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Wrap your water heater in an insulation kit to improve energy usage and efficiency. Kits are available for any size or model water heater and the savings generated from increased efficiency quickly offsets the cost of the insulating kit. Water heater installation kits are also easy to install, making this a simple do it yourself home improvement project.

A great home improvement tip that will give a great feel to your home is to place wooden panels all throughout your living room. This will give your living room an extra homey feel, and you?ll find yourself wanting to spend even more time in front of your television set.

Make sure that your contractor checks on the building code, whenever you make a major change to your house! Often, people will make sweeping changes to their house just because they feel like it or because they feel it will make their home more grand. If you make a change that causes a safety issue, you could end up in major trouble down the line.

Rather than allowing a spare bedroom to sit empty and unused, why not turn it into your own personal library? Even if you don?t feel that you enough books to warrant a library, you can also fill its shelves with DVDs, CDs and your favorite magazines or paper. Add a plush rug and a high-backed chair for an extra touch of class.

Check out a new contractor through the Better Business Bureau and your Home Owners Association to find out if he?s registered and what his rating is. If he isn?t registered with either, sever ties immediately. If he is registered, see if anyone has lodged a complaint against him and how it was resolved.

Repainting, replacing the carpet, or getting new plants and other decorations are easy ways to update your home. Rearranging furniture and installing mirrors can let the room seem bigger and more airy. Make sure the room provides the functionality that it is meant to serve while expressing your personality and tastes.

Add flowers and candles to your home. These additions are a cheap and easy way to add cheer to a home. The flowers will add color and the candles will brighten up the room and add a pleasant aroma if scented. Candles should be used with care, however, to prevent fires.

If someone in your household has long hair or you bathe shedding pets often, use a hair trap in the shower to prevent annoying clogs in the drain. There are a variety of models to fit different drain styles, but they all work by preventing hair from entering the drain and getting stuck in the trap.

Decals are a great facelift for boring furniture and appliances; getting them off is a different story. If you?re out of ideas on how to remove old decals from surfaces the following tip is sure to help. Spray the decals you wish to remove with WD-40 spray. Try to lift the edges to get the liquid underneath. Let it sit in the solution for a minute or two and then gently scrape the decal with an old credit card or a plastic knife.

To give an ordinary room a sleek and finished look, add some decorative molding. Molding is highly sought after by many buyers, and can make a room look more put together. Molding is surprisingly easy to install, and is fairly inexpensive. To really make your molding pop, paint it a color that compliments your walls.

Consider converting unused rooms in your house. Before you spend too much money adding an extra room or two to your home, seriously look at what you have to work with. Are you getting much use out of that exercise room or office? Even storage spaces like attics can be transformed into something useful, like a bedroom.

As you can see, home improvement can actually be very satisfying. Learning how to do small jobs at your house fosters your sense of independence and boosts your confidence as a property owner. The do-it-yourself movement is absolutely within your reach after careful research, and reading this article is a great first step.

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'Blue Moon' Rises Friday: How to Watch Online

Night sky observers around the world will have the chance to see a special full moon ? one that has been dubbed a "blue moon" ? this Friday (Aug. 31). But, even those who are thwarted by less-than-ideal conditions outside will be able to tune in online to see spectacular lunar views.

The web-based Slooh Space Camera, which showcases live views from various telescopes around the world, is hosting a special broadcast of the?blue moon on Friday, beginning at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT).

Slooh's program will feature live shots of the moon from an observatory in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa, and views of the sun from the Prescott Observatory in Arizona. The dual feeds will treat viewers to simultaneous real-time observations of the moon and sun in true color, Slooh officials said.

The broadcast will also pay tribute to the life of?astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Armstrong died on Aug. 25 at the age of 82, following complications from heart surgery.

Astronomer Bob Berman, Slooh editor and a columnist at Astronomy Magazine will be joined by Duncan Copp, the filmmaker and producer behind the acclaimed documentary "In the Shadow of the Moon," to discuss Armstrong's life and NASA's Apollo moon program. [Once-in-a-Blue-Moon Not Really Blue (Infographic)]

"This Blue Moon that Slooh will explore Friday night is somewhat rare, but not as rare as the courage and talent of the late Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on our nearest celestial neighbor," Berman said in a statement. "To honor him, Slooh will explore the Sea of Tranquility with its Canary Island 20-inch telescope, live, and have guests who will reveal some of the lesser-known secrets of that historic 1969 event. I think many of our visitors will be in for quite a surprise."

The blue moon webcast can be accessed by visiting the?Slooh Space Camera's website here: http://events.slooh.com/

?Viewers can also tune in on their IOS or Android mobile devices, according to Slooh officials.

This week's blue moon will be the last one visible until July 2015, Slooh officials said. Interestingly enough, the term "blue moon" does not refer to the moon's color, but rather has to do with it being the second of two full moons within the same calendar month.

The?definition of a blue moon, as we use it today, was actually the result of a mistake. Long ago, the term "blue moon" was used to describe absurd happenings.

In 1946, amateur astronomer James Pruett misinterpreted the term as it was used in the Maine Farmers' Almanac. Pruett penned a piece for Sky & Telescope magazine with the incorrect assumption that a blue moon refers to the second full moon of a month with two (rather than the third full moon in a season that has four of them, as was written in the almanac).

The first full moon of this month occurred on Aug. 1. Typically, blue moons occur every 2.7 years, and while they do not differ much from other full moons, the lunar views on Friday should serve as a fitting tribute to the legacy of Armstrong and the Apollo program.

If you snap any good photos of Friday's full moon and would like them to be considered for a future story or gallery, please send them to SPACE.com assistant managing editor Clara Moskowitz at cmoskowitz@space.com.

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Packing the Season into Jars: Recipe & Giveaway | You Grow Girl

It?s canning season! To get in the spirit, Margaret of A Way to Garden and I are hosting a canning extravaganza and giveaway thanks to our newest sponsor, Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply. Giveaway details can be found at the bottom of this post.

