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How long does it take for SEO to work?
By: Pennink Productions
Tags: Website, SEO

It’s the question so many companies ask us here at PENNInk Productions: “How long will it be before my business is on the first or second page of Google?”

Alas, it’s a much more complex and fraught question than you might think. Even if your chosen SEO marketing agency goes as far as giving you an estimate, you can only trust them if it’s based on in-depth research.

On the other hand, if your agency casually suggests they’ll get you first-page rankings “within” or only “after” a certain period of time, you have good reason to be cautious.

Be wary of false promises

It doesn’t matter how reputable a given SEO marketing agency may seem. If they say their SEO work for you will deliver specific results despite not having even looked at your site, they’re almost certainly either novices or shysters.

That’s because no two sites are the same when it comes to search engine optimisation. It could take your site as short a time as 24 hours to rank well for a particular keyword, or it might be a two-year job. So much depends on your site and business history, location and industry.

Nor can the best-informed SEO marketing agency entirely predict when Google will suddenly decide to release another algorithm update, or even all of the effects such an update may have on existing sites like yours.

What can I do?

Well, it’s simple, really. Rather than becoming too obsessed about results that you can’t guarantee, you need to focus on the things you can control.

That means choosing an agency that maximises the chances of your SEO achieving great results in the first place, by implementing such measures as keyword management and analysis, competitor research, on-site optimisation, link building and web ranking reports.

One important thing to remember with SEO is that short-term and long-term aspects work together. Yes, you will often need to wait for big results, and it may be that you’re trying to compete with sites generating thousands or even millions more in revenue than yours.

However, a good SEO marketing agency should also be able to identify and carry out smaller changes that will enable you to enjoy some quick wins.

A realistic attitude to these different aspects of SEO is vital — and when you get on the phone to PENNInk Productions by calling 020 8144 7931 , we can get to work on helping you to achieve impressive boosts in your rankings all the sooner.
Battle for British Islam
By: Virtual Mosque
Tags: British, Islam, Battle

Battle for British Islam

A BBC Panorama documentary from 12th January 2015

In its programme ‘Battle for British Islam’ the BBC exposed the fact that there is no difference between the so called conservative Muslims and extremists. The conservatives interviewed clearly said that Muslims should segregate themselves from the rest of the community and that the punishment for apostasy is death. Unfortunately, this will not change as long as the government continues to allow faith based schools, especially where children are taught that Muslims are superior to others.

The Holy Quran clearly teaches respect for all religions including idols of other religions. It forbids Muslims from denigrating those deities, other than Allah, worshipped by others because it will hurt their feelings.

The Holy Quran does not in any of its passages instruct Muslims to kill an apostate.

All such teachings were introduced by later scholars as part of Islamic belief.

In responding to the documentary, Shahid Aziz, President of the UK branch of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Associations for propagation of Islam, said
The Difficulty of Leading Staff Remotely
By: Street Consulting
Tags: Principal, Remote Learning, Remote Working, Leadership, Education

The difficulties of teaching and learning in a remote schooling environment are many and significant. However, it is important that we don’t ignore the difficulties that this presents for leadership. Leading faculty and staff in the pandemic is fraught with many significant difficulties that we could not have anticipated. Obviously communication becomes heightened as people have an increased need to know what is happening. Remember, if you don’t tell people what is going on, they will invent a story. Second, teachers are being asked to perform in a way that they have never been trained for. You might not have the knowledge or skill to tell them exactly what they need to do, but you have to create the environment that gives them the room to try and figure it out. Asking them to just do it, holding them accountable if they don’t, and doubling their workload are all recipes for employee burnout and lack of commitment. Last, consider that most of your staff are dealing with the pandemic on a very personal level, as well. They have their own children that they are trying to support, they have their own parents that they worry may get Covid, and they are trying to create a new household routine with their own family. Make sure you give your staff the structure to check in, identify what they need, and then work to provide it. Leadership is not always about telling people what to do, in fact, it rarely is. Leadership is about helping people get to where they need to go.

When you step into a turnaround situation, you can safely assume four things: morale is low; fear is high; the good people are halfway out the door; and the slackers are hiding.”

— Nina Disesa
In less than 24 hours VectorZilla Token Pre-Sale Ends! Snow! Secure your VZ tokens now!
By: Vector Zilla Pr
Tags: Vectorzilla, Blockchain, ICO, Ethereum, Tokensale

The VectorZilla token pre-sale inching close to a successful end. You can still join our community of amazing contributors and angel investors, and receive generous bonuses.

Only two simple steps set you apart:

Step One: To buy VZT & become eligible to participate, just click on the link given below to sign-up below:

https://account.vectorzilla.io/#/signup

Sign-up and complete your KYC details

Step Two: Once you complete the signup details and verify the email id. The system will validate the KYC real time, it is quick and simple, and should not take more than 1 minute.

You will be given full access to your VectorZilla Personal Account. You can click on the invest button to view contract address and other payment options. Determine your desired amount and then make your contribution!
[Etheremon Dev Update] 2019.02.25
Tags: Blockchain, Crypto, Japanese, Art, Ethererum

A blockchain game about collecting, training, evolving and trading Monsters, built with blockchain and VR technology. Think Pokemon on blockchain.

