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In an ever-changing, increasingly dangerous world, emerging technologies designed to make our lives safer and more convenient are no longer just options. They have become necessities. In the communications age of today, the advent of the Internet, satellite communications, cell-phone technology and the Global Positioning Satellites system are constants in a day-to-day struggle to insure the safety of our Families and loved ones. As a parent, especially, there are constant threats to a child or teen that we may worry about. Many may feel compelled to make use of emerging technology to insure a child’s safety.

Those that would argue that security and safety has come at a high price – our personal freedom and privacy, may have a valid point. How then, do we weigh the benefits of the use of the security gained by the technology against the loss of privacy and freedom? We do so by realizing that although personal freedom is important, it means very little if a family member or loved one is in grave danger by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. We do so by talking to our loved ones earnestly about these dangers, and making agreements that certain places at certain times may threaten their safety, and thus threaten the family unit as a whole. We do so by agreeing that the benefits of a system like the PocketFinder™ far outweigh the personal drawbacks.

Children and teenagers do not always make the best decisions, this is especially true when they are away from their parent’s influence. The pressure on kids to perhaps make a dangerous choice can be overwhelming, especially at the insistence of friends or other peers. They are impressionable young minds and they sometimes are tempted to do the wrong thing, or to go to the wrong place. Life can be an open book full of endless possibilities when young. However, as adults charged with the protection and well being of these kids, we know that many dangers lurk around every corner for them.

A parent’s worst nightmare is that their child is missing and his or her whereabouts are unknown. Many of us would think immediately of the worst possibilities; What if they were kidnapped by a sexual predator, perhaps a murderer or someone mentally unstable? What if they are in mortal danger and cannot tell someone? What if they went somewhere with someone they may have thought was their friend, only to find out that this person really means harm to them? As a parent, there may be no worse feeling of helplessness or hopelessness than this one. We may blame ourselves for not being more careful, for not putting firm safeguards into place. Perhaps for not talking to our kids in earnest about the very real dangers they could possibly be exposed to. We may think to ourselves; if I just had a tracking device on them, I could locate their position in a matter of minutes and intervene if there is a problem. The last thing we may think of is that our child is OK and just made a bad decision to go somewhere at the wrong time, but even this will cause much stress for the parent.

Just by having a remote location device in their pocket, children and teens know that their location could be monitored at any time. A bad decision to enter a danger zone will most likely be thought out by the child under these circumstances, and the correct decision ultimately rendered. Other risky behavior can be averted as well, such as speeding or skipping class. Visiting “off limits” or “bad influence” areas can also be avoided. An example might be the house of a known gang member or a drug user. More than likely, a child or teen will eventually “test” this system. They will try to assess how effective it is, whether there are any flaws in the device that may allow them to engage in dangerous behavior undetected. This will be a critical juncture at making the system work properly for the long-term. The “test” cannot be overlooked or ignored. That is one reason that the more modern systems like PocketFinder™ provide the ability to set up monitoring that automatically alerts the user through the network setup when a child or teen leaves a “Safe zone” or enters a “Danger zone”.

The PocketFinder™ is a system that makes use of the Global Positioning Satellites orbiting the earth and very small and affordable location devices easily carried on a child or teen or their belongings. When activated, the PocketFinder™ network will begin receiving signals from the cookie-size device. The location is then calculated and delivered to the PocketFinder™ secured network. Access to the location information is then available to you through the Internet via your computer or across the PocketFinder™ automated telephone system using a cell telephone or even a landline. Automated alerts can be set up on the system. It can even deliver text messages to a cell phone if desired. Multiple customized zones can be defined as “Safe Zones” or “Danger Zones”. The system also has the ability to be set up to alert the user when the location device is travelling at speeds greater than a predetermined rate. This is a great feature to monitor that new driver in the family. The customized settings and automatic alerts can be set up in a multitude of ways based on zones, and yet, it is simple to configure, navigate and use. If you ever lose a PocketFinder™, just click on the “locate now” icon, and you will know within thirty feet where to find it. PocketFinder™ is also waterproof and virtually indestructible, so no matter where it ends up, you will know where it is.

Tracking family members by location is only one way to use the PocketFinder™. It can also be used to track pets, luggage, employees, medical or mental patients, packages, valuable goods, belongings, even your own position. For more information, tutorials and to check for availability of the PocketFinder™, visit http://www.pocketfinder.com online or call 1-800-615-0869. Remember the name:

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Cessation Causes Trauma
By Valerie Vanderburg

“The state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes trauma.” This is Random House’s definition of addiction, as published in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary © Random House, Inc. 2006. Let’s focus on the last three words of that definition – “cessation causes trauma.” Talk about trying to choose the lesser of two evils! Do you continue abusing your body with drugs and alcohol or deprive your body of those substances, causing both physical and psychological trauma. The difference between the two, however, is that one is prolonged and will eventually lead to the deterioration of the body and organ failure; the other is temporary and, if accompanied by a quality addiction treatment program, completely recoverable.

