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Over on Freelance Folder there is an amazing post that talks about improving your productivity, and really it centers around reducing your distractions. Something that can be quite difficult, but also very important.I find myself struggling with this periodically because my office is at home, and currently so is my wife, but there are some great points in the article.

Here is a sample:Work in a separate room if possibleLast year I moved to the sitting room to keep an eye on the baby while my wife worked on her computer; this was because the computer could not be moved around and I had a laptop. But soon it became a free for all situation; everybody in the house needed my attention or my counsel for everything.There were times when I could only achieve three to four hours of professional work during the whole day.

And of course the baby always wanted to be on top of my table and bang on my laptop keys. Eventually I had to take a stand and move to a separate — fortunately a spare — room.Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like a separate room is enough in our small house, and I might have to look at an office share or something so that I can get the peace and quiet

I need to focus on producing a large amount of amazing content for everyone to read.Definitely a great post over on Freelance Folder, and a great site for bloggers, and really all types of freelancers.Bookmark:If you enjoyed this article, please Subscribe via RSS and don't forget to Monetize Your Site (aff link)

Over on Freelance Folder there is an amazing post that talks about improving your productivity, and really it centers around reducing your distractions. Something that can be quite difficult, but also very important.I find myself struggling with this periodically because my office is at home, and currently so is my wife, but there are some great points in the article.Here is a sample:Work in a separate room if possibleLast year I moved to the sitting room to keep an eye on the baby while my wife worked on her computer; this was because the computer could not be moved around and I had a laptop. But soon it became a free for all situation; everybody in the house needed my attention or my counsel for everything.There were times when I could only achieve three to four hours of professional work during the whole day. And of course the baby always wanted to be on top of my table and bang on my laptop keys. Eventually I had to take a stand and move to a separate — fortunately a spare — room.Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like a separate room is enough in our small house, and I might have to look at an office share or something so that I can get the peace and quiet I need to focus on producing a large amount of amazing content for everyone to read.Definitely a great post over on Freelance Folder, and a great site for bloggers, and really all types of freelancers.Bookmark:If you enjoyed this article, please Subscribe via RSS and don't forget to Monetize Your Site (aff link)

Your about page can be more important than you think. When visiting a site, I sometimes check out the about page to see if the writer has bothered to put up anything. Sadly, sometimes the default WordPress about page is all I find. If the blogger isn’t willing to write anything on their about page, you can probably place money on the fact that they won’t remain interested in blogging for a long period of time, and you should probably move on to another resource.Here are some pointers to help you in creating or improving your about page.PictureI know it seems odd, but if the blog is about you, or one specific product, for example the Nintendo Wii, it doesn’t hurt to put up a picture of yourself or that product. When it is your picture you are putting up, the image can help you in creating branding, as Darren Rowse has done for a long time now. When people that read his site see his picture, they know what site it goes with. That is a very powerful thing, and one that shouldn’t just be cast aside.If the site is about a specific product, the about page should reflect that, and an appropriate image should be added. This adds character to the page, and helps draw attention to the text near it. The image also has the ability to quickly, easily, and without any need for language translation sum up what the site is about. If I see a Nintendo Wii on the about page, either the writer loves the system or the blog is probably about the game console.PurposeWhy does your site exist? What do you hope to do with your blog or website? This is the key reason to have an about page. While people may think that content can stand for itself, a good about page will also help you keep that content focused. I refer back to my about page all the time to make sure I have stayed on topic.PowerYour statements should be bold and interesting. Your about page is a key marketing material, and so it should be given the time and respect that it deserves. This is the page people will read in order to find out more about you. Maybe it could earn you a job. Maybe it could lose you a job. You never know who is reading your about page, so it is best to put your best foot forward.PersonalityIn your about page, you have a chance to correct any errors that people might have had about you. I know that a friend of mine, Chris Garrett always gets confused with Chris Garrett. They are not the same people, and so they need to make sure every about page they write has an abundance of their personality, as well as following the other rules to make their pages unique.PromotionYour about page is a great place to feature your best content, favorite posts, and other sites you are or have worked on. This is a great place to deep link the articles that might have otherwise been missed.If the site is about you, then you also get to promote yourself. What makes you someone readers will flock to? This is your chance to talk about yourself.SummaryWith the above tips and a little creativity, your about page can help promote your site, your brand, and yourself. Make sure you take your time, plan it out, give it your best, and a proper picture never hurts.