Canning is joyful, fun, and creative activity, but make no mistake, it is work. I?m not sure if it is the creative impulse or the fact of the hard work, but all canners inevitably seem to follow a trajectory that begins in hesitation and fear (OMG will I accidentally kill my friends and family!?), and ends in crazed jar hoarding and pimping. Many of you have followed along on this website or social media where I have mentioned the lengths I have gone to to acquire and schlep home pretty jars that I can?t buy here in Canada. For practical and budgetary reasons I still put up the bulk of my wares in the cheapest jars I can find wither thrifted or new, but the fact remains that I want the aesthetics of my handiwork to reflect the quality of the work I put into filling them. I gotta have nice jars!

I?ve tried all manner of jars over the years, and so far the jars that I love and covet most are simply crafted, glass and rubber works of art made by a German company called Weck. I bought my first set of fancy pants Weck canning jars 4 years ago and I?ve been hooked ever since. Several boxes later and I have managed to assemble a collection that includes at least one of very nearly every size and shape in their catalogue. The first jars I bought back in 2008 were the larger deco and tulip designs. They are absolutely gorgeous jars to be sure, but I immediately discovered that their awkward sizing and shape makes them difficult to can. I fumbled around over the course of two years, sustaining several minor burns, before giving up and deciding that they would be better used elsewhere.

When it comes to practical applications as well as canning ease my favourites are the Mini Tulips and the straight-sided Mold Jars. They?re great for canning condiments, jellies, and jams, and they are easy to can using standard canning tools.

Fortunately, the jars that are not best suited to canning with standard tools have all sorts of practical applications. I use the very tiniest jars for storing herb infused salts, spices, and seeds. The largest jars are great for making herb or fruit infused vinegars and alcohol as they do not have parts that can be corroded by acid. They also make perfect, stackable fridge storage containers. My favourite use for them is for storing edible flowers and herbs in the fridge longterm. Zucchini flowers only last a day in a normal plastic container, and they will wilt quickly in a typical, metal-topped Mason jar. However, they last for ages in the all-glass Weck jars as do roses, nasturtiums, and even day lilies. They?re genius!

Since our sponsor Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply is offering up cases of six mini-tulip Weck canning jars as prizes, I thought it would be fun to include a beginner level, seasonal jam recipe that would be perfect for this particular jar size. If jam is not your thing, I suggest my Old-Fashioned Tomato Catsup recipe. I do batches of this up every year and the tulip jars are the perfect size. I also do up several of the Mini Mold and Mini Deco jars as they pack just enough for a single-meal serving portion that you can take on a picnic or camping without worrying about leftovers to refrigerate.

RECIPE: Golden Plum and Vanilla Jam

Last year I lucked into Green Gages at the farmers market. This greenish, sweet plum variety is rich and flavourful like honey ? the best I have ever had. Unfortunately, they are not easy to come by around here and it had been years since I had them last. It could be years until I find them again. I had a few fresh vanilla pods on hand at the time and while I was hesitant to alter these perfect plums in any way, I took the plunge and added the vanilla. It turned out to be the best plum jam I had made to date.

This summer, a basket of sweet golden plums begged for the same treatment. Having tested this recipe a few times now, I?ve come to the conclusion that their light sweetness is even better suited to the subtle vanilla flavouring.

Please note that this recipe uses less sugar than a typical jam and will turn out softer as a result. Add more sugar if you prefer a firmer set.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 lbs golden plums
• 2 cups sugar
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 vanilla pod, split in half

Prepare the vanilla pod ahead of time by cutting it in half lengthwise and scraping out the seeds with a knife.

Cut the plums in half and remove the pit. You can skip this step if you are using small, Mirabelle plums, but it will demand that you strain or pick out the plums before jarring.

Gently cook the plums and sugar on med-low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.

Stir in the lemon juice and vanilla (seeds and pod), increase the heat to medium, and simmer for 10 minutes until the plums are cooked through and mushy.

Pick out the pieces of vanilla pod (leave the seeds) as well as the plum pits if you left the plums intact before cooking.

Turn the heat up to high and bring to a rapid boil to reach set point (220?F), about 10-15 minutes. Remember to keep stirring!! My second batch was much darker than the first because the bottom burned caramelized. I was paying too much attention to the thermometer and did not stir often enough.

Pour into sterilized jars leaving 1/4? headspace and heat-process the jars in a boiling-water bath for 10 minutes.

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THE GIVEAWAY

THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO WIN, and each of the six winners chosen at random will win a set of six mini-tulip Weck canning jars from Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply; a signed copy of ?And I Shall Have Some Peace There? from Margaret Roach, and Gayla Trail?s newest book (as a digital bundle): the recipe-filled ?Drinking the Summer Garden.? Two winners will be chosen on each of our three websites.

Triple your chances by clicking over to Peaceful Valley?s blog and also to A Way to Garden and do the same there (fine to cut and paste your answers). After commenting below, click over to the Peaceful Valley giveaway, and to the giveaway on A Way to Garden.

All you have to do to enter is answer the question in each of our comments:

Besides for putting up food, what do you use canning jars for? (If your answer is ?nothing,? tell us what you can in them, or go ahead and just say ?Count me in? if you?re feeling shy. We?re easy!)

Winners will be drawn randomly after entries close at midnight on Tuesday, September 4, and informed by email. Good luck to all, and I hope we?ve inspired you to spend some of your holiday weekend ahead putting up the harvest.

Thanks again to Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply, in the business of providing supplies for organic gardening since 1976, for their support of A Way to Garden and You Grow Girl.

Shop for Canning Supplies at Peaceful Valley/Grow Organic

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More OnLive management moves: Perlman out, as investor Lauder settles for Chairman

As the OnLive storm continues to ride itself out, details of who the winners and losers are (mainly losers) keep washing up on the shore. Today's casualty seems to be CEO Steve Perlman himself, who -- just days after the firm reinventing itself -- is "departing to work on his myriad of other projects." In his place the former COO, Charlie Jablonski, is temporarily taking the reins, as well as continuing his role as head of operations in the new organization. Finally, completing this wave of announcements, is the news that chief investor, Gary lauder, will officially take the title of Chairman. So, as the new incarnation settles into its new structure, we'll just have to sit tight, waiting to see what the next chapter in the OnLive story is.

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Does Acupuncture Really Work Or Not? ?

Despite the growing number of researches supporting the claims stating that acupuncture is effective in treating a wide range of illness, many people remain sceptical about the capacity of this traditional medicine to improve overall health and fitness. Does acupuncture really work or not?

