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What are the things to keep in mind while hiring a web development company?
Tags: Website Development, Web Development Services, Web Development Company, Wesite Design

What are the things to keep in mind while hiring a web development company? TechCentrica Feb 22·2 min read

When you realize that you need a website or mobile application, then the next thing that you ideally do is hire a web development company.

With a quick internet search, you can easily find hundreds of companies offering such services.

But, the matter of fact is that not every company can cater to your specific need.

Hence, in this article, we would be discussing the things to keep in mind while hiring a web development company. Let us have a look:-

· Experience & support

If you are hiring a web development company, look out for the years of experience under their belt.

Other than this, they should provide good technical support such that your website is kept running all the time.

In this way, end-users would have a memorable & smooth experience while visiting your website.

Also, do ask them if they can provide you with security updates & backups.

Lastly, it is a good idea to hand over your project to a company operating for a long time.

· Programming language

A major aspect involved in developing a website is using different kinds of frameworks and programming language.

So, you can specify the programming language in which you want your website to be built.

You need to ensure that your hiring company has hands-on experience while working on that particular language.

Additionally, you can ask them about the languages & tools they would use to make a website for you.

· Portfolio

It would be best if you went through the portfolio of the web development company you will hire.

In this way, you would get a fair idea about the work they have done in the past.

Try to look out at the fundamentals of the website and see how they are performing. In this way, you would have a clear idea while in the future.

· Look out for the customer reviews.

Customer reviews can be of the best ways to judge if a company is good or bad.

Over here, you will find customers saying about the services provided by the company.

If possible, get in touch with some of the previous customers that they worked with.

Final verdict

Above are some of the aspects that you need to keep in mind while hiring a web development company.

You can ideally find several companies online offering web development services. But, the one that truly stands out is TechCentrica.

The reason is that they have a bunch of trained programmers having years of experience under their belt.

Other than this, their charges are also quite competitive concerning the services that they provide.

So, in case you have any questions to ask, then do let us know in the comment section.
How to build a secure WordPress Website: A Complete And Free Step-By-Step Guide
By: Arunika, The Places You, Ll Fly
Tags: Website Building, Wordpress Web Development, Website Development, Seo Training, Blogging For Business

Over the past few weeks, I have created a new WordPress website, moved it from WIX and optimized it. WordPress has a heavy learning curve and there are so many things to learn.

In the process I had to hunt a variety of different videos which give the answers and the processes in a simple and effective way to get everything done including, building the website, getting a domain, securing it to HTTPS, SEO optimization in WordPress, transferring all my data from WIX to WordPress, connecting it to google console, adding Facebook and Google login and enabling commenting, redirecting my WIX data and everything in between.

The issue is that many of the videos are either old (and not relevant anymore) or weren’t the complete guide. As and when I started to face issues I had to go and find the best guide to get over that particular hurdle. These are all the guides that worked and hopefully this is a one stop guide to everything you will need to set up a working website on WordPress.

Here you can find the compilation of every resource that I used and are the best (in my opinion) in one place.

I would suggest going through the entire post and all the options before you buy a hosting plan and start building your website.
How Long Does It Take to Make a Website?
Tags: Website Development, Website, Website Design

How long does it take to build a website? The amount of time varies depending on the goal, size, and complexity of the project. Moreover, projects of the same type differ from one another. Someone may spend months preparing content for an otherwise ‘simple’ project whereas others build an online store within days leveraging the benefits of WordPress.

It’s possible to predict with pretty good accuracy how long it will take a developer to build a website, as long as it’s not too complex.

To know what price and timeline to expect when you’re ordering a website, you need to account for the scope of the site and your expectations on quality, and also be aware that not all developers are equally fast.

A Basic Website Timeline

The website development timeline consists of several stages. The amount of time spent on each stage corresponds to its set of objectives and complexity.

Discovery and planning (80+ hours)

Content Creation (80+ hours)

UI/UX Design (48+ hours)

Web Development / Coding (16+ hours)

Beta Testing & Modification (8+ hours)

Official Launch (8+ hours)

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Assessment by the Type of Website:

Regardless of the project’s scope, it’s crucial to establish a timeline of stages and objectives to ensure the optimal result within the shortest amount of time. The developers should establish delivery on time and budget. If you wish to get your website launched in a timely manner, try to have at least the product requirements and content ready beforehand.

Many developers cite 30–45 days as a ‘normal’ time frame but also agree that software development is dependent upon too many factors. An experienced PM should help you to consider all the factors and estimate the optimal time and cost to build your website. Contact Onix — we’ll be happy to help!
What is Landing Page and How to Optimize It
By: Annissa Manystighosa
Tags: Website Development, Landing Page, Ecommerce

Landing pages are a very important part of any website, especially e-commerce. By optimizing this landing page, you can increase your traffic and conversion rates. Obviously, you’ll need to tailor this page to your target audience, but there are some basic marketing guidelines that apply to landing pages with a various niches. This article will discuss a complete landing page guide, especially for those of you who have e-commerce websites.

