Why Shop At CHShops?

Why Shop at CHShops?

October 20, 2009

Why Shop at CHShops?

CHShops is an online shopping directory comprised of several independent business owners gathered under one roof and connected by a multi-site search. Similiar to your local shopping mall. Each of these independently owned online shops has an outstanding reputation for offering high quality merchandise and excellent customer service.

We make it easy for you to sit back in the comfort of your own home and shop to your heart's content!

Advantages for Buyers:
One Stop Shopping Site - Find several shops offering a variety of products
Store Previews - no clicking on a blind link like in Google, Yahoo or other search engines
Easy Navigation - both on the main site and on the Shops listed here
Accurate and Reliable Multi-site Search Engine - Easily find a shop selling what you are looking to find
Store Reviews - Shoppers can post and read reviews on the shops
Deal Directly With Each Store Proprietor - Each store has an easily accessible "Contact Us" available
Secure Shopping - All stores have secure SSL encryption
Community Forum Where You can get to Know the Sellers

Join us at CHShops.com for a satisfying Buying and Selling experience!

Pictured Here: Antique Wedgwood Jasperware Etruscan Jug, Circa 1900.

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Quote of the Day:
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." --Patrick Henry, speech in the Virginia Convention, 1775

Attention: All WorldMark TimeShare Vacation Owners

Attention: All WorldMark TimeShare Vacation Owners
To keep up with the latest news from WorldMark Owners, please join and support the WorldMark Owners Forum at: The Online WorldMark Owner Community

Latest Update: Penny and Doug recommend that all our friends who own Worldmark timeshares to assign their proxies to Worldmark Owners. See more info at WorldMark Owners or Marci For Worldmark. Last election Marci would have beaten both incumbants if the board had not cast all the proxy votes for the incumbants.

Send your proxy today!!!

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Quote of the Day:
"The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy." --Benjamin Franklin, Emblematical Representations, 1774

October Pottery & Glass Sale At Penny's Pantry

Our October sale is 10% off all Pottery and Glass in our Online Catalogue. The sale begins October 1, 2009 and ends October 31, 2009.

Pictured here: Hazel-Atlas 4Leaf Clover Fruit Jar, available at our CHShops Mall Store at: Hazel-Atlas 4Leaf Clover Jar
New listings this week at Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry:

1. Islands Magazines
2. Hazel-Atlas 4Leaf Clover Jar
3. BSA Patch
4. Postcard Smithsonian NAS Museum

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Hazel-Atlas Glass Company

The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was a large producer of machine-molded glass containers headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1902 in Washington, Pennsylvania,as the merger of four companies:

Hazel Glass and Metals Company (started in 1887)
Atlas Glass Company (started 1896)
Wheeling Metal Plant
Republic Glass Company

By the 1930’s, Hazel-Atlas had fifteen plants (plants included those in Clarksburg, WV; Zanesville, OH; Ada, OK; Montgomery, AL; Oakland, CA; Pomona, CA and other locations) and was the largest glass manufacturer in the world. Hazel-Atlas manufactured tremendous quantities of "depression" pressed glassware in a wide variety of patterns throughout the 1920s, '30s and '40s. They also produced many of the white milkglass "inserts" used inside zinc fruit jar lids, as well as many types of milkglass cold cream jars and salve containers.

Hazel-Atlas was also an important maker of a very large variety of bottles and jars for the commercial packaging industry. "Atlas" was the name brand of their most popular line of fruit jars for home canning. Hazel-Atlas, at that time the third largest producer of glass containers in the U.S.,became a subsidiary of the Continental Can Company in 1957. The acquisition was challenged under the Clayton Antitrust Act in a case that was eventually decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Continental Can Co..

Hazel-Atlas continued to make containers, glassware and tableware into the 1960s. In 1964, 10 of the 12 H-A plants in operation were sold to Brockway Glass Company, and it is unclear if the remaining two plants used the H-A trademark after that year.

