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Landing Page Optimization

10 Tips to Optimize Your Landing Pages for the New Year (and Beyond)

It’s that time of year when we start making personal goals — the dreaded resolution season. Maybe we want to lose a little weight, drink more water, or think big on our next career move.

When you work with content every day, there’s definitely one thing you can resolve to do better next year — or even starting today: optimization.

What does optimization mean in the online content world? Let’s take a look.

A good SEO strategy involves optimization — and reoptimization

If you run a website for yourself or a client, you’re no doubt familiar with the term SEO: search engine optimization. Obviously, “optimization” is in the acronym, but how can you make sure you’re employing the right SEO strategy for your content?

All content needs a facelift every now and then, no matter how great you thought your SEO was when you posted it. The biggest mistake you can make with your landing pages is to never update them.

Some people think in order to update a webpage or blog post, you need to have new information. Not true. While it may help, you want to take a deep dive into what your readers are doing with your content and adjust your strategy around them. You know the old saying, “content is king?” Well, really, readers of that content are king.

If you have no readers, you have no content. No matter how good you think it is.

Below, I’ll go over 10 ways you can update your content — whether it’s a business “about” page, guest article, or profile listing — to get more readers, more clicks, and rank better in Google search results.

1. Choose your metrics

Your first step in making sure you have the best SEO you can have on your website’s content today, six months from now, and so on is to figure out what set of metrics you’ll be using and learn how to use them. Perhaps you use Google Search Console (Google Webmaster Tools) and Google Analytics. It’s often smart to use more than one system of analytics to view how your landing page strategy is working. You may also want to choose a plug-in for your website that allows you to view a slice of your SEO strategy in real time, like Yoast SEO for WordPress. Yoast will give you a breakdown of how often you’ve used a keyword, for example (as overuse is possible), or if your URL is a tad too long, and more.

Below is an example from one blog post of “problem” areas (how big of a problem they are is up to you); linking to another page that already has that focus keyword is a bigger issue than how long or short your sentences are.

Yoast SEO plugin WordPress

P.S. – Yoast isn’t paying us for this, we just like them that much.

See also: SEO reports for law firms: What metrics matter?

2. Understand your chosen metrics

Navigating Google’s metrics is relatively intuitive, though you may have questions or not be able to find what you think you need right away. That’s OK! It just requires practice.

A few things you want to know if you’re using Google Search Console, for example:

1. Click on the Property (website), then head over to Search Traffic>Search Analytics.

Google Search Console Analytics

2. Once there, you can sort your metrics in several ways. The main ones you’ll review are:

  • Queries (what search terms are leading readers to your page)
  • Pages (what pages are getting the most clicks)
  • Clicks (self-explanatory)
  • Position (where your page ranks on Google search)

3. As you play around with your metrics, you’ll also notice different ways to combine them for different results. Maybe you want to see what queries people are looking for on a specific page, and that will help you incorporate more of those keywords into your rework of that page. Or, you want to see in general how queries are leading people to your website and if you should be incorporating more specific keywords throughout multiple pages and link them together. You also can see how queries rank in terms of position, in addition to pages.

Google Search Console Queries

Note that some analytics programs are limited, so it’s a good idea to view more than one. For example, Google Search Console only goes back to the past 90 days of traffic, while Google Analytics has all the data since your website was born, including average time on page and more.

3. Look at your metrics — often

It can be easy to say you’ll check on something in a month, but pretty quickly, one month goes by, two, three. Although SEO results certainly don’t appear overnight, you can figure out if your page is gaining traction online within a few weeks. Take a look at the queries your readers are searching for. Does the SEO match up? How is your use of long-tail keywords? Have you secured any of the coveted snippets on Google for your page? Has your position for your website overall improved? How many clicks are you getting this month versus last month? Do you need to incorporate more evergreen blog posts to sustain organic growth?

These are just a few of several questions you’ll need to ask yourself for every piece of content before you can get started reworking it.

See also: Law blog tips for law firms

4. Look at the keywords you want to rank for — and find new ones

We talked about queries briefly above, and many can end up being great for long-tail keyword rankings. Study the rest of what readers are searching for, and how that may different from what you’re optimizing. For example, if your readers are searching for “Ohio motorcycle accident lawyer” and you’re instead optimizing for “Ohio motorcycle accident attorney,” that’s an easy fix. If you already have a page that is ranking for “Ohio motorcycle accident lawyer” and this one isn’t it, then you may want to adjust the SEO on both pages.

Finding new keywords, as readers tastes and needs change often, is key. If your keyword research six months ago led you to some dull ones, you can find new keywords the same way you got them in the first place using any sort of keyword planning tool, such as Google AdWords Keyword Planner or Moz’s Keyword Explorer. Though not as in-depth, my personal favorite to get a quick glimpse of how well a keyword has done in the past few years is to use Google Trends. Google Trends is a great merge of journalism and marketing, taking into account obviously what’s trending and what has staying power. Trying to rank for a keyword that has a ton of searches (value of 100 in Google Trends) and is very popular might not be your best bet, so sticking to the mid-level searches (value of 50) for your local SEO will get you higher in search results, faster.

Google Trends Keyword Research

See also: How to structure your new website for SEO success

5. Set up Google Alerts for your most-used keywords

We use a lot of Google here, but that’s because it works. Google Alerts will help you in your journey of planning by letting you get a head start on what readers may be searching for, particularly if a trending story hits on one of the keywords you or your client uses often on your website. For example, for a birth injury lawyer, there may be a new breakout study on cerebral palsy that several news outlets begin to pick up that you noticed after making a “birth injury” Google Alert. If you hop on the trending news cycle and come out with your own piece about the study, it’ll only improve your chances of rising in Google’s rankings. This is a bit of a tricky area if what you’re covering becomes too popular; as mentioned above, it may be difficult to get your site to rank within the first page of results if everyone is talking about the keyword.

If you don’t hop on a Google Alert right away, reading what others are writing on the web may still help you come up with new content ideas. Did a news story or blog post you came across forget an important angle? Write about it!

