Ex-NY Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies

FILE - This March 2m, 1973 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File

FILE - This March 2m, 1973 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File

FILE - This March 12, 1973 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)

FILE - In this May 26, 1992 file photo, Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, flanked by Washington Post Company President Katharine Graham, left, and New York Times Company President Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, after awarding them the Paris City Medal, in Paris. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Jose Goita)

FILE - This July 20, 1977 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Ray Howard, File)

FILE - This March 2, 1973 file photo shows New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in his office in New York. Sulzberger has died at age 86. The newspaper reports that his family says Sulzberger died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper's helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. (AP Photo/Anthony Camerano, File)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Few moments in American journalism loom larger than the one that came in 1971, when New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had to decide whether to defy a president, and risk a potential criminal charge, by publishing a classified Defense Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

His choice, to publish the Pentagon Papers and then fight the Nixon administration's subsequent attempt to muzzle the story, cemented Sulzberger's place as a First Amendment giant ? a role being celebrated after he died Saturday at age 86.

The former publisher, who led the Times to new levels of influence and profit while standing up for press freedom, died at his home in Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness, his family announced.

During his three-decade tenure, Sulzberger's newspaper won 31 Pulitzer prizes while he went about transforming the family business from perpetually shaky to the muscular media behemoth it was when he retired.

Weekday circulation climbed from 714,000 when Sulzberger became publisher in 1963 to 1.1 million when he stepped down as publisher in 1992. Over the same period, the annual revenues of the Times' corporate parent rose from $100 million to $1.7 billion.

Yet it was Sulzberger's positions on editorial independence that made him a hero of the profession, like when he rejected his own lawyers' warnings that even reading the Pentagon Papers, let alone publishing them, constituted a crime.

Sulzberger, who went by the nickname "Punch" and served with the Marine Corps, privately worried that he had doomed the newspaper but gave interviews saying the Times wouldn't allow the U.S. government to cover up its mistakes under the guise of national security.

"That is a wonderful way, if you've got egg on your face, to prevent anybody from knowing it: Stamp it SECRET and put it away," he said.

"Punch, the old Marine captain who never backed down from a fight, was an absolutely fierce defender of the freedom of the press," his son, and current Times publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., said in a statement.

Sulzberger was the only grandson of Adolph S. Ochs (pronounced ox), the son of Bavarian immigrants who took over the Times in 1896 and built it into the nation's most influential newspaper.

The family retains control to this day, holding a special class of shares that give them more powerful voting rights than other stockholders.

Power was thrust on Sulzberger at the age of 37 after the sudden death of his brother-in-law in 1963. He had been in the Times executive suite for eight years in a role he later described as "vice president in charge of nothing."

But Sulzberger directed the Times' evolution from an encyclopedic paper of record to a more reader-friendly product that reached into the suburbs and across the nation.

Under his watch, the Times started a national edition, bought its first color presses, and introduced ? to the chagrin of some hard-news purists ? popular and lucrative sections covering topics such as food and entertainment.

"You forget the unbelievable outrage that greeted those sections. But in retrospect it was the right decision both editorially and economically," said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

In 1992, Sulzberger relinquished the publisher's job to his son but remained chairman of The New York Times Co. Sulzberger retired as chairman and chief executive of the company in 1997. His son then was named chairman. Sulzberger stayed on the Times Co. board of directors until 2002.

Reacting to news of Sulzberger's death Saturday, former Times executive editor Joseph Lelyveld said that his business success was matched by integrity in the newsroom.

"As an editor, you knew that if you went to the publisher and sought his support on an issue that you deemed to be of high importance, you could pretty much count on getting it. He knew how to back his people," Lelyveld said.

President Barack Obama said Sulzberger was "a firm believer in the importance of a free and independent press ? one that isn't afraid to seek the truth, hold those in power accountable, and tell the stories that need to be told."

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he "changed the course of American history with his journalistic decisions."

Significant free-press and free-speech precedents were established during Sulzberger's years as publisher, most notably the Times vs. Sullivan case. It resulted in a landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling that shielded the press from libel lawsuits by public officials unless they could prove actual malice.

"Punch Sulzberger was a giant in the industry, a leader who fought to preserve the vital role of a free press in society and championed journalism executed at the highest level," said Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt. "The Associated Press benefited from his wisdom, both during his years on the board of directors and his thoughtful engagement in the years that followed."

In 1971, the Times led the First Amendment fight to keep the government from suppressing the Pentagon Papers.

Sulzberger read more than 7,000 pages of the documents and presided over a dramatic internal debate before deciding to publish. Then, he resisted a demand by Attorney General John Mitchell that the paper halt the series after two installments.

A federal judge delayed publication of additional installments, but in a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court eventually sided with the Times and The Washington Post, and allowed the series to continue.

"There were those that thought some kind of deal or reconciliation with the government should have been sought," said First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams, who represented the Times in the court case. "It was Punch Sulzberger who made the decision to resist the government's effort. In making that decision he set in motion a litigation which not only preserved but protected the First Amendment for generations."

In their book "The Trust," a history of the Ochs-Sulzberger family and its stewardship of the paper, Susan E. Tifft and Alex S. Jones cited Sulzberger's "common sense and unerring instincts."

In an interview in 1990 with New York magazine, Sulzberger was typically candid about the paper's readership.

"We're not New York's hometown newspaper," he said. "We're read on Park Avenue, but we don't do well in Chinatown or the east Bronx. We have to approach journalism differently than, say, the Sarasota Herald Tribune, where you try to blanket the community."

