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The Missy story-arc appears to be getting tighter and tighter with the latest episode of Doctor Who – "Mummy on the Orient Express". Disguised as a highly amusing Douglas Adams-esque take on the murder mystery genre, writer Jamie Mathieson takes us on a perilous ride through the cosmos on a perfectly reconstructed Orient Express.
A mysterious assassin is hell-bent on killing the express' passengers via a chillingly-produced mummy that can only be seen by those who have 66 seconds left to live. Death has been the overarching story throughout this season, and for an episode that features so much of it (and placed in such an important factor of the story) the Missy connection is, strangely, not mentioned at all. Only at the episode's end where the Doctor, having saved the day once more, attempts to discover who it was controlling both the mummy and Gus, HAL's Victorian cousin, does some possible mention to Missy gets mentioned as the Doctor causes the train to blow up when trying to find the culprit.
It's been a while since we've had a Capaldi-era adventure that's set in the past (albeit a reconstruction), and it's a welcome addition to this new era of Doctor Who. Even when the passenger carriage de-morphs somewhat into a slick, pristine laboratory, it's still rather amusing to know we're still inside a vintage steam train.
But retro locomotives aside, the Doctor's malevolent personality continues to shine. His flippancy at the death of Professor Moorhouse, as noted by chief engineer Perkins (played by the ever-weak-was-water that is Frank Skinner) resonates with a firm grasp that reminds us how strongly the majority of us have taken Capaldi to our hearts as a Doctor.
Also, one can't help but feel like taking Maisie's shoe and using it to whack some sense into Clara. What began as a 'last hurrah' for the pair turned out to be not quite as such (mind you, if it were, the internet would have been up in flames weeks before this episode's broadcast speculating over who might be what next companion – thank God it wasn't Skinner!). Clara's relationship with Danny, at one point a seriously interesting subplot of this series, now appears to have been shunted into a siding as Clara would much rather go gallivanting with the Doctor, which if the last fifty years is anything to go by, can only end in tears.
But when those tears do come, it must surely be a confrontation not to miss, and that might well be before we find out who the elusive Missy is, as well as why death hangs so heavily over this series.
Overall grade – B
Pros –
The mummy is quite the terror.
The idea of the characters being picked off one by one remains superbly eerie.
Gus brought some serious comedy to the table.
Cons –
Is Clara really so stupid to think that she can continue bopping round planets and not get hurt like she has done in the past?
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(Written on Sunday, September 27)
Today, after I prepared the altar for Eucharist, I went out to the patio at St. Mary's and walked the labyrinth.
I started walking around, keeping my eyes to the ground and my mind on praying. As I made it about 1/3 of the way through, I noticed a cigarette butt in my pathway, so I picked it up. As I continued, another butt, so I picked it up too. A little farther in was a broken clasp to a backpack, so I picked it up. As I neared the outer edge, I saw that there was a plastic bag laying by the bush. When I picked up the bag, I saw some cardboard that someone had written a "will work for help" cardboard sign that had blown under the bush, so I picked it up. As I continued walking and thinking, I picked up the trash and put it in my bag. Then, when I thought I'd been gone too long and better get back inside so I was on time, I walked by the outside garbage can and threw away the bag full of garbage.
I realized that those moments had been an allegory.
I started the journey for myself: I wanted to quietly meditate and walk before the service started.
As I walked in, at first I was totally caught up in my own thoughts, but after praying for a while, I noticed some garbage that needed to be taken care of directly in my path.
As I walked more and more, the more and more ways I saw to serve. A bag was provided, and I continued to see ways to improve the courtyard while still continuing on my path.
Isn't that so much like life? The more we pray and the closer we try to be to God, the more we see the "garbage" that needs to be taken care of and ways to be of service. The more we serve, the more we see ways prepared for us to help us help others. And so on, and on, and on.
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President Obama has taken less vacation days in SEVEN YEARS than Republicans have given themselves EACH YEAR since taking over Congress in 2010.
Once again, President Obama and his family took their annual holiday trip to his home state of Hawaii to celebrate Christmas with relatives, and of course, that means conservatives went berserk about how lazy Obama is and how he isn't doing his job even though the job travels with the President no matter where he goes.
But all it takes is simple math to discover that President Obama's work ethic is far greater than Republicans and makes them look like the real lazy ones. Republicans may not understand math, but when we run the numbers, it becomes clear that they commit hypocrisy every time they complain about President Obama taking time off from the daily grind of the presidency.
Last December, CBS News reported that the number of vacation days President Obama has taken since the beginning of his presidency stood at 161 days. If you add the 28 days of vacation he has taken this yea, including his summer vacation and his Christmas vacation, his total comes to 189 days.
Unless you are a Republican who hates President Obama no matter what, it's hard to criticize the president for needing a break from one of the hardest jobs in the world. But Republicans do it anyway and embarrass themselves in the process.
That's because Congress releases their official schedule every year, and if you look at that schedule you can count how many days off Republicans have given themselves.
In short, Republicans give themselves more days off each year than President Obama has taken throughout his entire presidency.
In 2011, just after taking over Congress from Democrats who had presided over one of the most productive Congresses in American history, Republicans took 190 days off. In 2012, Republicans gave themselves 212 days off. In 2013, Republicans got even lazier and less productive by taking 239 days off. They also gave themselves 230 days off in 2014 and 232 days off in 2015. And in a direct 'screw you' to the American people, Republicans have given themselves 255 days off in 2016.
That adds up to 1,358 days off for Republicans in Congress over six years compared to President Obama's 189 days off over seven years. Who's lazy now?
And if you compare President Obama's number of vacation days to the number of days taken by a pair of his Republican predecessors, it makes Republicans look lazy across the board. Ronald Reagan, for instance, took 390 days of vacation. George W. Bush took even more days off, vacationing for 879 days or nearly three years of his presidency as America fought two wars and fear of terrorist attacks ran high.
While President Obama has worked hard for the American people, Republican lawmakers continue to cash-in their taxpayer-funded $174,000 a year salary for doing nothing. They take far more days off than President Obama does, and when they do show up for work, they do what they can to screw over the American people they are supposed to work for. Frankly, any employee at a business who took that much time off and used their work hours to hurt their employer would be fired. But Republicans do that every day while whining about President Obama taking a few days off. It's almost like they expect him to work 24/7/365 like a slave. The reality is, however, that Republicans are lazy bottom-feeders who suck on the government teat while neglecting to do the jobs they are paid to do while President Obama actually works for a living.
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Menya zovut Rudi Zygadlo. Ya zhivu v Glasgow, Scotland. Mnye dvadsat odin god.
2. Atmosphere for composition?
All the music in the album Great Western Laymen was written, recorded and produced in my bedroom. Its a banal setting but i guess it has become an atmospheric requisite for me to write, in the way that I do. My work desk faces the window which faces Great Western Road, referred to in the in album's title so there's an immediate connection there. From my window I can see two big churches which may also have helped me (immaculately) conceive the ecclesiastical themes inherent in the lyrics. But there were other reasons for that too.
I like writing at night. There's conspiratorial feeling of making heavy electronic music with headphones while everyone's asleep. You wake up and often don't quite understand what you've done, until night returns and you can resume the conspiracy. I don't know quite how much i mean that, but its a romantic idea.
3. What' coming out?
A single in March and a 13 track album Great Western Laymen in April with planet Mu. Its really great.
I am currently working on the score and a libretto for an operetta, the music of which will form the basis of a second album. I don't know how seriously Mike @ mu is taking the project and I doubt it will ever see a stage production but i like the idea of the medium nonetheless. The subject matter is dubious.
4. Blogs?
I don't really know much about blogs. No one knows me so i havn't come across my music on one. I don't think i'll have any new arguments about the positive and negatives effects of them. They devalue music but get it circulated. Even the most underground music is ubiquitous in its availability now. So Good and bad.
5. Present condition of electronic music?
Im not much of a commentator on electronic music. I am very selective and it only constitutes a little part of my music collection.