First of all, what is a landing page?

Landing pages in the SEO dictionary are pages where visitors “land” or come from other sources, such as search engines or social media. Basically this page needs to be optimized to generate certain reactions and interactions with visitors, such as buying a product, subscribing to a newsletter, or perhaps clicking through to another page on your site.

Of course, there are various ways to get your landing page to get more traffic and have high marketing value. In this article, however, we will focus primarily on how to increase the conversion rate which will affect the number of enthusiasts for your product.

Determine the focus of the landing page

Focus is very important on your landing page because this is where you maximize marketing points such as selling products, offering services, or building a brand image.

Make sure you only have one focal point. If people come to your landing page because they’re looking for the sneakers you offer on your e-commerce site, then optimize this page in a way that guides potential customers to the checkout page.

To determine the focus of a landing page, it’s relatively easy. Find out what people are looking for from the most keywords in demand. For e-commerce sites, the landing page for that product should focus on the ‘Add to Cart’ button, this trick is also known as a call-to-action. Think carefully about the placement, color, and text used as call-to-action buttons.

Read more about How to Optimize Landing Page for E-commerce in cmlabs blog. Don’t forget to subscribe to get notification for new articles!
Hello Oxiun // Hello World
By: Oxiun World
Tags: Social Media, Website Development, Community, Influencers, Generation Z

What is Oxiun?

Oxiun is a website-building software that allows influencers or brands who already have an engaged following to build a personal website and brand yourself.

With Oxiun, you are able to migrate all your social channels under one domain and give your community the MOST interactive experience ever.

How can influencers benefit from having a website?

With a website where followers from all your social channels could visit, you are able to

Capture your traffic from multiple dimensions including number of visits, unique visitors, their interested pages/ content, etc.

Generate statistics to analyze your influence and audience when pitching for brand cooperation.

Increase the interaction between you and your followers via tools like Discord and Twitch.

Find creative ways to leverage your data. Spin them and position yourself as someone of value and influence!

Why you need a website to retain your followers?

Quantifying your reach and influence over your followers and community is key to monetizing it. A website will allow you to measure your brand influence more effectively.

A personal website is a valuable tool to include when pitching brands and setting your rates. Social media influencers who have websites are more likely to land deals and reach their goals.
Manually Migrating Remote WordPress Site to Flywheel Local
By: Isabella Chen
Tags: Wordpress Migration, Local By Flywheel, Website Development, WordPress

I had troubles migrating my Wordpress site from Bluehost to my local environment following the standard tutorial. I made a backup of my site, which consisted of the wp-content folder and a folder with the sql files, zipped them and dragged and dropped them into Local. Each time, I got an error message “Error Importing Site: Sorry, we couldn’t figure out what to do with the import file provided. Please extract it manually.”

What I ended up doing in the end was creating a brand new site in Local and making sure to select a custom environment. Setting MySQL version to 5.5.60. This is because newer versions of MySql enforce strict mode and I had some date-time values in my database like 0000–00–00. If you want to use the latest version of MySql, you can turn off the No_Zero_Date validation.

I went into the folder and replaced the wp-content file of the brand new local site with the wp-content file from my backup. Then, I went into Adminer and began importing the sql files manually.

Screenshot of Database tab for individual local Wordpress site in Flywheel’s Local

Before you import, you have edit the sql files if the database name of the old site is not the same as the new one in Flywheel. For example, my database on Bluehost was called db42, so all the tables were prefixed with db42: db42_posts, db42_postmeta. You have to edit the queries in the .sql file so that all references to db42_ are replaced with wp_.

Changing the SQL query so the tables in the new site reflect the expected naming of the database in Flywheel’s Local

After editing the queries, I imported the sql file into Adminer and the table wp_options was created.

Initially I encountered some issues with the website — for example, the thumbnails of the images were not displaying, and the images in the image library still linked back to the original website on the web. This turned out to be a problem with portions of the sql query from some tables still referencing the old database prefix.

The wp prefix is alright for local installations, but before going live, you might want to consider changing the database prefix for security reasons.
Was the Communist Soviet Union a Failed State?
Tags: Soviet Union, Democracy, Communism

Was the communist Soviet Union a successful model for government?

Yes it was, if you go by achievements from 1917 to 1991, 70 plus years.

Its achievements in science, industry, education, military, mass jobs, mass housing, mass healthcare were without parallel.

There were failures too, and the central command economy (as opposed to Western capitalist/market liberalism built around the consumer) is probably the biggest example.