Sulzberger was born in New York City on Feb. 5, 1926, the only son of Arthur Hays Sulzberger and his wife, Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, Adolph's only child. One of his three sisters was named Judy, and from early on he was known as "Punch," from the puppet characters Punch and Judy.

Sulzberger's grandfather led the paper until his death in 1935, when he was followed by Sulzberger's father, who remained at the helm until he retired in 1961.

Except for a year at The Milwaukee Journal, 1953-54, the younger Sulzberger spent his entire career at the family paper after graduating from Columbia College in 1951. He worked in European bureaus for a time and was back in New York by 1955, but found he had little to do.

At various times, Sulzberger was a director or chairman of the Newspaper Advertising Bureau, American Newspaper Publishers Association and American Press Institute. He was a director of The Associated Press from 1975 to 1984.

Sulzberger married Barbara Grant in 1948, and the couple had two children, Arthur Jr. and Karen. After a divorce in 1956, Sulzberger married Carol Fox. The couple had a daughter, Cynthia, and Sulzberger adopted Fox's daughter from a previous marriage, Cathy.

Carol Sulzberger died in 1995. The following year, Sulzberger married Allison Cowles, the widow of William H. Cowles 3rd, who was the president and publisher of The Spokesman-Review and Spokane Chronicle of Spokane, Wash. She died in 2010.

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Motorcycle theft statistics, preventive measures and auto insurance quotes

Looking into the national statistics, one motorcycle is stolen somewhere in America every ten minutes. Now 52,500 or so thefts a year may not sound that big a problem to motorcycle owners but it's a big problem to auto insurance companies who pay out on claims. Keeping this real, many motorcycle owners spend time and money customizing the vehicle. There can be elaborate paint schemes, chromed parts and other features adding thousands of dollars in value over the base price. Not surprisingly, you take this trouble because the results look good. Unfortunately, that also makes the motorcycle attractive to thieves. More importantly, motorcycles are easier to steal than cars, trucks and SUVs. Manufacturers have yet to invest significantly in the technology to make it more difficult to steal a motorcycle.

Once stolen, the cycles can either be sold on whole, or stripped down for spares, or the parts from several cycles can be rebuilt into a cloned cycle. Because some cycles are prized by collectors, there's also a significant export market. Put all these together and the chances of recovering a stolen cycle are very small, i.e. around 30% whereas the four-wheeled vehicle recovery rate is around 56%. These statistics emphasize the need for you to take precautions when parking your cycle, particularly during the summer months when the rate of thefts rises sharply.

To give yourself the best chance, assume no parking space is safe. So always leave your motorcycle in a well-lit place where there are plenty of people passing. Now add security. Chaining or clamping your cycle to an immovable object slows down a thief and increases the chances someone will notice him. An alarm or immobilizer is good protection. The greater the care you take to avoid a claim, the lower your auto insurance quotes stay. If fewer motorcycles are stolen, this is a lower payout to be shared among all owners. As an individual policyholder, you earn additional discounts by staying loyal and remaining claim-free. No one wants their auto insurance quotes to keep rising faster than inflation so protect yourself.

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The worst part of going to the doctor's is being poked and prodded with any number of terrifying probes and needles, but you probably haven't seen many of the really scary implements that are out there. Here are 16 crazy ones you probably don't want anywhere near you. More »

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Protests over anti-Islam film scare tourists away from Egypt once again

CAIRO - One of the world's largest cruise ships, its foreign passengers primed for onshore spending, was supposed to dock in Egypt this month. The port call, however, was scrapped because of security concerns surrounding Mideast protests against a film made in the U.S. that denounces Islam's holiest figure.

Once again, Egyptian tourism, an engine of the national economy and a flagship of the regional industry, has taken a hit. It was another setback for a business that had plummeted in parts of the Middle East and North Africa last year during the uprisings known as the Arab Spring, then moved toward recovery this year.

"Small things become like mountains," Essam Zeid, an Egyptian tour guide, said of the fallout from unrest in Egypt since authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011. But he also offered a (somewhat) positive metaphor: "We always say that Egypt gets sick but never dies. Recovery is always an option."

Egypt and other Arab nations undergoing turmoil rely heavily on the labour-intensive trade and see it as a priority key to economic growth and social stability.

Travel and tourism directly contribute a big chunk of gross domestic product to some of the countries that suffered economic fallout from last year's tumult, which came not long after the global financial crisis. Egypt, for example, generals 6.7 per cent of GDP from tourism and Tunisia is around the same level with 6.6 per cent, according to the London-based World Tourism and Travel Council. It is among industry groups that will assess the impact from the latest upheaval, though it is too early for a comprehensive estimate of losses.

In the multi-layered Middle East, a setback for tourism in one area can mean a windfall in another. During the Arab Spring, tourists, many of them Arabs, turned away from countries in crisis and travelled to more stable places like Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, said Sana Toukan, Middle East research manager for Euromonitor International, a market research group. The UAE also drew more Chinese visitors, according to Toukan.

The latest downturn followed demonstrations in Egypt against an online film that was produced by a U.S. citizen originally from Egypt and denigrates the Prophet Muhammad. They were part of a wider explosion of anger in Muslim countries. The unrest hit near the U.S. Embassy, far from the pyramids of Giza on Cairo's outskirts, and even farther from gated Red Sea resorts, cocoons for the beach-bound vacationer.

