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Court Overrules Kentucky Domain Name Seizures


Kentucky seized a list of gambling-related domain names, claiming that the domains were being used “in connection with illegal gambling activity” in the state. Having strict regulations regarding gambling, Kentucky seized 141 domains claiming the domains in violation of the state’s laws, and further are a drain on the state’s economy as the funnel money away from in-state betting such as horse races. Word spread immediately throughout the domain name community, with the ICA offering to help the gambling industry with the case.


On January 20th, 2009 the Kentucky Appeals court agreed that the state was not within its rights to make the seizures, as domain names did not constitute a “machine or any mechanical or other device…designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling,” as the law was written to protect against.


The victory is expected to help grow confidence in online gambling, and will increase awareness for the increasing need of understanding domain names within the court system.
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Create A Facebook Page for your Website


Create a facebook page for your website in less than five minutes in the latest edition of theez2.me Report. In previous episodes, you learned the basics of researching your market and setting up your new website. In the next 5 minutes, Morgan walks you through the steps of setting up your facebook fan page, an essential step in building your domain names into brands, allowing you to engage your new visitors whether they’re on your site or not.



In this video, you will learn how to:

Create a facebook page - To create your fan page, you must first visit the facebook create page. Once you’re there, you may ask yourself, what do I pick? If you’re creating a brand for your domain, you’re likely promoting a website. To create a facebook page for a website, you first select ‘Brand or Product’. Next, select ‘Website’ from the dropdown menu. You’ll then enter your website name, agree to the rules, and continue on!
Upload a profile picture - It’s very important that you not skip this step as your profile picture is the number one way to make your facebook page look like a real brand. Ideally, you should use your website logo for the profile picture to help with branding.
Provide Information about your site - Your profile isn’t complete without information about your website. In this section, you’ll need to provide a description of your website that’s accurate, short, and to the point. You’ll be able to add additional things to your profile once setup is complete.
Once you’ve completed the setup, you’re presented with the new ‘timeline’ backend.

One of the first things you should do at this point is to ‘Like’ your own page. Afterall, it’s your page, so you should definitely like it! Next, you’ll have the opportunity to invite friends, invite email contacts, or share something on your wall.

At the top of the screen, you’ll notice your admin panel. In the admin panel, you can:

Edit your page
View your activity log
Build your audience
Share your page
Create a facebook ad
There’s also a help button at the top. In this section, you’ll find a ‘Learning Video’ about facebook pages that we recommend you watch.

As you see, it’s quick & easy to create your new facebook page and takes less than 5 minutes.

After you’ve created your page, be sure to add a widget or button to your website so that anyone who wants to follow your website on facebook can do so easily.
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Michael Collins Leaves ICA


Past 18 months, co-founder of Afternic.com Michael Collins served as the Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association. In this time, the ICA dealt with several large issues, such as the Snowe Bill, and the recent success in the Kentucky Court of Appeals. On January 22, 2009 Collins formally stepped down from his position in an e-mail sent to ICA members. Although he will no longer be serving as Executive Director, Collins promises in his e-mail to continue to volunteer his time for the ICA and urges other concerned domainers to do the same.


As a member of the ICA, Modern Domainer is sad to see Collins go but would like to wish him luck in his future endeavors, which includes transitioning a brick and mortar auto accessory business to an online presence.


The Internet Commerce Association was founded in 2006 to act as the voice of responsible domain name investors to help promote confidence and knowledge in internet commerce. You can join the ICA today by visiting http://www.internetcommerce.org/membership_application.
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Lesson in Domain Liquidity


Some of your domain portfolio into “quick cash” is important.  It’s important to have cash to take advantage of opportunities. Opportunities come along, whether it’s a deal to get that premium .com you wanted, or other investment opportunities in things like stocks, businesses opportunities, etc.  If you can’t participate, their is a cost to “losing out” on the opportunity – it’s called “Opportunity Cost” and it is real.  (It’s real painful as I’ve found out.).  When you don’t have enough extra cash on hand to take advantage of another opportunity you lose out, you lose out on the chance to grow - and grow faster!


This week I missed out on an opportunity because I wasn’t able to generate enough “quick cash”.  I had to judge how much value was I willing to sell in my portfolio (and at what price). How important was that opportunity I was looking at?  Was it more important than the domains I was selling? I’ll never know because I didn’t reach my target sales, haha!


Now, some things I learned, and some observations about trying to sell some domains quickly.


The Market Changes – when you are trying to sell domains quickly the market dynamics change.  The potential Buyers change, and the criteria of what is considered a valuable domain changes.  It is very difficult to engage an end-user for a very quick sale (1 – 2 days). So your pool of potential Buyers shifts to someone with ready cash looking for opportunities that can close quickly = domain investers (domainers). End users may be interested in the “brandability” of your domain, or its relevance to their market niche, while  a domainer may be more interested in the amount of traffic or search volume that particular domain may get,  to evaluate whether it’s a good product/service keyword domain for example (their are numerous niches of domain markets). And as important – the price.  The quicker the sale – the lower the price.  This is just the market speaking.


