who are traveling to several cities.
yapta.com
Stands for Your Amazing Personal Travel Assistant. Enables travelers to tag flights from several airlines, including American, United, Delta and Continental, and alerts them when the fare drops. But unlike farecast.com, which predicts whether prices are rising or dropping, yapta can continue tracking prices even after you purchase the ticket. If you booked directly with the airline and the price drops below what you paid, you may be eligible for a refund or credit from the airline. Other rules may apply — for example, some airlines charge a re-booking fee to capture the travel credit, so check the details. (Yapta currently only tracks airfare prices for U.S.-based carriers, though it does track international flights for these carriers, which include American, Continental, Delta, United and U.S. Airways.)\
TripIt.com
Organizes travel plans into one master online itinerary. Forward flight, hotel, rental car, and other confirmations to an e-mail account, and TripIt will e-mail travelers with the link so they can see and manage the itinerary. Includes weather, maps and city guides. Users can customize the itinerary with additional information, such as directions to a restaurant or tourist attraction.
Orbitz.com
Offers a new social networking component — OrbitzTLC Traveler Update — with real-time updates from travelers about security wait times, traffic and parking, taxis, etc. at more than 40 airports. Travelers can post the information on the Web site or send a text message. Orbitz encourages people to send information by giving out perks to people who send in tips and updates, such as a free pair of airline tickets.
BestTripChoices.com
Matches travel personalities with best destinations. Travelers take a test and are classified into one of six travel personalities, ranging from "Venturers," people who are extreme risk takers, to "Authentics," people who want a relaxing, lazy vacation. The site recommends travel destinations based on the results. The destinations have been rated by travelers with similar personalities who have visited those places.
fabsearch.com
For the fashion-conscious traveler. Fabsearch features blurbs on hip restaurants and trendy hotels from media mentions in sources ranging from Vogue and Town and Country magazine to DailyCandy.com, the Financial Times and Wallpaper. Saves the mentions in a "my clippings" file.
Yahoo! Trip Planner (travel.yahoo.com)
Helps travelers create a personalized guide for an upcoming trip, with information on hotels, attractions and restaurants, and share the details of their trip with friends and other travelers. Coming soon: Yahoo! Travel will roll out a revamped version of My Travel with an interactive world map that will allow travelers to mark the places they have been and the places they want to go and connect users with others who share similar travel interests.
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Euro Travel
Euro Travel
By: Steve Cowan If you’re going to Europe, and planning on traveling, rather than staying in the one place for the duration of your vacation, and you don't want to spend a fortune, there’s two or three alternative ways that you can travel throughout the continent.
The first option would be to take what you might call the “traditional� budget alternative, which would generally be backpacking and traveling by train. Nothing wrong with that at all, and by using a pass on the trains (known as a Eurailpass, and available in the USA from http://www.raileurope.com/eurorail/index.htm) you can certainly reduce your spending, whilst journeying widely throughout many countries. There are, however, a couple of down sides to this traditional “budget� planning. First, whilst it can often be exhilarating and exciting to meet and travel with strangers on a train, equally, sometimes, it’s nice to have your own space to enjoy the journey, on your own. Secondly, by definition, trains can only take you as far as the railway station, and railway stations are not always placed where you want them to be placed. In other words, if you have definite “target� places that you want to see, then you might end up having to take a train, then a bus or taxi (for who knows what distances) before arriving at your destination. This shouldn’t be a problem if the place you so desperately want to visit is in the city, but what if it not? And, of course, trains run to their timetable, not yours! An alterative to trains are planes. Flying within Europe is now extremely cheap, and can be reasonably convenient, especially if you are visiting a country that it widely geared up for tourism. For example, right now, it is possible to fly from the UK to beautiful Salzburg in Austria for GBP19 one way (approximately $35) or to Istanbul in Turkey for GBP31. See http://www.easyjet.com or http://www.ryanair.com for more information on availability of flights and fares.
More here...........
Newcarryon.info
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Editor: Eliot Cobb
By: Steve Cowan If you’re going to Europe, and planning on traveling, rather than staying in the one place for the duration of your vacation, and you don't want to spend a fortune, there’s two or three alternative ways that you can travel throughout the continent.
The first option would be to take what you might call the “traditional� budget alternative, which would generally be backpacking and traveling by train. Nothing wrong with that at all, and by using a pass on the trains (known as a Eurailpass, and available in the USA from http://www.raileurope.com/eurorail/index.htm) you can certainly reduce your spending, whilst journeying widely throughout many countries. There are, however, a couple of down sides to this traditional “budget� planning. First, whilst it can often be exhilarating and exciting to meet and travel with strangers on a train, equally, sometimes, it’s nice to have your own space to enjoy the journey, on your own. Secondly, by definition, trains can only take you as far as the railway station, and railway stations are not always placed where you want them to be placed. In other words, if you have definite “target� places that you want to see, then you might end up having to take a train, then a bus or taxi (for who knows what distances) before arriving at your destination. This shouldn’t be a problem if the place you so desperately want to visit is in the city, but what if it not? And, of course, trains run to their timetable, not yours! An alterative to trains are planes. Flying within Europe is now extremely cheap, and can be reasonably convenient, especially if you are visiting a country that it widely geared up for tourism. For example, right now, it is possible to fly from the UK to beautiful Salzburg in Austria for GBP19 one way (approximately $35) or to Istanbul in Turkey for GBP31. See http://www.easyjet.com or http://www.ryanair.com for more information on availability of flights and fares.
More here...........
Newcarryon.info
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