Quotes of the Day

Tips for raising the search engine rankings of your Web pages: 1. Feature preferably just one--and at most two--unique keywords per page. 2. The title tag should start with your keyword. 3. The first sentence of the first paragraph should start with your keyword. 4. Mention your keyword three times in the next three sentences. 5. Out of every 100 words of text on the page, between three and eleven of those words should be the keyword--a "keyword density" of between 3 and 11 percent. [2005] - Robert W. Bly

Currently, the most effective method for improving your sleep is called cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, or CBT-I: (1) establish a regular bedtime and wake-up time, even on weekends, (2) go to bed only when sleepy and avoid sleeping on the couch early/mid-evenings, (3) never lie awake in bed for a significant time period; rather, get out of bed and do something quiet and relaxing until the urge to sleep returns, (4) avoid daytime napping if you are having difficulty sleeping at night, (5) reduce anxiety-provoking thoughts and worries by learning to mentally decelerate before bed, and (6) remove visible clock-faces from view in the bedroom, preventing clock-watching anxiety at night. [2017] - Matthew Walker

Insomnia usually goes along with depression. Sleep lab studies show some changes in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep: It tends to start earlier in the night, and there's more than usual in the first part of the night. The amount of deep (slow wave) sleep is usually reduced. With some types of depression, a different pattern occurs-one of hypersomnia (excessive sleep). For example, with seasonal affective disorder, which is depression that occurs with winter darkness and lifts with longer hours of daylight, people often sleep more than usual and have trouble waking up in the morning. [2021] - Judith R. Davidson

When you wash your hands,pay attention to all the sense perceptions associated with the activity: the sound and feel of the water, the movement of your hands, the scent of the soap, and so on. There is one certain criterion by which you can measure your success in this practice: the degree of peace that you feel within. [1999] - Eckhart Tolle

I’m heavily biased toward silver. The mixture of physical metals that I prefer for the at home portion of my physical allocation is 10 percent to 50 percent gold, and 50 percent to 90 percent silver. The quantity you keep at home depends on the size of your investment, but it’s typically somewhere between 3 to 100 ounces of gold, and 100 to 10,000 ounces of silver. Always buy 0.999 fine silver. [2008] - Michael Maloney