When a new genre of music like dubstep for example or a unique artist emerges, its something to get excited about. But if its popular, its plagiarized. So i guess I look for novelty in music whatever the genre and hope that it stays relatively underground. In truth, I'm not the biggest fan of dubstep. But there are definately some really good dubstep producers out there who do something unique with genre.
I always saw the potential in the genre for more interesting things and for the last few years I had a form of music in my head which used some of the fundamental characteristics of dubstep and merged them with classical, jazz and pop structures taking away the monotony. The way Eero Johannes toyed with dubstep on his album for planet mu, I particularly enjoyed. (That introduced me to Skweee) Listening to Eero really inspired me to do something with the genre myself and try and create the the sonic fusion i had in my head.
6. Influential artists since childhood?
As the youngest of four, many of my musical tastes stem from my parent's and older sibling's tastes. As far as classical music goes, I've been really influenced by my Dad. I like chamber music, and music for solo instruments. String quartes and Cello suites. Generally speaking from eastern Europe and Russia. Dvorak, Janacek, Martinu, Shnitka, Shostakovich, Chopin, Schubert... and J S Bach obviously. The idea of composing an electronic setting for the latin mass was inspired by centuries of classical composers doing the same with an acoustic symphonic pallet. This was the original idea for Great Western Laymen but i lost patience. I listen to a lot of jazz too, I used to love 70's fusion, but then i reverted back to more traditional styles. I like Prog. And interesting New Romantic stuff like Japan. I have been an unhealthy fan of Frank Zappa, the whole works, for years. From my my mother's love affair with Joni mitchell's music I explored that side of things. Really enjoy contemporary american folk music too: Joanna Newsom - Ys was one of my favourite albums of 2006. Smog, Bonnie Prince Billy. I like a whole heap of bands. To name a few - Volcano, Deerhoof, Chrome hoof, Animal Collective. Math Rock stuff like Hella. Good French electro, disco. Warp Records, Planet mu. Veterans like Mu-ziq, Aphex and Squarepusher. And a heap more stuff. It's all influenced me in some way. I am very grateful to Radio 3. Programs like Composer of the week, In Tune and Late Junctions are truly amazing.
7. What do I know about Russian Culture?
As Rudi Mikhail Zygadlo, I'm named after two Russians! The dancers, Rudolph Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
I know a bit about Russia. Its a wondrous place with a tricky history and i'd very much like to visit. I studied Slavonic studies at university which is basically modern history, literature and film from Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia. I have a keen interest in Russian literature. Pushkin, Gogol, Pasternak, Bulgakov Solzhenitsyn, Yevtushenko. Music, I like Shostakovich, Stravinksi and Prokofiev.
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Today I decided it was time to *really* update my blog. Let's face it, this ain't the same girl who started this blog back in October. I've been contemplating the change for a while, I just couldn't think of how I wanted to change it. I mean, first of all, I'm not in Daegu anymore. Secondly, I HAD A BABY. I'm pretty sure that my life is no longer just about not wanting to be a fatty.
I decided that this blog has become more than just a lap band or weight loss blog... it's about everything in-between because losing weight, especially a LOT of weight, affects every part of your life. My weight loss journey has been on the back burner for a while now; I was mindful of my weight while I was pregnant, but it wasn't a priority. Now I have to get back into that mindset while taking care of a newborn, preparing to go back to work, and remembering that I have a husband too.
As I was sitting here this morning, with my new baby girl sleeping on my chest, I realized that this journey is, and always has been, about finding my way home. It's been about finding my way to that place of contentment and happiness, whether in an apartment in South Korea, a house in Alabama, or walking down a sidewalk on a sunny day. I know I'm home, finally, and this blog is the story of how I got there and what I'm doing and how I'm improving it every day.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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- Justawallflower said...
I love this! And where I blog is mainly a weight loss blog, it was never solely that. I use it for whatever I feel I need to put out there. I prefer those type of blogs the most. I look forward to following your life journey, and not just your weight loss journey.
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Distracted driving is the topic of many articles, stories, blogs more and more these days. People talk of the dangers of cell phone use and texting, eating or adjusting your radio, but one of the biggest distracted driving causes may be a little closer to home than you realize…your children!
More Distracting Than Cell Phone Use?
Driving with children isn't just slightly more dangerous; it's a full 12 times more dangerous, according to a study by Monash University Accident Research Center in Australia. When researchers installed cameras in the cars of 12 families over a three-week period, they found talking on the phone only accounted for one percent of distractions. Distractions from children, meanwhile, accounted for 12 percent of all distractions. Over the course of an average 16-minute trip, parents that had kids present spent three minutes and 22 seconds with their eyes not on the road.
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Is There a Solution?
Choosing not to use a cell phone while driving is admittedly easier than deciding not to ride with children. Often, the latter is unavoidable, making solving the problem and reducing the distraction risk all the more challenging. Charlton explained that the easiest solution may simply be securing the child's car seat properly. Researchers found that children were in the incorrect position for over 70 percent of their studied trips.
Given the added risks of driving with children, drivers should be even more aware of their sources of distraction.


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Catamount Community Radio Radio - March 13, 2011
I remember when I was a college student at Michigan State, one evening Luis, some other friends, and I drove down to the Detroit Institute of the Arts to see the "Detroit Saxophone Orchestra." There was a teen in the band who was obviously a prodigy. Well, he's become a famous jazz musician (inasmuch as a jazz musician besides Wynton can be famous there days). James Carter. We heard him do a number on bari.
We heard Taylor Swift do "Never Grow Up," a song that will have a tear rolling down the cheek of any sensitive soul who has a kid.
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up.
Hats off to Taylor Swift if she really wrote these lyrics and the tune. The lyrics appeal more to the sensibility of a 45 year old than to a youngster like Taylor Swift. You know how I am: I can't resist silliness or provocative juxtapositions. So I followed this tune up with Kanye West doing "Heard 'em Say."
They say people in your life for seasons
And anything that happen is for a reason
And niggas gun-clappin' and keep to squeezin'
And gran' keep prayin' and keep believin'
In Jesus, and one day that she'll see him
Till then in walk his footsteps and try to be him,
The devil is alive, I feel him breathin'
Claimin' money is the key, so keep on dreamin'
And put them lottery tickets just to tease us
My Aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down,
So now my lil' cousin smokin' them cigarettes now
His job try to claim that he too niggaish now
Is it cuz his skin blacker than licorice now?
I can't figure it out, sick of it now
We heard Stevie Wonder do "I Wish," and also two covers of Mr. Wonder: Joshua Redman doing "Visions" and Larry Goldings doing "Big Brother." Speaking of covers, two of Joni Mitchell, Aquila Rose with "Big Yellow Taxi" and the wonderful Tina Turner doing "Edith and the Kingpin."
Beyond that, I drew on the "Worlds" CD series (thanks Tyler) for a big handful of tunes.
Professor Longhair with the ingenious "Big Chief." How on earth did he come up that riff? Freakin' genius.
These kids are amazing. But try to listen to the piano riff.
Catamount Radio, which sometimes goes by other names, airs 10-12 (Eastern time) Sunday mornings on WWCU-FM.
1. Terrence Blanchard – Morning After Celebration
2. Nat Cole – Just You, Just Me
3. Brad Mehldau – After the Rain
4. Johnny Smith – The Boy Next Door
5. James Carter – Eventide
6. Stevie Wonder – I Wish
7. Joshua Redman – Visions
8. Suzanne Vega & DNA – Tom's Diner
9. Professor Longhair – Big Chief
10. Benny Green – The Sheik of Araby
11. Lou Reed – Teach the Gifted Children
12. John Surman – Chelsea Bridge
13. Ferlin Husky – Phantom 309
14. Taylor Swift – Never Grow Up
15. Kanye West & Adam Levine – Heard 'em Say
16. Larry Goldings – Big Brother
17. 菅野よう子 – Memory
18. Bebo Valdés – La comparsa
19. Aquila Rose & RDM – Big Yellow Taxi
20. Larry Goldings – Many Rivers to Cross
21. Sonny Rollins – Toot Toot Tootsie, Goodbye
22. Prince – The Word
23. Tina Turner & Herbie Hancock – Edith and the Kingpin
24. Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts – Tenderly
25. Camille – Ta douleur
26. John Coltrane – The Night has a Thousand Eyes
27. HAT – Organic Mambo
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Everett Manakaja, SR, last of the Hualapai Tribes WWII Veterans, passed on Monday, August 31, 2017.