Here are six Internet/Web-related job opportunities from Gawker:
Email Production Associate, NYTimes.com — “This position is responsible for various aspects of e-mail production and reporting, as part of a small team in a busy production environment.”
Online Photo Editor, American Express Publishing — “Work with magazine, rights management, and legal teams to secure online rights to images from multiple sources.”
Online Publisher Acquisition Specialist, Venture Direct Worldwide — “Responsible for identifying audiences for our advertisers’ campaigns primarily through networks of third-party websites and other online publisher partners.”
Client & Staff Management, Internet Media, Travelzoo — “This role requires the ability to focus on producing high quality content for our website and our email products while maximizing performance for our advertising clients.“
Arts/Entertainment/Special Projects Editor, Time.com — “Time.com is seeking an arts/entertainment editor to work with some of Time’s top critics and writers in the creation of daily web exclusive content. The focus will be arts, film, music, television and literature.“

One of the biggest mistakes I see many bloggers making is jumping on one of the free blog hosting sites expecting to make thousands of dollars a year and becoming an Internet celebrity.LimitationsThere are limitations with using free tools. WordPress.com doesn’t allow advertising, nor does it allow you to add plugins. For some, this isn’t an issue, but it can become a real concern later on as your site grows and changes.Search EngineDo you want to be considered your own blog, or another of the millions of Blogger blogs? You like having Typepad as part of your domain and thus your branding? These are the things search engines will notice as they index your blog. If you are using your own hosting, and your own domain, you wouldn’t have to deal with what I consider to be search placement killers.OutagesToday a friend of mine, David Krug, messaged me and said “Typepad is down”. I went to check it out and sure enough I couldn’t access any of their hosted blogs. Even their actual company website was down for me. While not all web hosting companies have great uptime. at least you can easily leave if they are constantly down. By joining a free blog service, most of the time you are locking yourself into that service, through its good times and bad.ControlBlogs are a constantly evolving and changing beast of your own creation, and while some free services can be great early on, they lack the control that independent solutions provide. If Blogger decided to close your blog, would you have a backup of your posts? These are just some of the reasons that I implore you to avoid free services just to save a few dollars.You can get great web hosting for cheap, and if they have a script called Fantastico, you can install WordPress, the same software used here, in one click

Well, it looks like Google is cracking down on paid links, and some people are being hit hard with their rank dropping. The Stanford Daily saw their PageRank drop from an incredible PR 9 to a PR 7.I have yet to hear one person say that their rank has gone up. This doesn’t mean that people won’t see their rankings rise over the next while, but Google is on the warpath against paid links.It looks like Text-Link-Ads and similar companies might have a huge issue on their hand, and if nothing else, it can’t be good publicity, since the majority of their pricing is based on Google’s PageRank, and people buy these links in hopes of gaining PageRank to their own sites.I have yet to experience any negative side effects on any of my blogs, but I am a very lightweight advertising sales person. I think I currently have one text link sold amongst all my blogs.So far many of the sites owners I have talked to aren’t concerned about their dropping rankings as they continue to focus on bringing good content and an abundance of traffic to their sites, but over time this could become a competitive edge for those willing to forgo selling text links, and monetizing their blogs other ways. These sites that find these alternative revenue builders, could then eventually rank higher in Google, causing those selling links to re-think their lack of concern.The question I have been getting quite often by people just entering the world of advertising sales is, “how does Google know I am selling text links?” Well, with systems like Text-Link-Ads and other text link sales companies, they have you put code on your site, and that leaves a footprint that Google can then search for, and once identified, and probably checked by a real person, they can adjust your PageRank accordingly.The whole paid link market has to change, Google is forcing them to. It is a very interesting time to be an Internet marketer.

