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Just like any other online community, Squidoo is fast becoming a common household name. This site which does not only allow you to reconnect with your friends and relatives or any other people who share common interest such as yours, more importantly it allows you to create and build your own site where you can express your ideas and opinions about matters that you are interested with. By doing this, it also allows you to generate extra income when your lenses get enough traffic and good rating and ranking. To do that, you may want to look at the tips I have provided below:

-When doing a lens, know your interest. Writing is best done when you have the interest with what you are writing. It allows you to dig deeper with the subject thus opening ore compassion with what you write. It is essential then that you are foremostly engaged with the topic of what you are writing before you can achieve the perfection of it.

-Since your lenses are being read and rated by the number of people who visit your site, it is also equally important to consider the interest of other people. Your niche plays an important role in the ranking of your site. It is best that you write your thoughts on behalf of your readers but not sacrificing your personal interests.

-Write as many lenses as you can. This allows your lensmaster to believe that your site is capable of generating more traffic base on your capacity to write.

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One of the most difficult things about working at home can be dealing with the children. No matter how many times you explain the rules about when they can disturb you during working hours, youre likely to hear, Mom, he hit me! Did not! and other such arguments at the most inconvenient of times.

Ive written a few simple rules to help you deal with the reality of working at home with young children. Your day may not go exactly like this, but at times it will probably come pretty close.

1. Start your day by telling the kids you are going to be working. Make sure you have enough time for last-minute demands, such as the urgent need to play just one game of Chutes and Ladders.
2. Remind kids of when they can disturb you while you work. No, wanting a cookie is not an emergency. Yes, you can tell me if the cat is on fire.
3. Remind husband of when he can disturb you while you work. No, thats not an emergency either. Give me a back rub after Im done working and well talk.
4. Chase cat out of home office.
5. Clean up dishes from around computer. Take to kitchen and remind everyone they are supposed to eat in the kitchen, not the office.
6. Get cat out of office chair and put outside.
7. Get toddler out of office chair and send to Daddy. Close office door.
8. Hear toddler pounding on office door. Find teddy bear tucked behind computer and give to toddler.
9. Start working.
10. Hear kids arguing in hall just outside your office door. Remind them to be quiet for you. Try to get them to stop telling you their side of the story. Send kids to husband for mediation.
11. Take a deep breath. Get back to work.
12. Husband knocks on door to ask when dinner will be ready. With great restraint, remind him that its his night to cook.
13. Try to remember what you were doing. Start new project when you cant figure it out.
14. Toddler comes in covered in paints. Older child follows, saying he didnt either leave them out. Yell to husband to give toddler a bath.
15. Find paint all over your paperwork. Do your best to clean it.
16. Main phone line rings. Answer because husband is too busy giving toddler a bath. Tell friend no you cant watch her kids for her tomorrow. Remind her that you do WORK at home.
17. Answer call that beeps through on call waiting. Tell mother-in-law no, you arent interested in the outside the home job she just heard about. Yes, you are earning enough working at home. No, it isnt just a hobby. Explain you are working and cant talk for long. Hear all the reasons she thinks you need to find a different job.
18. Retreat back to office before kids realize you arent in there.
19. Get some work done fast while the getting is good.
20. Soaking wet toddler comes charging in and demands you help dress her. Try to send to Daddy. Calm toddlers tantrum as she insists she wants MOMMY to do it. Decide dressing her is faster than trying to calm her down other ways. Send clothed toddler back to Daddy.
21. Try to get settled back into working.
22. Hear smoke alarm go off. Dinner must be ready. Take a break and get something to eat with the family.
23. Head back to work. Find out you missed the call you had been expecting. Call them back.
24. Computer crashes. Wait for it to reboot.
25. Realize you hadnt saved the file you were working on. Autosave didnt quite get it all. Try to remember what you had been doing.
26. Realize your internet connection isnt working. Try to get automated tech support to give you a real person.
27. Kids come thundering into the room for bedtime hugs and to ask for a story. Take a break and enjoy.
28. Chase cat back out of office.
29. Find out cat walked all over your keyboard, deleting half your file and inserting random text.
30. Toddler has to go potty and wont let Daddy help. Once thats done, help toddler back to bed.
31. Peace and quiet at last. Get some work done before you fall asleep.