Funeral Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday, September 8, 2017 in Peach Springs, Arizona at the Tribal Gym.
He is survived by his daughter, Dora J Beecher; Son, Everett Manakaja Jr.; daughter, Gertrude Havatone; daughter, Idella Keluche; daughter, Jamie Schrum; son, Edison Manakaja; sister, Fayeann Crook; brother, Dudley Manakaja; brother, Francis Manakaja; many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. He was a lifetime member of Kingman Dav Local 10.


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Yoshi, Luigi, Peach and Waluigi playing Etch 'n' Catch.
Etch 'n' Catch is a 2 vs 2 Minigame that appears in Mario Party 3. The objective is for team players to draw a circle around the Toad stamp using a magic crayon, in order for Toad to come back to life. The team who either brings 5 Toads back to life or bring the most Toads back to life within the time limit will win the minigame.
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Those who have been in the cleantech sector, and especially those who tried to raise money for anything cleantech, they will know the sinking feeling when a VC they approach tells them: But your idea is not scalable. That indeed was one of the cleantech-as-we-know-it's biggest problem when it came to VC investments – cleantech investments were all […]Read More →
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It got some positive reception on the interwebs but among the comments there were suggestions asking for a plushie version of him. I thought about it and decided: "Hey! Why not?"
Out of all the plushies I've made over the years, this guy turned out to be the largest and most cumbersome to make. He's massive: travel-wise, he takes up an entire check-in bag. It took about 2 weeks to complete him. My chibi drawing of him was the primary reference guide, although I did look back at Blizzard's original concept and artist, Mr. Jack's, version several times just to make sure the design was accurate. The design was simplified over the course of the project, but otherwise the sewing pattern was improvised the whole way through. Here are the turnaround shots:
The head turned out crooked but I kinda liked it that way because it looked like he was thinking. :'D
Overall, even though he was a pain to make, I was very happy with the end result. Trying to make an Overlord squishable worked out, thanks to the brown ultra cuddle fabric I used. He is a bit difficult to hug... (he's too round and my arms can't wrap around him), but nevertheless he makes for an excellent pillow.
Other materials I used:
- pink fleece
- purple, velvety kind of fabric (found it in the scrap bin at Jo-Ann's)
- yellow linen (found in the scrap bin, too)
- white cotton t-shirt (for the spikes)
- green t-shirt (for the pouch in his belly)
- Poly-fil
- polyester batting (to fill the armor plates)
- green puffy fabric paint (for the drool dripping down his mouth)
I took WIP shots but they're all on my phone. I'll have to find a way to upload them here if I can.


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123 2nd St, Lodi WI 53555 Sold for $167,500 on 04/06/2018
Features of 123 2nd St, Lodi, WI 53555
- Residential Home
- Status: Sold
- County: Columbia
- Bedrooms: 2
- Full Bathrooms: 1
- Est. Square Footage: 1,000
- Acreage: 0.21
- Subdivision: N/A
- Elementary School: Lodi
- Middle School: Lodi
- High School: Lodi
- Property Taxes: $2,980
- Property Tax Year: 2017
- Listing Company: Sold By Realtor
Property Description for 123 2nd St, Lodi, WI 53555
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- Master BR: 11.0 x 10.0
- BR 2: 10.0 x 10.0
- Kitchen: 23.0 x 8.0
- Living Rm: 27.0 x 12.0
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- Heating/Cooling: Forced air
- Water Waste: Municipal sewer, Municipal water
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- Construction Type: E
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Blogging is all about content "made for readers". Without readers, your blog is nowhere and you could not achieve your goals. At the same time, you have to make sure that your content is also "made for search engines like Google".
Your blog post should also have a purpose, right?
"Made for readers", I mean it has to address a specific problem and your content should help them to solve it.
Problem-solving content need not be lengthy always.
However, when you convey the right information that's well enough.
Apart from readers, you have to focus towards search engines like Google. Because, search engines are a major source of blog traffic for any blog. In general, most of the blog receives 80% of its traffic from Google. That's the same story here in BlashO.
Hence, while you write your blog posts, you have to take care about search engines esp. Google apart from your readers. This helps you to drive traffic from Google and also, your blog posts will help to achieve your goals.
First, Identify The Aim of Your Blog Post.
The very first step in optimizing your blog post is to "understand the purpose".
If you don't know why you are writing a blog post then its totally useless to produce content.
If you don't know the purpose of a blog post then you are totally wasting your time.
At the same time, when you clearly know the purpose, you can write the content appropriately keeping your blogging goals in mind.
- For example, if you want to promote your product then you can write the blog posts towards the problems that the product solves. This way the reader will also hear to you and consider your product as a solution.
This also helps you to "write descriptive content".
You can address each and every aspect of the topic. You can clearly explain what do you want to convey? what do you want to achieve from the blog post?
This way, your blog post will be good enough that readers will love and hence Google will also love.
The simplest way to optimize a blog post for Google is to optimize it for Reader.
- One step further, you can also "once", think that Google is your reader similar to a human reader.
From next time onwards, first answer this question:
What is the purpose of this blog post?
If you get an answer then only start writing – all other optimizations will be easy.
The 5 Elements to Optimize In Your Blog Post.
To keep it simple, the following are the basic elements of a blog post.
- Blog Post Title
- Meta Description
- Actual Body Text/Content
- Graphics (Images, Videos)
- Links (Internal, External URL's)
Now we have to optimize all these blog elements for search engines, that's it.
Optimize Blog Post Title With 5 Simple Steps.
Recently, I did a keyword density analysis by comparing Top 10 ranking pages on Google.
I analyzed all the data that I collected related to keyword density and here are the results that I found from that study:
- Titles are playing a major role, all the Top Ranking pages are almost having keywords on the Titles or Sub-Titles
- The Ist Ranked page has keywords on all the elements: body, title, links
- All these top 10 pages don't have keywords on the Image 'Alt' tag.
This clearly, tells that your blog post title plays a major role in ranking.
You can also take a look on the below screenshot.
Here are the 5 simplest steps to optimize your title for Google:
- Keep the title length under 60 characters
- Use your targeted keyword at least once in the title
- Make sure your title is human-readable (a complete sentence)
- Don't stuff the title with repeated keywords (it works worst)
- Use H1 tags for Title, H2 or H3 tags for Sub-Titles in your blog post (refer the Google traffic case study)
Consider, removing the stop words from title URL. The below screenshot shows, where to edit the blog post-URL or the permalink.
Optimize Meta Description with Call-To-Actions.
Meta descriptions are one of the important element of a blog post. It gives an abstract of your blog post and also, triggers the searchers to click your URL from the Google's SERP.
- Keep the meta description under 156 characters
- Use your targeted keyword at least once in the meta description
- Use a long tail keyword also, use a tool like KeywordWiki to find such a keyword
- Use a call-to-action word on the meta description, this helps to increase CTR on SERP.
A WordPress SEO Plugin can help you to easily edit meta description for every blog post.
Read More: Meta Description 5 Tips You Must Follow In Your Blog
Content-Length vs Descriptive Content.
Here comes the actual content of your blog post.
In recent times, post Google panda update everyone is speaking about content length.
I have this strategy followed from the day one of my blogging.
I used to follow a mixed content strategy.