We at Cliffside Malibu feel it is important for those addicted to drugs and/or alcohol as well as their family and loved ones to understand both the physiological and the psychological components of addiction. Addiction is as much a chemical dependency as it is an emotional one. That is why no one can simply decide to give up the bad habits and live a drug-free live without the assistance of drug rehab program. Admitting you have a problem and deciding you want to free yourself of addiction are the first two steps in a series of many. Seeking the right drug rehabilitation facility for you comes next.

Cliffside Malibu is a facility offering drug and alcohol rehab and we take a holistic approach to addiction recovery, meaning that we work on healing the mind and soul, as well as the body. Therefore, our staff is made up of much more than doctors, nurses, and counselors. We employ many other professionals such as yoga instructors, massage therapists, personal trainers, and many others for a complete and well-rounded recovery process.

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Icy Martian dunes contain mysterious dark streaks in this south polar image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

The frost is likely an accumulation of frozen water and carbon dioxide ice. But the small, dark streaks might have resulted from avalanches of sand or patches of coarse-grained ice clear enough for the dark material below the ice to become visible. The streaks, running thousands of feet long, follow the local topographical patterns of the Martian landscape and do not appear to have a chaotic pattern of distribution. They are likely related to the dark spots scattered throughout the image, which could have resulted from ice evaporation leaving behind dust formerly contained in the ice.

The site for the image was chosen by astronomy students from Budapest, Hungary, through a NASA program that invites the public to help select imaging targets on Mars.

–NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA/High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment and SPACE.com Staff

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA/High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment

Wandering Spirit

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted fellow Martian explorer, the Mars Exploration Rover “Spirit,” inside the feature dubbed “Home Plate” in Gusev Crater.

The intrepid, long-lived rover shows up as a tiny black speck at about the 5:30 position of the lighter-colored, roughly circular central feature of this image, taken on Sept. 27, 2007.

Spirit is driving toward what is hoped will be a safe winter home on the north-facing slopes on the north side of Home Plate, toward the top of the image. There it will tilt its solar panels toward the sun for the long Martian winter. There is a concern that Spirit is approaching its third Martian winter with more dust on its solar panels than it had during its first two winters, lessening its ability to generate power and remain operational.

Home Plate is a flat, raised feature probably representing a remnant of a deposit from an ancient eruption.

The new color image of Home Plate was created from a distance of 168 miles (270 kilometers) over the surface. At that distance, the camera could resolve objects about 32 inches (81 centimeters) across. The sun stood about 56 degrees above the horizon in the winter afternoon sky.

Mars Rover Landing Video Animation
Get to Know MRO: Top 10 Facts About NASA’s Mars
Mars Rover Special Report

—Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona and SPACE.com Staff

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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More than just a few people have come away from that site with great Honda car prices and a big smile on their faces. Many have logged on looking for a car perhaps a few years old, a Honda, perhaps, only to find that they have run into brand new 2008 models for about the same amount they were expecting to pay for a used Honda. I’m telling you, when you get car dealers to compete against each other in this manner, there’s no telling how far the price will drop on Honda cars or any other make and model. Visit them today and get an instant quote on your next vehicle. You won’t believe how much you are going to save!

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By Matt Ford | Published: November 08, 2007 – 06:30PM CT

When you want to see something small, you use an optical microscope; when you want to see something really small, you can use some form of electron microscope; when you want to “see” individual atoms or molecules, you break out the scanning probe microscopes. Scanning probe microscopes work by running a very sharp tip over a surface and forming the image of the surface from a signal read from the tip—akin to a record player reading the grooves on a record in order to play sound. The first of these microscopy techniques, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), was developed by IBM researchers in 1981 and resulted in its inventors receiving the Nobel Prize in physics a short five years later. STM relies on quantum mechanical tunneling effects; as the microscope’s tip is scanned over a surface, electrons tunnel from the tip into the surface, the tunneling current is measured and can be transformed into an image.
STMs are capable of imaging particles as small across as 1 angstrom and can measure changes in height as small as 0.1 angstroms. The image to the right is an STM image of a gold surface; the individual gold atoms are clearly visible. One of the biggest drawbacks of STM is speed: while the current between the tip and surface can change in a nanosecond, it takes considerably longer to image properly—typical speeds are on the order of 10 kilohertz. New research, reported in last week’s edition of Nature, from groups at Boston University and Cornell University have devised a simple modification that is capable of greatly speeding up the operation of a STM.