Are Your Domains Really Worth as Much as You Think They Are?? – How much do you think you could get?…I mean if you wanted to sell that domain today, not in a week, but in 24 hours.  Who would buy it?  How would you sell it?  Do you know someone who would buy it from you quickly, or do you know where you could advertise it to sell quickly? Would it even sell at all?  The biggest delusion we may have when trying to sell quickly is thinking that we have “gems” and still trying to get close to end-user pricing. (We’ve all done it!).  Remind yourself, a Buyer needs incentive to buy a domain quick for cash, which usually means they can buy your good domain at a price low enough that they can still make money off of it.
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Romney does Las Vegas


Time has come for Mitt Romney to prove it once and for all: Is he or is he not a unicorn?


Let me stipulate that I have no proof that Romney is a unicorn, and indeed I want to believe that he is not. But I haven't seen proof of this because he has not released the original copy of his long-form birth certificate.


There are many others who feel as I do — 18,000 people to be precise. I first began to consider the possibility that Romney might be a unicorn when I heard that Left Action, an online petition operation created by Democratic PR guy John Hlinko, was campaigning to get the Arizona secretary of state to certify that the presumptive Republican nominee is not a mythical beast before allowing his name to be on the presidential ballot.


"There has never been a conclusive DNA test proving that Mitt Romney is not a unicorn," the group wrote last week. "And if Mitt Romney is or may be a unicorn, he is not constitutionally qualified to be president."


The mittromneyisaunicorn.com campaign came about because Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, citing allegations that the birth certificate President Barack Obama released is a fraud, threatened to take the incumbent off the ballot.


Obviously, the likelihood that Romney is a fanciful equine is no more plausible than the claim that Obama was born in Africa. So why is the unicorn fair game? Because Romney has made it so.


Not that Romney’s above making a trip to Vegas in search of a big score. Not only did he partner up with the odious Trump for a $2 million fund-raiser, he met with casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who funneled $10 into a SuperPAC for Newt Gingrich, which was only slightly more effective than funneling $10 million into a black hole. Romney might be as straitlaced as they come, but obviously he doesn’t have problems raising money with the likes of Trump, who has said despicable things about women and continues to attack the president’s integrity over the birthing issue, and Adelson, who has made a fortune on the gambling habits of all those regular working class people who lose their hard-earned money at the gaming tables and slot machines.


“It’s entirely possible that late in the evening of Nov. 6, the nation is going to be wondering what’s going to happen in Nevada,” Romney told a crowd in Vegas.


At that point, a man in the audience yelled out: “You can do it!”


“Yeah, exactly, that’s a good strong voice,” said Romney with a chuckle.


Oh, man. It would have been a major upset if Romney had recognized that the man was clearly doing an imitation of Rob Schneider’s catch phrase. But how great would it have been if the Mittster had figured it out?
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New York Mets

New York Mets is a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. During the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played their home games at the Polo Grounds. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets' home ballpark was Shea Stadium. In 2009, they moved into a new stadium, Citi Field.

In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40–120, the worst regular season record since Major League Baseball went to a 162-game season (two games from their inaugural season were never made up). The team never finished better than second to last until the 1969 "Miracle Mets" beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. Since, they have played in three additional World Series, including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven game loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in 1986 against the Boston Red Sox that was cited in the Curse of the Bambino, and a Subway Series against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in the 2000 World Series which they lost in five games.
Recent years have again seen the team face struggles, including elimination from postseason contention on the last game of the season in both 2007 (regarded as one of the worst regular season collapses in baseball history) and again in 2008, followed by three losing seasons plagued by injuries and financial difficulties in the wake of the Madoff investment scandal.


Retired numbers by the Mets at Citi Field
Major League Baseball retired Jackie Robinson's number 42 on April 15, 1997, when the Mets played the Dodgers at Shea Stadium. Butch Huskey wore the number throughout the rest of his Mets career due to a grandfather clause placed on the retired number by MLB. Mo Vaughn also wore number 42 during his stint with the Mets, due to the same clause.
On the final Opening Day at Shea Stadium, April 8, 2008, the Mets unveiled a sign bearing the name "Shea" next to the team's retired numbers honoring William Shea and his contributions to the franchise.
[edit]Numbers out of circulation but not retired
#8: Not issued since Gary Carter was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2003. When the Mets honored Carter, they did not retire number 8, but instead gave him a replica of his Hall of Fame plaque depicting him as a Met instead of an Expo. Desi Relaford was the last Met to wear No. 8 as a player; Matt Galante was the last to wear it as a coach. After Carter's death, the Mets honored him in a ceremony on opening day, April 5, 2012. On that occasion the Mets unveiled the "Kid 8" memorial logo (the same one worn on the uniform sleeve) on the outfield fence. However, number 8 is still not officially retired.
#24: Issued to two players since the retirement of Willie Mays. Then-team owner Joan Whitney Payson had promised Mays it wouldn't be issued again. The first time was to first baseman-outfielder Kelvin Torve in 1990, by mistake. The second was to Rickey Henderson in 1999–2000 as a player and again in 2007 as a coach.
#31: Not issued since Mike Piazza left after the 2005 season. This number belonged to John Franco from the time he joined the Mets in 1990 until the team acquired Piazza in 1998.


