Teenagers sexting nude images leaving it open for paedophiles

Shocking figures show teens texting nude pictures to each other of themselves. The are many dangers they refuse to take into consideration in doing so.

I was reading a report today about teenagers texting naughty pictures to each other and it actually really shocked me.

It never surprises me to read about celebrities getting caught out with nude pictures or a video of them having a romp in the bedroom appearing on the Internet.

The study revealed more than a third of teenagers have used mobiles to send sexually-explicit snaps of themselves and more than a quarter do it on a regular basis.

They send naughty snaps to their boyfriend or girlfriend despite more than half of those polled knowing of instances where the photos ended up being shared with others and or even on the Internet.

Once the pictures or video clips start to get distributed, especially when things become sour between a couple it ends up leaving someone embarrassed.

Experts warned humiliated victims are often taunted or bullied. There is also the danger of the snaps ending up in the hands of paedophiles.

Dr Andy Phippen said: "This is a significantly larger problem than we had first imagined. "It shows a population who are unconcerned about intimacy or privacy yet are ill-equipped to understand the implications of their actions."

The survey by the University of Plymouth, in Devon, and the South West Grid for Learning found 40 percent of teenagers saw nothing wrong with sending topless pictures. An astonishing 15 percent actually thought naked shots sent to be harmless.

In all, 39 per cent had shared intimate pictures or videos. Dr Phippen added: "Such practices lead to a desensitisation of young people to issues of intimacy. What is particularly worrying is the somewhat bias attitude to the subject."

Poll organiser David Wright called for schools to warn pupils of the dangers and how they can find them in a situation which may go out of control and is defiantly irreversible once they start getting distributed. He added: "We suggest sexting awareness is adopted into wider education schemes."

All this may be partially to the advance technology you get these days with your mobile phone.

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you sent a picture or a video you now hope you didn't?

Are you now constantly looking around on the Internet to see if an ex of yours has posted a picture or a video you know would leave you embarrassed?

How to grow your brain

Did you know a study says you doing cardiovascular can make you more intelligent?

We all know exercise is good for the body and it helps you to relax once the pain wears off. But now it is being claimed by some new researchers who have carried out the study that it is also good for your brain.

A study revealed that the fittest young men showed increased intelligence, better performance on thought process tests and higher educational achievements.

However, the link was only found with cardiovascular fitness and not muscular strength. Cardiovascular exercise is a form of exercise which is designed to work the cardiovascular system, improving lung, heart, and along with improving the condition of the musculoskeletal system.

The primary goal of cardiovascular exercise is to get the heart rate up and keep it up for a sustained period. Jogging, cycling, and aerobics classes are some common examples of cardiovascular exercise.

Neuroscientist Dr Maria Aberg of Gothenburgh University studied the data of over 1 million Swedish men born between 1950 and 1976 who joined the army at 18.

She said “These results support the notion that physical exercise could serve as a public health strategy to optimise educational achievement.

My thought

This could be good news for all the students starting their college or university. They can do as much cardio exercise as possible in their spare time and sharpen their brain a bit to get better marks and grades. It is also something teachers should consider doing more of with youngsters in schools and giving them a better chance.

So what happens next?

• We have the world’s students doing cardio
• Everyone becomes more bright and intelligent
• Everyone has better educational achievement
• Too many people pass
• Not many get jobs due to high demands
• Employers struggle with employing as they cannot decide with tons of graduates with excellent marks applying
• Schools, colleges, universities make their test papers more difficult.
• Students fail to pass
• A survey carried out say’s the country you live in has the lowest pass rates and lacks intelligent people
• Cardio no longer helps you pass.

That was just a little bit of fun. It is truly a great thing for us to be able to do things to sharpen our brain. Exercise is always good, and we all should be doing it regardless.

But as we know, the students are the worst at doing anything healthy, so this maybe something to motivate them. It is not only for students, but anyone who thinks they could do with a better and sharper brain.

If you know any students or have some in your family, then maybe you should tell them about this or even better forward this to them.

Just remember it is cardiovascular exercise that helps.