The researchers found that by adding an external radio frequency (RF) source to the setup that they could measure the resistance at the tunneling junction. This measurement is carried out by examining the characteristics of the wave that gets reflected back to the RF source. With knowledge of the junction resistance, the researchers can easily deduce the distance between the tip and the surface. This method allowed for 100 to 1000 fold increase in measurement speeds. The researchers who developed this technique have dubbed their modified method as RF-STM, they believe that this technique will be applicable to a number of scientific and technological problems. Since the technique is so simple, the researchers list three reasons that this will be an attractive method: only minor modifications are needed to an STM, the needed RF components are easy to obtain, and finally the added RF circuit can work under a wide variety of conditions.

In addition to developing the novel method, the researchers discuss some of the more incredible applications that this technique could make possible. The researchers discuss how this setup can be used for atomic scale thermometry—measuring the temperature of just a few atoms. This would allow a scientist or engineer to easily study the nanoscale heat flow in an advanced semiconductor chip. Since heat flow is the limiting factor in clock speeds and densities, such rapid scale thermal imaging would provide a useful analysis tool. In the closing paragraph of the article the authors state that “electron tunneling is expected to enable quantum mechanically-limited position detection.” Basically the device could be used to measure distances at the edge of measurability according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. “This STM will be used for a lot of good physics experiments,” said article author K.C. Schwab. “Once you open up this new parameter, all this bandwidth, people will figure out ways to use it. I firmly believe 10 years from now there will be a lot of RF-STMs around, and people will do all kinds of great experiments with them.”

Nature, 2007. DOI:10.1038/nature06238

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Today I feel just like a celebrity. I had a long discussion with the “committee” in my head about ways to improve my life in a more-than-temporary fashion. My personal self-esteem being of primary importance, I knew I had to make some major changes to get my life right again. I struggled with the issue of cosmetic surgery, but I was finally able to come to grips with it. I know, I know – how I feel about myself has to come from within, but my image would depress me every time I looked in the mirror. I tried different clothing, I even grew a beard and got a tatoo, but they fell short of the expectant dramatic change I needed. I needed plastic surgery; that was the only way to lock into the permanent lifestyle enhancement that would change my life. When I began looking at all the options; there were many. I decisively and boldly thought; “why not go with the best”? I found the best in a celebrity plastic surgery center located on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The surgery center features full-size and technically advanced operating rooms and private recovery suites. They provide private and discreet entrance and departure plans for those that really value their privacy. The fashionable and glamorous fine art décor made me feel special and important. Here I was – being treated by a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon accredited by AAAHC and Medicare, with the latest in advanced equipment and the most skilled and professional staff. They provided me with the ultimate in reliability and compassion. My procedure involved liposuction, which can be a risky operation in the wrong hands, but the professionals at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery are extremely knowledgeable about California liposuction. During the procedure, I never felt that my health was at risk, not in the least. I am so thrilled with the results that I am recommending that anyone considering plastic surgery first visit http://www.rodeodriveplasticsurgery.com/yourprivacy.html. When it comes to your physical and mental health, your appearance and your self-esteem, put your trust in the hands of the professionals that have proven themselves not with just everyday people like you and me, but with the top names in Show Business as well.

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Don’t ditch your classic Xbox just because you can’t play Halo 3 on it: now it’s easier than ever to transform that old neglected console into a Unix-based media command center. A simple software exploit lets you replace Microsoft’s crippled dashboard and run the incredible, open source Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software

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Shopping online these days is such a joy for me. I remember the days when it was relatively new and I worried about putting my credit card numbers online, as well as accessing my bank account and paying bills online. Well, thanks to secure websites and PayPal and other online monetary services, I don’t worry about that stuff anymore. Also after a few years of buying online without any problems, I’ve come to trust certain software that allows me to shop worry-free. I was just looking online for bedding for teenagers and I came across some awesome designs that use actual photos to produce the bedding. I read on a little further and noticed they take credit cards and paypal. I submitted a photo of my favorite design and I was checking out within minutes. I ordered the duvet cover and let me tell you; I am extremely happy with my purchase. Just like each individual has their own sense of style and design, so it is with this unique bedding because I actually designed it myself!a Some of the teen bedding really caught my eye. They were obvious one-of-a-kind designs because they were also designed with photos from the customers. You can choose from interactive creativity and personalization for bedspreads, duvet covers, throw pillows, pillow shams, blankets, wall murals and more! You can choose between manufacturer photo-provided or customer photo provided. Many are well known and established bedding for teens.They also offer esigns for children, kids and pets. You do all this online, so you will know exactly what your photo bedding will look like even before it is made.

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US shuttle Endeavour returned safely to Earth Tuesday, despite damage to its underside, after a 13-day mission in which the first teacher in space gave lessons to children back home.