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The Glorious Data Visualisations of Kohei Sugiura
Tags: Data Visualization

It’s taken me a while to post this and I know a few people have been eager to see the contents, so here it is:

『時間のヒダ、空間のシワ … [時間地図]の試み：杉浦康平ダイアグラムコレクション』

or

Experiments in “Time Distance Map”: Diagram Collection by Kohei Sugiura

I saw this on the brilliant Instagram account: Collectible from HongKong (a must for any lovers of rare and interesting design books). And even though my Japanese is non existent I couldn’t resist its blend of amazing data visualisations and beautiful book design. Here’s a few words from the Editor’s site, Mariko Yokogi about the book:

“Kohei Sugiura, a Japanese graphic designer leading its industry since 1950s, has published the book compiling his diagram works so far since 1960s. I joined this book project as an editor in the chapter of his talking with Seigo Matsuoka, a Japanese prolific author and director, and in other featuring chapters as well. Many designers of the same period had focused on the visualization working in the commercial field. On the other hand, Sugiura chose the cultural field like a book design, public projects and so on as the stage of his design activity. He is also a pioneer of infographics design in Japan. You can see his design philosophy in many diagram works including “Time Distance Map” he named as a general term. About spaces, cities, people’s lives and the world of classical literature, he has been showing graphically by handling a enormous amount of data for years. This book introduces them and also try to analyze them using the latest digital technique by young architect and creators. It is written in Japanese only but so much images are appeared in it, then you can enjoy his design and get to know the history or one of aspects on graphic design in Japan.”

It’s a wonderfully visually indulgent item. From the spot foil on the jacket (repeated underneath on the cover!) to the fold outs and end pages. Some of the visualisation work is truly amazing, utilizing 3D both diagrammatically and anaglyphic (for 3D glasses). Here are some of the spreads:

But it’s the diverse approaches and details that really make the book stand out.

And then there are these two wonderful fold pieces. Firstly the projection based one featured on the cover.

Then this incredible timeline. In fact it was too big for the fold out and continued overleaf for another spread.

It’s an incredible look at a master practitioner’s work exploring the visualisation of distance and time.
A Manager’s Motivation
By: John Demma
Tags: Communication, Business, Change Management, Management, Leadership And Management

I once read that self-pity is unbecoming of a manager. This is not a self-pity post.

The fact is managing people can sometimes be stressful and isolating work. It’s not all giving high-fives and atta-boys. Managers must often make unpopular decisions and hold people accountable for their actions.

So why do we do it? Why become a manager in the first place? What’s stopping us from moving to Montana, living on a ranch, and living out our days in blissful stress-free simplicity?

(Pardon the day-dream, would-be ranchers. I bet no one’s life is stress-free these days.)

I remind myself of my motivations all the time. I’m driven by facing complex problems and finding creative solutions. I love the recognition and acknowledgment awaiting results like sales increases, cost savings, and employee retention. These are intrinsic motivators; the ideals that fuel my passion. Extrinsic motivators like salary and benefits are important, yes, but they only drive a manager’s motivation so far.

I like to compare the challenges of management to long-distance running. An extrinsic motivator like a good pair of running shoes sure helps, but it’s the internal will of the runner that gets her to the finish line. She wants to prove she can do it to herself and to others. She wants to finish the race because finishing is what she set out to do.

In an earlier post, I mentioned a recent organizational change that is creating challenges at work. Change is hard on the organization. Managing change inevitably leads to tough decisions and the isolating nature of holding people accountable. Your paychecks won’t motivate you through these challenges. You’ve got to love the tests and have the will to finish to be a player in the game of management.
The Evangelical Church Ruined My Sex Life for Years
By: Chelsea London
Tags: Religion, Relationships, Love, Sex, Exvangelical

The Evangelical Church Ruined My Sex Life for Years

I’m 31 and still deconditioning my sexual self

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

I grew up in an Oklahoman Southern Baptist church and Christian school in a town with a steeple on practically every corner. Abstinence was the only sex education, which worked well for me as I was a product of Joshua Harris and True Love Waits.

If you didn’t grow up evangelical, here is a crash course in purity culture:

I Kissed Dating Goodbye

A popular book circulated amongst teens and college-age students was “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” by Joshua Harris. I read it and instantly bought into the premise.

Essentially, the book argued that dating wasn’t necessary, it was potentially dangerous, and the best way to find a match was to let God make it happen through friendship and courtship. I was fourteen when I read it and made the short lived pledge to wait until my wedding day for my first kiss. For real.

It’s worth noting that Joshua Harris recently “lost his faith” and divorced his wife.

True Love Waits and Purity Rings

True Love Waits was a movement for teens who wanted to wait until marriage to have sex.

There was a creepy ceremony where you would fill in a commitment card, and your parents would gift you with a purity ring that you would wear on your wedding ring finger. I wore mine from the age of thirteen until I replaced it with an engagement ring.

Dream Spouse

Another popular activity in purity culture was writing a list of the traits you wanted in a spouse. If you met someone and they didn’t match up with every attribute, you would move on.