Tire puncture at speed can kill

What to do if you get a puncture at speed and how. Having a puncture at any speed can have some serious consequences.

I have personally experienced a puncture at 70mph. At the time I had no idea as to how a vehicle responded to a sudden puncture.

You don't have to have bad and worn tires to get a puncture, it can happen with brand new tires too. Sometimes things lying around on the road can damage a tire and cause it to lose air slowly.

It was a few years ago when I had a puncture while driving down the motorway (freeway as some call it) with my parents on board and my two younger brothers.

I suddenly felt my steering wheel starting to judder and becoming hard to control. I used my full strength to keep it straight. But a few seconds later, I made the worst possible move I could have made at the time. I went on to press my brake to slow down thinking I will have to move to a slower lane and then stop. The second I touched my brakes, it felt as though I had slammed my breaks on. It made the car spin 3 times hitting the centre barriers of the motorway.

It was the front right hand side tire that had punctured, therefore the front right had became like a pivot point making the car spin to the right.

When the car finally came to a stop, I rushed out taking my family out as quickly as possible. We were very lucky to have come out unharmed. One of the reasons was the time it happened. It was midnight, and the traffic was low. However, as I got my family out leaving the car on the middle of the motorway, I watched in horror as cars and lorries swerved away to avoid collision.

I thought I had got away from any harm. but it was only a year later I found out I had damaged some of my neck and back muscles. I suffer to this day from what I thought was a whiplash and now a confirmed muscle damage.

So what do you do when you have a puncture?

• Put your hazard warning lights on to warn others. This will make them keep distance and be aware.
• Avoid pressing the brake
• Hold on to the steering wheel as tightly as possible.
• Try and determine which tire has punctured
• If it is a front tire, you steering will judder and pull to the side you have the puncture. (if so avoid braking)
• If it is a rear tire, you will find your back swerving slightly from side to side depending on speed.
• If it is your front tire, avoid braking, put your clutch in and reduce speed slowly. Also gear down. (if it is an automatic car, take it to neutral).
• Steer towards a safe place making sure to not steer too much or too fast.
• And slowly bring the car to a safe stop.
• If it is the rear tire, then you may break but make sure to brake very gently and try and slow down slowly.
• Again steer slowly towards a safe place to stop.

It all sounds easy, but when you are in that situation, you may not remember this. Just remember to stay calm. If you remain calm, then this will all come back to you. But if you panic, you will only do things and react in a manner that will endanger your life.
Although it doesn't sound very dangerous, punctures can have serious consequences. This is why you will find you car fails vehicle checks such as MOT when you tires are in bad shape.
Having done motor mechanics when I was in college, I got to learn how some things that seem so simple and petty can become life threatening.

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Blogger friends may not help you earn

Does it help when friends from Blogger community visit your article?

Before I tell you a fact that will have you thinking, let me tell you some background information.

It is not good enough just being listed in Google. You have to try and get listed in Bing, Yahoo and minor search engines or directories used by people across the globe to make good money.

Saying that, it is very difficult to get listed high with Bing and Yahoo as they use different ways of selecting what is listed with them and where. Unlike Google which lists according to links, visit and the relevance of particular article (page) on the web.

Google is said to search for the keywords used by the person doing the search in your article. Depending on how many times it appears, it is then given a rating and it is that which determines where your page is listed.

Also in order for you to make anything, your visitor has to be on your page for a minimum of 30 seconds. It is only then you may make something either from PPC or CPC. Don't ask me how and why, but apparently this is what they do to make sure it is not people visting to click ads (people and sites taking part in exchanging clicks).

We all know Google monitors very carefully the people who click on their ads, the impressions that appear. Not only that, advertisers using Google to advertise are also able to monitor people who are clicking on their ads. They can actually prevent their ads appearing on a particular site/page and can even report sites or articles to Google if they suspect deliberate clicks. This can actually reduce your income. I am not saying it will, but a possibility. Let us all hope it doesn't. As long as we have new visitors, it will actually increase our income.

