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It is five years already. Indeed how time flies. Saying I miss you would be an understatement. I remember coming to Surulere to bid you farewell. But after five years it seems it hasn't just been farewell for you, but 'farebest'. Continue reading
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SOLITARY: I Got Weaned At Three
…This story started here: SOLITARY: Mystery Natal Day.
Don't forget, "it could be yours just as it is mine".
At a very tender age I left my mother to stay with my aunt and her husband. It was my grandmother's last wish that my aunt takes care of me. In her wisdom she didn't see my mother as someone who would give me the privileges a female child deserves especially education. I was only three years old at the time she handed me over to my aunt.
After that "transaction", my mother never sent for me to come spend holidays with her, not to mention the thought of visiting me. I sat by the window waiting to see the woman that gave birth to me. I was always the one who ran to answer the door. Whenever we wanted to go out I was always the first to get ready thinking my mother had sent for me. I waited for days, weeks, months, and years but never saw her. Like an animal I was weaned. My aunt became my mother and her husband my father.
My aunt did all she could under the context of caring, but something was missing. The love between a mother and a child wasn't seen or felt. My aunt defined caring for me as providing shelter, feeding, clothing and perhaps the education my grandmother emphasised. I don't even recall taking choice meals or eating whenever I wanted. And as a child, snacks hardly found its way into my stomach. But good a thing I wasn't starved.
As I grew older, I had to do things kids my age couldn't do. I was always indoors, didn't have friends to visit and none came knocking to see me. It appeared as if I was grounded as punishment for not being with my mother. Though I wasn't imprisoned, but every errand I went seemed to me as paroles.
Presently almost every day on Facebook, I see updates of photos and texts describing some fun kids had when they played back then. Funny enough everyone comments except me. What on earth would I comment when I know nothing about how kids played together back then. Most times among friends, I have nothing to contribute regarding childhood fun. I feign smiles as everyone takes turn to tell their story, but my experience is never aired out.
My Date of Birth wasn't the only thing missing, my childhood was also. It was rather strange. No remarkable and humorous memories I could connect to that would make me smile. There were no fun times nor silly moments. All that took place was a repeated routine of house chores. I was deeply in isolation from the entire world and not just my mother. I was "weaned" for good.
…solitary! to be continued.
Copyright © 2017 by Hope Emmanuel. All rights reserved
Remorse: Prickle Made Me Prick You
It was about 10.pm last night; I went to the back of our house to check on the chickens and to ensure my younger ones had tidied up the place. I tried to empty a basin of dirty water which I saw but couldn't lift it so I took a bowl and began to scoop out the water gradually. As I threw the water on the floor, I noticed a repeated sound whenever the water gets close to the fence. I listened carefully and I could hear a sound that was in between a chirping bird and a croaking frog. As I threw more water towards that direction, I pointed the torch I was holding to lighten up the place.
Suddenly I noticed an awkward movement that sharpened my senses with adrenaline. The hair on my head prickled as I held my breath, straining my neck from a distance with every ounce of concentration to identify what it was. With the calmness at that hour, and being the only one there, but I could hear my heart beat in fear and trembling, even as I took the brave decision of tackling it myself.
As I continued to pour the water, it kept moving as if it was trapped or restricted to certain directions. I was carried away that I didn't know my brother was behind me. I had obviously taken longer than I should have and he came to find out what was wrong. As soon as I heard his voice (asking what was wrong), the hair on my head prickled again at its root, and it was a dreadful sensation. This time around I couldn't hold my breath, but began to gasp heavily.
After explaining to him, we both tried to know what was really there. After some time we were able to bring it out, and to our greatest surprise it was a crab. Yea! Surprised because we wondered where it had come from.
I also don't know what live crabs look like. I've only seen them in documentaries. I have even watched them move around and seen people keep them as pets. But that was in the documentary. It did look like the one in the documentaries. Yes, that was a crab. I could see the large cheliped in front and the long walking legs as it moved sideways. Now I understood why it kept moving like it was trapped and restricted to certain directions.
Unfortunately, we only remembered we could keep it as a pet after piercing a hole through it. I guess the thought of how dangerous crabs could be and how poisonous one nasty pinch is, made us kill it without a second thought. It could have been someone's pet or meal. I got prickled and I pricked a carapace.
Copyright © 2017 by Hope Emmanuel. All rights reserved.
In response to One-Word Prompt from Daily Post: Prickle
Prevention Against Thieves
Is it true everyone is a potential thief waiting for an opportunity to steal something? If this is right, I guess this world would be a better place to live in and the word 'thief' or 'steal' would go into extinction. Why? Because all we need do to stop stealing is to take away the opportunity. Continue reading
SOLITARY: Mystery Natal Day
Note: SOLITARY is a series I am currently working on. It is based on a true story narrated to me by the lonesome described in the story. I will try to tell it till the end, and I hope you follow it. Enjoy!
+1 By His Grace
August is here again, a fresh month with its rush and visitors, but guess what? Continue reading
Nigerian Drivers Take Heed
Jokes Apart!
On my way to work yesterday, I came across two animals quarreling. The quarrel was a kind that attracted onlookers to the scene and so I joined the crowd.
The argument was between a goat and a hen.
According to eye witnesses, the quarrel started when a car splashed mud on them. As a good judge I asked the hen what happened; and it said, this goat picked a quarrel with me because I said, "some drivers drive like goats". I also asked the goat what happened and it said, this fowl got angry because I said " that is why they die like fowl"
Now can you tell me who started the quarrel: The hen, the goat, or the driver. LOL


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You want your brand to be iconic. The most well-known brands tend to be represented by marketing symbols that you can recognize instantly. In fact, a consumer can recognize a familiar logo in under half a second.
We've talked before about the power of icons and symbols. Basically, they act as visual shorthands for an entire idea. You see the logo for McDonald's and instantly recognize that it refers to a fast food restaurant chain. Those two simple arches call up your knowledge about the company and their products.
But simple recognition isn't enough for your brand. When it comes to building your brand, aesthetic values matter. The way your marketing symbols look forms the basis of your brand identity for consumers.
This is important for everything from your logo to your website and anything in between. You need to design them to tell the brand story that you want.
We'll show you why designing attractive marketing symbols is essential to building a strong brand.
On one level, "attractive" design is subjective. Individuals have different preferences when it comes to color, shape, size — and virtually every other design element.
Culturally too, we are more likely to find certain designs more or less attractive than others. Plus, the meanings of colors tend to differ culturally, so while yellow may mean one thing to you, it likely means a bunch of different things to people in other parts of the world.
But on another level, the human brain appears to be wired to react differently to different visual sights. The so-called "golden ratio" for example, is a mathematical way of determining proportions that are universally attractive.
Generally, good designs cater to their cultural context, but use some universal design elements.
But why does any of this mean that your brand should be attractive? Wouldn't an ugly design be just as memorable as a good-looking one?