Not only were you told to pray for your future spouse, but you were also supposed to pray for your current significant other’s future spouse — just in case it wasn’t you — as it served as a reminder not to touch each other. One of my teenage boyfriends even wrote a letter to my future husband.

No Masturbation

Teens in churches across America would frequently confess an “unspoken sin”. It was always obvious what we were admitting to, but if we didn’t say it out loud, maybe no one could “hold us accountable” to stop doing it.

There were seasons when I was so immersed in spiritual emotions that I genuinely didn’t have a desire to touch myself, but the majority of the time it was a cycle of repression, succumbing and shame.

Married Adults Taunting Teens and Objectifying Their Spouses

One of the weirdest ingredients of purity culture was the youth pastors who would talk about their “hot wives” and how good sex is (in a heterosexual marriage of course). The further away I move from the church, the more disturbed I become with the idea of a grown man talking to teenagers about his sex life.

It wasn’t just the men who would objectify their wives; the women did it too. It was a form of manipulation — “This is how great it will be if you wait. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it. Don’t miss out on the hot Christian man who is waiting for you.” Evangelicalism has an obsession with sex.
[ Infographic ] Introduction to ERC-223
By: Zerobank - Your Local Currency
Tags: Blockchain, Smart Contract, Ethereum, Erc, Infographics

If you have been to crypto trading for more than 5 minutes, you must have heard about these terms: “ERC 20”, “ERC223” or “the Ethereum Token Standard”.

But honestly, most articles on the Internet are a little bit complicated, especially for crypto beginners.

This infographic may be of your help!

Save this infographic to have the simple, clear answers to these questions:

— What exactly is ERC 223?

— What is the difference between ERC 20 and ERC-223?

— How does ERC-223 work?

— Why should Ethereum Developers use ERC-223?

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Searching for the Perfect Life
By: Telling You Something
Tags: Success, Self Discovery, Life, Self Improvement, Life Lessons

Searching for the Perfect Life

Why not learn to be content with your imperfect life?

Photo by Ryan Johnston on Unsplash

I was only ten years old when my family and teachers painted this picture of a future without worries if I could just pass the scholarship examination and go to a big school in the city.

So I did.

I was eighteen when, again, my family and teachers told me that I would practically win my life if I passed the A/L examination and get into university to become an engineer.

I did that too. I got into university.

Then, I heard about the GPA, the all-conquering measuring stick of my intelligence, how I had to maintain a perfect GPA to follow an engineering stream of choice and get into a job that pays well. And I thought, is it not over yet?

The more time I spent in the university, the more the length of the list of (non) final hurdles — that I had to overcome to lead the perfect life — became. And it grew in length one too many times for me to believe there is an ending you can call a perfect life.

I had been chasing an illusion. If there is anything as close as possible to a final leap, it’s learning to be content with your imperfect life.
I Just Spent Two Years Dating A Flat Earther
By: Isabella Dillman
Tags: Humor, Funny, Dating, Conspiracy Theories, Relationships

Photo by Andrew Neel on Unsplash

Today I found out a devastating secret about my partner. Some men have a diaper fetish, some are literal serial killers, and some are Sagittariuses, but I found out that my boyfriend is a flat earther. I ended it immediately, of course, via text. But it left me thinking: how could my third eye have been so blind?

I consulted my psychic. She said: “My child, you have not been consulting your crystals. Your chakras are clogged and that has made you blind to idiocy.” She was right. I’d let my romantic side get the better of me. Logically, the flat earth theory is literally insane. When the earth goddess Gaia was born she was curvy, not flat. How could flat earthers ever think that such a feminine spirit would be flat?

How had my boyfriend and I never talked about the earth being round before? I thought it was a no brainer. Every soul on this round earth thinks the earth is round. Truthfully, there were some hints I should’ve picked up on. But I thought that since he was Aquarius rising, he was just a dreamer. For example, one time we were on an airplane, and he was studying the horizon, and he just sat there saying “There’s no way” over and over again. I asked him what he meant. He chuckled. “Nothing,” he said. I brought this mystery up with my psychic. She prescribed me quartz for the stress.

One time I said I wanted to go to Europe, and my boyfriend said he was afraid I was going to fall off the edge of the earth. I thought he meant spiritually. We ended up going to Reno, Nevada.

Also, there was that time he threw a tennis ball and thought it disappeared into space. When we were stargazing that night, I pointed out Capricorn, my sign, and Cancer, his. We joked about how there was an extra star in the sky thanks to that tennis ball.

All the evidence was there. The energy between us had always been more blue than orange, but hey, I loved him. Maybe even still do. But I can’t be with someone whose views are so unscientific. I, for one, have always been very connected to the earth through crystals, so I know for a fact the earth is round. But those are the very same crystals that made me so sure I’d found the love of my life.