So what does this mean? Well you may have now figured out what I am trying to say, but for those who haven't here it goes:

Positive

• Friends from the blog sites community can help increase the number of visitors by visiting our articles, this is true.
• It will help us get better ratings with search engines and get listed higher
• Comments left may help unique and new visitors to read and contribute

Negative

• Repeat visitors are picked up by Google and other Affiliate companies, so you may not get paid for cpc or ppc every-time for the same visitor
• Minimum of 30 seconds stay on any given page is required for it to be taken into account as a visit or for any chance to earn something. By saying visit and 30 seconds stay I mean something that will actually be beneficial. All visits are counted.
• Repeat clicks by the same person can get you banned for life, although they do know that sites have genuine repeat visitors and they may click on ads for genuine reasons.

So why do I say that? I have recently been reading a lot about how Google operates the AdSense programme and how they monitor from their Google AdSense help section .

I have also found some sites dedicated to finding out how to get listed high up in search engines. Not the sites that claim to be able to help you get listed high by charging you. But sites that have forums to share experiences and I suspect some may even be ex Google employees participating. Good for us.

My advice is to keep on trying to get unique visitors to your articles or site to help you grow your income.

A way to do that is to leave comments and visit blog sites outside of Blogger. Some blog sites allow you to leave your comment along with your name and your website address just like Blogger.

However, some sites also allow the blogger to accept or decline your comment. So try and avoid leaving your site name in the actual comment, as it may get your comment rejected. If your comment appears on that persons article, then people will be able to visit your site by clicking on your name. So make sure to leave an interesting comment. This will have visitors wanting to see who you are and may get them to click on your name. Which we know will bring them to your website.

I find leaving a few dots at the end of your comments leave the impression of your comment being longer. If your comment is an interesting one, then visitors will think the comment is longer and press on your name to see the rest of the comment. Which obviously will only bring them to your site.

In short and bullet points things to do to help each other.

• Do read articles and leave good comments, preferably a couple of sentence. Not will it only help your friend but you too as this will have people wanting to make friends with you and see some of your blogs.
• Try and stay on the page for at least 30 seconds. You don't actually have to be viewing it. As long as it is open in your browser.
• Visit other blog sites where you can leave a comment along with your URL. Don't waste your time with the ones that don't allow you to leave your URL. By all means, you can leave your URL in the comment section of those sites if it relevant to the article. Or by simply requesting the author to visit your page or site and give their opinion. This sometimes make the other person feel good, because you are saying that they are intelligent indirectly.
• When leaving your URL, try and leave it in places where the site or article is similar to what you are linking it to. This helps create back-links. Your article or blog should be an add on or an improvement to where you are leaving the comment. Don't say that in the comment section though.
• Leave a link in your Facebook, Twitter, Myspcae, Bebo or whatever else you use and ask friends to visit. Ask them to help you by proof reading and by helping you fill in gaps or simply make improvements. This always works better.

Hope the above helps. Just before I finish this long article, which I thought was going to be a short one when I started. I just want to bring to your attention, those who use Google Analytics will be able to confirm some things I have said about repeat visitors and how Goolge monitors things by looking at their Analytics. A way to confirm the above is, you can log out of your account and visit your article a few time. You will be able to see, no matter how many times you do, it will not increase the number of visitors in your analytics. You normally have two figures. One will say number of visits, this will increase, but the one that says Visitors will not and it will remain the same.

So friends, please do visit my articles and leave genuine comments, even if they are negative. I would rather have you be honest then lead me to believe I am doing it right. I will do the same by reading your articles and leaving honest opinion. We are all here to make some extra cash, so may as well help ea other. Good luck.

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Drink Fit

As you are aware there are two components to losing weight. One is to burn more energy by increasing your activity level. The other is to take in less energy (fewer calories). This is where drinking water comes in. Unlike other liquids water has no calories. Drinking too much of any liquid other than water may give you too many calories.

Studies have shown that as much as 20 percent of the population can achieve the weight loss they desire by drinking more water and less juice, fizzy drinks etc. However, most people still need to increase their activity level (go out and play) and eat healthier.

