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Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."

We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.

6adogs

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And Penelope Trott took Rudy for a quick spin in her wagon while Mom and Dad were hard at work

Penelope and Rudy

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For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today is the summer solstice. For ancient civilizations, this day was akin to our modern day New Year's Eve and was viewed as a time to reflect and renew. So why not kick off your summer celebration with a new theme?

See all of our themes in the Design Area.

Or choose from one of  these brand-new themes. (Available under "New.")

Vox Themes June 08

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Blog It

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A couple of months ago, we told you about Blog It powered by TypePad, the first cross-platform blogging application for Facebook the enables you to post to your Vox blog - and ALL your blogs - with a single click.

Within a week, Blog It had nearly 4,000 active users posting tweets and creating blog posts, as well as updating their status messages with the title and link to the published post. Today, Blog It's Facebook application has nearly 10,000 users. But here's the thing: You're not always sitting in front of the computer when the inspiration to blog strikes. And at Six Apart, it is our goal to provide you the tools you need need to blog where you want, and when you want.

Blog It for iPhone

Which is why this week we introduced Blog It for iPhone, a free web application just like the one we introduced for Facebook - only now - on your iPhone. Built specifically for iPhone's Safari browser, Blog It for iPhone enables you to post blog entries or status updates from wherever you are to more than a dozen different online services. And just like the original Facebook version, you can choose to share your posts with the people you know across various social networks.

To start blogging with Blog It for iPhone, go to  http://blogit.typepad.com with your iPhone's Safari browser and install the Blog It icon onto your mobile desktop. Then, all you have to do is click the Blog It icon and start creating posts!

Whether you're riding the bus to work, cheering on your team courtside, or enjoying a picnic by the lake, now it's easier than ever to Blog It.

Word has it the Alzheimer’s Society is 'Worried about your memory' (WAYM).  The WAYM campaign is a forgettable name for an important drive.  The real problem that needs solved is early diagnosis and awareness raising campaigns aimed at encouraging people to seek help. The WAYM campaign in 2008 will be rolled out to every GP practice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

WAYM

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I recommend starting with newly researched essentials that complement brain function directly.  Talk to your doctor about DHA omega-3 as a real cost effective therapy or complementary medicine co-therapy.  DHA, it just maybe the starting place you need most.  

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A strong social network, along with achieving omega-3 DHA essentiality, may help elderly women stay mentally sound and prevent dementia.  Researchers said, in a five-year study with over 2000 women 78 years old or older, that there were fewer cases of dementia among ladies who socialize regularly with family and friends.  The findings were reported in The American Journal of Public Health. 

Studies suggest it is important to think about reduced isolation.  Find out what kinds of social support groups create bonds or maintain them between people over an extended period of time.  Faith communities, volunteering, live events all make for saturation experiences that nurture the body, mind, and spirit. 

Any event that builds associations in social networks could improve cognition.  Although sociological studies married to cognitive benefits is sometimes interpretive, the solid science and improved potency omega-3 products on the market are beginning to fill a niche that pharmaceuticals can't help with, preservation brain nutritional therapy to eliminate omega-3 DHA deficiency in the most affected and in need.  (Benefit level: 40% reduced dementia developed in patient groups) 

Innovating, Educating, Empowering

We will be performing scheduled maintenance on Vox tonight (Friday, June 6, 2008) from 11:00 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. PDT. Although we don't anticipate this maintenance to be highly disruptive, we always like to give you advance notification when there is a slight chance of some downtime.

As always, thank you for your patience - and have a great weekend!

Update: There WILL be downtime between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. PDT. so please plan accordingly.

DHA is a building block for every cell and particularly important for optimal organ function, something we all want. 

DHA is the Omega-3 that matters most, 97% of the O-3 in the brain and 93% of the O-3 in the eye. Pure One - Optimized Omega3 naturally has the highest DHA per capsule available. For example, you only need 4 caps of our product versus 10 capsules of fish oil for the same DHA. Now that is a savings.

For any condition I am recommending 4 to 8 capsules per day to give therapeutic levels that match clinical doses used in certain trials. I take 8 per day (4+4) and have found the unexpected benefit of reduced hunger cravings between meals and easier early weight loss efforts. The cravings benefits has been reported before, though it is new to my knowledge base. Because metabolic regulator PPAR family of genes are upregulated by O-3s, some of this makes sense.

To put some more humor into it, I say the cravings benefit is the only side effect I can detect. In the same humorous line there are unfortunately no familiar fish-burps or after effects or odorous perspiration detected using Pure One, as have been reported with fish oils.  Also high EPA levels may not be as good for children and healthy people as it is considered a potent signalling molecule not at such high levels since most of it has to be converted to be used anyway.

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