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Chat rooms are becoming more and more popular as people flock to them in search of an audience, friendship, and even love. You can even access chat rooms from your mobile phone making them easier than ever to locate and use. Most of these chat rooms are safe enough, being moderated, and more importantly, self-monitored by their members. However, the dangers of chat rooms for the over 50s crowd is growing.

That is right; the latest trend in demographics of chat room use is the 50’s plus crowd. Seniors in general are crowding into chat rooms. Older people from all over the world are connecting in a way that they never could have before computers and the internet. Many of these folks do not know much about the technology, they just know that it is a great way to meet people and make friends.

There are a lot more chat rooms out there for people fifty and older. It seems to be a trend of the future. You can type 50s chat or senior chat into a search engine and get pages full of chat sites that are now available. If you are a senior in search of someone to talk to, you should check it out.

Of course, anywhere you have a crowd of people who are not savvy to the ways of the internet; you will also have people who are savvy in the ways of taking advantage of them. This is why it is so important to be careful and also to watch out for your fellow chat roomers. Take the time to learn your way around the chat room that you use and learn its terms of service, and privacy policy. The more information you have, the better off you will be. Say hello and make yourself known to the moderator so that they know you are new and that you are concerned about the safety of yourself and others

Never tell anyone your personal information like your name, phone number or address. Remember that you are taking someone’s word for whom they are. They know that there is little you can do to check on their identity or background. There are a lot of unscrupulous people on the internet.

Identity theft is on the rise again with more and more people becoming a victim of this terrible crime. Identity theft is even more devastating to senior citizens as they have only a set amount of income and so much more to lose. Please be very wary of the information you give out online.

When you register in a chat room, do not use your real name for a handle, and be very careful all the time. You cannot let your guard down even for an instant. That is not to say that you cannot have fun and make friends. You just have to be careful what you reveal about yourself that could be used against you.

In casual conversation, someone could build a profile of you in just a matter of weeks that could do plenty of damage. On the other hand, there are plenty of people in chat rooms that just want to be friends and enjoy chatting with other people. It is a fine line to tread, but if you are going to play the game, those are the rules. The dangers of chat rooms for the over 50s is real so protect yourself at all times.

On the lookout for over 50 chat rooms? Then you need to create your senior chat room profile and start building up legitimate, international friendships instantly.

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The different ribbons you can bring in while playing FarmVille could be somewhat easily overlook and could also be undervalued. Anyway in the end, you get nearly all of them by basically doing the things that you need to do in the game. There are ribbons that are so simple to earn like ribbons for plowing or harvesting various types of crops, or spending your farm cash at the market. But the bonuses that come when you gain these ribbons are not tiny, so you can actually make these gaining ribbons a primacy, thus earn big time bonus. This is a lot simpler than it sounds, and acceptably deserving with little measure of effort it needs.

Aiming at Your Activities

Certainly, if you will be toiling on increasing your ribbons, you must know what you need to do to earn them. You can discover them easily by just ticking on the ribbon icon which is found at the bottom part of the screen. This will pop up a new window allowing you to read in detail the numerous types of ribbons that are obtainable and know what you need to do to earn them.

Complementary Sets

A few of accomplished activities rewarded by ribbons are corresponding awards. But others are not complementary too. Such as, harvesting a specified number of vegetable crops or even fruit crops, you can earn separate ribbons for these opposite activities. But since you only have controlled amount of area to allocate for all your crops, then it is wise to concentrate on one achievement at a time for crops, then move to the next when you already earn the ribbon of the first type of crop. Attempting to do both and divide your resources will only take longer for you to achieve both.

Some separate ribbons are complimentary, however. For example, you can earn ribbons by spending money in the market, and you can also earn ribbons by owning a certain number of decorations. Since you have to spend money in the store to accumulate these decorations, you can work towards both of these ribbons simultaneously.

A Winning Layout

You can also change the layout of your farm in order to earn ribbons more quickly. For instance, if you know you’re going after some ribbons that have to do with harvesting or planting crops, you should maximize the amount of space you devote to plowed land. Once you’ve taken care of these accomplishments, however, you can adjust your layout to reflect your new goals. You don’t want to get rid of all of your plowed plots, however - just make sure you have enough space set aside to pursue your new goals.