For thousands of years, acupuncture has been used to treat a wide range of diseases but scientific researches regarding the mechanisms of how acupuncture works only began half a century ago. Japan, China, France, Russia, USA and Germany were among the top countries which have conducted extensive studies about acupuncture. Through time, there has been a significant improvement in the theories and discoveries regarding acupuncture.

Assumptions of Acupuncture
Acupuncture works under a pre-scientific notion that the body contains channels and meridians where the energy flows freely. A free flowing energy in the body usually results to health and vitality. On the other hand, when these channels or meridians are blocked, it prevents the chi or life energy from flowing, resulting to diseases.

Acupuncture is actually done by inserting thin needles into the skin and manipulating them. This is what makes people doubtful about the effectiveness of this contemporary medicine.

Professional acupuncturists are using solid and very thin needles which are made from stainless steel. Some patients report slight pain when the needles are inserted while others don?t feel any pain at all. Acupuncturists guarantee no pain when the needles are put in place.

Science Explains Acupuncture
Applying electrical and heat stimulation when the needles are inserted actually encourages a human body to improve its functioning and promote natural healing and therapy. Needling the acupoints in the body stimulates the central nervous system to produce chemicals in the spinal cord, muscles and the brain. It will also trigger the release of other essential chemicals which play vital roles in the body?s internal regulating system.

The restoration of biochemical balance in the body results to the stimulation of the body?s natural healing abilities. In the long run, this results to overall emotional and physical well-being. Furthermore, research shows that acupuncture is beneficial in restoring balances in the absorption, energy production and digestion activities as well as in re-establishing the natural flow of energy along the meridians of the body.

Some scientific studies claim that acupuncture plays a vital role in altering the brain chemistry which results to a significant change in the production of neurohormones and neurotransmitters. This can significantly affect the involuntary body functions including immune reactions and internal processes which regulate the blood flow, body temperature and blood pressure of an individual.

The WHO Recognises Acupuncture
This contemporary medicine is primarily used to prevent illness, treat a wide range of medical conditions and of course, promote overall health being. Nowadays, even the World Health Organisation has recognised the role which acupuncture does in improving human health.

According to the World Health Organisation, acupuncture is beneficial in treating digestive disorders which include spastic colon, diarrhea, gastritis, constipation and hyperacidity. It can also be used to treat respiratory disorders which include sore throat, sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis and recurrent chest infections.

This complementary medicine is also effective in treating menstrual, urinary and reproductive problems as well as neurological and muscular disorders which include headaches, neck pain, frozen shoulder, rib neuritis, osteoarthritis, tendinitis, sciatica, facial tics, tennis elbow and low back pain.

The Placebo Effect
For more than 3000 years, acupuncture has been widely used in treating a wide range of illness. Nowadays, it is widely practiced in Soviet Union, Europe and Asia. In America, more and more doctors are using this traditional treatment in promoting the emotional and physical health being of their patients.

Some people claim that the effectiveness of acupuncture only works at the placebo level. Meaning, if people believe in the power of acupuncture, then it works! Contrary to this common belief, acupuncture really works whether you believe it or not. It has been successfully used in animals such as horses, cats and dogs, and the procedure worked for these animals even if they don?t understand or believe in acupuncture.

Until today, there are still lots of studies being conducted to determine how acupuncture is able to deliver its multiple effects. In the last three decades, there have been lots of evidences presented to prove the effectiveness of acupuncture. Nevertheless, there is no existing complete and concrete theory on how this alternative medicine really works.

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D-backs trade Saunders to Orioles for Lindstrom

BALTIMORE (AP) ? Eager to bolster an inexperienced pitching staff during their first playoff run since 1997, the Baltimore Orioles obtained left-hander Joe Saunders on Sunday in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Baltimore gave Arizona right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom and cash considerations or a player to be named later.

Saunders, who was scheduled to start Sunday against San Diego, was 6-10 with a 4.22 ERA in 21 starts with Arizona this season. He won 12 games last season while helping the Diamondbacks win their first NL West title since 2007.

Baltimore began the day tied for the second American League wild-card spot with Oakland and in third place in the AL East, only four games behind the division-leading New York Yankees.

"I like our ballclub's chances," said Dan Duquette, the Orioles vice president of baseball operations. "There's an old saying: If you're going in the right direction, keep walking. So the addition of Joe Saunders gives us a chance to keep walking in the right direction. And I think it gives us better balance against the left-handed lineups that we're going to be facing."

Saunders was born in nearby northern Virginia, played high school ball in Virginia and pitched at Virginia Tech before being drafted in the first round of the 2002 draft by the Los Angeles Angels.

"We've liked Joe Saunders for quite a while," Duquette said. "We had some discussions with him in the offseason. He's a local kid and a professional left-handed pitcher. He's won more than he's lost in the big leagues, he's pitched in the American League, he's pitched in the playoffs. He's pitched in a tough ballpark in Arizona."

The Orioles have only one left-hander in the bullpen and a rotation that includes rookies Miguel Gonzalez, Wei-Yin Chen and Steve Johnson.

"We just liked his experience, which I think compliments our starting rotation," Duquette said of Saunders. "And I also like the fact he's left-handed."

Saunders, 31, has pitched for the Angels and Diamondbacks since launching his big league career in 2005.

"I just like this addition of veteran left-handed depth to our staff," Duquette said. "It helps solidify the starting rotation while we're waiting for (injured) Jason Hammel to return. Then, if Jason Hammel does return, it gives us another good left-handed option because Joe Saunders is very good left-on-left. While we're waiting for (left-handed reliever Troy) Patton to come back, if we have several starters doing well, Joe gives us more depth and experience to our pitching staff."

Lindstrom went 1-0 with a 2.72 ERA in 34 appearances with the Orioles this season. He has held right-handers to a .207 average and scoreless in 10 of his past 11 outings.

Lindstrom has played six major league seasons with Miami, Houston, Colorado and Baltimore.

"He's another right-handed power arm. He's got some experience here in the West as well. We're pretty familiar with him, and you can see we like power arms in our bullpen, so he'll be a good addition," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said.

Duquette believed Saunders would be more valuable to the Orioles than Lindstrom at this point in the season.