So the solution to losing at least a few extra pounds sounds easy. Start with two glasses of cold water first thing in the morning. That's before you drink coffee or eat your breakfast. The reason I say cold water is as some research show, when you drink cold water, your works harder to warm it up to suit your body. Which means it is working out in a way. That in it-self is a form of exercise. But drink it as cold as you are able to without forcing yourself too much.

It is very difficult for the body to differentiate hunger from thirst. If you don't drink enough water throughout the day, you may mistake thirst for hunger and eat more than you really need, which can also impair weight loss. So staying well hydrated is important, particularly if you are trying to lose weight. And don't forget to eat lots of water-based foods like soups, vegetables and low-fat dairy, which are equally important for weight loss, as they lower the calorie density of meals. That can help you reduce calories without reducing portions.

When you drink all the water you need, you will very quickly notice a decrease in your appetite, possibly even on the first day! If you're serious about becoming leaner and healthier, drinking water is an absolute must. If you're doing everything else right and still not seeing results, this might just be what's missing.

Water is also the best beauty treatment. You've heard this since high school, and it's true. Water will do wonders for your looks! It flushes out impurities in your skin, leaving you with a clear, glowing complexion. It also makes your skin look younger. Skin that is becoming saggy, either due to aging or weight loss, plumps up very nicely when the skin cells are hydrated.

In addition, it improves muscle tone. You can lift weights until you're blue in the face, but if your muscles are suffering from a drought, you won't notice a pleasant difference in your appearance. Muscles that have all the water they need contract more easily, making your workout more effective, and you'll look much nicer than if you had flabby muscles under sagging skin.

So how much should you drink?

The minimum figures for the body's daily water loss are 500ml through urine and 700ml through breathing and sweating.

Doctors advise that to be on the safe side we should drink at least 1.2 litres of liquids (2.5 pints). So, remember, although water is essential, you don't need to become obsessed about drinking eight glasses a day!

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Work your brain to lose fat.

There are many ways to lose fat, and I am sure you know of a good few. But how about use your brain to lose fat.

Have I got you thinking? Don't worry I am not saying you need to use your brain because I think you are dumb.

A recent research suggests that by doing crosswords, sudoku burns more calories than contained in a chocolate chip cookie.

The mental exercise uses up on average 90 calories an hour. More than what a cookie on conatins, which is about 56 calories.

Our brain is made up of millions of neurons which produce chemicals called neurotransmitters that relay signals around the body. Neurons take glucose, sugar, calories, and oxygen to create the neurotransmitters.

Mental activities such as doing crosswords, sudoku and other puzzles makes your brain need more glucose and calories. Mental agility expert Tim Forrester, the man behind the survey said "Our brains require 0.1 calories a minute just to survive. When we do something challenging such as a puzzle or a quiz we burn 1.5 calories a minute.

So ladies and gentlemen, you now have more reasons to work that brain out and not just punish yourself and your body in the gym. Start doing more puzzles on your way to work and back home on that train.

I always wondered why I never put any weight on and what the secret behind me being so skinny was. Now I know, its all these puzzles i keep doing. No more for me from today onwards.

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Pussycat Dolls Split

Pussycat Dolls split up after an outbreak of jealousy according to a report. A source has told the New York Post newspaper.

The girl band have parted over lead singer Nicole Scherzinger. Nicole is the girlfriend of British Formula 1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton.

The 31 year old is the more well known and famous out of the five Pussycats who achieved worldwide fame and success with their single Don't Cha back in 2005.

The remaining Pussycats, Melody Thornton, Kimberly Wyatt, Ashley Roberts and Jessica Sutta were unhappy about the start status of Nicole.

Nicole is said to be working on her own debut solo album.

But the report was dismissed by their founder Robin Antin last night. Ms Antin is saying the Pussycat Dolls are still much alive and there is no truth in the rumour.

Only time will tell what is left of the Pussycat Dolls.

My personal opinion about the group has always been and I believe that Nicole has always been bit selfish and made sure she was always the one noticed and got all the credits. It was very rare to hear about any of the other singers from the group. Including the videos, where it was Nicole being all over it.

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