Giving out in the Wealth

Since you can share the wealth with your friends every time you earn a ribbon, you should be sure to take advantage of all of the bonuses you can earn when your friends collect ribbons as well. Checking your news feed frequently for your friends’ announcements and clicking on the link to collect the bonus they’re offering is a great way to earn some extra coins and get ahead in FarmVille fast. Just make sure you’re offering the bonuses to them as well so that they share with you every time they can.

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Has anyone besides me noticed that the trend of social networking sites has been to gather as many contacts as possible and then inundate them with with posts that don’t really pertain to anything they want to hear (or read) about? It is as if we are meant to believe that our networking contacts want to hear about the party we are planning for this weekend, or that our friends want to hear about our next corporate meeting.

Let’s take a look at this theory. I have an account with a popular social networking site. Let’s call it “Pace Brook”. In my contacts, I have several personal friends, my fiance, my mom, and several “networking contacts”. I go to my “wall” and in the morning and there are an average of 160 posts there waiting for me to peruse. Another of the sites to which I belong (we will call it “pwitter”), has even more “pweets”. Unless I am going to spend the better part of my day going through them all, how do I sort out what I want to read and what I don’t before starting my work day?

I don’t exactly have an enormous list of contacts. Some of my friends have hundreds of people on their contacts list; if not thousands. Although there are a lot of people I would like to add to my list, what they offer in the way of useful content is nullified by excess noise they would contribute to my wall.

Another concern I have is that I really don’t think my coworkers need (or want) to hear about how I was up until 2:00am and am not looking forward to work today. Conversely, I doubt my friends are interested about office politics. Every time that I babble something and click “post”, that message is going to reach a lot of people that just don’t care about (and therefore will ignore) it. The more I post, the more people will be inclined to not read them, due to the “noise” factor.

I am not alone here. The more contacts you have, the smaller percentage of posts you actually read. The percentage of your contacts that actually read your posts goes down as well. Seems a bit counter productive, doesn’t it?

What about your personal info? There is information about me that I want some people to know, but not others. I know people that have multiple accounts under different names for different purposes, but that seems a bit excessive. I have found myself resigned to just filling out my profiles with the most generic of information. That’s not ideal, but it beats the alternative.

So what do I want? I want my contacts categorize into groups that I can easily manage. I want to see what’s going on with my friends or my coworkers or my networking contacts just by going to the appropriate “wall”. I want to be on my “friends” wall and post something and know that only my “friends” will see it. I want to search for all of my contacts that live near me and quickly and easily send a post to just them. I want my coworkers to go to my profile and see that I am a responsible professional, or my networking contacts to read that I am a blue widgets expert. I want my friends to see the picture I took of Jason with the lampshade on his head, without my coworkers inquiring as to quality of my friends.

The best part is that since I am only sending posts to people that I think will want to read them, more of my posts will actually get read! I can send out party invitations to my friends in San Jose, or quickly update my coworkers about a change in plans for the next meeting.

What I want, in essence is a “buzz conduit”. Something that will direct all the incoming buzz to the proper location, and the outgoing buzz to the people that I want it to reach. It would also be nice to have some of my privacy back.

While it seems that the web 2.0 giants are not likely to do anything like this any time soon, there is a site launching that will. It will enable you, me, and everybody else that wants to to have their very own buzz conduit. It will be called buzzduit.com, and it’s being built as we speak.

Go to buzzduit.com if you want to know the second it is ready to launch. You can even send suggestions or ask question by replying to your confirmation email.

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Find people search has grown to be one of the prevalent searches on the net in the present day. Over 30% of searches are searching for individuals with which they have lost connection.

One such story that strikes close to home is that of my very own uncle. When my Uncle was “young” he and his companion had a son but their relationship did not work out. My Uncle and his partner ended up splitting up. He didn’t even hear anything from his child until he was eighteen. At that time he did not feel as if he was ready to be in contact with him however.