"Matt Lindstrom did a nice job for us. He contributed to the bullpen," Duquette said. "I just think the left-handed addition to our starting rotation and the capability to get more innings at a high level was better for the team at this stage of the season. And who knows? Joe Saunders is a local kid. Maybe he's with us beyond this year. That's something we can take a look at. It certainly strengthens us now."

To fill Lindstrom's place on the 25-man roster, the Orioles recalled right-hander Jake Arrieta from Triple-A Norfolk. Arrieta, Baltimore's opening day starter, went 3-9 with a 6.13 ERA in 18 starts with the Orioles before being optioned to Norfolk on July 5.

The Diamondbacks had talked about going to a six-man rotation so they could keep rookie Tyler Skaggs in the big leagues, but went in a different direction. With Saunders gone, Skaggs has his spot.

Arizona general manager Kevin Towers said the trade had a lot to do with the team's young pitching. Skaggs, Patrick Corbin and Wade Miley are all rookies, while Trevor Cahill and Ian Kennedy are the only ones left from the opening day rotation.

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AP Sports Writer John Marshall contributed to this report.

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How ocean currents affect global climate becoming better understood

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2012) ? Florida State University oceanographer Kevin Speer has a "new paradigm" for describing how the world's oceans circulate -- and with it he may help reshape science's understanding of the processes by which wind, water, sunlight and other factors interact and influence the planet's climate.

A Florida State University professor of oceanography with a passion for teaching, Speer and a colleague recently published a significant paper in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Working with John Marshall, an oceanography professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Speer reviewed -- or essentially synthesized -- vast amounts of previous data on ocean circulation (including their own earlier papers). As a result, they have created what Speer calls a new paradigm in the study of ocean currents on a global scale.

Here's how it works: Basically, the oceans, together with the atmosphere, rebalance heat on the planet. The sun shines on Earth and heats up the tropics more than the poles. Near the poles, the ocean is cold and the water sinks; near the equator, the surface of the ocean is inviting and warm -- and floats on top of the colder deep water.

So the question is this: Where does the water that goes down come back up?

Speer, Marshall and other oceanographers now believe that it comes back up in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica -- not as much in the warm oceans as had been previously thought.

"We're not saying that nothing comes up in the rest of the World Ocean, just that the main thrust is in the Southern Ocean," Speer said. "To a large extent it's driven by the wind."

Very strong winds, to be precise.

In the rough waters around Antarctica, sailors call those winds the "Roaring Forties" and the "Furious Fifties." They originate near the Equator, where hot air rises and then is pushed toward the North and South poles by cooler air that rushes in to take its place.

The resulting "eddy-driven upwelling" in the Southern Ocean, as Speer characterizes it, may in fact describe the most important process to date that helps scientists understand the role of the ocean and climate.

Speer, who holds a doctorate in physical oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, spent years living in France as an oceanographic researcher for a French governmental agency. (Yes, he's fluent in French.)

Today, from his office on the Florida State campus, Speer serves as interim director of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, a warren of intriguing laboratories just a few steps outside his door. It is there that Speer helps students and postdoctoral researchers learn about how climate works.

The laboratory's equipment includes a large, vintage rotating table designed nearly a half-century ago by the lab's founder, Florida State meteorology Professor Richard Pfeffer. (The device may be old, but it's one of the biggest and best in the United States, Speer says). Here students can recreate the ocean's churning and study natural phenomena such as the Antarctic circumpolar current.

Speer and his students have been studying ocean currents thanks to $2.5 million in funding from a larger $10 million National Science Foundation grant that FSU shares with eight other universities and institutions worldwide. Research has included releasing tracers and floats into the ocean to study the mixing and spreading of currents.

One of Speer's graduate students, Druv Balwada, recently took part in a joint U.S.-United Kingdom research program to study ocean currents aboard a ship in the Southern Ocean.

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Amazing facts about link building : Planning and Executing the Perfect SEO Campaign

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This arti?cle serves as a guide to define and under?stand what link build?ing is, why they are impor?tant links in a web?site and their clas?si?fi?ca?tions, and how to get links to a web?site. It encom?passes the dif?fer?ent link build?ing strate?gies and also pro?vides infor?ma?tion on dif?fer?ent tools that help the link build?ing process.

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Links are the lifeblood of the Inter?net. If there is a cur?rency over the Inter?net, and be rep?re?sented by this net?work of sites con?nected. As with any cur?rency, finan?cial strength is deter?mined from the amount you have in the bank, the more you have, the stronger your situation.

Search engines should serve as a medi?a?tor of the Inter?net. It is there job to sift through tril?lions of pages and their order of impor?tance. To do so they first need to be able to judge the author?ity of the site, and one of the key fac?tors used to deter?mine the power by review?ing the struc?ture of the linkage.

A web?site with?out any inbound links can be inter?preted as hav?ing lit?tle or no rel?e?vance for search engines. Using the prin?ci?ple that a web?site link only if it con?sid?ers it to another value to their own vis?i?tors, it is not dif?fi?cult to see why a site with no links could be con?sid?ered of lit?tle or no value in the eyes of a search engines.

When a search engine crawler goes through a web?site that is unable to see the design of the web?site or your ser?vice rate and your level of ser?vice, all they can see is the text con?tent and link struc?ture. This puts a great empha?sis on qual?ity con?tent and link?ing struc?ture, only one rea?son why link build?ing is so important.

Every link you man?age to win, whether it?s from a direc?tory, blog or web?site, will help build your site?s core strength. As in most areas of SEO, some are more effec?tive than oth?ers do. The rel?e?vance of the link and the strength of the site that has given will often deter?mine how much power you get. While the amount is extremely impor?tant, so is the qual?ity and diver?sity of a link structure.

To get a good num?ber of links to a wide range of high qual?ity sites is the ulti?mate goal for any link build?ing strat?egy. It may take time to build this type of infra?struc?ture and is rarely sim?ple, this may deter some web?sites. You need to know where the best sources for links, the best way to do it and how to avoid toxic that do more harm than good to your site, so it?s not always easy.

Good orig?i?nal con?tent, over time, should attract site own?ers and Inter?net users who want to pro?vide a link. This is a very nat?ural way to link build?ing. Obvi?ously, there are no guar?an?tees, but as qual?ity con?tent is effec?tive and eth?i?cal SEO, is undoubt?edly a pos?i?tive way of adding a link build?ing strat?egy more deliberate.