Stephanie Foster runs http://www.homewiththekids.com/ but tries not to take things too seriously. If you want to enjoy a little more at home parenting humor, please visit her site.

Plants, like animals, require anti-oxidants to protect themselves from free radical damage to their cells, and the protective substances they have evolved are known as phytochemicals.

So one of the major reasons for the common advice for everyone to eat a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables is that such diets will also of course be rich in these phytochemicals, the plant anti-oxidants that appear to have a tremendously positive effect on health. Numerous studies have reported the benefits of such a diet in fighting cardiovascular disease, cancer, cognitive degeneration and diabetes the characteristic diseases, in fact, of Western affluence. But the science remains in its infancy, so although thousands of phytochemicals are already known about, this is probably just the beginning.

For example, the class of phytochemicals known as carotenoids alone numbers more than 600. These are the highly coloured molecules formed naturally by plants, which lend them their characteristic yellow, orange or red pigments.

Only a few of these carotenoids have so far been the subject of serious research, but it's known that in plants the carotenoids function as anti-oxidants in neutralising the so-called "singlet oxygen" molecule, which forms during photosynthesis. It's less clear, however, whether this particular kind of reaction is significant for animal or human health.

What is clear, however, is that certain of the carotenoids notably alpha and beta-carotene and beta-cryptoxanthin are significant as anti-oxidants because they are readily synthesised by the body into vitamin A. The most important of these "pro-vitamin A" carotenoids are beta and alpha-carotene.

Certain types of food such as pumpkins, raw, cooked or canned carrots and winter squash are rich in both alpha and beta-carotene (as well as the other carotenoids), so eat these and you will be getting both.

The principal differences are that beta-carotene is present in greater quantities and that the body converts about twice as much of the beta-carotene it absorbs into vitamin A when compared with alpha-carotene, the relevant figures being 40% and 20% respectively. A given quantity of any of these foods will typically contain only between a quarter and two-thirds as much alpha as beta-carotene. For these reasons only the figures for beta-carotene are given here.

So an 8 fl oz can of carrots will typically contain around 21,955 mcg of beta-carotene, canned pumpkin 17,000, a cup of cooked carrots around 13,000. Beta-carotene is also present in a wider variety of foods such as turnip green 10,593 mcg and kale 11, 470 mcg per cup respectively.

In both cases the anti-oxidant effects of the vitamin A produced are enhanced by the unconverted alpha and beta-carotene which continue to act as anti-oxidants in their own right, and being highly fat soluble are particularly valuable in protecting the delicate fatty structures of the body's cells such as the membranes.

Along with other fat soluble anti-oxidants, alpha and beta-carotene also appear to assist in preventing the oxidation of the low density blood lipids (LDL), the so-called "bad" cholesterol which is widely believed to be a major precursor of cardiovascular disease.

Perhaps surprisingly, the effective absorption of beta-carotene particularly depends on the presence of this "bad" cholesterol. But with the obvious exception of artificially introduced toxins, if a substance is found in the body it's there for a good reason. So in fact this is a very good example of the body's holistic and balanced functioning, because although you need LDL to absorb and carry beta-carotene around the body, that beta-carotene will itself help to raise levels of High Density Lipids (HDL), or so-called "good" cholesterol.

In addition to this role in combatting cardiovascular problems, many research studies, have highlighted the potential of beta-carotene as a weapon against cancer, probably because of its general anti-oxidant function, but also because of the part it plays in the biochemical communication between cells. This is vital if the immune system is to be able to kill off cancer cells in the early stages of their development and before the disease takes a hold.