6. Read your content

This seems like a no-brainer but something that should be mentioned: re-read your content. Sure, you may be able to get away with updating a few headers, your SEO title, and meta description and call that optimization, but a good re-optimization effort involves a long scrub. Think of it like taking a 30-minute bath versus a 10-minute shower. You’ll want to spend the extra few minutes reading through the whole blog post, or the whole webpage, in order to spot any typos, fix grammatical errors, and overall, figure out if parts or all of the piece should be rewritten. In some instances, particularly if you are working with a new client and their previous marketing company did some SEO no-nos, you may find that some blog posts or pages need to merge with each other, or be deleted. You can do this, and efficiently, using rel=canonical tags.

Taylor gets into the nitty gritty of what rel=canonical is and its benefits in this post: Rel Canonical: How to Optimize Your Content with Page Merges.

7. Update any outdated information

If you begin reading a blog post or a page that has the year 2016 on it, or even 2017 at this point, that’s a bit of a red flag that that page will need to be updated now or some point later on. If you can avoid dating your content, it’s better, but sometimes readers are looking specifically for a certain year’s information. Take for example a bankruptcy law firm is writing about bankruptcy exemption dollar amounts, which tend to get updated every couple of years to keep pace with inflation. If a reader comes across your blog in 2017 and you have information from 2014 in it, they’re going to probably want to look for something more current to be sure they’re getting the most accurate information.

Make sure to take special note of pages that have dated information or statistics, and keep them on a calendar to be updated regularly. Important: Unless your page is totally tanking in terms of clicks, make sure you update the same page and don’t start over from scratch. Do not change a crappy URL without a 301 redirect, either! A lot of blog posts may have related content, but if you’re writing about accident statistics for a personal injury law firm, give those statistics a refresh on the same page so you can keep and continue to grow your audience.

8. Find your expert voice

While you’ll want to use a conversational tone when writing for the web, it definitely helps to have an expert lend an opinion every so often. Now, this could actually be an expert interview, where you incorporate information from someone who is trusted and knowledgeable on the topic you write about on your page or blog post. Guest authors can be invaluable. Readers are looking for facts, plain and simple, and giving your site authority should be a priority. If you can’t physically talk to an expert, quoting them or linking to studies hosted on reputable websites (think a .gov or .edu; try Google Scholar for solid research), that will help build your authority.

As important as internal links are in building a good site crawl, don’t discard external links. It may take your reader away from your web page — or, better yet, it may instill in them the trust that you know what you’re talking about and have done your homework on this topic.

9. Add some length

Three-hundred-word blog posts? No. Don’t even think about it. Make sure that you are adding pages of value to your website and keep your content as rich as possible. In Taylor’s post on rel=canonical tags linked above, he brought up a successful experiment we did with a client on page merges. Some of these pages are looooong, but, they’re hitting all the keyword targets we want, citing tons of studies, and giving readers more information than they need, rather than less. Remember, the longer your post or page, the more time readers will spend on it, which is another metric to measure: time on page. Longer time on page equals greater user experience, and more users can increase your spot in Google rankings.

10. Find the proper time to revise

One might say that there aren’t too many times you can fix something, but you should plot out on your content calendar (yes! a calendar!) a monthly or quarterly check-in of that new blog piece, depending on how much you want or expect it to resonate with readers. Then, you can decide how much time you want to focus on revamping this piece of content. Even a seasonal item — for example, a blog post about the top holiday hazards for a personal injury law firm’s website — can still be revised more than once a year, but definitely should be planned in advance to get the most readers at peak times.

Once you’re done with your re-optimization efforts, you’ll want to go through the process of submitting the page to Google and annotating the changes, so you can see how all your hard work pays off and track the improvements in just a few short weeks!

Re-optimization results

Phew. Got all those tips? Now for the fun stuff: results.

Here’s a quick example of a recent re-optimization effort we did using the above strategies. I’ll be using Safe Birth Project, like Taylor did in his post, as this client’s site really has taken off in the past year (30% year-over-year organic growth — trading nearly all of our social traffic for organic).

We want to compare similar periods of time so that our results aren’t skewed by any seasonal highs or lows, and keep in mind any paid campaigns that may have been done during this time period. I’ve chosen one blog post on Zoloft and pregnancy, which was reworked on March 31, 2017.

SEO Reoptimization Strategy Results

As you can see, a near 4,000% increase in sessions is a huge improvement. And none of that was paid.

How did we do this?

We employed a lot of long-tail keywords in this post of what users were searching for, like “What birth defects are linked to Zoloft?” and changed our meta description and SEO title to match some of the better queries. We also increased our number of internal links and made sure our headers were the appropriate hierarchy.

This is just one tiny example of a little bit of work going a long way.

However, analyzing metrics, researching keywords, updating outdated stuff, and looking up studies or other expert information to breathe new life into a page can all take a lot of time. A solid re-optimization effort could mean 2 hours, while some take only 30 minutes.

If you don’t feel like investing that time or keeping track of your content, we can do it for you. Drop us a line today for a free content audit of your website.

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Amber is an editor and SEO specialist at JSO Digital. She has a master's degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield and resides in Austin, Texas.


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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Down a leg for the year...

Good news: my dissertation is being published and I am done! Amazing - I can have a normal life again!

Well. Until the bad news.

I fell while hiking two weeks ago (leaves on a steep slope) and messed up my ankle.  I just got the official diagnosis, a level III sprain that can take up to three months to heal. I am stuck in an air cast, prescribed rest, ice, elevation and physical therapy.

 So for the past two weeks, my 10 to 15,000 step count per day has gone down to under 2000.  And I am up 4 pounds. I got really used to eating a certain way because I was very active every day. But now I have some changes to make if I'm going to be decently sedentary for a while!

It's a challenge -  we are hosting Thanksgiving, and my sons birthday party the Saturday after. But I'm tightening up my usual, daily meals. Also going to focus on some exercises that don't use my ankle - arms and core.  I don't need all my hard work losing the baby weight to be undone :)

Other than that - things are going ok! I'm reading for fun and watching tv again (Westworld!) and getting to enjoy nights at home (or going out to see friends, 100% guilt free -  no school work hanging over my head). Hunter's turning one on Wednesday and is a delightful ball of sass and energy. I'm excited to celebrate with him!