Don’t you hate it when blogs take forever to load due to the dozen full length posts including images that the person has decided to put on their front page, and every page of their blog? You wonder if it is worth it to stick around to see what they have written.Or how about when you go to a blog that shows only the title, and the first few sentences, and asks you to click read more on every single post? Feels like you have to jump through hoops just to read their content.The choice to only show summaries or full posts on your blog can be quite difficult, but each has its advantages and disadvantages. I try to have the best of both worlds.The DecisionOne of the things that I have done here at Xfep is to make sure posts on the front page show the full post, and after they transition to other pages, I only show a summary. I did this for a few reasons, including search engine optimization, and better presentation of my previous work.People have questioned me about this practice, as I do it on all my blogs.Why don’t I make all the pages show full content? Well, with having full posts on every page, you begin to delay page loads, and making people wait is a bad idea. Also, most people don’t read past a few paragraphs unless they really enjoy the content.There are also search engine benefits to limiting your duplicate content as much as possible. If I wanted even more search engine optimization benefits, I wouldn’t show any full articles, except on the single article’s own page.Doing this has some negatives though, as using a system like mine means that readers are interrupted during their read of an article. They must perform an action to continue to the end of the post, and this turns some people off. Also, we come back to the waiting issue once again, as when people do find the article they want to read, they have to wait for that full page to load.I find though that the positive aspects of the system that I use outweighs the negatives.The StepsIf you want to do what I have done, and automate the whole process, I can show you how I do it. It might not be the best way, but it works for me. Please feel free to give me tips or tricks you might have, if you know a better way.I will assume you are using WordPress to publish your blog. I am sure other systems can do something similar, but this will show how to make pages two to infinity show partial posts, while the main page shows full articles.Once logged into your WordPress administration panel, go to Presentations and then Theme Editor.Over in the right hand side, you will see a list of files. We will want to edit the Main Index Template, also known as index.php.If you are unable to edit the file inside the WordPress administration panel. You will have to FTP into your hosting space and download the index.php file from your theme’s directory.In this file we are looking for the code that allows us to show the post content.The line should look something like:We want to change this so that we test to see where we are, and that will determine how the content is displayed.The below basically says that if we are on the home page, page one, the search page, single page, or content page, we should display the full content, otherwise, we should show an except.Once you update the file with the new code, replacing the old one line content code, your first page should show full articles, while every other page should show only excepts. A great way to boost the search engine optimization of your site, and display teasers to your posts in a quick loading fashion.

It possible for you to consult your physicians all the time. At times you can be one yourself!When the need arises, you can whip up a supplement using resources from your kitchen. This'll provide a temporary & much needed relief to your folks at home!Kitchen remedies: For little reasons.

For every seasons AILMENT REMEDY Acne Grated cucumber applied over the face ,eyes and neck for fifteen minutes are very much beneficial for acne and blackheads.Asthma Take a teaspoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste. This mixture acts as a excellent expectorant in the treatment of asthma.Backache Garlic is the most important home remedy for backache. Two or three cloves should be taken every morning.

An oil prepared form garlic and rubbed on the back will give a good result in backache.Bad Breath Wash your mouth with lime juice mixed with water. This will prevent bad breath. Bleeding external Apply ice cube or sandalwood paste. Bleeding internal Drink a glass of warm milk with a 1/2 teaspoon of saffron & turmeric powder. Boils Betel leaves are a valuable remedy for boils. A leaf is gently warmed till it becomes soft. It is then coated with a layer of castor oil.Burns Add coconut oil to the paste of fresh gel of aloe vera blended with a pinch of turmeric Powder and apply.

Cold Boil teaspoonful of ginger powder or eucalyptus leaves in one quart of water & inhale the steam.Congested nose? Apply eucalyptus oil to the sides of your nose! Or inhale a pinch of calamus root powder in each nostril ! Constipation Don't forget to take in a glass of hot milk with a teaspoon of clarified butter at bedtime. Or Drink a glass of boiled water with one teaspoon of flax seed.Cough Add a pinch of salt with two pinches of turmeric powder to one glass of warm water and gurgle.

Or chew a clove with a piece of rock candy. Take basil decoction or basil juice with honey.If your cough has been troubling you for long, try this : Take a half teaspoonful of ginger powder, a pinch of clove with a pinch of cinnamon powder and honey in a cup of boiled water and drink it as tea.Ear ache Use 3 drops of garlic oil in your affected ear. Make a mixture of a teaspoon full of onion juice with a half teaspoon of honey. And use 5 to 10 drops into affected ear.

