Colocation Advantages

Author: John Tourloukis

In today's fiercely competitive environment, any business – small, medium or large – can succeed only if it maintains business continuity, which in turn, is mostly dependent on automated data handling systems. In the wake of recent natural and other calamities, companies have increased their investments in highly secure storage and retrieval systems for their data.

For companies whose core business is not IT, it makes better business sense to outsource the storage and maintenance of these systems. This strategy allows them to save time and money while harnessing the power of IT as a force multiplier for their core business.

What is a data center?
A data center is simply a room that facilitates the storage and management, of servers and other computing equipment of any company in a precision-controlled environment. But for small and medium businesses, an in-house data center is an expensive proposition in many ways:

• High initial investment in space and equipment
• High day-to-day
  management costs
• Hiring and retaining personnel to maintain
  the data center
• High cost of upgrading technology and acquiring
  newer services

In this scenario, it becomes far more economical to outsource this service to a colocation data center.

What is colocation?
A colocation (also known less popularly as 'co-location') data center is a facility where the servers and other computing equipment belonging to different companies share space. Each company's equipment is physically secured in a wire cage or cabinet with high security locking systems.

Why colocation?
Colocation offers businesses several advantages with regard to time and money.

• You don't have to worry about recurring capital costs if you
  are upgrading since you can rent more space (or give up space if you are
  downsizing)
• You are saved the expense of hiring and training
  your own personnel to operate and maintain your systems. If you have to
  upgrade, having your own personnel means additional training costs or paying
  outside consultants.

Who uses colocation data centers?
The answer is: almost any company whose business continuity is dependent on smooth access to flow of data and for whom system downtime is not an option.

• Web-based e-commerce companies use the colocation data center facilities
  to ensure a safe environment for their equipment, plus economical and redundant
  connections to the Internet
• Major non-IT entrepreneurs use the facility for economic data storage and
  management, as well as safety from disasters
• Telecommunication companies use colocation data center facilities to exchange
  traffic with other telcos and also to provide reliable access to potential
  clients

Facilities at Colocation Data Centers
Colocation data centers offer physical space on lease to customers for housing their servers and other computing devices. You install your servers and/or other telecommunication equipment in the physical space leased from the data center. The leased space is typically comprised of either full cabinets or portions of a cabinet measured in Rack Units or RU (1RU corresponds to 1.75 vertical inches of space). Much larger spaces, like a caged section of a room or complete private rooms or suites, are also available depending on your requirements.

All leased space is supported by:

• Precision-controlled air-conditioning systems
  with incorporated redundancy
• 24x7 power back-up systems for all equipment to
  ensure zero downtime or minimal disruption in operations due to power failure
• High-capacity, reliable power generators
• State-of-the-art fire detection and suppression systems to guard against
  potential losses due to fire
• Sophisticated onsite security through surveillance cameras and advanced
  biometric systems to prevent unauthorized entry
• Networking equipment including state-of-the-art, fully redundant high-end
  switches and routers, BGP4 routing for optimal path selection and full redundancy,
  etc

Most colocation centers also offer SLAs (service level agreements) to support a host of computer and networking services like server reboots, software updates, hardware repairs / replacements, disaster recovery, etc.

Advantages of colocation

• Financial Gains: Small and medium companies have a lot
  to gain by opting for colocation. For one, there is an enormous amount of
  money to be saved (between 25%-75%) on infrastructure, technology and human
  resources. This leaves them free to concentrate on their core business areas.
• Better Connectivity: Acquiring and maintaining a T1 line
  or a fiber optic line to connect your networks is an expensive proposition.
  Moreover, if your ISP turns out to be unreliable, you could lose valuable
  business. Provisioning a T1 or fiber optic line at a colocation data center
  is economical and most centers support multiple ISPs through fiber optic
  lines or VSAT. Also, colocating mission critical servers at data centers
  with fully redundant network connections ensures that business critical applications
  will always run smoothly.
• Easy disaster recovery: Data centers also create disaster
  recovery sites. In the event of a snag with the primary server, the entire
  network automatically switches to an alternate mirrored site within a few
  minutes. So outsourcing disaster recovery also costs much less than what
  it would to set it up in-house.
• Improved Network security: Most data centers offer state-of-the-art
  network security, including fully updated firewalls / IDS applications to
  detect and prevent unauthorized intrusions into their clients' systems. They
  employ qualified technical personnel with certifications like CCNA and MCSE
  to monitor the networks 24X7 and alert clients of any potential trouble.

In the wake of disasters like 9/11 and other natural disasters, depending on a single office to keep business-critical applications running is risky. Most companies are now taking steps to plan for such events by implementing a disaster recovery plans that include colocation facilities inside internet data centers. Data centers provide the best data management, system maintenance and up-to-date security services without the issues that accompany owning and operating a similar facility.

By utilizing collocation services in a data center facility, you will realize an immediate benefit in terms of costs saving and improved redundancy.

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BlackBerry Messenger Jadi Platform Jejaring Sosial

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SAN FRANCISCO, KOMPAS.com – BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) yang merupakan salah satu fitur andalan BlackBerry selama ini hanya dapat dipakai sebagai instant messenger antarpengguna BlackBerry saja. Namun, ke depan, layanan BBM tak lagi eksklusif setelah Research In Motion (RIM) memutuskan untuk menjadikannya sebagai platform jejaring sosial.
“Para pengembang bisa mengambil aktivitas sosial di BBM dan memasukkannya ke dalam aplikasi buatannya yang dijual di App World,” kata Mike Lazaridis, Chairman dan Co-CEO RIM dalam RIM Developer Conference di San Francisco, Senin (27/9/2010).
Lazaridis menekankan bahwa BBM akan diarahkan menjadi platform layanan jejaring sosial yang semakin luas. Misalnya diintegrasikan dalam aplikasi game sehingga pengguna BlackBerry dapat mengundang pengguna lainnya untuk bermain bersama dengan satu klik di aplikasi tersebut tanpa harus masuk ke layanan BBM.
Bagi para pengembang aplikasi akan disediakan application programming interface (API) agar dapat memanfaatkan akses ke layanan BBM. Namun, belum ada pengumuman resmi kapan BlackBerry Social SDK akan tersedia bagi para pengembang.
RIM mengkalaim saat ini ada 28 juta pengguna aktif BlackBerry Messenger di sleuruh dunia dan tumbuh 1,5 juta pengguna baru setiap bulan. Dengan menyediakan akses BBM ke dalam aplikasi, RIM telah menciptakan jejaring sosial mobile yang sangat besar.

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Great Resume Tips for Non-Writers

By Suzette Dean
Most often, even with the help of thousands of resume tips found on the internet and in books, writing a great resume can be a pain – especially for non-writers. While it’s true that a resume is the advertising of yourself, it does not have to be written as a literary piece. A resume is just a simple statement of facts as to what you are capable of doing that will contribute to the growth of the company you’re interested in joining. The first resume tip is to write the resume as straightforward as you can, highlighting your accomplishments and backing them up with numbers and concrete examples.
It is not right to think that a resume should be written in an artistic manner. The resume, being something that involves writing, is what intimidates those who have no inclination for prose. In the first place it’s not compulsory that everything that you write in your resume is in complete sentence format. For the most part, bullet points will do. All resume tips say that your resume should be brief, concise and factual. You must also know that even for writers, it’s often difficult to start any document, but once you have started it everything else will fall into place. Of course you start with writing your name, address and contact details at the upper left part of a plain white or ivory paper. If you have a unisex name such as Renee, Ali and Alex, don’t forget to include the prefix mister or miss.
Now here are some resume tips for the content. Being a document that highlights your best professional assets, it’s not a narration of your previous jobs, but of your accomplishments that are relevant to the job you are applying for. Limit the information that you will write down on your resume to that which is related to the job you are applying for. Relative to this, replace the phrase “tasks include” with “accomplishments were”.
How about a resume tip on deciding whether to write your job experiences in a chronological or functional order? If you are just sticking to one field and have been upwardly-moving, chronological order will do. If your focus is your skills that are applicable from one field to the other, the functional order of work experience is better. If you are a fresh graduate, highlight your accomplishments from school, both formal and non-formal trainings and seminars that will contribute to your performance in your first job. Again, don’t forget the resume tips on choosing only the relevant information, which also goes for your personal data.
You are not alone in your struggle to come up with a great resume that will make the employer want to interview and eventually, hire you. Above any other thing, it’s your honesty, skills and determination that will sell you to the interviewer. Anything phony and fancy will show, so always strive for the truth in advertising yourself- and that’s one of the best resume tips that you’ll ever get.