Links are impor?tant for SEO, but they are more impor?tant to drive tar?geted traf?fic to your web?site from the dif?fer?ent sites or com?mu?ni?ties frankly speak?ing you can get more poten?tial and pos?i?tive traf?fic from other sites as com?pare to traf?fic comes from the search engines. The more incom?ing links means your site is reach?ing to the more web?site which improves your sites chances to get more atten?tion by a broader cross sec?tion of densely pop?u?lated Internet.

So link build?ing isn?t just impor?tant in SEO, it?s essential.

But how you can gen?er?ate the links for your website.

Now as you know why back?links are so much impor?tant, So as a web?site owner you can?not afford not to build a back?links for your site. You can build back?links by your?self but it?s really tough to achieve top rank?ings as the Search Engine Opti?miza?tion is get?ting more and more tough with every sin?gle pass?ing day. As more and more peo?ples are imple?ment?ing max?i?mum eth?i?cal tech?niques to over?come the com?pe?ti?tion to impress search engine robots actu?ally they are mak?ing the indus?try more tougher than ever before. So if any one who is not imple?ment?ing some clas?si?fied strate?gies for their SEO Cam?paign will never get rank?ing for their key?words at the top of search engines. So now-a-days it is past story to opti?mize site on your own and this is the rea?son the con?cept of Link Build?ing Ser?vices come in front. As a busi?ness site owner all you need is just to earn more and more money, spend?ing your pre?cious time behind under?stand?ing search engine nature or opti?miza?tion tech?niques is really a bad idea. So all you need is just to out?source your SEO Cam?paign to a Pro?fes?sional SEO Com?pany. A com?pany which can under?stand all your needs and have a team of experts who can grasp your indus?tries busi?ness pro?mo?tion trends a com?pany which have the atti?tude to face the tough?est com?pe?ti?tion or have a poten?tial to rise your web?site as a brand. So ladies and gen?tle?men here I intro?duce you to the world?s best link build?ing com?pany the blurbpoint.com.

What Should be Included in eth?i?cal link build?ing campaign:

The process of link build?ing requires a lot of time and efforts and our team of experts believe to pro?vide cus?tomized solu?tion to each of our clients as we under?stands that each and every site is dif?fer?ent and so their busi?ness goals so we are not using a sin?gle strat?egy for every busi?ness as we know that every web?site, busi?ness and indus?try has its own chal?lenges and with the years of expe?ri?ence we know how to face them to achieve a desired success.

At Blurb?point firstly we ana?lyze your web?sites and then your back?links and also your competitor?s back?links which helps us to under?stand the pro?mo?tion trends of your indus?try. We deeply study your indus?try and the level of com?pe?ti?tion than we plan the accu?rate link build?ing strat?egy which works the best for your web?site in this man?ner we build the most gen?uine back?link port?fo?lio for your site which helps your site to rank well in all major search engines.

Just con?tact to our represta?tives to know which type of link build?ing ser?vice would work best for you. Or just give us your web?site URL we will make a free audit report which helps you to know more about your site per?for?mance and where you stands in the competition.

Blurb?point Link Build?ing Ser?vices Methodology

Here is the process what we do for your web?site. This meth?ods give you the brief under?stand?ing of how SEO?works.

Unique Strat?egy for Each Client - As I said above that a strat?egy which work good for one site might be not work same for other site. Because every site is dif?fer?ent and so their busi?nesses. So we are build?ing a whole new strat?egy for our each clients. Our link build?ing strat?egy starts with the key?word research and a thor?ough analy?sis of your site as well as your com?peti?tors site we also deeply analy?ses the back?link port?fo?lio of your com?peti?tors which help us to under?stand more about your indus?tries pro?mo?tion trends. Armed with this knowl?edge we then cre?ate a link?ing strat?egy based on the objec?tives and bud?get of cus?tomers. Our strate?gies range from which a con?struc?tion prod?uct links to the incor?po?ra?tion of more than a dozen. We have devel?oped and refined over a dozen dif?fer?ent link build?ing tech?niques over the years. Once we final?ize which link build?ing tech?niques are suit?able for the cus?tomer who orga?nize them into a strat?egy of short and long term. The strat?egy out?lines the num?ber of links that will take each key?word and the speed at which these links should be?built.

Key?word Research and Com?pet?i?tive Intel?li?gence? The most essen?tial thing in link build?ing is the key?words which should be tar?geted for your site if your site is not being pro?moted by the per?fect pair of key?words than your whole invest?ment is in vain. That?s the rea?son we do very sharp key?word research to select the most appro?pri?ate key?words for your site to gain the max?i?mum poten?tial visitors(customers) from the search engines. That?s why each of our Cus?tomer Ser?vice Rep?re?sen?ta?tives, Link Build?ing Spe?cial?ists, and account man?agers are cer?ti?fied in the house to do key?word research and com?pe?ti?tion spy?ing. We have devel?oped pro?pri?etary tech?nolo?gies, pro?grams, and meth?ods of scor?ing that allow us to make rec?om?men?da?tions that will help you max?i?mize the return on your invest?ment. While many of the com?pa?nies charge for a key?word selec?tion, we offer key?word research as a value-added ser?vice to our link build?ing ser?vices. After the inter?views we are able to pick apart both your site and your com?peti?tors? sites to deter?mine the exact words should be tar?geted and how dif?fi?cult those key?words will be obtained at the top of the rankings.

On-Page Opti?miza?tion? Link Build?ing plays very impor?tant role to get higher rank?ing but if your site is not prop?erly opti?mize means if your site is not a SEO friendly than it is impos?si?ble to gain higher rank?ing. On-Page fac?tor such as meta tags proper use of key?words are just the ini?tials. Our project mangers will help you or guide you to opti?mize your inter?nal link struc?ture per?fectly or also advice you how and which pages should be linked to each other. We also help you with the browser and W3C com?pli?ance to ensure that spi?ders can eas?ily read your con?tent and users that can not be deterred.
Note ? We fol?low all the guide lines for on-page opti?miza?tion. Here is some on-page fac?tors nec?es?sary for SEO defined by SEOMOZ which we strictly follows.

