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New ODOT Study finds Car Crashes by Teen Drivers Down in 2010

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New ODOT Study finds Car Crashes by Teen Drivers Down in 2010
(WOIO) – On the eve of Ohio’s Lights for Life – a day when drivers across the state are encouraged to turn on their headlights to promote roadway safety – a new safety analysis by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) reveals 2010 has been a safer year for the state’s teen drivers.
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Teen who was on fire at school in critical condition
Dozens of horrified students and faculty at the Center for Excellence campus in North Charleston watched as a student ran toward the main entrance Wednesday morning, screaming for help, his clothing fully ablaze.
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Video games get kids to eat more veg, fruit: study (AFP)

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After being fingered as a key cause of the rising rate of US childhood obesity, video games got a reprieve Tuesday as a new study showed they can be used to encourage kids to eat healthier foods.(AFP/File/Franck Fife)AFP – After being fingered as a key cause of the rising rate of US childhood obesity, video games got a reprieve Tuesday as a new study showed they can be used to encourage kids to eat healthier foods.



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Home Study Driving Course Helps Parents and Teens Enjoy This New Rite of Passage

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High Point, NC (PRWEB) January 6, 2009

The Society of Family Insurance Specialists is an organization of insurance agents that specializes in insurance education and protection of families. The SFIS is offering parents of teen drivers a 16 Step Home Study Safe Teen Driver Course and a chance to win a $ 500 college savings bond at no cost to parents for taking a short survey.

While teenagers look forward to getting their driver’s licenses, their parents often face this juncture of their children’s lives with fear and trepidation. Car accidents are a leading cause of severe injuries and death among teenagers all across the U.S. Recently retired, Master Police Officer James Poer who has investigated car accidents, hundreds involving teenage drivers, for 30 years says “Education and experience are the leading causes for teen driver accidents. Teens are not getting enough of either before driving unsupervised.”

Poer who now works with StreetSafe, a nonprofit teen driving program based out of Wilmington, NC has co-written the Safe Teen Driver Guide with a certified driving school instructor and members of the Society of Family Insurance Specialists (SFIS) which is a national organization of insurance agents that are committed to helping families protect themselves through education and insurance protection. The guide provides a step by step outline of driving skills and practice exercises that parents can use to teach their teen to drive.

Tom Wiecek, president of the SFIS believes that this guide can give teen drivers the education and experience that driving schools can’t. “In most states, driving schools only provide four to six hours of supervised driving experience,” says Wiecek. “This leaves the responsibility of making teens safer drivers with their parents.”

Driver education experts recommend that teens get at least 100 hours of experience before driving unsupervised. Since driving schools cannot provide this much needed experience, parents can use the Safe Teen Driver Guide to make their driving experience most effective. “Parents need to take the responsibility to provide their teens with more driving experience,” said Officer Poer. “This new home study Safe Teen Driver Guide gives parents a tool that can help their teen learn the most common driving skills while being supervised. Plus, it makes this exciting period in a child’s life more enjoyable for the entire family.”

For a limited time this guide which is valued at $ 59 is now available at no cost to parents simply by completing a brief on-line survey. The SFIS is interested in the concerns of parents of teen drivers and is conducting a marketing survey offering the guide and a chance to win a $ 500 college savings bond as a reward for completing the survey.

Parents can enter the drawing for the savings bond and get a copy of the Safe Teen Driver Guide by visiting TeenDriverInsurance.com. You can learn more about the Safe Teen Driver Guide by visiting SafeTeenDriverCourse.com.

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Study Shows Leap in Prescription Drug Abuse

Category : Teen Drug Abuse

(PRWEB) July 12, 2005

Many of us were raised to think that there are such things as good drugs, like different types of over the counter and prescription drugs, and bad drugs like cocaine, meth, heroin or LSD. The simple fact is that they are all still drugs and all drugs have immediate and long-term side effects.

A new study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University found that the 15.1 million Americans abusing prescription drugs exceed the combined number abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin.