But for those ‘kal ka chokras’ who claim Communism never took off, here’s a ready reckoner.



Probably the biggest achievement of the Soviet Union was high quality education for all, which led to some staggering scientific achievements.

From the first satellites and space rockets to the first plasma engines and laser guns, the USSR led the way. One could argue no country in history has achieved so much in science and technology, after the Industrial Age (1750–1900) in England.

Some other achievements:

- After WW2 hunger was eliminated in the Soviet Union. The predecessor, the Russian Empire, had famines quite often.

- Homelessness was extremely low. There was no extreme poverty in the late Soviet Union.

- There was no unemployment. One could get a job pretty easily.

- Crime rates were low.

- Soviet Union had state medicine, ordinary people could get even complex surgery for free.

- Many people got new apartments easily, from the state-run home construction program.

- The USSR developed a quite big and sophisticated heavy industry. It was capable of building many things many countries still can’t (heavy industrial machinery, trains, helicopters, aircrafts, submarines, missiles…)

So what happened? Why did the Soviet Union disappear into thin air in 1991?

As historian Adam Ulam would note later, that “in 1985, no government of a major state appeared to be as firmly in power, its policies as clearly set in their course, as that of the USSR.”

I think what went wrong, in two words, is Mikhail Gorbachev.

Of course there were many historical blunders, both long and short term: the central command economy, the lack of accountability (“We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay” was a famous Soviet saying), Brezhnev (who frittered away the gains of 20 years of oil supremacy), and so on, but Gorbachev single-handedly undid 70 years of progress in 5 years, from 1985–1990.

Looking back at Glasnost and Perestroika, there is little doubt that these reforms, intended to strengthen the economy and transform the political system, instead undermined the very foundation of the Soviet Union.

But that’s another story.

The point of this article is not to demonstrate Communism works, but a look backwards at a communist state that had major achievements.

Can Communism succeed in 21st cent.? Unlikely, I think its ‘use by’ date is over. Though you could say that of 20th cent. capitalism too.
Communism : In Need of Adjustments
By: Yeoss
Tags: Education, Communism

Okay, so the general idea is that Communism doesn’t work, right?

Well, that’s because it’s ideas are abstract and vague, and not very clear, and yeah.

Ideas such as “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” are pretty neat and work well.

Ideas like Common Ownership and similar, regarding land ownership, etc, usually fuck up the ideology due to it being prone to abused use, so it can be manipulated.

Although, that’s what I’ve been told.

People have a very close-minded view on Communism.

Although ideas like Collectivism are not very efficient. (I am an individualist, in case you’re wondering.)

My Primary School (Eastleigh Primary School) worked in a Collectivist manner, so nothing was tailored to individual’s needs, and we all had to work the same way, thus resulting in a slow school year where shit barely got done.

Then I got to my High School, which I am in now, it uses a different Education System, my Primary School used GDE standard systems.

Whilst my High School uses Impaq.

Because it is tailored, shit get’s done fast, I’m already done with the year’s English work.

Anyways, Communism needs some changes to work better :

Change to Individualism.

Moderate and be clear on Common Ownership idea.

Etc.

Congratulations, you now have an eternal Proletariat state.
Spiritual Gurus are the true leftists!
By: Devil S Advocate
Tags: Sadhguru, Communism, Liberal, Leftist, Krishna

The whole of left cabal in India feels threatened today by India’s spiritual gurus as they are systematically exposing the hypocrisy of the so-called liberals. Recently, Sadhguru had spoken in a public Satsang and called himself a ‘leftist’.

The so-called liberals have been twisting in their underwear ever since and now Mr T M Krishna, considering himself to represent whole of the ‘left’ community, resorted to a desperate tirade against Sadhguru on this.

I used to admire Mr TM Krishna as an artiste but using cheap abusive tactic is just sad. If there was indeed a healthy debate on this ‘left’ versus ‘right’ wings in India, all social segments could benefit with new insights coming to the fore.

It appears Mr Krishna engaged in his diatribe without having much clue about Sadhguru’s work on social and spiritual fronts. In his own way, Krishna has actually confirmed what Sadhguru said about some of India’s so-called liberals that they cannot be accepting of anyone else’s opinions.

