Learn From Experience

Create a blank link Menu item in Wordpress

2012-07-06T20:40:00.000-07:00

Some time we want to create a blank link for the main menu item and want to create sub- menus with some links. So here we will learn to create the blank link menu.

Just go through the following steps:

1) Click on Appearance- Menus.
2) Select your menu in which you want to create blank link menu item.
3) Now go through Custom Links lying on the left hand side of the screen.
4) Put a # in url field and name the label field which you want to give the menu item.

5) Click on add to menu.
6) This item will be added in the menu items. You can drag and drop it according to your setting.
7) Your item will be added in the menu with a blank link.

How to create headings while designing the web page in HTML Ch-4

2012-02-11T23:06:00.000-08:00

To create the different size headings follow these steps in your notepad file-

You can give upto 6 no. to create headings in different size. After giving these commands save your file with .html extension and open it in a browser. This will give the following results-

Now, you can create headings in different sizes.

Create a background with an Image in HTML, Ch-3

2012-02-09T06:42:00.000-08:00

To show a picture on the background, first of all copy the picture on that folder where your notepad file is located. After that follow these steps-

Save this file and open it in a browser.

In how many repeats, the picture will cover the background it depends on the size of the picture. You can arrange it by sizing the picture.

Create Colored Background and Text in HTML- Ch-2

2012-02-09T05:55:00.003-08:00

After giving the title to our web page, we will design the body of out web page.

Now, we will learn to give the color to our background and to the text.

First of all you have to give the title to your page which I have mentioned in Chapter-1 which is -

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE> MY FIRST WEB PAGE</TITLE>

We already have created a file in Notebook, so open that file in notepad and follow this process-

Now, save this file and open it in a browser. Your page will look like this.

One can create different colors by adding red,green and blue color in different ratio.

Have a look on this :)

The result of this will look like this.

Try different combinations for different colors.

For writing colored text follow this-

Your page will look like this-

Now, practice this.

Learn to create a web page by HTML - ch-1

2012-02-06T06:10:00.000-08:00

From today we will start to learn a web page.
Before starting to learn there are some points, one should remember while creating a web page-

Notepad or Notepad++ is our editor (we will give the commands in notepad/notpad++).
File of notepad/notepad++ will be always saved with .html extension.
We will see our web page in a Browser( Internet explorer, Chrome, Mozila Firefox, etc.).
There are two types of tags-

1) Empty Tags- Tags which need not be closed. (<>)
2) Container Tags- Tags which must be closed. (<>, </>)

HTML page has two sections-

1) Head - Which contains Title Tag.
2) Body - Which contains all Tags other than Title Tag.

There are different attributes of different tags which one should remember for creating the web page.

Let's start to create a web page!

Today, we will learn to give the title to our web page.

Create a new page in notepad/notepad++ and write the following-

Save this file with html extension.

Now, open this saved file in a browser.

Here, your web page title has been created.

Create a Stripy Background

2011-10-24T14:44:00.000-07:00

Step 1
Create a new document with the following settings.

Step 2

Set # 32d7be as your foreground color and #ffffff as your background color. You can choose any color of your own choice.

Step 3

Go through Filter > Render > Clouds.

Your screen will look like this.

Step 4

Go through Image > Adjustments > Brightness/contrast.

Step 5

Set the following settings.

Step 6

Go through Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple.

Step 7

Set the following setting.

Your screen will look like this.

Step 8

Now, go through Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.

Step 9

Set the following settings.

Your screen will look like this.

Step 10

Go through Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen.

Step 11

Click ctrl+f for two times and your background is ready.

You can create anything you want on it.

World Records

2011-10-21T17:50:00.001-07:00

Some interesting World Records

Wal-Mart at various locations across the United States sets the guinness world Record for selling the most Guinness World RecordsTM books on 27 November 2009. The no. of books is 44,647 in 24 hours.

Steve Schmidt set the guinness record for most lifts of a 100Kg weight in one minute only by teeth at Clark's Gym, Columbia, Missouri, US, on 30 Jan 2010. He lift the weight for 50 times in a minute.

