One of the fastest and smartest way women can make money today is through starting an internet business, at least in my opinion. There are ten reasons why you should start an internet business but only one reason not to.

1. Cash- What is the one thing that everyone can use more of? Yep, its cash! You may want to get out of debt, save for retirement or just stay afloat, either way you likely need more money to do it. An internet business is in the unique position of place to start generating money immediately, if you have the right guidance.

2. Family Time- Many moms yearn to stay at home with their children. This is why a work at home job is perfect, unless you have to go out for parties, sales calls or appointments anyway. This leaves you in the same position, calling sitters and spending time away from the children. Thankfully, you can run your internet business from home.

3. Self Image- It is easy to be caught up in the job of your life being a mom, wife or community member and forget all about building self-esteem. Nothing will boost yourself image than starting and succeeding at your own business and this feeling will spread to all the people in your life.

4. Civic Duty- When you start a business the community you are a part of is better off. You show your children an awesome model to follow, pay taxes that go for necessary programs like fire departments, police and others. All of these things come together to create a community where hard work and pride reign. You may even inspire other women around you to start their own business as well.

5. Taxes- Do not forget all the handy savings you can enjoy with the tax breaks that come with a home business. Most women in business will be able to benefit from these breaks. More money, less taxes, it is hard to see a down side.

6. Household savings- Think about it, when you work from home you do not have to invest in a fancy wardrobe. The average professional attire for women can cost you over $150! And to top that all off most of these suits are dry clean only. How much money could go back into the family budget every year if you did not have this expense? Moreover, you will not be as prone to using expensive convenience foods and take out!

7. Schedule- When you work at home your time is your own. You can tend to a sick baby, wipe the tears of the broken hearted, go eat lunch with your child or just do nothing at all! You can even spend the day with your favorite book, when is the last time your boss let you off to read a book?

8. Layoffs- When you manage the business you are in charge of layoffs! That is not to say a home business will never fail, but at least it is your decisions that make the difference not somebody else's.

9. Set Your Pay- The more you work your business the more potential income you can make. You do not have to settle for dollars an hour less than you are worth or prove you should have a raise; it is all in your hands. With the right training, you can take your hard work and persistence and combine them to make an unlimited income.

10. Sell, Sell, Sell- Build the business up and later down the road you can sell it for a profit! It is an investment like any other and if you make it highly successful, you will have no problem selling it for a good chunk of change. There have been sites that brought their owners hundreds of thousands of dollars and they started just like you, knowing very little about online business.

Now, that ONE reason NOT to start the business...

NEVER start a business to prove anything to someone else! Women feel so much pressure to be super moms that it is easy to get pressured into business too. You may not feel like you are a success unless you are generating a lot of money, have perfectly groomed children, are skinny as a model... ETC... Your business should be started for one reason and one reason only because you want to! The world, your family, in-laws or even your neighbor can go fly a kite. You have nothing to prove to the world or anyone in it. Running a full internet business from home is not for every person, but if your dream is to work at home and make good money, starting an online business is a great place to start.

Leon Edward is the owner and webmaster of Home Business Internet where you'll find proven and tested online business ideas, reviews of home businesses, information on start up grants, home business management, financial records , home business it set up, start an internet travel business and more.

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In this highly computerized global community, the use of the internet has become a normal way to surf the net and shop. Unfortunately, there are criminals out there who try to take advantage of people in order to steal their money and identity. However, there are now effective ways of avoiding being a victim of fraud. Before you use the internet, you should know how to recognize fraud activity.

The following are a number of tips to help you avoid fraud:

1. If you are going to make a purchase from an online retailer, make sure that you know that the site is legitimate. Check with the Better Business Bureau or check online sites that keep lists of scams and fraudulent sites. Make sure there is a legitimate address such as contact phone number and physical address. Be wary of sites from a foreign country that you have never purchased products from.

2. Check to see if the company is part of a compliancy program that requires that the company meet specific security standards. Also check for a trustmark logo on the site. This will tell you that the site maintains effective security practices for protecting your personal and financial information.

3, Check to see how long the site has been in operation. Be wary of newly opened online retailers as some fraudsters open sites for a brief period and then shut them down.

4. If you receive an email saying you won money but have to pay for the processing and transfer of the payment, it is a scam and you should delete the email right away and report it to the Better Business Bureau or Fraud protection website. If you keep receiving suspicious emails, reply and ask to be taken off their list or block the senders email address.

5. Make sure you understand the terms and conditions of an offer. Sometimes there is a statement saying the seller will continue to charge your credit card unless you cancel the order. Make sure you understand cancellation policies, return policies, and refund policies. You should also know the terms of the warranty.