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Why most design firms won't do spec work

Author: Wildfire Marketing Group Content Development Team

It's common for business owners to make unrealistic requests of design firms. Probably the most common is when they contact several design firms and ask them all to design something for them, whether it's a logo, brochure or some other piece, with the intent that they will choose one of the designs if they like it. While it may seem like there is nothing wrong with this request, in reality, there is. Think about how this request would be taken in any other industry.

Potential home buyer: I want you to build me a house and I'm going to have three other builders do the same thing. After these homes are completed, if I like one I'll purchase it.
Home builder: Uhhh...No.

Potential car buyer: I'm thinking about buying a car from either you or another car dealer with in a seventy mile radius. I'd like you to drop off one of each model of car that you have (the other car dealers will be doing the same) and after I've had a chance to drive all of them for a while I'll decide if I want to buy one.

Car dealer: Uhhh...No.

Restaurant visitor: I don't know what I want to eat, but I'll know what I like when I taste it. I want you to make everything from your menu deliver it to my house. Keep in mind that the Chinese, Italian and Mexican restaurants will be delivering their food as well. After tasting everything, if I'm still hungry, I will choose a meal from one restaurant.
Restaurant owner: Uhhh...No.

The bottom line is that graphic design is a business. You wouldn't run your business by handing out your product or service for free in hopes that someone might feel like paying for it and you shouldn't expect a design firm or designer to do so. Some firms will do spec work, but they usually fall into one of two categories. They are either brand new firms with no experience trying to land their first clients, or they are huge firms that only work with clients that have multi-million dollar advertising budgets.

Like any other business, a graphic design firm has overhead. By working on spec, they are forced to raise their prices because unlike some businesses that sell a product, graphic designers can not take back their time and resell it. Many people take for granted the overhead that can be necessary to run a graphic design firm. Specialized software is required to do what we do, and depending on what is needed, can be an investment of several thousand dollars per employee — which must be updated on a regular basis. Additionally, a graphic design firm needs far more robust hardware than the average user. Our processing power, memory and storage capacity needs can me mind blowing and frequent upgrades are often necessary. Most firms employ highly skilled designers, whom must be paid accordingly. These designers have the talent and experience to develop marketing materials that deliver results quickly and efficiently. All of this allows us to provide our clients the best service at a reasonable price and in a timely manner.

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Improve Your Donation Thank-You Letters, Cards and Notes: Make Your Donor The Hero.

Author: Alan Sharpe


One temptation in writing fundraising thank-you letters is to make your organization the star of the letter. You feel pressure to tell your donors how terrific you are, how cost-effective you are or how broke you are. You are tempted to brag about your achievements, your success, your volunteers, your new board member and more.

You need to resist this temptation. The secret to crafting effective donation thank-you letters is "making the donor the star of every transaction," as Conrad Squires puts it in his book, Teach Yourself to Write Irresistible Fund-raising Letters.

The quickest and cheapest way to build donor loyalty and reduce donor attrition is to tell your donors how much they are accomplishing in the world through your organization. By making your donor the hero of every thank-you letter (and every appeal letter for that matter), you reinforce in their mind that they made the right decision in supporting your mission. And that they are right in continuing their support.

How to make the donor the hero
1. Use the word "you" more than you use the word "we." Make the letter all about the donor.
2. Show a direct link between the donor's donation and your mission. For example: "Thanks to your generous gift of $100, we fed 52 homeless men last night while the temperature hovered around -18° outside. Those men are thankful to you. And so am I."
3. Go beyond the donation to the donor, and describe how grateful you are for the donor as a person, as a supporter, as a friend of your organization.
4. Make your donors feel special by describing how they are one in a thousand, or one in ten thousand, by supporting your cause while others do not.

A sample thank-you letter
Below is a thank-you letter that Doctors Without Borders mailed to donors during the year that the organization won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Dear Alan Sharpe:

Two wonderful things happened this month.

We received your donation to our meningitis campaign. And we received the Nobel Peace Prize for humanitarian assistance.

We received this award because of supporters like you. It's ours together.

The Nobel Peace Prize is shared by the millions of people who support the work and principles of Doctors Without Borders. It's shared by the people who make the right to humanitarian assistance a reality. People like you.

So thank you for your donation. With your support, we can now respond quickly and effectively to meningitis epidemics. Even the best doctors cannot prevent meningitis without vaccinations. So thank you for your timely gift.

Doctors Without Borders operates only with the continued support of partners like you. That's why I'd like you to consider joining our monthly giving program, "Partners Without Borders."

As a member of Partners Without Borders, you help our volunteer physicians provide vital medical help anywhere, anytime. You also help us keep our administrative costs to a minimum. Every dollar we save is a dollar that we can use to fund our medical projects.
Giving every month is more convenient for you. You make small donations on a regular basis instead of a larger donation all at once.

Our being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize is international confirmation of the fundamental right of ordinary people to humanitarian assistance and protection. Please join Partners Without Borders today. Simply complete the form below. And thank you again for your support.

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Branding Concepts

Author: Vikas Malhotra

Branding is a process that is used by the businesses to utilize marketing strategies to enhance their product or service image so that it is more readily recollected by the customer. Branding helps the product or service to make a favorable impact on the target customer while the branding concepts help in outlining the guidelines that should be followed during the branding process.

Branding of any product and service should follow some constants that help in establishing a brand in the long run. The internet branding strategies should have the following constants in your branding formula:

? Branding should be simple
The most popular brands in the world have very simple, easy to remember logos. The reason behind this concept is, we tend to remember and associate ourselves with simple things and choose to ignore or forget complex ideas.

? Branding should be different
Your brand should have individuality, should be different. The brand should stand out from other similar product or service; otherwise the whole idea of branding is lost. Only an individualistic brand makes a mark on the psyche of the target customer and he remembers it when he makes a buying decision. This is why most of the MNCs take strict action on trademark violations.

? Branding should be safe
Play safe and do your research if you are catering to international audience. If you are using symbols in your logo make sure they do not offend the target market in any way or you can chances of shutting your shop before making any sales. Therefore keep the regional and cultural sensibilities in mind during the branding process.

The three most important branding concepts that are the basis of all branding processes are brand promise, brand attributes and brand personality.
A brand promise is a promise or commitment the company makes to its customers. The promise should be clearly stated and tells about the most important benefit of the product or customer.

Brand attributes are the features that describe the customer's experience like quality, innovation or customer service. The attributes help the company to deliver the brand promise. Brand personality is the characteristic the customer experiences when they experience the brand. Thus the essence of the brand is a symbiosis of all three.

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Starting a Bake Shop Business

Author: Susan Hutson



If baking is your forte, then starting a bake shop business can prove to be a good business proposition.