- blog posts with content length 1200+ words
- blog posts with content length 600+ words
- blog posts with content length 300+ words
Depends on topic and "the depth of coverage" – the content length varies.
- Always don't keep the content length in mind.
- Keep it naturally flowing, just be descriptive on the topic.
- When you are enough capable, and if you think you are an expert, then write in-depth.
- This way, your content will be generated for the user with your own "expertness" in mind.
That's why, If you read my blog posts you can feel the confidence at most of the times. That's naturally coming when I write about a topic.
If I feel that I can write in-depth, I will write.
- For example, I also used to keep the blog post length short also whenever, I used to share "source code" hacks which are need not be lengthy – an example here.
The following graph shared by WordStream shows how the average content length varies between different markets.
To keep it simple:
- don't keep content length in mind
- be descriptive enough on the topic
- use your targeted keywords + related keywords on the content
You can also list down those related keywords before writing so that you use keywords appropriately on the blog post.
Yet another graph made by serpIQ which shows the average content length of top 10 pages on the Google's result page.
Read More: How to Write a Blog?
Link to Other Pages (Both Internal, External) Wherever Required.
Links are the life of your blog. The entire web is interlinked by A-href tags.
Here is the simplest way to optimize your link structure on a blog post:
- Link only to related pages
- Link from relevant places wherever required
- Don't bother, you can link-out or link-inside both ways
- Manage affiliate links using AffiLinker (free version here) and "nofollow" all affiliate links.
I manually insert links on the blog posts apart from using SEO Smart Links Plugin which helps to automatically improve internal link structure. I had manually configured the plugin to use the custom keywords/linking.
Optimize the Images to have Title, Alt Tags.
Search engines cannot read images.
Hence, you have to tell what the image is about.
- Whenever you add an image, make sure you fill the "ALT" and "TITLE" fields.
- You can also use your targeted keywords on the ALT, TITLE tags "at least once".
Always optimize image size and this helps to improve loading time of your blog post.
Use a descriptive image file name.
Using Video's In Blog Posts.
That's no secret, you can include video's wherever required on the blog post.
For example, if you see a certain type of content you cannot fully explain by text or images, you can simply embed a video.
- Your own video or some one's video.
- Make sure the title of the video is relevant or related to your blog post title.
Here is a video on common optimization mistakes that you can avoid.
Hope this is helpful.
Writing a best blog post depends on individuals writing style, depth of knowledge, interests etc.
- You can write a descriptive blog post, only when, you understand the purpose of a blog post.
- Not just a descriptive content "made for readers", you have to make the blog post "descriptive for Google".
To conclude:
- Use your targeted + related keywords on almost every blog post element (in a priority order – Title, Meta Description, Body Text, Image Alt/Title Tags, URL's)
- Write descriptive content as long as you are enough covering the topic, don't bother about content length.
- Link to relevant or related URL's wherever required (use both internal, external links).
- Never over stuff keywords. More repeated keywords = More spammy.
Further, you can also read my guide on how to get more blog traffic.
There's a lot more stuff you have to consider apart from writing an optimized blog post in order to drive Google traffic like Publishing consistent content, Building quality backlinks etc.
The effects of an optimized blog post are greater, it helps you to achieve your blogging goals. It can open a gate of traffic flood from Google.
All you have to repeat these steps again and again, whenever you publish a new blog post.
Good Luck.


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Monsoon Causes Road Closures in Las Vegas
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A monsoon in Las Vegas caused flash floods and road closures on July 25. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the greater Las Vegas area. Rushing water in roadways made conditions hazardous for drivers, as this video shows. According to KTNV news, several roads remained closed after the flood warning was lifted due to debris from the storm. Credit: Instagram/Maggie Swanson via Storyful


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BMW- Reigning in Australia
The head of Mercedes-Benz has issued an inspiring letter to his staff urging them to retaliate against growing magnificent German competitors Audi and BMW.
Subsequent to the first six months of 2011, Mercedes-Benz has sold 610,531 automobiles around the world, in relation to 652,970 by Audi and 689,861 by BMW.
Even though Mercedes' overall sales have increased by an inspiring 9.7 per cent this year, both Audi and BMW have increased approximately 18 per cent in the similar time.
BMW Australia states it is ready to fend off a local sales attack by rival German car Audi, which has stated its plan to turn out to beAustralia's leading luxury brand by 2015.
BMW yet again considers Audi as a competitor, with recently chosen managing director Stavros Yallouridis saying publicly he would "have to keep an eye" on the 'third' German brand that's been seizing its compatriots on the sales charts.
Despite comprehensible likeness between the two German brands, the then BMW Australia manager Gunther Seemann suggested Audi was a lot concessional, which was not reliable with a luxury brand.
Regardless of Audi's recent growth spurt – the brand has doubled its market share since 2004 and increased sales by more than 150 per cent – Yallouridis is adamant BMW will continue to be the most extensive luxury brand inAustralia.
The two most recent models will take the figure of BMW body styles to 19, which presently comprise a hatchback (1-Series), four sedans (3-Series, 5-Series and short and long wheelbase versions of the 7-Series), three coupes (1-Series, 3-Series and 6-Series), four convertibles (Z4, 1-Series, 3-Series and 6-Series), two wagons (3-Series and 5-Series) and three 4WDs (X3, X5 and X6).
Stressed from Audi and single-minded to wrest its top segment lead back from Mercedes-Benz, BMW is setting up to unleash a sudden increase of trendy and updated models in Australia.
BMW boasts the rewards that diesel-powered 320d have attained. Variously, the appreciation has crowned the car as a real world gem – one English magazine even suggested it was the premium car in the (real) world.
If you're a common person who reads car reviews online or off, in all possibilities everyone is laboring the point that the recent diesel is a far cry from the clattery, Smokey and slow industrial engines of earlier times. Whatever the brand, generally these are engines that are free revving (though over a narrower rev range established), well-built in the midrange, silent and smolder and smoke free.
Adam reedy is an expert who writes on buy a car for so many years. For more information about bmw 320d and car buyers please visit – www.privatefleet.com.au


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Since arriving in Berlin a few weeks ago, Milo & I have been trying to soak up as much arty & cultural stuff as possible, as is the main aim of Love Arts Berlin.
Every week we go to a wonderful art class together called Little Art Lab, which we both absolutely love. We have visited some museums too – most recently the Deutsches Technik Museum & the Deutsche Kinemathek, Museum fuer Film & Fernsehen. The first was amazing for Milo, the second involved a very short visit with an angry toddler, culminating in a loud screaming fit in a changing room. Oh well.
I've also enjoyed some contemporary art in the wonderful Berlinische Galerie – whilst Milo slept – and together we have taken in the city's cultural sites and marvelled at the street art (a lot!).
However, in between all of this we have been moving our entire lives from one country to another. We have had to sort out endless reels of paperwork for finding an apartment and then actually convince someone to let us live in one. We schlepped all the way to Hellesdorf (far away!) to register with the city, and we are currently without a kitchen or much furniture. So all in all it has not been as easy to "art around" as much as we would have liked. But the point of this post isn't to moan & groan or apologise for our lack of artyness but to celebrate the wonderful Berlin playground. Because in between all of the stress of moving and relocating, our haven for those not-so-arty days has been the amazebobs selection of Berlin playgrounds that we have at our disposal. And in fact they are so bloody creative that I think it probably does count as being cultural.
(Gleisdreieck Park)
(Hexenspielplatz, Schoeneberg)
There are literally hundreds of them. They range from the wee Kinderspielplatz tucked in between big Altbau buildings or on local squares, to wonderfully themed playgrounds with enormous & terrifying structures to clamber all over. Our new apartment is in the district of Schoeneberg and so very close by are the Hexenspielplatz (Witches playground), complete with a witches hut and cauldron, a Rubber playground with a lot of rubber stuff to climb over and one which is Wild West themed. We have yet to go to the Wild West one but we will soon. Where we stayed in Kreuzberg we also had a nice selection of smaller ones near Bergmannstrasse and bigger ones at Gleisdreieck Park, all of which Milo enjoyed.