“You have given a new meaning to higher education,” joked astronaut Chris Ferguson, as he welcomed back the five-man, two-woman crew including Endeavour astronaut Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space.

The Endeavour sailed back to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, amid blue skies, touching down at 12:32 pm (1632 GMT).

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour was damaged last week during liftoff when a piece of foam smacked the shuttle. Now NASA has a few choices and none of them are ideal. NASA has 3 options…..

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As always, surfing the web always brings new and interesting sites to blog about. This time I ran across a very entertaining site; http://www.criticsrant.com. I found well-written and thoughtful reviews on current in-theater movies, DVD discussions and TV show reviews and opinions. I was looking for reviews on “Transformers”, and boy, did I get them.The great thing though, is the fact that this is an interactive site. With rants and rant-backs for all the postings, everyone gets a chance to give their opinion on movie reviews, including DVDs and even TV shows.
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Advanced tools for the Mars Lander that are the most advanced technology ever sent to Mars include “a mast-mounted stereo camera in order to survey the landing site, a descent camera to see the site in broader context and two microscopes.”

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We’ve all seen the popular weight-loss and calorie counter programs like Atkins, the South Beach Diet and the Zone. Some of them actually do work to take weight off, but then we all have a tendency to put it right back on. How are we to lose weight and keep it off?
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When looking for the best Hotel Reservations sites on the Web, whether it is Hotel Discounts, Hotels, Motels, Resorts, Vacation Packages or vacation rentals, there is one site that I highly recommend you visit first. That is: “http://www.HotelReservations.com” The reason this site should be a first stop on your travel itinerary or vacation planning list becomes obvious once you are there. They have access to bookings all over the World, at the best rates and their hotels are always conveniently located to the best local tourist attractions. Take the Park Central New York Hotel as an example.
It is located directly across from Carnegie Hall, two blocks from fifth avenue and three blocks from Central Park. You can also get a great rate to stay at this hotel (about $199) along with a multitude of information about the hotel and the surrounding area. You can do it quickly and easily with a click of the mouse from “http://www.HotelReservations.com”.

Another great vacation spot and great hotel combo is the International House in New Orleans.

Not only can you get a great room for around $99, but you will be staying only two blocks from the French Quarter and Bourbon Street. You will also be within one mile of anything else worth seeing in New Orleans; like the Morial Convention Center, Jackson Square, Riverwalk and Harrah’s Casino. How is all this (and much more) possible? It is due to the hard , dedicated work put in by the folks at http://www.hotelreservations.com/.
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As more and more people get into blogging, it’s become a Herculean task to attract readers. How do you compete with millions of other bloggers and develop an audience that consistently comes back to your blog? Here are some tips to get you going in the right direction.

The Fundamentals

Before we get into actual traffic building tips, let’s start with how to make your blog worth reading.

1. Consider Your Niche
   Before you start the umpteenth tech or gadget blog, you will need to really consider the odds of breaking into this already overcrowded niche. Try to find a segment of an industry that no one else covers, or at the very least, try to find a way to present your blog in a light that makes it stand out from everyone else’s on the same subject.

Many people make the mistake of assuming that a popular blog is popular because of the subjects that are covered, and they try to create an exact clone. Blogs are popular not only for the information they present, but for the way it is presented. Whether it’s a smart-alecky blog, or a serious and in-depth blog, each blogger has their own writing style.

1. Be Original
   The first point leads us to originality. If you’re not sure what your writing style is, don’t just copy the most popular blog you can find. Readers are savvy, and trying to pass over a poorly written clone will not work. Find your own voice, and don’t be afraid to be yourself. Let your personality shine through your words, whether you’re sarcastic or serious.

On the same topic, when you’re looking for something to blog about, try to come up with original subjects. While it is tempting to see what someone else is blogging about and then re-blog about it, it creates a vicious cycle where only a few stories are discussed. Try to find something in the news, or something that is pertinent to your niche that has not been beaten to death.

1. Don’t Forget the Design
   Thanks to templates that work on various blog platforms, it’s never been easier to completely customize your blog. Unfortunately, this can lead to overkill and a hideous reading experience. While you may think purple text on a black background is terrific, chances are, not many people will share your opinion. Try to go with a color scheme that will be pleasing to most people’s eyes. You want to encourage people to actually read your blog, not run away with bleeding eyes.

In addition to actual colors, try to find a reader friendly layout that will encourage readers to stay on your blog. It’s best not to have any ads when you’re first starting out, but if you do have a few, keep them to a minimum and make sure they are unobtrusive.

1. Choose the Right Platform for Your Blog
   It’s important to pick a platform for your blog that you’ll be comfortable using. WordPress is a very popular choice, followed closely by Blogger. Both offer free versions, making it easy to get started. If you are really serious about blogging, it’s a good idea to purchase a domain name and set-up your own website. However you can set up your domain to forward to your free blog, if you are trying to cut costs.