That's it for me, for now. I might blog a little more, because one, I need something to do and two, it might help keep me more accountable as I recover with this ankle!

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Still kicking!!

Hello! It's clearly been a very long time since I have posted. But a few of you have emailed me from time to time to see how I am doing, which is super nice! But I bet there's not too many others out there still checking in here :-) and that's OK, but I thought I'd give you a little update to let you know how it's going.

 I just wanted to say that everything is going really well. I'm not a statistic, I've lost the pregnancy weight, I'm back around 125 to 128 pounds on any given day.  I have gotten back my fitness, been hiking mountains and sharing this world that I love with my son, which was my dream! I am in the process of submitting the paperwork to finish my dissertation for a December graduation. And still looking for that dream job!

 My son is almost 1 years old, he has been walking for about three weeks, has six teeth, and is the highlight of my every day. He is funny, bright, bold, and a sweet little love.

 Things have been going well! I didn't go radio silent because they weren't, only because I've been very busy.  When I haven't been working on my dissertation, I've been spending all my time watching my son grow.  My priorities are him, my health, and then my career. So blogging fell by the wayside! I hope to return to it regularly once the dissertation is absolutely submitted and done.

 I am on Instagram as @mountainwolfe  if anyone wants to follow me! I'll follow you back, I miss the community that blogging brought me.

Till then!!

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

All About a Mesothelioma Lawyer

When someone is diagnosed with mesothelioma, they may find that they need an attorney to help them with their case.  This is a disease that is rare, and there is little to be said about the condition.  The rate of this disease is on the increase and there are new lawyers that are trying to settle many cases for different people.  They have stepped in for the rights of the people to help them with their case.
Many victims of this disease need to have a mesothelioma lawyer to help them with their fight.  These lawyers and law firms will deal with the victims and their families to help them claim the right compensation that they deserve from the companies that are responsible for their problems.  These lawsuits result in a lot of money being won by the families when the right lawyer or firm handles them.

Handling asbestos causes mesothelioma.  This comes from working in an environment that is affected by this deadly material or by someone that is contracted to remove it.  Most of the time, the workers are made clear of the dangers that can be caused by working with this type of material.  However, some employers will allow little or no protection from the material when the employees are handling it.  These workers are entitled to compensation for their work.
Today there are many mesothelioma lawyers to choose from and there are many that are right for you.  Many of these lawyers have dealt with this type of suit in the past and know the correct way to handle it.  Those people that are looking for a lawyer should choose someone with a good history and experience in this type of case.  Most lawyers are happy to provide clients with information that may be helpful in using them for your services.  They will show past cases with the names deleted to show proof of their victory.

It is a good idea to find out if the mesothelioma lawyer that you are looking into has won any of their cases or not.  These elements can make all the difference when it comes to trying to find the right lawyer to help you with your situation.  It is a good idea to do as much research as you can on the entire situation.  You may be able to determine your future when you choose their right mesothelioma lawyer for you and your case.

When it comes to being sick with a disease that could have been prevented, it is hard to deal with.  Finding the right mesothelioma lawyer to help you in your fight against these companies is a good start.  You will be fighting for something that means so much to a lot of people and it will be worth it in the end.

10 Options in Treating Mesothelioma

As with any cancer, treatment for Mesothelioma depends on the location of the cancer, the progression of the disease, the age as well as state of health of the patient.

It is the oncologist who specializes in the disease who will decide on the line of treatment. The disease is difficult to treat and in most cases the prognosis is poor. Treatment options include:

1.    If the diagnosis is done in the early stages surgery may be recommended to remove all cancerous tissues. This means thoracoscopy, VATS or video assisted thoracic surgery, mediastinoscopy (used for staging), or laproscopy.  Often, doctors will advise palliative procedures like chest tube drainage and pleurodesis, thoracoscopy and pleurodesis, pleuroperitonial shunt, or pleurectomy, which treat the symptoms of mesothelioma rather than the disease.

2.    Radiation is prescribed aggressively for mesothelioma patients and is often given in combination with surgery or in order to control symptoms, palliatively. Research on using radiation therapy using implants or UV light therapy is in progress as traditional radiation therapy damages surrounding healthy tissue.

3.    Chemotherapy is an option and around 12-20% of patients respond to the drugs. Anti-cancer drugs destroy cancer cells and prevent their spread. In mesothelioma, chemotherapy is not considered to be curative. The aim is to prevent spread of the disease; shrink the tumor prior to surgery, known as neoadjuvant therapy; to annihilate any remains of the tumor in the body post surgery; and to relieve pain and other discomfort, palliative chemotherapy. Experts recommend prescribing premetrexed along with cisplastin. These drugs have shown positive results and this is now standard care for Mesothelioma not treatable by surgery.

4.    Biological therapy using interleukin 2.

5.    Immunotherapy where the body’s own immune system is stimulated to fight the disease. Biological response modifiers, BRMs, are used in treatment. These enhance the functions of the immune system; regulate metabolic reactions that promote growth of cancers; alter cancer cell division; block or reverse processes that lead to formation of cancers; and prevent spread of cancer.

6.    Gene therapy, where attempts are made to correct the gene sequence that causes the cancer. This is of two kinds, replacement gene therapy and knockout gene therapy.

7.    Administration of lovastatin, a cholesterol lowering drug.

8.    Photodynamic treatment where a photosensitive medication is activated using a laser. This is done during the surgical removal of cancerous tissues.

9.    Draining of fluid in the chest or abdominal cavity followed by introduction of medications into the cavity to prevent fluid accumulation is done for patients who have uncontrolled fluid accumulation and intense discomfort stemming from it.

10.    Combination therapy or Trimodal therapy which means surgery accompanied by radiation and chemotherapy.

Often, complementary medicines are also used. Termed to be holistic this kind of treatment focuses on a patient’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being.

In the case of Mesothelioma which is untreatable one can opt for clinical trials of new treatments that are in progress in several research laboratories and centers. The best advice on the line of treatment would be that recommended by the oncologist or physician.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Check in!

Wow!! Life is crazy! In a nutshell: I have a new job, am working on my second round of edits on my dissertation, and life with Hunter keeps me busy enough without those other things!