I have to move on with my life. But how? How do I know that the next man I meet isn’t a flat earther, or a 9/11 truther, or worse… a Pisces sun, Aquarius moon, or Gemini rising? Those men are never in touch with their chakras. So I’ve been trying to gather my chi to attract someone with similar sensibilities to mine. Maybe a Virgo or a Taurus. Someone I can trust not to be so crazy. I’ve even gone so far as to practice a few spells I saw on Google to manifest someone safer. Eye of newt, penis of Guinea Pig, and blood of an eel will give me my perfect man by aligning my inner chi and making me irresistible. I will, of course, continue to see my psychic, naturopath, and spirit guide to avoid these problems in the future. And someday, maybe I’ll find a soulmate who isn’t totally crazy.
Stop using if else in your code !!
By: Ferdina Kusumah
Tags: Simple Code, Switch Case, Coding Tricks, If Else, Clean Code

Tricks how to simplify if else or switch case in your code …

Photo by Justus Menke on Unsplash

A high-level programming language statement that compares two or more sets of data and tests the results. If the results are true, the THEN instructions are taken; if not, the ELSE instructions are taken.

The following is a BASIC example:

10 if answer = "y" then print "Yes"

20 else print "No"

In many languages, THEN is implied. All statements between IF and ELSE are carried out if the condition is true. All statements between ELSE and the end of the statement are carried out if not true.

The following dBASE and C/C++ examples produce the same results as above:

dBASE C/C++



if answer="y" if (answer =='y')

? "Yes" {

else printf ("Yes

");

? "No" else

endif printf ("No

");

}

A typical if else statement would appear similar to the one below (this example is JavaScript, and would be very similar in other C-style languages).

var x = 1;

if (x === 1) {

window.alert("The expression is true!");

}

else {

window.alert("The expression is false!");

}

In this case, with the variable x being equal to the number 1, the statement in the first set of curly braces {} is executed. You would receive a pop-up “The expression is true!” alert message. If you were to change the first line of the above code to var x = 42;, you would receive a pop-up alert message with the text “The expression is false!”

This is code that is easy to read if it has very few ramifications in the code

And that would be a big problem if a lot of conditions were applied to the code.

I will show a simple example like this in go lang.

complicated if else code

See online for this simple calculation requires a lot of if and else and same as we use switch case condition like this code.

Complicated switch case

Then what if there are new conditions that will continue to increase as needed ???

I will propose a simpler way using the hash table function.

In go it is called the map function then in python it is usually called a dictionary, it will showing like this.

simple condition

The code will look simple and will be easy to maintain, no matter how many conditions it will need, we will only focus on the hash tables. In python even looks more simple and elegant :D

python simple if else

Summary:

So by utilizing the hash table function to perform condition branching, this will be very helpful and easy to work on code that requires many conditions in the code besides that the code will be easily maintained.

Reference:
Burn Into Being
By: Jessica Ball
Tags: Poetry, Free Form Poetry, Fire, Humanity, Religion

d_iona on Unsplash

Flame’s indifference isn’t violence

But the dance of life.

She breathes

Consumes

Grows

Dies.

Four

Hundred

Thousand

Hearths of human stories

Hidden in her flickering breast.

Creation through dessication.

Continuity in destruction.

She comes on fickle at the breath of a call.

Back through the ages we prayed she’d come at all.

All faiths, the trappings of that deepest prayer.

In the dark, in the cold

Pray for warmth

Pray for life.
NOWJERSEY COVER PHOTO TAKEOVER! ~ Courtesy Of Jim Abels Photography
By: Mike Decastro
Tags: Photos, Photography, Instagram, Travel, New Jersey

If you’ve never spent time at The Saint in Asbury Park, Jim’s photo does a beautiful job capturing the scene. A perfect rock-n-roll bar.. dark, gritty, and everything that defines a classic divey Jersey Shore music venue.

Photo courtesy of Jim Abels Photography ~ Convention Hall, Asbury Park NJ

We love this Jim Abels photo. Golden light creates gorgeous shadows and shapes at the Asbury Park Convention Hall.

In the summer this scene transforms into The Beach Bar which is usually filled with salty & sandy patrons chilling out, enjoying the view, and maybe a Rum Bucket, too!

Photo courtesy of Jim Abels Photography ~ Ocean Grove, NJ

Photo courtesy of Jim Abels Photography ~ Avalon, NJ

NowJersey would like to thank Jim Abels for taking time out of his photography schedule to do our takeover. We are honored to feature Jim Abels Photography. Please do stop by Jim’s Instagram and Facebook pages as well as his website and Like. Follow. Love! If you’re in Asbury Park stop by the Asbury Galleria, inside Convention Hall to see Jim’s photography in person. Beautiful, creative and vibrant.

Photo courtesy of Jim Abels Photography ~ Convention Hall, Asbury Park NJ

We ask that you keep all of the N.J. photography community on your radar. Please do support these passionate artists. Like. Follow. Love!, where ever you see them on social media or public gatherings. They bring us SO much beauty, often in very unique ways which show all of us a new and more vibrant perspective.

Photo courtesy of Jim Abels Photography ~ Barnegat Lighthouse, Barnegat Beach NJ

We look forward to featuring a new photographer each week. And we encourage any photographer interested in a NowJersey Cover Photo Takeover, to reach out… We’d Love to hear from you!

NowJersey ~ Created to celebrate life in the Garden State.