10 years later he felt as if his life was gotten back together enough to contact his son… problem? Yes, there was a problem. He did not know how to contact his son. He tried to look in the spot where he had last heard from his son but they were not where to be found. I remember talking to him about using the internet to find his son or at least try. I did a folks search online and I found a couple of records that had the same name as him. I grabbed the results from the sites and one of them actually gave us a current phone number for him.

There may be some people that try to get in contact with others again on Google search. Sometimes Google can be helpful but I wouldn’t advise it since the results can be totally made up. If you decide to search through Google make sure you add some additional information on your search like a birth date so that you can find the right person.

The whitepages are sometimes used when persons are trying to search for lost loved one but once again they are not the most excellent place to do people searches. I have not had any success with finding individuals on the net through whitepages but you can take a peek if you want.

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When we open the mystical bag of spiritual abilities one of the first things we will find is the ancient ability called intuition. Many have thought intuition was a gift for the seer or psychic, but this ability permeates our everyday lives.

Most of our perceptions are put together by a collection of evidence that is supported by our senses: what we physically see, and can touch. Intuition goes beyond the senses and the facts and delves into a world that is connected more to feel than touch. Through intuition we can get that gut level feeling that lets us know when something is not true, or someone cannot be trusted.

When we talk about intuition we are talking about an ability that is closely associated with our emotions, and its a primal means of getting across that basic message that says I like this or I dont feel safe with this person or event. Intuition is generated from the belly, through the gut-level feeling.

In the Latin language we have the word intueri, the root of the word intuition. This word can be translated to mean look within, which is a great definition of intuitive abilities.

So what role does intuitive insights play in our day-to-day lives? Using our intuitive abilities is much like supporting your vision of a wonderful strawberry with the taste and smell. Intuition is a tool of perception. The best way to build this ability is to acknowledge your use of it.

Many spiritual professionals use their intuition as a gauge and guide in their psychic reading sessions. For some this ability seems to come easily or naturally, for others it is a skill that can be developed.

Intuition is seen as a psychic or spiritual ability, as is clairvoyance. These are two distinctly different abilities, but are often used together. Clairvoyance is clear vision, associated with the brow chakra above the eyes, while intuition is clear feeling tied to the pleasure or pain response.

No matter how we look at it our intuitive abilities are a part of our everyday lives. There are some who use intuition openly as a part of their consulting business. Most of us use intuitive feeling without thinking of it, or associating it with the word intuition. Acknowledgement of any ability is usually based on feedback from others, and most do not encourage an ability that can cut so closely down to the truth.

I have been tasked this week in reconnecting with many people I have recently met to share support as well as find resources to help me in my own mission. We have a word for this, its called networking. As I began writing those emails I realized I had more to share with each of those contacts.

“A vision is powerful in itself, but an act is a sign of our commitment and a statement of the strength of spirit.” These words flowed out so easily, and I became more aware that I was again breaking down the barriers that misdirect my actions into barriers instead of the gentle steps toward my own dream. Suddenly I could see how powerful our creations are as a demonstration of our connection to others.

We live in this world, but we are more than just the shell we walk around in. We are a spiritual presence, with opportunity galore to express ourselves in whatever way we choose. Still we are faced with limitations, and we ask why it is so difficult to make our dream come true. What reason is there for any of us to hold back?

When we look at our time here on earth we must face the limitations of time and space. Everything we do will take some of our attention. We invest our time, perhaps resources, or some space around us for our creations. If we were to have everything how could we invest ourselves deeply in any given thing?

We must make choices, be selective in how our days and moments are spent. Look back on your prior experiences, whether they were a success or a failure only as your resources. When we spend our time in fear or regret we only build the wall that separates us. Step into your dream, invest your time wisely.

This is your moment, the time for your dream to come true. No one can truly share your visions, for vision lacks form or a place within this world. It is in our acts that we connect to others, and share in the creation. But remember it is your vision, and no one else can hold the torch for you.

I’ve had situation where women swarm over me, fighting for my affections. The fact is, you don’t have to be the most gorgeous stud around or have a built like Mr. Universe. You simply need to be receptive to the hints by the girls and you will probably get more than what you can handle. I’ll show you how.

