Posted by admin on February 28th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
I am a Disabled American Veteran, with a minority owned business In Tucson, Arizona, I was the owner of Montes Orthopedic for over twenty years. In August of 2005, I was forced out of business by a corrupt city government that still discriminates against minorities and disabled American Veterans. My troubles began at the height of my career, when I was advertising on local TV. I was advertising my custom-made foot orthotic system that corrects the imbalance in a person’s feet. This product allowed me to add small adjustments to the product over a period of time, which provided comfort to my elderly clients.
As I began to become famous on TV, I was bombarded by the American Podiatric Board in Phoenix, Arizona. I was sent harsh and threatening letters, which demanded that I show up to their board of review to answer questions as to why I was practicing their type of medicine without a license. After hiring an attorney, who charged me $3500 up front for a retainer, I learned that this total action might cost $10,000.
Unfortunately, I was unable to raise the rest of the money. However, after talking with friends, I was told that I did not need to attend the board meeting because I was not affiliated with their group, which therefore, had no supervision over me. Upon discovering this, I sent the board a letter which explained that I was not in violation of any of their by-laws, and that I was not going to attend the board meeting.
Several months later, I received a letter from the City of Tucson Consumer Affairs Department, which was run by acting attorney Mr. Mike Anderson. It turns out that three of my clients had made complaints of my products over a three year period to the Better Business Bureau. Again, I had to pay an attorney to represent me at a deposition hearing I was told to attend. At the deposition my lawyer accused Mr. Anderson of launching frivolous actions against me. He said Mr. Anderson was abusing his authority, and stated that if I was brought to court again, he would counter-sue for damages and attorney fees. I did not hear from Mr. Anderson until the day after the death of my attorney.
I then went through many depositions at a loss of time and money. I did not have adequate representation and went through several attorneys. Finally I found a good lawyer that sat with me at my deposition hearings, which were conducted by the now scorned Mr. Anderson.
Having been victimized by Mr. Anderson, I was discussing my troubles with several friends. One of my friends told me that he knew Mr. Anderson through several other business owners. He stated that I was not alone, and that he had knowledge of Anderson’s office. He stated that Mike was randomly picking on minority owned businesses that had complaints documented with the Better Business Bureau. He also stated that Mike Anderson was responsible for the closure of hundreds of small business, where people have lost their homes, cars, and families due to Mike’s constant financial harassment of these business. I was also told that Mike was once a bailiff at the city courts for several years, and that he had studied to become a legal assistant. Once he had his certification, politicians in our city government placed him in this newly-formed department, where he was acting as a lawyer. I was also told that Mr. Anderson was involved in the conspiracy and closings of hundreds of small businesses all over town during his time at the City of Tucson Consumer Affairs Department. His strategy was to create a cash cow that extorts monies from the small minority business that generates income for the city courts, prosecutors, and judges, and Mike’s department.
The second part of Mr. Anderson’s conspiracy was to eliminate these small business, and replace them with new business that would be expecting to pay greater city tax revenues, than minority business currently due presently.
I decided to confront Mike at a regularly held deposition meeting. I accused him of fraudulent misconduct by his department. After several months of not hearing from him, I thought my problems were over. However, a customer told me that a neighbor she had referred to me had told her that she had called the Better Business Bureau and was told by this agency that I was under investigation for fraud by the city attorney’s office. Also, all calls about Montes Orthopedic were being forwarded to Mike Anderson. The three complaints I had documented with the Better Business Bureau were very minimal, but I later learned that the number of complaints had now been raised to over thirty, due to Mr. Anderson’s fraudulent tactics.
In preparation for a law suit with the City of Tucson, I hired a private detective to tape conversations with the Better Business Bureau. Now I had transcripts of the tapes for evidence in my case. I soon ended my fight to sue, due to a lack of funds from my declining business. Later when customers were told that I was under investigation, they called me to ask for their money. I told them that I was sorry that their confidence had been shaken by what the Better Business Bureau was saying about me. My only recourse was to say that Mr. Anderson was guilty of fraudulent schemes, conspiracy to commit fraud against minority own business, and that I had proof of his wrong-doing.