Record of largest coloured vinyl records is set up by Alessandro Benedetti (Italy) on 9 March 2010. He has a collection of 1,507 different coloured vinyl records.

Record for longest distance driving on glass bottles is achieved by Li Guiwen (China) on 11 July 2010. The distance is 60.19m.

The record of largest cream filled biscuit is named to Paul Thacker and Simon Morgan on 18 November 2010. The biscuit is 59cm long, 39cm wide 6.5cm high and 15.73kg in weight.

Peter Glazebrook (UK) has set up the record of heaviest potato under giant vegetable category. The potato weights 3.76kg.

A special version of Tetris (Nintendo World Championships Gold Edition) became the most expensive puzzle game. Its one copy was for $15000 in April 2008.

The Guinness Record for earning the maximum score on the NES version of Tetris has been gotten by Harry Hong (USA) on 19 April 2009. He scored 999,999.

Record for most games of chess played simultaneously is named to India's Sports Authority of Gujarat (India) on 24 December 2010 at the University of Gujarat Sports Grounds, Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. The no. of games was 20,480.
Ted Robbins(UK) and Ben Day(UK) achieved the record for most jokes told in a minute by telling 17 jokes in a minute on 18 November 2010.

American is the most common nationality among FarmVille players.

Flight Control HD (Firemint,2010) is the first iPad game offering stereoscopic 3D functionality.

Australia is the country with the highest rate of pet ownership per household as of 2010. Here, over 60% of households has had at least one animal as a companion and 83% has owned a pet at some point in their life.

MGIMO University, as of 2010, records its name for teaching 53 full time languages during every academic term.

Kevin Fast (Canada) record his name by pulling the heaviest house. The house weighed 35.9 tones. He pulled the house a distance of 11.95 meters.

Collect-a-Can (South Africa) achieved the record for collecting the most steel cans by the collection of 2,656,284 cans between 1-31 October 2010.

DM Williams (USA) records his name by growing the tallest cotton plant on 15 July 2010. The plant was 9.66m tall.

Give Some Effects to the Text!!!

2011-10-19T12:14:00.000-07:00

Final Image

Step 1
Open a new document with the following setting.

Step 2
Press ctrl+n to create a new layer and then take the gradient tool.

Step 3
Set the color setting as follow.

Step 4
To fill the layer with gradient, drag your mouse from down to top as shown below.

Step 5
Go through Filter>Render>Clouds.

Step 6
Your screen will look like this. This is your background, you can set it according to you also.

Step 7
Now, grab the text tool and type your text with the font you like. I used the following setting.

Step 8
Double click the text layer and choose the Inner Glow option and set the following setting.

Step 9
Your text will look like this.

Step 10
Select the Bevel and Emboss and set the values as follow.

Step 11
Press ctrl+j to duplicate the layer. Select the original layer.

Step 12
Add a stroke from the blending options with the following values.

Step 13
Now, add some Bevel and Emboss effect to the stroke.

Step 14
Here is the final text effect.

Tongue Twisters

2011-10-18T11:32:00.001-07:00

Try to Read These Interesting Twisters

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

* * * * * * * * *

If Roland Reynolds rolled a round roll around a round room,

Where is the round roll which Roland Reynolds rolled around the room?

* * * * * * * * *

Betty Botter bought some butter.

"But," she said, "the butter's bitter.

If I put it in my batter,

It will make my batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter -

That would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter,

Better than her bitter butter.

And she put it in her batter,

And the batter was not bitter.

So it was better Betty Botter

Bought a bit of better butter.

* * * * * * * * *

Our Joe wants to know if your Joe will lend

our Joe your Joe's banjo.

If your Joe won't lend our Joe your Joe's banjo,

our Joe won't lend your Joe our Joe's banjo

When our Joe has a banjo!

* * * * * * * * *

Granny gray goose greedily gobbled golden grain

in Graham's gabled granary.