Few years back I was at a bar meeting up some old friends for a beer, talk about our usual topics about basketball and of course girls. I swear I wasn’t looking to hook up with any woman, just plain guys’ talk.

That’s all that happened that day, but I liked the bar and kept going back. I stopped by about every night, had a drink or two, shot the bull with whoever was around and left. After about a week of this, people started greeting me, calling me by name. I didn’t realize it at the time but I had become a regular.

That’s when it started. I noticed that when I walked in and was greeted like an old friend, girls started to turn and glance at me. I saw some of them ask the bartender or waitress who is that guy? Being greeted as I was made them take note of me.

Then some of the girls asked me if they could buy me a drink. Buy me a beer, not me buy them a beer. Soon we’d strike up a conversation, which quite often led to them saying - “I’m driving a red Ford convertible, parked in the third row out back. I’m going out there now, wait about ten minutes and come out if you’re interested.”

This happened to me on a regular basis with different women. Not always the same scenario. Sometimes they would pass me their mobile number or leave and then call back and ask for me and tell me where to meet them. In fact, I got so many offers that sometimes I’d love to take a break and stay away for awhile. I’m not doing any bragging here. It’s genuine. Try it and you can thank me later.

Enjoy!

If I been warned Twitter might occasionally be akin to a cyber office water cooler or worse high school with adults would I have gotten an account? My short answer would have been, no, No, NO! With a Follow up of, Are you crazy? I work at home to avoid those situations. Thank goodness I did not receive this warning until long after I had become part of the social networking phenomenon called Twitter. The heartfelt truth is that I would have missed out on events and people that would forever alter my life.

Why did I sign up for a Twitter account? Our local TV stations current events show used it to promote audience interaction. After months of watching and dying to respond I finally gave in and opened a Twitter account (@thehillers) so I could participate. Day one I sat staring mesmerized as all the data rapidly passed with every update. Each of the 140 character tweets containing personal messages, links to blogs, photos, products, and news left me wanting more. It was a buffet of delicious information delivered in rapid tasty bite size morsels.

I was thrilled that each tweet I sent out with a closing of Hugs & Love resulted in an increase of my follower numbers. My nightly ritual was clicking on tweets of people I thought were interesting and follow them in the hopes of being followed back. Soon I had 100, 200, 300 followers. Once I reached 500 I realized to keep from missing favorite tweets I would need Tweetdeck software. Instantly I had multiple columns of tweets streaming data in front of me and like a director choosing characters for a film I sorted those I was following into groups I could manage.

As a part of my daily routine was Twitter becoming a necessity? Oh Yes, I needed to meet more people so I could discuss animal rights, patriotism, poetry, humanitarian causes and humor. Each day I was chatting daily with a variety of interesting people who were engaging, loving and witty. An amazing group of individuals that began to feel more like a family and I looked forward to learning more about each person.

Important moments can be missed in the blink of an eye online, especially in the accelerated micro-blogging world of Twitter. Had I blinked I would have missed a wildly humorous infidelity cartoon posted by Rick London (@ricklondon). The illustration depicted a cockroach discovering a matchbook from the Roach Motel in her husbands jacket. I knew I would have to follow him next. It Turned out Rick was a master of the humorous Tweet and I looked forward to our daily exchange of puns & double entendres. From fishing to Kafka and sushi to pens and Ink every night we tried to raise the repartee limits.

A single DM (direct message) sent by Rick asking me to retweet something would set in motion an incredible series of events. I clicked on the DM (direct message) to respond when I noticed his Twitter background was a horrible gray. Ricks cartoons were fantastic and colorful so I included an offer to create a new background for him in my DM reply. He told me he had no idea which cartoons to use so I created a collage of my favorites from his website. When I contacted him 2 hours later Rick seemed surprised that I had actually followed through with my offer. The email to send the background led to phone calls as he was unable to upload it to Twitter. We spoke twice that day for an hour in an effort to ensure the layout was perfect.