Some pics of my little man:

Life is good :) Still working on health and fitness- just another part of life really! Down another couple pounds, right at 140. So lost 12 pounds the last 3 months - pretty good rate! Will be back where I want to be in the summer if I keep it up :)

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Picture; Back to Work

Here's a little picture update of me (Hunter is usually the star of photographs now!):

Feeling ok - but definitely still wanting to lose these last 10 pounds. Clothes don't fit great and I'm not loving my shape right now... But not hating it either! Progress is being made.

Work is lame. I'd much rather be home, cuddling my boy and changing his diapers, letting him feed all day!! Pumping at work in a quiet, lonely room stinks. I was getting out a lot, socializing and whatnot, so I don't even appreciate the "adult" time.

Eh. I'll figure it out.

Just focusing on keeping the family healthy and happy for now!

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Alive and well!

I got a comment from Vickie asking if we're all doing ok-- and I wanted to pop in to say that we are!!

However, being a new mom, finding a new job, trying to jump start my health and fitness, etc is a lot more exhausting and time consuming than expected!! I spend the hour I have to myself (given to me by my husband) reading or showering :)

But we're happy! Hunter is verrrry sensitive and cries pretty easily (very easily over stimulated, doesn't like to be set down, etc) so that's been challenging. I go back to work on Tuesday though, so he's going to have to establish some new routines.

Hunter sleeps well now, though, so that's awesome. 5-8 hour stretches at night, usually followed by another 3!

He's also insanely cute:

Things are going well in most fronts. My advisor is liking my dissertation so far. I'm potentially close to a new job. I've lost a few more pounds. Hunter is healthy and growing.

Can't complain!!

Might blog more once I'm back at work and have forced free time on my breaks!

Love to you all <3

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Slow Progress

I've been making lots of progress in making good choices to fuel my (and my son's!) body. But I've also not completely gone without treats.

Breakfast was eggs and toast, lunch was turkey wraps with mango/avocado salsa and rice pudding:

Last night I went out with a couple friends and enjoyed a tasting flight of beer (I missed beer!):

I'm walking as much as I can - did 4 miles on Sunday with my little family :) And slowly incorporating more body weight exercises during my day (I'm really looking forward to having my core strength back!).

I'm trending slightly downward with my weight, so that's good- but mostly I see my shape changing as I get active again, my posture improves and I challenge my muscles!

This is definitely a slow process- especially since most of my energies are for my child, now! But I'm making sure to take care of his mom, too :)

Forward progress!

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Though I'm not where I used to be in terms of diet and exercise, I'm being consistent with what I am capable of right now. Getting out for at least a short walk every day, tracking my food daily, making a concerted effort to eat my veggies and staying hydrated.

My steps are getting there (the cold weather is tough - some days I bring Hunter to a store to walk around), but I'll admit to just plain old being exhausted some days. But I am getting something done every day, even if it's just a little, and that's a big step!

My meals are staying consistent too - having my three meals a day, like I described in my previous blog post, and a snack or two as well.

Had haddock on corn tortillas with a side of roasted beets and roasted Brussels sprouts yesterday for dinner. Tonight I am having butternut squash soup with peas, and a black bean burger.

Staying consistent with getting vegetables back into my diet has been really big. Even though I've added grains back to my diet, I am aiming for vegetables to make up the majority of my carbohydrates! They just have a lot more nutrition and fill me up a lot better.

So even though my weight isn't dropping consistently, I'm going to stay consistent with my behaviors. I know that breast-feeding may mean that I'm not going to drop any significant amount of weight until I'm done breast-feeding, but setting up these healthy habits for me, to be a better example for Hunter, to be a healthier mom, is important.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Better Meal Choices

I've been on a pretty good streak of just plain old making better choices - with regards to both food and activity.

This was lunch today:

Lettuce, turkey, cheese and mustard with a fig bar snack (I got these on sale at the co-op, they're made with a really great ingredients and fill me up great!)

Breakfast was organic waffles with peanut butter and cottage cheese on the side.

Dinner will be a veggie/butternut squash soup.

If I eat grains with breakfast, like today, I'll do just veggies and protein for lunch. Some days I do protein/fruit for breakfast and will have bread at lunch. Dinners are getting closer to our old, pre-pregnancy dinners - lots of veggies and protein. Last night's dinner was cod with an almond meal crust, broccoli and roasted sweet potatoes.

Taking in a ton of water, too - breastfeeding seems to completely dehydrate me no matter how much I drink!

Still around 145, but definitely feeling MUCH better now that I'm eating better, less junk, more nutrition, and more well rounded (not 80% carbs like when I was eating poorly!).

Takes effort to not indulge in food as pleasure (especially when I'm stressed with Hunter!) but it's worth it. I feel more energetic, for sure :)

Hunter making his weird face in his bear suit :)

Family walk at the golf course- got in 3 miles here!

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Weight, Ramping up activity

Things are progressing - slowly but surely  around here! Hunter is six weeks old officially today. I look back at the pictures of him a month ago, and I see how much he has grown, even though it is hard to see day to day.

And even though he still not sleeping much through the night, things are changing around here. Especially because I'm feeling stronger and more capable as the days go on. It is two more weeks until I am cleared for more activity than just walking. But I had chilled out on even walking too much for a while, because I was certain I had pulled my internal incision by doing a little too much too fast.

But I've been getting out this week! Taking some walks with Hunter and the dog, running some errands, going shopping.

And I have been sticking to tracking my food, though I am obviously eating far more than I need to maintain my weight because I want to keep my milk supply up. And I am making plenty of milk, finally. Hunter was growing so fast for a few weeks, because we struggled so much with breast-feeding in the first three weeks, I think he had a lot of catching up to do!

I lost a pound, now at 145. Not much, but a small downward trend. Lost 3 lbs in 30 days - I think that's a good rate that  won't endanger my supply! But best of all, I can see my old body shape coming back as I get more active. I'm not so horrified by the changes anymore... I have hope I'll get somewhere close to normal by/during summer :)

So, despite sleeplessness and feeling overwhelmed, I've been able to stay on the path to getting back to health and fitness (getting more active, eating better foods and tracking what I eat). Just required a little effort not to reach for the cookies and not to always lay in bed (though I do lay in bed a fair amount, taking care of a newborn is hard!). Little changes add up over time - and all I have energy for right now is little changes!