Conventional medicine recognises the benefits of a diet rich in carotenoids, but tends to be sceptical that the very high supplementary doses advocated by many alternative practitioners will provide any significant advantage. As so often, it is a question of balancing the risks.

But where a substance appears to be almost entirely benign in any realistically conceivable quantity of intake, and may offer very substantial health benefits at little expense, the question must be: why wouldn't you take it?

Steve Smith is a freelance copywriter specialising in direct marketing and with a particular interest in health products. Find out more at http://www.sisyphuspublicationsonline.com/LiquidNutrition/Information.htm

A reverse merger, also referred to as a reverse takeover, is a business transaction that converts a private company into a public company without having to go through the traditional paperwork and initial public offering processes. A reverse merger starts by a privately held company establishing a public shell company. The shareholders of the private company then sell their shares in the private company to the public shell company for shares in the public company. By going public in this manner the shareholders of the private company are able to maintain their ownership and control of the company after it goes public.

There are many reasons why private companies go public. The first reason is that it gives them more financing options to choose from. To raise money a public company can offer investors a secondary stock offer or they can exercise warrants. In addition to providing the company with additional funding opportunities going public also has many other business benefits. First it increases the liquidity of the companys stock, secondly it allows the valuation of the company to increase based on the performance of the stock, next it allows the company to acquire other companies via stock transactions and finally it allows the company to attract new employees by offering stock incentives.

There are several ways reverse merger funding can be accomplished. The first way is through an all shares deal. This funding process basically uses company shares to complete mergers and acquisitions. The second method of funding reverse mergers is to use cash. The final method is to use a combination of cash and company shares to finance the transactions needed for the merger or acquisition.

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Optimizing a website for Google Adsense can be difficult and many factors will influence the amount of Adsense revenue your site will generate. Some site owners turn to SEO optimization companies for help, while others do it on their own. Search engine optimization and Adsense revenue optimization are two different things but they work together. The more traffic you get the more you should make from Google Adsense, right? But what happens when you also have a well paying Commission Junction advertiser?

Extra graphics and extra ads take away from Google Adsense. The readers focus can be distracted. But a Commission Junction advertiser fits the theme of your website and promises to pay well. Where do you place the ad, and what kind of ad do you use? Will your Adsense revenue go down? Will your CJ revenue offset the Adsense loss?

Ive been working with web sites since the graphical Internet first started back in 1993. I certainly dont have all the answers or I would be a millionaire by now, which I am not. But 14 years of trial and error taught me what to do and what I should not do. Ill give you some examples and hopefully you can incorporate some of them. Your Adsense revenue and your Commission Junction revenue should both increase.

Everyone says your best click-through rate is above the fold, or the part that visitors see first on your site. Have you ever considered making the part above the fold just a little wider? Obviously you dont want to make it so your screen is wider than the browser window, otherwise it looks bad and people will not scroll left and right. The answer is to use a button that will push the content for you. Here is a help button example: http://allvoipsearch.com When that area opens, as seen in my example, you have the visitors full, undivided attention. Since it against the Google Adsense TOS (terms of service) to put Adsense ads in that area, try putting your Commission Junctions text links in that area. You can use button ads, text links, and HTML. I use a help button to open the side band, but you can use a different graphic or a text link. I guarantee it will not take away from your Adsense revenue, and will not overload your pages by trying to cram too much above the fold. Make sure you open the side bar links in a new window.

Another idea to boost your Adsense revenue is retention. The longer the visitor stays the more your website will produce. This is also referred to as the bounce rate or how sticky your site is. I discovered that people will interact with web sites if you make it easy for them. Free things also make your site sticky. I have a widget that makes it easy for people to send me a text message about my articles. I can put it anywhere including Facebook, MySpace, eBay and Craigslist. Of course I use it on my own web sites. Actually I can use it here, just like I do in my email: http://www.jaxtr.com/allvoipsearch

You can see a full-sized widget here: http://pc-calls.com No matter how you do it the more visitor interaction you have the more your visitors will see your revenue generators. Whether they see Google ads or Commission Junction ads is entirely up to you. What I discovered is that my widget does not take away from my Adsense focus. You can test the theory by using a text link or a click-to-call button instead of the full sized widget. Monitor your Adsense revenue for a week or two under both conditions.