It turns out, there are benefits to having an aesthetically pleasing design.
People are more likely to have positive associations with things that look attractive. This means that if your logo is not attractive, you will already be working at a disadvantage. You will have to work harder to convince consumers that your brand is positive, and by then they may have already tuned out.
The golden ratio can be found throughout nature, architecture and design.
The brain also responds differently to things that it finds attractive. Seeing something attractive triggers the part of the brain that controls hand movement. According to the same New York Times article, different attractive images such as landscapes can have significant impacts on the motivation of viewers.
So, with attractive marketing symbols, you can motivate your viewers to engage with your brand.
Currently, design is experiencing a minimalist moment. Instead of tons of photos and complicated layouts, marketers are tending to use more simple designs, pared back layouts, and clean, effective icons.
Marketing symbols such as icons are the popular trend of the moment, and it seems unlikely to go away anytime soon.
This is because icons are incredibly useful in many marketing situations. Apps rely heavily on icons. Icons greatly improve user interfaces when it comes to software design.
Most importantly, they are popular with consumers. Tastes are shifting away from the gradient-heavy logos of the early 2000s towards the clean lines of icons. People find their visual simplicity attractive.
You can't just use any icons and call it a day, though! We'll run through how you can choose attractive icons to take advantage of all the positive benefits of attractive design.
You wouldn't use one color scheme on a few pages of your website and then a completely different scheme on another. It would feel inconsistent, and wouldn't create a cohesive feeling.
In much the same way, it is important to use icons that match. Whether these come from a series made by the same artist or not, it is important to find icons that go together visually.
For example, if you're using a number of icons in black and white all within a circular border, it would likely be jarring to have one icon in color, or inside a triangle. All the viewer's attention would be drawn to this out of place icon.
The value of these sorts of marketing symbols is that they can communicate useful information very quickly.
This means that you should think very carefully about what the symbols you choose are saying. You shouldn't use an icon just for the sake of using one.
Instead, think about what each icon you are choosing says. It should support the words nearby it or stand alone to allow you to communicate without words.
Browse through icon collections for inspiration and to find a unique icon that says what you need it to.
Make sure that you are choosing attractive colors that suit your brand.
Sure, bright colors may grab attention, but if you sell calming scented candles, a neon green and red logo won't convey the right message.
Colour makes your brand more recognizable and contributes to your brand identity. So, you want to choose colors that are memorable together, while still looking attractive. Try to keep the number of colors you use low. This will increase how memorable they are, and will reduce the chances of them clashing.
Read up on color theory to find colors that are attractive together. A little extra research will go a long way to creating attractive marketing symbols.
The design of your marketing symbols clearly goes a long way. A more attractive design is more memorable, creates positive associations with your brand, and causes unconscious reactions in viewers' brains.
By designing with attractiveness in mind, you can enhance your brand identity and appeal to consumers.
Choosing the right marketing symbols to create an attractive design even more important now, since icons are the current design trend.
Now you know why using attractive marketing symbols is so important, you can get started improving your brand.
Have questions about attractive design, or have some thoughts to add? Let us know in the comments!
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July 4,2017
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The failed operation which caught to thousands of Africans in Mexico
Some Africans before a module of attention to migrants, in the city of Tijuana in the north-western border of Mexico with the United States. Credit: Guillermo Arias/Enelcamino
TIJUANA, Mexico, 27 Sep 2016 (IPS) – Saturday afternoon. From the city of Tijuana, Sergio Tamai, an activist for the rights of migrants, summarizes the new crisis in that part of the border between Mexico and the United States.
"You are creating a bronconón," says with an emphasis – and idiom – in the northern Mexicans. "The government is already exceeded by more than tried to hide it could no longer and the anger is going to explode".
Tamai, founder of the Organization Angels without Borders, speaks of an unpublished phenomenon that surprises to this city of the north-western end of Mexico, the most populated area of the state of Baja California and created by migrants: the arrival of thousands of Africans and Haitians seeking asylum in the United States.
It is not known how many. The City Council recognizes to 350, which are in their hostels, but civil organizations say they can be up to 7,000.
Many are in Tijuana since May 2016, but others appeared in the first two weeks of September. The flow has not been stopped and it is very possible that its origin is older than the of these estimates.
But only now is visible for three reasons: the number of migrants is increasing; the first who arrived exhausted their money and took to the streets to do this. Before lived in hotels.
And the third reason is that some local media began to publish on the phenomenon, after which the Government of the United States denounced a possible sale of tickets by the National Institute of Migration (INM) to request asylum humanitarian.
Beyond the numbers there are some elements that make unpublished the phenomenon, even in this city that immigration has seen almost everything.
The newcomers, especially those who come from Africa, are part of a suspiciously ordered and silent flow, which even has the backing of the INM, denounce pro-migrant activists.
Many have resources that have enabled them to survive in Mexico for months and not only that: it has clear the way to try to seek asylum in the United States, which implies knowledge of international laws or, at least, of the bureaucratic procedures of the U.S. authorities.
It is not common in the flow of human beings that crosses by Mexico. Go, even in the centennial tradition migrant of this country toward the north.
That is why it is unpublished the phenomenon. And some as the priest Alejandro Solalinde, founder of the Hostel Brothers in the way, have clear the picture:
The migratory crisis that is brewing in Tijuana, she says, is part of a strategy of transnational mafias of trafficking in persons, capable of moving through planet not only Africans but to migrants of any other nationality.
Groups that, according to international protocols as Palermo (on organized crime) can only exist with the support, active or by omission, of the authorities.
But now something ruled that the door to this migration of free passage, considered of privilege by the high cost of travel ($20,000 on average), has been closed.
And the consequences are seen in the streets of Tijuana.
Historically by the southern border of Mexico have crossed citizens of half the world. In Tapachula, the largest city in the area, there are few who speak of Indians, Pakistanis, Iraqis, Chinese and of course of Central Americans, Cubans and Haitians who at some time in the past decades walked through its streets or took refuge in a hotel.
Few were references to Africans. Until a few years ago, that his presence began to be increasingly evident.
Appeared after the wave of Cubans who have fled their country before the thawing of relations between Havana and Washington, that put at risk the migrant privileges that the Islanders remained for decades.
Many of these Africans also came directly to the offices of the INM to be delivered and ask for a profession of output, which serves as a safe conduct for a month to avoid being arrested.
The document sets out its holder is in the process of voluntary leave the country and by the same, while keep their validity, cannot be deported.
A process that has existed for decades but which often did not apply to irregular migrants newcomers to Mexico. Until a few years ago the victims were generally foreigners with several years of lie in the country who are expired their temporary stay permit, known as FM3.
The office of departure obliges leave Mexico but does not prevent their re-entry, even hours after doing so. Many use it to regularize their immigration status.
The decision to apply this measure is arbitrary, certainly, because it is common in populations as Argentineans, Spanish or Chileans (almost never Americans, by the way), but there were a few cases in which Central Americans receive this benefit.