If you love New Jersey, ‘like’ us! ~ NowJersey on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr
Control Freak.
By: Mara Annalitickah
Tags: Politics, Poetry, Pelosi

Nancy do you fancy giving us a check

No I don’t I’m not a true democrat heck

I’ll let you starve on my guard

Don’t winge and cry about this facade

Control is my game Pelosi my name

I’ll give you nothing that’s my fame

So we’ll die in the streets they don’t care

Forty plus million face evictions unfair

These drugged up fakes must go to bed

We don’t need this like a kick in the head.
Satoshi Nakamoto will write a book
By: Casper Api
Tags: ICO, Token, Cryptocurrency, Money, Bitcoin

The Network has information that there will be a book that reveals the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto and those who are behind the creation of bitcoin. It is reported by nakamotofamilyfoundation.org This message blew up the Internet.

According to published information the text was written by Satoshi Nakamoto himself. The author said that he plans to release a book in two parts with answers to the most pressing questions of the crypto community.

The first chapter of the autobiography has already appeared in the network. It tells that Satoshi first started to publish messages about bitcoin in the Network when he was 20 years old. The Chapter notes that since the age of 14 Satoshi was keen on cypherpunk, which gives base for the principles of bitcoin. The author writes that the project that changed the world came after a series of failed attempts made by other people. Satoshi succeeded in his business only because he was at the right time and in the right place.

The crypto community reacted ambiguously: many believe that this is a lie and Satoshi will never reveal his secret. Someone is ready to believe that this is another PR for bitcoin. However, we can say for sure: everyone is waiting for the book and this is one of the most discussed news in the Network!

Do you think that’s true? And has Satoshi Nakamoto decided to declassify himself?
5 Ways to Deal With WTF Is Going On Right Now
By: Ross Mccammon
Tags: Burnout, Self Care, Donald Trump, Election 2020

Photo: fizkes / Getty Images

The news that Donald Trump has been infected with the coronavirus feels like… it’s not even “too much.” It’s as if our concept of too much has been expanded to the point that Too Much is now the state of the world—and our brains.

GEN can help you process how this will upend the election. Elemental and Medium’s Coronavirus Blog can help you understand the ways in which Donald Trump put himself at risk. Forge? We can help you deal.

Like this:

See the bigger picture

What we’re experiencing is occurring on the continuum of American history. 2020 isn’t the problem. We are. And we’re the solution, too.

Take a break

Your brain needs a break every now and then to return to its preferred default state of idleness. It needs a reset. So take a break today. Or three. (And take a quick one right before any meeting.)

Stop doom scrolling

Every link we click on heightens our emotions and disrupts our brain’s ability to regulate our thoughts and make sound decisions. From time to time today, interrupt the dopamine loop.

Defuse negative emotions

Have a kind of argument with yourself by countering each negative thought with a “rational-but-honest thought.”

Run the other way!

Here’s a place to start.
40% of Cheaters Excited Vaccine Will Get Them Back in the Game
By: Teresa J Conway
Tags: News, Adultery, Sex, Relationships, Covid 19

40% of Cheaters Excited Vaccine Will Get Them Back in the Game

Cheating in the News

Is anyone really surprised that cheaters hate Covid just a little more than everyone else? When you aren’t getting satisfied at home, Covid makes a cheater’s life a double hell. Not only are you trapped with someone who won’t fuck you, it’s harder to see the ones that will.

I’m not sure what’s wrong with the other 60% of respondents to this Ashley Madison poll, but I can only assume they haven’t spent much time at the buffet yet. I get it. I would be wary of meeting someone new right now too, but gawd it sucks. Learn more here —
4 Things You Can Do to Help Develop Your Clairvoyance
By: Avis J. Williams
Tags: Spirituality, Energy, Consciousness, Self Improvement, Psychic

Photo by iStockphoto

“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Clairvoyance means ‘clear vision’ is the ability to see images, scenes, symbols, spirits, people, energy fields or visions/premonitions in the mind’s eye. Your mind’s eye is the movie screen that shows in your mind when you close your eyes. The third eye (The sixth chakra) is the energy centre that is associated with clairvoyance.

The third eye needs to be activated to access the clairvoyance ability. The third eye is a term we use for the sixth chakra, located just above the eyebrows in the centre of the forehead. The sixth chakra is the energy centre for intuition and is associated with clairvoyance, precognition, visualization, astral travel, dreaming and extrasensory perception.

The third eye is connected to our pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain, just behind the bridge of the nose and is about the size of a pea. The third eye is activated when the pituitary gland and the pineal gland (the crown chakra) are working together in unison, this is achieved through meditation.

If your third eye lay dormant for a long time it will be blocked and would need to be re-activated. Re-activating the third eye varies from person to person; it is dependent on your current lifestyle and spiritual development. It naturally takes from three to twenty- four months to re-activate your third eye, through daily meditation and lifestyle changes.

Try doing these practices to help develop your Clairvoyance
Dealing with Emotions as an Introvert
By: Saman Jawaid
Tags: Life, Emotions, Prose, Blue Insights, Creative Writing

Imagine a glass bottle. You put some marbles into it every day. Sometimes it’s just one and sometimes there are many. The marbles are in different sizes and colours. Some burning bright red, some soothing deep blue, and some opaque white.

