Archive for November, 2010
Crystal Meth and Your Teen
Saturday, November 27th, 2010Methamphetamine, is a synthetically produced drug that has a crystalline appearance, hence the name ‘crystal meth’. It goes by numerous street names like ice, tina and glass. It is taken by oral ingestion, injection (after dissolving in water), snorting, piping, (burned and fumes inhaled) or inserted as an anal or urethral suppository. Meth acts as a very potent stimulant, and is highly addictive. It pumps the body’s energy similar to adrenaline. Therefore, it increases heart rate and blood pressure when used. Meth also causes weight loss, mood elevation, anorexia (decreased appetite) and increased sexual pleasure. In chronic use, it can cause mental dysfunction similar to schizophrenia.
Teenagers are highly susceptible to crystal meth use. One important factor is peer pressure. Their need to belong can lead them to experiment, until unknowingly, the use turns to abuse. Data on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2004 states that roughly 12 million Americans 12 years and older has had experience using methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime. This number represents almost 5% of teenage population.
This is a wake-up call to all parents. Be aware that the first intentions fin your teen’s use of crystal meth may seem harmless, like wanting to lose weight, and also to keep awake during examination week. Their first use may easily turn to addiction.
If you are a parent and unsure of what to do next, find out how to save your teen. There are places which provide immediate assistance.
The Most Traffic to Website come from Facebook and StumbleUpon
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010Twitter generates nearly 10 percent of social media global hits to websites, according to new research from StatCounter.
The report found that Facebook is still the main source of traffic to global websites with almost half (48%) of social media hits followed by StumbleUpon with 25 percent.
Strategy to Improve your Search Results in Google
Sunday, November 21st, 2010I do a lot of marketing research and search engine optimization work for websites, and my clients always ask me the same question when we start: “How do I make my website the #1 result in a Google search?” After I respond with the obligatory, “Pay me to put it there,” I tell them the truth that you can’t actually pay anyone to put you in the first result on Google, and there is no simple way to get there overnight. I invariably have the same lengthy discussion with them explaining how Google ranks its search results, after which they usually ask me, “So do you know anyone else I can pay to get the #1 result?”
While you can’t simply pay someone to guarantee you the top search result on Google, and you can’t even pay Google, with some time and effort you or an SEO consultant can optimize your website so that you might be able to rise up through the ranks. I’ve compiled a list of the top 10 techniques I use to assist clients in obtaining better search rankings in Google (and oh yeah, those other search engines too).
Improve Your Alexa Rank in 7 Strategies
Friday, November 19th, 2010In this article, I will examine the importance of Alexa rank . I also include a list of 7 methods and strategies you can use to increase your Alexa rank dramatically in the short and long run.
Alexa.com is a company may via Amazon.com. It is a website which provides information on traffic levels for websites. A lot of people use Alexa to calculate their traffic rank, but I Alexa only records the users who have visited a website with the Alexa toolbar installed, so therefore does not give 100% real results. Although Alexa only records users with Alexa toolbar installed it is still a good program and a high Alexa ranking is good to attract advertisers.
So here I am writing 7 quick and easy ways to increase your Alexa rank :
1. Install Alexa Toolbar on your firefox and set your website as Home Page.
2. Try to get listed on as many Search Engines as you can.
3. Encourage your readers to install Alexa toolbar.
4. Install Alexa on your office computer and friend’s computer and set your website as Home Page.
5. Write or blog about Alexa. People are very much interested in having good Alexa rank few of them may even blog about your post in their site.
6. Use Social Bookmarking sites like Diig, Delicious and Stumbleupon which will fetch you nice traffic.
7. Put Alexa widget on your website.
South Coast Recovery: The Road to a Healthy and Safe Recovery
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Life should be lived to the fullest. But when drugs and alcohol start to take away the life you are living, think again. No more promises of quitting tomorrow or the next day or the next week. Actions to gain back control over your life should be taken now. In times like these, South Coast Recovery is here to help.
Drug and Alcohol dependence has been among the leading problems in the society ever since. It does not only disrupt your capability to function and think rationally, but it also destroys relationships and bonds within your family. It does not only have the capacity to rule over your life. It is well capable of putting your life in darkness. When everything seems to fail, South Coast Recovery can assist you in bringing your life out of the dark. With its friendly and accommodating staff, serene environment, methodologies and programs for treatment, clients will be able to achieve a triumphant recovery from drug and alcohol dependence.