Con?tex?tual and One Way Links ? Every one of Blurb?point link build?ing tech?niques are One Way. We do not cre?ate rec?i?p?ro?cal links to your site which are strictly dis?ap?proved by Google. Google gives extra priv?i?lege to con?tex?tual links means the links which are in the con?tent rather than the stand?alone links means the links which are sit?u?ated in the side bar or footer. Blurb?point offer more than a dozen con?tex?tual link build?ing ser?vices. And our all ser?vices embed?ding your links in the most unique con?tent which post on other sites. Arti?cle Sub?mis?sion, Blog Review Ser?vice, Blog Com?ment?ing Ser?vice, Link Bait?ing, Press Release Dis?tri?b?u?tion are just some examples.

Link Build?ing with proper time dura?tion - Build?ing links are impor?tant but it is even more impor?tant HOW you are build them. Build?ing thou?sands of links in a month alerts Google and so involv?ing in such robotic activ?ity may penal?ize your site. New sites should be approached dif?fer?ently than old ones. After the cre?at?ing mil?lions of links to thou?sands of cus?tomers we know how aggres?sive we can be. We deeply ana?lyze the domain age and back?link pro?file of site so we can make a strat?egy or sched?ule which fast as well as safe for effec?tive link build?ing devel?op?ment. The trick is to built link fast enough to get the desired results quickly, but not that fast which can harm your?sites.

Anchor Text Opti?miza?tion ? Anchor text is all about the bal?anc?ing the key?words or phrase which are tar?geted for your site. It is really a bad idea to tar?get a site with very few key?words a site should be tar?get with the proper rage of the key?words or phrases doing this help a site to per?form well in terms of attract?ing traf?fic from search engines as well as other sites. There?fore pick?ing the right key?words for your dif?fer?ent links is very impor?tant. As over opti?miza?tion is also a con?cern. We know how to cre?ate a right bal?ance between links, time and key?words to get effec?tive results.

Link from vari?ety of sites - One of the most impor?tant tech?niques for build?ing links cor?rectly is the con?struc?tion of a vari?ety of links instead of build?ing a ton of the same kind of link. It seems unnat?ural to build all the same type of links. So it is even more good to build less links but with dif?fer?ent vari?eties. So we not only build links but we build them for you by using dozen of dif?fer?ent link build?ing strategies.Blurbpoint have large infra?struc?ture to accom?plish link build?ing ser?vices most effec?tively for your site we have a large num?ber of experts, sup?pli?ers and part?ners with thou?sand of source inven?tory which con?tributes to build max?i?mum qual?ity links for your web?sites. Basi?cally search engines loves links from max?i?mum dif?fer?ent sources because noth?ing seems more nat?ural to have links from dif?fer?ent places.

Google Trust, TrustRank, Trust Score -Google gives each site a con?fi?dence score. There are many ways to win or lose trust in Google. Increased con?fi?dence means more scor?ing. One way to increase con?fi?dence is to get other trusted sites to link to yours. Trusted sites can also be called author?ity sites. Also build con?fi?dence by hav?ing qual?ity con?tent. There are many ways to lose con?fi?dence. You may lose the con?fi?dence to put spam dupli?cate con?tent on your site, cre?at?ing links to bad neigh?bor?hoods (sites that have been marked as unre?li?able), or by cre?at?ing links too quickly. You can also lose trust in Google if a large part of your back?links are not nat?ural. Blurb?point knows how to build trust with Google. This is how we can do what we?do.

Client Ser?vices Excel?lence ? Blurb?point Cus?tomer Ser?vice is unsur?passed. While other link build?ing com?pa?nies just focus on the sell?ing their soft?ware base link build?ing pack?ages we focus to make rela?tion?ship with our clients we also use to give sug?ges?tion to many of our clients even after their projects has been suc?cess?fully com?pleted. Our project man?agers are cer?ti?fied SEO spe?cial?ist and they love to help any one and pro?vid?ing their sup?port and advices 24/7 via phone or?email.

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Speak to one of our Link Build?ing Pro?fes?sion?als Today ? 516?665-1600 or use our con?tact?form

Blurb?point brief introduction.

Blurb?point is the world?s best link build?ing com?pany located in USA, UK and INDIA. Blurb?point pro?vides com?plete Inter?net mar?ket?ing ser?vices which are spe?cially designed to improve your online pres?ence and rank?ing in all the major search engines. Our ser?vices helps web?sites to per?form bet?ter than their com?peti?tors as we diverse the max?i?mum qual?ity traf?fic towards sites which boost up con?ver?sion?rates.

Blurb?point is always been on the top in the ever-changing world of SEO and Inter?net Mar?ket?ing, mak?ing nec?es?sary adjust?ments to our strate?gies to help all of our clients in achiev?ing their goals online.

Blurb?point is here to pro?mote progress. We offer results-oriented Inter?net Mar?ket?ing, Search Engine Opti?miza?tion, Social Media Mar?ket?ing, Link Build?ing, Local Search and Key?word Research, offer?ing a wide range of tools and services.

Blurb?point Link Build?ing Services

As each of our clients cam?paigns are cus?tomized for their busi?ness, we offer a wide range of link build?ing ser?vices to suit the needs of each com?pany. Our link build?ing ser?vice are designed to con?nect the links in the rel?e?vant con?tent by com?ment on blogs and forums where your cus?tomers are look?ing for?ward to your busi?ness, and every?thing in between. We can develop blog posts, arti?cles, power rat?ings, and get links from the most impor?tant pages of your industry.

For us, link build?ing is an art. It takes vision and time to plan a per?fect strat?egy to show the best results. Obtain?ing a link, for many it can take a lot of time and energy. Unfor?tu?nately, many unsuc?cess?ful efforts, but our team not only takes time to obtain these valu?able links, but over time we has devel?oped a processes to do link build?ing with max?i?mum effi?ciency by the years of expe?ri?ence in the indus?try, So our cus?tomers can ben?e?fit from our con?tacts. We get our clients more links with higher qual?ity per dol?lar on their web?site to give more author?ity than they might oth?er?wise archiv?ing with their budgets.

Let us serve you and your web?site so ask for the per?fect cus?tomized link build?ing pack?age which suites best for you to achieve your?goals.

What makes Blurbpoint.com different?