Resorting to abuse and name calling indicates a sore, defeatist, attention-seeking attitude. I will instead try and present a logical argument on why I feel that spiritual Gurus like Sadhguru have always been the true ‘leftists’ at heart and in their deeds.
Twaddle. Uber brings taxi service to those who couldn’t afford a taxi before.
By: John Birch
Tags: Taci, Uber, Communism, Csb, Taxi

Twaddle. Uber brings taxi service to those who couldn’t afford a taxi before. And brings rides into neighborhoods that have never seen a taxi. The passenger knows who the driver is and the driver knows who they are. Anyone gets hinky, driver or passenger, and they are banned from Uber worldwide. Many women are now free of the schedule and route tyranny (and criminal activity) on public transit. At least in Chicago it’s not a small number who benefit from Uber. Everyone seems to use it at least occasionally. And no one who has even used the low end Uber X Pool has ever said “Gee, wish I had taken the bus, only two transfers and I would have been four blocks from home an hour from now.” Or “How thoughtless, if only I had a little patience, and didn’t mind being driven off route for a couple of miles, I could have been in a beater cab watching the meter count to infinity.”

As to the drivers being exploited, you really have the full Soviet mind set. Many Uber drivers do this as a side gig. Many would rather have less pay and more time off. If use the club of government to get rid of Uber you do know those drivers don’t magically switch to a high paying union job? Or even want to. It’s not like you remember in the motherland where if the state stopped a line of work they just told the workers their new job tomorrow was on the glue line at People’s Cardboard Factory 5935.

No, the Uber drivers lose the income, no job magically appears, cars get repossessed, kids go hungry, mothers on their way to work get robbed and raped. But look at the bright side, those worthless taxi medallions become gold again. The rich are back in cabs, the former Uber clientele are choosing between bus or bike. And the rain starts.

They put a name to their pain: Paris Marx, a mom d’plum but still easy to find, look for the the one patting themselves on the back.
Rising of the Snakes- Moumita Alam
Tags: Socialism, Tfr, Communism, Poetry, India

Source: Google

the sweats of the foreheads run down

cross the knuckles to meet with dusts

thousands hearts praying in unaffiliated hymns

of one religion of proletariats

to shake up the mound of the clay of sweat

into millions venomous snakes.

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the snakes will retrace the roads

the bare footed have travelled

and

will poison the minerals of gold cups

will kill their square meals

will gulp down the fats,

the accumulation of the labourers’

blood.

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the iron built mansions of the

sadagars have to have holes

the snakes will rise to melt

their cornucopias into bones

of the impoverished

and the mansions become

the skeletons of the tuberculosis,

silica lies in tons there.

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the snakes will plough their lawns

harvest the ripen skins

of these bourgeoisie

to make the first shoes for the walking people

to walk on their destiny

the bottle gourds will brim

with the smooth hands, fingers, tongues

that write the death knell of

the voiceless.

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the snakes will pierce into the ears

to eat the brains of the worms

the brains that let these fuckers

destroy the paddies with weevils

and let the sowers buy

their own fruits.

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the snakes will enter their penises

will bite their testicles

incapacitate those machines

that bulldoze million

manoramas;sisters,mothers

of those walking foreheads.

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come close walking hearts

sing the hymn of the

working souls with devotion of those

rough,cracked palms

to let rise these million snakes.

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the right time never comes.

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ABOUT THE POET

Moumita Alam is a non conformist waiting to see a new dawn when the marginalized will rise and shatter palaces of the fascist. She also teaches English in a school
The perpetual pain of living in a in a dystopian, communist country ruled by Third-Worldism
By: Tanya Akkari
Tags: Venezuela, Communism, Venezuelan Politics, Dystopia, Poverty

Today’s post is not about discussing writers, poets or philosophers. It’s about opening up and expressing the feelings that a country like Venezuela can cause on its inhabitants.

I am not going to talk about the typical problems of not being able to have savings for a house, or a car (because, unlike normal countries, the salary that a graduated professional can aspire to is about $40 a month, and that’s not the minimum wage stipulated by government law). Today, I’m referring to the homeless. The elder, the children, mothers, adolescents, families and so on.

The amount of homeless people (and others who, despite having a roof to sleep on, no longer have money to eat) is staggering. When I was a child, there where some, as every city has… but they were so few that one could actually remember them and recognize them. Nowadays, that’s simply impossible.

There are so many children, grandmas and adults wandering the streets that one can’t keep count on them. And every time you see them, there it goes. That feeling of sadness that gives you goosebumps. All you see on their eyes is anger, hunger, desperation and sadness. I can’t speak for everyone else, but at least, I can say that every time I look in their eyes, it’s like they could steal a small piece of my soul.

It’s truly saddening to know that, as long as the communist regime that leads my country remains in power, there will be more and more impoverished people who will eventually become homeless. Its maddening to know that you can only help a few.

And this is just one of the “little” things that leave sequels in one’s mind. There are images that I will never be able to erase from my mind: grandparents dressed as complete civilians (not in rags), walking in the street and opening the garbage to rummage.

A young man in a bank uniform running to a trash can from a restaurant to find something worthwhile. In a country like Venezuela it is not necessary to dress in rags so that people recognize a hungry person: 80% of the population is hungry.
Is Venezuela a socialist or communist country?
Tags: Venezuela, Socialism, Communism, Socialist, Government

Is Venezuela a socialist or communist country?