* * * * * * * * *

All I want is a proper cup of coffee

Made in a proper copper coffee pot.

You can believe it or not,

But I just want a cup of coffee

In a proper coffee Pot.

Tin coffee pots

Or iron coffee pots

Are of no use to me. If I can't have

A proper cup of coffee

In a proper copper coffee pot,

I'll have a cup of tea!

* * * * * * * * *

If neither he sells seashells,

Nor she sells seashells,

Who shall sell seashells?

Shall seashells be sold?

* * * * * * * * *

Denise Sees the fleece,

Denise sees the fleas.

At least Denise could sneeze

And feed and freeze the fleas.

* * * * * * * * *

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a wood chuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

And chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would

If a wood chuck could chuck wood.

* * * * * * * * *

Luke Luck likes lakes.

Luke's duck likes lakes.

Luke Luck licks lakes.

Luck's duck licks lakes.

Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.

Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

* * * * * * * * *

Create an Attractive Background in 5 minutes

2011-10-17T15:05:00.000-07:00

Step 1
Create a new document with the following settings. Create a new layer by pressing ctrl+n.

Step 2
Take the Gradient Tool.

Step 3
Set the gradient color according to the following setting.

Step 4
Drag your mouse from below to the top like this.

Step 5
Reduce the opacity for this layer to 89%.

Step 6
Your screen will look like this.

Step 7
Now, create a new layer by ctrl+n and take the Polygonal Lasso Tool.

Step 8
Create a selection something like this.

Step 9
Take the gradient tool with the following color setting.

Step 10
Drag your mouse as follow-

Step 11
Deselect the selection by ctrl+d. Your background is ready.

Step 12
You can design your screen with your photograph or something like this.

If you like to learn these other effects, just leave a comment. I will definitely provide you a tutorial for this.

Learn to Create Water Droplets

2011-10-14T13:29:00.000-07:00

Final image

Step 1
Open the document on which you want to create water droplets or open a new blank document.

Step 2

Create a new layer by clicking the Create New Layer icon below the layer palette or go through Layer > New.

Step 3

Select the Brush tool and pick a Hard Round Brush. Set its size to 35px and Hardness to 100%.

Step 4

Create some black drops wherever you want by clicking the mouse one time at one place. Choose different size of drops. You can increase your brush size directly by clicking the ] and decrease the size by clicking [.

Step 5

Go through Filter > Distort > Wave.

Step 6

Set the following setting and click OK.

Step 7

Your picture will look like this.

Step 8

Now, click on the Add a Layer Style icon below the layer palette and select the Blending Options or just double click on the drop layer.

Step 9

Give some effects by the following setting.

Your final image will look like this.

Step 10

With the Brush Tool selected, drag the water drops to give them different shapes which will give it a natural look.

Step 11

Here is your final image.

Is it Really Social Networking?

2011-10-14T06:13:00.000-07:00

Today, we hear about Facebook, twitter and many other social networking websites. So, what does these sites mean? These social networking sites allow individual to present themselves by creating personal profile, to articulate their social network, to know about others and to maintain their relations with others even after being so far. A person can join virtual groups based on their personal interest and hobbies. Here they can write on their friend's wall, know about them, share their experience and search for other friends.

Now a days, these sites are attracting the interest of not only the youngsters but of the adults also. Spending 1-3 hours a day has become the schedule of an average person. These social networking sites has been like an addiction to its users.

According to a report, Facebook has close to 700 million users worldwide. The company, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004, has been seen as one of the new titans of the internet.

But, is these social networking websites are useful for us, for youngsters who are the future of tomorrow, for the elders?

Do you think that these social networking websites really bring people closer or create gaps between the people who really does matter for them. Some concerns about these Social Networking Websites-

It can Decrees Performance

Researches conducted to get the effects of social networking websites proved that the children who use these SNS show lack of attention and regularities in comparison of those who don't use these SNS, which results in the performance degradation.