I was still mad at the Better Business Bureau, so I called and made a complaint about their misconduct. I said that I would not be answering any more complaints, and that they should stop sending me any more complaints. In a further attempt to stop them, I threatened them with a law suit. To date, I have not received any more complaints, although my business is still listed with them as non-satisfactory.
In looking for a cassation attorney, I called the National Bar Association look for a law firm to represent the many minority business that were forced out of business by the City of Tucson Attorneys Office. I was given a phone number at random in the City of San Diego, California. I was asked what the nature of my call was. After I had explained how I had been victimize by the City of Tucson Attorneys Office, the lady I was talking to said that she was shocked to hear this, because this conspiracy was now going on in the City of San Diego, California, and being directed towards minority owned business as well by their City Attorneys Office. I have the lady’s contact information.
Proof that there is conspiracy in my City of Tucson government. A City employee, nicked named Red & Speedy Gonzales, was a well liked employee. He was well known by his bosses, and supervisors to achieve fast and good work. When ever a supervisor had a emergency, leaking water pipe in a neighborhood, they asked Red to go fix it. He was called to fix small critical problems because of his speed, both on getting to the work job, and in repairing the what needed to be repaired.
This City employee suffered from ADHD, which caused him an anxiety, which in turn caused him to be in a numerous amount of small accidents with his City truck in the yard and in other areas around town that had been assigned to him. These numerous amount of small accidents were common knowledge of most of his co-workers. Co-workers were aware of his consistent mishaps evolving his City truck and city equipment.
On his way to an emergency repair job, Red was racing to the job site in his assigned city truck. While driving at a high rate of speed headed east on 22nd street, approaching Pantano Rd. In Tucson. He was suddenly faced with the problem of traffic that had backed up at the light. Due to the speed that he was traveling at, too and from jobs which earned him made him a favorite with several of his supervisors. But this one day while he was traveling at the high rate of speed, he was approaching the downward hill just before getting to the light, he suddenly noticed the backed up traffic at the light. He began to swerve, and break. Not able to control his city vehicle on his downward approach, he jumped the concrete median separating both sides of a 6 lane street, (3 lanes east & 3 lanes west) crashing head on into a car, killing 4 generations of women in one family. Infant girl, mother to infant girl & and daughter her mother, and grandmother.
The City, quickly had the truck towed to their other compound for testing, and not the compound of origin, where a lot of the city employees would have spoke up about this mans bad driving record involving his truck , and city owned equipment.
Testing reveled that it was break failure that lead to this accident. Once at the other compound, evidence was tamper with to prove there evidence in this case.
The City of Tucson settled this case for a meager amount of money, which there attorney got almost half of the settlement. The amount for 4 lives was about a little over $ 300,000.00.
The second part of this conspiracy was in the tampering of evidence. All records doctored to show what a good driver Red was, and conspiracy by our State Motor Vehicle Division, to tamper with this employees driving record was also done to protect this employee. Monies were given to this employee to disappear, and start a new life.
In another separate case of conspiracy by the City of Tucson, was an incident that happened at the Water Department. On the south side of Tucson, a hole was dug to place a man-hole to reach pipes under the streets. Some kids were injured while playing, so an emergency call was reported to the Water Department. An older gentleman by the name of Mr. Valenzuela who was in charge of the compound tool shed, from where all hand tools such as gas weedeaters, gas lawn mowers, gas hedge trimmers, wheelbarrows, and other hand tools were dispensed daily to the crews in charge of maintenance around City of Tucson water well compounds.
A head supervisor over the crews, and employees in the compound was looking for someone to operate the front end loader, and to go fill in the hole. After an excused search he could not find anyone qualified to operate the front end loader. So he ordered Mr. Valenzuela to take drive the heavy duty equipment out to that work site, even though Mr. Valenzuela had no prior knowledge of that equipment. An argument ensued over the use of the equipment, where Mr. Valenzuela was forced to get on the heavy duty equipment and drive across town to fill in the hole, or loose his job.