Neither. It is a combination of socialism and capitalism, just like it is in virtually every country in varying degrees. Let me explain.

Communism is a classless and cashless society, that you can not find in Venezuela or anywhere in the world. You still have the rich and the poor in Venezuela. Also, the state or the people are not in control of all the means of production. So communism is out of the question.

Socialism stresses the people’s ownership of means of production and capitalism streeses on individual ownership of means of production. None of the two (socialism and capitalism) gave any opinion on market economy (aka free market ) or none market economy. So you can be a socialist state and still have free market. You want proof? PepsiCo, McDonald’s, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co and GM are US companies in Venezuela, of course, they are there to make money, which they won’t make in a communist or socialist state.

Venezuela has the largest oil reserve which is owned by the people. People often confuse dictatorship, totalitarianism and corruption in otherwise acclaimed socialist states as socialism. Venezuela has had its own share of bad governance and external interferences which altered their path to progress.

Again, with large deposit of oil, the government and the people tend to neglect other economic sectors like agriculture, technology etc. They have the sell oil, make money and share it mentality. It is retrogressive at best.

Of course, when the people put a lot in the hands of the government, without a proper checks, there will be abuse and consolidation of power.

Venezuela is more of a capitalist state than socialist state as more than80% of their GDP is in private hands. They are no more than socialist than the United States. The notion that Venezuela is socialist is not based on facts.
Millenials are the first truly global generation.
By: Marxist Dialectic Forum
Tags: Socialism, Communism, Revolution, Millennials, United States

Millenials are the first truly global generation. To us, things like borders have become obsolete.

We grew up with technology like the internet, Aquaponic farming, automated production, etc., etc.. These technologies could END world hunger, END world poverty, END war, END human suffering. There is a reason we favor socialism.

The internet has destroyed the propaganda apparatus that the wealthy class has used against the working class since the dawn of civilization... The fact that a normal dude from Michigan can create a page on Facebook and thus far attract a widely diverse audience from places like India, South Africa, Britian, the U.S., and Brazil (thank you all by the way ✊). Has proven to us WITHOUT A SHRED OF DOUBT that 95% of the planets population is just normal people with similar needs and wants... We ARE NOT "terrorists" or "boogeymen" or "brutes" or "barbarians"

In fact, we have more in common with the normal people of other nations than we do with the wealthy people that rule over us...

That is why socialism will win... Technology has subconsciously sown the seeds of a truly free world into our youth.. and those seeds WILL NEVER be uprooted... ✊✊
Why do individualism and capitalism fail to protect our Earth?
By: Shubhankar Kulkarni
Tags: Individualism, Communism, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Capitalism

Do you even consider global warming an “issue”?

(Image source: Wikipedia commons)

Simply put, individualism is where “you” come first, before your state.

Capitalism is, again, where “your profits” come first, before the state.

In both these cases, you control your decisions in your day-to-day life. In most of the countries, the state does not (directly) dictate that you should eat brown bread for dinner today. It does not tell you to wear clothes of a specific color on specific days of the week. The state only intervenes when your individualism harms someone else’s. (Note: That does not mean capitalism and individualism are harmless to other humans. There are a number of debatable reasons for that. I am not getting into that here.)

In a capitalist nation, the capitalists hold control over the economy, the land, the environment, the environmental lawyers, the hence, the environmental law. Those who think environmental law is above everything (currently, in most countries), are surely mistaken.

Individualism entails thinking for oneself. We necessarily put our individual problems first and try to solve them. One can think about issues that the environment faces, only when they have food on their plate. A person who is starving for 2 days will not put the wrappers lying outside a garbage bin inside the bin. He will enter the bin and look for thrown-away food, whilst throwing unnecessary items out of the bin. His problems end where things like “environment” don’t even start. Forget global warming!

For one to understand things like global warming, they should not be thinking about starvation or a place to stay for the night.

The world is coming together as we speak. Is it a good thing, a bad thing? Only time will tell. Earlier we had different empires, different institutions, and they were at war with each other. Now we have inter-convertible currencies, trade across the globe, and an infinite number of interacting humans across the countries. People across the globe stood with Greta Thunberg against global warming. They also held protests for “black lives matter”. US citizens stood against their own government to stop the war in the Middle East. These are examples of the world uniting. This is how far we have come. And this is not the end. The world will unite further. Another thing that unites the world is the global organizations that fight for a cause.

Is this sufficient to stop/reverse global warming?

What happens when you put your state before yourself? More number of people are alike and they have common problems. If their basic needs are ensured, they are able to collectively fathom concepts like global warming. Only then, an environmentalist behavior prevails, which has a chance of tackling such problems. No amount of law enforcement and policing can solve such issues.

