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Best Obama Memes From The Osama Drama

Posted: 17 May 2011 12:29 PM PDT

Everyone knows the importance of an event is directional proportionate to the number of funny captioned images created.




















































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Disaster Girl Grown Up
Strutting Leo Meme
Bubble Girl Gets Photoshopped
Sad Keanu Reeves Meme
Arjen Robben Is a Ball, Your Argument Is Invalid
Everything You Need to Know about Memes


Metropol Parasol - The World's Largest Wooden Structure

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:46 AM PDT

The Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain is the largest wooden structure in the world. Designed by J. Mayer H. Architects, the monumental structure provides shade for Roman ruins, a museum, and businesses below its canopy, while pedestrians can walk along rooftop promenades. Its size is 150 x 70 meters. Photos don't do it justice–this aerial video of the Metropol Parasol at the end of the page by giraldatv gives a sense of its scale.




































Source: yatzer


Car Lover Builds Lamborghini Reventon For Himself

Posted: 17 May 2011 11:18 AM PDT

The Lamborghini Reventon was a limited edition supercar that the Italian automaker made. Only 21 cars were ever made, each sporting a price tag of $2.3 million. It could've been dream car for many but in reality very few could actually afford the car. One such fan from China was so obsessed with the F-22 Raptor style Lamborghini, that he decided to create one for himself.

When a hair salon owner first saw Lamborghini Reventon he was so impressed he couldn't think about anything else. But the price of the car was way to high for him. So he built one for himself. He bought a 1995 Nissan A31, hired three more people and 12 days later he already had his own Lamborghini Reventon. Well, it doesn't look that good, but it still cost him only US$13,850. And after it is painted it should look like a genuine Lamborghini Reventon.

















Source: imaginechina


How to chop wood without messing around

Posted: 16 May 2011 10:11 PM PDT

I don't know if the axe he's using is all that special, but he sure makes efficient use of it. On balance it's probably the elastic band that is key here.


Source: German Lumberjack


20 Beautiful Moats Around the World

Posted: 16 May 2011 09:11 PM PDT

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, typically filled with water, that surrounds a castle, building or town. Historically, it provided a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices. In later castles the moat or water defences may have been largely ornamental.

Regardless, moats are an impressive sight to behold, and any building that calls for such design is likely quite important and/or expensive. While many of the moats are found in Europe, we also check out Asia and even touch down in Miami for a contemporary spin on this largely medieval phenomenon. Enjoy!

Bodiam Castle – East Sussex England


Matsumoto Castle, Japan

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Angkor Wat, Cambodia

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Burg Gudneau, Germany

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Caerphilly Castle, United Kingdom


Forbidden City – Beijing, China

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Beloeil Castle, Belgium

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Egeskov Castle, Denmark

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Vadstena Castle, Sweden

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Bodiam Castle – East Sussex, England

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Château de Chambord, France

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Château de Chenonceau, France

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Muiderslot Castle, Netherlands

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Oerebro Castle, Sweden

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Leeds Castle, England


Bodelschwingh Castle – Dortmund, Germany

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Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark


Fagaras Castle, Romania


Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban (National Assembly Building), Bangladesh

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Home of Charles Sieger – Miami, Florida

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Source: twistedsifter


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Raising the Bar on Data Sharing: Introducing Open Analytics

Posted: 16 May 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Posted by caseyhen

On the Internet, there is one thing that is as reliable as the gold in Fort Knox: a website's analytics. How many times have you read a great blog post with amazing infographics or just a post that was very well written and wondered how much traffic that site has received from it? At SEOmoz we strive to be transparent about everything we do, but even our traffic data is something that we don't often share.

Today we're introducing Open Analytics, a new feature on our blog and YOUmoz sections that allows you to see traffic data for individual blog posts. To view the analytics data, just click the "Post Analytics" button at the bottom of any blog post.
 