Now they have the Africans, said Solalinde. The document has allowed them to reach Tijuana where in recent months became a time bomb.
"already exceeded to the authorities. We are proposing to make a camp to concentrate and that are not in the streets but they said no, because they were going to reach thousands in little time," explains Tamai.
"The only thing they did was to take them out of the Board and the places where they are concentrated and now walk irrigated in the streets. Up to beaches of Tijuana arrived already", details.
This area is located on the western shore of the city, in front of the Pacific Ocean.
The presence of thousands of Africans and Haitians in Tijuana is not free, insists Solalinde.
The trip starts in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Somalia, Eritrea or Burkina Faso, continues by Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Central America and Mexico.
It is a long journey that almost nobody does alone, and that is usually handled by transnational bands of human trafficking who had guaranteed the step toward the United States thanks to the corruption of immigration service officials of that country.
But this had since changed, said Solalinde. "four to five months ago had a regular traffic operated by the INM. Arrived regular flights for example of the southern border to Toluca with oriental, or Hindus and carried directly to Tijuana," explains.
In little time, almost at the exit of the airport migrants arriving in the shacks migratory and crossed without problem, or used other irregular channels and more expensive.
"Had narco tunnels where people also passed, was very hard but they crossed. Now they are closing. Also spent in auto with micas false and that was there in La Garita agreed, but now no longer".
It is not known why the clandestine door to the United States was closed, but the reality is that they were stuck in the city. "Paid and someone was no longer able to respond in the last milestone as they say, but continue to arrive and are still represando", said the priest.
Never missing the profiteers. Every day the INM gives 50 appointments to meet with a U.S. consul and raise the application for asylum.
That does not mean they will do so and in fact the majority are rejected, but remain in Tijuana for two reasons: they do not want to return to their countries, and at the same time the Mexican government cannot expel them because in many cases do not have deportation agreements with those nations.
However, a few weeks ago we learned that passes, supposedly free, in reality were sold in hundreds of dollars. Many who already have a while in the city could not buy them but the newcomers. "One day arrived as a thousand to buy them, was when the United States suspended the process", account Tamai.
Stuck without a chance of moving, began to wander in the streets. A few hundred were to Mexicali to attempt the crossing by there, but neither did so.
"by itself La Garita, there is more girl, the saturated then and they closed the door," recalls the activist.
Meanwhile, the social problem in the border is exacerbated each week. Municipal resources to serve the population in situation of street was already sold out, says Tamai, and the government of Baja California does not want to release money to avoid a greater concentration of migrants.
The only way out is for the federal government to unlock the resources for the care of migrants, some 300 million pesos (15.7 million), and sends them to the border to solve the problem.
Going for long, said Tamai. But it will not lay to wait. "We are going to make noise, to protest to that released the money. This is a humanitarian crisis," says.
This article was originally published by the way, a project of journalists on foot . IPS-Inter Press Service has a special agreement with journalists on foot for the dissemination of its materials.
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Obama's Political Heritage? Nothing to Write Home About!
26.11.2016 Author: Martin Berger
Any election, and presidential elections in particular, are a sort of a test for the ruling party. Therefore, the number of votes received by the ruling elite shows if it is going to remain in power or be forced into the dustbin of history.
The latter happened in the US recently, where the ruling Democratic party had to give way to a new presidential candidate, which means that it has failed the test of the vote. It's curious that to evaluate all the activities of the Obama administration one does not need to search for pro-Kremlin sites on the net, sites Hillary Clinton suggests are more capable of affecting US elections than any Western media source. Yes, we are being told that Russia was trying to manipulate the recent US presidential election, but let's now take a look at what grade was given to "Obama's reign" by the Western media itself.
As it was noted by Allen West, the executive director of the National Council for Policy Analysis (NCPA), an author, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and an outspoken former member of Congress in his interview for the Daily Caller, this recent election – is a rejection of the political class that failed the American people. "I think it is a huge referendum on the failures of Barack Obama" – he added, noting that after Obama, the US was reluctant to endure four more years of his successor in office.
In turn, the American Thinker would state that the US president is near the end of an eight year train wreck presidency. Though, it is no secret that he has done nothing for the black community, whose unemployment and crime rates are rising every day, while the demonization of police and the lauding of racist activists who condone assassination and lawlessness is carried on. This media source says that we all know that elitist progressives are nothing if not master liars and puppeteers. They have spent years tailoring and refining their manipulation of black communities, inflaming their resentment, bitterness and hopelessness by reminding them of how little progress they have been able to make, without reminding them that the Democrats have led them for decades into this dead end.
The Democrats are behind the declining role of the United States across the globe, the American Spectator notes. While the American Conservative goes further, noting that it's looking like it may be Obama's world vision headed for the proverbial ash heap of history.
Unfortunately for President Obama and his legacy, the American Thinker notes, history won't be kind at all. Of course, he will always be the first black president but not much more than that. Obamacare is collapsing on its own. Yes, the GOP majority will move to repeal it, but that's a bit like signing the death certificate on a person dead for months. It's true that President Obama's foreign policy is in total disarray. It's hard to see anyone defending any of it, except for liberal Democrats from safe seats who just want to oppose President Trump. The US economy is desperately calling for liberation from Mr. Obama's regulations.
According to the latest Gallup poll, Americans' support for the healthcare law continues to be slightly more negative than positive, with 51% of the population disapproving of it. At the same time 29% of Americans say Obamacare has hurt them and their family. Yet another poll conducted by the same entity shows 50% of Americans say Obama deserves a "great deal" or "moderate amount" of blame.
The Economic Collapse says that President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers announced that 83% of men in the prime working ages of 25-54 who were not in the labor force had not worked in the previous year. So, essentially, 10 million men are missing from the workforce across the US today. This means that the Wall Street Journal is right about dubbing the situation in America as the weakest "economic recovery" since 1949.
This entire seven year stretch since 2008 has come while Barack Obama has been in the White House and he is solidly on track to be the only president in US history to never have a single year when the US economy grew by at least three percent.
It's noted that under Obama, US national debt will come close to doubling. What that means is that during Obama's eight years Americans would accumulate almost as much debt as they did under all of the other presidents in US history combined. Right now, the US government is responsible for about a third of all the government debt in the entire world.
The Foreign Policy Journal is convinced that the proximate cause behind the rise of Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and myriads of other terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq has been Obama Administration's policy of intervention through proxies in Syria, which leads to the conclusion made by the Week that Obama will leave his successor a ticking time bomb.
So no matter where you look, it's unlikely that anybody has any words of praise left for Barack Obama and his eight years in office. One can only hope that the new president-elect will not follow in Obama's tracks, since it doesn't look like the US and the world can take any more disastrous decisions right now.