An additional benefit is free text messages from your web site is that people will send you new ideas that help you write more content. Bloggers get input from a comment form attached to every blog article. Static pages or content management systems usually generate email comments. I dont know about you but I dont need any more email, and my filters trap some comments. I like the text messages and voicemail.

T. Blake has fourteen years of experience in the Internet and SEO field and writes for various blogging websites. His area of expertise is VoIP and SIP phones.

Do you have a sore back, stiff neck or a horrible headache after a few hours in front of the desk and computer? If so, you might need the famous ergonomic desk chairs for a comfortable sit and something that will soothe your body as you work. You might find yourself more comfortable when you use a chair recommended by medical professionals and chiropractors.

The ergonomic desk chairs are made to comfort the body and help you refrain from poor posture. For a price of up to three hundred dollars, you to can own a perfect computer desk chair with a comfort level that surpasses any other office chair.

How Can The Ergonomic Desk Chairs Help Tension Headaches

If you experience neck pain along with shoulder pain, you might be on your way to a tension headache due to your uncomfortable computer chair. If you had ergonomic desk chairs, you would prevent this problem by sitting in comfort. By giving overall support to the entire body especially the neck and shoulders the ergonomic desk chairs help make your working environment more comfortable.

How Can The Ergonomic Desk Chairs Help Backaches

Since the biggest problem, most people have with sitting in a chair for hours are a backache. The ergonomic desk chairs help with posture and this helps to prevent backache, which over time can result in some problems. Instead of spending thousands on medical bills, you can spend a few hundred on the best chairs around. These chairs have lumbar support, which we all know is essential for good posture when sitting in a desk chair as well any type of chair.

How Can The Ergonomic Desk Chairs Help Knee Pain

In some people, knee pain is a problem. The ergonomic desk chairs have a special seat design that gives support to the thighs while supporting the leg and allowing the feet to sit flatly on the floor as you work. In some cases, the armrests add to the support of the leg and help to eliminate the knee pain. The armrests are also good for easing pain of the shoulders and the wrists as well.

Taking into consideration the comfort level of the chair and the ability to prevent backaches, headaches and other body soreness, the ergonomic desk chairs are made for everyone. You can find the perfect chair for the perfect fit that allows you to have a comfortable sit all day long. You never again have to sit in front of your computer and agonize over your body aches with ergonomic desk chairs.

You can also find more info on Ergonomic Chairs and BestErgonomic Office Chair. Knowergonomic.com is a comprehensive resource to know about Ergonomic chairs.

Having a nice house is everyone dreams. In fact, everybody wants to have their own house. Unfortunately not everybody is fortune to have a house of their own. So, once you have, you sure what to arrange the house as good as you can. But sometimes you have difficulties in choosing the best materials for you house, especially for your floor.

Obviously they are different rooms in you house and each room may need different flooring. To pick what best flooring material for you house is something that you have to think about. Picking the right type of flooring for your home involves asking some questions and giving some honest answers. You need to pick what's right for you, your finances and your lifestyle. Finding a floor covering that is suitable for every aspect of your circumstances is key to getting the equation right.

When you shop for flooring materials you will find great range of wonderful flooring materials in the market. From what you see, sure it will be difficult for you to decide. Buying flooring material certainly need some honest judgment from yourself and also the condition of your house.

To help you finding the right flooring materials for your house, here are some check lists you might want to consider:

* Find out about your area. Is your house located in the moisture area, cold or warm climate? Is it a high traffic area or quite? Or is it occasionally prone to flooding? Knowing your house location will make you easy to choose the right flooring materials. For example, if your house located in the moisture area, find out what is the cause. If it can be eliminated you could then enjoy a much wider choice of flooring for your home. If moisture is a permanent problem you should choose flooring that does not rot and will not absorb water, such as stone, marble and granite, or concrete slabs. If you live in a very cold area and especially if you have children, you'd probably be better off using carpet as a favorite, with other flooring materials such as linoleum thrown in for areas such as the kitchen.