Once he was at the work site, he proceeded to go down the steep embankment of the cannel where the front end loader flipped over and killed him. Immediately after his death, conspiracy to doctor records ensued, where the City of Tucson proved that Mr. Valenzuela had prior knowledge of equipment. Pre-administered dates, and signatures were placed on tests and forms certifying him as an operator of heavy duty equipment, he had mysteriously be promoted in addition prior to this incident to show proof of his experience with the equipment. This conspiracy carried over to the City of Tucson Finance Department to show his pay grade for his new promotion prior to his death.
I am looking for an attorney to expose my City of Tucson Government and their fraudulent schemes. Please contact me if it is, or if you need more information about these allegations in my story.
My State is currently showing a surplus of revenues in the amount of $ 850 million dollars, I feel that my State can afford to compensate all the people that have wrongfully hurt by both City, and State Government. After all it is at the misery of so many people that or State of Arizona has been able to show such a high surplus of monies, where other States are in debt. And are on the edge of facing bankruptcies. Like in San Diego, California.
Please contact me if you can help at: smontes@scientist.com.
X-owner of Montes Orthopedic, defender of the weak, fighter for civil rights, movment to legalize freedom
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Posted by admin on February 27th, 2009 — Posted in Cruising the Roads, Finance Web, Insurance Portal
With rising car insurance rates, thrifty people everywhere are looking for ways to get deals on car insurance. And why not? If it can save you some cash then go for it, right? Well, there are many ways to get discounts on auto insurance. Try to check if you or your car is entitled for the following price reductions but remember that these are general price reductions, you have to inquire with your insurance agent if they offer them.
Individual-Associated Deductions
These price reductions are usually given based on your performance as a driver and insurance policy holder. The other deductions are given based on your present status in life.
Completing A Traffic School Class If by any chance you have recently got a ticket, you may attend traffic school either online or through a traditional setting to have your ticket expunged from your driving history. Indirectly, this will have an effect of lowering your yearly insurance premiums
Good Student discounts. Insurance companies know that students with higher grades are at lower risk of being involved in a car accident. Therefore, they will usually offer price reductions on your insurance policy.
Professional Credits. Some insurance firms offer deductions if they belong to certain organizations or profession, like engineers, surgeons etc.
deductions for senior citizens. People over 55 can usually receive discounts on their auto insurance. Sometimes, you may also need to take a defensive driving course to qualify for the rate cut. Check with your local DMV to find out what courses are available.
Loyalty Programs. Staying with the same insurer for several years and maintaining a clean driving record will give you a good history with them. Many times, the insurance company will reward you with your loyalty with lower rates.
Keep a Clean Driving Record. If you’ve not been involved in any car accidents or have had any tickets for traffic violations, you should be able to get your automobile insurance premiums reduced.
Home + Car Packages. Your insurance carrier may give you multi-line deductions if you insure your house and other cars with them as well.
Car Based Insurance Discounts
The type of car you drive can be a huge factor in influencing the amount you pay for car insurance. There are also extra features that you can add to your car to make it more affordable to insure.
- Car Air Bags. There are multiple types of airbags: front, rear, side-curtain, etc. The better you’re protected, the larger the car insurance discount you may be able to receive.
- Anti-Lock Brakes System (ABS). Believe it or not, some states require that insurers give deductions to policy owners whose automobiles are equipped with ABS.
Anti-Theft Systems. Any type of add-on to dissuade some person from breaking into or stealing your automobile can also provide you with cheaper insurance costs.
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Posted by admin on February 27th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
Legal issues and problems are stressful, complex and inevitable. If you get wrapped up in legal issues, it sometimes helps to understand the lingo being bandied about.
Legal Terms
Contract: An agreement between two or more parties in which each party agrees to provide something in exchange for the other party doing the same. Typically, one party provides money while the other provides a service or product. Contracts can be oral or written, but oral contracts are difficult to enforce.
Copyright: The legal right attached to literary, musical, dramatic or artistic works. Copyright automatically attaches to the piece in favor of the creator of it. To sue for copyright infringement, the creator must file for an official copyright from the Library of Congress.
Intellectual Property: A product or idea that has tangible commercial value. Examples of intellectual property include copyrighted works such as books, patented items such as a product design and a trademarked item for a brand. The word “Amazon” is not considered intellectual property. When applied to the Internet, however, the word is intellectual property as it refers to a brand for an online bookstore.