Yet the online or TV images of flames, barricades and whooping demonstrators were a killjoy for anyone planning a getaway, even though the protests have now largely subsided. Tour guides in Egypt say tourist bookings are mostly holding, but they worry about a drop-off early next year as people tend to plan several months ahead.

Tharwat Agami, head of the chamber of tourist agencies in Luxor, home to the Valley of the Kings tombs in southern Egypt, reported up to one-quarter of tourist cancellations through October. His own company guided 17 American tourists last week, half of the group's expected number.

Royal Caribbean International took no chances. One of its vessels, Mariner of the Seas, can carry more than 3,000 passengers. It left Italy, on Sept. 15 ? with regional tension still boiling over the film ? and was to call at Alexandria on the northern Egypt Mediterranean coast three days later.

The company cancelled the layover "in an abundance of caution," said Cynthia Martinez, director of global corporate communications at Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

"Royal Caribbean International continues to closely monitor the situation in Egypt," Martinez wrote in an email Tuesday to The Associated Press. "At this time, Royal Caribbean has not changed the itinerary of any upcoming sailing that includes a port call to Egypt."

Cruise ships also stayed away during the turmoil that led to Mubarak's downfall. Usually, passengers board buses for a day's outing to Cairo, where the pyramids, the medieval citadel, the mummies of the Egyptian Museum and other treasures await. It's a windfall for guides, ticket vendors and souvenir shops.

Egyptian tourism revenues fell 30 per cent to $9 billion in 2011, but the industry proved as resilient as it is vulnerable. It survived the killing of 62 people, mostly foreign tourists, by Islamic militants in a 1997 attack at Luxor that seemed aimed at weakening the government by stopping the flow of tourism revenue. The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by al-Qaida pummeled tourism, as did 2005 bombings in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh.

Fueled partly by oil income, Mideast tourism is more diverse and reliant on regional customers. Expatriates and tourists splurge in the glitzy city-state of Dubai in the Persian Gulf; religious tourism is big at Islamic sites in Saudi Arabia; Oman and Jordan are angling for a piece of the medical tourism market. The popular uprisings did not affect Turkey but diverted tourist traffic to the country, now rated sixth in the world in international tourist arrivals.

Tourism prospects are a moot point in Syria, which is embroiled in a civil war, and in still-chaotic Libya, where militias roam. The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans were killed on Sept. 11 in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in an attack on the American consulate there.

In Tunisia, violence and looting around the U.S. Embassy during a protest against the anti-Islam film did no favours for a tourism campaign that had been titled, "All Dreams are Possible."

"It's not one picture when you look at the Middle East," said Sandra Carvao, Madrid-based communications co-ordinator at the World Tourism Organization, a U.N. agency. "It's a region that has suffered and has proven to bounce back in the past."

Indeed, the agency had deemed the Middle East to be the fastest growing tourism market in the world over the past decade, despite the Iraq war, the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah and other violence. While some Gulf airlines have gone bankrupt, Carvao compared the expansion of Emirates and Etihad Airways to the rate of growth of Asia's aviation leaders.

Amid upheaval and political transition in 2011, according to the agency, international tourist arrivals in the Middle East dropped seven per cent to 55.7 million, and in North Africa by nine per cent to 17 million. So far this year, the numbers have climbed by nearly one per cent and 10.5 per cent, respectively.

Gladys Haddad, a tour guide in Cairo, said she was pleased that Egypt's new president, Mohammed Morsi, appealed to Italians to visit Egypt when he was in Rome at the height of tension over the anti-Islam film. She said early concerns that Egypt's Islamist-dominated government might scare off tourists by banning alcohol or mixed beaches have waned, at least for now.

"I don't think they're going to have like a magic stick to do things right away" to improve tourism, Zeid, the guide who is quick with a metaphor, said of Egypt's fledgling government. "We can't really evaluate their work right now. They have lots of other issues on their agenda."

One thing in their favour, immeasurably, is what lies in Egyptian sands. In its bid to revive tourism, the government this month reopened the Serapeum of Saqqara, a subterranean necropolis where bulls were believed to have been buried in giant sarcophagi. The site was closed for a decade for renovation.

One tourist who marveled at Egypt's heritage was Herodotus, the ancient Greek who wrote about Egyptian beliefs and customs, based on what he said he had observed.

According to a 19th century translation by a British scholar, he wrote: "Concerning Egypt itself, I shall extend my remarks to a great length, because there is no country that possesses so many wonders, nor any that has such a number of works which defy description."

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Remember, You're Not Only Naming Your Pet, You're Also Securing Your Digital Future [Cartoons]

Dan Piraro, the creator of Bizarro Comics, pretty much nails it on the head when it comes to choosing a name for your dog or cat these days. Because you're not just naming your companion, you're also choosing a security question or even a password that you hope will thwart would-be hackers. So maybe R0v3r, 5p0t, or even Old Y3773r might be better alternatives. [Bizarro Blog via Laughing Squid] More »

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AMD computers run 500,000 Android apps with BlueStacks - GigaOM

Got an AMD chip in your Windows PC? Then you just gained access to more than half a million Google Android apps thanks to an AMD partnership with Bluestacks. A vitrualization app and website filled with Android titles can help bridge your mobile and desktop world.

Today is a day of celebration for Android app addicts who own an AMD-powered computer: The chip-maker has partnered with BlueStacks to bring 500,000 Android mobile apps to the PC. A new?AMD App Zone website contains both the BlueStacks virtualization software and an app store with featured free apps available for download. Both companies are also working with hardware makers to pre-install BlueStacks.