I am in awe of how many there are, how creative they are and how fabulously easy this makes my day sometimes – those days when we just have to leave the house but don't want to venture too far. It pleases the small one so much and in the end leaves me feeling rather chuffed that he is so utterly satisfied. Being a mere year and half old Milo is limited to the smaller equipment in the bigger playgrounds but he still doesn't seem to mind. They mostly seem to be able to cater for kids right from baby/toddler to older kids. The big themed ones are definitely perfect for bigger children. If you want to see for yourself how many there are and where, take a look at this website http://www.ihrspielplatz.de/Karte/default.aspx. In addition there are some reviews of the big ones on the website Berlin for all the Family.
So there you go, and here are lots of pics of exactly that. A small child thoroughly enjoying himself in the Berlin playground. Sometimes I really don't think he would mind if we did this every single day ;).
(Hexenspielplatz, Schoeneberg)
(Hexenspielplatz, Schoeneberg)
(Hexenspielplatz, Schoeneberg)
(Chamissoplatz, nr Bergmanstrasse, Kreuzberg)
(Wasserturm playground, Prenzlauer Berg)
(Leather playground, Schoeneberg)
(Viktoria Park, Kreuzberg)
(Hexenspielplatz, Schoeneberg)


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|Can I make out with you? NO
Can I make love to you? NO
Could you tell me a story? NO (not only do you tell me no, you scream at me)
Can I touch you? NO
Could you please touch me? NO
I could have found a roommate at any time in my life. I would rather have a WIFE. A PARTNER. Someone who not only loves me, but wants and desires me in return. Every time I hear that "NO" (regardless of how it is said, or the words used to say it) another piece of me dies inside. Another hole pierces my heart. Another bad memory haunts my mind at night to fuel my insomnia. Another brick goes into the wall that I build between us, to shield me from the hurt and rejection.
I'm certain that the next time you need something from me, I'll hear your sweet voice calling... "Honey, Sweetie, Putle, or Pute Pute." And like the trained dog I've appatently become to you, I'll eagerly come running, eager to please. I'll get a hug, a kiss, and maybe a long hug or pat on the back. But if I dare let my gaze linger longingly a moment too long, or I initiate a tender touch that implies my desire for you, I'll receive some sort of reaction that will communicate the all too familiar "NO."
I love you with all my heart, and I know you love me too. Every day I reaffirm my choice to love you.
I am still glad I married you, and will be faithful to you till the day I die. I wouldn't change that fact. But I honestly could never have believed that when I heard you say "Yes," followed by "I Do," that it would eventually lead me to living a life repeatedly filled with the word "NO" every time I need and want physical intimacy with you.
Even worse. A life where a "yes" comes only after days, weeks, or months of begging; or because you feel obligated, or guilted, into it for whatever reason. Then you either "give it up" or tell me its time as you sulk towards the bedroom as you tell me "come on, let's get this over with." I hate hearing those words come out of your mouth. They hurt almost as much as hearing "no;" because it feels like I'm forcing you to do something you can't give to me on your own.
I would like for you to honestly ask yourself the following questions: When was the last time you initiated any kind of sexual contact with me? When was the last time you touched me? (Not the last time you let me touch you, or the last time you let me have sex with you. But, The last time you reached out with your hand, and intimately touched me.)
When was the last time you showed me that you wanted, or desired, me?


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We are very pleased to announce that GridSME will provide the Nevada Irrigation District with NERC/WECC Compliance guidance and assistance. The Nevada Irrigation District represents one more California hydroelectric provider in GridSME's growing portfolio of hydro clients along with Placer County Water Agency, Merced Irrigation District, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission), Yuba County Water Agency, and Modesto Irrigation District.
Formed in 1921, The Nevada Irrigation District is headquartered in Grass Valley, California, a picturesque and historic California Gold Rush town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, 60 miles northeast of Sacramento.
NID is an independent special district operated by and for the people who own land within its 287,000-acre boundaries. NID provides service in an expansive geographic area that makes the district one of the largest in the State of California. NID has a generation capacity of 82.2 megawatts, produces an average 375 million kilowatt hours of energy each year, and sells its electrical output to the Pacific Gas & Electric Co.


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John McGahern - Creatures of the Earth
- Allan Radcliffe
- 7 December 2006
John McGahern
Creatures of the Earth (Faber)
In his best-known novel, 1990's Booker shortlisted Amongst Women, John McGahern's protagonist Michael Moran reflects: 'The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.' This epitaph could just as easily have referred to the characters that populate his four volumes of sparse, penetrating short stories, collected for the first time in 1992 and re-issued here in light of the Irish writer's death from cancer earlier this year.
Again and again, McGahern's wry authorial voice mulls over the constricting values of Irish society, from the role of the church to patriarchal politics. Yet, it's the author's quiet, acute sympathy for his characters which makes this collection so rewarding. From the man who confronts his father with his new wife to the teacher looking back with regret on a life spent in a sleepy backwater, McGahern brings their dilemmas to life with incisive wit.


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Madhya Pradesh is considered as the heart of the India. There are many tourist spots and ancient caves. Each rock shelter represents the ages. Madhya Pradesh encompasses a few of the ancient caves. Let's take a look at some of the historic caves of Madhya Pradesh.
Photo by johndbritton
Pandav Caves –Pachmarhi
Pandav cave is an important landmark in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh. The mythology behind the cave is the Panch Pandav brothers of Mahabharata, with their wife Draupadi had spent a part of their life here for about 13 years. A low hillock, sandstone rocks are the significance of Pandav Caves. These 2500 years old caves override an attractive garden. The entire caves and the picturesque attract the tourists very much. Avenger Bike Ride and Horse Ride are the enjoying factors for the kids. Many photographers can be seen in the Pandav Caves who click professionally and offer the picture within five minutes to the tourists.
"Draupadi's Kuti" is a broad and airy room on the first floor of the cave. It is said that the Pandav Queen Draupadi used the room for the refreshment. The second floor contains four rooms which were used by the Pandavas. "Bhima Kothari" was the darkest room occupied by the mighty Bhima. The meditation room in the caves vibrates with echo effects.
Bagh Caves – Dhar
Bagh caves are a group of nine rocks monument situated in Kukshi Tehsil, Dhar. The cave is popular for Mural paintings. The ceilings and walls of the Bagh caves were covered with a dense mud plaster in orange color. Lime priming and paintings were done on the plaster. This technique is called as Tempera Technique. Murals of Bagh represent the Golden Age of Classical Indian Art.
The history of Bagh caves states that before the discovery of the caves, it was a home to many tigers. That's why it has been called as Bagh caves whereas Bagh means "Tiger" in Hindi. After some period, the caves became inhabit of people, meditation center, and worship places for Buddhist priests.
Bhimbetka Caves – Raisen
You may sight Bhimbetka caves in a tiny town called Raisen. The caves have been located about 45 km to the South Bhopal city and they have been in the midst of lush greenery.
As per the historical records, it has been told that Bhikbetka caves were found on a site of Buddhist. It has been listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 2003. Bhimbetka caves have been the 22nd world heritage site in India. In the caves, there is a large painting collection and ancient art are found. On the walls of the caves the paintings are depicted which is certainly not a routine art. One could find the cluster of five natural rock shelters with beautiful paintings that depict gathering and hunting activities. Visiting the caves in between September and March will make the tourists enjoy the historical site without any climatical issues.
Udayagiri Caves –Vidisha
Udayagiri caves are located 10 km from the Vidisha Town. The caves comprise a chain of 20 caves where one can see the Jain and Hindu sculptures from the Gupta Period between 4th and 5th Century AD. In this small hill, intricate sculptures could be seen. This U-shaped plateau is located next to the River Bes. Out of 20 caves, 14 caves are being protected by the Archeological Department of India. The most famous structure of the cave is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a boar, the Varaha sculpture. Alexander Cunningham reckoned the Udayagiri caves in the 19th century. The caves 1, 3,4,5,6, and 13 embellished with inscriptions and architecture.
