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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Have a criticism? Bring a Solution

Appear for the excellent in every situation.
As a person who has become mixed up in many activities within my hometown I often hear not only the respects about the community but the concerns as well. However, at this time it seems one sometimes hears more of the negative and a lot less of the positive. Now, I'm not saying people should never criticize but I have always been one that feels there is good in every situation and if you seek it you shall discover it.

Not only do I feel we can find good in every situation, I also believe that before voicing a complaint one must be certain to be fully informed on that matter. And with your concern be sure to bring a viable solution. We don't like to listen to our children whine and moan uncontrollably over nothing so why should we do the same? As adults we are here to set an example for our children and teach them how to become leaders within their communities, positive and productive leaders.When confronted within your household, do you always try to seek out a solution for the problem or do you just choose to scream and shout, expecting the problem to fix itself? More then likely your household runs much more smoothly when you think the problem through rationally, eventually finding a solution to your ordeal.Now I can't say that I totally agree with everything that happens around me but I can learn to either live with the situations or choose to do my part to change them. If I choose to live with the situation then I have decided I must just sit back and deal with what comes. However if I accept the fact that I can become a part of a solution I must strive to do what is right and good for not only my own family and community but for my country as well.

If you really want to make the world a better place, not only for yourself but for others as well, begin working with those who manage it and find out what you can do to create that happen.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Children who are born in late summer or early autumn are often taller and stronger

Sun's rays make summer babies taller and stronger, study claims ...

Summer babies 'tall and strong'
Wider bones are thought to be stronger and less prone to breaking as a result of osteoporosis in later life, so anything that affects early bone development is significant.

Children who are born in late summer or early autumn are frequently taller and stronger than peers born in spring and winter, a large study suggests.

The results from the Children of the 90s project - which involved 7,000 youngsters - says the reason may lie in their mothers' exposure to the sun.
The body makes Vitamin D, crucial for bone-building, from sunlight.
The Bristol University study suggests that this process may even occur in babies while still in the womb.
By the age of 10, those children born in the summer and autumn months were on average half a centimetre taller and had nearly 13 cm of extra bone area than those born in the winter months.

Wider bones are thought to be stronger and less prone to breaking as a result of osteoporosis in later life, so anything that affects early bone development is significant," said Professor Jon Tobias, one of the researchers.
Mothers entering the late stages of pregnancy in the summer can attain the necessary vitamin D levels by walking around outside or even sunbathing, the researchers suggested.
People should not panic about skin cancer as a result of controlled exposure, as some sun was much better than none, they added.
And if there was not much sun to be seen, "women might consider talking to their doctor about taking Vitamin D supplements, particularly if their babies are due between November and May," said Professor Tobias.
In winter months at latitudes of 52 degrees north (above Birmingham), there is no ultraviolet light of the appropriate wavelength for the body to make vitamin D in the skin, research shows.
The Arthritis Research Campaign is currently running a trial to establish whether giving vitamin D to pregnant women increases the bone density of their babies at birth and in childhood and reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis in later life.
"Although most people in the UK can can get the essential nutrients they need from their diet, and don't need to take extra supplements, the exception is vitamin D," a spokeswoman for the charity said.
"Because of a lack of sunshine in the UK in winter many Brits are vitamin D deficient, with vitamin D deficiency extremely common in pregnant women, leading to their babies having weaker bones at birth."


A study last year also suggested that pregnant and nursing mothers take supplements to curtail an apparent resurgence of the bone disease rickets.



Ultraviolet rays make pregnant women have taller offspring with stronger bones

Women who are pregnant for the duration of the summer have taller, stronger-boned babies because they benefit from the sun's vitamin-boosting rays, a study suggested .

Children born in late summer or early autumn are about 5mm taller and have thicker bones than those born in winter or spring, an 18-year research project found.

Women lucky enough to be blooming in hotter months should get enough sun to boost their vitamin D levels just by walking around outside or even sunbathing. But those pregnant over winter should consider taking vitamin supplements, researchers at Bristol University recommended.

Anyone philosophy of trying to short-cut the process by sitting on a sunbed in the final weeks of pregnancy would do themselves no good. Sunbeds emit mainly UVA light, whereas natural UVB rays from the sun trigger vitamin D production. Sunbed users also face well-publicised risks. Sally Watson, a spokeswoman for the study, said: "Perhaps people should not be quite so terrified of the sun. There has been a lot of panic about skin cancer but people do not need to panic about the odd few minutes of exposure. A little controlled English sun is better than none."

The Bristol team assessed the mothers of 7,000 children and calculated their likely exposure to sunshine during the last three months of pregnancy. At the age of 10, their offspring were measured and given X-ray scans to resolve their bone density. Compared with the children born in winter months, those whose mothers had the highest sun experience were, on average, 5mm taller and had 12.75 sq cm more bone area because their bones were thicker.