5. If you feel you are being pushed to make a purchase such as if they say the special offer will expire if you don't act now, forget about it and just move on to another site or delete the email.

6 If you enjoy entering contests, there are many online contests. Be careful about the type of contests that you enter. If they want any personal or financial information, or they want you to pay to enter the contest, leave that site.

7. Beware of fraudulent impostor websites. There are sites that look like real websites of brand name companies. Look at unusual website URLs and poorly designed websites with spelling and grammar errors.

8. Never give out your personal information. Don't send your banking and credit card information to anyone who sends you an unsolicited email. As well, don't give anyone your social security number. Watch out for imposture emails claiming to be from your bank. No bank or legitimate business will ask you to email your personal information and banking information. It is important to never give out any of your passwords and change them frequently.

9. The best way to pay for a product online is to use a credit card because you can dispute the charges if there is a problem.

There are many criminals hunting for innocent people to prey upon so that they can steal their money and life. It is important to know how to protect yourself to avoid being a victim of fraud.

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You hear about assaults on women almost on a daily basis. Colorado Springs and Pueblo are good examples of what happens everywhere else. Southern Colorado-the area served by our local TV stations-is mostly conservative, Hispanic and loaded with assaults on women.

Last night the lead story was about a woman who was a domestic violence victim. Her husband almost beat her to death. They pointed out that one in four women is a victim of domestic violence-one in four!

And that is in a country that considers women as equals. How about countries where women have little or no rights at all and are treated worse than cattle?

Without getting preachy, women need to take a stand. There are all sorts of resources for men and women to fix the problem. The first part is deciding what they want to put up with. Two of my daughters were victims after they were married so I have little second hand experience.

Some of the most popular self defense products women can use to defend themselves against domestic violence and assaults are listed here. They are meant to give you time to get away from a dangerous situation and seek help-nothing more.

1. Stun Devices-Stun guns are 86 percent effective, tasers are nearly 100 percent effective. Most police officers carry one or the other on their utility belt-that is how good they are.

2. Pepper Sprays-They are the most popular self defense tool in the world. The main appeal is it can be applied from a distance of up to 18 feet. Pepper spray will incapacitate an assailant for up to 30-45 minutes and hurts like....

3. Personal Alarms-My first recommendation for college age women. The bad guys don't like anything that draws attention to them. These alarms can be heard from hundreds of yards away.

4. Self Defense DVD's-The best way to start a self defense program is with a self defense DVD to learn the basics of street fighting in the comfort of your own home.

A well rounded approach to self defense with a self defense course as the foundation is the best way to go. Then carry at least two self defense products like a pepper spray and stun gun or taser. You cannot possibly be too prepared.

Jack Krohn owns "Security Solutions" and is the author of over 400 articles on self defense and home security problems.

According to statistics from the US Department of Justice, thirty percent of violent crime in 2008 occurred in the home. Murderers, rapists, kidnappers, robbers and dacoits all prey on the chance to enter your homes and wreak havoc. The point of this reminder is not to frighten you, but to ensure that you do not allow criminals to take advantage of any lack of preparedness on your part.

First and foremost, discuss all possible crime situations with your family. Decide which threats are most likely, given your neighborhood and any other factors. For instance, robbery could be common in your area, or a family member could have possible enemies owing to past jobs, lawsuits etc. in which case you would need to carefully guard your whole family. If there is ay specific threat, work on minimizing the risk of that actually happening, and if there are no specific threats, then just generally come up with ways to prevent break-ins.

The first thing to do is to take preventative measures. Install a security alarm system if possible. If not, at least install a peephole in your front door and instruct children to open the door only to known people. Install metal grilles in all your windows, so that ventilation is possible without allowing break-ins. Talk to children about the importance of locking the door carefully whenever they leave. Do not leave the house key in an obvious place such as under a doormat or over the front door frame. Also, do not give the house key to young children who can carelessly pass it to any stranger. Instruct children never to let a stranger know that they are alone in the house. When you come home to an empty house, make sure it really is empty. If you suspect that anyone is inside, do not go in, but go to a neighbor's house and call the police. Tell your children to do the same so that they will be out of harm's way.

Sometimes you will need to escape from the house if there is no possibility of defending yourself from an intruder. Make sure that each room has at least one exit and one good hiding place. Obvious ones like under the bed will usually just trap you in the room with the intruder, so avoid those. Escape through a window or something similar if there is no other option. Hide children or weak members of the family immediately for they can be used as hostages by the intruder.