Bhartrihari Caves
Bhartrihari caves, Madhya Pradesh is on the Shipra River banks, near the popular Ujjain Temple Gadkalika. "Bhartrihari" was the famous sage and the cave derived its name from him. The caves have been the historical charm which attracts plenty of tourists to the place. The lucid water of Shipra River adds beauty to the massive caves. Inside the caves, a small temple is situated which is being a shrine for the Nath community people. Thousand of devotees assemble here to pay homage to the prophet. One can find the Natha Sadus surround the caves with huge tents, sitting around ritual fires.
Featured Photo by The U.S. National Archives


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I'd like to begin this post by saying I'm a huge fan of Rum cocktails. I use a variety of spirits throughout any given shift at work, but I'm definitely stoked when someone comes in and tells me to make them something with Rum.
The Dark and Stormy is a very well known cocktail incorporating Black Rum, Ginger Beer, and fresh lime juice. The People at Goslings have gone as far as to trademark the name "Dark and Stormy" which calls for the drink only being made with their signature Black Bermuda Rum. That being said, this variation is not a true Dark and Stormy, but one that I feel gives the original a serious run for its money.
The difference in this cocktail is the introduction of Cruzan Black Strap Rum in place of Goslings. Cruzan is much darker, almost a jet black color. The flavor is extremely heavy on the molasses. It's like sugarcane sprouted legs and ran over to kick you in the teeth. Definitely an amazing take on a traditional black rum.
I also insist on a quality Ginger beer. I feel Bundaberg, an Australian import is one of the best available.
So here's what you'll need:
-pint glass
-1oz fresh lime juice
-1 bottle Bundaberg Ginger Beer
-2oz Cruzan Black Strap Rum
Begin by pouring the fresh lime juice into your glass. Add ice.
Pour Ginger Beer until you are nearly to the top of the glass. Now carefully layer your Rum over everything.
Garnish with a lime wheel and enjoy!


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Though physically wet, rain failed to dampen the spirits of those who participated in Stitch-by-Stitch's Unsettling Canada Day Sewing Circle -- held in solidarity with Unsettling Canada 150 National Day of Action by Idle No More and Defenders of the Land. With umbrellas and soggy red thread in hand, a group of 20 to 30 intrepid stitchers spent three hours in Queen's Park embroidering the text from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's 94 Calls to Action onto Canadian flags.
I first began embroidering the Calls to Action onto Canadian flags on June 2, 2016 -- the one-year anniversary of their release. After about eight months of embroidering alone, I put out a call to friends and community groups in Winnipeg to see if anyone wanted to join me in embroidering or to host a TRC Sewing Circle and Reading Group that would combine the task of embroidering the Calls to Action onto flags with reading aloud from the TRC's 388-page Summary Report. The response has been enthusiastic. To date I've held sewing circles at the University of Winnipeg's greenhouse artlab, ArtsJunktion, the Tallest Poppy Restaurant, Artfest, New Directions, in private homes, and now, in a public park. With each circle I learn something new and am always touched by the sharing of skills, care and knowledge.
Though I originally titled the project, "Reconciliation: A Call to Action," over time I became concerned with the overuse -- or misuse -- of the term "reconciliation" as a feel-good concept detached from grounded acts of redress. With "Stitch-by-Stitch" I hope to emphasize the necessarily care-filled and time-demanding labours that both embroidery and critical reflection demand. The project is a work in progress. To date, the embroidery on 22 of the project's 58 (44 of the calls) flags is complete and the remaining flags are in various stages of process. Like its task-based labour aesthetic, Stitch-by-Stitch's unfinished status is a reminder that as a praxis of redress, reconciliation is an ongoing process that requires collective and sustained labour.
Big thanks to everyone who came to the Stitch-by-Stitch Unsettling Canada 150 Sewing Circle. I'm immensely impressed by all the dauntless stitchers who continued through several downpours! Embroidering with sopping wet threads and prune fingers is a new one for me.
For more details, visit the project's website and Facebook page.
Text by Helene Vosters. Photos by Elizabeth Littlejohn.
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I am now in Madona, Latvia, preparing to race a few Scandinavian Cups in about a week, but I have a few more pictures to share from the Czech Republic.
First of all, if any of you readers have been browsing WJ/U23 skier updates, you'll probably have seen references about the very strange hotel we stayed in. The Babylon Hotel. It has a waterpark, bowling alley, club, mall and many resident animals, in addition to its 1000 hotel rooms. I don't think many photos have been shared of the hotel, so here are a few of mine, with focus on the animals:
And a few buildings from the city of Liberec.
Finally, a few comments about the 15k pursuit race, which happened last Saturday. I finished 19th in the race, which was solid but I had been hoping to be able to pull off a slightly better result. It might have helped my post-race feeling if I had not narrowly lost a sprint finish for 18th place. While winning a sprint finish can partially redeem a bad race, losing one can put a slight damper on an otherwise good race.
The start and the classic section particularly were crazy. We started in a 5-lane chevron, which is narrower than usual, and quickly were funneled into 3 tracks to climb the first hill right out of the stadium. I've been in many chaotic mass starts before, between US Nationals, NCAAs, college carnivals, and the Canmore World Cups, but the bottlenecking and accordioning in this one were quite extreme. Certainly the course was the same for everyone, but the people at the front of the pack had a little more freedom of movement than those of us at the back. During the first and second laps, I was near the back of the lead pack, which was quite large, and I was getting flung off the back occasionally, only to have to catch back up. It was reassuring to be skiing in the same vicinity of the pack as Sophie at the beginning of the race, but we weren't able to work together much, and she got caught in a tangle and fell back a little after that. In the skate section I caught and worked together with two Estonians and a Swedish girl, and it was fun to at least have a few other people around me who kept pushing the pace. There were a few big uphills that compressed the field, as least visually, and it was cool to be able to see the leaders as I raced… that's not something I've been able to do during World Juniors or U23s before, and I really do think I'm getting closer to the leaders in these mass starts. Lastly, but not at all least, thanks to all of the wax techs and coaches for their tireless work during WJ/U23s!


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Tata Zest or Vw Polo or ford Aspire?
By: Adarsh on 30 april 2015
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Hello Adarsh..
Tata Zest feature 1.2L petrol engine with 85PS power output. Its loaded with latest technology and features like LED Daytime running lights designed to make a distinguishable statement on road. The unique and expressive lines from grilles to headlamps and reach the side panels submerged into rear ends.Signature LED Tail lamps gives out unique and long lasting effect on onlookers. Its a truly updated modern compact sedan worth the money spent.
Team Autoportal
Well, if your choice is between Tata Zest, Polo and Ford Aspire, then, we will surely recommend Tata Zest to you. It comes with a 1.2L petrol engine, and gives a power output of 85PS. Also, it comes with the latest technological features, such as LED Daytime running lights, amazing grilles, headlamps, etc. The LED tail lamps are also quite good looking. Overall, the car is a modern compact sedan.
VW Polo is the hatchback and Zest and Aspire are compact sedans. Zest is yet to be launched in India. The pricing of Zest and Polo is almost same and aspire is expected to be in that league. The Polo has a premium looking cabin but offers lesser features than Tata Zest in the same money. Overall fit and finish is though better in polo. On Engine front, Polo petrol is behind Tata's 1.2 Revotron motor be it the power of torque. However, it is polo diesel which feels more powerful and refined than Tata's. However, Zest's diesel has a peak torque delivery on a wider RPM range and it is surely a plus. Service and maintenance of VW cars is surely costly than Tata's.