* Now, let see about you. Do you like the contemporary look for interior decorating? Or are you fundamentally a traditionalist at heart? If you look for different flooring which matches with interior decorating, maybe you could consider hardwood flooring materials. Or for a cheaper alternative, think of using laminated flooring or bamboo flooring. These two are perfect for those who like modern decorating styles too. This is the stylish, yet practical answer to the question of what to put on the floors. Laminated flooring is just so easy to take care of, you can't do anything but love it. A quick wipe over from time to time is all it needs. No oiling and no scrubbing are needed.

*See how is your house foundation is. If you dont want to have your floor covering became unstuck or crack and chip, better not laying any of the natural stone flooring products on a base that is in any way unstable. It won't work. Take the time and expense to put right any defects in your foundation first so that you can really appreciate the look of your finished new floor. Probably you may use wood for that kind of foundation. . It will adding atmosphere to your home too. You will find that it copes with the structural movement where it is pretty resistant to a great deal of family traffic.

* Check your garage flooring. Garage is one part in your house which most people fail to take advantage of their garage, which is a shame. In order to get the most use out of your garage, you need to take care of it. This is where garage flooring comes in. Floor covering in your garage can totally change the look of the room. More importantly, it can save you a great deal of concrete floor repair over the life of your house. Without any protection, your concrete garage floor is doomed to crack and suffer from moisture exposure. Not only will the right garage floor coat improve the look of your garage, but it will also protect this excellent space from moisture and the elements.

* If you are redecorating your home and your budget is limited, by all means get the best price you can find. A building materials wholesaler who supplies the trade can be your best bet for quality discount flooring. You can take advantage of their bulk buy savings Buy the best flooring materials you can stretch to. Why? Basically because the floor you choose will have a profound effect on the finished look of your home.

By knowing that information, hopefully you can choose what best for you. Having a good and comfortable house is everyones dreams. Home Sweet Home. Good luck!

Tony Gevano interest in observing peoples way in choosing things and wrote almost anything he likes. Find more about the Website at http://www.moregaragefloor.info; http://www.thelaminatingfloor.info; and http://woodfloor.101.info

Getting online can open up a whole world of information and fun that those who haven't explored the Web can't even begin to imagine. Deciding how exactly to get online, however, can be a bit of a trick. Many Internet users choose to go with DSL. Offering fast connections and typically reasonable pricing, DSL Internet service providers tend to win hands down over regular dial up options.

Finding the right DSL Internet service providers will take a little research. What is available as far as service providers goes will depend a whole lot on the geographical area in question. Not all areas have DSL, although this is changing rapidly.

If a decision hasn't yet been made between DSL, cable or dial up, some research here could also be in order. DSL, or digital service line, connections are much faster than dial up. They use existing phone lines to transfer data, but they don't prevent the use of the phone in the process. The connections are considered, in most cases, to be a bit slower than cable, however. The pricing on DSL tends to fall in the middle between the choices. This can make it a solid option for those who want faster connections without high expenses. A second phone line is not needed to take advantage of what DSL Internet service providers offer.

If DSL is the decision on the way to go, shoppers will need to do a few things to find the best. The first, of course, is to check and see if DSL is available in the area. The phone company, which will likely offer DSL if it is, will know. The options of DSL Internet service provides include:

h Phone companies. They almost have a corner on the DSL market, but not quite. Many users, however, find it's just easier to deal with their phone company and pay a single bill rather than several.

h Large Internet providers. The big companies like America Online, EarthLink and more all offer DSL in certain areas. Their packages use the same phone lines the phone companies do, but sometimes they can cost a little less and even offer more perks.

h Smaller firms. Some areas are home to a host of locally owned DSL companies. Like the bigger providers, these companies use the phone company's equipment to provide their service. What they offer will vary greatly from provider to provider.