There is usually little point trying to fight an intruder. Your best option is to go along with his demands and try to distract him so that someone can send out a distress signal or call the police. There should be a list of emergency numbers by the phone, and preferably, more that one phone set in the house. Agree on a distress signal with a neighbor if possible. For instance, hanging a certain colored cloth from a window or knocking an adjoining wall in a certain rhythm. Also, if any family members are out, make sure they stay out, again by a pre-arranged signal. For example, you could hang something over the peephole, or invert a sign hanging over the front door to indicate danger.

Finally, keep legal weapons in the house. Most effective are stun gun and pepper spray, and these can be used as a last resort if it comes to a fight. These will temporarily disorient the intruder and you can make a quick escape.

Like most survival situations, the key to home survival too lies in effective planning and preparation. You have nothing to lose by preparing, and a life or many lives to gain if the possibility prepared for becomes a reality. Start your preparation here and now so that there is no regret to face later.

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Sexual abuse survivors have a myriad of issues. Some people are very in touch with the abuse they have experienced, and some people come in with only a sense of something that has happened to them and vague memories of what that was. But people begin to recognize that they do have problems with the abuse they have suffered when they have sexual dysfunction in their marriage, or emotional issues such as anxiety, depression or relationship issues.

A Safe Place

What they are needing is a safe place to talk about their experiences, their confusion and their feelings. What we call people who have suffered sexual abuse are sexual abuse survivors, because part of the therapeutic process in treating them is teaching them that being sexually abused does not make them "less than" something, or make them a victim.

Dealing with some of the memories can be hard. People with graphic memories need to process those in a safe place. Those people who cannot access specific memories need to understand that all they need to deal with to get better is have the sense of memories they do have. We don't try and make them recover those memories.

Respect Your Feelings

What they need to understand is the reason they cannot remember those things is because their mind and body are not ready to do that yet. If or when their mind or body is ready, those memories will become present. Until then, it will only cause them trauma to try and force them to remember things they are not ready to remember.

What they do need to do then is to respect the feelings they have that something did happen to them, to honor that and believe themselves. They also need to discover that they are not responsible for the abuse that occurred. One of the common feelings is guilt that they should have done something differently. They need to get in touch with themselves as children and recognize they did not have any power as children, they do not own any responsibility.

Linda Miller-deBerard is a writer for Yodle, a business directory and online advertising company. Find an Expert Guide [http://www.local.yodle.com] or more Mental Health articles at Yodle Consumer Guide.

As a woman, you must be prepared for any self defense situation. Women may look particularly vulnerable to attack, especially when walking alone at night. It doesn't matter why the assailant is approaching you - it could be a mugging, a purse snatching, or even an attempted rape - you must immediately take action to get out of this dangerous situation. Women are the targets of over ninety percent of all assaults, which also includes domestic violence, date rape, and other violent crimes besides those you are likely to encounter on the streets.

You can't expect the police to come running immediately - it is your responsibility to fight back against an attacker. Though it may be possible for you to fight back using unarmed defense tactics, such as kneeing your attacker in the groin or gouging his eyes, by carrying self defense devices you can greatly increase your chances of getting away unharmed. Many self defense methods and devices are designed for the particular needs of women.

Regardless of your physical size or strength, you have options. When fighting against a larger, stronger attacker, or one who may be armed, self defense products like pepper spray or a stun gun can make all of the difference. Pepper spray is one of the most effective forms of self defense you can carry. Pepper spray is easy to use; just press the button, just like a can of hair spray or paint. You can even find pepper spray in a pink canister that won't look out of place in your handbag, or a canister shaped like a keychain or even a pen. Many of these devices have been designed specifically to help women feel comfortable carrying them.

Too many women are timid when confronted with a potentially violent situation. You must take a stand and be unafraid of fighting back. The biggest barrier for women being attacked is their mental state. You are not helpless, and you can successfully stop an attacker. Although everyone reacts differently, most people's initial reaction is to freeze up. By projecting confidence, you not only make yourself less of a target, but you also increase your abilities to fight back.

Many women are afraid of fighting back because they don't want to hurt anyone, even when they are being attacked. You can protect yourself even if you don't want to hurt another human being. One of the best parts about using pepper spray, a stun gun, or a TASER device is that they cause no lasting harm. Just point the device at your attacker and deploy it. It will take them down instantly, and you don't have to worry about permanently injuring them.

Besides having the appropriate devices to fight back, women must pay attention to the situation and to their actions when avoiding an attack. Walk confidently wherever you are, and avoid walking alone, especially at night, even if you're just heading from the store to your car. Never sit inside your unlocked vehicle to reapply makeup, talk on your cell phone, or make a shopping list. Trust your instincts, especially when it comes to dealing with suspicious people. You do have the power to fight back, but first you should avoid making yourself a target for attack. It is imperative that women become proactive in their own protection, which includes carrying a self defense device you are not afraid to use.

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