Making a living doing what you want requires both passion and commitment in equal amounts. Anyone who bakes will know the kind of effort and attention that goes into coming up with all those delectable cakes and pastries, pies and scones and all those other bake “what not’s” that can get your mouth watering. However if you are passionate about baking, are creative and experimental and like the idea of being your own boss then opening a bake shop business is where you should think of channelizing your efforts and energy.

Home or Retail Outlet?

The best part about this business is that it can prove to be just as profitable even if you decide to run it from home! Your kitchen probably has all the necessary equipment already. Things such as an oven and baking pans are commonly used in almost all homes. This means you don’t have to worry about a huge investment. But before you do anything first make up your mind, from where you plan to run your bake shop business. Are you going to make it a “home business” venture or plan on taking up a retail outlet?

Running a business from your home is a simpler and cheaper option obviously. And with the internet, you don’t really need to have a physical location to do any kind of business. A lot of small and medium business owners create a website for their business and use it to successfully invite clients and customers and to advertise their products. A retail unit is an option if you have the monetary funds and resources required. Again as mentioned earlier, where you plan to do business from is for you to decide.

How do the others do it?

Although there is a good market for all kinds of cakes and bakes, it is advisable to check out competition as well as what sells, what is in demand and most importantly how people advertise and sell their products. In order to do this, make a list of all the bake shop businesses in and around your area. Check these places and gather information from the owners if possible

Planning for you business

Once you have all the information you want your next step is to put all that information into perspective. The most important step is to come up with a well chalked out plan for your bake shop business. Once you are done with that your next step will be to create a business plan that outlines just how you are going to go ahead with setting up your business.

Include things like, investment required (on a very small and basic level), hiring of labor or help (optional) equipment and items needed, advertising costs, operational costs of running your business on a daily basis (electricity, phone, water, storage facilities etc. Obviously your startup costs and other figures will be higher if you plan to rent a retail unit as opposed to operating from your home.

Marketing

No business can succeed without some form of marketing. Unlike big businesses you may not have the option of a big advertising budget. But the good news is that you can market your business even without it. Here are some easy and cheap ways of doing so –

• Place advertisements in the yellow pages
• Print flyers
• Word of mouth advertising
• Setup a website for you business
• Give away free samples
• Offer a gift basket or hamper at a local function/retail store
• Place advertisements on notice boards of schools and your church
• Print business cards and hand them out generously.

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Strategi Pemasaran (Marketing Strategy)

Author: Daniel Levis


Marketing Strategy 101
When it comes to marketing strategy blunders, pretty much everybody remembers the nosedive failure of New Coke, right? But what most people don't know is the fascinating story behind the story, & the valuable lesson it reveals.

In the early eighties, Coke was about to lose a marketing
trump card to Pepsi. Coke's market share had been in free
fall since the end of the war, declining from 60% at that
time, to just 24% in 1983. Pepsi was about to be able to
claim that not only did it taste better than Coke (as
proven in blind taste tests), but that it was actually more popular. This would have added even more fuel to Pepsi's already significant marketing momentum.

While Coke was also losing market share to other new market entries, and increasing consumer preference for diet, citrus, & caffeine-free beverages etc., Pepsi's marketing strategy was continuing to win new customers.

Obviously, people preferred the taste of Pepsi! Better
taste was the main thrust of their advertising. Why else
would anybody drink such an otherwise worthless mixture of ingredients?

This fact was further born out with the runaway success of
Diet Coke. Coke actually developed it from the ground up to taste more like Pepsi, rather than simply replacing the sugar content of the original recipe with artificial sweeteners.

All of the facts & evidence pointed to Coke having a taste problem with the original recipe. Coke had in fact been working in secret for years on a new one.

Drawing on the success of Diet Coke, Coke's marketing
strategy called for the modification of that recipe to a
sugar based drink. They felt they could finally turn the

tide by introducing "NEW Coke", based on that formula.

In pre launch blind taste tests, people thought the new
Coke tasted sweeter & smoother than the original. Extensive research revealed that people preferred the New Coke to both the original Coca Cola recipe & Pepsi.

Statistically speaking, the taste of New Coke was
significantly preferable.
New Coke was the solution, but what to do with the
original? If they kept both on the market, it was a sure
bet that Pepsi would be able to claim that it was more
popular than both, at least for a time! And a marketing strategy that called for the promotion of a new & an old Coke would only confuse the public & dilute the brand.

The original recipe was dropped.

So what happened when new Coke was introduced?

It bombed completely, & utterly! Here's the brilliant tag
line that they used to introduce it. "The Best Just Got
Better, Coke Is It!" Gee, that looks like a winner.

People hated the new Coke, many without even having to
taste it. And they were incensed that the original had been "stolen" from them.

One hundred years, & countless millions of dollars in advertising had made Coke Cola a part of people's very identity. Drinking Coca Cola wasn't about taste at all.

It was about mental association.

Emotional Opium!

The act of raising that funny looking spiral bottle to your lips. The cane sugary fragrance that followed. The sharp carbonated bite that set your throat a blaze with each vigorous swig. For many people, it was anchored deeply to fond, albeit sometimes even imaginary memories.

Coke had no choice but to bring back the original recipe,
amid a huge fanfare of publicity, as though it were the
second coming.

What a hullabaloo about nothing. Sugar water.

For god's sake!

If nothing else, this story should prove to you once & for
all that it's not what you do that counts, it's what you
say & how powerfully you say it. And, that your customer's
buy, or don't buy, for all kinds of seemingly irrational reasons. What's critically important is not your product, but how your marketing strategy relates ownership of that product to your buyer's beliefs, feelings, & desires!

It also demonstrates that "me to" can be a very dangerous marketing strategy.

While huge companies like Coke can afford to blow through billion dollar advertising budgets like there's no tomorrow, as a Guerrilla marketer, I urge you to avoid expensive frontal assaults & one-upmanship like the plague.

Be creative instead, & seek to outflank the enemy!

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Learn about Bipolar

Author: Aby Yusuf


Bipolar Disorder


Bipolar disorder atau yg lebih biasa kita sebut dengan manik depresif adalah suatu gangguan kejiwaan dimana penderita bisa mengalami dua macam suasana hati (mood) yang sangat ekstrim, ekstrim disini yang berarti seorang penderita yang suatu saat sedang bahagia tertawa lepas dlm saat itu juga bisa mendadak menjadi diam murung dan tidak berbicara apa-apa. Penyakit manik-depresif terjadi pada kurang dari 2 persen penduduk. Penyakit ini menyerang pria dan wanita dalam perbandingan yang sama dan biasanya mulai timbul pada masa remaja, usia 20 atau 30 tahun. Keadaan ini akan terus berulang jika tidak dilakukan penanganan serius dari psikiater. Penyakit ini diyakini sebagai penyakit keturunan, meskipun kelainan genetik yang pasti masih belum diketahui.


Kalau menurut wikipedia, Bipolar disorder or manic-depressive disorder, which is also referred to as bipolar affective disorder or manic depression, is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a category of mood disorders defined by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally elevated energy levels, cognition, and mood with or without one or more depressive episodes. The elevated moods are clinically referred to as mania or, if milder, hypomania. Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes, or symptoms, or mixed episodes in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time.


Saya ingin sedikit bercerita pengalaman tentang manik depresif. Kebetulan mantan saya yang terakhir adalah seorang wanita yang menderita penyakit manik depresif (Bipolar). Wanita yang sampai sekarang masih saya cintai walaupun saya sudah dilupakan olehnya karena dia lebih memilih pria yang jauh lebih kaya raya dan mapan ini bernama Wini Nirmala. "Dia" orangnya sesungguhnya sangat periang. Menurut pengakuannya, dia menderita penyakit ini sejak mendapatkan trauma yang sungguh luar biasa dari mantannya dan salah seorang sahabatnya. Akan tetapi, menurut saya setelah membaca dan mencari tahu tentang Bipolar, bahwa penderita Bipolar ini bisa keturunan, mungkin saja "dia" tidak menyadarinya.