Non-Compete Agreement: An agreement whereby one party, typically an employee, agrees not to use information learned during employment in subsequent business efforts for a set period of time. In some states, non-compete agreements are extremely difficult to enforce. An example of a non-compete agreement dispute is the current litigation between Microsoft and Google over Kai-Fu Lee.
Non-Disclosure Agreement: A contract binding one party to a duty of confidentiality in regard to certain information provided by another. An NDA typically is executed where one party wished to discuss a business venture with another and the discussion necessarily requires the disclosure of sensitive information.
Trademark: A name, label or symbol identifying a product or web site. Trademarks are filed with the Patent and Trademark Office and restricted to a class of products or services. “Amazon” is a trademarked term for Internet services, but not for general references such as ecological discussions.
Obviously, this is a relatively short list of legal terms. If your issue is not mentioned, you can search on the net to find an answer.
Richard A. Chapo is a San Diego business lawyer with http://www.sandiegobusinesslawfirm.com - providing legal services and legal advice to businesses in San Diego, California.
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Posted by admin on February 27th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
In Dyson Ltd v Qualtex [2004], Dyson brought proceedings against the defendant, Qualtex, a manufacturer of vacuum cleaner spare parts, alleging infringement of its unregistered design rights in various spare parts comprising different products. Unregistered design rights are unregistrable intellectual property rights that arise automatically by the operation of law and protect the owners of original designs from, amongst other things, unauthorised copying. The existence of such rights is subject to certain exceptions.
Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, design rights do not subsist in:
Construction methods or principles of construction;
Features of shape or configuration which enable the article to be connected to or fit with another article so that either article may perform its function (known as the “must fit” exclusion);
Features of shape or configuration which are dependent upon the appearance of another article of which the article in question is intended by the designer to form an integral part (known as the “must match” exclusion); or
Surface decorations.
Qualtex admitted copying the designs, but claimed it was entitled to do so for the following reasons:
Many of the designs were copied from Dyson’s earlier designs and were thus unoriginal;
The “must fit” exception applied to large parts of the designs;
The “must match” exception applied to significant parts of the designs;
Parts of the designs which were not otherwise excluded were commonplace;
Some aspects were surface decoration; and
The dates of pre-production orders accepted on the basis of prototypes of the vacuum cleaners should form the start date in calculating the period of design right protection.
The Court ruled that:
Although some of the designs had been based on Dyson’s prior designs, they were original;
The must match exclusion only applies if an alteration in the shape of the relevant design aspect would make the overall article radically different in appearance;
Any means of achieving a fit or connection between two articles will be excluded from unregistered design rights, even though other designs might achieve the same effect, and that an interface will be excluded from unregistered design rights, protection even if it has an additional function other than achieving a fit or connection between two articles;
“Commonplace” was not to be confused with lack of novelty; and
The distinction between surface decoration and the overall shape and configuration of a product may be a matter of fact and impression, or a value judgement.
Comment: Many spare parts manufacturers supply copies of parts for complex products in the belief that the ‘must fit’ and ‘must match’ exceptions to unregistered design rights will protect them from litigation. As this judgment shows, this can no longer be taken for granted. Manufacturers of spare parts may have to adapt their operations substantially to avoid legal challenges based on the findings in this recent case.
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Posted by admin on February 27th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
Q: During my case, will I have to be examined by a doctor for the defense?
A: In almost every type of injury case the answer is yes.
When you put your medical condition in issue, and you claim you were injured because of another’s wrongdoing, the defense has a right to have you examined by a doctor of their choosing. This allegedly (at least in theory) allows them to evaluate your current medical condition to see for themselves whether you are truly as disabled as you claim to be.
The reality is that there are many doctors who are routinely used by various insurance companies to perform “Independent medical exams.” This term is really a farce, since there is nothing “Independent” about this exam. The defense insurance company selects this doctor. They send him your records. They pay his fee for the exam. In some cases, the referrals to doctors for these types of exams will make up the bulk of a doctor’s practice. In that instance don’t you think that the doctor is more likely to MINIMIZE your injuries, and make the defendant’s position better, so as to encourage the insurance company to keep sending patients to the doctor to examine?