?PC shipments are set to decline 4% next year,? said BlueStacks CEO, Rosen Sharma in a statement to GigaOm. ?The entire sector needs an electric jolt and AMD has just given it to them. There?s nothing better than adding half a million apps ? many of them household names, to a Win8 experience that?s begging for them. This is a boon for OEMs not only in terms of user experience but also for margins.?

Sharma may be on to something as Microsoft Windows 8 is due out next month. The operating system will surely support numerous legacy applications, but the BlueStacks software can help add half a million additional apps; some of which new PC buyers may already be familiar with on their Android phone or tablet. And the?BlueStacks player software is optimized for AMD?s Radeon graphics and Open GL drivers, so app performance should be good. Add improved touch support for Windows 8 and I see potential.

I first looked at BlueStacks last year because I noted a concerted push to merge mobile and desktop computing to some degree. That shift continues today as we move more traditional computing tasks into small apps on smartphones and tablets. There?s still a time and place for ?old school? computing apps ? and will be for years to come ? but for the upcoming generation weaned on mobile apps, a solution such as BlueStacks surely has appeal.

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Loughteen Blanco to make perfect start to his Primus Telecom Derby ...

Loughteen Blanco to make perfect start to his Primus Telecom Derby campaign - Heat 5 Preview

Primus Telecom Derby?s draws have shown no kindness to Loughteen Blanco, who is due to appear in Heat 5 - one of the tough first-round races. With six exciting heats on the opening day, Henlow?s mega event will start on Thursday, September 27^th.

The draw should not be a concern for Loughteen Blanco, who can beat any opposition in any given situation. The Classic hero is making his way back to the field only after a week of rest.

He was last seen at Yarmouth, where he faced a narrow defeat at the hands of Boher Paddy.? S. Cahill?s was in total command at one stage, but failed to tackle Boher Paddy?s late surge.

His most recent win hit the headlines at the start of this month. In a 462 metres contest, the big fellow registered a comprehensive win. After leaving the second trap, the skilful hound was quickly in command. Retaining his advantage until the finishing line, the blue hound seized the top place by seven and a half length.

Despite the fact that there are a few very dangerous hounds in the pack, it is very hard to underestimate Loughteen Blanco?s class. Other contenders are: Be Real, Ballycowen Dave, Pams Tomjo, Millwards Blag and Stress Force.

Heat 5 is scheduled to begin at 21:32 GMT. The champion of this 460 metres contest will get not only a place in the next round, but also a handsome prize worth ?150.

Be Real looks to be the second best option for betting. The Peterborough Puppy Derby victor should run a good race here, despite the fact that he is coming off an embarrassing loss. The son of Droopys Maldini has a lot of fire, and it will be interesting to see how he uses it tonight.

Millwards Blag failed to hit the target on his previous two outings. P. Young?s charge is expected to do the same today. Stress Force?s progress has come to a halt in this class.

Pams Tomjo does not need any introduction, and seems to be the third best hound in the pack. On the other hand, the Kent Derby victor, Ballycowen Dave, could be denied the luxury of leading.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.com?s editorial policy.

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Improving Visibility & Sales with Local SEO | TVS Internet Marketing

In this video, Minnesota attorney Aaron Hall speaks with Travis Van Slooten. Travis? company, TVS Internet Marketing, provides local SEO services to small businesses.

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Aaron Hall: I?m Aaron Hall, attorney at Minneapolis. I?m here with Travis Van Slooten. He provides local SEO (search engine optimization) to small businesses throughout the country. Travis, can you tell us a little more in what you do?

Travis Van Slooten: Yes. I provide local SEO services to small businesses throughout the United States, and what entails is getting small businesses visibility and most importantly, sales via the Internet. We do that through a number of things I do with businesses.

Aaron Hall: What is the most common problem that a client has which brings that client to you?

Travis Van Slooten: Well, the most common problem I have is?the businesses I work with typically don?t have a website, or they have a website but it?s poorly designed, and it?s nowhere to be found. I?m working with businesses that are really at that kind of entry level in terms of the Internet marketing.

Aaron Hall: How do you help them once they start working with you? What?s the process?

Travis Van Slooten: The main thing I do is I always ask the small business, ?What are you goals?? because everybody?s going to have different goals as to what they want to accomplish with their website or their Internet marketing. The first thing I always ask them is, ?What are the goals?? and of course, the inevitable answer is ?We want to make money, and we want to make it through the Internet.? That?s a little too broad. We want to be more specific so a lot of times, it?s sitting down with them and drilling into what it is they do. Are there certain aspects of their business they want to concentrate on more in terms of gaining sales and leads from the Internet? An example of that is I was working with a construction company down at Florida, and he does remodelling. He builds homes. Does a number of things. After talking to him, we discovered for him, he wanted to concentrate on his remodelling services, his remodelling business. Once we have the goal in mind, then from there, we can construct a strategy to achieve that goal.

Aaron Hall: Are there any common misunderstandings that new clients have when starting to work with you?

Travis Van Slooten: Yeah. The biggest thing is this misconception that SEO is inexpensive and easy to do. It always surprises me. I work with a small business, and a small business owner will spend thousands of dollars a years in print ads, radio ads, billboards without batting an eye because it?s traditional. They know but when you start talking to them about SEO and the difficulties of SEO with the recent updates that Google came out, SEO is becoming increasingly harder to do, and it?s becoming more expensive as a result. The misconception is that SEO is cheap and when you start talking prices about SEO even though it?s in line with radio, billboard advertising, and things that they?re comfortable with, they?re shocked that it would cost ?that much.? That?s the biggest challenge I have. Educating small business owners on what SEO is, what it takes, and what it costs to do effectively.