Jadi begini ya,saat itu saya dan "Dia" pergi ke salah satu mall yang ada didaerah Ciwalk Bandung. Kami berdua bergembira seharian, ketawa riang saling mengisi waktu dengan comment2 terhadap cara fashion orang-orang yg lewat. Setelah waktu menunjukkan jam 10mlm, kami pun memutuskan untuk pulang ke rumah. Ketika baru menuju depan pintu keluar mall tsb, dia melihat seseorang pria dengan paras tubuh yang sangat tinggi sekali. Hmm, saya perkirakan tingginya sekitar 175cm. Lalu dia berhenti berjalan dan menarik lengan baju saya, yang kemudian membisikkan kata-kata: Nyum, dia mirip mantanku. Lalu dia menunduk dan terdiam dengan tangan dikepalanya. Berhubung dia disamping saya terlihat lemas dan ingin terjatuh duduk, maka saya langsung merangkul dan memapahnya jalan menjauhi orang tersebut.
Akhirnya saya berhasil membawanya naik angkutan umum. Didalam angkutan umum dia duduk dipojok paling belakang angkot tepat sebelah kiri saya. Dia hanya duduk terdiam menunduk dengan air mata berlinang, saya pun kebingungan dan mencoba menenangkannya mengelus-elus punggungnya. Lalu, saya mencoba bertanya: km kenapa,nyum(panggilan sayang saya kepadanya)?? dia hanya terdiam, lalu beberapa menit sebelum angkot penuh sesak, dia pun menjawab dengan berteriak: sudah aku bilang diam!!! jangan ganggu aku (sambil mendorong-dorong saya agar menjauhinya). Ya berhubung sebelah saya ada orang, jadi saya pun menyenggol orang itu yang ternyata adalah seorang pria dan didpn saya seorang ibu-ibu dengan anak-anaknya yang masih remaja. Mereka memandang saya dengan penuh tanda tanya. Langsung saya berkata dengan berbisik: maaf ya bu dan mas dan semua yang ada diangkot, ini bukan bertengkar, memang sedang sakit pacar saya. Pria yang sebelah saya berkata: tidak apa-apa, kang. Ketika angkotnya jalan, dia pun masih tertunduk dengan lesu tatapan kosong kebawah. Saya beri waktu sejenak, akhirnya dia pun berbicara dan melihat-lihat sekitar: ini dimana? ak ngapain disini, dan kamu siapa sentuh-sentuh ak?
Saya tersentak kaget, inikah Bipolar dia yang sedang kambuh, kok seperti orang linglung yang hilang ingatan?? Kemudian saya menjawabnya: nyum,ini ak kinyum, dan kamu sedang diangkot jalan pulang menuju rumahmu. Kita kan habis dari ciwalk, masa km lupa, nyum?? Sudah tenangkah perasaanmu?? Dia setelah mendengarkan kata-kataku, kemudian terdiam dan menunduk lagi. Akhirnya setelah beberapa menit ditengah kemacetan lalu lintas, dia pun tersadar dengan berbicara: nyum, maafkan ak yang membuat km malu td, ak gak sadar sudah berbuat apa tadi, ak juga gak tau kenapa itu terjadi. Ak haus nyum, km ada aqua?? saya jawab: ada nyum, kan masih ada sisa tadi.


Saya sampai sekarang masih agak bingung, apakah itu bipolar atau gangguan psikologi lainnya?? Bagaimana penanganannya?? Sesungguhnya masih ada beberapa kejadian lainnya yang mirip dengan ciri-ciri bipolar yang ada dibeberapa website para ahli psikologi dan psikiater. Walaupun dia sudah menjadi mantan saya, akan tetapi perasaan cinta saya dan rasa kagum terhadap kejeniusannya dalam berkarya kreasi seni, sampai sekarang saya ingin membuat dia sembuh total. Akan tetapi menurut abangnya, kejadian saya putus malah membuat keadaan semakin parah. Andaikan saja keluarga dan teman-temannya mengetahui kenyataannya bahwa bukan saya yang memutuskan cinta kami dan bukan saya yang menyakitinya. Karena saya tidak tau bakal bagaimana dia tanpa saya dan apakah masih ada pria yang lebih sabar dalam menghadapi kelakuannya yang luar biasa berbeda dengan orang lain.

Berikut ini adalah beberapa penjabaran tentang Bipolar:

Penyebab
Gangguan ini dapat dipicu oleh banyak hal yang terjadi dalam hidup sehingga menyebabkan mood berubah-ubah. Stres juga dapat memicu munculnya gangguan bipolar.

Sedangkan untuk penyebab pasti dari gangguan kejiwaan yang diderita sekitar 2.5 persen populasi di Amerika ini masih belum diketahui. Hanya saja, beberapa dugaan mengaitkan gangguan ini dengan faktor generika. Sehingga ketika dilakukan wawancara untuk pemeriksaan, biasanya psikiater juga akan menanyakan riwayat keluarga si penderita.

Menurut beberapa kajian ilmiah yang dimuat dalam Ikatan Dokter Amerika, seseorang memiliki risiko 8 hingga 18 kali lebih besar terkena gangguan bipolar jika memiliki anggota keluarga yang mengidap gangguan bipolar.

Gejala
Penderita tak mampu mengendalikan mood yang dirasakan. Penderita juga terlalu larut dengan suasana emosinya sendiri dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama, bisa berminggu-minggu bahkan berbulan-bulan. Penderitanya bisa terlihat terlalu bersemangat, atau sebaliknya terlalu depresi dalam kurun waktu yang tidak lumrah.

Fase dimana si penderita mengalami semangat dan energi berlebih disebut dengan fase manik. Gejalanya mencakup berpikir dengan cepat, cerewet, dan penurunan kebutuhan akan tidur. Bahkan, seringkali penderita terjaga selama beberapa hari tanpa menunjukkan tanda kehabisan energi dan merasa diri tetap bersemangat. Tahap mania ini seringkali mempengaruhi cara berpikir, penilaian, dan perilaku sosial si penderita.

Fase ini berlangsung bisa beberapa hari hingga beberapa bulan sebelum akhirnya digantikan oleh fase selanjutnya, yaitu fase depresi. Untuk fase depresi, gejala penderita gangguan bipolar ini akan lebih sulit dikenali. Karena, jika belum mengalami fase manik, orang awam lebih banyak menganggapnya sebagai depresi saja. Padahal, gangguan manik depresif lebih berbahaya dibandingkan depresi saja.

Tanda lain dari gangguan bipolar adalah perilaku yang sangat impulsif dan tidak memikirkan risiko. Misalnya, si penderita bisa menjadi seorang shopaholic yang parah. Penderita bisa belanja tanpa memperhitungkan kondisi keuangannya.

Penderita tak mampu mengendalikan mood yang dirasakan. Penderita juga terlalu larut dengan suasana emosinya sendiri dalam jangka waktu yang cukup lama, bisa berminggu-minggu bahkan berbulan-bulan. Penderitanya bisa terlihat terlalu bersemangat, atau sebaliknya terlalu depresi dalam kurun waktu yang tidak lumrah.