What we need is a united world, where most of the people share their problems. And they share the problems of the Earth!
Building a new Human society based on Nature’s template
By: Zsolt Hermann
Tags: Society, Communism, Humanity, History, Capitalism

Opinion from the Internet on human society, development:

“Given past history and our current take on governmental options it just seems we are past the anarchy of the cave dwellers and the monarchies of the early “modern" period and have settled upon either capitalism or socialism (and it’s more well organized cousin Communism) as the choices in today’s world.

I suppose it’s well and good to hope or look for new methods of organizing society but don’t see anything in your comments suggesting anything concrete, unless your failure to recognize my inclusion of socialism in the “powerful become rich" scenario means you reject it and think socialism can be made more egalitarian than it is in practice anywhere in the world we know.”

You are right, within our available human toolbox, according to our inherent nature we don’t have other options.

There is the interesting Chinese experiment, trying to fuse capitalistic elements into a hardcore Communistic system — which by the way seems more progressive, effective right now then western capitalism — but it fail as well as everything we ever tried.

I keep pointing back to the root cause, which is our inherently “cancer-like", insatiable, selfish, egotistic nature which created and then corrupts everything we do. As long as we follow our inherent nature building we will continue our helplessly recurring vicious historic cycles until we truly self-destruct — which is not that far away now.

Thus our only solution is changing our human nature, our consciousness, perception of reality first. And not according to our own distorted, subjective, egocentric minds as we did so far.

We have to change according to Nature’s finely balanced, integral template, we have to adapt ourselves to evolution’s direction towards increasing mutual integration.

A better, sustainable human society — a globally integrated one — resembles how the cells, organs of our biological body works, otherwise there is no survival in Nature’s fully integrated, interdependent system.

We have to learn how to use, harness, channel the awesome power of the selfish, human ego to become a positive, constructive driving force in such a Nature-like, fully integrated, mutually responsible, mutually complementing society.

This is not a theory, philosophy, this is empirical, natural science.

And it is so practical, that as we speak thousands of small “Nature-like" cells around the world are learning how to change, upgrade, adapt ourselves accordingly. These cells will be the founding blocks of the new human society as the present one continues to decline, deteriorate.

https://youtu.be/HE2DpkkxkfU
Let Freedom Ring
By: Andrew, Avraham
Tags: Freedom, China, Communism, Dictatorship, Human Rights

I saw this van with all this messaging about “Communist China.”

Guy from the truck asks me:

Do you know what CCP is?

Not having heard that acronym, I started to mumble something about communism, and before I could finish, he goes:

It stands for Chinese Communist Party.

He continued:

That’s dictatorship. Do you know what that is?

I responded:

Of course, and the people want to be free.

He goes:

Yes, freedom! We want freedom.

It’s hard to believe that a generation ago the Cold War ended, but here we are still with people battling Communism and repression of basic rights.

How lucky we are in America, Israel, and other western countries to live in freedom and have basic human rights.

People around the world fight and die trying to earn their freedom, and we wake up with it every day, and it’s just there for us.

It’s an incredible blessing to be free to think, speak, worship, and live how we choose.

We have to safeguard freedom and even fight for it: to have it, to keep it; and we should use it wisely to do and grow good in the world. ;-)

(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Book Review: Quotations from Mao Tse-tung
By: Gursimran Hans
Tags: Mao, China, Communism, Ccp, History

Colloquially known as the Little Red Book in the western world and widely distributed during Chairman Mao’s cultural revolution, Quotations from Mao Tse-tung is a collection of speeches and writings from the CCP leader published in the 1960s and 1970s.

In Hong Kong, it is not that difficult to find, being available from several street vendors and some museums.

The book was compiled by the People’s Liberation Army and distributed to delegates in 1964 before being expanded after feedback.

By 1967, the book was available throughout the world having been picked up by international publishers.

Accurate figures on popularity are hard to come by due to it being obligatory for Chinese citizens to own, read and carry a copy at all times during the Cultural Revolution.

In modern China, it is mainly used as a piece of nostalgia but is given out as a gift in certain situations.

In terms of reading it, the book is a lot shorter than its page numbers would suggest due to its size. I must admit, however, it was not the most riveting read. I read it to engage myself in a political debate and learn more about Mao’s philosophy but I found it presented very little in the way of arguments. It more or less attempted to assert its views by arguing ‘capitalists just screw over the proletariat’ or words to that effect, so I was left disappointed in that regard.

I also have to say some of the content appeared to directly contradict some of Mao’s policy. He spoke about the importance of open dialogue and education but the Cultural Revolution saw people thrown in prison for questioning policy, even if they generally supported Mao and the party and particularly teachers. It is also has a section to justify dictatorship, arguing otherwise counter revolutionaries would undermine the state.

