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Trouble at the ODP Trouble at the ODP - By Jim Hedger - May 26, 2005 ... The submission backlog, incidentally, grew so rapidly that the ODP editors opened a discussion forum known as the Resource Zone specifically to address questions and concerns from webmasters. After operating for over a year, the collective of ODP editors that ran the Resource Zone elected to close down the most used service available on the forum, the Site Submission Zone. ... For search engine marketers however, the question of relevance vs. effort comes into play. At one time, a listing at the Open Directory was mandatory in order to guarantee strong listings at Google, Yahoo and other search engines. Today, while still helpful, the strength of a Open Directory listing has been diluted by the search engines themselves. In an article titled, "...Time for The ODP to Close?", Search Engine Watch editor Danny Sullivan suggests three ways the venerable DMOZ could reorganize and revitalize itself. Whatever it does, it should do it soon as the importance of the largest human edited directory of websites is decreasing as quickly as the backlog of submitted sites is increasing. Trouble at the ODP

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Memorial Day Memorial Day Memorial Day Memorial Day Quotes and Memorial Day Stories Memorial Day Quotes We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. - Francis A. Walker Decoration Day by Thelly Reahm © Tidbits of Time 1995 Time was, when millions of Americans placed flowers on the graves of family members and war heroes...it was called Decoration Day. The custom was begun in 1865 in Waterloo, New York, to commemorate those killed in action in the Civil War. After WW I, Congress decreed May 30th a national holiday to honor the dead in all American wars. Disabled Veterans sold poppy's each holiday to raise funds for Veterans Hospitals (from the words about poppy's wave in Flanders Field). In 1971 lawmakers moved the holiday to the last Monday in May in order to give Federal workers a three-day weekend....I don't know for sure, but it was probably done at midnight on the last day Congress was in session. In the Thirties I used to tiptoe across the granite markers at Loma Vista Cemetery as a child. Somehow, walking on the raised mounds of grass made me queasy. Decoration Day was a whole family outing. The flowers we placed on our family's graves were fresh picked from our yards and gently placed in rusty vases set into the hard ground. Sweet Peas, Stock, Snap Dragons and even the lowly yellow nasturtiums that wandered over the edge of the wash out back of our house would make a colorful bouquet....we grew them well. Then we weeded around our family gravestones and polished the marker until we could see our faces in them. There was Grampa Hyder, Uncle Ed, Cousin Lawrence (shot in the hunting accident when he was twelve) and Grandpa and Grandma Miller (my half-brother's grandparents) and Cousin Ouita who died in Alaska. It was a bit different then than today....there's more of a military flavor now to the happenings, with bands and marching Scout Troups. Perhaps because we've had so many more wars. And now the fields of grass are strewn with plastic flowers. Not all change is good. For those of you with strong family ties or a bent toward continuing these stories or our genealogy program in the computer, I feel it is important for you to know the burial places of your ancestors. I, personally, have willed my body to the University of California San Diego (La Jolla Campus) for medical study. After any organs are used for transplant or study, the remainder will be cremated and the ashes scattered at sea. I find it a bit poetic that in life I couldn't swim a stroke, but in death I will become a water baby! So, there won't be a graveside of mine for you to place memorial flowers, or weeds to trim around a granite stone. You needn't clutter your mind with a dim memory of where my plot is. Most of us are so distraught at a Memorial Service that we can't begin to remember the location of our loved one's casket laden with flowers. And as the list of our family members denotes, the body has been placed in a cemetery near the town in which they died. If you have moved away from that area it is all the more difficult. Instead I am giving you a different kind of memorial. I give my book of memories "Tidbits of Time" and this poem penned just for you: Scattered At Sea I will be in the waves you ride, on the morning tide.... I will be in the warm, coarse sand you smooth with your hand.... I will be on the soaring wings, of the bird that sings..... I will be diadems in waves As they flow in caves.... I will be in the night moon glade, And damp morning shade.... I'll be the wind that holds the crest, so you'll be blessed.... I'm now the beach in many ways, In sun or fogbound haze.... Then I'll be gone like ebbing tide, But memories will abide.... I want my life to go on having meaning and purpose after I am gone, and because I believe that I will be home with the Lord in Heaven the instant my heart ceases to give life, I have no regret in giving my empty, pain ridden body for Science to study. I am not here. I did not die spiritually. This is not the end. I have life everlasting. Eternity is mine. This is what you are to remember about me on Memorial Day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I hope this