Ears (ringing) Use 3 drops of clove oil in your effected ear. Exhaustion (heat) Consume a glass of coconut water or grape juice. Or Churn out a juice of three dates with eight ounces of water and drink.Eyes burning Apply castor oil to the soles of the feet.Or put 3 drops of pure rose water into the affected eye. Apply aloe Vera gel. Gas Consume a cup of water with a pinch of baking soda & lemon juice.

Gums (bleeding) Massage the gums lightly with coconut oil.Squeeze a half lemon into a cup of water and drink. Headache Dilute a paste of ginger powder (half teaspoon) with water & apply to the Forehead. A burning sensation may persist. But it's not harmful.Temporal headaches: It's related to Kapha. Hence apply ginger paste to the forehead and Sinuses. Occipital headaches:It is because of the aggravated Pitta in the stomach.

Make tea with cumin & coriander seeds in a cup of hot water & consume it. Also apply a sandalwood paste to the templesSinus headaches: Indicate toxins in the colon. Take one teaspoon of flax seed at bedtime With a glass of warm milk. At the same time, apply ginger paste behind the ears.Hemorrhoids Down a cup of aloe vera juice thrice a day.Take two parts honey with one part castor oil. Insomnia Card is very useful in insomnia. The patient should take plenty of curd and massage in on the head. This will induce sleep.Honey is a very useful in Insomnia. It should be taken with water ,before going to bed ,in doses of two teaspoons in a large cup of water.Menstrual cramps Have a tablespoon of aloe vera gel with two pinches of black pepper thrice a day.

Muscle Strain (upper part of the body) Apply warm ginger paste with turmeric to the affected area twice a day.Try to avoid it. As it disturbs the nervous system, specially the intelligence. Overeating Consume a cup of warm water squeezed with a half lemon juice & a pinch of baking soda.Or roast fennel & coriander seeds (one teaspoon each) with pinch of salt. Pain (external) Blend 2 teaspoon of ginger powder with 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder with enough water. Warm the paste and spread it evenly on a piece of cotton cloth. Then the gel is ready for a ginger compress.Rash Apply the pulp of cilantro leaf to the affected area. Or drink coriander tea.

Lack of Sleep Gently massage the soles of the feet with sesame oil. Rub oil into the scalp.Introduces 5 to 10 drops oil into each ear. Drink a cup of piping hot cow milk with rock candy or honey. Excess Sleep Take black coffee, gotu kola or calamus root tea at bed time. Go for an early dinner and eat less. Swelling Drink barley water or coriander tea For external. Swelling : Apply two parts of turmeric powder with one part salt to the affected area. Toothache Apply 3 drops of clove oil to the affected teeth._________________

"Though miles may lie between us, we're never far apart, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart."
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Stop a car radiator leakA heat wave has hit your town, and your aging, leaking car radiator isn't too happy about it.

If it's overheating because of a small leak, pepper can help. Before you bring your car to a mechanic for a more thorough repair, pour a handful of pepper into your radiator. It will temporarily plug the leaks until you can get some help.

Use as a decongestantIs your nose stopped up? Are your ears plugged? Do you have a cold? Forget the over-the-counter medications. Nothing gets things flowing again faster than some cayenne pepper. Sprinkle it on your food and grab some tissues.Keep colors brightThat new cherry-red shirt you just purchased is fantastic, but just think how faded the color will look after the shirt has been washed a few times.

Add a teaspoon of pepper to the wash load. Pepper keeps bright colors bright and prevents them from running too.Get bugs off plantsThere's nothing more frustrating than a swarm of bugs nibbling at your fledgling garden. Just when things are starting to pop up, the bugs are there, chowing down. Mix black pepper with flour. Sprinkle around your plants. Bugs take a hike.Deter deer from your gardenYour freshly budding garden seems as if it's ringing the dinner bell for the neighborhood deer.