If the doctor gave an unbiased, totally objective medical opinion in every instance, I am pretty sure that many of the monetary offers by insurance companies would be much fairer and higher than they currently are. Remember, insurance companies are in business to MAKE MONEY. Not to give it away. Also, these doctors who are doing these exams see the patient only one time; and not for treatment. They don’t have the benefit of seeing the patient many times, over a period of weeks, months or even years. There is no real relationship that develops during this solitary exam. How can a physican realistically evaluate someone’s medical condition without the benefit of seeing and evaluating them over time?
Attorney Oginski has been in practice for over 16 years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is able to provide the utmost in personalized, individualized attention to each and every client. In our office, a client is not a file number. Client’s are always treated with the respect they deserve and expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always aware of every aspect of a client’s case from start to finish.
Gerry represents injured people in injury cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at http://www.oginski-law.com, or 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally confidential.
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Posted by admin on February 25th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
The fact that one is ignorant of the law does not a sufficient defence in a court of law make. Ignorance is no protection against punishment. The adult is presumed to know all the laws. This presumption is knowingly and clearly false. So why is it made in the first place?
There are many types of laws. If a person is not aware of the existence of gravitation, he will still obey it and fall to the ground from a tall building. This is a law of nature and, indeed, ignorance serves as no protection and cannot shield one from its effects and applicability. But human laws cannot be assumed to have he same power. They are culture-dependent, history-dependent, related to needs and priorities of the community of humans to which they apply. A law that is dependent and derivative is also contingent. No one can be reasonably expected to have intimate (or even passing) acquaintance with all things contingent. A special learning process, directed at the contingency must be effectuated to secure such knowledge.
Perhaps human laws reflect some in-built natural truth, discernible by all conscious, intelligent observers? Some of them give out such an impression. “Thou shalt not murder”, for instance. But this makes none of them less contingent. That all human cultures throughout history obtained the same thinking regarding murder - does not bestow upon the human prohibition a privileged nomic status. In other words, no law is endowed with the status of a law of nature just by virtue of the broad agreement between humans who support it. There is no power in numbers, in this respect. A law of nature is not a statistically determined “event”. At least, ideally, it should not be.
Another argument is that a person should be guided by a sense of right and wrong. This inner guide, also known as the conscience or the super-ego, is the result of social and psychological processes collectively known as “socialization”. But socialization itself is contingent, in the sense that we have described. It cannot serve as a rigorous, objective benchmark. Itself a product of cultural accumulation and conditioning, it should be no more self evident than the very laws with which it tries to imbue the persons to whom it is applied.
Still, laws are made public. They are accessible to anyone who cares to get acquainted with them. Or so, theoretically. Actually, it is inaccessible to the illiterate, to those who have not assimilated the legal jargon, or to the poor. Even if laws were uniformly accessible to all - their interpretation would not have been. In many legal systems, precedents and court decisions are an integral part of the law. Really, there is no such thing as a perfect law. Laws evolve, grow, are replaced by others, which better reflect mores and beliefs, values and fears, in general the public psychology as mediated by the legislators. This is why a class of professionals has arisen, who make it their main business to keep up with the legal evolution and revolutions. Not many can afford the services of these law-yers. In this respect, many do not have ample access to the latest (and relevant) versions of the law. Nor would it be true to say that there is no convincing way to pierce one’s mind in order to ascertain whether he did know the law in advance or not. We all use stereotypes and estimates in our daily contacts with others. There is no reason to refrain from doing so only in this particular case. If an illiterate, poor person broke a law - it could safely be assumed that he did not know, a-priori, that he was doing so. Assuming otherwise would lead to falsity, something the law is supposed to try and avoid. It is, therefore, not an operational problem.
Sam Vaknin ( samvak.tripod.com ) is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He served as a columnist for Global Politician, Central Europe Review, PopMatters, Bellaonline, and eBookWeb, a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.
Until recently, he served as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia.
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Posted by admin on February 25th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
Intellectual property… now there’s a real 90’s deal. Copyrights, trade marks, patents, have been around for a long while, and are generally understood by most people. However, those legalities didn’t encompass concepts, in need of protection, since the exploration of the virtual world, commenced.