Fase dimana si penderita mengalami semangat dan energi berlebih disebut dengan fase manik. Gejalanya mencakup berpikir dengan cepat, cerewet, dan penurunan kebutuhan akan tidur. Bahkan, seringkali penderita terjaga selama beberapa hari tanpa menunjukkan tanda kehabisan energi dan merasa diri tetap bersemangat. Tahap mania ini seringkali mempengaruhi cara berpikir, penilaian, dan perilaku sosial si penderita.

Fase ini berlangsung bisa beberapa hari hingga beberapa bulan sebelum akhirnya digantikan oleh fase selanjutnya, yaitu fase depresi. Untuk fase depresi, gejala penderita gangguan bipolar ini akan lebih sulit dikenali. Karena, jika belum mengalami fase manik, orang awam lebih banyak menganggapnya sebagai depresi saja. Padahal, gangguan manik depresif lebih berbahaya dibandingkan depresi saja.

Tanda lain dari gangguan bipolar adalah perilaku yang sangat impulsif dan tidak memikirkan risiko. Misalnya, si penderita bisa menjadi seorang shopaholic yang parah. Ia bisa belanja tanpa memperhitungkan kondisi keuangannya.

Fase Manik : jika seseorang mengalami fase manik, maka ia akan merasa penuh energi, siap melakukan apapun, tidak terkalahkan, dan siap menghadapi apapun yang menghalangi niatnya.
Gejalanya :
- Penderita seringkali mempunyai rencana yang tidak masuk akal dan tidak logis.
- Berkurangnya nafsu makan dan jam tidur secara drastis.
- Penderita bisa begadang semalaman tapi tidak terlihat tanda kelelahan.
- Bicara yang sangat cepat dan sering berubah topik pembicaraan.
- Kepercayaan diri yang sangat tinggi.
- Sering mengambil keputusan tanpa berpikir risikonya. Akibatnya, seringkali keputusan yang diambil merugikan.
- Cara berpakaian berubah menjadi lebih flamboyan dan fashionista.

Fase Depresi : merupakan kebalikan dari fase manik. Meski demikian, banyak orang yang mengalami fase ini lebih banyak dibandingkan fase manik.
Gejalanya :
- Sedih dan sering menangis.
- Tidak peduli dengan keadaan diri sendiri. Tidak ingin mandi, ganti baju, atau bahkan inginnya hanya mengurung diri saja.
- Penderita bisa mengalami susah tidur (insomnia) atau bahkan terlalu banyak tidur (hipersomnolens).
- Banyak dari penderita tidak berselera pada makanan dan kehilangan berat badannya.
- Penderita sering mengalami kesulitan berpikir dan masalah pada ingatannya karena merasa depresi.
- Penderita mengucilkan diri dari lingkungan sosialnya.
- Hobi yang biasa dilakukan untuk menghilangkan stres sudah tidak lagi menarik bagi si penderita.
- Selalu merasa pesimis, tidak berguna, dan hilang harapan.
- Penderita bisa terkena penyakit kronis dan keluhan fisik lainnya tanpa sebab yang jelas.
- Yang paling parah, penderita bisa merencanakan untuk bunuh diri karena merasa sudah tidak memiliki tujuan untuk hidup.

Dalam kasus gangguan bipolar, perubahan suasana hati bisa terjadi secara bertahap maupun tiba-tiba. Pada tipe klasik, perubahan mood tidak sering terjadi. Hanya sekitar 1 atau 2 periode mood, baik manik maupun depresi, dalam satu tahun.

Sedangkan pada tipe rapid cycling bipolar disorder, perubahan mood yang terjadi bisa berlangsung drastis. Perubahan ini bisa terjadi lebih dari empat kali dalam satu tahun.

Penanganan
Semakin lama gangguan ini terlacak dan ditangani, semakin besar pula kerugian yang diderita akibat perilaku tidak wajar si penderita. Bahkan dapat mencegah kemungkinan bunuh diri yang mungkin akan dilakukan si penderita.

Penanganan utama yang dapat dilakukan antara lain dengan memberikan terapi obat (medikamentosa). Obat yang diberikan berupa anti depresi dan mood stabilizer. Tergantung dari kondisi si pasien saat itu. Jika ia dalam tahap depresi maka akan diberi obat anti depresi. Obat ini sifatnya simptomatik atau hanya meredakan gejala. Meski demikian, resep ini terbukti efektif menekan risiko paling fatal dari gangguan bipolar.

Adapun terapi lain yang dapat dilakukan adalah psikoterapi. Pada terapi ini. psikiater akan mengajak pasien untuk berdiskusi seperti curhat dan menemukan solusi atas masalah yang mungkin menjadi pencetus gangguan bipolar.

Penanganan tidak selesai begitu saja. Pasien juga perlu mendapat pengawasan dan kontrol dari kerabat dan ahli medis meski telah mendapat pengobatan.  Gangguan bipolar ini sebenarnya merupakan gangguan kejiwaan yang akan semakin parah jika tdak dilakukan terapi yang tepat.


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a Tailor (About Lingerie)

Author: ajay

Material

Underwear is usually made of materials such as skin-friendly and comfortable cottonrib, silk

, etc. produced. Since recently, are also increasingly synthetic materials used in

production of underwear. These materials with up to 8000 filaments (fibers) per square

centimeter (finer than silk), have an extremely low cross section are highly elastic,

breathable, moisture-resistant, yet stable. Such fibers are commonly referred to as micro

fiber.

Underwear or clothing generally made of crocheted or knitted will tricot called.

Fashion

The wearing of underwear without clothes in public places is generally considered

inappropriate. In connection with the emergence of the extremely short miniskirt in the late

sixties, however, the public visibility of female underwear and socially so that the panties

to one in color on the skirt part of the concerted fashion.

Pop star Madonna, a Gaultier-Bustier stage wore on, was among the show stars who have made

underwear as outerwear trend. Meanwhile, it is considered sexy, bra or String Tanga (see

whale tail) under the outerwear hervorblitzen "" keep or clothing to be worn under

transparent.

Also as improper, it is, in general, (especially no underpants) to not wear underwear.

Occasion for a lot of discussion in the press was about Sarah Connor, as she in a shipment

of betting know that.? wore no underwear under her costume.[a]

Some clothes are deliberately designed without or instead of underwear worn to be. These

include T-shirts, sportswear like shorts, gym shorts or cycling shorts and bathing suits.

Even at night wear as nightgowns or pajamas will often not wear underpants. Under a kilt is

traditionally worn nothing.


Lingerie 1913

For the Middle Ages a kind of underpants for men has come down to see today's underpants

similar but even here it is not certain that they have been worn in everyday life. Only from

the early modern period, parts of underwear in Crowley, namely shirts for women as for men.

In the 18 Century women wore only shirts, stockings and petticoats as undergarments. Corsets

were indeed underwear, but do not wash, because they could not be washed. Men's legs at the

same time used their long shirts between hindurchzuziehen so that they also represented the

body of the underpants. From the late 18th Century are men underwear shows special. Women

were generally only from the early 19th Century underwear. These were to step 1900 in order

to open. Only with the reform movement to put women's underwear by closed.

Beginning of the 20th Century to develop those forms of underwear that we know today. In the

course of this century to develop parts on the underwear to outerwear (especially the

T-shirt that was originally a men's vest), or at least partially presentable.

Underwear was up to the 19th Century, made almost exclusively of white linen and white goods

include: lines were relatively cheap, and in contrast to well-washed wool. Cotton was only

in the early 19 Century generally affordable. White has been selected from a number of

reasons:

* Linen must be lavishly bleached until it is white. Therefore, white cloth, a status

symbol.
* White cloth remains white for long. Enough to have clothes to change, they can, before

they polluted, is a status symbol.
* Only undyed fabric was with all chemicals (eg bleach) and mechanical (Scratch) funds

are treated, which were necessary to completely remove stains. Dyed fabric would not

withstand such treatment.