I was perplexed next morning when an email arrived asking if he could call me immediately. That phone call lasted 3 hours and each day after that we spoke longer and later like old friends trying to catch up on each others lives. Our friendship grew daily while we were exchanging favorite poetry, telling jokes, writing and working on a plan for our new SEO article marketing business idea (Pen and Ink Inc.). One night while Rick was showing me how to publish an article we realized our friendship had blossomed into love. Not more than three weeks later PenAndInkInc.com was born. In cyberspace, this thing called twitter, we had built a foundation for love and a new business in which we have already gained clients; most of whom have come to us on Twitter.

Soon Rick was working on a grass roots campaign with his sister Kathy Ireland Citizens For Dame Elizabeth Taylor For The Presidential Medal Of Freedom. In the early stages, I was asked to join the Twitter campaign which filled the White House mailbox with Emails sent from (most likely) tens of thousands of fellow Twitterers within our networks and other networks connected to ours. Many stories of it appeared worldwide from MSNBC to my article in the Herald de Paris (@Heralddeparis).

A few weeks later we decide it was not good to hide our love for each other. We agreed it was time to bring our love out into the open on twitter so it would no longer be a secret we kept from our friends and acquaintances. We sent love notes in open tweets and it felt so wonderful and filled my heart with joy each day. (These are verbatim actual tweets from Twitter) @thehillers There is beautiful & there is lovely. And then there is Lee = exquisite. @ricklondon Love is trembling happiness. ~ Kahlil Gibran - I Love You, Your Lee xx00xx. @thehillers Kahlil is singing 2 us baby. I love you. Ikea’nt wait 2 cu. @ricklondon Waking up to your voice & hearing your love for me in your wit warmth & wisdom makes my soul sing I Love You, Your Lee xx00xx. @thehillers I can look at a sky full of shining stars and then your face, and in your face I see the whole universe. Love Your Rick

Could love provoke hostile behavior in others? Back to high school at fifty-one was not a thrilling idea. Of course on Twitter it was worse as its adults that were playing the games of innuendo and gossip. Even though 99.9% of our friends and acquaintances on Twitter were extremely happy for us the other 1% left me feeling betrayed with their plotting and scheming.

These detractors had a wide range of arguments about our relationship it was bad for us, bad for them, I would break his heart, he would break my heart and we cant possibly be in love we needed to date others. Their obsessive habits have included following our network of friends to gain access to sending DMs. Their concerns of course were not expressed in open tweets to us. Instead they tweet gossiped, sent DMs to us, DMs to others, left voice mail and sent emails professing their doing these things out of love for us. After weeks of a small group interfering and meddling in our relationship Ricks Sister Kathy decided to take action.

Honestly saying our engagement was nothing as I imagined it might or would ever be is an understatement. It was a nightly pattern for Rick and me to speak on the phone while typing out our final tweets of the day. Then a single tweet caught my attention and I told Rick he might want to read what his sister had just tweeted me. After a brief silence Rick said to me, Well, baby, as you know I was going to ask you anyway, but it’s a nervous time in a man’s life (to ask a woman to marry him), and it was a relief to have a third party (Kathy) do it for me. That’s what sisters are for. Will you marry me? My reply, Yes! Suddenly I was engaged to my Rick the man who loves me and as deeply as I love him.

(These are verbatim actual tweets from Twitter) @thehillers Darling Lee…Will you be my sister in law? Sending love and prayers 2U. Angel…walking in light..8:19 PM Jun 19th from web in reply to thehillers. — @kathyIreland Sis Lee says “YES!” & TY Sis 4 asking as it is a nervous thing ya know when a man asks. xx00Blessing Ur Bro & Sis In Law xx08:25 PM Jun 19th from web — @kathyireland I would Love to be your Sister In Law Rick @ricklondon just asked on phone & I said Yes Love to You, Lee & Rick xx00xx8:27 PM Jun 19th from TweetDeck in reply to ADD @ to kathyireland. As Rick reminded me that night he communicates with his Sis, author/entrepreneur Kathy Ireland often. She already had knowledge that he had planned to ask me to marry him in July. We were both thrilled by her Tweet.