2. Choose the Right Domain Name for Your Blog
   You’ll need to pick a domain name that is searchable and adequately describes what you will be talking about. If you are not a well known personality, then it is probably not a good idea to use your own name as your blog’s url. For example, johndoe.com would not be as searchable as a name that incorporates what you’ll be discussing.

Building Your Audience

Now that you have your fundamentals in order, it’s time to start building your audience. Here are some tips on how to build a good foundation that will help you increase your traffic.

1. Consistency is Key
   Once you begin your blog, you’ll need to find a schedule and then stick to it. If you don’t think you’ll be able to blog every day, try to set aside at least one day a week that can be devoted to your blog. Keep in mind however that blogs that are updated frequently are usually more highly trafficked. Consistency will help your audience rely on you for information, since they know it will always be published at a set time. While you may not be able to stick to your schedule all the time, make an effort to publish as frequently as you can.




2. Picking the Right Topics
   Try to focus your blog on interesting topics within your niche that other people will actually want to read. While you may be passionate about a specific subject, others may not share this interest. Try to find an angle to your posts that will interest a wide variety of people to ensure that your blog will appeal to a larger audience. This could mean covering hot or breaking news, or even in-depth looks at more obscure topics that are still interesting.




3. Interaction is Important
   Enabling the comments feature on your blog can encourage readers to interact with you and feel like their opinion counts for something. If you are nervous about flame wars or spam, set the comment feature so that you have to approve comments that are posted before they go live. Keep in mind though that an empty comment section is just as bad as not having the option to leave a comment. Try to gauge the amount of traffic your blog is getting and as it increases, add the ability for your readers to comment. Likewise, if you’re getting a lot of email, this is a sign that a comments section would be beneficial for your blog.




4. Master the Art of Tagging
   Technorati tags have made otherwise unknown bloggers household names. Frequently check which tags are the most popular and incorporate them into your blog. However, don’t use tags that don’t apply, simply because they are popular. It’s a good idea to use at least three to five tags per post, but don’t overdo it or stuff your post with tags.




5. Offer Digg This and Other Social Bookmarking Options
   Give your readers the opportunity to share your blog with others by incorporating a Digg This button, or other social bookmarking links. Most blogging platforms now have plugins to easily add these buttons to each of your posts, or you can always add them manually. Just don’t overdue it, pick a few of the biggest and stick with those.




6. Digg Yourself – But Do it Wisely
   If no one is digging your posts, you can always Digg them on your own, but remember this important caveat: Interesting posts = Digg Success. Boring or spam posts = bad Digg experience. If you’re in doubt on whether your post is worth Digging, err on the side of caution. Do not make the mistake of submitting every one of your posts to Digg. If you submit every article you will get to be known as a spammer, and fewer people will Digg you.




7. Incorporate Basic SEO Principles
   If you’re not familiar with basic SEO principles, they include using keywords wisely, writing effective post titles and utilizing meta tags when applicable. Try to avoid keyword stuffing in your posts, but you can incorporate a few when they fit. Post titles are an essential part of creating a searchable blog and they will help improve your search engine ranking. Be descriptive, but not overly so. For example, if you’re writing about the latest recalled tech gadget, you can try a splashy headline that will grab a reader’s attention and then pull them in with the rest of your post. Your post titles are the face that the world can see, so make sure they are as attractive as possible.




8. Don’t Forget Your Grammar
   Blogs that are filled with spelling and grammatical errors usually don’t make it to the cream of the crop level. If you don’t have a blogging utility with a spell checker, take the time to double check your work in your word processor. While you don’t have to write like an English teacher, it’s still a good idea to avoid rampant errors.




9. Become a Reliable Resource
   This plays into the consistency angle mentioned above, but in a broader sense. If your readers know that they can rely on you for reporting on a specific angle, or digging up great dirt, they’ll keep coming back. A great example of someone who has built a reputation on her reliable reporting is Mary Jo Foley, who has been covering Microsoft for over a decade. People know they can rely on Mary Jo for all the latest news and dirt on Microsoft and they keep coming back for more. Even if your niche doesn’t have anything as exciting as corporate intrigue or breaking news, find a way to really get to the heart of the matter and make your subject interesting.




10. Stay Informed
    Subscribe to several relevant RSS feeds and news notifications on your topic. When news happens, break it on your blog. This has the added advantage of making your blog more searchable and you’ll have a better chance of attracting an audience if you cover topics that are consistently on the cusp of what’s happening.