The Muslim Brotherhood :: How They Can Still 'Destroy America From Within'
November 21, 2016
By Stefan Stanford – All News Pipeline – Live Free Or Die
The recent story over at WND tells us President-elect Donald Trump is getting ready to get tough, reportedly preparing to jumpstart a bill in Congress that would ban the Muslim Brotherhood by declaring it a terrorist organization. Warning us within their story that the subversive group had already infiltrated the White House, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, they included a photo of Muslim Brotherhood leader Anas Altikriti at the White House back in 2014, shaking Barack Obama's hand as seen below left, just in case the MSM or liberal college professors shout out FAKE NEWS to their rapidly dwindling audiences.
With the Muslim Brotherhood having completely infiltrated the United States government during the past 8 years, and the incoming president allegedly preparing to outright ban them by declaring them a terrorist organization, we see a huge potential problem bubbling up to the surface within the next several months, especially considering recent warnings from the FBI of potential terror on Thanksgiving or Inauguration day and the Muslim Brotherhood's stated goal of 'destroying America from within'.
How will Trump be able to weed out the members of the Muslim Brotherhood that have already infiltrated the US government during the past 8 years and if the Muslim Brotherhood truly is a terrorist organization as we learn in the 1st video below, is there any reason that we should believe they'll simply 'go quietly' into the night after having a seat at Obama's table?
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Sl vs libtard
By Mb50
(Lib-Tard) 1) Combination of the words Liberal and retard (see also: Libterd, libturd, libnerd, libsurd, libdiot, libored) 2) The result when a tree hugger successfully mates with a tree and the offspring is born with an extra chromosome. 3) Any helpless society that must always be liberated by the blood and sweat of others yet are too arrogant and stupid to realize that they owe their entire existance to others.(see also: French-tard, French-Tarded, Retarded-Frenchmen).
1) Hillary clinton and her husband, you know what's his face. You know that libtard that got impeached for going down on that fat chick in the beret that looked like Rosie Odonnel.
2) Look at that tall mongoloid with the vote Kerry T-shirt. Must be one of them libtards.
3) Screw you Frenchie! You freakin' Libtard.
#truth #life #true-ness #cornhole #lockjaw #systematic polar realism
I am publishing this "RANT" for my friend @SLandinSoCal and her answer to libtards. I's more than 140 characters so I felt it was better to publish it here so I could tweet it to the world; and thus re-tweet accordingly.
by SL @SLandinSoCal
Here's my rant:
I've just asked you to give me the specific examples of hate crimes committed on people from the right to people on the left.
Give me the actual crimes and not just what you're hearing in the news
I want to hear about actual hate crimes. Give me a list.
And don't tell me that some kid in school called somebody a name. According to the rule of law, calling somebody a name in school it's not a hate crime. If it is, then please cite the rule of law that made that a crime. And show me where our free-speech ends and hate crime begins. (by the way, I'm not condoning the behavior of kids bullying one another or anyone making anyone else feel uncomfortable.)
You are being manipulated by the media!
You need to look at the facts!
I'm tired of the left-wing media having such a double standard and creating such division in our world.
The media is not holding the left accountable.
And they are not holding the left to the same standard as they are the right.
If saying mean things is considered a hate crime then look at all of the mean things the left has been saying to the right???
The entire right has been bashed this entire campaign and labeled a racist, sexist, bigoted, Islam a phobic, anti-Semite, Xena phobia, misogynist, deplorable, irredeemable, un-American etc. etc.!! And it's not even true for the majority of people!
I am feeling threatened! I am feeling fearful! I'm suffering! I can't walk out in public with A make America great hat or a Trump shirt or a bumper sticker on my car for fear that I will be assaulted or my property would be vandalized!!!
I can't drive down the freeway in LA for fear that rioters are going to block my way and attack me and my vehicle!! I'm in fear for my life. People are beating and killing Trump supporters! People are burning down their houses!!! People are destroying their property!!
Why are you not concerned about MY fear????
Why are you not concerned about MY life????
Why are you not concerned about MY rights????
Why are you not concerned about the hate crimes being committed against me????
I will not on tolerate this unfair behavior! My fears and my concerns are just as important as an illegal immigrants if not more so!!
I am an American citizen!!! This is my country! I have lived and worked here and pay taxes here and so have my parents!
My rights should not come after a noncitizen's rights!
People have choices to obey the rules of law! And many LEGAL immigrants are angry that illegal immigrants are cheating them! LEGAL immigrants are citizens, illegal immigrants are not. That is not racist that is the rule of law and that is a fact!
When you choose to disobey the rule of law, you accept the consequences of that choice!
NO hate crime is acceptable! NO CRIME is acceptable. And that includes the crime of coming into this country illegally!
Go Get E'm @SLandinSoCal


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Photos are stretched, ugly
I love the tab and lots of people ask me how I did it. Thanks for that!
I am a photographer so it's really important that photos look good. In the be-it side tab all my photos are squished horizontally so they are hardly recognizable. Is there any way to have the tab scale the photos? I don't much care what the size is, just that the aspect ratio doesn't get changed.
My site is http://www.jonwoodburyphotography.com
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KAMPALA, Uganda – The Anglican Church of Uganda (search) said Saturday that it has severed ties with the Episcopal Church of the United States (search) for elevating an openly gay man to the rank of bishop.
Uganda's Anglicans initially cut ties only with the New Hampshire Diocese (search) following the Nov. 2 consecration of V. Gene Robinson (search) as that state's Episcopal bishop, the first openly gay man to hold that position in any major Christian denomination.
But 30 Uganda Anglican bishops agreed at a meeting Thursday to sever ties with the entire U.S. Episcopal Church because "any same sex relationship is a disorder of God's creation," said Jackson Turyagyenda, a spokesman for the church in East Africa.
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"Dioceses of the Church of Uganda are not going to continue asking for scholarships or financial support from the Episcopal Church," Turyagyenda said.
Robinson's consecration provoked condemnation throughout Africa as well as elsewhere in the world and among more conservative Episcopalians in the United States.
On Nov. 3, overseas bishops who said they represented 50 million of the world's 77 million Anglicans jointly announced that they were in a "state of impaired communion" with the Episcopal Church -- a step short of declaring a full schism. Episcopalians form the U.S. branch of Anglicanism.
The Anglican Church of Uganda is the second largest Anglican community in Africa, representing a third of the country's 24 million people. Only Nigeria's Anglican Church, with 17.5 million members, is larger.


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I weighed myself this morning... and I weigh 129 LBS!!! I could not believe it. I asked myself what I've been doing to make me lose this much weight. I weigh myself again... I was at 132 LBS. Then I weigh myself the third time, I was at 130... then at 132, then at 130 LBS. I think my scale is broken or something. Well, my scale is a very cheap version I bought at Walmart for no more than $8. I really hate that scale. It's like no matter how much I try to adjust the scale to zero for the starting point... it doesn't give me my accurate weight. Anyways... I just weigh myself and I now weigh 129 LBS. So I am officially 129 LBS now. So proud of myself!! I did notice a slight change on my legs and shoulder. My collar bones are starting to peak through. Everything else... still looks the same. At least I look WAY better when I was 160 lbs. I lost a total of 31 LBS now. That's a lot!!