Are social networks like Twitter for you? This you will have to decide for yourself. I can only say you never know what you might be missing if you dont try. My adventures in Twitterville have been blessed with true love, new family, new friends, great conversation and opportunities to help others. What could be better than that?

There are many phones available in the market right now. With such a plethora of choices one might have a hard time deciding what phone is right for them. One such company offering a wide array of choices is Blackberry. Each Blackberry has a numerous amounts of unique functions. This might make choosing a Blackberry phone hard. But the RIM Blackberry Curve 8300 is a great phone for anyone working in a business setting. The phone is absent of any media streaming capabilities. While this may deter some casual phone users, the phones clear focus on business applications make it great for anyone working for a large organization.

For starters the 8300 offers a full QWERTY keyboard. As opposed to the older models this model features keys which are farther spaced apart and aren’t flush with the device. Meaning you wont have any trouble typing messages on the keyboard. The phone also includes an automatic spell check (which can be switched off) on all emails, messages, memos, etc. This is a great feature for those sending out important business related material and doesn’t want to embarrass him or herself with a message containing spelling errors. As well as the typing functionality the trackball navigator makes the phone a breeze to use.

Another great feature beneficial to anyone working for a business is that the phone is able to link up with the companies Blackberry Enterprise Server. This allows the user to send and receive corporate emails. In addition, any user who is on the enterprise server will be able to open any file format recognized by Microsoft Office. They will be able to view contracts and business proposals typed up in Microsoft Word, spreadsheets which were prepared in Excel, and complete Power Point presentations. Anyone on a business trip will surely be taking advantage of this amazing feature.

Anyone thinking about purchasing the Blackberry Curve 8300 should remember that there is no support for any media streaming. This comes at a huge disappointment when one looks at the great service found in V Cast technology. The phone still works as a passable MP4 player. One can upload their music and video files into flash cards and play their files that way. With no 3G support the web browsing suffers. Certain websites take a while to load and in general browsing the web is rather slow.

The camera found on the phone is also passable. It offers the standard image capturing options. The picture quality is adequate. Also the phone cannot record any video. This feature was seldom used by business people anyway.

If you are a business man or woman the Blackberry Curve 8300 is the ideal phone for you. It offers many functions which can be utilized in the corporate world and bring forth many advantages.

Anyone who is in the market for a new Blackberry might be intimidated at first when looking through the selection of phones they have to offer. There are many phones in the Blackberry family. While each phone might not be better or as good as the last, the RIM Blackberry Curve 8300 is clearly geared towards people who would use the phone for business as opposed to casual phone users. With its lack of media streaming and video recording capabilities this is a great phone for anyone looking to use it solely for business with its amazing corporate applications.

The Blackberry Curve 8300 hundred features a full QWERTY keyboard, which has become a staple of the series. Unlike previous models the keys are spaced farther apart, this is very comfortable. One of the more useful features found on the phone is an automatic spell check. It scans all the messages, texts, emails, and memos you send for spelling errors. This is very useful for anyone sharing important business information to their superiors or coworkers. No one would want to send out messages containing accidental spelling errors. Making the phone even easier to use is the new trackball, which moves very swiftly and smoothly.

The Blackberry Curve 8300 is also able to link up to any Blackberry Enterprise Server. Many large organizations have this installed on their network and anyone with the 8300 can receive corporate email. Additionally anyone one who is using the enterprise server has access to Microsoft Office. This amazing little feature allows you to view word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and even Power Point presentations on your phone.

The phone is lacking any video or audio streaming capabilities. The absence of any media streaming function is a big disappointment because of the expansive service found on V cast. The phone can still function as an MP4 player. By inserting files onto the phones 64MB flash card you can listen to music and even watch videos. Without the support of any 3G features the web browsing suffers. Load times can be quite annoying and take a while to load completely.

The camera on the phone is sufficient. For any business person using the phone the camera might feel tacked on but it does offer a small variety of image capturing options as most camera phones do. The phone also lacks any video recording capabilities which again if you are using this phone in a corporate setting then the feature will not be missed.

The Blackberry Curve 8300 is a great phone for business people. With a strong focus on operating systems and business applications this phone will be extremely useful to anyone working for a large organization.