I can’t say it was very gripping either, I was only able to read about three-quarters of it. Obviously, modern China is very different to the one Mao built and envisaged, largely thanks to reforms both politically and economically thanks to Deng Xiaoping. Deng, made it possible for children of condemned counter revolutionaries to take exams to access higher education, with the chance previously being taken away from them under previous administrations.

If you can read this book and remain engaged throughout, it offers a good snapshot into the CCP under Mao. And this of course, has had a role in building modern China as we know it.

Rating — 2/5 stars.

Next book to review: Policing Hong Kong: An Irish History by Patricia O’Sullivan.
The Cuban dictatorship trades with China, Venezuela, Spain, Russia, Lebanon, Indonesia, and…
By: Nadia Asencio
Tags: Cuba, World News, Communism

The Cuban dictatorship trades with China, Venezuela, Spain, Russia, Lebanon, Indonesia, and Germany, amongst other nations; in addition, the United States gives millions of dollars of food and medicine to the Castro dictatorship annually. So, “the 60-year sanctions” don’t prevent the dictatorship from procuring syringes. Or food. Or medicine.

“The 60-year sanctions” don’t prevent privately-owned Cuban businesses from trading with America or American companies; but of course, the dictatorship doesn’t allow privately-owned Cuban businesses. So.

The Constitution of Cuba is a farce; the dictatorship remains in power and the disappearance of hundreds of Cuban protestors in the past month is proof enough of that.

In reference to the “Special Period in a Time of Peace,” what can I say that I haven’t already addressed? The Soviet Union dissolved and Cuba lost the communist superpower that once fed and clothed it. China stepped in. But food is aplenty in Cuba; the rations are for the citizens. Tourists can enjoy a wide variety of delicacies and always have, as food is reserved for foreigners.

There wouldn’t even be a need for food imports if Cuban citizens were allowed to farm, fish, or raise livestock to feed themselves and to sell on the market; but again, the dictatorship forbids that. So far as the Cuban dictatorship is concerned, the common people can starve; and they do.
Which site is the best to earn money online?
By: Remas Hamed
Tags: Earn Money Online, Money, Best

Making Money Online is only possible because some companies are ready to place some work. Nowadays, approximately 40% of people are making money on Online. So, here I am sharing some best money making websites that I tasted myself:

Upwork — If you’re a freelancer, or you’ve become one due to losing job, you might want to look around Upwork and look and see if anyone is hiring for gigs that you would be good at. Mostly teenager is supporting themselves and their families by doing this.

— If you’re a freelancer, or you’ve become one due to losing job, you might want to look around Upwork and look and see if anyone is hiring for gigs that you would be good at. Mostly teenager is supporting themselves and their families by doing this. Fiverr — This is also a popular website that can be helpful for freelancers. You can sell or buy gigs on Fiverr just for $5. It starts with this and if you get enough popularity or fame, you can increase the rate.

— This is also a popular website that can be helpful for freelancers. You can sell or buy gigs on Fiverr just for $5. It starts with this and if you get enough popularity or fame, you can increase the rate. Etsy — Are you crafty? If you’re artistic and are the type of person who can make custom jewelry or refrigerator magnets with the best of them, Etsy is the place to sell your products. For the rest of us, we must find another website to go to, so we can earn money to buy things from the crafty entrepreneurs at Etsy.

— Are you crafty? If you’re artistic and are the type of person who can make custom jewelry or refrigerator magnets with the best of them, Etsy is the place to sell your products. For the rest of us, we must find another website to go to, so we can earn money to buy things from the crafty entrepreneurs at Etsy. TaskRabbit — Are you willing to get your hands dirty? People come to this site to find those willing to do various tasks for them, such as putting together a bookcase or running an errand for them. Do as many tasks as you want, and this could become quite a part-time job.

— Are you willing to get your hands dirty? People come to this site to find those willing to do various tasks for them, such as putting together a bookcase or running an errand for them. Do as many tasks as you want, and this could become quite a part-time job. Cardpool — This is a popular site for selling gift cards. Maybe some of the gift cards you got last Christmas have sat around unused, and you don’t think you’ll ever use them. Well, tell Cardpool what you, they’ll make you an offer and if you agree, you can exchange it for cash or, ironically, another gift card. Keep in mind, the site only accepts cards with a value of $25 or more.

So, completely you can earn money from this website if you are able to do some.
Independent Business Partner
Tags: Earn Money Online, Work From Home, Business

Independent Business Partner, you work independently and earn high commission by selling products and services of Career Mantra. The primary responsibilities of an IBP are to recommend Career Mantra services, courses & products to prospective buyers like entrepreneurs, startups, businessmen, students, working professionals, etc. based on their needs.