I pumped milk for tonight - leaving Hunter with Chris and am hitting up a girls' night! Pretty excited for adult times!

Saturday, January 2, 2016

First meal I've cooked in a loooong time

I've been very, very lucky the past many months to have a husband who has cooked dinner for me, first while I was pregnant and writing my dissertation and second while I've been recovering from my csection and feeding a newborn. I haven't cooked anything more than eggs in maybe half a year!

Also the past month, we've been eating food made by friends and family, ranging from turkey soup to a huge lasagna to vegetarian meals. That's been a big help.

Anyway, it worked out that Hunter was well fed and well rested at dinner time and we were making shrimp - my favorite thing to cook! I handed the baby over to Chris in a good mood and got to cooking.

I made garlic butter shrimp tacos on corn tortillas with guacamole and a side of roasted broccoli:

I'm a little rusty but it was fun to get back in the kitchen. Hunter is still making it difficult for me to cook when I'm alone because he doesn't like to be put down most of the time, but hopefully that will change as he gets older :)

As the flow of prepared food slows, it'll be important for us to get back to cooking and food prep if we want to eat well (do not want to rely on takeout or frozen pizzas!). I think we'll definitely simplify from what we had been doing- more frozen veggies, premarinated meats, etc, but preparing the food ourselves has always been important to us! Chris and I love cooking together and always have a lot of fun doing it, so it's good for our bonding too :)

New Year, New Life, New Goals

I definitely am very excited to see what 2016 will bring - I've never had such a life change as having a baby before (and life has changed pretty drastically for me in the past)!

Hunter is 5 1/2 weeks old, showing a little more personality and I know this year is going to see rapid changes for him! And for our little family :)

I don't really have any resolutions for this year, nothing specific anyway. My goals are just to make sure I try my best to be a good parent, to make sure Hunter is happy and healthy, to make sure I am happy and healthy, and my marriage is happy and healthy. All of those things are connected.

I want all three of us to be active, get out in the world, to learn new things, eat nourishing foods, to stay socially engaged, and to fill our spirits with bright and enlivening things. I want to try my best to start our family off on a good foot :)

So what does that mean? That means putting energy into these goals. To make healthy decisions, not lazy ones. As Hunter continues to get older, I can feel my own energy returning, and know I will be rejoining this world shortly (right now, I'm still spending most of my time in bed feeding him!).

I just really look forward to showing him the world this year. I want him to know how beautiful it is!

For myself personally, my resolutions are definitely to get healthy and work on losing a little bit of baby weight, but not to obsess about it! I had got into a really good place last year of maintaining a healthy, trim body without counting calories or being controlling about it. I don't want Hunter to see a mom who has a bad body image or issues with food. So I'm going to work on myself with a loving demeanor- not a self- or body-hating one. It's more important than ever to have a good relationship with my body so that Hunter knows the body is a beautiful and amazing thing that can carry him through this world!

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Pyrene fire extinguishers are fire extinguishers manufactured by the Pyrene Company from 1914.

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A Scottish engineer set established the Pyrene Company of Delaware in 1909. In 1914, American businessman Wallace B Phillips set up the British offshoot, The Pyrene Company Limited, in London. They began selling ‘pump’ extinguishers. By 1920 the business had a factory to manufacture soda-acid and foam fire extinguishers. In 1924, the London General Omnibus Company granted Pyrene the contract to supply all its vehicles with pump fire extinguishers.

Pyrene pioneered the use of Carbon Tetrachloride or CTC, using a hand pump to expel the liquid onto the fire. The extinguishers were not pressurised, so could be re-filled when low or empty with fire extinguishing liquid. Unbeknownst to them at the time, CTC vapour is highly toxic and potentially more hazardous than the fire it was meant to put out.

Pyrene Phomene installations were fitted to many ships throughout the 1930s. During WWII, the demand for fire-fighting equipment was high, and Pyrene were contracted to supply many companies and institutions. A factory was opened in South Wales in 1950 specifically for the manufacture of fire extinguishers. Their logo read: Pyrene, kills fire, saves life. Later, it read ‘Pyrene, fire equipment for every hazard’. They supplied countries with fire extinguishers all over the western world.

In 1955, the FB5X foam making branch pipe was introduced. Pyrene operated until 1971. In the 1960s and 70s, as it became apparent how deadly CTC was, all the old extinguishers were removed from service.

The very earliest fire extinguishers were available in different materials, including enameled metal, brass, or nickel plated. During WWII, copper became scarce and brass was generally used. The 1916 patent saw various types of extinguisher on offer, including the air craft type, foam type, 1 gallon pressure type, and original non-freezing. Later, ‘Pyrene Junior’ fire extinguishers developed for cars, boats and bikes, a quart-gallon hand-held option, as well as a soda and acid type extinguisher.

The plate on the front states the Pyrene logo, plus extensive information and instructions.

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Many collectors of vintage Pyrene fire extinguishers are collectors of classic cars. Pyrene extinguishers were fitted to most commercial vehicles between the 1920s and 60s, and many perceive that installing one in their classic car adds authenticity. Others may just like them in their homes as ornaments.

To a certain extent, it is possible to date your Pyrene fire extinguisher depending on certain characteristics of the design, as seen in old Pyrene adverts. Patent dates can be misleading when looking at exact dates of manufacture.

Collectors and sellers of Pyrene fire extinguishers often clean and polish the brass, and the extinguishers can finish up looking quite new.

Carbon Tetrachloride is now known to be carcinogenic and highly dangerous. Extinguishers must be emptied of this liquid by a professional before they can be kept as antique and vintage items.

The older Pyrenes, produced before 1950, are more valuable and sought-after, particularly World War II items. Some will state that they are made in the UK, others in America. The Pyrene Company in Newark, New Jersey made an extinguisher known as the ‘Fastfoam’.

They often come up for auction on eBay, though they can be found through WWII surplus stores.

Pyrene conducted shocking and scaremonger advertisement campaigns to sell their fire extinguishers, the likes of which include adverts describing: ‘After they’re gone, when you are all alone and the memory that weighs upon the heart returns, the knowledge of what might have been prevented by a Pyrene Fire Extinguisher tortures you’. Thus Pyrene advertisements are distinctive, and collectible in their own right.