When the glass bottle fills, you replace it with another similar looking glass bottle. You never stop putting those marbles.

Sometimes some marbles slip from your hands and land somewhere else. You find them and put them back. But sometimes they break down into tiny pieces and you can do nothing.

My feelings are like these marbles — colourful and different from one another. I express my feelings only through writing and keep them safe in a diary or in a password-protected folder on my computer. When one diary fills up, I start writing in the other.

I’m not sure whether it’s an introverted thing but I’ve never liked sharing my emotions with others. Just like those marbles, my emotions are fragile. Mishandling them may lead to a huge mishap.

But sometimes, when my diary is full or my emotions are way too strong, I reluctantly share them with really close people.

My emotions are unique and mercurial. Are they concrete like pebbles or fluid like water? Do they flow ceaselessly like a river or drip slowly like water dripping from a faulty faucet? Sometimes even I can’t comprehend them. How can I make someone else understand?
Serenity Exchange lists LTC (Litecoin)
By: Serenity Financial
Tags: Forex Trading, Ethereum Blockchain, Forex, Bitcoin, Ethereum

Dear friends,

We are glad to share with you the news that LTC (Litecoin) coin have been added today on the Serenity Exchange and now there are four new crypto pairs are available for trading: LTC / USDT, LTC / BTC, LTC / ETH, LTC / SRNT.

It should be noted that LTC (Litecoin) cryptocurrency has a very large audience of users, it occupies the fourth position in terms of capitalization.

Litecoin is developed on the basis of the Bitcoin source code and largely repeats its principles. The Litecoin blockchain is capable of handling higher transaction volume than its counterpart — Bitcoin. Due to more frequent block generation, the network supports more transactions without a need to modify the software in the future.

In addition, Serenity Exchange, which was successfully released in May 2019, is rapidly developing, increasing trading potential and expanding the community. The most competitive advantage — Serenity Exchange is connecting clients to the liquidity of large markets, so we are not looking for fake market makers who will create artificial volumes for our customers. Now there are 10 crypto pairs are available for trading on Serenity Exchange. We will continue listing of coins with high potential, with a large community, which will allow to get an activity working within the exchange and improve a trade turnover.
37 Resources to Go From Basic SEO to an Advanced Level
By: Jibreel Naqvi
Tags: Seo Training, Seo Services, Seo Tips, Learn Seo, SEO

Have Some Patience

You will not master SEO in one day or in a couple of weeks. It requires time. That is why you should have patience.

Read articles, watch videos, take notes and implement all of these things on your blog.

Implement all of your learnings on your blog and keep practicing.

Practicing daily will help you to progress from a beginner to a professional.
Passive income — why you should buy DIM TOKENS
By: Morten Madsen
Tags: Investing, Trading, Cryptocurrency, Crypto, Stock Market

Introduction to the DIM ecosystem

The DIM ecosystem is a combination of HYBSE, Depotwallet, WISE Consulting and the DIM Foundation.

HYBSE (Hybrid Stock Exchange) is a trading platform that will be fully functional in September 2018. Where you will be able to trade all kinds of assets, stocks, ETF etc. Read more about HYBSE here.

The short version of this universe is if you hold more than 50+ tokens in your Depotwallet you are entitled to dividends from the ecosystem. Dividends come from transactions on the blockchain, trading fees on HYBSE and payments through DIMPAY.

Passive income

Now let’s go through the best part of this little post. The dividends/return from HYBSE.

Have you read the post from Yannick Zehnder about dividends that you will receive if you hold DIM TOKENS when HYBSE is fully functional?

If not, you can read it here:

https://medium.com/dimcoin-coverage/when-lambo-price-speculations-on-dimcoin-and-dim-token-5ca0c07a0a5d

It’s important that you read this before moving on. This post will build on the information from it.

In this post will compare the normal return on stocks funds vs. holding DIM TOKENS.

Let’s start by selecting an index fund. I’ve chosen this Vanguard 500 index fund: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/fund/vfinx?mod=MW_story_quote

The return each year the last 10 years has been around 9.3%.

This period includes the financial crisis and the bull market after. So this comparison should be one of the best. If you get 9.3% return each year on your investment you should be pretty happy. That is a good return.

Now let’s look at DIM TOKENS. As mentioned in Yannick’s post and in the WP from DIM, the goal is to have 1% share of the global trading. As you can see in Yannick’s post the return for each token with 1% of the global trading will be 618.78 USD. That is a return of 61,700% each year.

But let’s be realistic. 1% is a huge goal so lets lower that goal to 0,01% share of the global trading. 0.01% share of the global trading will give a return of 6.19 USD or 519% each year!

Even if this is too optimistic a share of 0.005% of the global trading will still give a much higher return then your average index fund. The best part of all this is that its passive income! You don’t have to do anything. Let your DIM TOKENS do the work.

You can read more about DIM TOKENS here:

www.dimcoin.io
For Fakhoury, this is where cryptocurrency mining and agriculture meet
By: Ref Crypto
Tags: Cryptocurrency, Coins, Crypto, Blockchain Technology, Blockchain

The biggest headache for cryptocurrency miners is how to cool their rigs with so much heat being produced. Some choose to set up their operations in cooler countries like Ireland while some choose to artificially cool their rigs releasing the heat into the environment. But for Fakhoury, cryptocurrency mining and agriculture have become best friends in a parasitic relationship.

