Between wrapping up the spring semester and starting my summer "vacation" plans, I changed my profile page to include links to some of the most popular articles I've written over the years.

In case you hadn't seen them all, here they are:

• Best Ways to Cheat in College
• Seven Keys to Getting Better Grades
• How to Write a Killer Essay
• How to Take Good Notes
• How to Work with Word Problems
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• Seven Keys to Writing a Better Resume
• Seven Keys to Ace Your Next Job Interview
• Secret Behind Textbook Costs
• Finding a Holiday Job
• Giving an Oral Presentation
• How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Enjoy these, there are plenty more where they came from.
 

Last year the Republican and Democratic national committees laid down the rules for when states could schedule their primaries. Florida and Michigan both decided unilaterally that they were not going to wait until after Super Tuesday and scheduled their primaries early. Both states were tired of the races being over before they got their say, and felt states like theirs with important voting blocks should have a say in the primary outcomes.

Both committees threatened sanctions against the states, and neither side backed down. So now we stand mired in a quandary: if the committees stand firm they risk alienating large voting blocks; if they give in, pandemonium will ensue next primary season as every state ignores the committee guidelines. Face it, coverage of the last several Democratic primaries have all had similar themes -- "this is the first time West Virginia has had a say in the primary..." States dig this opportunity, and at the local level this gets more people interested in registering and voting.

I don't know how this will play out for this year. (Personally I think every registered voter who wants to vote should be able to do so, and that vote should count.) For next time, though, I propose a solution before the problems start.

• Let Iowa and New Hampshire go first, they'll have a fit otherwise. As every parent knows, sometimes you just have to let the little ones have their way if you want any peace.
• For the rest of the states, schedule primary dates for Super Tuesday, not so super Monday, etc. so that you have the right number of total primaries.
• Hold a lottery draw to fill in the slots for those primaries. This way, Montana and South Dakota and New Mexico won't always be the last ones -- they could luck into a Super Tuesday slot!

Food for thought... Anticipate the problem and come up with a solution BEFORE it rears its ugly head.
 

The latest issue of Time carries the story "Is it time to invade Burma?" They describe the devastation of Cyclone Nargis as it slammed into the Irrawaddy Delta last week, and the inability/unwillingness of the military junta to embrace international aid to their stricken populace.

Is the answer here to "force" assistance? Is the answer to render aid in spite of the wishes of the Burmese government? This is a hard one to swallow. On one hand, the humanitarian perspective says "it is easier to ask for forgiveness than permission." On the other hand, the "rightness" of forcing our values and sense of justice on a sovereign nation is at the core of the current opposition to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

It isn't easy being the good guy... 

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Bankruptcy is a legal process available to individuals or married couples who need help dealing with a large amount of debt. In a bankruptcy, you and your bankruptcy lawyer work with a court and a trustee -- a person appointed by the court to administer the bankruptcy -- to pay off some of your debt and have the rest forgiven.

As soon as you file bankruptcy, you are granted an automatic stay, which stops creditors from harassing you and trying to repossess, foreclose, or collect on the debt. At the end of the bankruptcy process -- which can take four months to five years, depending on which chapter you file under -- you will receive a bankruptcy discharge which effectively eliminates many debts.

BetterBankruptcy has bankruptcy lawyers in your area waiting to help you.

From the case study, here are the rankings:

As of today (5/7/08) here are the results for bankruptcy lawyer:

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• Yahoo: unranked of 34.6 million pages
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• Yahoo: unranked of 36 million pages
• MSN: #31 of 17.4 million pages

Got another case study for an SEO project, trying to improve the search engine ranking for the website BankruptcyHome.com with the keywords below.

Bankruptcy is a very difficult choice for many Americans. Last year, over two million people in the U.S. filed for personal bankruptcy. BankruptcyHome can help you decide whether bankruptcy is the right move for you, and provides valuable information including:

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From the case study, here are the rankings:

As of today (5/7/08) here are the results for bankruptcy:

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• Yahoo: #28 of 176 million pages
• MSN: #3 of 32.9 million pages

Here are the results for filing bankruptcy:

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• Yahoo: #4 of 45.3 million pages
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Here are the results for how to file bankruptcy:

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• Yahoo: #178 of 56.4 million pages
• MSN: #1 of 14 million pages

Here are the results for file bankruptcy:

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• Yahoo: #3 of 45.1 million pages
• MSN: #2 of 14.6 million pages

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