This preference for white has held until today. Until the 20th Century (sub) laundry shops

therefore linen shop called.

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Choosing A Crystal Chandelier For Your Bedroom

Author: Vanessa Doctor

Crystal chandeliers can help make a room appear more elegant and more beautiful while still making it functional in terms of lighting.

When discussing about light fixtures, people usually think of crystal chandeliers initially, this may be attributed to its characteristic of being a well-known sophisticated and attractive lighting that can help improve the overall quality and aesthetic look of any room. This type of chandelier offers a wide variety of choices for its consumers, ranging from different and unique designs, different colors, to the size, shape and number of crystals that are actually used on the chandelier.

Although there are a lot of different kinds of chandeliers out there, crystal chandeliers are considered to be one of the most expensive and most popular types of chandeliers in the market. A lot of people are attracted to crystal chandeliers mainly because of its exquisiteness and majesty that can be associated with royalty or wealth, which is why a lot of people choose to use this type of chandelier in decorating their homes.

Where To Put Chandeliers

Chandeliers are more commonly used in the dining room or the living room, which are places wherein people mostly get together and hold parties or social gatherings. These are the more ideal places to put crystal chandeliers since these rooms usually have high ceilings, or offer enough space to accommodate whatever sized chandelier you may have, in order to avoid making the room feel cramp or crowded. However, with the evolving trend nowadays, chandeliers are beginning to find their way to other rooms that normally would not house such an ornate fixture. One room in particular is the bedroom.

Chandeliers In Bedrooms

Bedrooms are commonly used for sleeping and resting. This is considered to be a place of sanctuary for a person, especially for a person who wishes to get away from his work or the world in general. Since bedrooms are used for such intimate settings and purposes, putting crystal chandeliers in it would not be at the top of people’s list. However, crystal chandeliers in bedrooms can actually help create the mood that you desire for your bedroom, improving your bedroom’s aesthetic look as well as its functionality.

Choosing Chandeliers For Your Bedroom

When choosing crystal chandeliers for bedrooms, it is important to remember that the look of the chandelier should not overpower the aura that the bedroom is creating. Keep in mind that the chandelier should not be the main focus of the room, but the bed should be, which is why your chandelier should not be too over-elaborate in order to make it complement the room instead of overpowering it. The design should be soft and smooth to help accent the atmosphere of the bedroom.

The look of any chandelier is only half the battle, which is why determining the type of light, color and brightness, of the chandelier is just as important in maintaining the serene environment of your bedroom. You can always attach your crystal chandelier to a dimmer switch so you can adjust the light from very bright to a bit dim, depending on the type of lighting that you may need. In terms of color, crystal chandeliers can create some of the most stunning display of colors through the lighting and the crystals used on the chandelier, giving your room a certain aura and look. It would be best, however, if you chose colors that are not too dark or too strong, for this can help create a soft glow to your room, making it a more appealing place to rest.

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Tips to dress as per your age

Author: arif12


When you are fifty plus, it is not advisable to wear revealing outfits and you also need to take care of the skirt length. The recommendation is the skirt should not rise more than an inch above the knee. Ladies evening tops that are not very jazzy are ideal as a good combination with such skirts.

You can still buy the latest fashion glossy magazine twice a year and also visit some of the shops frequented by youngsters to get the best of accessories.

With regard to makeup, less is more, and since eye-lids can appear heavy, it is better to make use of mascara that is water-proof along with an eye-liner which can lost long and prevent any smudging. You can wear your eyebrows thin by using an eye-brow pencil, taking care to see that it is not too dark.

Hair management is better when it is short or of shoulder length at this age. You can compensate for the short hair by ensuring softness and bounce so that the impression conveyed is favourable. Both Sharon Stone as well as Anna Wintour has demonstrated how great the right fringe can look, and there is no harm in you following suit.

Do ensure however that you go easy with the hair colour and allow some streaks of white as well as grey to be seen for that natural look.

Those of you in your forties will do well to remember that repeating an outfit should be avoided unless you have been wearing something that has stood the test of time for more than a couple of seasons. You can really go to town with some vibrant tops to complement trousers or skirts depending on the occasion.

Makeup should be done using a moisturiser so that your skin can boast a nice glow. After forty, skin normally starts losing its youthfulness and begins to appear pallid.

You can, however, be liberal in your use of the lip gloss to make your lips appear fuller.

The forties are probably some of the last years where you can still manage hair that is worn long. The only care to be taken is to wear it in the right manner and in this regard you can take a cue from Jennifer Aniston, as well as Liz Hurley, who have really managed to look great for so many years. Any grey hair should be tackled with discreet use of the appropriate hair colour.

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How do I Increase My Google Page Rank?

Author: Mike Podlesny

Google has become the gold standard by which an Internet surfer searches for something on the world wide web. By entering in a few words into their search box, you instantaneously are shown thousands if not hundred of thousands of results for the words entered.

If you have ever wondered how they can return those results so quickly, the answer is very simply the Google algorithm. It is this algorithm in which Google uses to index every webpage on the Internet. This indexing then ranks the pages based on importance on a scale of 1 to 10, with one being the lowest and ten of course being the highest.

This importance is tracked by the number of of other web pages that link back to it. The algorithm goes into more depth than that, but basically that is how it works. Your goal to build up your website or blog should be to increase its rank. Increasing its rank will invariably display your information higher on the list during a Google search for keywords that your site includes.

Below are a few ways to assist in achieving that higher rank.

Exchange Links. You want to exchange links with other websites or blogs that have similar content as yours. You contact a site and ask if they would like to display your link information, and in exchange you will display theirs. We have done this on our site with over 3,500 different sites and it was worked wonderfully for us. We basically exchange with everybody, but that is because our site handles a variety of topics. Find sites to exchange links with and contact them. The more links you have, the better off you will.

One Way Links. Unlike a link exchange where two sites link to each other, a one way link is just what it sounds like. It is a link from a web site or blog that only links to you, however you are not required to link back to them. A good way to achieve this is to create them. There are a number of advertising websites out there that allow you to post an ad for free. Craigslist, AdPost and Indocquent are just a few Post your link information to them all. These are your one way links. One way links carry more weight in the Google algorithm them swapped links. However, combining the two will increase it that much more.

More One Way Links. Another great way to get one way links is to partake in online discussions. For instance we publish all kinds of articles related to a variety of topics on our website. A feature that we recently implemented was allowing readers to comment on the article. This is a great area to comment on the article and leave a link to your website or blog. The comment never expires and if what you write is well thought out and helpful to other readers, they may just click on it to visit what you are promoting.

Father Time. Time is your best friend and your enemy here. Although it has never been confirmed, rumor has it that the Google algorithm includes a system check in there for the length of time your web site or blog has been around. With good reason if you think about it. Thousands of website are created daily, many disappear after a month. It would be a strain on Google`s indexing system to constantly weed out these sites that never make it. Therefore, the longer a site has been around the favorably it is looked upon. So as you can see time is your friend if your site has been around awhile, and your enemy if it is fairly new.

So there you have it four different ways you can hel increase the Google page rank for your site or blog.

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Reasons why Seo Experts are so dedicated to work

 
Author: SEOSpidy

Now a days Search Engine Optimization is great career oriented platform for newbies in the arena of internet marketing. In India volume of Bloggers and seo experts are increasing day by days. Being a Good Search Engine Optimization Expert is not as easy as students thinks.
After all its not just about listing offshore client website in top 10 result organic listing in Google, Bing and yahoo. As A good Seo Expert we should Analysis client website carefully check bugs, errors and warning manually and we should understand what our client is looking for. We should research keyword which generate real business for our offshore client then suggest him time duration we need to achieve this ranking result.
Being Search Engine Optimization Entrepreneur we should strong dedication and result oriented, traffic generated qualities within us to be successful.

