Thursday, March 5, 2009
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ReplyDeleteChild development refers to the biological and psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the study of child development. Related terms include "developmental psychology", referring to development throughout the lifespan and "pediatrics", the branch of medicine relating to the care of children. Developmental change may occur as a result of genetically-controlled processes known as maturation, or as a result of environmental factors and learning, but most commonly involves an interaction between the two.Age-related development terms are: newborn (ages 0–1 month); infant (ages 1 month – 1 year); toddler (ages 1–3 years); preschooler (ages 4–6 years); school-aged child (ages 6–13 years); adolescent (ages 13–18).However, organizations like Zero to Three and the World Association for Infant Mental Health use the term infant as a broad category, including children from birth to age 3, a logical decision considering that the Latin derivation of the word infant refers to those who have no speech, The optimal development of children is considered vital to society and so it is important to understand the social, cognitive, emotional, and educational development of children. Increased research and interest in this field has resulted in new theories and strategies, with specific regard to practice that promotes development within the school system. In addition there are also some theories that seek to describe a sequence of states that comprise child development.
ReplyDeleteEggs and Blood Sugar If there's one food that's developed an undeserved reputation over the years for being bad for your health, it's eggs. Let's reveal the realities. Eggs are an excellent, inexpensive source of high-quality protein -- so high, in fact, that egg protein is the gold standard nutritionists use to rank all other proteins. What makes the protein in eggs so superior? It contains all of the essential amino acids (the ones your body can't make on its own) in just the right proportions. Because they're all protein and fat, eggs have no impact on your blood sugar, making them a much better breakfast choice than, say, a stack of white-flour pancakes. And like all protein foods, they may help control your appetite by keeping you full longer. One study found that women who ate two eggs with toast at breakfast felt less hungry before lunch and ate significantly fewer calories during the rest of the day than those who ate a bagel and cream cheese that provided the same number of calories. Now, about eggs and cholesterol. Yes, it's true, eggs have a lot of it -- about 213 milligrams -- all in the yolk. It's also true that if you have diabetes, your heart health should be a top priority. But dozens of studies have found that it's saturated fat, not cholesterol, that has the greatest effect on blood cholesterol, so eating eggs in moderation is just fine. For people with elevated cholesterol or those who are especially sensitive to the cholesterol in foods (for some people, cholesterol levels do rise after eating a cholesterol-rich meal), experts recommend eating no more than three or four egg yolks a week. Egg whites, which contain no cholesterol, don't count. Health Bonus Egg yolks are one of the few foods naturally rich in vitamin D, a much-needed vitamin that few of us get enough of. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and has recently been linked with lower risks of various cancers to boot. Eggs are also a surprisingly good source of bone-building vitamin K. Plus, they're loaded with lutein (the chickens get it from their feed), which helps protect against macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in older folks. Eggs also contain choline, a compound that animal studies suggest could help improve your memory as you age. Some studies found that giving extra choline to pregnant rats created better-functioning brain cells in their babies.
ReplyDeleteRemember that scene in the Woody Allen movie Sleeper in which Woody, who has been frozen for 200 years, wakes up to find that chocolate and banana cream pie are now health foods? Well, it's not so far-fetched. Chocolate is chock full of potent antioxidants called phenols, the same as those found in wine. In fact, a 1.5-ounce chocolate bar has as much antioxidant power as a 5-ounce glass of red wine. (White chocolate, which doesn't contain any cocoa solids, doesn't count.) And contrary to popular belief, chocolate contains only a very small amount of caffeine. More good news: One-third of the fat in chocolate is a cholesterol-friendly fat called stearic acid, and another third is an unsaturated fat called oleic acid. When Pennsylvania researchers (including some from the Mars candy company) had 23 people follow either the average American diet or the same diet supplemented with 22 grams of cocoa powder and 16 grams of dark chocolate, they found that the chocolate diet reduced LDL oxidation. If you're going to indulge: Choose dark. Dark chocolate contains more phenols than other forms of chocolate. Milk chocolate contains milk fat (palmitic acid) that is highly saturated. Semi-sweet chocolate has less fat than milk chocolate. Kill two birds. Dip strawberries into melted chocolate for a high-antioxidant snack that can easily satisfy one or two fruit servings. An easy way to get melted chocolate is to simply microwave semi-sweet chocolate chips on medium for about 30 seconds. Be sure the strawberries are complete dry before you dip. Go for quality. Buy the richest, creamiest chocolate you can afford. You'll be more satisfied with one piece of the good stuff than five pieces of the mediocre stuff.