Pyrene fire extinguishers tend to sell for wildly different prices, and it is not always clear why. They can sell for between $10 and $230. Sometimes at the top end are unpolished, unrestored extinguishers in their original condition, sometimes polished, cleaned, even re-touched or painted options. It must depend who is looking to buy at a particular time, and what exactly they are looking for. If they want a ready-made ornament for a classic car, they may prefer an example that has been restored by a previous owner. Others may want the real, unadulterated article. This means it is worth being savvy when looking for an item. Focusing on the lower priced end does not necessarily mean lower quality extinguishers.

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Hello, i have a project going on? i would like to try to use an Brass Fire extinguisher Pyrene #21 as a Fuel tank for my motorcycle. I am just unsure about the matirial used to contain whatever liquide that was in it in the past.

Also wondering if you happen to know if it is possible to store gaz into it without having any reaction happening over time that would change the gas or make dirty that could go damage the motorcycle engine...

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Srinagar, May 25: Expressing serious concern over the fresh LoC flare up between Indian and Pakistan armies, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday urged both the nuclear powers to stop the mayhem and killings at the border and start a process of peacefully settling the Kashmir dispute.

Addressing a massive Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz in a statement issued to KNS said that it is a war at LoC especially in Uri, Samba and Kathua sectors as the two armies of India and Pakistan are exchanging heavy artillery fire resulting in the senseless loss of innocent civilians on the both sides of the fence.

He said not only civilians by soldiers on the both sides of LoC also continue to get killed due to continuous exchange of firing. Mirwaiz said that such a situation has now become routine at the LOC as it remains heated most of the year with big bangs of exchange of mortars between the armies of two countries.

Mirwaiz said that unless New Delhi gives up its obduracy regarding the dispute and gives real peace a chance there is no guarantee that the situation will change and improve.

He said one fails to understand why the leadership of both the countries is delaying the resolution of the issue when it is in the interest of the people of both sides to start a sustained dialogue for the resolution of Kashmir dispute, which is the root cause of tension between them.

He said it is long overdue that New Delhi and Islamabad allow the leadership of two divided parts of Kashmir including Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, Pakistan administered Kashmir and this part of Jammu and Kashmir to meet with each other and decide on their future course of action regarding their destiny as such a step is of utmost importance for finding a resolution of Kashmir dispute , acceptable to all parties most importantly to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

He said Hurriyat leadership will extend its full support to every serious effort aimed at resolving Kashmir so that peace prevails in the region and bloodshed stops .

Commenting on the shocking incident involving the major from Indian Armed forces RR who had tied local Farooq Dar to his jeep and paraded him as human shield last year surfaced involving a local girl from the same district of Budgam where he is stationed.

Mirwaiz said “it shows the terror these people have struck in the hearts of locals that as per the news report the girl’s family did not even report the couple of nocturnal visit this army man with his accomplice made to the house of the girl. They were threatening with being killed if they told anyone.”

Mirwaiz said it is precisely because of the absolute immunity from accountability that draconian law like AFSPA provides the armed forces that they do as they please as in this case. “Since the armed forces know come what may they will be saved even if found guilty and instead of being punished will be rewarded as major Gogoi was in the human shield case they do as they please. It is this unaccountability that emboldens the forces and leads to repression harassment intimidation and instilling fear that is pushing Kashmiri’s to the wall and in a way forcing the young to take to arms to avenge the atrocities,” he said.
Mirwaiz said instead of registering a case against this shameless man and taking action the local authority let him scot free. “This incident brings to fore the vulnerability of Kashmiri’s even that of our women as a consequence of being under the yoke of oppression,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mirwaiz also expressed growing concern at the degradation in the moral values within the Kashmiri society and urged people to unite and stand up to fight against the menace of liquor consumption, drug abuse and other such immoral activities.

He asked parents to keep a close watch on their children and asked the youth to ensure that the social fabric stays clean.

Mirwaiz also announced he will be addressing a religious gathering at the shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) Khanyar on 10th Ramadan after Zuhr prayers, on 11th Ramdhan (Sunday) at Krala Masjid Hawal, on 13th Ramadan (Tuesday) at Masjid Shareef Tengpora Zoonimar, on `14th Ramadan (Wednesday at Masjid-e-Shareef Lakhripora, Nowshehra and on 15th Ramadan at Masjid-e-Shareef Narwara. (KNS)

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Hergott: Cell phones vs. passengers

Lawyer Paul Hergott discusses talking to your passenger vs. being on your cell phone while driving

How is it any different from talking to a passenger?

We hosted a small gathering for my step daughter’s 30th birthday. She got to hear my road safety pitch about the ridiculousness of banning hand held, but not hands free cell phone use, “for the 500th time”.

The topic just sort of came up when I was chatting up one of her friends. It always comes up. I’m like a child at show and tell with some shiny cool thing I’m dying to share.

She might have thought it was cool the first time. Noting that it was “for the 500th time” is a strong clue that any shine it might have had has been lost.

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Her friend kindly showed interest in what I had to say.

His immediate response was a predictable one because 500 of 500 folks I share my pitch with respond with the same question: “How is it any different from talking to a passenger?”

It’s a very reasonable question, because my pitch is based on a similar kind of comparison.

We all agree, I think, that hand held cell phone use is dangerous and illegal. My pitch is that since the hands free version has been scientifically proven to pose the same level of danger, it should also be illegal.

The flip side of that coin is that talking to a passenger is legal and, presumably, safe. Hands free cell phone use seems a lot like talking to a passenger. Therefore, shouldn’t hands free cell phone use be legal as well?

Please understand that I take no credit for the “heavy lifting” of scientific study and analysis that forms the basis of what I am about to share with you. I do have over 20 years of experience sorting out what causes car crashes and the science and analysis fits my experience, but please don’t discount what I tell you on the basis that I might be some crazy maverick.

And if you have any doubt at all about what I am sharing with you and have a genuine interest in learning about this stuff, please ask and I will send you some reading material.