At first, Radhi Fakhoury, a cryptocurrency miner, used the excess energy coming from his mining rigs to warm his house when the temperatures got a little disturbing. After putting his house on artificial heating for 4 years, Radhi started exploring other ways to positively dispose of the excess heat since it could not all be used to heat his house. He found one. Agriculture. Greenhouse and fish farming.

For Fakhoury, this is where cryptocurrency mining and agriculture meet and it’s evident that he is always on the lookout on how best to care for the environment seeing that his mining rigs are powered from solar and wind energy.

“I am very confident in the future of cryptocurrency. I don’t see it going anywhere. We need to make ways of making it sustainable.” Said Fakhoury adding that “A 50,000 square foot data center with constantly working mining rigs means that it gets pretty hot. Reclaiming this heat in combination with a hybrid cooling system provides the optimum temperature for fish farming as well as growing plants in a greenhouse.”

Radhi has since founded and is the CEO of Foleum, which is an innovative blockchain mining project that makes use of hybrid renewable energy sources. For the crypto miner, the concept which is sustainable can easily be duplicated across the globe. For easier interfacing between the mining and green house farms, Fakhoury has designed them to share a wall one side.

But this is not the first case, Kamil Brejcha, co-founder of Nakamoto X, a digital trading platform, has grown tomatoes in a greenhouse using Radhi’s method and is eager to experiment with other vegetables now that tomatoes have responded positively.

Apart from agriculture and warming chilly houses, do you think there are other ways to release the excess heat from cryptocurrency mining farms without hurting the environment?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
A Visual Guide to SQL Joins
By: Julianna Roen
Tags: MySQL, Postgresql, Postgres, Sql, Sqlite

Let’s say we have a group of cats and pet owners.

We choose to represent a few attributes for these groups in two SQL tables: cats and pet_owners . A pet owner can have many pets, therefore we put the foreign key (FK) in the cats table as pet_owner_id . This FK refers to the id , or primary key (PK), of pet_owners .

Now that we have some data set up, let’s take a look at the four most common types of joins.

Inner join

An inner join will return rows where the PK and FK in both tables are present. Below is an example query where all fields on pet_owners are selected for those that have a cat.

SELECT pet_owners.*

FROM pet_owners

INNER JOIN cats

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id

Below are two representations of what would be returned from running the query above (I’m displaying a “colorful” table beside a more traditional table to make it easier to map the values to the pictures above). Since there were no cats with a pet_owner_id of 4 , Hana is not returned as a row in the results.

So what would happen if we flipped the tables in the query?

SELECT pet_owners.*

FROM cats

INNER JOIN pet_owners

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id

The results would be the exact same as before since an inner join grabs data at the intersection of both tables.

What if we selected all rows from the cats table instead?

SELECT cats.*

FROM cats

INNER JOIN pet_owners

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id

Now we would see that Bo is missing from the output since he does not have a pet owner.

Left outer join

Left outer joins are used when you want to grab data across two tables and include all rows from the first table (i.e. “leftmost” table) specified in the query. Here’s an example:

SELECT pet_owners.id, cats.name, cats.fur_color

FROM pet_owners

LEFT OUTER JOIN cats

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id

In the output, all pet owner fields are present. But if the pet owner did not have a cat (like Hana with id of 4 ), then NULL is returned for the corresponding cat related cells.

Right outer join

Right outer join operates the same as left outer join except all rows in the second table specified (i.e. “rightmost” table) are included in the query output. Let’s look at the exact same example from before but use a right outer join instead of a left:

SELECT pet_owners.id, cats.name, cats.fur_color

FROM pet_owners

RIGHT OUTER JOIN cats

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id

Now we can see data for all cats, but we see NULL in pet owner cells for cats that are not associated with an owner.

Full outer join

Full outer joins include the selection of fields from all rows in both tables. Just like inner join, the order of the tables in the query doesn’t matter since it represents the union of the entities. In the example below, we are grabbing the ids and names of pet owners and cats and specifying the column headers to make them more distinguishable.

SELECT

pet_owners.id AS pet_owner_id,

pet_owners.name AS pet_owner_name,

cats.id AS cat_id,

cats.name AS cat_name

FROM pet_owners

FULL OUTER JOIN cats

ON pet_owners.id = cats.pet_owner_id
Breaking the Bank
By: Mit Ide
Tags: Digital Banking, Cryptocurrency, Banking, Bitcoin

Breaking the Bank

MIT’s Sandy Pentland writes about the Potential of Cryptocurrencies

MIT’s Alex “Sandy” Pentland and Alexander Lipton contributed to a cover article for Scientific American this month on The Future of Money. Their article, Breaking the Bank, discussed how new financial networks could stop the concentration of wealth and increase participation in the economy — but only if used with care.

Sandy Pentland

Among the highlights:

New technologies such as digital currencies are making it possible to simulate every trade and transaction…People could exchange directly with one another instead of relying on banks.