The CASA report reveals the findings of a three-year study of prescription painkillers, depressants and stimulants. The study found that while the U.S. population increased 14 percent from 1992 to 2003, the number of 12-17 year olds abusing prescription drugs leapt 212 percent and the number of adults doing so rose 81 percent. The total number of Americans abusing prescription drugs went from 7.8 million to 15.1 million.

Most drugs simply mask the pain and discomfort for which they are taken and don’t actually “cure” anything. Aspirin, for example, doesn’t cure a headache. It simply “short circuits” the person’s ability to get the pain messages coming from the cause of the headache. The nutritional deficiency or physical problem that originally caused the headache is still there, but it is temporarily no longer perceived by the drug user. Usually, when the drug wears off, the ache returns and will often be more severe because the original problem was masked or hidden and not directly addressed or handled.

Additional disturbing information from the CASA study shows that teens who abuse prescription drugs are twice as likely to use alcohol, five times likelier to use marijuana, 12 times likelier to use heroin, 15 times likelier to use Ecstasy and 21 times likelier to use cocaine, compared to teens who do not abuse such drugs.

Some major factors contributing to the increase in prescription drugs of young and old alike is the availability and promotion of them. The airwaves, newsprint and internet are filled with advertisements for prescription drugs and the prescriptions themselves are fairly easy to obtain. Most people donÂ’t view these drugs as being as harmful as street drugs, despite the similar chemical make-up, side effects and abuse potential.

The fact that all drugs are essentially poisons and can be harmful is a message that Narconon Arrowhead has been sending out to people for many years. As one of the nationÂ’s largest and most successful drug rehabilitation and education programs, the center has seen an increase of clients needing treatment for prescription drug abuse.

Narconon® literally means NARCOtics-NONe, and the effective program uses the drug-free rehabilitation methodology of American author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard to help thousands of people across the country each year through treatment and prevention campaigns.

For more information about drugs and addiction contact Narconon Arrowhead today by calling 1-800-468-6933 or visit www.stopaddiction.com.

For more details on the recent study from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse log on to www.casacolumbia.org.

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Infuse Creative Search Engine Marketing Services Case Study of Successful SEO and SEM With TeenSource.org

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 3, 2007

Following a February post campaign performance evaluation of search engine marketing services rendered to TeenSource.org, a non profit sex education site for teens operated by the California Family Health Council, Infuse Creative was thrilled to deliver SEM and search engine optimization performance stats in a search marketing case study to TeenSource which illustrated a sharp increase in site traffic from search engines and referrer sites, including:

-178% increase in overall site traffic compared to the year before

-22% overall site traffic increase in first three months

-33% increase in organic search engine, or natural search engine traffic in first three months

TeenSource re-engaged Infuse Creative for the 3rd time in 3 years to provide SEO and PPC (pay per click) search engine marketing services to increase qualified and targeted teen site traffic and improve overall site usability and functionality.

Infuse Creative search engine marketing firm President Gregory Markel said, “I’m honored that Infuse Creative was chosen to assist such a worthy and community valued nonprofit organization as TeenSource.org in achieving its search marketing and website goals.”

In addition to providing SEO & SEM search engine marketing services, Infuse Creative…

-Tuned the existing TeenSource Google Grants PPC search engine Internet marketing program for maximum efficiency and traffic. (To date, Infuse Creative has enabled TeenSource.org to receive over 1 million dollars worth of Google PPC traffic.)

-Authored a Content Management System (CMS) user manual to make TeenSource staff modifications of site content easier and more efficient

-Updated and improved the “find a clinic” option, for teens looking to find confidential STD testing, information on birth control, and HIV AIDS clinic, to name a few

-Created a site wide quiz on Chlamydia, engaging users to interact with the teen site and follow answer links to additional and relevant TeenSource site content

-Created a site user registration process, which included a double opt-in COPA compliant signup process. This served to improve site user experience and interaction, and allowed TeenSource to begin building a user database enabling them to gather the demographics of its users and message them at will for targeted web site traffic

-Provided video search engine optimization, submission, and tracking services for TeenSource site videos. The videos were watermarked with the TeenSource domain name and submitted/tracked to the many and popular video search engines resulting in 292,794 free views in three months

Infuse Creative is not new to working with nonprofits. In 2005, Infuse Creative President Gregory Markel founded SEMcares (www.SEMcares.com), a not-for-profit site that connects nonprofit organizations with volunteer search engine marketing providers. SEMcares volunteers have provided direct and anonymous PPC and SEO consulting or services to such noted nonprofits as JoinRed.com, GoodSearch.com, HollywoodArts.org, and many others.