One of the foremost substance and alcohol rehabilitation centers in the country which offers efficient 30, 60 or 90 day residential programs, South Coast Recovery lives up to its commitment in showing clients the road to a healthy and safe recovery.
When You Have Bad Times in Your Relationship
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010In every relationship there will be up and down moment. Although problems in a relationship are common things but it doesn’t mean you can ignore any problem in your relationship. You need to solve it before it grows bigger and affect your children.
Sometime, there are huge problems that both of you and your spouse couldn’t solve. In this case, you need to find professional help. If you really want to keep your relationship and your family, you don’t need to be shy. Come to Counseling-Network to learn more about relationship counseling and how you can get benefits to solve your relationship problems. You can also find complete Relationship Counseling Directory featuring professional relationship counselors in your local area. It is true that finding someone you can really trust to help you solve your relationship problem is quite difficult but Counseling-Network could make it much easier and convenience.
Study Discoveres that Alcohol More Dangerous Than Heroin
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.
British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how destructive they are to the individual who takes them and to society as a whole.
Researchers analyzed how addictive a drug is and how it harms the human body, in addition to other criteria like environmental damage caused by the drug, its role in breaking up families and its economic costs, such as health care, social services, and prison.
Heroin, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, or crystal meth, were the most lethal to individuals. When considering their wider social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest. But overall, alcohol outranked all other substances, followed by heroin and crack cocaine. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.
The study was paid for by Britain’s Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and was published online Monday in the medical journal, Lancet.
Experts said alcohol scored so high because it is so widely used and has devastating consequences not only for drinkers but for those around them.
“Just think about what happens [with alcohol] at every football game,” said Wim van den Brink, a professor of psychiatry and addiction at the University of Amsterdam. He was not linked to the study and co-authored a commentary in the Lancet.
When drunk in excess, alcohol damages nearly all organ systems. It is also connected to higher death rates and is involved in a greater percentage of crime than most other drugs, including heroin.
But experts said it would be impractical and incorrect to outlaw alcohol.
“We cannot return to the days of prohibition,” said Leslie King, an adviser to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and one of the study’s authors. “Alcohol is too embedded in our culture and it won’t go away.”
King said countries should target problem drinkers, not the vast majority of people who indulge in a drink or two. He said governments should consider more education programs and raising the price of alcohol so it isn’t as widely available.
Experts said the study should prompt countries to reconsider how they classify drugs. For example, last year in Britain, the government increased its penalties for the possession of marijuana. One of its senior advisers, David Nutt — the lead author on the Lancet study — was fired after he criticized the British decision.
“What governments decide is illegal is not always based on science,” said van den Brink. He said considerations about revenue and taxation, like those garnered from the alcohol and tobacco industries, may influence decisions about which substances to regulate or outlaw.
“Drugs that are legal cause at least as much damage, if not more, than drugs that are illicit,” he said.
Hazardous Chemicals still Emits from Green Products
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Widely-used scented consumer products that claim to be “green,” “organic” or “natural” emit just as many toxic chemicals as other fragranced products, new research shows.
The study analyzed 25 scented products; about half carried green health claims. All the products emitted at least one chemical classified as toxic or hazardous.
More than a third of the samples gave off one chemical classified as a probable carcinogen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to the research, published in the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review. The EPA has set no safe exposure level for possible carcinogens.
About Four Loko Energy Drink
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
There’s this drink called Four Loko that has been making some waves recently, mostly due to its high caffeine and alcohol content, and the Bro-attracting pheromones it emits that hypnotizes people with backwards hats that can only say the word chug to drink multiple cans of it. The downside of this (or upside, depending on how much you hate “Bro” culture) is that the caffeine in Four Loko shuts off the body’s natural shut-off moment that occurs when drinking lots of alcohol. You know that moment — it’s when you’ve had one too many and you start to get tired and lose all willingness to take another drink. Four Loko stops that stopping mechanism from stopping you from drinking, which, after a few more Four Lokos, stops your consciousness, and possibly your life. Case in point: nine college students in Washington State were hospitalized for alcohol poisoning, some having a blood alcohol level of 0.35, when 0.30 percent is considered potentially lethal.