Hazel-Atlas produced dozens of different patterns, with unique names. The Hazel-Atlas mark, usually placed on the back of the product, is an "A" nestled underneath an "H". The mark was reportedly first used in 1923, according to trademark office records quoted by Peterson (400 Trademarks on Glass).

Pictured Here: Hazel-Atlas Four-Leaf Clover Qt Jar, Early 1900s, available at our CHShops Mall Store at: Hazel-Atlas 4-Leaf Clover Jar
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Quote of the Day:
"[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community." --Benjamin Rush, letter to David Ramsay, 1788

Tuesday's Twitters

Tuesday's Twitters: Some very funny--some not so.

ScottWGraves VIDEO: SNL Skewers Obama - SNL ( via @agentrevolt ) #right #iamthemob #sgp

#mmm mm mm Barack Hussein Obama. Obama is an epic fail, while Oprah is still an epic whale mm mm mm #tcot #p2

Obama- I went all the way 2 Copenhagen on Air Force 1 & all I got is this lousy t-shirt "Rio wins!" #tcot

'Pink slips' could paper path from NYC to Washington Pink Slips for DC #tcot #gop #hhrs #tlot #sgp

Of Thee I Sing 1776 - great new website Of Thee I Sing 1776 #tcot #gop #hhrs #sgp tlot

websites have crashed again because of volume.keep trying. 83K signatures Balance Cut Save. Pl sign.Aiming 4 100K

Bush got Chicago to the Final Four. Obama got Chicago kicked out the door... #tcot #ocra #iamthemob #teaparty

Demint angers Obama administration with trip to Honduras support of Micheletti - YAY JIM! Demint to Honduras #tcot

Big Gov't HC PSA: Big Gov't HC PSA

Please don't invite @Alan_Colmes to anything...I have a weak stomach! LMAO!

Celebrate Diversity: Celebrate & Diversity

Big Guy can't understand why doctors think rubber gloves are better symbol for #HCR than lab coats

This is funny: Court order served over Twitter Twitter Court Order

Oh no! Obama's Astroturfed Doc PhotoFail had an uninvited visitor: Uninvited #teaparty #tcot

Sesame Street Does Health Care: Sesame St Does HC LOL

they say mans iq increases 3 points per decade. Do U suppose that applies 2 obamas 36 czars or R they stuck in the radical 60's?

Turn on the Water! Turn on the Water

UNBELIEVABLE!How Many Members Of Congress r Self-Declared Socialists?70! Self-Declared Socialists And Potus, Too Potus!

Odd,we needed Porkulous bill immediately,Cap & Tax immediately,HC now,but Afghanistan---that can wait

Obama is the classic guy lost on a road trip that just refuses 2 ask 4 directions. #ocra #tcot #accdf

Jay says"the internet should not have been invented".Shame on U Al. The Internet Is the concern security or something else?

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Quote of the Day:

"Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of rulers towards the constitution of a country." --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, 1787

AuctionBytes: From The Editor

From the Editor
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
October 04, 2009
Reading AuctionBytes: From the Editor

eBay rolled out the Top Rated Seller program last week, introduced a new seller dashboard, and made changes to its search algorithm. Not surprisingly, there is a lot of reaction from sellers, including two main areas of concern: Why didn't I qualify for TRS? And, why did my standings in search results drop? You can read all about the changes in today's issue, including links to our recent coverage of the eBay fall release.

Two weeks ago I caught up with Woot.com founder Matt Rutledge at the Shop.org conference in Las Vegas. Woot.com is the king of the "Daily Deal" (you can read my 2004 interview with Matt in this AuctionBytes article). Matt said he has a new project still under wraps, deals.woot.com, that will be of interest to eBay and online powersellers, and he promised to share more details when it got closer to launching.