I recently bought two different tea flavors; Ruby Chai Tea and Chamomile from Trader Joes. Both are organic. I really LOVE the Chamomile flavor. I love how it has a hint of sweetness and the aroma is just perfect for my liking. I like it WAY better than Green Tea itself. I have yet to try other different Tea Flavors.
I've been following this particular beauty guru for such a long time. I've watched almost every video that she makes. Even though she is a year younger than me or different from me in many aspects... I don't really care. She inspires me in so many ways. Inspiration doesn't come with age. There are no limits. There are only limits if you make it to be that way. Anything that can help me to become my better self as long as it does not conflict with my morals, I am all for it.
My son's birthday is on Monday July 15th... so my husband and I are thinking of celebrating his birthday tomorrow or on Monday. We're just going to throw him a small birthday again... just for our nuclear family. So far, my son has not asked or want a birthday party with extended families yet. I did thought of celebrating my son and daughter's birthdays together with extended families for this year but we haven't done much planning or saved up for it. I really want to give them the best one with a lot of effort and planning to it instead of a last minute one. Truthfully, us not throwing a really huge birthday for our kids does not mean we do not love them. Almost every year, we celebrated their birthdays. Plus, I really hate planning or hosting BIG parties anyways. We're on a really tight budget right now so we need to few more months to catch up. We've decided to just stick with what we said; if in the future they want a really big one (with extended families or friends), we will throw them one. When that time comes, I'll make sure to plan it out a lot more earlier.
I'm going to be so busy towards the end of this month and the beginning of next month. I have two baby showers I'm helping out and will be attending soon. Hopefully I can insert some pictures here on my blog. As for today, I'm going to finish up on some decorations, eat some dinner pretty soon, and drink tea.
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By now you may have figured out that I'm NOT political… but THIS is a good one!!!
Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter's somewhat slanted view of clay & play
By now you may have figured out that I'm NOT political… but THIS is a good one!!!
It's just one HUGE party all over the city today as everyone celebrates the
World Champion Chicago Cubs!!!
They've had a hundred and eight years to plan this party…
and millions of fans are celebrating. Anywhere and everywhere!!!
Well it's about time!!!
Congrats to the Chicago Cubs for finally breaking the curse and winning the World Series!!!
Big night in the studio. Let the glazing begin! Let the game begin!!
Celebrating the World Series the best way I know how… with extra cheese!
Let the games begin… tonight!!!
And now I'm wondering how many (if any) of my pottery students
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So I ran across this post prior to my own IRONMAN race.
I found it hysterical and yet just a little too real to be comfortable.
I wasn't quite sure I was getting myself into… and this struck fear more than once or twice.
But now that I'm done it… now that I'm an IRONMAN… I totally agree…
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A look inside the mind of an IRONMAN athlete
as they swim, bike, and run their way through a long day.
by Lisa Dolbear
Thousands of people complete an IRONMAN every year—from every corner of the world and every walk of life. While we are all uniquely motivated to chase the glory with varying methods of training, different ideas on nutrition, and different courses beneath our feet, thoughts like the 20 below are common across all of our 140.6 mile journeys. What would you add to the list?
1. The Start: "I have to pee. I'm going to pee in my wetsuit. (Cannon sounds). I'm not done…oh well, I might as well just swim."
2. The First Buoy of the Swim: "Winning."
3. The Second Mile of the Swim: "My goggles don't need to be 100 percent on, this is fine."
4. The Last .4 Miles of the Swim: "What in the actual…did they measure this wrong?"
5. T1: "I feel so refreshed! ROOOAR! Did you SEE all that swimming?"
6. The First 20 Miles on the Bike: "Ah, feel those sweet breezes, sunshine on my back, I'm in heaven. This weather is perfect and I'm going to nail that PR."
7. The Next 20 Miles on the Bike: "I mean not PERFECT, but manageable. It is getting a little hot. No matter, this is a nutrition game."
8. Hitting 56 Miles on the Bike: "I can't read the number on her calf. Is she in my age group? Imma speed up."
9. Hitting 100 Miles on the Bike: "I just completed a century ride. I'm kind of a big deal."
10. The Last 12 Miles on the Bike: "Ass numb, foot cramp. Get. Me. Off. This. Bike. And this head wind is unbearable."
11. T2: "Anything is better than being on that bike for another second."
12. The First Mile of the Run: "Oh my god, except this. Get me back on the bike."
13. The Second Mile of the Run: "I'm pretty sure this is mile 3?"
14. The Third Mile of the Run: "What was my mantra again? I need a mantra. Mantra, mantra, mantra. Anyone?"
15. 13.1 Miles: "If this was an IRONMAN 70.3 race I'd be done right now. I'm so doing a half next time."
16. Mile 17: "I feel AMAZING. A half? Pffft. Half, schmalf."
17. Mile 20: "What's my name again? Maybe Coke will help. Ugh, I shouldn't have eaten that banana. Oh yay an aid station. OUCH! Blister! Blister!
18. Mile 26: "I'm practically there! I'm in! I'm doing it!"
19. The Last .2 Miles on the Run: "I think I'm still running but I can't feel my legs so I'm not really sure. Basically I'm an Olympian right now."
20. The Finish Line: "I'm never doing this again. I'm definitely doing this again. I'll take a year off. I'll sign up tomorrow."
I woke up this morning early… after just a few hours of sleep…
and had to double-check that I did indeed complete the IRONMAN!!!
Hard for even me to believe.
We slept a couple short hours… but they were GREAT hours of sleep!!!
But when the alarm went off it was still dark. And we were still tired.
But they don't sell IRONMAN Finisher's clothing until the morning after.
And they say that it is first come, first served. And we wanted to be first. But we weren't..
there were a dozen or so people ahead of us.
We got in, tried on a few things and snatched up a few IRONMAN Finisher's items for myself.
My new IRONMAN Finisher's jacket.
A new IRONMAN Finisher's t-shirt…
After the Finisher's Expo Tent, Chris and I were supposed to do breakfast with Pam & Jeff. Instead we both decided it was better for us to sleep. I crashed on my bed with my Crocs and jacket on. And Chris was quick to capture it on film…
And I caught her sleeping…
After a few hours of well-deserved sleep, Chris and I got our act together and packed up our stuff to head out. A long drive from Louisville to Chicago. Sort of dreading the drive… and not looking forward to getting out of the car after hours of stiffening up. We stopped for lunch and it wasn't so bad. Stiff…. but everything loosened up as I walked.
The morning started VERY early. Very dark. Very chilly.