About Infuse Creative Los Angeles Search Engine Optimization:

Infuse Creative, LLC, a recent nominee for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Excellence in Business Award, is an innovative and visionary company that puts integrity, ethics, superior strategy, results, and fierce dedication to client success at the forefront. Gregory Markel, a search engine optimization specialist and regarded as one of the “10 pioneers of search,” has been providing successful SEM services to an esteemed client list since 1995. He is founder of ESEMS, the first entertainment focused search engine marketing conference (esems.com), SEMcares.com, a connector database for search marketing volunteers and nonprofits, (semcares.com)], and is a featured speaker at search engine conferences around the world.

As a full service Internet search engine marketing company, Infuse Creative, employs the latest state of the art search engine optimization service technologies and methodologies to lead generation, ecommerce, and branding/awareness clients. Their past/present client list includes heavy hitter industry names like Mazda, New Line Cinema, National Geographic Channel, FOX, CBS, Realty Executives International, Pacificare, and others.

About TeenSource.org:

TeenSource.org is a nonprofit sex education for teen website launched by the California Family Health Council, Inc. as a resource for teens and young adults seeking information on healthy and responsible lifestyle choices. Sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancy, birth control, safe sex, oral sex, and sexually transmitted infections are among the many topics covered on the site. The organization manages federal Title X funds annually to delegate agencies in California serving low-income communities. It provides family planning services to more than 600,000 clients as well as assistance and education to community health care providers. The website, developed for teens by teens, won the 2003 Golden Web Award for health information available on the web.

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Free Online Home Study Driving Course Offered to Parents to Teach Their Teens to Drive Safely

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Free home study driving course helps parents teach their teens to drive safely


(PRWEB) January 20, 2010

Car accidents continue to be the primary cause of teenager deaths, more than the next 3 causes combined. To help combat this, the Society of Family Insurance Specialists (SFIS) recently released their free online home study driving course “Teach My Teen to Drive”. The 16 step driving course is designed to help parents provide the much needed experience and education to their teen drivers. The SFIS is a national organization of insurance agents committed to reducing the number of teen driver related accidents and fatalities by providing tools to promote teen driver safety.

Driving school experts recommend 100 hours of behind-the-wheel experience before a teen drives unsupervised. By following the step by step online “Teach My Teen to Drive” course with practice exercises for each lesson, parents can not only teach their teens driving skills, but give them the much needed experience. Ret. Police Officer James Poer, who has investigated numerous teen driver accidents during his 30 years as an accident investigator says, “Teens are most likely to cause accidents because they just don’t have the practical experience that mature drivers have to avoid dangerous situations. This course gives parents a tool that can help their teens gain this experience and learn the most important skills for safe driving.”

“We’re proud to offer an easy and no-cost way for parents to give this education to their kids,” says Tom Wiecek, President of the SFIS. “We know that driving schools are important but, they just can’t give new drivers adequate experience. By following the ‘Teach My Teen to Drive’ step by step program, parents can take control and responsibility of their teens’ driving education.”

Members of the SFIS offer many tools including GPS teen driver monitoring systems, a Parent/ Teen Driver Contract, 101 Safety Tips for Teen Drivers and much more.

The “Teach My Teen to Drive” online course is available for a limited time at no cost through SFIS agents’ websites at www.teendriverinsurance.com.

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Planet Teen: Forecast is good: New study paints a (surprise!) positive picture of the average adolescent

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Planet Teen: Forecast is good: New study paints a (surprise!) positive picture of the average adolescent
Ready for the shocking truth about the American teenager?

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If study shows teenagers are supposed to get 8-10 hours of sleep why does school start so early?

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Most schools start from 7-9 AM, and teenagers go to sleep from 10pm-2am everynight. So that means they wake up around 6am. This means most teenagers when school is in session get 4-7hours of sleep each night.