sâmbătă, 16 iulie 2011

Damn Cool Pics

Damn Cool Pics


Lego Batman Batcave

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:15 PM PDT

You've got to be an expert at both LEGO-craft and Batman architecture to create a masterwork like this. And Alex Schranz is clearly both. He used around 9000 Lego parts to build this 68-brick high Batcave replica, complete with Batman figure modded to scale and a neon lamp in the back illuminate all that glorious detail.
















10 Female Celebrities Who Used To Be Hot

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:10 PM PDT

While everyone gets older, it always seems so shocking to see female celebrities age and try desperately to hang on to their good looks. Check out these sad examples of celebrities trying everything to look younger.

Whitney Houston


Meg Ryan


Tara Reid


Kirstie Alley


Janice Dickinson


Carmella Bing


Lil Kim


Mischa Barton


Nikki Cox


Jenna Jameson

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SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog

SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog


The Best Kept Secret in the SEOmoz Toolset

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 03:41 AM PDT

Posted by randfish

I'm embarrassed to say that sometimes, I really don't do a good job of putting SEOmoz's best foot forward. Case-in-point: this past week, our SERPs Analysis Tool, one of the most requested, most exciting and most useful projects we've ever crafted had a new release that now includes social data in the report. Thomas and Evan, two remarkable engineers at Moz, have done some kickass work to make sure this product can scale, handle high load requests and (usually) returns with a full report in under 24 hours (it's been returning in less than 30 minutes for me!).

At the fundamental level, every SEO has been in this situation:

Why Do These Sites Rank Here?

In trying to understand Google's ranking algorithm for a specific query, we often create hacked-together Excel spreadsheets of data from numerous sources in an attempt to identify a pattern, and hopefully, find the answer to the next question - "How Can I Get My Site Ranking Here?"

The SERPs Analysis Tool saves hours of time, and pulls metrics that would be incredibly hard to collect in one place. It makes a nice, pretty, interactive interface and it's already part of PRO. But... We've done a horrible thing and buried it in an extremely hard-to-find place. Sorry about that - totally my bad.

In the future, we'll get it fixed so that you can run this from right inside your PRO web app (which, let's face it, is where/when most of us actually need it). In the meantime, here's how to access it:

Step 1: Run a Keyword Difficulty Report

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Step 2: Use the "Run Full Report" Button

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Step 3: Go to the "Recent Reports" List

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Step 4: Look for the "in progress" Message to Change to a Link

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Step 5: Get Ready for Awesome

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The individual tabs at the top will scroll you horizontally through the report, and you can export to Excel to do even more crazy cool custom stuff with the data.


I hope that, like me, you can save yourself endless hours of metrics collection for individual SERPs using this tool. For a deep dive on an individual set of results, it's the best thing I've found. And, if you have suggestions, let us know!

p.s. One thing we're already planning is to switch out Google Buzz Shares for Google +1 count :-)


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Good morning,

Back in March, I was in the room as President Obama spoke to a group of young Americans of different political persuasions in Massachusetts. He spoke candidly and openly about the importance of compromise in our democracy — even from people who care passionately about their position.

Take a look:

President Obama speaks with young Americans. Watch the video

One quote stuck with me: “the nature of our democracy and the nature of our politics is to marry principle to a political process that means you don't get 100% of what you want.”

This is a President who believes searching for common ground is the right way to approach solving our problems. And in fact, in the divided government our country has chosen, it’s the only way we can.

Unfortunately, that view isn’t shared by everyone in Washington, DC. And you can see that right now as the President is trying to bring people together to tackle our debt and get our fiscal house in order.

This is a difficult process, and it means Republicans and Democrats need to step outside their political comfort zone and find some common ground. The President is willing to make tough cuts with real impacts, not easy decisions.

But most Congressional Republicans have dug in and demanded that the sacrifice fall only on the middle class, seniors and struggling Americans.

The President tried to make it easy for them by suggesting closing some of the most egregious loopholes for the very wealthiest Americans and special interests — so that hedge fund managers don’t pay lower taxes than firefighters and teachers, corporate jet owners don’t pay lower taxes than commercial airlines, and oil companies don’t get tax cuts at a time they are making record profits.

Congressional Republicans have not yet given an inch even though the American people, regardless of which political party they belong to, overwhelmingly approve of this common sense, balanced approach.

Our nation is climbing out of the worst recession since the Great Depression, and one of the most important things we can do to help the economy is to get our fiscal house in order and reduce our Nation’s deficit. We can’t let this moment pass us by.

Compromise isn’t a dirty word — in fact, it’s the only way our democracy can get big things done.

Sincerely,

David Plouffe
Senior Advisor to the President

P.S. In his Weekly Address, the President calls on both parties to work together to find a balanced approach to solving our nation’s deficit problem. Watch the video.  




 
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Weekly Address: Securing Our Fiscal Future

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Saturday, July 16, 2011
 

Weekly Address: Securing Our Fiscal Future

President Obama emphasizes the importance of compromise and shared sacrifice so that we can overcome our fiscal challenges and get our economy on a stronger footing going forward.

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Weekly Wrap Up

A quick look at what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov:

Compromise isn’t a dirty word: To a group of young Americans of different political persuasions, President Obama spoke candidly the importance of compromise in our democracy.

President Obama on deficit negotiations: On Monday and Friday, President Obama held news conferences on the status of efforts to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction.

Medal of Honor: Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry was only the second living person to receive the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Government, watch the ceremony.

At One Year: An update on the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

West Wing Week: Check out behind-the-scenes footage from the Medal of Honor ceremony in "Our Heroes Are All Around Us".

Open for Questions: This week, the White House hosted two live chats: one on efforts to improve federal websites, and the other on disability policy.

SAVE Award: The 3rd annual SAVE Award launched on Thursday -- a contest for federal employees to submit ideas on how to cut waste, save tax payer dollars, and make government more effective and efficient.

Sparking Growth: The Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) launched a pilot program partnering federal staffers partner with local decision makers in six cities.

Remembering Betty Ford: First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the life of former First Lady Betty Ford at an historic gathering at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California.

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