We made it down to Doc's Cantina where the queue for the Swim Start was already beginning to form. We got there about 4:45 in the morning. I wanted an early start for the swim to give me as much time as possible for the day ahead. So we sat in line. Nervously chatted. Met other athletes. Took a couple little naps.Ate. Hydrated… and tried not to freak out about the day ahead. Oddly enough, I had a surprising calmness about me. Not too many jitters. At this point you've trained as much as you could. Years of biking & step classes… hoping that it all pays off. Sure, maybe I should have earned how to swim before this, but it's only 2.4 miles, right?
After waiting nearly two and a half hours, suddenly the place came to life and it was race time before you knew it. Time to put on the wetsuit. Time to get this show on the road. The official time clock counting down to 7:30am! Okay, now it's getting real.
A few minutes before, they marched us down to the docks. Lines of nervous athletes excited about the adventure each was about to begin.
After the National Anthem, some last minute instructions, and a bugle revelry… it was time to start. On with the swim cap. On with the goggles. Up with the adrenaline! The long line was divided into two… one for each pier. I was in the lane for the far pier. TUrns out I was the THIRD person to jump in off that pier!!! Guess my plan to start early worked out.
So you start swimming upstream past the docks, along the shore, between a long island. You can finally see the end of the island and you "think" that you get to turn around the island and head back. WRONG!!! There are still three more buoys to swim past before you turn around. Not an easy feat as people are swimming over you, kicking you, grabbing you and pushing you out of the way as they are trying to get to the end of the swim. Not for the squeamish if you haven't been in that situation before. Plus, this easily felt like my biggest body of open water swim ever… when I swim in Lake Michigan, it's usually along the shoreline. This time we were in the Ohio RIver – which is about as wide as the Great Mississippi River at this point.
So you keep swimming. Keep breathing. Keep looking for the finish.
Keep looking for Joe's Crab Shack off in the distance. Knowing that we get to finally climb out of the river just before we get to Joe's.
It felt SO AMAZING to finally finish my swim and get out of the water!!! And to see Pammy & Chris waiting for me on the sidelines cheering me on!!! I was so pleasantly surprised when they told me I was close to two hours!!!… I had about 20 minutes to spare! Whew!!!
I will say that my legs were done. And I had a weird little muscle "issue" going on in my left knee. Nothing shooting or jabbing. But more like muscles screaming at me… yep, "that muscle" that I never use because I don't swim?!!! Still… felt GREAT to be out of the water!!!
So then it was back in to the Transition Area. Pick up your Bike Gear Bag and head to the changing tent. Picture a large white tent filled with sweaty men, smelling like river, changing closes in a very steamy & smelly tent. Switching from wetsuits to bike clothes. It was NOT a pretty sight. But you suck it up and do what you need to do. Dry off. Switch clothes. Put on your shoes & helmet. Pack your wetsuit & goggles back into you Bike Gear bag… and head out. A quick stop for sunscreen… and the porta-potties… and you're headed to the Bike Out arch.
Looking for Chris and Pammy in the sea of spectators … ah ha, there they are!!!
Ready to set off on my bike… a mere 112 miles to go…
with the promise of some "rolling hills."
The bike portion of the race was tougher than I expected. I wasn't prepared to find out that I had no muscle or power left in my legs after the two-hour swim. I was depleted and not quite ready for the road ahead. But I kept pedaling. I kept eating more energy foods. Gels. Clif Bars. Bananas. Gatorade. Whatever it took. Plus that little twinge in my left knee was still there? After the first few miles it started to feel better. But the hills were still tougher than I expected.
Ten miles or so into the race, my derailleur stopped working and I was stuck in the big chain ring. Good for speed… not so good for riding the hills. I was pedaling a LOT harder than I should have been. When I got to the first bike tech tent, I pulled in to have them look at my bike. He fiddled with it for awhile and finally got it to shift back & forth. He said I was good to go… and I did… after about 20 minutes of waiting. By then I was feeling better and getting some strength back in my legs. Pedal on!!!
Part way through the course we rolled through the town of LaGrange… a fun little town where there were a lot of spectators cheering us on. They even had a shuttle system worked out for family, friends and support crew to get back & forth. It was great to see Chris on the sidelines cheering me on as I cruised through the town!!! And shooting photos for me along the way… she just barely caught me as cruised through.
This was also the first triathlon that I've ever done where the roads weren't totally closed. The police did a great job of keeping us safe and blocking most of the traffic at intersections. However there were quite a few cars that made it through on the road that kept getting in the way. Especially tough to maneuver around cars on the hills as you're trying to power up… and there's a car in the way in your lane and traffic coming in the other direction. Not ideal conditions for a race.
The course had a large loop on it. So you had to ride the loop twice before heading back to Transition. Along the way you got to stop off for your Bike Special Needs bag… for a quick "lunch" break. And then it was back on the bike after a few minutes… and back through LaGrange again… howdy Chris!!!
After a hundred and twelve long & grueling miles, you finally head back into Lousiville. It was great to see the bridges on your right. The beacon town Downtown. All good signs that you're getting closer to the Transition Area again. So great to see Chris waiting for me at the end of the bike route!!! Both of us thought my bike time would be quicker… neither of us realizing how tough the hills would be. Neither of us realizing how many cars would be on the road. How my bike would need technical help along the way. And how my legs would be so wiped out after the swim!!! Or how that little twinge on the side of my left knee, and now in my left achilles too, would be there. Still nothing too painful, just enough to make you more cautious and careful not to make it worse. All good though… I made it back… time to run!!!
So again it's back tot he Transition Area. You hand your bike off to one of the many volunteers. You continue back to the rows & rows of nags. A volunteer gets your bag for you and hands it off as you pass through. Back into the hot, steamy & smelly changing tent. Switch from bike clothes, shows & helmet into running shorts, tank top, and running shoes. Eat some food. Drink some water. Was that just lunch? Throw your bike clothes into your Run Gear bag and head out… past the Sunscreen Station again… and the porta-potties… and off onto the Run Course.
Okay, sure I'll admit tat it doesn't feel good when you switch from bike to run. I might say it feels like your hips are turned out the wrong way. Little painful to get a running stride into place. And yet so fun to know that you're two parts done, only one more leg to go!!!
And still smiling…
So you leave the Transition Area and head out into the downtown streets… slowly…
So great to see Pammy waiting for me on the sidelines… sitting in her chair…
broken foot and all… still cheering. Still encouraging me onwards!!!
So the Run Course takes you quickly through Downtown Louisville and off into the surrounding area. At times it was residential, then small neighborhoods. The route took us past the University, some cool Art Museum and even past Churchill Downs!!! The run is another big loop. So when I finally got to the halfway point, it was already dark. And to make matters worse… a LOT of runners were already crossing the Finish Line. But not me. Instead, the course takes you ONE BLOCK away from the actual Finish Line. You can see it. You can hear it. And then you turn right one block short of crossing. The Run Special Needs Bags are right there… as were Chris, Pam and Jeff. Great friends waiting for me. Cheering me on… broken foot and all.