The answer is sim?ple and it is our atti?tude to serve you best, When we started our blurb?point link build?ing ser?vices, we started with the strongest set of prin?ci?ples that we fol?low till this date. As a link build?ing com?pany that has built mil?lions of links for our hun?dreds of clients over the years we totally under?stood when and where should be a link should be posted with the vast expe?ri?ence into the indus?try we know what search engines likes and how that?s the rea?son we love to call us SEO Experts. We know how the link build?ing ser?vices work and we also know how it should be done to yield max?i?mum results. We can say with con?fi?dence that max?i?mum com?pa?nies do not use a tested link build?ing ser?vice for their clients site result the harm?ful side effects.

From per?fectly ana?lyze your site to proper key?word research and on-page opti?miza?tion to appro?pri?ate per?cent?age of key?word den?sity and lastly to our link build?ing ser?vice, we have refine and rede?fine our link build?ing strat?egy sev?eral times to serve you and your site with the best qual?ity. When other link build?ing com?pany com?pro?mise with qual?ity just to sell high quan?tity links we just make bet?ter strate?gies to build max?i?mum qual?ity links to build your sites author?ity. Choos?ing an easy way just to earn some dol?lars is not in our ethics. We believe in build a mil?lion dol?lar rela?tion with our clients and this is the only rea?son blurb?point get max?i?mum busi?ness by the ref?er?ences which our clients do for us as we have 98% client sat?is?fac?tion rate for our link build?ing ser?vices which is much big?ger than any mar?ket?ing cam?paign for?us.

Our Promise for our Link Build?ing Services

Blurb?point believes in help?ing any?one no mat?ters you are our client or not. We had help thou?sands of peo?ples regard?ing any prob?lem they have dur?ing their web?site pro?mo?tion. We are not the com?pany who believe that sug?ges?tion or tips should sell we believes to edu?cate peo?ples about SEO to make Indus?try more and more bet?ter. So if you also one among the mil?lions who are con?fused or need help feel free and ask us we don?t charge for it because build?ing rela?tion is much big?ger goal than earn?ing dol?lars for?us.

Our link build?ing ser?vices are designed to get the best return on your invest?ment. Work?ing across geo?graph?i?cal bound?aries, the Inter?net and its asso?ci?ated online busi?ness can only thrive in a bet?ter search engine rankings.

We send weekly reports for our all ser?vices by which you can check how, when and where links has been posted for website.

Our com?mit?ment to the link build?ing busi?ness excel?lence and cus?tomer ser?vice means that not only see results almost imme?di?ately, also ben?e?fit from the pur?pose and use link pop?u?lar?ity of our company?s sup?port and ser?vices which are spe?cially designed to improve your fur?ther devel?op?ment in online busi?ness. We are 100% com?mit?ted to your success.

We believe in rela?tion build?ing that?s why we main?tain a close rela?tion with our clients we use to release use?ful literature?s and newslet?ters con?tains use?ful tech?niques and tips which you can use to opti?mize your site. Sub?scribe for a free newslet?ter and get updated to our strate?gies and offers.

Our goal is to make your expe?ri?ence of SEO is just best. We always work harder to set the lead?er?ship and qual?ity of ser?vice stan?dards to pro?vide you the max?i?mum return of invest?ment promptly.

Our pro?fes?sional skills and ser?vices are ded?i?cated to mak?ing your goals into real?ity and to accom?plish it suc?cess?fully is just the only achieve?ment for?us.

What kind of results can you expect?

With Blurb?point, you can achieve any?thing you aim. We have worked in the words of the eas?i?est to the unimag?in?able. We know what it takes to pump a site to the top of the most com?pet?i?tive key?words in the indus?try and we know how to estab?lish lightly for smaller objects.

Our link build?ing pack?ages has devel?oped and designed with all users in mind, and if they are not exactly what you need, you can always con?tact us for some?thing Per?son?al?ized. In fact, we thrive on mak?ing sure that each cam?paign is as per?son?al?ized as nec?es?sary for your par?tic?u?lar busi?ness site, and the situation.

Con?tact us and one of our team mem?bers will be more than happy to dis?cuss your goals, where you are and what we have to do to reach the top. No restric?tions, how?ever, with?out any direct attached. Sim?ple and just what we like, as we do not want to waste time beat?ing around the bush, like some other link build?ing com?pa?nies?would.

About the author

Author: San?ket Patel is co-founder of Blurb?point Media. I am a good researcher of Inter?net Mar?ket?ing, Brand Devel?op?ment, Online Rep?u?ta?tion Man?age?ment & Search Engine Opti?miza?tion Tech?niques. You can fol?low me at Google+.

Source: http://www.blurbpoint.com/blog/amazing-facts-about-link-building-which-are-guided-by-search-engines-planning-and-executing-the-perfect-seo-campaign

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Taliban deny report of Haqqani commander's death

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan rejected reports that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network has been killed, even as senior insurgents and members of the Pakistani government said they believe Badruddin Haqqani was dead.

Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email sent to reporters late Saturday that Haqqani is alive and in good health in Afghanistan.

The statement conflicts with assertions by a senior Taliban commander that a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan killed Haqqani. Pakistani intelligence officials have also said they are 90 percent certain he was killed in an American missile strike Tuesday in the North Waziristan region. They said their information was based on reports received from their agents in the field but acknowledged they haven't spoken to anyone who has seen the body.

If confirmed, Haqqani's death would mark a major blow to the organization founded by his father, Jalaluddin Haqqani, which is viewed by the U.S. as a powerful enemy in Afghanistan. The son is considered the network's day-to-day operations commander.

The Haqqani network has been blamed for a series of high-profile attacks and kidnappings in Afghanistan.

"A number of media have reported that Badruddin Haqqani has been killed. We would like to inform all media that this rumor is not correct," Mujahid said in the email.

"Badruddin Haqqani is in the country and his is occupied with his operational responsibilities. He is alive and healthy. The rumor about him being killed is more propaganda of the enemy," he said.

The senior Taliban commander's assertion that Badruddin died in a drone strike has not been independently confirmed, and the U.S. does not comment publicly on its drone program, which is widely reviled by the Pakistani public and has been a source of tension with Islamabad.

All except Mujahid spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the news.

The areas where the American drone strikes generally occur are extremely remote and dangerous, making it difficult for reporters or others to verify a particular person's death.