When the Internet was born, the transmission of ideas exploded. All of a sudden, there was a whole new realm of possibilities to be explored. Idea guys were suddenly in high demand, and the money began to flow.
In the spirit of competition, we discovered a need to protect ideas, thought processes, and credit card numbers. So, the government stepped in and wrote some laws, to protect what is in your head.
Intellectual Property is defined as:
n.
“A product of the intellect, that has commercial value, including copyrighted property such as, literary or artisic works, and ideational property, such as patenets, appellations of origins, business methods, and industrial processes.”
“Intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as, patents, trademarks, or copyrights).”
“The ownership of ideas and control over the tangible, or virtual representations of those ideas…”
Concept theft is a problem that is not really talked about much, but it does exist. Remember when Bill Gates introduced Windows, and Steve Jobs accused him of ripping off Apple?
With the Internet representing endless possibilities for creativity, it would only stand to reason, that cases of idea stealing should rise, as competition for dominating market shares increases.
If you’ve got marketable ideas, you’d better know your rights and responsibilities. If you don’t, you’ll kick yourself when someone steals your million dollar idea out from under you. You need to be legally protected and aware in cyberspace, just as you must in the real world. There are people out there, that would rather steal your idea than come up with something original, on their own.
If your desire to succeed brings you to the consideration of wire-tapping someone else’s brain waves, and making off with their ideas, you should catch up on your reading a bit. The government has taken this matter to heart, and legislated it pretty intensely. You should know your rights as an Internet Intellectual, and the penalties for idea stealing.
“The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (”EEA”) contains two separate provisions that criminalize the theft or misappropriation of trade secrets. The first provision, codified at 18 U.S.C. 1831(a), is directed towards foreign economic espionage and requires that the theft of the trade secret be done to benefit a foreign government, instrumentality, or agent. It states:
(a) In general. — Whoever, intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or foreign agent, knowingly -
** (1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception obtains a trade secret;
** (2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or conveys a trade secret;
** (3) receives, buys, or possesses a trade secret, knowing the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted without authorization;
** (4) attempts to commit any offense described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3); or
** (5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any offense described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of such person do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined not more than $500,000 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
In contrast, the second provision, 18 U.S.C. 1832, makes criminal the commercial theft of trade secrets, carried out for purely economic or commercial advantage:
(a) Whoever, with intent to convert a trade secret, that is related to or included in a product that is produced for or placed in interstate or foreign commerce, to the economic benefit of anyone other than the owner thereof, and intending or knowing that the offense will injure any owner of that trade secret, knowingly —
** (1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception obtains such information;
** (2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or conveys such information;
** (3) receives, buys, or possesses such information, knowing the same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted without authorization;
** (4) attempts to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3); or
** (5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3), and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
Please fell free to visit the links referenced, to read more about Intellectual Property - Rights, Crime and Punnishment. There really is an awful lot you should know. This should be required reading for all thinkers.
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Posted by admin on February 24th, 2009 — Posted in Living With The Law
In the process of designing a website for clients the question inevitibly arises “How do I get a good search engine ranking?”. This is a very good point and the answer is not as clear cut as you may think.
A high search engine ranking means that your website will appear on the first page of a search engine, when someone searches for the subject of your website. For example if you were a babysitter, then you would want to appear on the first page of results whenever someone typed in “babysitter” into their favourite website. If you sold CDs you would want to be on the first page of any search engine results whenever someone typed in “CD”.
Many search engines and marketing tools say that you need to be on the first 3 pages of search engine results, but I say that is incorrect, you need to be on the first page. My reasoning is this: how often have you gone past the first page when you have been looking for something in a search engine? 10% of the time? Almost never? I’m the same. If you or I don’t go past the first page, prospective customers won’t either.
There are a lot of companies that make a lot of money out of selling products that increase your search engine ranking. Before you start to spend your hard earned cash - take a moment to read this article and determine if you and your business actually needs a high ranking in a search engine.
