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• Woman Lives With Lions
• The Palace of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
• 30 Things That Are Banned In Iran
• Epic Fails - Part 11
• Bioluminescent Lake Glows Blue in Australia
• High Voltage Job

Woman Lives With Lions Posted: 19 Jan 2011 06:31 PM PST Ukrainian Tatyana Efremova shares her house with three small lion cubs.

The Palace of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Posted: 19 Jan 2011 06:02 PM PST Supposedly, these are leaked photographs of "Putin's Palace" that is built near Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea. This mansion is almost finished, judging by the pictures. Its construction is worth $1 billion, according to Russian businessman Sergei Kolesnikov who announced this number in his letter to President Dmitry Medvedev. Prime Minister's press office denies that this building belongs to Putin. Inside this post, you can see outside and inside photos of this beautiful, luxurious and huge mansion built in Russia. Source: ruleaks

30 Things That Are Banned In Iran Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:36 PM PST Well, some of these restrictions are ok. For example, pork and alcohol that are forbidden by Islam. But why Gmail and Batman?? Mullets Gmail Gay Sex Valentine's Day Spiked Hair The DaVinci Code Grills Skinny Jeans Tattoos YouTube Pet Cats Barbie Harry Potter George Michael Kenny G Batman Jorts Facebook Cleavage Neck Ties 300 Studying Political Science Ponytails Rap Alcohol Pork Protein Supplements Brightly Colored Clothes Pet Dogs Mannequins

Epic Fails - Part 11 Posted: 19 Jan 2011 05:07 PM PST Here is a new set of the best and the most epic fails. Enjoy. Previous parts: Epic Fails - Part 1 Epic Fails - Part 2 Epic Fails - Part 3 Epic Fails - Part 4 Epic Fails - Part 5 Epic Fails - Part 6 Epic Fails - Part 7 Epic Fails - Part 8 Epic Fails - Part 9 Epic Fails - Part 10

Bioluminescent Lake Glows Blue in Australia Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:40 PM PST Due to a certain chemical reaction caused by "vital activity of organisms" in Gippslend, Australia, the Bioluminescent Lake caused the water to glow in blue. The majority of many reactions occurring on the planet is due to mankind's pollution; however, this is a glorious miracle that can has only been witnessed in Australia. Should you happen to be down under soon, take a dip in the Bioluminescent Lake and make this one part of history you'll never forget.

High Voltage Job Posted: 19 Jan 2011 04:36 PM PST Electricians have no margin of error. Their high voltage job is dangerous, as not only they have to work at height, but they also have to deal with HV wires and cables.

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SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog

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32 SEO Tactics to Avoid in 2011 Posted: 18 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST Posted by Lindsay With all the excitement and planning that comes along with a New Year, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with newfangled ideas. You probably have a long list of  SEO tactics in the pipeline for 2011. Finding the resources, whether time or money, is the real trick. The point of this post is to minimize your to-do list by covering 32 SEO tactics that you shouldn't focus on. If any of these buggers have made it onto your 2011 task list or are still lingering in the queue from years past, go ahead and cross 'em off. They won't help you reach your goals and some of them can even hinder your progress. If you are still looking for things to do, check out these New Years post for ideas. 2011 SEO and Social Media Checklist by Jennifer Horowitz on SEJ. 7 Predictions for SEO in 2011 by SEOmoz's own Rand Fishkin. 10 Google Adwords Features for 2011 by Kunle Campbell at Fuzz One. Alrighty then, lets get on with the list of things for you to take off your list. 32 SEO Tactics to Avoid in 2011 Hiding Stuff On-Page There are a hundred ways to hide keywords and links from your users' view and still have them reside behind the scenes on a web page for the search engines to crawl. Some of these methods are smarter than others, but the collective mind of Google's web spam team is smarter than all of them. From just plain silly to downright sneaky, numbers 1-5 in this list of SEO tactics to avoid, we cover off some of the most well known methods for hiding copy and links. At best, you could experience a small, temporary boost from some of these tactics. At worst, you'll land yourself a penalty. Do not... 1. White text on a white background (I know what you're thinking, but black on black won't work either.) 2. Hidden text over an image  3. Hiding text with CSS 4. Linking/keywording in tiny text (font size '0' doesn't work either, smarty pants) 5. Linking from a hyphen, period, comma, or any other little character Keyword Stuffing There are a number of ways to overdo your keyword usage beyond the hidden methods mentioned above. Here are a few to give you an idea of the type of things to avoid. Do not... 6. Use the Meta Keywords tag. This is a giant waste of time. 7. Use your Title Tag as a place to list keywords. 8. Fill up your Meta Description with keywords, forgetting about click-thru rates 9. Name your images with the character limit in keywords 10. List every city and zip code within a 10 hour drive 11. Put 2000 words of keyword rich content below the footer 12. Keep track of your keyword density (Thankfully, I've heard a lot less from eager website owners on this topic in 2010 than I did in 2009.) Link Network Schemes If your link building plans involve any of the following, you need to do a little more research on link building. :) Do not sign up for... 13. Link Schemes 14. Reciprocal Linking 15. Link Farms 16. Link Wheel 17. Link Exchange (unless it is a real and substantial business partnership or relationship) 18. Three Way Linking (or Two-way, Four-way or any other way) Other Link Types to Avoid Ah links. It isn't just the networks that are a waste of time. Here are some other link acquisition tactics to avoid. Do not... 19. Forum/comment spam (thanks Rob) 20. Submit to thousands of directories for $12.42. 21. Segment your content and launch sub-domains so you can link to yourself Publish/Index as Many Pages as Possible Just because you have 4 million pages doesn't mean they should all be indexed. Just because you have come up with a list of 800,000 keywords and misspellings to describe pepper mills, doesn't mean your e-commerce site should have a web page to represent each. Quantity is not quality. More pages in the index does not mean more traffic. Here are a few SEO tactics to remove from your to-do list. Do not... 22. Try to get the search engines to index all of the search result pages on your site. 23. Publish a new page for every single keyword target. Google Local Tricks Google Local is still fighting spam that works, which I won't be covering here. Lets not perpetuate the issue, right? Here are a few things that they've figured out and should be avoided altogether. Do not... 24. Place location keywords in your places page categories. 25. Create a bunch of Google Places pages that all list the same physical address. 26. Torment your customers so you'll get plenty of (negative) reviews. (this one got a lot of attention late last year) 27. Provide different keyword rich business names to local sites. Random Uselessness Take these ideas straight to the curb. No recycling please. Do not... 28. Measure your website's strength or success with PageRank. 29. Find out which pages are ranking well and never touch them again. 30. Blindly target keywords just because your competitors are. 31. Submit to hundreds of search engines automatically for $9.99. 32. Use robots.txt to control robot access (I've harped on this before) If anything here is on your 2011 SEO tactic list, go ahead and cross 'em off. See how I'm helping you out?! No doubt I've missed a bunch of old-school spam. For example, I'm certain I haven't covered every type of link scheme that has ever existed. Let us know what I've missed in the comments below. I'm a tweeting machine as I put together blog posts. Thumbs up to the tweeps who helped me out with ideas on this post - TomSchmitz, gfiorelli1, pizzaseo, hyderali_, leadingdir, AlanBleiweiss, randfish, clairecarlile, JSBANZ, Joe_query, RobOusbey, bryantdunivan, and lyena. Happy To-Do List Trimming! Images from ShutterStock Do you like this post? Yes No

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What Everyone Should Know About Health Care Reform

Good afternoon, Today the House of Representatives plans to vote on repealing the Affordable Care Act, landmark health reform legislation that President Obama signed into law last March. My White House colleague Stephanie Cutter explains the harmful effect repeal would have on the nation’s economy – and your own pocketbook – in our latest White House White Board video: President Obama is willing to work with Democrats and Republicans to improve the Affordable Care Act, but we can’t afford to go backward. It’s fair for all of us to ask, “What does health reform mean to me?” – particularly if you already have insurance you like. Without the health care law, we would return to the days when insurance companies could deny, limit or cap your care.  Insurance companies could continue to place lifetime limits on coverage even if you need it, increase premiums without any accountability or recourse for consumers, and deny children health care due to pre-existing conditions.   Under the law, families will pay less for their insurance premiums than they would if the law is repealed. An insurance company that tries to implement an unreasonable premium increase will be forced to publicly justify it.  And your premium dollars will go further thanks to a provision of the law that requires insurance companies to spend at least 80 percent of your premium dollars on your health care, rather than executive compensation and advertising. Health reform is about much more than protecting American consumers – it also boosts the American economy, lowering costs and creating jobs.   And since the health care law was passed last year, our economy has created over 1 million private sector jobs and has grown at an average annual rate of 2.7 percent.  There’s a lot more work to be done, but repealing the Affordable Care Act would be a step backward for our economy. In fact, Harvard economist David Cutler estimates repeal would cost us between 250,000-400,000 jobs per year, which means millions of new jobs lost over the next decade.   As conversations about health reform bubble up in news shows and at water coolers over the coming days, I hope you’ll find this information helpful.  Everyday we’re working hard to implement this important legislation, and we will certainly keep you updated with our progress. Sincerely,   Nancy-Ann DeParle Director of the White House Office of Health Reform   This email was sent to e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com. Unsubscribe e0nstar1.blog@gmail.com | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111