ReplyDeleteIt more than what I know about chocolate. I love chocolate.
Laughter is so common a human experience, we forget how bizarre it is. When aliens first see us laugh, they'll think we're having some sort of fit (and they probably won't get the punch line either). Smith causes the hilarity by talking about his growing forehead: "My hairline is making a beeline for my behind." Those chemicals cascade, bodies convulse, laughter erupts. Smith informs the audience that he's a male nurse: "Some people think it's unusual for a man to be a nurse. But there are male nurses throughout the country. Every once in a while the seven of us get together to talk about things." He teaches a course on humor and medicine at the University of Minnesota and came to this medical conference at Loma Linda University in California to argue that laughter has medical benefits. That notion is at least as old as Proverbs 17, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine" (which wasn't saying much back then, unless you liked leeches). It's also an idea that some mind-body fanatics, with more enthusiasm than medical proof, have oversold. But in the past few years, a brave group of scientists, fewer in number than male nurses, has been trying to uncover the physiology of laughter and its provable medical benefits. Foremost among these researchers is Loma Linda professor Lee Berk, PhD, who organized the conference Smith addressed and who also stands convulsing in the room. "The jury is still out," says Robert Provine, a University of Maryland professor and author of Laughter: A Scientific Investigation, "and more work needs to be done." But the initial results are very encouraging. All the suggestions are that laughter is indeed good for you. So get those convulsions going and chuckle yourself to health.
ReplyDeleteSo keep smiling always. But don't smile alone.
Managing Your Time5 simple tips for managing your time better.According to recent data -- and most people's experience --the workweek is expanding and leisure time is evaporating, not only for top-level executives but for the average person as well. Most experts advocate organization as the key to getting a grip on time. They suggest you start by asking what your real goals are for yourself, your family, and your career. With goals established, break your time down into manageable segments.* Use a monthly calendar for short-term scheduling and a 6-month calendar for long-range scheduling. Pencil in all things that pertain to your goals, including classes you want to take (learning a computer program for your job or mastering the piano for fun), regular exercise sessions, social events, and family time.* On a daily action list, categorize tasks: those that need immediate attention (you had better do them yourself), those that can be delegated (you can hire a teenager to mow the lawn or to clean the garage, for example), and those that can be put off. To avoid procrastination, tackle the toughest jobs first, breaking them into smaller, less daunting components.* Free up time for the things you really want to do by simplifying your life. Let go of activities (your third church committee assignment or polishing the car every week, for example) that don't contribute to your goals.* Reduce the waste - and frustration - of everyday delays. Wherever you go, take reading material or a portable player with music you want to hear. Then when you have to wait, you can make good use of or enjoy the time.* Set aside a half-hour toward the end of the day to worry. Psychologist Roland Nathan believes that having a formal worrying time cuts down the amount of worrying you do.
ReplyDeleteSo always remember that time is gold.
The accelerating destruction of the rainforests that form a precious cooling band around the Earth's equato, is now being recognised as one of the main causes of climate change. Carbon emissions from deforestation far outstrip damage caused by planes and automobiles and factories. The rampant slashing and burning of tropical forests is second only to the energy sector as a source of greenhouses gases according to report published today by the Oxford-based Global Canopy Programme, an alliance of leading rainforest scientists. Figures from the GCP, summarising the latest findings from the United Nations, and building on estimates contained in the Stern Report, show deforestation accounts for up to 25 per cent of global emissions of heat-trapping gases, while transport and industry account for 14 per cent each; and aviation makes up only 3 per cent of the total."Tropical forests are the elephant in the living room of climate change," said Andrew Mitchell, the head of the GCP. Scientists say one days' deforestation is equivalent to the carbon footprint of eight million people flying to New York. Reducing those catastrophic emissions can be achieved most quickly and most cheaply by halting the destruction in Brazil, Indonesia, the Congo and elsewhere..In my opinion, the decrease of rainforest are the causes of the climate change...It will be very dangerous if the problem no dissolve, so we must try to solve the problem...