When someone asks me “How do I get a good search engine ranking?” my advice is to think of:
- What you wish to achieve with this site
- Your customer Demographic
- What other marketing plans you have.
Lets go through these points one by one:
- What you wish to achieve with this site
Ask yourself:
- What is my product/service
- Will people be searching for my product, my service or myself via a search engine?
- Is a web presence all I want/need?
The key answer you are looking for is the answer to question number 2. Will people, who have never or only vagely heard about me be searching for my product or service? If the answer is no, then a high search engine ranking won’t do much for you.
If you just want a “web presence” (pretty much having a website cause you think its a good idea, but it is quite a passive part of your marketing. i.e. You have one cause your customers expect to have one) the search engine ranking will mean nothing to you. The aim of the site (”web presence”) is achieved - your company is present on a website!
Many companies just want/need a web presence. The web is a great place to put their catalogues and brochures, so that a customer does not have to keep receiving mailings of the latest catalogue. The customer can simply log on to the web and then download up to date information on your company. This sort of website is great for general information about yourself and your company with the understanding that if a customer wanted more specific information then they would call you. In this case a high search engine ranking is not important, beacuse your customer already know that you have a website and already know its URL.
If, however you have an online product, such as an e-book, and want to sell it online, then yes, you will need a high search engine ranking in addition to your other marketing efforts. A high ranking will allow you to get new customers who have never heard of you before, but are interested in what your book has to say.
- Your Customer Demographic
Ask yourself:
- Where do I get customers from now?
- What sort of customer are they i.e. Do my customers use the Web for MY service?
- If you want to use the site as a main marketing tool then maybe a search engine ranking is important. If you believe that a customer may be searching for “babysitters” on the web, and you have a babysitter then YES - you need a good search engine ranking.
By thinking about your customer demographic and how they come to your business you can determine if a high search ranking is needed. For example if you are a word of mouth business then having a website for your business is fairly useless unless you are only seeking a “web presence”.
If your customers will come to your site as the result of some other media advertising you are doing (TV, Radio, Newspaper etc) then a high search ranking is not important.
If you have the sort of business where your customers will be searching on the web for you, but dont know who you are then yes, a high search engine ranking is important. For example, if you sell DVDs then people dont really care who they buy from, if the price is right - they will be just searching for DVD in their favourite search engine and if your are in the front page, they will click on you and probably buy. So in this case it is worth seeking a high ranking.
- What other marketing plans you have.
Ask yourself:
- How else do I market?
- What is my main form of getting customers?
- If you are advertising through other media, such as TV, Radio, Newpaper, Flyers etc then it is necessary to think about if you will be needing customers to come from your website. If your website is printed on all your literature than a high search engine ranking is not important. If your customers see your product and want it - they will visit your website for more info.
A high search engine ranking is only important if people will be searching for your product or service on a search engine. If you don’t think that your prospective customer’s will be using the web to find your product then a high search engine ranking is not required.
Conclusion
When it all comes down to it, you are a busy business owner. You don’t want to be expending effort on something that will not reap you any benefits. For most small to medium businesses you will find that a high search engine ranking is not important as most of their customers come from other media. Most small to medium businesses need a web presence but in most cases it is not worth the effort to get a high search engine ranking.
A high search engine ranking is only important if you expect to get customers who have never heard of you before searching for your product or service. Most small businesses do not fit this description.
About The Author
Andy White has build approximately 224 websites in the last 12 months, specialising in small to medium business websites. He also runs a growing website entitled www.hitsmetotears.com which is designed to be a one stop shop for your website marketing needs. He is based in Adelaide, Australia.
andy@hitsmetotears.com
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Posted by admin on February 22nd, 2009 — Posted in Lady Luck, Lucky Bets, Sports Parlor
A lot of betters will certainly have stumbled upon the expression “offshore sports betting”, though very many may not be entirely in the know what that stands for A foreign betting internet site inherently works extraneous to the jurisdiction of a single country or else it could mean a networked gambling web site that situates their servers inside a land where live sports gambling isn’t at this time outlawed. In short then, it is a wagering facility active outside the state of the participant. Live sports wagering web pages are at present governed through three assemblies. These are dubbed OSGA (the Offshore Gaming Association), the IGC (Interactive Gaming Council) and the Fidelity Trust Gaming Association (the FTGA).