There are 3 major qualities that Indian search engine optimization entrepreneur like seospidy already have which are passion about Search Engine marketing, Work under wire frame management- by being successful Business oriented skills for offshore clients and Daily Doing search engine Optimization practice. Let breakdown these qualities to better understand them.
Passion about Search engine marketing
Search Engine marketing is all about the will power of Indian Seo expert to strive to be successful for his offshore clients. This statement is actually true for all other business areas. In order for a Search engine optimization expert to have the will power, he needs to have the interest within himself to achieve the set goals. We should research list of keywords rated them as primary keywords, secondary keywords, result oriented keywords, long tail keyword phrases while doing On-page Optimization we should consider Keyword Proximity, Keyword Prominence, Keyword density.

Sometimes the journey to start an Indian seo expert seospidy will not be smooth and direct. There will be many obstacles to be overcome, and a person who does not have the interest to with online business will easily give up.
Professional Search engine Optimization Consultant
Another important aspect of an Indian Professional Seo Consultant is the existence of Search Engine Optimization Expert attitudes. The Indian seo Expert like seospidy should be able to see business opportunities in today’s internet eras. This is what many successful online entrepreneurs have when they see the internet. They always think how they could cash out and build their business empire only using their computers and knowledge. Entrepreneurship is one of the core criteria to be successful.
Consistency
In the arena for search engine Optimization and internet marketing its really tough to stay in top 10 listing result in Google, Bing and yahoo as its has lots of competition from around the world, there will be always obstacles which needs to be solved. If the Professional Search engine Optimization consultant does not have the patient and consistency in his search engine optimization effort to solve the problems which arises and focuses in achieving the set goals, then he could easily give up. Especially at the early stages of an Internet marketing or search engine optimization marketing, results might be not as expected and lots of time will be used to just promote a product or service without much sells. But with consistency in the effort to improve the business, there are high chances success will seen in future.

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How To Create Web Content For Attracting More Customers?

Author: Greg Scott

Web content represents any type of digital information embedded in a web page or in other similar environments. Online content includes texts, images, graphics, and video, sound. In other words, it refers to all that can be published on the internet, intranet and / or extranet. We content means much more than text; it's about menu, forums, games, surveys, links, images, audio, video files, searching boxes, forms and more.

The best way to begin research and documentation for the developing a web strategy is to apply CRP. CRP is a fundamental document of project management used to manage every aspect of content, design, development and measurement for web projects. Elements of CRP are:

Start by setting web content objectives. Objectives must be clear and expressed as an action (e. G. To provide public services, to create a virtual store where users can buy products online, etc...).

Determine the target audience and search for information related to your public. What are the potential users? What are they looking for? What are their expectations?

Describe the content and the way in which it should be used. Create a possible scheme of navigation or organization of the web content. The website standards and utility must be specified. Indicate the URL of your website.

Evaluate the content. Include an inventory to describe what are the objectives, the type of each objective and a short description, who will be responsible for developing objectives, etc.

Developing the web content includes technical data analysis, web design, and content usefulness. This methodology involves six processes and six elements. It is based on the characteristics and qualities of the online environment and the experiences of individual users.

People rarely read web pages word by word. Instead, they scan the page choosing certain words and sentences. Therefore, web pages must be easy to read and accessible, using highlighted keywords, clear headings, bullet lists and brief content.

Credibility is extremely important for those who use the Internet and can be built by using links to other sources, quality design, and full transparency, properly upgraded and understandable content.

In order to gain royal visitors to your website, it's essential to provide quality web content. Quality content is the reason why users choose to visit a particular website. Here are some examples of quality content: information about the company, news updated promptly, inside information, special experiences, a wide range of products, etc.

Writing online differs from writing for printed publications. Creating web content requires specials skills and an increased attention, regardless of the websites objectives.

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7 Clues That Your Wife Is Cheating On You

Author: Robbie Nash



Cheating is the worst form of destruction to any relationship or marriage; it is already considered a betrayal of the vows couples took when they got married. The discovery of the act of cheating by the other half can either break the marriage or make it stronger depending on the strength of their love for one another.

Cheating generally means that your spouse is not fully satisfied with you or she feels that something is missing in the relationship. If she is completely in love and happy with the relationship, why it might happen that your partner has an affair?

Trust is a big factor, not only of your partner, but also of yourself. Probably for some time you have sensed something is different or questioned the change of behavior in your partner.

Nobody deserves to be cheated on, no matter what state your marriage is in and if you believe your partner is having an affair, now is the time to check it out and do a little investigation just to be sure.

Start by looking for the obvious things such as a change in the way your partner dresses, a sudden desire to look good, a change in work patterns, an unusual interest in the gym, secrecy over phone calls or emails, a loss of intimacy in your marriage, lack of sexual interest or distance between you and your wife that never used to exist. In such a case, it may be necessary to investigate further. A cheating wife can cause much emotional trauma, not to mention the harm it could cause a family.

Here are some important clues that might help you to find out if your partner is having an affair.

1. Changes in appearance and attitude. She has a sudden preoccupation with her appearance. She is more interested on how she dresses; go often to a hair salon and even to gym, even if this wasn't her main priority before.

2. Lessened intimacy. If in the past you used to share everything with your wife and then suddenly she seems distanced and clams up when you try to discuss intimate things, it could mean that she has already distanced herself emotionally and mentally from you. She is suddenly frigid and loses any interest in doing anything with you.

3. She's being secretive. She's no longer sharing her daily events with you. She might avoid you because she feels guilty. Don't get paranoid and suspicious, ask her if everything is ok and tell her she's been acting differently lately.

4. Disinterest in family. If your wife is no longer excited to meet you at the door from work there must be a problem here. Or when your partner feels the sudden need to go out, try to find a reason to accompany her. If she comes up with a reason that she had to go on her own, push the issue, not too much but just enough to see if she becomes more uncomfortable.

5. Less arguing and fighting. She used to get angry if you didn't want to come out with her and her friends, but now everything you do is all right by her. Once upon a time, your every move had to be premeditated, but now all the usual things that used to make her angry no longer bother her one bit. This could be a good thing, but you wonder why she no longer cares.

6. More phone and internet usage. Now, she speaks a lot at the telephone using a low voice and hangs up quickly when you approach. Maybe she set up a new e-mail account and doesn't tell you about it. She might also buy a cell phone and doesn't let you know. Ask her if she is being true with you and if she becomes accusatory then it is obvious that she is cheating on you.

7. She's always late. In the past she never came home late but now this happens more and more often. Her explanation is that she had to stay late at the office because she has a lot of work to do. Or she goes to the store and comes home four hours later. This is really a reason to worry.

In short, cheating wives often look and act guilty and give a general feeling that something isn’t right. They try and avoid meaningful conversations and keep everything at a general and non-intimate level. If your wife is behaving in the way right now, it is certainly time to dig further

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How to boost your traffic rate through social media optimization?

Author: Joanna Gadel

How to boost your traffic rate through social media optimization is a question that all entrepreneurs are asking these days. It is called SMO in short and it is gripping over internet marketing slowly and steadily. Many online companies and stores are opting for this kind of internet marketing as they find it a convenient way to communicate with many people at the same time.

SMO has many benefits like using these sites for marketing adds to a massive popularity of any company. Social networking sites like MySpace, You Tube, Orkut, Facebook and Twitter are a hot favorite with people all across the world. Gone are the days of emailing as these sites provide can keep friends and family in constant touch. Nowadays you also have the option of keeping in touch with friends through your cell phone also.