So you head back out for another half marathon! Another full thirteen miles in darkness. It's the same loop as last time, except now it's dark, there are a LOT fewer runners out there and they're handing out glow sticks!!! This second loop was so much tougher than the first. And let's just say for the record, I'm not the greatest runner in the first place. But by this point my "jog" was getting down to more like a "shuffle." A times I began to wonder if I would be able to walk faster than I was shuffling?! Knowing the whole time that all I need to do is cross the Finiah Line. And that it's not worth killing myself, blowing out my achilles, or injuring myself in any way. Better to be slow & strong, than fast & injured. So I continued to "shuffle" and walked through the aid stations. I'm still not good at running, drinking & eating all at the same time.
The last six miles or so are pretty rough. Darkness. Fatigue. Fewer people out there keeping you going. Fewer runners. Fewer spectators. Plus after a day of Gatorade, bananas, goo, gel, Clif Bars and snacks… my stomach was done too. I was saturated with energy goop. Water only for me for the last few hours. And apparently I wasn't the only one as you start to see a LOT of runners vomiting along the sides as the miles tick down. And to make matters worse, apparently I was an "over-achiever" in the hydration category. Because the last half was also needed quite a few stops to pee at the rest stations. Much better than the other alternatives, but still not so good for my race time?!
Eventually you get back into the Downtown area. We made a couple turns through the city streets. This time when we made the turn onto Fourth Street… we knew we finally got to go straight through and actually make it through the Finish Line!!! So exciting to finally see the end. To know that you are indeed going to make it. To hear the crowd cheering you on. To hear the announcer proclaim those six words you've worked so long & hard to hear…
So I made it through the Finish Line and felt surprisingly great. I know… adrenaline… endorphins… I get it. But I felt surprisingly good. I did my best IRONMAN "shuffle" across the Finish Line. After crossing amongst the camera flashes and cheering crowds, they whisk you through the finish zone. Your Volunteer Escort gives you your Finisher's Medal. A quick stop at the Finisher's step & repeat for your official Finisher's Photo. They get you a bottle of water. Food if you need it. A mylar blanket for hypothermia if you need it… I didn't. Your official Finisher's hat & t-shirt. Eventually, when you've made it through the Finish Line "gauntele"… you're released to find your Support Crew.
My favorite Sherpa Chris was there taking as many pictures as she could. Pammy and her husband were there too. I still can't quite fathom that Pam came down to Louisville with her broken foot. But that's what good friends do… and I love 'em!!!
After the Finish Line gauntlet, we all walked back to our hotel. I'm sure it was "therapeutic" to keep walking. Of course we stopped a few times… for Pam, not me!!! But I didn't care. I felt great. Still riding high after finishing my first IRONMAN!!!
Back at the hotel, I opened my swag. Love my new hat… and even more…
It wasn't until I took my shoes & socks off that I found out why my left foot hurt a bit. It sure looked worse than it feels. But I felt great that this "little" red blister was the my only injury after a full IRONMAN!!!
Chris and I sat up and talked for a little while. She ran me a cold bath and filled it with ice. I tried my best to soak in the freezing water… standing in it was fine. But when I sat down all the way it sent shivers through my body. How do professional athletes do these ice baths all the time?!!! Not me. Also, as a fellow IRONMAN, Pammy knew that I would be starving at some point… maybe 3:00 in the morning… so she ordered me a pizza for when the hunger hit. And it did.
Eventually, Chris and I finally went to sleep.
We set the alarm for an early morning at the Finisher's Expo Tent.
My feet & ankles were already sore… and I was fearing how they would feel in the morning.
But I needed to sleep… so a couple Advils and I was down for the count.
Happy to know that I am now an IRONMAN !!!
So the day is finally here.
It's been a long summer of planning & training… sweating…. playing… pedaling…
2.4 mile swim. 112 mile bike. 26.2 mile run.
Back to back. All in one day. You've got 16 hours to cross the Finish Line.
So here's the scoop… starting with the Swim Course.
Followed by the Bike Course…
Which was by no means flat. They called it "rolling hills"… they lied!!! It was HILLY!!!
Followed by a full Marathon…
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Keyword Research Tools
Here are the best tools for keyword research.
SEMRush is an awesome website research tool. You can check search engine or PPC stats on any website, see your rankings, or your competitors rankings. I love using it for keyword jacking. Here are 2 ways you can use this tool in just a few min:
1. Easy Wins Method: Put in your website URL. Under Organic Research on the left, click positions. See what you're ranking for on page 2, re-optimize your pages or add links (internal or external) to boost your rank.
2. Keyword Jacking Method: Get your competitors domains and run a keyword report on them. Sort the report by kw volume, jack their keywords and either add them to your existing pages or build out new pages. BOOM.
Quickest keyword tool ever! This will show strength values that come from majestic (TF & CF), & Unique linking IPs for the top 10 results, as well as PR. Awesome. You can use this in combination with all the keyword ideas you got from Semrush (item #1).
HOTH Keyword Research Tool
This is basically a free version of SEMRush – Just put in a seed keyword and it will give you all kinds of variations as well as traffic, CPC, and more.
This is basically a google suggest scraper. Find all kinds of long tails with this baby.
Use Übersuggest to quickly find new keywords not available in the Google Keyword Planner. Take your keyword research to the next level with tons of keyword ideas for SEO, PPC and your next content marketing campaign.
Answer The Public
Similar to Ubersuggest, but with even more! You can use this to find out what kinds of questions people are search for.
A one-pager that could be shared to prompt a conversation on how you could start answering your public better. By creating content that's useful, funny or inspiring.
Ahrefs Keyword Explorer 2.0
Ahrefs has come a long way and they just released their new keyword explorer. This has some interesting features that other tools don't have like the "also rank for" feature.
Another very popular keyword suggestion tool.
OnSite SEO Tools
Here are the best tools for OnPage SEO.
Yoast WordPress Plugin
Great tool for optimizing your wordpress site.
- Easily optimize your WordPress site with one plugin
- Real time content analysis functionality and many more features to streamline your site
- A Premium Yoast SEO plugin for even more features and support
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HOTH Free SEO Analyzer
Get a quick on page audit for your site, for free!
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Google Pagespeed Insights
See how fast your website loads and how you can improve it.
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PageSpeed Insights checks to see if a page has applied common performance best practices and provides a score, which ranges from 0 to 100 points, and falls into one of the following three categories:
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Google Mobile Friendly Test
See if Google considers your website mobile friendly.
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Test results include a screenshot of how the page looks to Google on a mobile device, as well as a list of any mobile usability problems that it finds.
Mobile usability problems are issues that can affect a user that visits the page on a mobile (small screen) device, including small font sizes (which are hard to read on a small screen) and use of Flash (which isn't supported by most mobile devices).
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Small SEO Tool - Plagiarism Checker
The article you entered is scanned carefully, and so is the world wide web. It's very likely you'll see some red in your results as common phrases may trigger red flags.
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Small SEO Tool - Keyword Rank Checker
This Keyword Rank Checker tool will scan through search engine results for the keyword/phrase you entered to determine website ranking or keyword ranking.
As the keyword rank checker runs the test, it's good to see green results immediately. That means your website was found on the first page for results by search engine for that keyword.
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Small SEO Tool - Keyword Density Checker
Using this keyword density tool doesn't help fix your mistakes, but it does identify your mistakes so you can make the appropriate corrections.
What's unique about this keyword density tool is that you can enter a URL or paste an article, choose the number of keyword results to display, and how many words per phrase (up to 3 words).
Backlink Analysis Tools
You can check the backlinks of any site with these tools. I use them for all of the following:
1. Overview of what's going on with a site (any anomalies etc)
2. Checking for over-optimization
3. Checking competitors to see if they have any good links or to replicate their links
4. Doing general research on domains
That all being said, these 3 tools do about the same thing but each one has strengths & weaknesses. Here's what I think about all:
Open Site Explorer
Most commonly used statistics for judging website power or strength, however DA & PA metrics scale with spam so you really need to look at the actual backlinks too.
Best for determining websites trust / strength.
Discover what's out there, and who's influencing whom. We'll analyse your huge URL lists and help you to find the gold.
MOZ SEO Toolbar
This cool toolbar will automatically run stats for you on all the websites you visit and put an overlay in search results if you want. This is the quickest way to check stats as you're browsing around.
Moz Bulk Domain Checker for Google Docs
Want to check a bulk group of domains? With this easy tool, you can throw a bunch of domains into a Google doc and quickly get the moz DA / PA for them.
Small SEO Tool - Backlink Checker
The backlink check tool is running a series of tests to determine how many backlinks are pointing to the website or link you entered.
Additional information is also being collected including anchor text used, Page Rank of the backlink source, and any potential flags or warnings for each individual link.
Rank Signals
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Link Building Tools
Here are some great link building tools.
Guest Post Tracker
Guest Post Tracker is blogger outreach software built to help you manage your guest post submissions as you do your SEO.
The software was created to work with link maps, a new link building strategy that focuses on building the power of one link to make it pass more SEO value.
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Ninja Outreach
Makes link outreach easy. You can search for influencers and reach out all in one tool. Ninja Outreach is an all purpose influencer marketing tool. If you're doing any of the following, your life is about to get A LOT easier:
Lead Generation
Finding Guest Posts
Content Promotion
Collecting Contact Info
Finding Podcast Guests
Instagram Prospecting
Content Research
Blogger Outreach
Cold Emailing
Twitter Prospecting
Influencer Marketing
A very highly rated outreach tool. You can use this toscore guest posts, submit to link roundups and more.
With multiple prospecting profiles and intuitive keyword search, Pitchbox allows you to find influencers in your niche in a matter of seconds.
Integration with top SEO providers, such as Moz, Majestic, SEMRush, and LRT ensure that you only pull back the most authoritative publishers.
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Link Building
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With HOTH Guest Post, they will manually reach out to key authority sites in your industry, secure a guest post spot, write a value-packed article with your links naturally included, and post it on the site.
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Link Processor
Instantly Rank Higher By Pushing More Power To Your Backlinks With Link Processor.
Link Processor is a fully automated online link indexing service. The backend of their system contains strong servers that are working 24/7 to process your backlinks.
SEO Analytics & Tracking
Here are the best tools for tracking.
Use this to track all your campaigns and get a detailed look at what's going on with your visitors
Google Analytics
The grand standard. I just use it on all my money sites. Get stronger results across all your sites, apps, and offline channels.
Google Analytics Solutions offer marketing analytics products for businesses of all sizes to better understand your customers.
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Fresh Metrix (Rank Tracking)
Easy rank tracking for national and down to the local level. You can start for free and they have plans all the way up to the thousands of keywords.
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Serpfox (Rank Tracking)
Nice & easy tool for rank tracking. Just plop in your URL,keywords and location and it will do all the tracking for you. They have a free plan as well if you're just getting started.
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Local Specific Tools
Here are the best tools for local SEO.
WhiteSpark Local Citation Finder
This is the industry standard tool and it's awesome.Basically you can drop in your main kw and city, it will go out and find your competitors and see what citations they have, rank the citation sources by DA (Domain Authority)and show you which ones you are missing.
Local SEO Checklist
Nice and easy checklist to make sure you have the bases covered + more.
Rich Snippet Validator (Google)
Validate that rich snippets are working on your local site.
Schema Creator
Creates schema.org micro data for your local site.
When Schema.org was originally released, the core way of including it in your pages was to use micro data inside your HTML elements.
The Schema.org vocabulary and method of using micro data attributes was foreign to most web designers. Schema Creator tool helps web designers better understand and utilize Schema.org.
Free Review Montioring
This will monitor your reviews, and you can track reviews of your competition.
Bluementhals Local Business Category Tool
Cool tool to get all the categories you should be in on Google Places.
Local Citation Audits & Custom Citation Building
Doing local the right way. No cookie cutter solutions.Every campaign is customized and researched. As close to push-button local as you can get.
Penalty Research
Here are the best tools for penalty research.
Panguin Tool
You can connect your Google Analytics account and it will display when google updates happened so you can see if drops in traffic match any Google updates.
Ultimate Guide To Google Update History
All of the Google updates + what really happened + casestudies
Removeem Anchor Text Over Optimization Checker
You can check to see if you're over optimized for any of your anchors.
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Link Research Tools
The industry standard in checking for toxic links. Be careful though, this tool likes to classify links as toxic even if they are not. Use this as a baseline but judge each link individually
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Social Media
Here are the best tools for social media and expanding your presence.
Lock My Brand
Registers your brand name on the top social media websites in the world.
Onepress Social Locker
Use this tool to get more social shares on your blog.
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This a cool social media share box
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Schedule posts for your social media accounts.
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Automate your instagram marketing.
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Automate twitter marketing.
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SEO Agency Building Tools
These are tools you can use to build your SEO business.
You can use this to avoid the dreaded back and forth of finding a time to meet. This will let clients book meetings with you.
The easiest online screen sharing app. Once you have the app, you can just give the client the link and they don't have to download anything (wow… right?)
This is the CRM we use at The HOTH after checking out a bunch of different ones. It can be expensive, but this has the features you're looking for. One of the best things about this is that it creates a very customizable searchable database.
The industry standard CRM in the cloud. Integrates with lots of other apps as well.
Raven Tools
Good for generating large amounts of data together for clients and giving them their own log in to track campaigns. Can do on-site audits on the fly, track link sand rankings, and more!
Communication in one place for teams. They addednative voice calling so this is good for quick 1 on 1meetings or team meetings.
Live Chat software, we use this to help customers get answers faster. It really helps with on-site conversions!
CRM, Email Marketing, and E-commerce tools all in one.Often called confusionsoft.
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