Easy To Earn Money: Earn 1lac-5lac per month based on the time you invest. You will be directly in charge of your earning.

Pull Products To Sell: Our products have a strong need in the market. You don’t need to push people. You just have to understand their concerns.

Get Technology Support: You will get the Tablet to showcase the products to the customers.

LMS & CRM Support: To manage your leads, payments, & learning modules.

PROCESS OF IBP:

Free Registration: Register yourself free at our website. After your successful registration, our team will contact you in the next few hours.

Shortlisting of IBP: After the verification of your details. Our team will contact the shortlisted IBP and discuss the process with them.

Selection of IBP: After the successful selection of IBP. We will share the kit and other details with you including your login portal.
Independent Business Partner
Tags: Earn Money Online, Partnerships, Business, Careers

Independent Business Partner you work independently and earn high commission by selling products and services of Career Mantra. The primary responsibility of an IBP is to recommend Career Mantra services, courses, and products to prospective buyers like entrepreneurs, startups, businessmen, students, working professionals, etc. based on their income.

Easy To Earn Money: Earn 1lac-5lac per month based on the time you invest. You will be directly in charge of your earning.

Pull Products To Sell: Our products have a strong need in the market. You don’t need to push people. You just have to understand their concerns.

Get Technology Support: You will get a Tablet to showcase our products to the customers.

LMS & CRM Support: To manage your leads, payments & learning modules.

Process of IBP:

Free Registration: Register Yourself for free at our website. After your successful registration, our team will contact you in the next few hours.

Shortlisting of IBP: After verification of your details. Our team will contact the shortlisted IBP and discuss the process with them.

Selection of IBP: After the successful selection of IBP. We will share the kit and other details with you including your login portal.
How can I earn 500 dollar online daily?
By: Lalit Yadav
Tags: Earn Money Online, Affiliate Marketing, Online, Newbie, Startup

Squadhelp

Best online earning website to do work from home jobs. Over here, you can design a logo and earn money online.

And the best part of this website is you can earn a tremendous amount over here by just suggesting unique names and taglines.

Squadhelp really pays to their clients to suggest a unique tagline and names.

Many are earning a massive amount over here in just a few minutes. So you can also start your online making through these websites.

You can also easily earn upto 1000$ on a monthly bases. So just give it a try in free time. This website is entirely free so ay can join over here.

ySense

Best online earning website online to work from home. Over here, you can easily earn upto 200$ per month through this website over here. You just have to watch ads or do an online survey of any company.

They pay on every ad you click, so this is the best-earning platform to earn from. Numerous paid survey has been posted to make money. You can earn around 1$ per online survey, which is not a huge amount, but if daily participate in 10 surveys, you will quickly grow you’re receiving over here.

Over here, you can easily earn through referrals. By referrals, you can receive massive amounts. Just share it with your friends and make money. They will pay you 30% amounts to you by referring.

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How to Make Money With Affiliate Marketing By Traffic?
By: Jamilur Rahman
Tags: Afflaite Website, Earn Money Online, Affiliate Traffic, Earn Money, Affiliate Training

Now that you have a website and joined an affiliate network, it’s the right time to start monetizing your site with affiliate marketing.

Let’s get started!

Step 1) Create Content That Generates Affiliate Revenue

In an effort to make money with affiliate marketing, most beginners simply publish some random content and insert affiliate links within the article.

That strategy may or may not work, but if you truly want to boost your affiliate revenue, you’ll need to make sure the content you publish reaches your target audience.

Your target audience is someone who wants to buy a product but not sure whether or not the product is worth it. Sometimes, the user may not even know which product to buy for fulfilling their needs.

As an affiliate marketer, it’s your job to help users discover the right product for their needs with high-quality content, help them make a purchasing decision, and then navigate them to the product website for completing the purchase.

That means your article should be targeting investigational intent keywords — the type of keywords your target audience uses on Google to research about the product they want, right before making the purchase.

For more details, you can check out our guide on choosing the right keywords.

Step 2) Promote Your Affiliate Products in the Content

Now you know what kind of content you’re going to produce: investigational. You’re looking for topics that revolve around your target audience searching for an answer to the problem they’re facing.

Once you’ve done your keyword research and have your content ideas, it’s time to start inserting affiliate links in your content.

The way that you insert your affiliate links will depend on the specific article you’re writing. It wouldn’t make sense to add affiliate links to 5 different products if you’re doing a product review.

On the other hand, if you’re showcasing the “Top 10 Tools for Solving X,” you would want to put in multiple affiliate links to increase your chances of making more sales.

The goal is to insert your links as strategically as possible.

Here are a few tips you can use to get the most out of your affiliate links’ placement: