The ancient seed of quinoa is so versatile and such an important source of nutrients that it is known as the “gold” of the Incas. It is known to increase stamina, a useful aid in days gone by when “warriors” needed every advantage they could get when their “people” were under attack.

However, such is the structure of Quinoa, it has the benefit of being a natural and complete protein. This means that it has all the amino acids like lysine acid, which is very important for the repair and growth of body tissues. As shown below, it is known to be beneficial to the body in a number of ways – nature’s natural remedy.

migraines and hypertension

Riboflavin and magnesium are quinoa’s natural aids for severe headaches. They are known to help relax blood vessels, reducing constriction and relieving tension. Basically, they help the body to function better, which in turn relieves the stress the body experiences when circumstances cause it to work too hard. While no one claims it makes headaches go away, it can help and has been known to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks.

childhood asthma

Many allergies are related to grass seeds, but quinoa is not a grass. It is a plant but it is not known to cause severe allergic reactions in people. Asthma is the result of breathing difficulties that are made worse by stress. It is known to have triggers and there is often a family history of asthma. It is known to have worsened over the years, and many experts point out that our modern living conditions make it more common. While not all asthma attacks are caused by allergies that may or may not be avoidable, quinoa is known to help reduce stress on the body and help keep the airways open. It is recommended that children with asthma eat a whole foods diet. Many of the nutrients we need are in Quinoa, such as Magnesium, which naturally helps reduce spasms in the bronchial tubes. We know that many people with asthma are deficient in B vitamins, minerals like magnesium, zinc, and iron, all of which can be found in quinoa. Why not check out some of the recipes and see which ones are easiest to fit into your child’s diet?

gallstones

This is another surprising area where quinoa is known to be helpful. It may not get rid of gallstones, but it can help protect it from developing. In fact, this is another case where a healthy diet rich in fiber can aid in the digestion of food. Since it is a soluble fiber, it speeds through the intestines and reduces the need for increased bile production. Too much bile production helps to develop gallstones, so this is another natural remedy for our body.

Type 2 diabetes

Quinoa is rich in magnesium, which is an essential mineral in the body’s ability to deal with glucose and insulin. Once again, there is evidence that quinoa, as part of a whole food diet, aids in the digestion of food. It is also known to increase insulin sensitivity while lowering triglycerides (blood fats that should be kept low in diabetics).

heart disease

Quinoa is known to prevent clogged arteries and veins, which in turn helps relieve stress on the heart. Quinoa fat is good because it is low in cholesterol and can help reduce blood pressure thanks to the presence of potassium and magnesium. In other words, it’s a good source of protein without the drawbacks of excess saturated fat and cholesterol.

pregnant moms

Quinoa is known to be an endurance food that gives energy. It is also known to be a good source of iron, which pregnant mothers are always advised to increase in their diet. It is good for tissue repair and the development of teeth and bones. Along with the other benefits of quinoa, it’s a useful source of goodness that babies-in-the-making will demand in abundance as they grow. It is also good for moms when they are feeding as it will improve the milk quality of newborns.

waterfalls

Quinoa is believed to help prevent cataracts and may help people with this condition. Studies have shown that people who take in around 99 grams of protein were only half as likely to develop nuclear cataracts (light is difficult to pass through the center of the eye), while those with the highest amount of polyunsaturated fat, around 17 grams a day, were 30 percent as likely not to develop problems with the outer lens (cortical cataracts).

Today, we are looking more and more at natural foods. We all know the benefits of fiber in our diet but until recently we had forgotten about Quinoa.

One of the most important aspects of blogging is driving traffic, good traffic to your site, because you can also have bad traffic that will only annoy you. You also have to work to keep them coming with the right commitment.

Why do you want traffic?

1. Traffic means more views

2 More views, if managed well, generate more revenue.

Web traffic can be divided into four main types, mainly:

1. Direct traffic

These come from people who are already aware of your brand and visit your site directly by typing your site name into their web browser.

2. Referral traffic

This is the traffic that comes to your site through external links from other web pages.

3. Organic Traffic

These come to you through online searches that are helped through search engine optimization.

4. Social Traffic

People who visit your site through links on social networks such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and others.

5. Paid traffic

These are made up of Adwords, Remarketing and others.

So how do you drive traffic to your site now? Well, we will look at a combination of factors that work together to achieve the desired result.

1. Theme that grabs attention and drives traffic

Why do some topics appeal to you more than others? You’re browsing a page and suddenly you pause and hover over a title or topic and click on it for more information. Most likely, it caught your eye because it was catchy and attractive. This is how the themes should be. You also need to make sure that you capture what is in demand and what people are actually looking for. Google Trends is particularly useful in this regard, which brings us to our second point.

2. Analyzing your headline

“On average, 5 times more people read headlines than body copy. By the time you’ve written your headline, you’ve spent eighty cents of your dollar” -David Ogilvy

Very sure. When you enter a search term into a search engine and the results show up, scan the headings for something that is engaging or perhaps standout before reading anything else.

This is where a headline parser comes into play. Coschedule is a good option, fast and very effective. It does a complete analysis of your headline and offers you some tips to improve.

The instructions, the list and the questions are particularly good and should be taken advantage of. Emotional and powerful words are also important if you want to light the fire in your headline.

3. Meticulous keyword research

It is important that you research the keywords that are appropriate for your posts. This is essential if having visitors flood your site is important to you. If no one is searching for the words you used in your post, then you won’t get much traffic to your site. Your post should be read with them, but not affect the readability and flow of your post. Doing this will only turn off your readers. It has to be done right. Tools you can use for this include the Google Keyword Tool and similarweb.

Things I would be looking for include:

– How many people are actually searching for that term?

– Will it attract the right kind of audience?

-Will you be able to position yourself as well or better than your competitors?

4. Fundamental content

These are the most important articles on your site. They show what your site is about and are the foundation around which everything else is organized. Cornerstone content is also sometimes known as perennial content. This type of content should be written around and on the keywords you want to rank for in search engines, and it should be contained on the first few pages of your website. Your Cornerstone articles should be detailed and comprehensive to capture all aspects of the topic. Subsequent articles you write related to your Conerstone articles should also link to these all-in articles.

5. Stunning images

Yes, and I mean awesome. Images, photos and images make your article more visually appealing. Humans have a short attention span online, so you need something that will immediately grab their attention and want them to discover more. Images are gradually becoming the universal language and you should take advantage of this. Articles with images have also been found to get 95% more total views than others. However, be sure to give proper credit to any images used or find and use copyright-free images to avoid risking copyright infringement.

6. Page load time

Google considers many factors when ranking websites and page load time is one of them. If your site takes too long to load, you lose traffic.

Ways to reduce charging time:

# Remove unwanted plugins

Sometimes we install too many plugins on our sites, which consumes our server resources and makes our site slow. To avoid this you must

– Disable or uninstall unwanted plugins

– Instead of using multiple plugins

for various functions, use an all-in-one plugin like the

jetpack plugin.

# Optimize your images

Using images from various sources as found can significantly affect site load time. You can compress images using Smush.it to conditionally load images when readers scroll to the bottom of the page.

# use a CDN

This stands for content delivery network and it is a network of servers located in various countries and helps deliver web content more efficiently. What it does is help a browser get data from a closer source, thus making it load faster.

# Reduce the number of posts on the home page

You can use a tool like Pingdom to analyze your blog’s page load speed. Example:

The more posts you have displayed on your home page, the slower it will load, of course that makes sense. Limit the number of posts that can be displayed in your page settings.

7. Email Campaign

Statistics show that emails convert up to three times more than social networks. The email campaign is an effort worth putting on your blog. All you need to do is make sure you feature relevant posts or posts related to the group and send them out as an email newsletter. Getting email logs can be difficult, but you can use these proven techniques:

> Make subscription forms available

> Build your email list

> Select the type of campaign you want – Newsletter,

offer, advertisement, etc.

> Create your campaign

> Measure your result

8. Participate in online forums

Forums where questions are asked and answered are a great place to hang out and establish a presence. Keep an eye on the topics and queries your posts are relevant to and you’ll soon build a legitimate following.

Sites like Quora and Reddit can give you immediate exposure to over 1 million monthly visitors. Provide links to your blog posts in forum responses and watch your audience grow.

9. Make use of SlideShare

Slideshare is useful to complement the content of your blog and attract a lot of traffic. If done right, your slideshow may even become more popular than the blog post itself. Be sure to provide a link to your blog in the submission.

10. Frequency and duration of publication

The more often you post articles, the more traffic you’ll get, and we’re not talking about just any quality well-researched article back. If you feel like you can’t keep up on your own, you can hire writers on sites like freelancer, Guru, or upwork to compensate.

Longer content of no fewer than a thousand words generally ranks better in search engines than shorter ones. They also often get more shares and links to, so increase your number of posts and give them more length.

11. Make use of content curation sites.

If you are sure of the quality of your articles, you can submit them to these sites that are constantly looking for good content to attract their readers and hope for good traffic.

Sites you can submit to include:

-> Participate Blog

-> Shredder

-> BizSugar

12. Ease of sharing

The presence of social sharing buttons on your page or even better on your posts is the most important thing. It makes it easy for readers to quickly share and spread your posts. Facebook, LinkedIn. Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and others are useful.

13. Guest Post

Getting featured on other blogs that target your target audience will help gain readership and awareness for your brand, so to speak. You can take advantage of the goodwill of others and win back traffic for your blog. Be sure to provide a link to your blog and make sure your posts are stellar. You get backlinks and the more you get, the more likely you are to rank higher in search engine results. The guest site will also benefit from this because they will get new and unique content from a different point of view. New life, you could say. It is a win-win situation.

14.Links

Linking to another site’s page from your posts, called outbound links, helps Google rank you higher. What’s more, the site you link to may also be linked to you. Outbound links provide your readers with additional resources and material to help them in their search for answers and information.

You can also link from one post to another post within your blog, known as internal linking. Backlinks has already been mentioned above.

my take

The topic of traffic: getting it, keeping it, and growing it has become a focal point that every serious, results-oriented, aspiring blogger cannot afford not to take seriously. After all, the main focus of blogging or any other online activity is Numbers.

What’s the point of writing a good post that people can’t see or read? Only when our audience grows, we get mentions of positive comments and shares, will we be encouraged to produce better posts, and don’t forget the revenue that could accrue from all the traffic.

Too many men waste their time in the gym doing curls and other exercises to look pretty without really challenging their bodies to be all they could be. Boxing is one of the best exercises that can help you get to the next level.

tear apart

Boxing can be one of the best ways to shed body fat and maintain muscle mass. Research has shown that interval training style, like boxing, is great for losing fat and boosting metabolism. Exercise like traditional aerobic cardio workouts only creates an increase in calories burned during the actual workout that rapidly decreases when the training session ends. But due to a phenomenon known as EPOC (excessive post-exercise oxygen consumption), you have a substantial increase in the number of calories you burn for hours after finishing a boxing workout. Since boxing uses fast-twitch muscle fibers to deliver fast, powerful punches over and over again, it encourages your body to hold on to the muscles and can even increase the size of the muscles, leading to a broad-shouldered, ripped appearance and not the lean appearance so many endurance athletes have. So, if you only have a limited amount of time to exercise, try to attend a quality boxing gym near you that will give you better results for your time than a traditional cardio workout like going for a run.

SPEED, POWER, ENDURANCE

Few training styles can give you the full spectrum of physical improvements that boxing can provide. ESPN ranked boxing as the world’s most difficult sport due to all the ingredients that go into the preparation. The main qualities needed to be a great boxer are speed, power, and stamina. These are just a few ways to gain those qualities through boxing training.

SPEED – Hitting a bag or doing glove work demands your muscles fire faster than you’re used to. Every time you hit, you must quickly twist your body, shoot your arm, and bring it back. You must move your feet quickly to get in, out, and around a bag or opponent. Also mixed into a good boxing workout is a variety of plyometrics and other exercises that demand your body to move as fast as possible, forcing you to reach new levels of speed production you might not have thought possible.

POWER: Boxing teaches you to use your entire body to produce maximum power in a punch while delivering it with precision, speed, and balance. The block and squeeze at the end of a punch is a massive contraction of the muscle fibers in your arms and shoulders that occurs the very instant you first make contact with your target. That contact puts a tremendous load on your muscles from your chest muscles to your back muscles, which must bear the brunt of hundreds of pounds of force when you throw a hard punch. When the blows are delivered correctly, you will feel the work that was put into these muscle groups the next day. ENDURANCE: A lot of research has been done over the last two decades on the benefits of high intensity interval training on VO2 max. (a measure of your body’s ability to use oxygen). Interval training, like boxing, has been shown to increase VO2 max. faster and in shorter sessions than constant cardio. Boxing is an excellent cross-trainer for people who play a variety of sports seriously or for recreation, as it greatly helps build stamina. At the end of the day, boxing is a much more exciting and efficient way to get cardio than running on a treadmill or spending time on a stationary bike.

FUN AND EXCITING

We all know that working out can be fun, but boxing as a workout can be even more fun! Every time you exercise, you get a release of endorphins that make you feel fulfilled and satisfied after a hard workout. With boxing, you get the same feelings, but more. After hard boxing training, you get a sense of achievement and progress when you learn new techniques. The thrill of punching, moving, swinging, weaving and blocking punches is a great thrill that is extremely addictive and will leave you wanting more after every workout!

RELIEVE STRESS

Have you ever been through a super stressful day and just wished you had hit something? Energy like that, if held back for too long, can be detrimental to your interactions with the people around you and those closest to you, leaving you easily frustrated and ready to lose control. People who have made boxing a part of their daily routine can let that frustration out all the time! If you spend 30 minutes to an hour throwing hundreds of punches as hard and fast as you can, you better believe you’ll feel a great sense of relief. When you train boxing, you are using that aggression energy and transferring it into a positive outlet that will not only make you feel great, but look great too!

THE LAST BELL

I highly recommend you try a boxing workout, either in a class or a personal session. To get the most out of your workouts, you need to go to a quality boxing gym and experience what boxing is really all about.

Mobile companies have understood that mobile users frequently access the Internet to enhance their social presence and engage in social networking activities. Short message services get a great response and are the best form of mobile marketing and establishing connectivity.

With the exponential increase in the use of mobile phones, connecting with other people through SMS has become a common habit. Advanced mobile phones help people to chat, scan codes, shop and conduct business via SMS. You can improve the business productivity of your organization by using SMS for marketing purposes. The best way to communicate with multiple people at the same time and transmit information instantly with a single touch is to opt for a bulk message sender.

Telemarketing or telephone marketing has gained popularity in recent years and now the annoying traditional calls are replaced by the warm and well evoked SMS. A single framed message is forwarded to multiple sources from one ID. Imagine picking up the phone and talking to thousands of customers one by one, isn’t that an exhausting proposition? Now you can run, compose and send any bulk SMS campaign far and wide in one go.

Mobile and Internet companies can reliably contact their customer base via Bulk SMS and if you are a business, you can contact a Bulk SMS sender to upload a Bulk SMS software package for marketing and sales. People are always aware of small commercial, leisure or promotional events planned by the SMS sending company.

Business houses thrive on planning and reaching a large audience for the success of their trade and business. They want a reliable way that is cost-effective and easy to manage. Success depends on how to contact several people at once and that too at minimal cost. Communication must be cheap but secure and fast for the business to be successful. The ideal way to reach a large number of customers at the same time is to get SMS and email blasting software for your organization.

The sender ID will show who the message is from, and the person who received it can read it whenever they want. You can show your contact that you respect their privacy and that you are not invading it by calling at awkward times.

Business is booming everywhere and people are constantly looking for better deals. Customers respond to marketing communication and are an important part of a well-functioning business. Marketing teams strategize communication methods and develop creative and simple bulk email and SMS software to reach thousands of customers instantly. You can even personalize the messages with the help of Bulk SMS software and then personally address the bulk messages to different people on a consistent yet individual basis. The software carefully measures and scales the software and sends a personalized message in no time.

This software can be purchased online and many reputable companies offer the best packages with a free trial as well. Save time, just contact a bulk SMS sender. By investing a very small number of people and reaching many people conveniently with a mouse click. You can even carry out SMS communications with the help of your desktop.

Creating a detailed schedule for employees each week seems like a daunting task for any restaurant manager or owner. However, with the help of restaurant spreadsheets, this time-consuming job is done in no time using a computer and a record of employee leave requests.

A restaurant can ask its employees for their preferred hours through request forms or an open log book. However, a restaurant manager must know how to limit his requests and prioritize those with viable importance, such as family emergencies or an unexpected illness. The following tips should guide anyone assigned to manage employee schedules during the week:

1. Use different restaurant spreadsheets for each group of employees.

Employees who work the night shift should have different spreadsheets than employees on the day shift. Employees who work in the kitchen should have a separate spreadsheet from those who work on the floor like servers, bartenders, and cashiers. Employees who work at-will or part-time should have a different spreadsheet than full-time employees in the restaurant.

2. Don’t be afraid to rotate.

Rotation may seem impractical at first because employees unfamiliar with a new skill set will likely work slowly and make mistakes more frequently as they learn the rules. However, pairing a veteran with a trainee and scheduling the rotation during dull business hours will pay off during peak periods when he needs an extra hand.

Rotation works best in the kitchen, where multiskills are an asset among assistant chefs. This also works well among servers, whose job is very difficult for them. One group of servers can tend the floor while another group does inventory, transports supplies, or runs a few errands outside the restaurant.

3. Set up your employees’ schedule at least a month before Christmas and New Years.

A schedule set a month before the busiest season of the year takes care of your employees’ remaining vacation time. They will be more than willing to work extra hours if they can spend more time with their families during the holidays.

However, be very strict with the agreed upon restaurant spreadsheets. Your employees must understand that others depend on their commitment to arrive early and work on the days they have agreed to be at work.

In an emergency, be ready to intervene. You can also ask family and friends for help when they can. As a precaution, hire servers as at-will or part-time workers.

4. Consider each employee’s request for time off.

Some restaurants collect time off requests through spreadsheets and request forms, while others leave an open log book, which employees fill out with their preferred hours for the week. Although you would like to accommodate everyone’s requests, you will need to weigh the requests based on the following questions:

A. Can the employee postpone the reason for the request?

If the reason for the time off is a doctor’s appointment for a routine checkup or a mini vacation, then you can talk to the employee about rescheduling to make way for others who have more important matters to attend to.

Weddings and birthdays are important occasions and cannot be delayed or postponed. If the employee has an important role, such as best man at the wedding, he will also prioritize the request for him.

b. Is it possible for someone from the group to act as a substitute?

If one employee replaces another, then offer the replacement additional time off or a monetary reward on top of the additional wages they earn for working the overtime.

5. Setting up an employee schedule integrates the work done by employees in different shifts.

Employees assigned to the morning shift are expected to open the restaurant and prepare it for the day’s work. On the other hand, night shift employees clean the restaurant and put away equipment and supplies.

Each shift may not meet during the day, but each must work in tandem with the other, especially following through on procedures during closing hours. Food left out becomes fodder for rats and roaches, causing problems for the day shift people who had to deal with the pests and health risks involved.

Restaurant spreadsheets are efficient and time-saving for a busy manager or business owner like you. Use a desktop software or create the schedule manually, but either way leads to a more organized and less expensive operation of your restaurant business.

Have you ever wondered how male porn stars get so big, when it comes to penis size?

Maybe you just shrugged it off and thought “good genetics” was to blame. But the more you watch adult movies, the more you realize how unlikely it is that many of these men are blessed with superior penis size genetics.

The truth is that there are some tricks in the trade when it comes to penis enlargement. There are some “secrets” as to why so many of these guys are way above average.

Here are 3 secrets on how male porn stars make their penis bigger:

1. Behind the scenes. I was aware of some behind-the-scenes footage of male actors from adult movies in the moments before they were on camera. And what I saw was unusual and somewhat shocking in terms of how easy it was to get a bigger penis fast. First of all, I noticed that a lot of these guys didn’t seem that “huge” at first in the flaccid state (this is the normal, non-erect state of the penis). They seemed quite normal. But then they started doing something. They would grab his penis just before the head (and remember this is off camera, moments before performing on camera) and start “pulling” on his penis. They would basically stretch out their penis and hold it for a few seconds, release it, and repeat. Each guy seemed to have his own method as to how much he pulled or stretched. And some guys would employ a very slow massage pull with each hand, starting at the base and keeping it fully extended on the head. But essentially, the results were the same. The boys would appear noticeably larger just before the camera was turned on. It really was that remarkable. Some guys went from a visibly average size to a seemingly larger than average size. Essentially, these guys were simply doing repeated pulling or stretching, which elongated the flaccid penis, making it appear much larger. I would say that this extraction process really did not take more than a few minutes, although I would also say that these guys are experienced and probably have their extraction technique down to a science where they can achieve a larger penis size in no time.
2. The great visual trick. This is something a lot of guys may have heard of, but this visual trick really needs to be emphasized. It involves shaving your pubic hair. Tell me the last time you’ve seen a male porn actor with full-grown pubic hair. Of course you haven’t. Now tell me the last time you’ve seen a male artist with ANY pubic hair. Maybe once in a while, but not very often. This is because they know all too well how any amount of pubic hair can visually take away from the oversized appearance. In fact, most male artists are so aware of this that they don’t even waste time. They’ll shave it all off. Now, actually, this really isn’t necessary. You can achieve a larger size visually simply by trimming your pubic hair, mainly around the base of your penis.
3. The Jelq exercise. If there’s one technique that male actors in adult movies use to try to permanently increase penis size, it’s the jelq exercise. Jelqing, as it is often known, is an exercise that involves repeatedly stroking the penis while it is semi-erect and lubricated. These are slow, controlled movements, performed alternating hands, for a certain number of sets and repetitions, usually 4-5 times per week. What this does is increase the size in both length and girth. And unlike the drag techniques mentioned before, these gains are permanent. Gains are generally most noticeable when fully erect, which of course is perfect for male performers as that tends to be the state they’re mostly in on camera. The reason why jelqing is so popular over other manual lengthening or girth exercises (such as pumps or stretchers) is the safety factor. No artist can risk injury or even minor visual damage that other methods are sometimes known for. The jelq exercise uses only the hands and is considered the safest technique available to permanently increase the size of the penis.

In 1906, the residents of San Francisco, California, had an abrupt change in lifestyle. They learned that almost anything can happen without warning. An earthquake killed about 3,000 people and caused more than $400 million in property damage. In 1920, the Gansu earthquake in China claimed some 200,000 lives. Then, in 1948, the region around Ashgabat in the Soviet Union suffered a powerful earthquake that claimed more than two-thirds of that city’s population (110,000 people died).

About earthquakes

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded occurred in 1960 in Chile. Registering 9.5 on the Moment magnitude scale, it created a tsunami that swept across the entire Pacific Ocean. In 1972, 90% of the city of Managua, Nicaragua, was destroyed by a midnight earthquake that killed more than 10,000 people. Then, in 1985, the Great Mexico Earthquake struck, killing an estimated 30,000 people, most of whom were never found. In 1989, San Francisco and the surrounding area experienced the “World Series earthquake.”

In 2003, the Citadel of Bam, the largest mud-brick structure in the world and built before 500 B.C. C., was almost completely destroyed, along with 70% of the city of Bam and 70,000 inhabitants.

Most of them occur along what is known as the circum-Pacific earthquake belt or the “Pacific Ring of Fire” that borders the Pacific tectonic plate. With highly populated cities like Mexico City, Tehran and Tokyo growing in high-risk areas, it is possible that a future earthquake could claim up to 3 million lives.

It’s hard to understand why people insist on living in earthquake-prone areas like San Francisco and the mountains of Central and South America. But in fact, earthquakes are a common phenomenon, small ones that occur somewhere in the world every day. Characterized by shaking and rupture in the earth, earthquakes also cause dangerous avalanches and landslides, fires like the San Francisco ordeal of 1906, ground liquefaction where buildings literally sink into the earth, and massive tsunamis. Because the damage they cause is long-lasting, they also leave a high risk of disease in their wake, as people try to find clean water to drink and dry, safe places to sleep and live.

People who live in areas with a high probability of earthquakes must live each day as it comes, knowing that their fragile lives could end in an instant. Knowing that tragedy can strike at any moment, they prepare for it.

Jason, a technology specialist, lives near the Marina, the highest risk area of ​​his city. He kindly accepts the fact that living there is risky, but he always stocks up on basic supplies for that inevitable crisis. He keeps several gallons of fresh water, portable food packs, extra flashlights and batteries, and various magical things that would overwhelm the tech-challenged.

Earthquake Safety Tips

*Duck. Stay away from heavy objects that could fall. Find an open area or stand in a doorway.

* If you can’t get out of the building, take cover under a heavy table.

* If you are driving when the earthquake occurs, stay in your car.

* If you are in a mall or store, stay away from shelves and other moving objects.

* In theaters and stadiums, duck under your seat and wait until the crowd has cleared the area. Don’t get caught up in the panicked crowds.

other advice

Being well prepared, having a plan of action, is the best way to prepare to survive an earthquake. Lacking this comfortable knowledge, you are more likely to panic and make deadly mistakes.

Know where strong, stable structures are that can provide shelter. Avoid areas of poor construction or materials. Keep calm. Stay alert. Things change very quickly and you must be ready to respond.

Many people today are depressed and discouraged because they seem to only focus on their current circumstances. They are constantly thinking about their problems, what they don’t have and what is wrong with them. They don’t seem to realize that they are allowing the enemy to steal their hope. This (negative) state of mind is what prevents people from moving forward in their lives.

If you seem to be concentrating mostly on what’s wrong or not working, then it’s time to dig up your tent stakes! It’s time to pack up your belongings and get out of the land of despondency. Stay away from the “It’s not going to happen” subdivision. It is also time to leave the “states of self-pity”. Stop living in those areas and move to the land of hope, faith and expectation!

Maybe you don’t really know how to get there? Simply open your heart to the Lord and ask him in prayer to direct your thoughts and expectations. You must understand that having strong faith is also having firm and unshakable confidence and security about the things that we hope will actually happen.

Your time is coming! The dreams and desires, the things you want to achieve, the situations you want to see changed will happen. Just because it has taken you longer than you expected, or because you have tried and failed, never give up on those dreams. Never be complacent in seeking what God has put on your heart!

“But these things I plan will not happen immediately. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time is drawing near when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely happen. It will not be delayed.” (Habakkuk 2:3 NLT)

 Can you have hope without faith? Like an arrow, your faith points to the target of hope. If you don’t have faith, that arrow will lose its momentum and just fall to the ground before reaching the target, and it won’t achieve its goal. When your faith is strong and unwavering, and you continue to hope and believe, you will give your arrow the momentum to hit the target!

“Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will really happen; it gives us security about things we cannot see.” (Hebrews 11:1, NLT)

Why not start today to choose to live with an attitude of expectation? Begin by taking captive any negative thoughts you may have (one at a time). Choose to turn God’s cares and worries over to God, then stay focused on the goodness in your life. Get your hopes up! As you focus on your faith and the goodness of God, you will begin to feel your hope grow within you. You will really give your faith a purpose and start moving forward with confidence. Then pray and thank God for the gift of faith to see the impossible become possible as you continue to wait for what He has placed on your heart.

“So let us approach the throne of our merciful God with confidence. There we will receive mercy from him, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. (Hebrews 4:16, NLT)

Notice in the verse above that God does not say, “Come to me with a weak, defeated, and pitiful attitude.” He does not say: “Come to me thinking of all your failures and how unworthy you are.” No, says God, come to Me with confidence. Come to Me with your head held high, knowing that I am a merciful God, and that I truly want to help you!

Start declaring today: “My time is drawing near…God is working behind the scenes on my behalf…I will fulfill my destiny…I will fulfill God’s plan for my life!” As you declare, wait, and wait for the appointed time, your faith will grow. Your hope will grow. And you will enter the destiny that God has in store for you!

A VPN or “virtual private network” is a service that allows Internet users to enjoy higher levels of privacy and security while conducting business online. These types of connections are very attractive for both home and business users. Business users can access work networks from outside their offices, for example, without having to worry about information being sent and received over the network being intercepted.

Personal users don’t have to worry about private data that could potentially identify information like an address getting into the hands of rogue system administrators while browsing the Web. Virtual private network services have a host of clear benefits that should not be ignored.

1. They provide security to unsecured connections

If you’ve ever connected your laptop or mobile device to a public Wi-Fi network, you may not realize that you’re making all of the data on that device vulnerable. If you were using a virtual private network, information sent and received over public networks remains secure.

2. Blocked sites

Another great benefit of VPN connections is that they allow you to get around sites that are blocked on certain types of networks, like at home or school. Many companies and educational institutions will block sites like Facebook or Twitter to prevent users from accessing them. With a VPN, you could access your favorite sites on those types of connections.

3. Greater anonymity

It is very easy to use a person’s IP address to track files they have accessed and downloaded while on the Internet. With a VPN connection, you can download and share legally obtained files with friends and family in confidence, as the VPN’s security protocols will hide your IP address.

4. Decrease in censorship

If you live in a country where the government has blocked access to certain websites, a virtual private network connection would allow you to get around those restrictions.

5. Greater privacy when browsing

If you’ve ever typed something into a search engine like Google, you might be surprised to find that the information was probably recorded by the search engine itself. With a virtual private network and the security protocols that are inherent in these types of connections, your search history will never haunt you again because you’re no longer connected to your computer’s IP address.

6. You can network different business locations together

If you run a technology-based business with multiple locations, you can use a virtual private network to create a unified connection between all facilities. The virtual network will act as a link between different offices in the city, state, country or even the world.

7. Easily encrypted data

Virtual Private Network connections let you easily encrypt data before it’s sent over the Internet, which means no one can intercept or read your important personal or business documents.

8. Avoid monitoring

Certain websites can download various types of spyware and malware onto your computer without your knowledge in order to monitor your activities while you are online. With the right VPN service, these kinds of concerns will completely disappear.

9. Regional Content Restrictions

Some types of video content can only be viewed in specific regions of the world based on the original publisher’s request. With a VPN, these regional content restrictions are lifted and you can watch any content you want from any computer with an Internet connection.

10. Prevent identity theft

Because information transmitted through a VPN is secure, even if the network itself isn’t, you don’t have to worry about hackers or others with malicious intent accessing your information and stealing your identity the next time. try to check your bank account balance. online or log in to your credit card site to make your monthly payment.