Badruddin is considered a vital part of the Haqqani structure and is believed to have played an active role in kidnappings, extortion and high-profile operations in Afghanistan.

Replacing him would be a challenge but not impossible, said Daniel Markey, a Pakistan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"The question would be whether anyone would be as trusted, as well-placed, would have forged the kind of longstanding connections and would have the kind of pedigree that he has," said Markey. "This is a big hit if it's true but it's not going to put them out of business."

The U.S. State Department has designated Badruddin, along with his father and brothers ? Nasiruddin and Sirajuddin ? as terrorists. The State Department said in May 2011 that Badruddin sits on the Miram Shah Shura, a group that controls all Haqqani network activities and coordinates attacks in southeastern Afghanistan.

Badruddin is also believed to have been responsible for the 2008 kidnapping of New York Times reporter, David Rohde, the department said.

After their father effectively retired in 2005, Badruddin and his brother Sirajuddin expanded the network into kidnapping and extortion, both highly profitable for the organization, according to a recent report by the West Point, N.Y.-based Combating Terrorism Center. Afghan intelligence authorities have released intercepts of Badruddin orchestrating an attack against the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul in 2011, the CTC said.

The U.S. has long viewed the Haqqani network as one of the biggest threats to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan as well as the country's long term stability. The group has shown little interest in negotiating with the Washington, and has pulled off some of the highest-profile and most complex attacks in Afghanistan, although not necessarily the most deadly.

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Santana reported from Islamabad. Associated Press writers Anwarullah Khan in Khar, Pakistan, and Heidi Vogt in Kabul contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-deny-report-haqqani-commanders-death-062205312.html

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Ukraine extradites suspect of Putin murder plot: report

Ukraine on Saturday extradited one of the men suspected of plotting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, state-owned Channel One reported.

Ilya Pyanzin, who was arrested in Odessa in February, had already been taken to Moscow, the channel said, showing him at Odessa airport and then aboard a plane in handcuffs.

"Now Pyanzin will await trial in one of the Moscow jails," the report said.

The alleged plan to bomb Putin's motorcade was disclosed on Russian state television just days before the March 4 presidential election and was quickly dismissed by critics as a Kremlin effort to drum up support for the Russian leader.

Pyanzin and a second arrested suspect, a Chechen Adam Osmayev had been held in jail for allegedly plotting to kill the Russian leader who was was re-elected in the March ballot to a third presidential term.

State television channels have broadcast apparent confessions admitting that they were acting on the orders of Islamist militants.

Osmayev, who is the alleged leader of the plot, is still in the Odessa jail, having asked the European Court of Human Rights to rule on the legitimacy of Russia's extradition request.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-extradites-suspect-putin-murder-plot-report-202210724.html

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Evernote Declares A ?Cease-Fire? In Its War With Paper, Partners With Moleskine For Smart Notebooks

Evernote CEO Phil Libin said today that he doesn't spend a lot of time thinking about competition, but he admits that there has been one "age-old rivalry" ? with pen-and-paper. Hearing about people who still take notes on paper is "infuriating," Libin said, in part because he still does it himself. "This is a fight that many people in the technology space have been fighting," Libin said. Today, however, "we are announcing a cease-fire."

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/PDunLdCtgJ0/

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Evolution Fresh to open juicery in Rancho Cucamonga, California

DBR Staff Writer
Published 16 August 2012

Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary to Starbucks, plans to open a high-tech juicery to expand the company's production and distribution capacity in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Expected to get operational in late 2013, the new juicery will produce Evolution Fresh juices currently made at its existing juicery in San Bernardino and will support 160 manufacturing jobs.

Starbucks channel development president Jeff Hansberry said that the company's new juicery marks an important milestone as they continue to revolutionize the $3.4bn and growing cold-crafted juice category.

"It will more than quadruple our production and distribution capacity while continuing to deliver the flavor, vitamins, and nutrients of raw fruits and vegetables retained by Evolution Fresh's innovative use of high pressure processing (HPP)," Hansberry said.

The $70m, 260,000ft? juicery will be capable of peeling, squeezing, cracking and pressing approximately four to five times the amount of juice per year as the current facility using the company's never-heated HPP technology.

Evolution Fres has also added three juices to its current line-up in select natural food and premium grocery stores across the West Coast along with the introduction of a new flavor Raspberry Watermelon.

The new line-up features Cucumber Pineapple Ginger - a balance of sweet and spicy, refreshing cucumber and pineapple juices with a hint of ginger.

Pineapple Coconut Water is light with a touch of pineapple, Spicy Lemonade includes lemonade with a hint of ginger and cayenne and New Raspberry Watermelon features a blend of watermelon complemented with raspberries.

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One of the recent booming online businesses are anything affiliated with generating leads for payday loan applications. The mystery to outsiders of this business of gathering information and selling to payday loan companies on an online auction is bringing big money in to a somewhat quiet industry. As with any other business, as the demand increases, there tends to be those with fraudulent practices who work their way into the system. There have been some red flags to the back end of the online payday loan industry and genuine companies are doing their best to protect it.

There have been a few leaks as to how the behind the scenes systems work, and it will give you an idea as to why scammers are trying to get into the system.

When a person applies for a loan to a non-lending company, the information submitted in the application gets tested for duplicate applications in a database. Once the information is proved to be authentic, it is sold in an online auction. Lending companies will bid to have a look at this person?s information and will have just seconds to decide whether or not to purchase it. Once a purchase has been made, the company will send an email to the potential customer in response to their initial loan request. If the first company passes on the customer, the value drops and a second company may choose to look. This continues until the information is sold or the applicant is rejected for a loan. There have been huge steps in this process to protect addresses and emails from leaking out.

Lenders and sellers are screened to get into the system, but there have been some fraudulent companies who have slipped by and have taken advantage of a customer?s personal information. Some lending companies who refuse to approve a loan are also set up to sell of the applicant?s information to a company who will process the loan. The lenders are looking for good clients to lend to and the expense to buy the access to this information is bringing in big revenue to lead generators.

The online payday loan lead generator business is definitely making a name for itself in the online business world. Their efforts to continue to keep fraudulent activity out and maintain a profitable business of auction type sales safe and secure is ongoing. Any person who feels like their information was retrieved by a person or company for fraudulent practices should file a report right away.

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