Another thing that helps following this kind of a marketing pattern is that they get a better branding. In short it means it gives you the opportunity of creating brand awareness. Thus you can make your customers brand conscious. Plus you get the facilities of creating buttons, RSS feed and videos for your website. This in turn assists you in getting a lot of back links for your site.

The biggest advantage of using SMO in SEO optimization is that you can use a personal tone while trying to sell your concept. You can be simply communicating with your potential customers. This many a times improves the possibility of a better relationship between you and your potential. You can be simply conversing with your potential and may well succeed in selling your products and services to them.

You may also sponsor some kind of discussion forum to increase the visibility of your company. This can help you in more than obvious ways for sure. In a way it can be said that being active is one way of promoting your products and services in the best possible way.

Using social media optimization to boost your traffic can be done through a different way as well. This is a traditional way of marketing which is called the word of mouth marketing. You can employ your friends, family and acquaintances for this. They can spread a word and your internet business can get some more potential customers this way.

The best thing about trying to boost your traffic rate through social media optimization is that you can be creative. You do not have to stick to orthodox marketing ways. You are free to run your imagination wild and come with new ideas. The freshness of ideas can be a sure shot way to getting more potential customers with an increase in the conversion rates.

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Business in the 21st Century: Outsourcing

Author: Alex Martin

The word outsourcing is often heard in the world of business today. It is something which has affected the business of almost every nature and every nation. Outsourcing is occurring in almost every country of this world to some extent. There are some leader countries in this field of outsourcing such as India and China. Before moving towards the topic of this article let us first understand what outsourcing is.

What is Outsourcing?

When discussed in simple words outsourcing is simply �a formal agreement with a third party to perform a service for an organization�. A more comprehensive definition for outsourcing would be that outsourcing is the concept of taking internal company functions and paying an outside firm to handle them. It is basically done for the following major reasons:

-To save money in terms of lowering costs

-To improve quality

-To free company resources for other activities such as focusing more on competencies

The concept of outsourcing began with the data-processing industry and today it has spread to vase areas which comprise of tele-messaging and call centers. It would not all be wrong to say that outsourcing is the surge of the next generations. Another name used for outsourcing is off shoring which has the same meaning as outsourcing.

Technically speaking, outsourcing is not merely the contract with a third party to perform a service for an organization, but it also involves transferring a significant amount of management control and decision-making to the external supplier. The process of outsourcing is very much formal like other business processes and it always includes a considerable degree of two-way information exchange, coordination, and trust.

The concept of outsourcing gained popularity in the mid 1990�s since then the trend of outsourcing has increased to a great extent. The reason for this increase in the popularity of the concept of outsourcing was the rapid growth in the number of high-tech companies in the early 1990s that were often not vast or large enough to incorporate and run large customer service departments of their own.

Different Techniques of Outsourcing

The concept of outsourcing was adopted by different organizations in different methods such as in some cases the companies who desired to outsource their customer service:

-Hired technical writers in order to write simplified usage instructions of their products

-Index the key points of information

-Contracted with temporary employment agencies to search for, train and hire generally low-skilled workers to answer their telephone technical support and customer service calls

The most wide spread method of outsourcing being adopted throughout the world is of call centers. The people employed at the call centers answered the query calls of the customers, where the information needed to assist the calling customer was indexed in a computer system. In most cases the agents were not liable to tell the customers that they were not directly associated with the original manufacturer.

Outsourcing: Business in the 21st Century

As it has been discussed in the introductory paragraph of this article that outsourcing has become a buzz since the last few years. Almost every country and almost every organization is outsourcing a part of its tasks or some tasks. The reason that has been found for the increase in the trend of outsourcing for businesses is it increases profit and lower costs, and business focuses most on these aspects. For instance if we consider the example of IBM , which in the year 2003, decided to outsource the jobs of almost 5000 programmers to India and China. Similarly, Microsoft, Dell, American Express, and virtually every major multinational from Accenture to Yahoo has already outsourced work or is taking decisions to do so. From the studies of the outsourcing of these companies it has been found that the savings due to outsourcing are spectacular as companies can reduce around 20% to 70% of their labor costs by outsourcing jobs to low-wage nations considering that the work is of same quality.

The different Business tasks that are being outsourced in the 21st century

The concept of outsourcing is applied to a vast area of business processes or tasks. Every organization outsources� some particular tasks to a vendor. The task that was outsourced mostly when outsourcing began, was customer support, later with the advancement in technology and knowledge this limited area included IT, data analysis, Medicare, engineering and a few more. The following is an explanation of how these different tasks are outsourced:

Outsourcing Data Analysis

Every organization that is operating possesses a large amount of data, the useful information is mingled within this data, and retrieving it is a full time consuming task. This task is known as Data analysis. It is a complex task of extracting useful information from a pile of data. The process of data analysis occurs in operations like banking operations, retail or pharmaceutical research. The nature of analysis differs with the difference in data, each kind of data requires a different method of analysis. Some kind of data requires to be collected and calculated as a whole to present a final conclusion whereas some data requires to be studied individually. This comprehensive task when outsourced to a third party, reduces the extra work load and cost of the organization.

Outsourcing IT

Outsourcing IT is defined as using outside vendors to create, maintain, or reengineer IT architectures and systems. The methods of outsourcing that have been discussed earlier in this article are those which have now become old, one of the latest one is outsourcing IT. The process of outsourcing IT involves involves the effective management and operation of information technology assets of corporations from a remote location. To explain this concept, consider the example of the management of a computer network of a large corporation which includes outage monitoring, alarms monitoring, remote monitoring of data centers, etc. The nature of these operations is complex and requires a real-time support when needed. Hence it can be assumed that such processes cannot be easily outsourced to places where there is a big difference in the time zones. Such tasks are outsourced to comparable time zone locations, which are competitive.

Medicare

Outsourcing Medicare is a promising but debatable area. Outsourcing Medicare can include the following:

-The trivial keying in of the physicians transcript (in audio) of the treatment records into a structured documents to physically sending the patients to another country for treatment.

-Using the service of radiologists at a remote but competitive country to interpret scan images such as CT or MRI

An example of Medicare outsourcing can be taken is that of United Kingdom�s pronouncement to send blood and urine samples from National Health Service (NHS) patients to India for pathology tests to reduce cost. This outsourcing venture operates in the way that the pathology test whose results are not required urgently as not within 48 hours, are conducted at the clinical lab setup at Mumbai, India. The blood and urine samples are flown to Mumbai. The 24-hour lab conducts the test and the results are uploaded into the special network linked to the NHS. The NHS hospitals in the UK get the reports in 24 hours. This method has been effective in reducing costs. Another area of outsourcing related to the field of biology is bioinformatics and biotechnology.

Outsourcing research process

Outsourcing research processes is a small sector of outsourcing. Research processes are time consuming tasks which require a lot of attention and they are outsourced by breaking up into parts or in full. There are other names for research process outsourcing (RPO) is also known as Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), as it requires extensive and high level knowledge to be applied. A pioneer of RPO is the company General Electric.

Outsourcing Engineering Design

Another area of outsourcing is designing, the designing of buildings to small thinks like watches and toys can be outsourced. The following are the different areas of engineering which can be outsourced.

-Structural design such as the designing of buildings, factories, bridges
-Hardware design such as designing of consumer electronics, home appliances, toys, industrial instruments

-Product design such as of medical devices, white goods, automobiles, etc.
-Architectural design, Mechanical engineering as gas turbines, aircraft engines, automobile parts, etc (Wikipedia: Outsourcing)

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