With the success of Lifelock, there are now many other companies providing identity theft protection services, including Indentity Truth and ID Watchdog.

Another relatively new service, appearing at first glance to be providing a similar service is Reputation Defender. However, instead of identity theft protection, they provide tools to monitor, protect and improve your online reputation. The uniqueness of the service is that not only can you monitor what top search engines and social media sites have listed under your name, but you can also work to improve these results or even increase your web presence. The service is not cheap with yearly fees ranging from $99 to $599, but it’s an interesting concept in our new world loaded with digital media. If you work at a profession where your digital reputation is a valuable asset, I would recommend giving Reputation Defender a try.

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I am enjoying the U.S. World Cup soccer team’s nice performance in the group round … afterall, they did win their first World Cup Soccer match in 8 years in dramatic fashion. However, I think it’s counter intuitive the way time is kept for these soccer matches.

Besides the fact that the clock counts forward and not backwards, I don’t really understand the logic of additional time. I understand the basic concept is that the clock runs continually and the referee gets the option of adding time at his discretion based on any “stoppage time” or “injury time” that may have occurred … but wouldn’t it make more sense to just stop the clock during these incidences?

Run the clock during throw ins, corner kicks, goal kicks, etc., but stop it during injuries, fan interference (or when fans throw stuff on the field) and things like that.

This would make the time keeping much less confusing and would take some of the variability out that comes with the referees discretion. Really not much of a money saving post, but an opinion I felt needed to be shared. Go U.S.A.

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The Outlook for Electronic Cigarettes

The premise of e-cigarettes is that these battery powered devices provide inhaled dosages of nicotine via vapor rather than the traditional smoke of regular cigarettes.  Manufacturers of electronic cigarettes claim that e-cigarettes are a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, claiming that many of the harmful chemicals that are produced by the combustion of tabacco in regular cigarettes is not present in the vapor of the e-cigs.

Another early benefit that marketers of e-cigarettes claimed was the potential to smoke them in public places where smoking was otherwise banned.  The thought was that since their is no second hand smoke to speak of, only vapor, that people could smoke them anywhere … at work, on planes, etc.  However, many countries have already voted to ban e-cigs in non-smoking areas, and some U.S. state are now following suit — though these bans may be lifted if the FDA approves electronic cigarettes.

Regardless, the electronic cigarette industry has certainly been gaining a lot of ground.  Some reports say that their are already over 500 million Americans using ecigs.

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Dieting is a Science:

“Decrease intake: lose weight”.    “Increase exercise, lose weight”.  It’s just that simple.  And yet, minimizing intake is so difficult for the majority of dieters.  For those that step up the exercise routine, the frustration sets in when  you begin to develop a ravenous appetite from extensive work-outs.

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