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The Offshore Gaming Association are a nonpartisan bureau which presently watches the modern offshore sports gaming business, they undertake to grant betting afficionados an avenue to readily determine trust-worthy sites to play games with. It tries to champion the concerns of gamblers, and also they do not demand any association charges. The agency is an expert and equitable third party affiliation who formulate objective conclusions, based on your responses, impartial studies, telephone conversations, insider prompts and delivers inside bulletins.
The IGC are a non commercially motivated agency. The administration was created to provide a forum for concerned participants to discuss controversies also to boost mutual worries in the international web-based gambling business, to ensure upright and responsible professional rules and practises that strive to heighten client confidence in net based gaming merchandise and services, and to help as the industry’s public strategy interpreter and in addition the IGC provides an information clearinghouse.
The IGC have made a reputation for reliability, consistency and also solidity due to the standards it demonstrates, and its appeal for trustworthy business concerns. The Interactive Gaming Council monitors offshore sports gaming via advancing a special ten step code of practise furthermore charges sports gambling web sites fees for using the council’s logo. Disgruntled gamblers may, should they wish, disclose their grievances to the Interactive Gaming Council.
The Fidelity Trust Gaming Association was established in an effort to generate a benchmark to reform the actions of world wide web based betting business concerns. The IGC hope that by partnering entirely with respected enterprises, they are able to work out a coalition of the fairest and professional online gaming businesses world-wide. There are governing bodies which watch the behavior practised by computer accessible sports betting and which should with luck assist to alleviate any trepidation felt by skeptics. Computer accessible betting web sites are nowadays actually free from pitfalls, due to the fact that personal details are no longer required and also the remuneration not to mention the odds are generally equivalent to common Vegas-type sports wager. These internet sites eradicate traveling time, but nevertheless keep the underlying atmosphere, but today you are able to bet in the comfort of home.
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Posted by admin on February 20th, 2009 — Posted in Great Nutrition Tips
Cordyceps has been utilized to root out fatigue and other illnesses for the past 1550 years. It is used by Chinese medicine doctors for thousands of years and is a type of mushroom grown on Tibetan caterpillars. Cordyceps is comprised of a huge smorgasbord of necessary constituents, like sterols, polysaccharides, alkenoic acids, ophiocordin, and cordycepin.
There are quite a number scientific observances, which uphold the effectiveness of cordyceps, against liver, kidney and immune system troubles. There are numerous studies, which point towards cordyceps having immuno-enhancing, anti-cancer, and anti-oxidizing effects. In primeval China, cordyceps was considered to have properties like that of ginsing. It served in takeing away of opium addiction, wariness, neurasthenia, and back ache.
A major drawback of these reports is that the medical consequences don’t give an realdepiction of its actions, as lots of them are on animals as subjects. In the majority of the cases cordyceps and its constituents are shot rather than administered orally. It’s still not proven by observers and scientists how cordyceps can enhance strength and vitality. They are of the opinion that the body makes use of the energy effectively by increasing blood flow to integral parts of the body.
There many drug stores in large cities, which offer the cordyceps fungus along with the caterpillar to their customers. However US apothecary’s shops suggest taking the cordyceps tablet, which are readily available in food stores. These pills are much more affordable than their organic counterparts and do not run the danger of lead poisoning, which are extremely predominant in caterpillar-grown cordyceps.
Cordyceps has an great history of application as nutrients and in general seen as harmless. No conclusive work is there to prove its safety for troubles of lactation, pregnancy, or for children use. Scholars point out that it modulates the immune system, enhances the condition of the liver, reduces blood pressure, and inhibits tumor growth. It works for increasing stamina, advocating health in general, and escalating testosterone levels.
In people high insulin sensitivity has been shown, this has been probable because of the presence of polysaccharide existing in cordyceps, that mimimizes blood sugar. Those with low blood sugar should consume cordyceps with a lot of precaution. Cordyceps has the inclination to both minimize weakness and raise physical endurance. In addition it also advances testosterone levels, the foundation of which has been discovered in multiple in-vitro fertilization studies.
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