The potential for sweeping change is real, but there are many uncertainties. ..They could just as easily lead to extreme levels of centralized control.

Read the full article here.
Taking Keeps You Poor, Giving Makes You Rich
By: Simona Rich
Tags: Wealth Creation, Money, Success, Wealth, Self Help

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

I remember how my coaching client gave me a call to thank for making him wealthy.

It wasn’t me that made him wealthy as those were not my rules I shared with him. Those were the principles I learnt from wealth-building classics such as “Think and Grow Rich”, “The Richest Man in Babylon” and “Rich Dad, Poor Dad”.

I simply shared the wisdom of those books with my clients and readers, and those who applied them, saw results.

In this article I will share one rule of such wealth books,which goes against the common sense of the physical world. And that is…

Give no matter how little you have.

Taking comes from the mindset of lack. You take because you perceive you don’t have, and it could be very difficult to see just how much you take.

If you take more than you give, you will lose more than you save.

There are people who are needy — they always need your time, support, encouragement, appreciation and so forth. They may not be taking anything physical from you, but they take your time and energy, and some of them may indeed feel like human leeches.

They may not even be aware of their constant taking, as to some it’s their second nature.

So I encourage you to take a hard look at your actions, conversations, intentions and thoughts, to check if there is nothing needy about your behavior.

A sign of such neediness is that people start avoiding you or they act strange when they’re with you.
We’re Not Our Thoughts
By: Paul Mulliner
Tags: Philosophy, Personal Development, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation

photo by Linda Xu on Unsplash

We’re Not Our Thoughts

We’re an unlimited consciousness in all of us

We’re not our thoughts, we’re the one conscious space in all of us that’s giving rise to thoughts.

This calm, universal awareness offers us a refreshing inner place, away from our thinking.

We already know this silent conscious space inside all of us.

We often know what someone’s going to say before they say it, or find ourselves spontaneously finishing their sentences.

Sometimes our conscious awareness seems to blend and merge with other people, particularly people we know well, people we’ve spent time with.

When we share moments of experience with people we care for, it seems as though a single conscious awareness exists inside all of us, a universal conscious space that’s giving rise to thoughts.

We find this one experiencing-space whenever we let go of our thinking, and allow ourselves to just be present with the spacious awareness that remains inside us.

Consciousness in all of us seems to be a single experiencing space.

This universal conscious space inside us, the quiet presence of awareness prior to all thought, can be found when we focus inwardly. An intelligent silence and calming stillness exists inside us, waiting for us to reach inward with our attention.

This quiet presence is consciousness itself and it’s a useful source of insight and inspiration.
NIGHT TALES 14: Living the Dream. Give me a desk job. Take your…
Tags: Art, Poetry, Night Tales, Fiction, Literally Literary

NIGHT TALES 14:

Living the Dream

nice and steady

Give me a desk job.

Take your adventures and keep it far away from me.

Am I hard to understand?

Give me a desk job.

Give me lower back pains from sitting for far too long.

Give me stress only endless paperwork can provide.

Get your sick fascinations with fresh air far away from me.

Give me a sturdy desk.

A comfortable chair.

If I have to stand up for it, take it away.

Fulfill my dreams.

Of sitting for eight hours straight in a small, airconditioned space.

Fulfill my dreams.

Of pale skin brought by sunless days and artificial lights as I ride the train home at night.

Fulfill my dreams.

Of never leaving my comfort space.

Fulfill my dreams of staying in one place.

Give me a desk job.

It's all I ever wanted.

I don't care if it doesn't pay well.

I just know that I will take that any day,

Over money made from sweat and movement,

From drinking and driving,

From talking and walking,

From sharing and laughing.

From being far from home.

And being fine with it.

Leave me here.

On my chair,

With my hands on a desk,

And an irremoval manic smile on my face.

Leave me here.

I am me here.
CARTOON: Something
By: Rolli, Https, Ko-Fi.Com Rolliwrites
Tags: Humor, Comics, Relationships, Sex, Cartoon

Cartoonist’s Note №1

This cartoon was rejected by over 50 magazines. No one saw the humor in it. Perhaps it has none.

Cartoonist’s Note №2

Like this cartoon? You can now buy the print — or get it on a coffee mug, t-shirt, etc.

About the Artist

Rolli is the author of four books for adults and children, including The Sea-Wave and Kabungo. His cartoons and illustrations have appeared in Reader’s Digest, The Wall Street Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and other top venues. Visit Rolli’s website, follow him on Twitter, and subscribe to his new one-man Medium magazine, Rolli.

HELP!

Medium’s unexpected new change in the way it compensates members of its Partner Program rewards creators of long, padded articles, and essentially demonetizes shorter content. As nearly all of my posts are poetry, cartoons, or efficient fiction/essays, I’m faring very poorly under this new system. Since the change was implemented, my Partner Program earnings have plummeted by 90%, and hundreds of others are in the boat. If you want to help, send an email to Medium CEO Ev Williams (ev@medium.com) and/or to yourfriends@medium.com expressing your displeasure with the changes. Slowly re-reading this post 100 times would also help enormously ;) So would buying me a coffee.

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