Matt was part of a panel discussion at Shop.org called "Reinventing Online Retail: Radical Business Models That Are Paying Off Today" with Susan Lyne of Gilt Groupe (link). While retailers at the Summit were talking a lot about social networking and mobile commerce, interest in the secondary market was a strong undercurrent.

I also spent some time at the show talking with Ztail founders Bill Hudak and Jordan Kobert, who are putting a unique spin on trade-in programs that are all the rage with retailers, especially those selling consumer electronics. In an interview, Bill shared his thoughts on how such secondary-market programs will affect both retailers and online sellers - the podcast will be available soon on Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes, where you can also find an interview with Craig Gillan, Director of Ecommerce at clothing retailer Charlotte Russe, and with ecommerce expert Jochen Krisch who writes the ExcitingEcommerce.com blog from Germany.

One of the keynote speakers at the conference was eBay CEO John Donahoe, whose main message to attendees was to reassure them that "eBay is not a retailer."

See entire article here: AuctionBytes
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Tuesday's Twitters

Here are this week's Tuesday's Twitters--some hillarious--some not so. Browse and enjoy!

This may B 1st time Richard Daley, Barack Obama & Chicago machine lost a rigged election. agreed!

CBO says the loss of Medicare Advantage benefits for seniors could be as much as 50%. Prez. says no. Another LIE!!!

Pd 2 do nothing-11K-plus postal workers idle any given time Paid To Do Nothing Brought 2 u by same people bringing u HC

Small Group of People Who Change the world: Founding Fathers & 912 Project #dc912 Keep it alive!

Obama appointee lauded NAMBLA figure BHO appointee #PROTECTOURCHILDREN #tcot Please RT

Networks Find Identical Unemployment Numbers 'Good ' News 4 BO, But 'All' Bad 4 Reagan Unemployment Numbers #tcot

Unemployment 9.8%: Worst Since June 1983.263,000 Lost Jobs-Sept Unemployment Numbers #tcot BO undermining economic recovery.

Easy Email your Sens. Sen Baucus Thinks You're 2 Dumb to Understand Legislation Email Your Senators #tcot RT please!

Obama Administration Ethics Coverup? Right to Work Foundation Responds to Labor Department Stonewalling Labor Dept Stonewalling

Motherload-#beck#foxnews#godhelpus Ties To Corruption Os ties 2 corruption in past 2 train foreigner fighters in Illinois? #tcot

Max's Mad Mandate.The Baucus health bill will break 50 state budgets via Medicaid. Baucus HC Bill a Budget Breaker

IDs For Everything–Except Government Benefits IDs for BenefitsQBtM #liberty #tcot #c4l

Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Barack Hussein Obama. Off to Denmark he had to Dash, Chicago will profit, but he used our cash, Mmmm Mmm Mmm
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October 2009 Hamfest Calendar

October Hamfest Calendar - Did we leave one out? Let us know!

10/3 - Arctic ARC Hamfest,Food Bank/Red Cross,Fairbanks, AK
10/3 - Dade Radio Club Hamtoberfest,Mahi Shrine Temple,Miami, FL
10/3 - LaGrange ARC Hamfest,Oakside Baptist Church Gym,LaGrange, GA
10/4 - Southeast Iowa Hamfest,Muscatine Cty Fairgrounds,West Liberty, IA
10/9-10 - Paris Texas Radio Group,Red River Valley Fairgrounds,Paris, TX
10/10 - SwaptoberFest 2009,Cache County Fairgrounds,Logan, UT
10/17 - OPRC/RST Fall Hamfest,Kino Sports Complex,Tucson, AZ
10/17 - Fresno ARC 66th Annual Hamfest,Salvation Army Event Ctr,Fresno, CA
10/17 - Al Brock Memorial Hamfest,National Guard Armory,Rome, GA
10/23-24 - Texoma Hamarama,Ardmore Convention Ctr,Ardmore, OK
10/24 - Chattanooga ARC Swapfest,Burks UMC,Chattanooga, TN
10/25 - Carroll County ARC,Mason-Dixon Hamfest,Westminster, MD
10/31 - Kentucky Mountains ARC Hamfest,National Guard Armory,Hazard, KY

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October Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Our October sale is 10% off all Pottery and Glass in our Online Catalogue. The sale begins October 1, 2009 and ends October 31, 2009.