reminds you of things you might want to write about for Memorial Day. It's important to leave our values and traditions to the next generation. Write on, Thelly, the Storylady, Cardiff by the Sea Memorial Day Stories One for all Military for those who have been in conflict or been away from friends, family and loved ones all over the world. And for those who have fought and died. As I approach the gates of heaven; St. Peter I will tell; one more soldier reporting sir;I've served my time in Hell. -- Mark Anthony Gresswell Memorial Day Stories I have often asked myself why human beings have any rights at all. I always come to the conclusion that human rights, human freedoms, and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world. These values are as powerful as they are because, under certain circumstances, people accept them without compulsion and are willing to die for them. -- Vaclav Havel Patriotic Quotes National Memorial Day Concert 2005 May 29 at 8 p.m. On the eve of Memorial Day, an annual tradition honors the bravery and sacrifice of America's servicemen and women with the top-rated, multi-award winning concert broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. 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Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketers Host Panel of Local Journalists to Discuss Search Engine Usage in Everyday Life DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2005--Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association: -- The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM) Will Be Hosting a Panel of Journalists from the Dallas Morning News and Star-Telegram to Educate Search Engine Marketers on How to Better Target Members of the Media Search engine marketers may be missing a large market in their current strategies: members of the media. According to a recent Middleberg-Ross, Pew Internet and American Life Project survey, 92% of journalists use the internet for article research, but many marketers may be ignoring these influential members of our society -- or maybe they just don't understand how to reach them. The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association will be hosting a panel featuring local journalists Marissa Alanis of The Dallas Morning News and Dave Lieber of the Star-Telegram to give insight into how they search in their everyday professional lives. Those who attend the panel will learn how to better target members of the media in their search engine strategies. Featured Panelists: Marissa Alanis, The Dallas Morning News Marissa Alanis is a news assistant in the Collin County bureau of The Dallas Morning News. Prior to her career in journalism, Ms. Alanis worked in the Internet marketing division of the Dallas office of Weber Shandwick, a global public relations agency. While at Weber Shandwick Ms. Alanis worked with AA.com, spirituality.com, Kraft and Coca-Cola. She is currently pursuing her master's degree in journalism at The University of North Texas. Dave Lieber, Star-Telegram Dave Lieber is the "Watchdog" columnist for the Star-Telegram where he has worked for over 12 years. Mr. Lieber has won several awards including the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, the Katie award from the Dallas Press Club, "Best Columnist" in the U.S. Southwest and in 2003 he was named "Editorial Employee of the Year." His book The Dog of My Nightmares: Stories by Texas Columnist Dave Lieber was recently published. Question and Answer session to follow panel. Meeting Details: Seating limited - to reserve your place, please RSVP to 972-831-2124 Date: Monday, May 23, 2005, 6:30 p.m. Cost: DFWSEM Members: Free Non-members: $10 at the door Meeting Place: Romano's Macaroni Grill in Addison/North Dallas, on Beltline Road between Midway and the Tollway. 4355 Beltline Rd., Dallas, TX 75001 Phone: 972-386-3831 http://www.macaronigrill.com/menu/default.asp?Unit_ID=001.009.0002 About DFWSEM: The Dallas/Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Organization is dedicated to educating businesses in the Dallas/Fort Worth area about the benefits of search engine marketing. The group meets once a month at various locations throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. To become a registered member of DFWSEM email info@dfwsem.org. Individual DFWSEM memberships are $75 for the first year. Corporate memberships are $175 for the first year and include 3 seats to monthly DFWSEM meetings. Additional seats for a Corporate membership are $50/year. All annual memberships receive a link from DFWSEM to your company web site, and a complimentary subscription to Revenue Magazine. MasterCard, Visa, Amex, and checks are accepted. DFWSEM meets the third Monday of every month at various locations around the Metroplex. For more information, visit http://www.dfwsem.org. Vending Machines by North American Vending: The Toughest Vending Machines on the Market - Written Lifetime Guarantee Vending Machines News: Vending Machines Vending Machines News Vending Machines News Vending Machines Vending Machines SMS.ac SMS.ac SMS.ac SMS.ac sms.ac sms.ac IDC and SMS.ac SMS.ac SMS.ac sms.ac sms.ac SMS.ac SMS.ac SMS.ac Love Quotes Christmas Carols SMS.ac Famous Quotes Beef Recipes Chicken Recipes Funny Quotes SMS.ac Candy Recipes SMS.ac A Christmas Carol Barbeque Recipes Recipes Tool Cabinets Recipes Crock Pot Recipes Famous Quotes

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