Fully 50 per cent of the car crash cases I handle arose when a driver inexplicably failed to notice that the traffic ahead had come to a stop and drove into the back of a stopped vehicle.

Most of the other 50 per cent are a mix of all sorts of other driving scenarios where the offending driver was simply not attentive to what was going on. A driver looking in the direction of an approaching vehicle but somehow not “seeing” it, looking out the windshield but somehow failing to notice a stop sign, etc.

That’s what the science says occurs when your brain is elsewhere, talking on a cell phone while driving. You are looking out of your windshield, but “missing” up to 50 per cent of what’s there.

A passenger is another set of eyes. How many times have you played “back seat driver”, alerting the person behind the wheel that he is about to miss a turn? Or alerted with a, “Hey!” and/or noticeably bracing yourself when the driver was roaring up behind stopping traffic at a changing light or seeming to miss other road hazards?

And please, next time you’re chatting away with a passenger, notice what happens when traffic becomes the least bit complicated. The pace of discussion automatically slows as both of your brains become more engaged with the roadway.

As I was explaining this to my step-daughter’s friend, I was delighted to see that his eyes weren’t glazing over. And after puzzling about it a bit, he came up with another piece that I had not read about nor come up with on my own.

Chit-chat with your passenger is more likely just that: chit-chat. The polite filling of dead air space to avoid an uncomfortable silence.

A cell phone discussion is more likely to be a purposeful and engaging communication. You don’t pick up your phone and call folks to fill dead air space. And when you’re done talking you hang up.

I haven’t seen any science on this point, but it makes sense to me that a purposeful and engaging communication is more likely to be cognitively distracting than idle chit-chat.

The problem with cell phone use while driving is that you are engaging your brain in something other than the road ahead of you, leading you to “miss” up to 50 per cent of what is going on in your field of view, and that this is no different whether you are talking hand held or hands free.

Is it similarly distracting to engage your brain in a discussion with your passenger? I imagine so, and please keep that in mind!

But idle chit-chat discussions with your passenger are unlikely to be as distracting as purposeful and engaging cell phone discussions. And a passenger is another set of eyes, able to alert you to things you miss and adjust the pace of the discussion to fit more complicated traffic situations.

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Employment Tax Compliance -Executive

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A fantastic opportunity to FastTrack your career within a Top 10 practice has arisen for an Employment Tax Executive. This role is based within the Employment Tax Team who deliver compliance services to clients including P11ds, PAYE Settlement Agreements, Form 42 and dealing with UK Tax return forms for High Net Worth individuals and expatriates.

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NOAA's Climate Prediction Center issued their monthly forecast for El Nino and La Nina. It confirms La Nina conditions continue in the tropical Pacific (below normal sea surface temperatures in a certain part of the tropical Pacific).

NOAA says there is now an 85-95% chance that a weak to moderate La Nina will continue through our winter.

Usually, La Nina winters increase the odds of below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation with lots of snow in the mountains during our winter months. But so far this year we haven't seen much evidence of it. In November the average temperature at Sea-Tac Airport actually was 1.3 degrees above normal, but rainfall was 2.06 inches above normal.

It was a mixed month.

December was close to normal: Mean temperature was 0.6 degrees below normal and only 0.08 inches above normal for rainfall. The mountain snowpack, which had a good year with last winter's La Nina, was generally running a little below normal as of January 1.

What's up?

Well first, we are the only part way through the winter. It's still 68 days until spring arrives, so the averages could change. But this does emphasize the point that La Nina and La Nina only push the odds one way or another and don't guarantee any particular kind of winter.

And today's heavy rain and snow? Is this a sign of a shift to more La Nina like conditions? Maybe not. Snow levels rose later Thursday and the rain and snow let up. And we should see some sun and mild temperatures for part of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

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My First Few Weeks at Kings Camp

By Kings Camp Team on August 23, 2018

When I first started working as a field guide 3 years ago, I heard stories about the Timbavati Game Reserve – a huge area of pristine wilderness adjacent to and joining the Kruger National Park, boasting an incredible diversity of animal life and beautiful natural surroundings.

This year in August after working as a guide in several reserves such as Pilanesberg National Park and Thornybush Nature Reserve, I heard about an opening for a female guide at Kings Camp. My predecessor Anna was leaving as she was expecting twins, and promised me that I was taking over “the best job in the world”!

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Immediately upon starting at Kings I was welcomed with open arms by the entire family. The entire staff component has patiently helped me to hit the ground running as part of the team, and all are genuinely good people who I am honoured to call my friends.

My tracker Albert has been at Kings for 16 years already, and has an incredible knowledge of the roads and resident wildlife. I could not do it without him, as the guide and tracker team is one that is very important, and trust and good communication is imperative!

The game viewing is phenomenal. There are several resident leopards literally on our doorstep, every so often even entering the camp grounds or on its outskirts, resulting in a cacophony from the vervet monkey population. On one game drive in my first week we had the absolute pleasure of seeing three different leopards each only 100m away from each other and all enjoying separate kills!

Elephants are so comfortable with the vehicles that they approach and feed around us and walk past us without even giving us so much as a glance! Their cheeky calves build up their bravery by flaring their little ears at us and crashing through the bushes trying to intimidate us, while mom chomps on vegetation calmly nearby.

On night drives I have seen creatures such as African wild cat, honey badger, owls, jackal, spotted hyena, genet and bushbaby. Impala, bushbuck and nyala often jump over the electrical fence in the camp and graze on our lawns, relatively safe from predators. A confident little squirrel often scuttles into my room during the day. My bird list is already over 100 species, having had sightings of birds such as martial eagle, barn owl, pearl- spotted and African barred owlets, giant eagle owl, kori bustard, bateleur, Southern ground hornbill, African harrier hawk, saddle billed stork, purple-crested turaco and white-backed vulture to name a few.

The guests that I have had thus far have been spoiled with incredible sightings of big five as well as African wild dog, hyena, hippo, giraffe and a multitude of other plains game, as well as your smaller more overlooked (but just as interesting) creatures such as dwarf mongoose, squirrels, baboons, termites, spiders, scorpions and chameleons.