When trying to choose between the different DSL Internet service providers look at things like pricing, what's included and the speeds offered. Not all DSL connections are exactly alike. Some options actually provide for faster transfer rates.

DSL Internet service providers can make getting online a snap. Finding the right one will depend a lot on the area in question and personal preference. From actual phone companies to mom and pop type businesses, there are choices on the DSL market.

Frank j Vanderlugt owns and operates http://www.dsl-service-providers-now.com

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Financing for commercial real estate is a completely different game when compared to residential mortgage loans. It moves much faster and is much more flexible.

Commercial Real Estate Hard, Hard, Hard Money Loans

When purchasing commercial real estate, financing is the most significant factor in determining whether the project is worth pursuing. Although there are a variety of commercial real estate loans on the market, we are going to look at hard money loans in this article.

Hard money loans for commercial real estate are often a matter of last resort. They arent good deals, but they can save a financing situation that has gone critical. Most hard money loans come with significant upfront costs and astronomical interest rates. When you are facing the prospect of losing a commercial property, however, they can be a godsend because they also are granted very quickly.

Hard money loans are considered very risky and are issued by private financing groups, not banks or lenders. The loans tend to be only available as the primary loan on the property, which isnt that rare a situation in commercial property.

Unlike home loans, hard money loans are all about the potential sales price of a piece of commercial real estate. The party considering lending you money is not going to look at the appraised value of the property. They are going to look at the probably sales price if the commercial real estate has to be sold a few months after making the loan. Depending on the condition of the property, this figure will typically be between 50 and 75 percent of the appraised valued of the commercial property.

Put another way, a hard money loan is a short-term loan designed to get you past an immediate problem. It is undeniably a loan of last resort and is not an ultimate solution to a financing problem with a commercial property. It does nothing other than buy you time, and at a fairly hefty cost. If you are in a tight spot and can resolve the problem with a few extra months time, a hard money loan may be the answer.

Sergio Haros is with Great Western Mortgage - San Diego Mortgage Brokers - providing San Diego home loans. Great Western Mortgage is a San Diego mortgage company writing San Diego mortgages and San Diego refinance and home equity loan.

Internet fax has always been a small and home based business technology. It was developed and marketed as an affordable and convenient solution for people who needed to send and receive faxes on the go or from a small office without the need for bulky equipment and recurring costs for toner, paper and repairs. While in the past virtual fax has most commonly been used by small and home based businesses, the future of internet fax is being written as we speak. Recently, there has been an influx of larger businesses ditching their cumbersome fax servers and integrating internet fax with their current communications. There are a number of reason that internet based fax solutions are appealing to a larger company.

Being flexible is a necessity of any business, large or small. Things change quickly in the business world. Between mergers and downsizing, expansions and relocations, companies need scaleable communication solutions. Internet fax answers that need with its ability to instantly add users and accounts on the fly and virtual fax anywhere features. Technology and software is changing all the time as well. With a standard fax server, software upgrades are a costly and time consuming headache that companies can avoid by having the fax server hosted elsewhere. This also frees up time and resources for internal IT departments to focus on support of other existing systems and issues. All of this means saving time, resources and money.

The costs of an in-house fax server are not limited to the initial purchase price, which is quite high on its own. There is also maintenance, software upgrades, support staff hours and telecommunications lines to support the fax traffic. Internet fax removes all of these drains on the company budget and allows them to pay just for their usage.

Internet fax is making the leap from a primarily SOHO tool to a technology utilized by Fortune 500 companies. Internet fax has a lot of attractive features such as its flexibility, affordability and its ability to remove the drain off of a company's IT resources. It's time to officially welcome internet fax to the big leagues.

Brandi Cummings, an expert in the field of virtual telecommunications, recommends checking out Fax800.com (www.fax800.com), a leading provider of internet fax technology.