11. Use an RSS Feed
    It goes without saying that most avid blog readers expect their favorite blogs to have an RSS feed. Blogger and WordPress have this function built in, as do most other blogging platforms. If you aren’t currently using an RSS feed, now is the best time to start. Don’t forget to promote the feed in an easy to find location on your blog’s main page as well as within posts.




12. Find the Right Balance in Post Length
    Shorter blog postings are usually well received as opposed to long, drawn out dissertations. Keep your posts pithy and easy to read, unless your posting on a subject that requires a long commentary. In this event, it may be a good idea to split your posts into several entries to ensure that you’ll hold your reader’s attention. On the other hand, brief and inscrutable postings won’t get you very far either. Try to strike a balance between the two extremes. In the case of this article, we felt that longer copy makes sense. Primarily because of the timing, since this is one of our first posts, we want it to be very informative. Most of our posts will be much shorter.

Keeping Your Audience

Once you’ve done the hard work of building up your audience, now is not the time to slack off. You’ll need to continue using the principles mentioned above, and you’ll need to incorporate a few more to ensure that your blog not only maintains its current popularity, but that it will continue to grow.

1. Avoid Gimmicks
   There are hundreds of schemes that promise to get your blog on the front page of Digg, and the majority of them usually backfire. Now that you’ve built your audience using solid principles, don’t alienate them by trying to take advantage of gimmicky posts to increase your traffic.




2. Use Trackbacks
   Wisely. If you read several blogs, or if you are commenting on another blog’s posting, don’t forget to use the Trackback Feature. This will help you attract new readers and establish a more searchable blog. Don’t abuse this feature though, or it will backfire. On the same token, if you frequently comment on other blogs or forums, include your blog’s url in your posting, but avoid coming off as a spammer.




3. Post Items and Lists that Actually Help Your Audience
   If you’ve found a great tool or a resource and you want to share it, don’t forget to blog about it. Make a list of sites you visit every day, or fun things that you’ve discovered. Lists always perform well and you’ll have a better chance of scoring a legitimate Digg success.




4. Reach out to Your Readers
   Don’t make the mistake of viewing your audience as the great unwashed masses. Reach out to them and let them know that they do matter. This will build a level of trust and appreciation that will keep your word of mouth advertising and your repeat readers at an all time high.




5. Listen to Your Audience
   If you’re getting a lot of “Your blog is great, but…” comments, you may want to listen to their advice. The best blogs incorporate what their readers want to read, further perpetuating the principle mentioned above. While it’s a good idea to avoid the “trying to please all of the people all of the time” pitfall, your audience may actually have some very good suggestions that will make your blog even better.




6. Stay Topical and Timeless
   Thanks to search engines, readers may be coming in on a blog posting that’s over a year old. Keep this in mind when you write each post. If it’s not something that will stand the test of time, rewrite it. Find a way to incorporate information that will remain timeless, even if your posts are about breaking news. On the same token, stay on top of trends in your niche, and make sure that you’re covering topics that are going to interest your audience.




7. Watch out For Growing Pains
   If your blog is increasing in traffic and you find that you need either more space or a better server, you’ll need to make the transition as seamless as possible so that you don’t lose your audience. Make use of redirects, both for your feed and your site so that your audience won’t lose track of you.




8. Interview Industry Leaders
   As your readership increases, you’ll be in a better position to land some really great interviews with leaders in your niche. Try to publish at least one every few months. This will help you attract new readers, particularly if the subject of the interview is in the news.




9. Stay on Top of Blogging Trends and New Techniques
   Don’t let your blog get stale or boring. Keep your readers up to date on current trends and take advantage of them on your own blog. While this doesn’t mean changing your theme every two weeks, don’t overlook the possibility that your blog may need a sprucing up every now and then to overcome reader complacency.




10. Avoid Alienation
    As your blog increases in popularity, it’s easy to let it go to your head, forgetting your roots and what gave you that popularity. Never alienate your core audience. The competition in the blogosphere is incredible and it’s never been easier for readers to get their information from someone else. Keep this in mind before flying off the handle or posting something you may regret next week.

The most important thing to remember when trying to improve your blog’s traffic is that quality content is the most essential ingredient. It may take weeks, months, our years to build the next big thing, but once you get there, it’s definitely worth it. Have some patience and keep plugging away. It will pay off!

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Best Discount Vitamins for the Elderly
Written by Valerie VanderBerg of FCWE

As people grow older, their nutritional needs change. Key nutrients to an infant are different from a teenager’s key nutrients, just like the nutritional requirements of a 30-year-old are different from those of a 65-year-old. As the body ages, its organs and various systems are more vulnerable to disease and degeneration. Many studies have been done to gage the importance of vitamins and dietary supplements in a senior citizens lifestyle and to determine what and how much is needed. There are many discount vitamins, minerals, and other supplements that can help growing older easier.