Bush walks are one of my favourite pastimes – being able to exercise out in wild African nature whilst inspecting its tracks and signs, creating a story of the goings- on of the morning like a newspaper on the ground. Bush walks takes you down to the animals level, and away from the noises of the cars engine to immerse you into nature where you can use all your senses to experience the bush. Feel the bark of the rough knobthorn tree with its spiny protrusions, the hard concrete- like termite mounds, and the difference between different herbivore dung.

Dig into the dry riverbed and taste the pure sand-filtered water that seeps to the surface. Smell the musty scent of an elephant that passed by not too long ago, the popcorn- like aroma of a leopard’s recent territorial marking, or my favourite – the smell of mashed potatoes coming from the potato plant (Phyllanthus reticulatus) that emits the scent from tiny flowers in the evening. Decipher the tracks of animals that have walked on paths and roads, and try to find other signs of them having been there such as mud rubbed against trees, grass bent along their path, a feint scent, or leaves and twigs dropped whilst feeding.

If you are very lucky, spy a large animal feeding or resting, safely at a distance and without disturbing it.
Sit quietly and absorb the peace of nature, its peaceful balance, the soft calls of birds, the rumbling of a distant elephant herd, your place in this world and the place of all of its creatures.

I already call Kings Camp my home. It is truly a magnificent piece of Africa.

Tracey Bruton
Field Guide, Kings Camp
Co-founder and team member of Trek for Big Cats

3 thoughts on “My First Few Weeks at Kings Camp

  1. Tracey it is truly a magical place and you are a fantastic guide.. thanks for making our trip last week so special. All the best at Kings as you continue your wonderful journey and adventures. michelle and sally

  2. Wow, I’m so envious. So many times in my life, it crossed my mind to consider doing what you’re doing. Too late now, but I can experience it vicariously through your beautiful pictures and well-written descriptions. (BTW, I went to school with your Mom in Benoni.)

  3. Baie interessante blog Tacey. Baie mooi fotos. Hoop jy is baie gelukkig in jou nuwe werk. Geniet die diere en die mooi natuur. Afrika op sy beste.
    Stephanie (Jana se suster)

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Memories of Kinlochard - Bill Davidson

My name is William Davidson, known as Bill. My connection with Kinlochard is through my late mother, Margaret Cuthill Baird Davidson. My great aunt was Lilias Black who married John Black, the Waterman who controlled the water supply flow from Loch Katrine to Glasgow.

I remember my mother telling me of the good times they had as young people in the 1920's and 1930's at aunt Lilias' at the Teapot and the Post Office. Auntie Lil as we called her, led a busy life. She was postmistress in Kinlochard and she was also the very first Youth Hostel Warden in the U.K. when the hostel was in a big black barn at the rear of the old post office.

My uncle Bobby used to have a motorbike with a sidecar and on Friday night take at least six of his brothers and sisters to stay in tents camping at the back of the Teapot, then going to the dances and local get-togethers having great times. It was rough washing in the freezing cold fresh water in the burn that ran down at the back of The Teapot, but very healthy.

I remember the Black family clearly. As a child we used to visit them in the old Post Office at Kinlochard in the late 1940's, every May Bank Holiday and the September weekend holiday. From the age of four I remember we as a family - the Davidsons - would walk the road from Aberfoyle up to Kinlochard as there was no transport going up the road at that time of day, then catch Duncan's Bus back down the road leaving at 4.30 in the afternoon to meet up with the bus for Stirling for the next leg of our return journey home to Grangemouth.


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Grunt, slap our alarm clock onto snooze, and roll over! That is the way most of us start our day! Of course, it's not exactly the ideal ...

Start your day right: the perfect early morning routine

Grunt, slap our alarm clock onto snooze, and roll over! That is the way most of us start our day! Of course, it's not exactly the ideal beginning. In fact, by starting your day right, you can create a positive mood and productive atmosphere that allow you to achieve a great deal more. That is why I have been working on the art of perfecting the early morning routine. Something you can read all about how to do in my post below.

Set one alarm

How many alarm do you set on you open each night to wake up in the morning? Two, three, more? Well, this behaviour may actually be sabotaging your ability to get up nice and early! This is because psychologically you are sending a message to your brain that you don't expect to get up the first time your alarm goes off. Something that makes it much more likely that you will roll over and then snooze your way through all of your other alarms as well.

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Remember too that every time you go back to sleep, you are minimising your own ability to feel like you have had a refreshing rest. That is why it's crucial if you want to start the day right that you set only one alarm, and make sure you get up properly once this goes off.

Next, you will find a lot of early morning routines that instruct you to get straight into the shower, or exercise. However, what I have found works best is if you actually allow your mind and body a little time to wake up.

What this means is heading downstairs for a light breakfast, some water, and above all else a good cup of coffee. Not just any coffee will do either, in fact, I like to make it something of a treat and go for a specialty brew like the ones that Two Chimps Coffee offer. Then, no matter what my day has in store for me, I know I will be awake, alert, and up to the task.

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Forget about frogs

Another piece of advice for early morning that I have come to realise is misguided is the eating of a frog. Not the actual act of course, but the idea that if we have something hard to do we should get that done first.

Instead, I think it's much better to do something straightforward, but that provides you with a sense of mastery. Such as tasks including a brief tidy up of the house, putting some washing on or out, or even make the bed. Then you will feel as if you have already achieved something that day, and it will make it easier to continue on positively.

Start your day with an intention

Lastly, before you rush off to deal with the craziness your day has in store for you, it can be useful to get really quite and set a positive intention first. To do this, you may review your goals for the week or month, meditate, or even do some yoga. Then you will be ready to face your day because you will have already started it in a positive fashion.

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Bigg Boss Telugu 2 winner Kaushal Manda has been in the eye of the storm of late. While the controversies seem to subside, Kaushal’s picture with Chandrababu Naidu has grabbed the headlines again. Kaushal has met Chandrababu at Undavalli, and the meeting was arranged by Minister Ghanta Srinivasa Rao.

The buzz is that Kaushal has expressed his desire to contest on TDP ticket. However, with elections nearing,  Chandrababu is known not to take any chances, especially from a newbie. Though Kaushal has only Bigg Boss fame, he also courted controversies and is a novice for a political field, so chances are less likely that he would be getting a TDP ticket for the upcoming assembly elections.


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