SEOmoz Open Analytics
Traffic stats from Facebook + Twitter's Influence on Google's Search Rankings

 
For each blog post you will get six different stats from the time the post was published to the date you request the stats:

  • Number of visits the post has received
  • Number of pageviews for the post
  • Average amount of time our visitors spend on each page
  • The next three stats are traffic source data: direct traffic, search traffic, and referral traffic 

Why We Did It

Transparency

SEOmoz has a strong set of core values that are outlined in our TAGFEE Tenets. (You can read more about them in a post by Rand titled What We Believe and Why: SEOmoz's TAGFEE Tenets.) Since TRANSPARENCY is the first tenet, we wanted to share with you which blog posts are successful and which didn't do so well.

Education

The SEOmoz community is here to learn, and by seeing the traffic stats for each post, we can learn a great deal about the post's topic and content. Do the most successful posts contain more data, graphics, or both (infographics)? Which topics go the most viral (Referral Traffic)? Approximately how many times does one visitor revisit a post, on average (Pageviews divided by Visits)?

Belief in Inbound Marketing

We strongly believe in the power of Inbound Marketing and want to invest in those channels! We want to walk the walk by allowing you to see the traffic stats of a business that not only believes in Inbound Marketing but is actively doing it.

 

 

Expose Content That Works

Does having a video in your blog post increase the amount of visits and time on page compared with a post that only has text? You now have access to our analytics data to help you decided what works and what doesn't. Back when I originally wrote my post What Makes a Link Worthy Post - Part 1 and Part 2, I didn't have access to this data. Imagine what you can do with the data now.

Expose Bloggers To Data They Want

Many of our YOUmoz writers want to know how their posts did other than looking at the number of thumbs or comments they have gotten from our users. Now, after your post is published, you can see the true amount of traffic that your post was exposed to. Plus, let's be honest: it's fun to brag to your friends about how your post did better than theirs. 

How We Did It

We use the Google Analytics API to pull post data into our CMS, cakePHP. For those of you who have used the Google Analytics API before, you know that it can be slow to return information and the information can have a delay to it. To reduce the amount of time our community members had to wait to see our data, we converted the data from Google Analytics API into a JSON string. This JSON string is stored on our server and refreshed at a interval based on the age of the post. Newer posts get fresh updates every hour and older posts get fresh data every four hours.

For those who are interested in more information on how we executed Open Analytics, please feel free to let me know in the comments and I can go more into depth on a future blog post. 

Future Expansion

Since this is the first release, we want to hear from you on what you would like to see. Ideas that we have floated around included showing keywords that are driving traffic to the post, top referrers that send traffic, and showing historical traffic charts. Before we move forward we want to hear from you on what you would like to see. Don't be shy - we want to share information with you.


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Behind the Scenes: President Obama Surprises the Class of 2011

The White House Your Daily Snapshot for
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
 

Behind the Scenes: President Obama Surprises the Class of 2011

Yesterday, President Obama travelled to Memphis, Tennessee to deliver the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School – the winner of the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge.

Before the commencement ceremony got started, the President surprised the very excited class of 2011.

Watch the video.

Photo of the Day 

President Barack Obama surprises Booker T. Washington students before their commencement ceremony at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., May 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

In Case You Missed It

Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog.

Do You Know Someone Like This?
President Obama sends an email to the White House email list asking for nominations for the 2011 Citizens Medal, our nation's second-highest civilian honor.

The President & Vice President's 2010 Financial Disclosure Forms
The President and Vice President release their 2010 financial disclosure reports.

Launching the U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace
Howard Schmidt, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, announces the United States’ first, comprehensive International Strategy for Cyberspace.

Today's Schedule 

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

7:45 AM: The Vice President hosts a breakfast meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

10:00 AM: The Vice President meets with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan

10:30 AM: The President receives the Presidential Daily Briefing

11:15 AM: The President meets with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan

12:05 PM: The President and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan deliver statements to the press

12:30 PM: The President and the Vice President meet for lunch

1:00 PM: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney WhiteHouse.gov/live

2:15 PM: Maccabeats Performance WhiteHouse.gov/live

2:50 PM: President Obama Speaks at Jewish American Heritage Month Event WhiteHouse.gov/live

4:30 PM: The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary of Defense Gates

6:30 PM: YES: Young Entrepreneur Summit WhiteHouse.gov/live

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