It is important to recognize that as people age, there is a decline in the body’s daily energy requirements. This means that the body requires fewer daily calories in order to maintain the same body weight. However, just because the daily caloric requirements decrease, this does not hold true for daily nutritional requirements. Actually, it has been found that the elderly have greater need for certain nutrients due to the digestive system being less efficient and unable to absorb the nutrients as well as it once did. Therefore, it is important for the elderly to maintain a diet rich in vitamins and minerals or, more realistically, to subscribe to some sort of dietary supplement regimen.

There are several deficiencies that are prominent in the elderly and should be of particular concern. These deficiencies can arise out of certain types of foods not being included in a person’s diet or because of the inefficiency of the digestive system and its inability to absorb certain nutrients. Discount vitamins and mineral supplements can help prevent such deficiencies and there are also other supplements that, while not required in a person’s diet, can help improve quality of life.

Broken hips and osteoporosis are common ailments in elderly persons. These conditions are a direct result of calcium leaving the bones and not being replaced. Obviously, calcium is vital to bone health, especially during the later stages of life. Calcium is abundant in dairy products, but there are now many other foods that are fortified with calcium. Of course, calcium supplements are readily available in pill form as well.

Even if an individual is consuming enough calcium, the body cannot absorb the mineral without the aid of vitamin D. Vitamin D helps the body to regulate calcium levels and aids in the body’s processing of calcium and its absorption into the bones. While most people can obtain the amount of vitamin D needed with minimal exposure to the sun or through fortified foods such as milk, the elderly are prone to vitamin D proficiencies caused by limited time spent outdoors.

Deficiencies in vitamins B6 and B12 are common in the elderly because of a decrease in the consumption of foods that contain them and, once again, because of the digestive system’s inefficiency in absorbing them. These vitamins are essential in maintaining nervous system function, metabolizing energy (fats, carbohydrates, and proteins) and in the production of red blood cells. While B6 can be found in both vegetables and meats, B12 is only available from meat and other animal foods and those who follow a vegetarian diet must get this vitamin from a supplement.

Folate is a B vitamin that has recently experienced much press exposure. In women of childbearing age, folate has been linked to the prevention of birth defects. More recently, it has been linked to the prevention of heart disease in older people. Deep green vegetables, leafy greens, and citrus fruits are excellent sources of folate, and many breakfast cereals are now fortified with it. However, supplements are very beneficial to anyone who avoids incorporating fresh fruits and vegetables into his or her daily diet.

Many vitamin manufacturers have begun adding additional supplements to their formula. These “extras” include glucosamine, chondroitin, CoEnzyme Q10, gingko biloba, ginseng, and various others. These are supplements that have been shown to produce a favorable result or prevent and adverse effect, but have no daily value recommended by the USDA.

Glucosamine is a product not available in food, but rather made within the body from various other components. It aids in holding joints together and may play a role in the prevention of collagen breakdown. While glucosamine is produced naturally in the body, production slows as the body ages. It is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis and in helping a person to maintain flexibility and healthy joints. Chondroitin is similar to glucosamine in that it is produced naturally within the body. Its role is to increase cartilage elasticity. Like glucosamine, chondroitin also helps in the relief of pain caused by osteoarthritis.

CoEnzyme Q10 (also known as CO Q10) is most noted for its role as an antioxidant. While many people spend much time and money fighting the aging process from the outside (anti-aging moisturizers, sunscreen, microdermabrasion and chemical peels, etc.), CO Q10 fights the aging battle from the inside. Free radicals occur naturally within the body as cells break down and new ones are formed. These free radicals are attributed to the internal aging process. CO Q10 has been shown to neutralize the free radicals and to slow the aging process internally. CO Q10 is also known to boost energy and the immune system.

Gingko biloba is a natural tree extract that has been linked to the prevention of many maladies faced by the elderly, including poor circulation and memory loss. It is also effective as an antioxidant. No other botanical supplement has been researched and studied to the extent that gingko biloba has. It is one of the best-selling herbal supplements in Europe and the United States.

There are many discount vitamins and supplements to serve the needs of the elderly. Each one is offered individually, but many multi-vitamin manufacturers offer all of the essentials in one package, often referred to as “silver” or 50+. These multi-vitamin versions offer greater amounts of the nutrients that are essential the health of older individuals and many include some or all of those little “extras.” While taking a multi-vitamin can help ensure that nutritional needs are being met, it is important to note that that there is no substitute for eating healthily. Additionally, it is paramount to follow the dosage instructions listed by the manufacturer; exceeding the recommended dosage can serious health problems and is extremely dangerous for the elderly.