Aaron Hall: It?s interesting that in the early 2000?s, late 90?s, you could put up a website and it would just start getting traffic but these days, the businesses online are so competitive. Your client?s competitors are spending a lot of money in SEO, and I imagine that ups the ante for what is required for them and the competitiveness and the strategy that they need to use.

Travis Van Slooten: It?s that and as I?ve just briefly mentioned, it?s Google is really making it more difficult for the small business owner to do SEO on their own. With the recent updates, the penguin updates, the panda updates, most small business owners have no idea what that is but suffice it to say, SEO?s requiring almost a full-time job, and small business owners just simply don?t have the time to deal with it. It?s the competition that increasing and it?s also Google making things a little bit more difficult so all of that together is becoming increasingly difficult. It?s actually coming to a point now where a small business owner either has to get an in-house SEO person or outsource it. It?s almost impossible on their own now.

Aaron Hall: We talk about the small business. Can you give me some examples of small businesses you?ve worked with as far as what type of businesses are they?

Travis Van Slooten: I concentrate exclusively on the service based businesses. We?re talking about the roofers. I have a gutter contractor down at Florida. Construction companies, fencing companies, dentists, chiropractors, and even some law firms.

Aaron Hall: Interesting. I know that services provide a unique challenge from a website standpoint because it?s not ecommerce. It?s not just selling a product that you can just describe. You?re talking about the individuals and what services they provide. I understand a lot more what goes behind the scenes in planning that out.

Travis Van Slooten: Yes. Definitely, there?s that. When you?re selling a product, the product a lot of times sells itself because people know the product. When you?re selling a service based business, you have to sell that customer on that person a lot of times because I?m dealing typically with a lot of business owners. When somebody comes to the website, you have to sell them on that person so that means providing them testimonials, the better business accreditation badges, and things like that. Also, pointing them to other outside resources as social proof that this guy is good and is an honest, ethical business person and that type of thing. Those are the things you don?t have to do when you?re selling a product because typically like I said, people know it. Sells itself.

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Workshop Helps Local Companies Plan for Disaster?And Recovery ...

How would your company fare in a disaster? And how would you recover from it?

If you?re looking answers to these questions, it may do you good to stop by the Four Points Sheraton on Route 19 today.

DQE Communications, which provides fiber optic network servicesis joining three other local technology firms to host a disaster recovery workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at the hotel.

Another installment of the workshop will be held Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Southpointe Golf Club.

The host firms are Data Recovery Services LLC, a provider of cloud computing, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, VMware, a virtualization software vendor, and EMC, a data storage solutions provider.

The events will focus on the importance of a disaster recovery plan and how changes in technology have made these plans more affordable.

??Natural disasters, such as a power outage caused by strong storms, or ?IT disasters?, such as a massive network failure, can wipe out irreplaceable data and literally destroy a successful business,? said Lisa Williams, manager of marketing and wholesale services for DQE Communications. ?Understandably, companies of all sizes often are concerned about how their crucial information can be stored and recovered following a disaster."

Williams said the workshop is designed to provide affordable business continuity information and solutions to mid-market companies.

The event is open to everyone, she said. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. For more information, or to register, visit www.drsllc.net/events.

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When it is slowing down and you spot that there are not as many customers, that's when you would like to sell. One zone of weakness for many with stock option daytrading is knowing when to get out. Don?t hold out thinking you can squeeze bigger profits out of it or you might finish up losing money at the end. While margins for most traders are generally around half of the worth in traders account, day traders can face levels as low as twenty five percent. This indicates that a trader can by we could say, $1000 worth of stock from an account of only $250. Tips for surviving and flourishing as a stock trader The 5 most typical secrets adopted by day traders who attempt to make are profit are * Trend following ? utilised by all trading firms this tactic presupposes that stocks that having been constantly increasing may continue to rise. * Playing reports ? this plan of action is to buy stock in a company that has just reported excellent news * Range Trading ? here's where stock which has been rising and falling is purchased close to the low price and sold as it hits the serious price range. Refusing to endure and correctly handle trades that do not work leads to trading blunders. It's the lack of ability to deal with the inescapable losing trade that causes traders to chop winning trades short, move stops in the middle of a trade, cling on to losing trades, average down, and fail to pull on the trigger on sound trade setups. Learning how to accept and cope with trading loss could be equally as important as making good trades.

You want to gain from the loss ( that's its price ), so get it down. Include how you viewed the market at the time and the way the market action and your signals seemed to meet the standards for a sound trade set up. So what does the ?true? jobless rate look like, when you dump the seasonal corrections, and you consider ALL classes of jobless and underemployed employees? How does 18.0% sound to you? That is right, the non-seasonally altered, ?true? jobless rate, including ALL classes of the un- or under-employed, is an enormous 18.0%. Guage the trade : Once the trading day is over, return to what you wrote and see what can be learned. And it increased by 0.9% from December 2009! That is miles away from the 9.7% released by the govt.

The information released earlier in the month would prefer you to believe the economy must be improving. Hopefully it is not something that malign. But if you glance at the real information, how could you doubtless decide that? How could you actually believe, after critically considering this info, the Economy is headed in the correct direction? So that the question then becomes, WHY does the governing body work out and release the information in this format? Are they intentionally deceiving the U.S.