Ford Aspire is probably the best looking of the lot, but nothing can be conclusively said about its performance as it is yet to be launched. Between Zest and VW Polo, Polo is surely the winner if overall design ergonomics and cabin quality is talked about. Tata's Zest is good on engine front though but Polo is also not any behind. The GT series of Polo surely beats Zest hands down in terms of power and torque. The fuel efficiency of Polo is surely lesser than the Zest. However, ownership cost of VW cars is higher due to high service costs. If a decent mid level car is thought of in price range of 5-6 lakhs, bot Zest and Polo are good options.
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November 2011 Email concerning Arab SpringPosted: February 27, 2012 Filed under: ww3 | Tags: arab spring, dramatic period, economics, egyptian revolution, google, government, hosni mubarak, liberal, mainstream media, physical isolation, politics, revolution, sphere of influence, strategic imperatives, vanguard position, ww3 Leave a comment
The true cause of the arab spring according to Stratfor
"Early 2011 was a dramatic period in modern Egyptian history. The
mainstream mediaa**s narrative on the Arab Spring portrayed popular
uprisings as the driving force that swept away the regime of Hosni Mubarak
and opened the door to democracy. But a closer examination indicates that
the rules of the past still apply. Concentration of power, physical
isolation from the outside world, and dependence upon outside forces for
economic security remain the trifecta that drives Egyptian society and
governmental development.
To understand the Arab Spring one must first understand the factors that
led to it. This is a discussion that must begin, not with the aspirations
of those that protested in Tahrir square, but with the strategic
imperatives of the military, the true vanguard of the Egyptian state.
Nassera**s plan to elevate the military as the vanguard of society worked,
but in years after Nassera**s death the military itself shifted position.
Rather than partnering with the Soviets to create a regional sphere of
influence, the military evolved its vanguard position in Egyptian society
into a system of ossified control. The state still owned nearly everything
of worth, but it was managed by and for the benefit of the military brass.
Everything from banks to import/export to agriculture — already heavily
influenced by the military under the vanguard system — was consolidated
into a series of military oligarchies. Rather than working to elevate
Egypt economically, the military oligarchs mostly divvied up the local
spoils and lived large.
This was a stable system from the late-1970s until the mid-2000s.
Egypta**s shielded geography limited the ability of any international
economic interest to challenge the military staffsa** personal fiefdoms.
Egypta**s partnership with the Americans mitigated international pressure
of all sorts, and in many ways even Egypta**s ostracism from the Arab
world due to its treaty with Israel allowed Egypta**s generals to rule
Egypt however they saw fit.
As (now deposed) President Mubarak aged, however, an internal challenge
arose to the military oligarchy in the form of the former presidenta**s
son, Gamal Mubarak, who wanted to transform Egypt from a military
oligarchy into a more traditional Egyptian dynasty. Doing this required
the breaking of the militarya**s hold on the economy. Gamal and his allies
— often with the express assistance of international institutions like
the World Bank — worked to a**privatizea** Egyptian state assets to
themselves. This process was a direct threat to the militarya**s political
and economic position at the top of Egyptian society. The military also
viewed Gamal, who never completed his military service, as a political
neophyte, incapable of understanding and managing the countrya**s security
The result was the a**Arab Springa**. In the months leading up to the
January demonstrations, Egypta**s top generals were delivering very stern
ultimatums to the president to abandon any hope of passing the reins to
Gamal while looking at their options to unseat Mubarak via more
unconventional means. The military strategically positioned itself early
on in the demonstration as the honest broker and guardian of the
protesters, taking care to avoid a violent crackdown on the demonstrators
while Mubaraka**s internal security forces were vilified on the streets.
Such a light hand was not due to lack of capacity, but due to lack of
need. The demonstrations provided the generals with the means to dismantle
the Mubarak legacy, the biggest liability to their own livelihood, while
maintaining the paramount role of the military.
But perhaps the most central indication that the a**revolutiona** was
misconstrued comes from the participation levels. On the day that Mubarak
ultimately stepped down the protests reached their peak. By the most
aggressive estimate only 750,000 people — less than 1 percent of the
population of densely populated Egypt a** took to the streets. In true
revolutions such as that which overthrew Communism in Central Europe or
the shah in Iran, the proportion regularly breached 10 percent and on
occasions even touched 50 percent. In short, Egypta**s Arab Spring was a
palace coup, not a revolution."
Anti-Globalist Supporters Left and RightPosted: October 19, 2011 Filed under: anti-global, Uncategorized | Tags: anti-elite, anti-globalization, austin tx, bolivarian revolution, conservative, Dennis kucinich, globalization, gran colombia, hugo chavez, intercontinental network of resistance, liberal, nafta, natural order, new world order, Norbeto Bobbio, populism, power elite, ralph nader, reform party, ruling class, tower of rebel, united discontent 1 Comment
Left/Right is defined typically in the terms best explained by Norbeto Bobbio
Left historically shows support for the ideas that social and political institutions are socially constructed with the power of human reason, and using workable schemes through reason equality can be achieved. Right historically have been more reluctant to reduce existing inequalities because they are part of the Natural Order. They are skeptical of the power of Reason to change, and they affirm the traditional and custom based derived natural order of power.
The Right
The Particularist-Protectionist Right
The economic nationalism of Pat Buchanan and Lou Dobbs and Pat Robertson and Ross Perot, embraces populism. Populism is defined as a political ideology that articulates anti-elitist positions involving some kind of exaltation of "the people" mixed with appeals to people's "common sense" and "moral decency" Right wing populists such as Buchanan demonize transnational corporate elites while at the same time launching xenophobic attacks (a drawback of populism). Populism is often fueled by peoples legitimate grievances that dominate everyday life but links and deflect popular discontent away from positive social change by targeting only small sections of the elite or groups falsely identified with the elite"
Reform party emerged in the mid 1990s brainchild of Ross Perot, winning 19 percent of the national vote in 1992. Most famously Texan Billionare Perot opposed NAFTA convinced that is carried 'the virus of globalization'. Buchanan inherited the remains of the Reform Party in the summer of 2000, suceeding ross perot as spokesperson of the anti-globalist right.
"Darwinian world of borderless economy, where sentiment is folly and the fittest alone survive. In the eyes of this rootless transnational elite, men and women are not family, friends, neighbors, fellow citizens, but 'consumers' and 'factors of production'" – Patrick Buchanan
"greedy global mandarins who have severed the sacred ties of national allegiance head the council of foreign relations and the business roundtable. 'their elitist conspiracy has eroded the power of the nation-state and replaeced it with a neoliberal new world order" – patrick buchanan
Although buchanan recieved only 1 percent national vote in the 2002 presidential election, variations of his message continue to resontate in a country where 78 percent of the population have not travelled to another country in the last 5 years, and 26 percent follow foreign news closely.
— this view has been moderately ill-represented in the anti-islamist movement even though it initially dealt with the influx of immigration and open borders
Gerhard Frey's German Right-Wing Extremism
The DVU (deutsce volksunion) German People's Union was founded in bovaria in 1971 as a right-wing umbrella group by Dr. Grehard Frey, a neofascist millionare publisher who has been providing most of the party's funding.
"We adamantly oppose any cuts in social spending, and strongly resist the neoliberal agenda to turn Germany into a low-wage class society like Britain and the USA. An increasing number of people in these countries have to cope with "Third World"-style living conditions while a small minority of billionaires and multimillionaries are earning mre money than they could possibly spend. German Chancellor Schroder wants to introduce this perverse culture to Germany too. There is no way we will ever tolerate this" – DVU document
The document goes on to note that Germany, by itself, would not be powerful enough to stop the spread and influence of transnational corporate elites and bankers, and that a regional agency of "ordinary europeans" would have to be developed to co-operatively tackle the NEOLIBERAL UN IMF take over, but this european co-operative would look nothing operationally like the UN or EU.