Rivalries Braves–Mets rivalry
The Braves–Mets rivalry is a rivalry between two teams in the National League East, featuring the Atlanta Braves and the Mets.
Although their first major confrontation occurred when the Mets swept the Braves in the 1969 National League Championship Series, en route to their first World Series championship, the first playoff series won by an expansion team (also the first playoff appearance by an expansion team), the rivalry did not become especially heated until the 1990s, when division realignment put the Mets and the Braves in the same division, and the Braves became one of the most dominant baseball teams in professional baseball.

Mets–Phillies rivalry
The rivalry between the Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies from 2006 to 2008 was said to be among the "hottest" rivalries in the National League along with the Cardinals–Cubs and the Dodgers–Giants rivalries. The two National League East divisional rivals have met each other recently in playoff, division, and Wild Card races.
Aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained low-key before the 2006 season, as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. Since 2006, the teams have battled for playoff position. The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011. The Phillies' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with seventeen games remaining.

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Springsteen lashes out at bankers in Berlin show

Rocker Bruce Springsteen touched on a nerve of widespread discontent with the financiers and bankers at a Berlin concert on Wednesday, railing against them as 'greedy thieves' and 'robber barons.' Springsteen, a singer-songwriter dubbed 'The Boss' who has long championed populist causes, played to a sold-out crowd at Berlins Olympic Stadium, singing from his album 'Wrecking Ball' and speaking about tough economic times that have put people out of work worldwide and led to debt crises in Greece and other countries. 'In America, a lot of people have lost their jobs,' said Springsteen, 62, who performed for three hours to some 58,000 fans in the packed stadium that hosted the 1936 Olympics and the 2006 World Cup final. 'But also in Europe and in Berlin, times are tough,' he added, speaking in fluent German. 'This song is for all those who are struggling.' He then introduced 'Jack of All Trades', a withering attack on bankers that includes the lyrics: 'The banker man grows fat, working man grows thin.' Europe has been especially hard hit since 2008s financial meltdown that sparked an enduring sovereign debt crisis. Unemployment on the continent has risen to levels not seen since the 1990s. Springsteens 'Wrecking Ball' tour began on May 13 in Spain, which is struggling with its crushing debt load, and it runs for 2-1/2 months with 33 stops in 15 countries before concluding on July 31 in Helsinki. FAT AND EASY ON BANKERS HILL Berlin, largely a working class city, has been a special place for Springsteen since his July 1988 concert behind the old Iron Curtain in East Berlin. 


Europe has been especially hard hit since 2008's financial meltdown that sparked an enduring sovereign debt crisis. Unemployment on the continent has risen to levels not seen since the 1990s.


Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" tour began on May 13 in Spain, which is struggling with its crushing debt load, and it runs for 2-1/2 months with 33 stops in 15 countries before concluding on July 31 in Helsinki.


'FAT AND EASY ON BANKER'S HILL'


Berlin, largely a working class city, has been a special place for Springsteen since his July 1988 concert behind the old Iron Curtain in East Berlin.


Watched by 160,000 people, or about 1 percent of then Communist East Germany's population, it was the biggest rock show in East German history, and The Boss boldly spoke out against the "barriers" keeping East Germans in their portion of the city.


Some historians have said the concert fed into a movement gaining moment at the time that contributed to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall 16 months later in November 1989.


"Once in a while you play a place, a show that ends up staying inside of you, living with you for the rest of your life," he told the crowd on Wednesday after being handed a poster from a fan thanking him for the 1988 concert. "East Berlin in 1988 was certainly one of them."


Even though Germany has managed to come through the current financial crisis in fairly good shape, Berlin itself is struggling with a double-digit unemployment rate, low wages and a high poverty. And some of the lyrics in Springsteen's "Wrecking Ball" album clearly struck a chord with the crowd.


In "Shackled and Drawn", Springsteen sings about "Gambling man rolls the dice, working man pays the bill. It's still fat and easy up on banker's hill. Up on banker's hill the party's going strong, down here below we're shackled and drawn."


With "Easy Money", Springsteen rips into the "fat cats" who will "just think it's funny ... when you're whole world comes tumbling down." In "Death to My hometown", Springsteen assails the "greedy thieves and robber barons" who "destroyed our families, factories and they took our homes." In the song "Wrecking Ball", he sings: "Hold tight to your anger."


"The financial world has caused us all a lot of our problems and Springsteen has always been a critical spirit - that's what I like about him," said Kathleen Wapp, a 42-year-old doctor's assistant from Wolfsburg who was at the show. "I like the way he's not afraid to put a critical light on the key issues.
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