ReplyDeleteSo please do something to save our rainforest before its too late.
The online business environment is becoming increasingly competitive. Who will survive in the long-run? The smartest, that’s who. The smartest online businesses have an internet strategy to guide their ongoing development and success. If you don’t know where you are going, then any path will get you there. This is an old saying and one that applies equally in the online world as it does anywhere else. You can’t predict the future is another quote I often hear when challenging the merits of strategic planning. I believe this to be true but still believe that any business, on-line or not, can benefit by having a strategy that stands the test of time. Ok let’s look at how we develop an online strategy. Strategy is about winning. It is also about the long-term. So planning to win in a competitive situation is what strategy aims to achieve. So what process do we go through to develop our online strategy? The online world is changing. Every year, more and more people are researching their needs online and are increasingly willing to buy online. So the first step in any strategy development process is to look at the current situation. What does the current competitive environment look like (internal and external) and what challenges do we face? Then develop a focussing question. Focussing questions help to keep the strategy clearly focussed on a particular question. For example, how can we reshape our business to align with the changing needs of customers without driving cist up? This is a focussing question.
ReplyDeleteSo with this method, we can gain money just sitting at one place.
Practicing Patience for those in Recovery can make a difference. Practicing Patience is part of the Daily Homework. Practice patience daily! Remember that you are doing the best you can. At the moment that we do anything we do the best that we can. When you know more, you will do things differently. Remember to also do this in regards to others too. Practicing patience is about acceptance. It is about accepting where you are and also, where you are not. We are doing the best that we can at any moment of our life. When we act or do something we are doing the best that we are capable of at that moment. While we may want to do things differently in the future and will do so with learning, accepting that we are doing the best at any moment allows us to avoid the harm created by guilt and as a result to begin to transform our life. Furthermore, it is very liberating and freeing to practice patience with another person. They too are doing the best that they can, at any moment. Accepting that other people are doing the best that they can at any one moment allows us to not only connect with that person as to purpose in life but enable us to give up frustration and even anger towards them. With patience we can begin to transform our life through accepting another for who they are and who they are not.
ReplyDeleteSo always be patient.
Mohandas Karamchant Gandhi well known as Mahatma Gandhi was the important person in the history of India. He is officially honoured in India as a Father of Nation. He was a major political and spiritual leader of India who fight for the India's independence .
ReplyDeleteAt the age of 13, he married to Kasturba, who was also the same age. For a boy of that age marriage meant only a round of feasts, new clothes to wear and a strange and docile companion to play with. His children names are Harilal, Manilal, Ramdas, Devdas.
He fight for non-violent civil disobedience such as protesting excessive land-tax and discrimination on poor people, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity.
He became a leader of Indian Congress reject the proposals of British Cabinet Mission. He was the pioneer of "Satyagraha" concept was non violent resistance againts British. He had salt march around 400km against tax on salt and emphasize all Indians in public boycott courts law and withdraw their children from government school. After that, India quit from world war two and achieve independence on 1948. Finally, hard working of Gandhi and his followers India became a non-cooperation, non violence and peaceful country.
He is such a fantastic person that influence my life with so many greatr qualities.
Letters
ReplyDeleteIn general, letters are formal documents, reserved mainly correspondence between individuals or between an organization and individual
Letters play an important role in getting the work done because they:
1. provide information
2. encourage action
3. influence people
Memos and Electronic Mail
To encourage action page. and serve as its collective memory, organizations rely on three forms of mail, in addition to letters:
1. Memos 2. Voice-mail
3. Electronic mail (e-mail)
Memos meet many of the purposes of letters in making and responding to requests and maintaining relationships.
Memos should be brief, preferably no more than one create a permanent record
Oral Presentations
In a persuasive presentation, you might
➔Defend your company's logging practices to a public environmental oversight committee.
➔Show how your proposed solution to a problem is better than your competitor's.