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Discount Vitamins – Don’t Leave Home Without Them

Written by Valerie VanderBerg of FCWE

Discount vitamins have become a part of many people’s daily routines. Some use them as an overall daily supplement while others have specific needs, such as sports nutrition or prostate health. Regardless of the reasons or needs, many have become regimented in including vitamins in their lifestyle. Then they leave town on vacation or a business trip and the regimen falls apart. Not only does this make it difficult to pick the routine back up again upon returning home, but it can also send the body into a state of imbalance and deficiency.

The human body becomes accustomed to a daily routine and can adjust itself based on the deficiencies and abundances in that routine. When a person takes a daily vitamin supplement, the body is used to having all – or at least most – of the nutrients it needs. When that routine is interrupted, the body is sent into a state of chaos as it attempts to readjust itself and recover from the sudden change. This can result in a person feeling tired, sluggish, or unmotivated. Maintaining a daily vitamin supplement helps maintain a person’s energy level and immune system. It can also help prevent a person from contracting illnesses such as the flu or a cold while traveling, when his immune system becomes challenged by fatigue and exposure to airborne and communicable ailments.

There are two different types of vitamins – water soluble and fat soluble. Fat soluble vitamins, such as vitamins E and A, can be stored in the body for the body to use at a later time. However, water soluble vitamins, such as B-complex and C, must be replenished every day. These vitamins play important roles in a person’s health and it is crucial to make sure the body gets its daily requirement of them.

 Vitamin C is best known as an illness fighter, but has also been recently linked to the prevention of heart disease.

 Thiamine (B1) aids in the conversion of carbohydrates and fat into energy and is essential for maintaining the heart and nervous system.

 Riboflavin (B2) also aids in metabolizing carbs, fat, and protein into energy and is required for the production of red blood cells.

 Niacin (B3) helps the metabolism and plays a vital role in living cell repair (healing).

 Pyridoxine (B6) promotes red blood cell production and is linked to the prevention of eczema, psoriasis, and other adverse skin conditions.

 Folic acid (B9) is vital to the production of new cells and is especially important during times of rapid growth, as in young children or pregnant women. It also aids in the prevention of certain cancers.

 Cyanocobalamin (B12) aids in metabolizing energy and can prevent anemia.

 Pantothenic acid (B5) promotes healthy hair and fingernails and, like all other B vitamins, helps the body metabolize energy.

 Biotin helps to maintain a healthy blood sugar level, contributes to cell growth, and aids in the metabolism of fats and proteins.

These nutrients play such a vital role in the everyday functions of the human body and vacations are known as a time of indulgence and relaxation and not for eating healthy, balanced meals. It seems that people give up their healthy routines when they actually need to maintain them the most.

Many travelers do not mean to give up their healthy routines while on vacation, but somehow the discount vitamins get left off the list of things to pack. Procuring the right supplements from the vacation destination is costly and time-consuming. Discount vitamins are ordered online at a fraction of the regular retail cost – sometimes over 50% less than store prices. When online ordering is not an option, travelers are forced to pay full retail and hope earnestly that what they need is on sale. The time spent shopping for those vitamins and supplements is time that could be spent by pool, at the beach, in the mountains, sightseeing with the family, with clients, or anything else that suits the purpose of the trip.

Even worse, international travel may not allow for the purchase of over-the-counter supplements. Some countries closely regulate the sale of vitamins and supplements and prohibit consumers from buying such items without a prescription. Other countries simply don’t have such products available.

A small amount of preplanning can save valuable time and money while traveling. Travelers can avoid having to carry bulky pill bottles by filling pill cases with their daily doses of supplements for each day they plan to be away from home. Pill cases are available in weekly, biweekly, and monthly sizes to accommodate trips of any length.

Aside from the biological benefits, there are also sociological benefits to be had by maintaining a healthy routine while on vacation. Parents who continue to take care of their bodies, even in non-routine situations, set an excellent example for children to follow. Though a subtle gesture, maintaining healthy habits while traveling sends a message that healthy living is important. Children learn that while vacations are a break from the everyday grind, there is no excuse to let one’s health suffer.

There are many excuses to leave discount vitamins at home while traveling – they were forgotten, a week without them won’t hurt, it’s too much of a hassle to keep the routine while away from home – but there are no good reasons to do so. In fact, to the contrary, there are many good reasons to be sure to include them in the vacation plans. Not only does maintaining a healthy routine help the body to function efficiently and effectively, it can help prevent illnesses and fatigue when travel challenges a person’s immune system. Packing the vitamin supplements – either in their original bottles or in a pill case – saves time and money by preventing the need to replace them once a person reaches his destination. Keeping healthy habits while on vacation also teaches a valuable lesson about the importance of good health and while some routines are meant to be broken while on vacation, others simply never should be broken. To leave home without one’s discount vitamins is simply…unthinkable.

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