Source: http://traders101.com/2012/09/27/what-we-should-ask-ourselves-daytrading-2/

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The curious case of BlackBerry subscriber growth

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Indonesian ferry collides with cargo ship; 8 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? A passenger ferry collided with a cargo ship and sank west of Indonesia's main island Wednesday morning, and at least eight people were killed, officials said.

More than 200 crew and passengers were evacuated after the accident, said Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan, who initially said the second vessel was an oil tanker. It wasn't immediately clear if all of them were OK, and a search for others is in progress where the accident occurred in the Sunda straits, west of Java island.

"So far it's still unclear how many passengers were on board the ferry," Ervan said, adding it had about 30 crew members. "We are still waiting for the manifest."

Manifests are often unreliable in Indonesia because tickets are sold onboard to passengers who are never registered.

A helicopter and at least 10 ships were searching for survivors, said Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Agency.

The Bahuga Jaya ferry links Java and southern Sumatra island. It went down after colliding with the South African-flagged Norr Gastar about six kilometers (four miles) off Bakahuni port in Sumatra.

There was no immediate word on whether the cargo ship was damaged.

Ferries are a major source of transportation in Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, with more than 17,000 islands and a population of 240 million. Sea accidents are common due to overcrowding and poor safety standards.

Associated Press

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Gilbert Melendez injury causes Strikeforce to cancel Saturday?s card

Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez was hit with an injury just a week before he was scheduled to fight Pat Healy. He had to withdraw from the fight. Without Healy-Melendez, Showtime decided not to air the card. Without Showtime, Strikeforce canceled the event.

"When Showtime informed us that it would not be airing the event, we made the difficult decision to cancel Saturday's card in Sacramento," Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said via press release. "Without a television partner, we simply could not move forward with this event. We wish Gilbert a speedy recovery and will work diligently and quickly to reschedule the fighters affected by this news on upcoming cards."

This is the second major injury to hit Strikeforce recently. UFC heavyweight Frank Mir pulled out of his Nov. 3 bout with Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix champ Daniel Cormier with an injury.

Healy told Bloody Elbow Radio that he was told he would not be fighting again until Melendez is healthy, and that he wasn't given the option to fight someone else.

"I'm like in a daze, still. I have to think about, if Gil's going to be out six months and I have to wait the whole time, I have to start making some plans to make money right now so I'm not in a situation where I have to make money right before training for a fight," Healy said.

Outside of Melendez Healy, Saturday's card featured:

Guto Inocente vs. Gian Villante
Caros Fodor vs. Josh Thomson
Adriano Martins vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Quinn Mulhern vs. Jorge Santiago
Jorge Gurgel vs. Mizuto Hirota
Amanda Nunes vs. Cat Zingano
Mike Kyle vs. Dion Staring
Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Yuri Villefort
Michael Bravo vs. Estevan Payan

Those fighters didn't create enough firepower for Showtime. Perhaps a re-airing of the "Weeds" season finale will be enough for the network instead of a live sporting event.

This creates a problem for the Strikeforce fighters on the card. One of the complaints heard most often from Strikeforce fighters is that they don't fight enough. In 2012, Strikeforce has held just five fight events. With such infrequency, fighters have few chances to fight and make money from their fight purse and sponsors.

Outside the main event, Strikeforce has nine fights place. Though there is room on the Nov. 3 card, it won't be enough to accommodate every fighter. Plus, the fighters thought they were getting paid on Sept. 29, and best case scenario has them getting paid a month from now. Fighting is never an easy way to make a living, but cancelling cards in the last minute makes the job much harder.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/gilbert-melendez-injury-causes-strikeforce-cancel-saturday-card-123304008--mma.html

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Red king or red queen: In relationships based on mutuality, number of individuals involved can determine rate at which species evolve

ScienceDaily (Sep. 24, 2012) ? The relationship between species determines how rapidly they evolve. Parasites and their hosts coevolve more rapidly, and partners in a mutualistic relationship can evolve more slowly. But this view is obviously too simplistic. The rate of evolution in a mutualistic relationship does not depend only on the type of interactions, but also on the number of individuals involved, according to a model developed by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Pl?n, Germany. Therefore, while partners can benefit from slow evolution if only two individuals interact, a higher rate of evolution may be favoured if several individuals are involved.

Parasites and hosts conduct an arms race with one another in which the parasite must constantly find new ways to circumvent the defensive measures of the host. As a result, they both constantly evolve. This is similar to the situation of the Red Queen in the book ?Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There? by British author Lewis Carroll, and is therefore labelled the Red Queen Hypothesis.

The counterpart to it is the Red King?s Hypothesis, first posited in 2003: in mutualistic relationships, evolving more slowly can be favoured. This occurs, namely, when the partners behave egotistically in the beginning and then attempt to become more altruistic. The partner holding back and evolving more slowly benefits, as it does not have to invest anything in improving the partnership.

Up to now, researchers have explored the Red King Hypothesis only in models for which two individuals come into contact with one another. However, this does not reflect reality for the most part. It is much more often the case in nature that several individuals are in a relationship with one another. Thus, several ants protect a single butterfly larva in order to be rewarded with its honeydew. For the ant, the relationship is therefore between two individuals; however, from the perspective of the caterpillar, there are multiple partners interacting.

The scientists in Pl?n have therefore tested the Red King?s Hypothesis in a multiplayer model. According to this, it was confirmed that the Red King?s Hypothesis is only valid in pairwise mutualistic relationships. As soon as several parties are involved, it becomes considerably more complicated. ?Then more rapid evolution can be favoured for a party as well,? explains Chaitanya Gokhale from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.