Pictured here: Wagenfeld blown crystal vase, available at our CHShops Mall Store at: Wagenfeld Crystal Vase

New listings this week at Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry:
1. Rubik's Cube
2. Yellow Stone NP Paper Weight
3. Komfort Karrier

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Search Ranking Factors Shows How Little SEO Has Changed

Search Ranking Factors Shows How Little SEO Has Changed
Aug 24, 2009 at 1:37pm ET by Matt McGee

72 search engine optimizers from around the world have contributed to SEOmoz’s latest Search Engine Ranking Factors report, a study that offers valuable insight into how SEO works in 2009 … but also shows how little it’s changed in recent years. (Disclaimer: I’m one of the 72 contributors.) You can read the survey here, Surveyand there are also some interesting comments on SEOmoz’s blog post.

Participating SEOs completed a lengthy survey earlier this year that involved ranking possible factors that Google uses when ranking sites. The survey also included a variety of questions about current SEO trends and topics.

According to this year’s survey, the top five ranking factors are:

1.Anchor Text from External Links
2.Keyword Use in Title Tag
3.Raw Link Popularity
4.Diversity of Linking Domains
5.Keyword Use in Root Domain

Those first three factors are unchanged from the 2007 version of this survey, although the order is slightly different. Two years ago, the top five were:

1.Keyword Use in Title Tag
2.Global Link Popularity of Site (”Raw Link Popularity” above)
3.Anchor Text of Inbound Links (”Anchor Text from External Links” above)
4.Link Popularity within the Site’s Internal Link Structure
5.Age of Site

It looks like SEOmoz changed the structure of this year’s survey a bit. Negative ranking factors are presented separately, and there’s a new chart of “Overall Ranking Algorithm” elements. In fact, the fifth factor on the 2007 list, “Age of Site,” is now essentially the same as (or at least very similar to) the number one piece of the Overall Ranking Algorithm, “Trust/Authority of the Host Domain.”

When it comes to the big picture of SEO, the primary factors really haven’t changed much over the years. But what separates “good” SEO from “great” SEO is often in the details. That’s where you’ll find the true value of the SEO factors survey — in learning the little things that competitors may have overlooked.

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Matt McGee is the Search Engine Land Assignment Editor, and offers search marketing consulting and training to businesses of all sizes. He blogs at Small Business Search Marketing and HyperlocalBlogger.com.

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eMarketing Association News

From Linkedin Groups
Group: eMarketing Association Network
Subject: News from eMarketing Association Network
eMarketing Association Network Group Statistics as of September 29th:

Total Members: 164,195

Social Marketing Subroup: 1,037
eMail Marketing Subgroup:686
Search Engine Interest Subgroup: 596
Event Subgroup: 309
Off-Topic Subgroup: 17

EMARKETING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Last chance to register for eMarketing 9 Conference, this event will emphasize network marketing. Meet the leaders in the eMarketing Arena. If you haven't registered, now is the time. The conference is less than 30 days away and may sell out soon.

Register at the link below (use the promotion code linkedin for a 10% discount)

http://www.emarketingassociation.com/2009/Atlanta/register.html

NEW SPAM GUIDELINES

Our group is now the 2nd largest on linked in and the largest network marketing group in the world. As a result the amount of Spam on our discussion boards has increased. Please read and follow the guidelines we have posted on the discussion board.

THANK YOU

You have helped make this one of the most successful groups in network marketing history, thank you for your participation in this group.

Robert Fleming
CEO
eMarketing Association
www.emarketingassociation.com

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