United in their opposition to a neoliberal internationalism, sovereign european nations would voluntarily appeal to form an anti-imperialist blog against the further spread of American-style globalization. Moreover they would "actively support popular movements in many other countries of the world against so-called 'globalization' which is in fact an Americanization of the world" Similarly explicit antiglobalization statements are routinely inserted in NPD (national democratic party) promises to "build a new Germany out of the rubble of liberal capitalism"
The Left
Hugo Chave'z Bolivarian National Populism
After spending 20 fears fighting ultra-leftist guerillas, teaching sports and history at the military academy in Caracas Chavez ultimately came to the conclusion that the tradional Venezuelan party system was too corrupt to be reformed. Taking advantage of his new assignment as the commanding officer of a parachute regime Chavez attempted to overthrow the democratically elected President Carlos Andrez Perez. His attempt failed instantly, but when he appealed on television he made a strong enough support among his countrymen to be pardoned 2 years later by President Caldera.
Chavez still believed the electoral aspect of Venezuelan politics was too corrupt to run for president (with whats happened to Buchanan, Paul, Nader, and Perot its easy to see the electoral failings) but, when it became clear in 1998 that large segments of the population supported his national populism, he changed his mind. Assuming the leadership of Patriotic Pole, he embarked on a rigious electtion campaign. In 1998 he was elected with 56 percent of the vote and immediately issued a decree for a national referendum on the elections for a national constitutent assembly that would be gven the task of drafting a new constitution. This passed with 80 percent of the vote, and in july 30 2000 Chavez was elected a six year term as "Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela"
By the 1980's Venezuela's foreign debt had skyrocketed, giving the IMF the opportunity to link further loans to the implementation of a comprehensive economic program that included strong dregulation measures and drastic austerity budgets. The implementation of this neoliberal agenda led to significant price increases for basic goods and services, ultimately sparking large uban riots in 1989 and 1996, during which police forces and state troops killed thousands of protestors.
Throughout the 1990's neoliberal globalization filled the coffers of Venezuela's tiny wealthy elite, whereas the vast majority of citizens experienced a noticeable drop in their living standards, by the time Chavez campaigned for president nearly 80 percent of Venezuelans lived in poverty, unemployment held steady at almost 20 percent (with 50 pecent of workers languishing in the "informal economy"), and the violent crime rate had exploded to fifty murders per weekend in the capital city of Caracas.
Chavez's political message took aim at two targets: Venezuela's elitist and corrupted political system perpetuated by the established parties, and the "savage neoliberalism unleashed on the South by Northern globalist forces."
Chavez believed that Latin America's best bet was to form military and political alliances with nations in the Middle East and Asia in order to counterbalance the power of teh globalism most evident in teh U.S. Based "Jewish financial mafia"" 'the only way to fight neoliberalism is to unite". Chavez admitted his aim is nothing more than to realize the old dream of nineteenth century Bolivar, Gran Colombia. It would be an important foundation to challenge the etsbalishments of the united states and the european union.
Ralph Nader + Dennis kucinich
Ralph Nader from back in 1994
"Q: There must be firms or forces in society that you have decided now are more malignant than you thought 25 years ago, and companies on the other hand that actually have improved and are behaving better. There must have been some changes.
A: With the collapse of communism and with the absence of any alternative way of ordering private property and using public assets, we're entering into a generation of global power of the multi-national corporations. There's no society that's able to withstand commercial western culture. Perhaps fundamentalism and Islam is trying to do it…. But that's going to be the challenge now, whether democracy is going to be up to it. Whether these giant corporations are going to be able to respect instead of erode and control democratic processes and these new trade agreements like GATT and the World Trade Organization are not encouraging. "
Dennis kucinich interview:
"Okay. Last question, you got, you really got me started thinking about globalization and you have opposed, I believe, globalization treaties as they stand. And I've grown to really feel that globalization is bad for America and bad for Third World countries. Where do you stand on globalization now?
Kucinich: Well, first of all, let's take a broader perspective. I see human immunity as being an imperative. I see the world as being interconnected and interdependent. And then all of us are one. That we are one organic whole as people worldwide that transcends the nation-states, religion, culture.
There really is a spiritual unity and an organic unity much the same as Einstein promoted a unified field theory of the physical universe. There is the same kind of unity in the social universe. Now, the fact that trade organizations have developed are not necessarily a bad thing.
However, when the organizations were developed the intention of being able to lower wages, lower standards on human rights and worker's rights, lower environmental- quality principles; that's a problem. So the North American Free Trade Agreement, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank all work together somewhat synchronously to lower standards of living, to increase corporate control over nations, to strip the wealth of nations and into the, towards massive privatization programs, to impose upon the people of the world the structural readjustments of lower wages, and lower benefits, and lower expectations, to bring about a measure of control of nation-states, which end up being antithetical to the organizing principles of those nations.
So do these international structures have to be that way? No. But they ended up that way because they're leading the cause of international finance and international capitalism, which is essentially amoral and about maximizing profits at the expense of human values. "
Intercontinental Network of Resistance
The inter-continental meeting in 1996 in the chiapas mountains featured over 5,000 attendants and was called upon by Subcommandte Marcos, the closing remarks speak for themselves
"But what next?
A new number in the useless enumeration of the numerous international orders?
A new scheme that calms and alleviates the anguish of having no solution?
A global program for world revolution?
A utopian theory so that it can maintain a prudent distance from the reality that anguishes us?
A scheme that assures each of us a position, a task, a title, and no work?
The echo goes, a reflected image of the possible and forgotten: the possibility and necessity of speaking and listening; not an echo that fades away, or a force that decreases after reaching its apogee . Let it be an echo that breaks barriers and re-echoes. Let it be an echo of our own smallness, of the local and particular, which reverberates in an echo of our own greatness, the intercontinental and galactic. An echo that recognises the existence of the other and does not overpower or attempt to silence it. An echo of this rebel voice transforming itself and renewing itself in other voices.
An echo that turns itself into many voices, into a network of voices that, before Power's deafness, opts to speak to itself, knowing itself to be one and many. Let it be a network of voices that resist the war that the Power wages on them. A network of voices that not only speak, but also struggle and resist for humanity and against neoliberalism .
The world, with the many worlds that the world needs, continues. Humanity, recognising itself to be plural, different, inclusive, tolerant of itself, full of hope, continues. The human and rebel voice, consulted on the five continents in order to become a network of voices and of resistances, continues."
Globalism and American Empire, its roots up till 2001Posted: September 11, 2011 Filed under: anti-empire | Tags: American Empire, anti-empire, anti-imperial, capitalist, debate, democracy, economics, equality, freedom, globalism, imperial, imperium, liberal, maintain, politics, self-determination, towerofrebel, world war II Leave a comment
"Both 'empire' and 'imperialism' derive from 'imperium' a latin noun reffering to 'power' and 'command'. After the long reign of Caesar August that marked the final demise of the Roman Republic in the early first century CE, imperium signified the Emperor's 'legal power to enforce the law' a function he would routinely delegate to his chief military leaders and civil magistrates. Operating within a Hellenic cultural framework, the Roman inherited the Stoic conception that an empire was universal, in the sense of partaking of universal reason, and, therefore, valid for all societies. Hence, the concept of imperium implied a universal humanitarian mission of "Spreading civilization" to the rest of the World. Romans were convinced that only the complete conquest and civilization of all "barbarians" residing beyond the borders of the empire would ultimately lead to a harmonious union of the world's peoples under Roman leadership, thus establishing peace, order, and justice on earth."
"With the modern spread of liberal capitalist democracy and its professed ideals of freedom, equality, and national self-determination, 'empire' aquired the rather undesirable connotation of political oppression and coercion–a charge most vehemently rejected by those powers that seem to deserve it the most. With the end of the colonial era after World War II, the world's powers claimed to seek benign influence rather than domination. American and Soviet leaders eagler attempted to substantiate their assertion that their respective nations were not involved in an "imperialist" enterprise by pointing to the lack of what had always been seen as the hallmark of empire: direct or indirect political rule over formally annexed or incorporate external terrorities"
– Manfred Steger


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