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Telescope mirrors arrive at Nasa

25 September 2012 Last updated at 10:49 ET

The first two components of the huge mirror set to fly on the US James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have been delivered to Nasa.

James Webb - regarded as the successor to Hubble - is due to launch in 2018.

After they have been checked, the hexagonal mirror components will be stored until engineers are ready to assemble them onto the telescope.

Some 18 of them will make up JWST's 6.5m primary mirror, which is more than twice as wide as Hubble's main mirror.

On 17 September, the mirrors left the facility of contractor Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, for Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, where the telescope is being assembled.

"These first two completed flight mirror assemblies arriving at Goddard are an important first step leading towards the integration of the mirrors onto the flight structure," said Lee Feinberg, the optical telescope element manager for JWST.

The remaining 16 mirror "assemblies" will make their way from Boulder to Nasa Goddard over the next 12 months as they await integration into the infrared telescope in 2015.

Each mirror component measures more than 1.3m across and weighs some 40kg.

JWST is the first civilian space observatory to use an actively controlled, segmented mirror.

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• James Webb's instruments will be tuned to light beyond the detection of our eyes - at near- and mid-infrared wavelengths
• It is in the infrared that very distant objects will show up, and also those objects that in the visible range are obscured by dust
• Hubble is a visible light telescope with some near-infrared capability, but its sensitivity will be dwarfed by JWST's technologies
• Europe's far-infrared Herschel space telescope has a bigger mirror than Hubble, but JWST's mirror will be larger still

It will also carry a shield the size of a tennis court to guard its sensitive vision from the heat and intense glare of the Sun.

James Webb is expected to be the premier space observatory of the next decade and will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of star systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth.

In order to, for example, look back through time to observe young galaxies, JWST needs a large mirror to see such faint objects.

A telescope's sensitivity, or how much detail it can see, is directly related to the size of the mirror area that collects light from the objects being observed - with larger mirrors collecting more light than smaller ones.

Recommended 16 years ago as the logical evolution beyond Hubble, the JWST has managed to garner a fair amount of controversy.

• James Webb's main mirror has around seven times more collecting area than Hubble's 2.4m primary mirror
• The sunshield is about 22m by 12m. There will be a 300-degree difference in temperature between the two sides
• James Webb's instruments must be very cold to ensure their own infrared glow does not swamp the observations
• The mission will launch in 2018 on an Ariane rocket. The observing position will be 1.5 million km from Earth

Technical difficulties and project mismanagement mean the observatory is now running years behind schedule and is billions of dollars over-budget.

Elements of the US Congress wanted to cancel the telescope in summer 2011. That did not happen, but Capitol Hill now has James Webb on a very short leash, with Nasa required to provide monthly updates on milestones met or missed.

The current estimate for the US side of the mission is $8.8bn, which covers the full life cycle of the project from its inception to the end of initial operations.

Extra to that bill is some $650m for the European contributions like the Mid-Infrared Instrument (Miri) - which will help confirm the identity of the first luminous objects in the cosmos - and the Ariane rocket that will launch the observatory in October 2018.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19717177#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Fake Gold and Why You Should Invest in the Following Products ...

More reports are surfacing concerning 10 ounce tungsten filled ?gold? bars. I had planned to write this article last month but now it is more relevant in light of this story. What do you need to protect yourself in purchasing gold and silver in the future? I purchased the following supplies for barter/banking considerations after the economic collapse.

The AMW Series is a great durable and compact pocket scale for those who are seeking the on the go high precision portable scale. The backlit LCD display helps make the numbers viewable and easy to read. The intuitive protective cover provides protection for the scale. With the smooth stainless steel weighing surface clean up is easy. Buttons on the scale give you full control such as switching modes between grams, ounces, grain, and carat as well as taring. This checkbook size scale offers great range from 100 grams to as little as 0.01 of a gram. You get all this in one scale backed up with our incredible 10 year warranty! Whether this fits your style or needs ? the AMW Series is the portable pocket scale that packs punch and gets the job done! Specifications * Capacity 100g / 3.528oz / 500ct / 1543gn * Readability 0.1g / 0.001oz/ 0.05ct / 0.2gn * Display5 digit backlit LCD * Platform Dimensions 2.5 x 3 * Scale Dimensions 5 x 3 x 0.75 * Power 2 X AAA batteries included * Capacity: 100g; 3.528oz; 500ct; 1543dwt * Graduation: 0.01g; 0.001oz; 0.05ct; 0.1gn * Units: grams (g) / ounce (oz) / carats (ct) grain (gn) * Calibration: Auto Calibration; User Calibration with two 50g Cal. Weights * Tare Range: Tare full capacity * Auto Off: 60 seconds * Display: 4 digits 1/2? in height.

In the case of the 10 oz. gold bar, this would be?283.495 ounces or more than the capacity of the this 100g unit.

Here is a scale that can be used for weighing larger quantities of metal or in my case, chemical supplies:

My Weigh iBalance 2600 Table Top Precision Scale

Product Description?- $128.50

10th gram resolution and eight different weighing modes.?2600 gram capacity x 0.1 gram resolution.

This scale would be able to weigh the 10 ounce gold bar. If the dimensions of the gold bar were checked against its specifications. The 10 oz. bar would weigh approximately 9.5 ? 9.6 oz depending on the amount of gold covering the tungsten core. Tungsten in the same dimensions as this gold bar would weigh 9.33 oz. A discrepancy of less than 0.1 oz would raise suspicion, let alone 0.4 oz.

