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Subscription Benefits or what is RSS.
Posted by: | CommentsIf you visit here often there is a way you can receive information that appears here automatically. It won’t cost you a thing and you can stop it anytime no questions asked.
You can subscribe. There are both email and rss links available. If you are unfamiliar with RSS let me explain.
RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. It is a way to deliver content from one website to a place it is aggregated. If you have a “front page” with information on it much like iGoogle or Yahoo then you are using rss. The rss “feed” from this blog could be received to your home page by clicking on the rss buttons on my home page. One is blue and has diagonal stripes and appears in the upper right hand corner. The other is the same size is orange-colored with stripes and is in the lower far right-hand column.
If you have a separate reader like Google Reader, Bloglines, News Gator etc… you have the option of sending your rss subscription there.
What if you don’t have a fancy frontpage and don’t know what an aggregator is and don’t want to know? NO PROBLEM! Sign up to have it delivered every 3-7 days to your email. You would get an email from Feedblitz with the new articles embedded. Just click on the article to read it, save it for later, delete it or cancel it with the click of a mouse.
I am encouraging my readers to subscribe. I will be offering special perks to those who do starting next month. If you don’t subscribe, you win’t know about them because these perks will come to you in the feed and not on the blog.
If you have questions, ask me in the comments or email me, I have my contact info on a page that is labeled “Contact Bruce”. This option is near the top of the middle column.
Let me know what you think and most importantly, subscribe. Its free and its easy to do.
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Subscribe and Get the Skinney comes to you.
Posted by: | CommentsI really appreciate visitors to this blog and I try to have things here that make you want to come back. I know as a reader of blogs that I can’t visit every blog I read everyday. So, I subscribe to the RSS feed from each blog I like.
RSS stands for real simple syndication. It is a way to send anything new from a website to a central location controlled by the person reading the blog or interested in the site. To do this means the subscriber must have a place either on their computer or on the web to aggregate or collect the feeds. It works much like email. Read More→
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Keyword search tool
Posted by: | CommentsThe following is a key word search tool.
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Disclosure
Posted by: | Comments1. Who runs this site?
I am the sole author and am 100% responsible for content and opinion
2. Who pays for the site?
I pay for the site. I do not accept advertising except for things I have used my self and believe will benefit my readers I hope that associate affiliations will eventually make the payments.
3. What is the purpose of the site?
To provide commentary, opinion and advice about health, wellness and fitness related issues.
4. Where does the information come from?
I read articles related to medical news and recommendations. I consult with local experts with whom I work (I am a Physician Assistant in the Research Triangle area of NC) and the written opinions of experts in journals and websites.
5. What is the basis of the information?
Not sure what is meant by this, but it is based on the best published facts, and evidence based reviews I can find.
6. How is the information selected?
According to what is currently in the news, what are considered common important problems and what my patients are dealing with at the time i.e. flu shots
7. How current is the information?
It is as current as I can find. Most opinion is based on the most recent research and reviews found in Pub Med and similar places.
8. How does the site choose links to other sites?
If another site has a piece on the same topic on which I am working and presents data or information that I can refer to without having to write it myself, I link to them.
9. What information about you does the site collect, and why?
I have made the ability to read this site easy via email, rss or just visiting. My goal is to offer special information or extra perks to those who support us through reading or clicking through to buy products. Right now I am not formally collecting any information.
10. How does the site manage interactions with visitors?
Comments are open, but are reviewed by me to insure that spam comments are weeded out and that only true comments are posted. I welcome criticism, correction and hopefully praise.
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My favorite charity.
Posted by: | CommentsMy favorite charity has a button in the left column of this blog or link here. It allows you to give to school kids near you or a place or project you choose. It is well run, has low overhead, and gets results. Here are words from their website.
“DonorsChoose(sm) is a simple way to provide students in need with resources that our public schools often lack. At this not-for-profit web site, teachers submit project proposals for materials or experiences their students need to learn. These ideas become classroom reality when concerned individuals, whom we call Citizen Philanthropists, choose projects to fund.
Proposals range from “Magical Math Centers” ($200) to “Big Book Bonanza” ($320), to “Cooking Across the Curriculum” ($1,100). Any individual can search such proposals by areas of interest, learn about classroom needs, and choose to fund the project(s) they find most compelling. In completing a project, donors receive a feedback package of student photos and thank-you notes, a teacher impact letter, and an expenditure report showing that their tax-deductible gift was spent as directed.”
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