Taller people tend to have wider bones but these children had increased bone width "over and above" that accounted for by their extra height, the team discovered. This increase in bone mass could be attributed to higher vitamin D levels, proving that vitamin D is important for bone-building even in the womb, the researchers said.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Life needs to be understand practically

Life needs to be understood practically before accepted physically.
Living Life Practically............

Often is it questioned, what is life all about, why are we here and what is it that we need to fulfill? We research deep into our own nature, seeking answers to the age old mystery of life. People reach this point of questioning mostly in the times in their life when things start to feel a bit of a strain or fight physically. They wonder why they have to achieve things and question what the meaning behind such physical limitation is.

We live in a world that holds to certain rules and structures. Born into it and taught by all that have already been before. Always are we told how it must be and what we should be doing, but never are we told why it must be or why we must participate at all? Even children are constantly being spoken to in a way that only provides no and yes answers, and never an understanding of why they need to experience things in such systems and structure.
There are stages of thinking that a person goes through in order to understand their position in life. They first have issues that arise and they must then confront physical limitation and constraint. Firstly they will fight against their perceived repressors words and rules, just like when a child refuses to do things when a parent asks of it. Even though the repressor might not always be pushing concepts and ideas onto a person for want of hurting them, mostly it is done out of caring and wanting for another person to fit into life. It is still when brought down to simplicity, a rule presented forth through another person’s beliefs and opinions on life. It is not until we reach the stage of adulthood that we realize how much this is evident, that what our parents always told us to do, is not necessarily the way we will choose to do it for ourselves.
Fighting against restriction is the first step we take on the path to understanding life and why we are here. We first confront our position in life and question why all things must take place, and why we need to participate in all the physical rules and structures in life. The next stage is when we realize that certain rules and structures when not met in life bring to us worse struggle than our defiance from wanting to participate. This is the stage that leads to depression for a lot of people, and when they reach this stage most often they will seek outside help for answers.
A lot of times these depression stages, when we have to acknowledge that we are living in life and that there are certain things that need to take place in order to survive, we really start to question our reality and why it exists. Most people reach this stage through certain steps within their life, but others reach this stage when great turmoil comes into their life, or dramatic life events. At these stages they will reach out to people that can help them through their emotional and mental problems and lead them on a path of finding happiness and contentment in their life.
It does not matter how much help we seek in life from others, eventually the understanding of our circumstances in life needs to be confronted individually. Although another person can give us advice that comes from their own choices and perception on life, it is not until a person deals with their own experiences emotionally and mentally before they come to levels of acceptance inside themselves.
Acceptance comes from understanding life at the most practical level. Seeing it through cause and effect rather than in have to and must do, knowing that we are already here and that we not only have the ability to think but also to physically experience life through perception in our bodies. This gives us a stepping stone to hold ourselves up on. The fact that we are here gives us every reason to participate in life and see it as an experience. If the experience were not meant to be, then surely it would not have a reason to exist. This shows us that we are the experience of life and reality, not the reason for it, but the effect from the cause.
Knowing that we are the experience of reality, both physically and mentally, helps us to understand and accept reality at all levels, seeing it as a playing field with so much potential and purpose. You could think of it in this way perhaps, if you had the choice between not existing or taking on animated existence that had so much potential for growth and experience, which would you choose? Would you choose nothing or a life of something?


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Train Your Brain to be Positive Everyday
Everyday for 3 weeks, I wake up with a smile and say “I’m having a great day” and clap 3 times and shout “today is my day”. Until it becomes my habit; I got this information from my doctor when I was diagnosed with seasonal depression. And if works for me it will also work with you! My seasonal depression was gone 2 years after repetitive habits of optimism.
Do not allow negative thoughts to ruin your good start. You should refrain from thinking negative things because it can ruin your entire day, you can always shift by faking to be happy, later you just notice you are feeling great.


Avoid gossiping and avoid negative people. You know who those people who are pessimistic are; they are not good in your development and self improvement. If you want to be better in life; go with those happy and optimistic people. You can always choose your friends if you want the best for you.
Always think of abundance and manifest in your thoughts, words and actions. You should always implicate optimism with abundance. If you thought of good things, it will show in your actions and people will notice it and start treating you better and you can attract better people.
Divert your brain if you’re thinking of negative thoughts; you can find other things to avoid thinking of negative or dirty thoughts; be determined to think of always positive things.
Listen to yourself, know your limits and capabilities – don’t do too much when you know you cannot sustain. You shouldn’t force yourself from doing anything you do not like.
Listen to your fears and trick your sub-conscious – your inner child is like a database of all your experiences, it doesn’t want to make you feel sad or endanger you, that is why when there are new things that are similar to your previous experiences, your subconscious warns you. You can trick it by agreeing to it and explain later to yourself that you are having an unreasonable fear.


•Meditate and make it a habit – meditation makes your brain relax and blank. If you think you overworked your brain and your sense the stress and fatigue you can never form positive attitude, so meditate everyday or yoga is a good relaxing exercise.
Whatever ways fits for you, always remember people wants good things in life and you can only attract it if you are positive of wanting it, “Positive things, turn out to positive people”.