But in order to check the dimensions of a suspect product, you need a pair of calipers.

Neiko 01407A?Stainless Steel 6-Inch Digital Caliper with Extra-Large LCD Screen and Instant SAE-Metric Conversion

Product Description?- $15.69

When you require exact measuring, you reach for a caliper. But an accurate measurement is meaningless if you can?t read it accurately. This caliper takes an essential tool into the 21st century with an extra-large LCD digital readout for exact internal and outside measurements accurate to .001-Inch. Instantly converts from SAE or Metric, the display can be zeroed at any point on the slide. Machine-grooved thumb-roll mechanism and position lock for sure adjustment. Hardened stainless steel shaft with depth-measurement probe, precision ground jaws. On-off switch with auto-off, two long-life batteries included (one spare).

If the tungsten covered gold bar weighed 10 oz., then the overall dimensions would be larger than the specifications.

But what if you do not know the specifications? When bartering US coins after an economic collapse, this book will be invaluable:

The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of U.S. Coins 2013 (Guide Book of United States Coins)

Product Description?- $11.53

The Official Red Book?, now in its 66th year, is famous nationwide as the premiere resource for U.S. coin collectors. This best-selling one-volume library helps you make smart buying decisions as you build your collection. Millions of readers rely on it for full-color photographs, detailed technical data, and up-to-date mintages. The Red Book covers the history of colonial and early American coins; official federal issues from half cents through silver dollars and gold coins; classic and modern commemoratives; Proof and Mint sets; error coins; Civil War tokens; pioneer (territorial) gold; every state and territorial quarter, plus the new National Park quarters; all of the presidential dollars; and more. You ll benefit from its practical essays on grading, investing, auctions, and other hobby subjects and of course, its pricing for 6,000-plus coins, in up to 9 grades each, gathered from more than 100 of the nation s leading coin dealers! The 2013 edition features more than 1,800 full-color photographs to help you confidently identify your coins. Updated values, mintages, and auction records. Expanded coverage of commemoratives, sets, and other coins. The latest research on colonial coins and private/territorial gold. New higher-grade pricing for classic commemoratives. And much more something of value for every collector, new or experienced. It s no wonder more than 22 million copies of the Red Book have been sold since the 1st edition! Full color. 448 pages. Classic red hardcover.

Practical Example:

The economic collapse has occurred and the US dollar has no value. Trade is based on barter (products and services), silver, gold and precious gems. Someone wants to trade with you for a wood stove and the agreed price is 10 ounces of silver. The other party has ?junk? silver with a face value of $12.00. How much silver does this represent? Without a scale or the specifications of the appropriate silver coins, you would not know the actual silver content or if the pieces were counterfeit.

Let?s assume that the following distribution:

10 Franklin Half dollars ? $5.00

weight: 12.5 g ? ?diameter: 30.5 mm

0.900% silver or 0.36169 oz silver per coin.

The composition and diameter of the 1964 Kennedy half is the same as the Franklin half but from 1965 through 1970 the silver content was reduced to .400 average or 0.1479 oz?silver per coin.

20 Washington Quarters ? pre 1965 ? $5.00

weight: 6.25 grams ? diameter: 24.3 mm

0.900% silver or 0.18084?oz of silver

20 Roosevelt Dimes ? pre 1965 ? $2.00

weight: 2.50 grams ? diameter: 17.9 mm

0.900% silver or 0.07234 oz of silver

Quantity	Weight	Weight x 0.9 x Quantity	grams to ounces
10	12.5	112.5	3.968325
20	6.25	112.5	3.968325
20	2.5	45	1.58733
			9.52398

This table from Excel shows that this quantity of silver coins has 9.524 oz of silver. If the current price of silver is $100, you have agreed to pay $952.00 for the wood stove assuming the dollar had any value in relation to silver. ?But what if you weighed the coins and found that due to wear and possible edge shaving, the actual weight is actually 285 grams instead of 300 grams. The actual silver content in this case would be reduced 5% or $47.6. How would you know this without a scale? But then a secondary consideration comes into play as the actual composition from the Redbook states that each coin is 90% silver but the actual silver content is less when you divide the actual weight of silver in their description by the weight of the coin:

Quantity	Weight	Weight of silver per coin in ounces	Number of Coins x silver content
10	12.5	0.36169	3.6169
20	6.25	0.18084	3.6168
20	2.5	0.07234	1.4468
			8.6805

This reduces the total weight of the silver to on 8.6805 ounces or $868.05 without wear or shaving. The actual weight from your scale reduces this amount by another 5% or $824.65. What is the correct value in this case? ?$824.65. The total weight of the silver coins multiplied by true silver content instead of the rounded up percentage of 90%. Without the proper tools and knowledge in this case, you would have lost13.5% on this transaction. Can you see why a new type of neighborhood bank will be established in the future if they have the proper tools? And if you need to involve a third party to ensure the accuracy of the transaction, they will have to be paid a commission. In this case, the commission is well worth the cost if you do not have the proper equipment.

David DeGerolamo

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Miscellaneous Products:

50-Gram Chrome Scale Calibration Weight

Product Description ? $2.93

Suitable for general laboratory, commercial, and educational use. OIML Class: M250g Calibration weight. Calibrates Digital scales that require 50g of weight. ?General use 50g Calibration Weight.

Product Description

Magnet

Used to detect counterfeit Chinese Silver coins.

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