They'll find another place to dine if you spray your bushes with a cayenne and water mixture.Keep ants out of the kitchenTwo or three of your annual summer visitors have invaded your kitchen. Those ants are looking for sugar. Give them some pepper instead. Cayenne pepper sprinkled in spots where the ants are looking, such as along the backs of your countertops or on your baseboards, will tell them that no sugar is ahead.Kill an ant colonyIf you find the ants' home colony a little too close to yours and it is causing them to relocate to your kitchen, cayenne pepper can help get rid of it. Pour the pepper down the ant hole and say so long to ants._________________

"Though miles may lie between us, we're never far apart, for friendship doesn't count the miles, it's measured by the heart.
"****SWEETY ******

Dark circles under the eyes tell us about the health of an individual. They are produced due to overstrain, after an illness or an allergy. They can also be the result of undernourishment. But these dark circles do not produce any harm to the body. So anybody with dark circles should not worry about them. In fact, sometimes they're not even an indication of physical problems.

Dark circles can be aggravated by fatigue, allergies, overexposure to the sun, menstruation or pregnancy. But they're usually hereditary; if your parents have them, there are more chances that you do, too have them. Dark circles are the result of the engorged blood vessels under your eyes. Because the skin under eyes is thinner than skin anywhere else on body, therefore blood vessels there are more noticeable, especially in fair skinned persons.

Usually, dark circles are caused by hyper pigmentation of melanin, the substance that gives color to the skin. In western countries, the kidneys are related to the adrenal glands and with stress levels in life being so high; these glands are very often exhausted. When these glands are weakened, allergies are prevalent.

Dark circles under the eyes are known to be a classic symptom of an allergy, together other signs including edema and fatigue. Dark circles under eyes may also be due to aging which thins the skin around the eyes. Eight hours of sleep is essential. Do not leave cream on the skin around the eyes for long periods. Circles under the eyes can worsen in people who smoke or suffer from allergies.

HOME REMEDIES FOR DARK CIRCLES UNDER THE EYES Apply a cold compress this will help to constrict blood vessels and turns tissue white, and dark circles will lighten. Drink at least eight to ten glasses of water everyday. Put slices of raw potatoes or cucumber by closing eyes over the eyelids for 15-20 minutes. Wash with warm water and apply a cream. Take out the juice of the cucumber. Prepare a mixture of lemon juice, lanolin cream and cucumber juice and apply around the eye for 10-15 minutes.

Prepare a mixture by adding equal quantity of potato and cucumber juices. Dip a cotton swab in this mixture and put the cotton on eyelids and keep for 20 minutes. Wash your eyes with cold water. Prepare a mixture of lemon and tomato juice (equal parts) and apply it on the black circles 2 times a day. Make a paste of turmeric powder with pineapple juice for dark circles under the eyes. Apply crushed mint around the eye. Another home remedy for dark circles under the eyes is - massage with almond oil under and around eyes at bedtime daily for 2 weeks. Almond helps to remove dark circles.

No cream should be left on the skin around the eyes for long periods. Rub the area with a powdered Vitamin E capsule and wash off with a mixture of honey and egg white. Put hot and cold clothes alternatively under eyes for 10 minutes. Then apply some almond oil on the dark circles before going to bed. The acupressure point for eyes is on the mount below the index finger of your palms. Pressing this mount may help. Dip some carrot leave in hot water and leave for a few minutes. Drink the liquid 3 times a day before meals. Dip cotton balls in rose water or cold water and keep under the eyes for 10 minutes.

Make a paste of 1 tsp. tomato juice, 1/2 tsp. lemon juice, a pinch of turmeric powder, and 1 tsp. of flour. Apply around eyes. Leave on for 10 minutes before washing. This is an effective home remedy for dark circle treatment. Take some freezed parsley. Use the parsley cubes instead of eye creams to reduce the dark circles and puffiness. Parsley is packed with chlorophyll which helps fade darkness, while the ice cubes reduce the swelling. Takes vasoline, put it on a metal spoon and freeze it for 15 minutes.

Then apply it to the eyes for a few minutes. Add some mint leaves, lemon juice, and salt to tomato juice and drink. Grate some cucumber and freeze in an ice tray. Massage frozen cucumber cubes onto eyes to reduce puffiness and dark circles. Avoid excess of chocolates and try to take more fibres in the diet.

To prevent dark circles take 2 magnesium tablets per day, especially if you're taking calcium. Use a sunscreen especially made for the face with a sun protection factor (SPF) to keep the sun's rays from darkening the skin under your eyes Eat vegetables and fruits rich in vitamin A for the treatment of dark circles under eyes.

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