➔Urge employee compliance with a new safety policy.
This article really explain me a lot of things in profesionalisme communication.
1. Honesty – our duty to tell the truth
ReplyDelete2. Legality – our duty to obey the law
3. Privacy – our duty to respect the rights of others
4. Quality – our duty to provide quality products and services that will best serve the end user
5. Teamwork – our duty to work together to meet mutual objectives
6. Avoiding conflict of interest – our duty to loyal and to observe fair play
7. Cultural sensitivity – our duty to reflect the growing diversity of the workplace in our technical communication
8. Social responsibility – our duty to preserve and protect the public good.
9. Professional growth – our duty to maintain and develop our skills
10. Advancing the profession – our duty to respect and assist our colleagues and enhance the reputation of our profession.
These values are the important moral values of live that vshoul be followed by every human.
It seems that everything we access today is under lock and key. Even the devices we use are protected by passwords. It can be frustrating trying to keep with all of the passwords and keys needed to access any door or computer program. The Java Rings have been programmed to store electronic cash to pay for lunches, automatically unlock doors, take attendance, store a student's medical information and allow students to check out books. All of this information is stored on the ring's iButton. Students simply press the signet of their Java Ring against the Blue Dot receptor, and the system connected to the receptor performs the function that the applet instructs it to. In the future, the Java Ring may start our car. Mobile computing is beginning to break the chains that tie us to our desks, but many of today's mobile devices can still be a bit awkward to carry around. In the next age of computing, we will see an explosion of computer parts across our bodies, rather than across our desktops. Digital jewelry, designed to supplement the personal computer, will be the evolution in digital technology that makes computer elements entirely compatible with the human form.
ReplyDeleteThe sciece save the day.
The winter holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, New Years Eve and New Years Day - are typically filled with busy calendars, family visits, parties, shopping and travel. For many people, these holidays are festive and represent a welcome break from their regular activities and work obligations. However, not everyone finds joy in sharing yuletide cheer, laughter, and food with loved ones. In fact, many experts say that problems like anxiety, stress, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, suicide and domestic violence increase during the holidays. To avoid these cases happen, I suggest someone can go travelling with family and friends during the holidays because it is the key of preparation to a happier, stress-free journey...so enjoy your holiday...
ReplyDeleteMany experts believe that the burning of fossil fuels and pollutants, a dire consequence of industrialization, causes Global Warming. Others believe that global warming is just a natural cycle of the planet. Regardless of cause, the higher temperatures caused by global warning have serious consequences: drought, disease, and floods, lost ecosystems. Unnaturally hot weather and rising sea levels indicate that global warming is no longer just a theory. We should protect our planet by doing environmental planning...We can plant more trees, stop burning, stop cutting trees, etc...
ReplyDeleteMy fellow citizens, we ae living in uncertain times, the surprise is now after 50 years we have come to this. The main culprits for the cause of this is certainly some of the irresponsible politicians in the ruling coalition. Democracy is now at its lowest ebb. It looks like even Robert Mugabe is making some adjustments towards the African nation's political landscape.Nowadays the ordinary citizen is much more matured in politics than the seasoned politicians. The word "seasoned politician" must also be defined whether the experienced politician is an asset or liability to nation building because some so called seasoned politicians are from the old school of racial politics.I think divide and rule is of the old school whereas unite and rule is the norm of today's political climate, Many a politicians lame excuse is that we Malaysians are not ready for this kind of political atmosphere.Politicians be aware that you were voted not just for your ideology but every Malaysian hoped for a better future not just for them but for the nation as a whole.
ReplyDeleteMedical drugs have long been suspect since the disaster of thalidomide almost 50 years ago. But now researchers have discovered that even the humble, and ubiquitous, antibiotic may pose a risk. In the largest study of premature labour in the world, researchers from the University of Leicester have found that in women whose waters had not yet broken, there was an increase in the incidence of cerebral palsy and other problems such as poor eyesight, among those given antibiotics.The message is complex, but it is critical that it is understood. Antibiotics are vital to treat infection in pregnancy, which can kill mothers and babies. But they must not be used on a "just in case" basis, where there is no sign – or risk – of infection, as they too often are.
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