Psychological Effects

Researches conducted by psychologists shows that use of these SNS increase the feelings of jealousy. It makes them unhappy and stressful. An exposure of happiness and positive highlights of the peers has negative effect of the mind which indirectly creates gaps between them.

Decrees in Socialism

People just post the Birthday or Anniversary or any general message on the wall of their friends or family member. But just posting on the wall is one thing and being with them on any occasion or at the time when they need you is another thing. These sites are may be for social networking but actually these are depriving you of society and reducing the bonding between the families.

Can Get Insulted

People are so much habitual of these sites that they start using these sites at their working place also. But it may have negative effect on your reputation. Your boss can demote you or can fire you instead of giving a promotion.

Physical Effects

People use these SNS without respecting the time. They even don't think about their health and give a long sitting to chat with others. Sometimes people sit for the whole night. Is it OK? These all things are not appropriate for the health also. These actions have very bad effects on the health.

Unsafe

Its dangerous to show every thing to the others. Yes, there are security features prevent our information from those to whom we don't want to share. But, what about the hackers. There are many times when hackers hack the accounts of the people and conduct all those unsocial jobs about which the account holder never know.

Children loss their innocence

Researches shows that children who started using these SNS become mature before the time. They visited so many sites and networks which are not for children. Is this the future we want?

There are so many bad effects of these social networking websites, so can we assume that these sites really socialize the people and just making them sick. These sites are just like addiction and making the person addictive. So if we can't stop using these we should at least use these sites in limit. We should use it in a constructive way not like any necessity without which we can't live.

People from many countries like USA,UK, Canada has started to understand these bad effects that's why there was a news that Facebook has a big traffic drops in these countries. As the people of the origin country is dropping the use of Facebook so the people of other countries must understand these effects and should take an appropriate decision.

Learn to give Glossy Floor Effect

2011-10-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

Step 1

Create a new document by clicking ctrl+n or File> New, with the following setting.

Step 2
Select the Typing Tool and type your text. I have shared my text setting with you. You can set whatever you like.

Step 3
Duplicate the text layer by clicking clrl+j or drag the text layer to the Create New Layer icon.

Step 4
Select the original layer and go through Edit > Transform > Flip Vertical.

Step 5
By using the down arrow key place the original layer just below the duplicate layer like this.

Step 6
Hit the Add Vector Mask icon below the layer palette. Your original layer in layer palette will look like this.

Step 7
Select the Gradient Tool and set black as foreground color and white as background color.

Step 8
Drag your mouse from down to top like this.

Step 9
Your document and layer mask in layer palette will look like this.

Step 10
Add a new layer above the background by hitting the Add New Layer icon below the layer palette.

Step 11
With the new layer selected, select the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection like this.

Step 12
Select the Gradient tool and drag your mouse from above the text to just below the text.

Step 13
Deselect the selection by clicking ctrl+d and your screen will look like this.

Learn to Add a Sparkle Trail in Your Photo

2011-10-10T13:24:00.000-07:00

To create a Sparkle Trail firstly we will create a new brush and then we will use that brush to create the sparkle trail.

Step 1

Open a new document by pressing ctrl+n or go through File > New. Keep the width and height 150px and Background Contents with White.

Step 2

Select the Brush Tool from tools palette or press B on your key board. Set Black as your foreground color and White as background color.

Step 3

Open brush window by going through Window > Brush. Click on the Brush Preset column on the top left side. You can open Brush Preset directly by Window > Brush Preset. Choose Star 55 Pixels brush.

Step 4

Click three-four spots randomly with the brush by clicking the mouse.

Step 5

Now, choose Soft Round brush and set its size as 14px.

Step 6

Click three-four spots randomly as we did earlier.

Step 7

Click the small arrow on the brush window on the top right side to drop down the menu. Choose Assorted Brushes from the drop down menu and then click on Append.

Step 8

Assorted Brushes will add some new brushes in the brush palette; choose Starburst Small Brush from the list.

Step 9

Click three-four spots with this brush also (as we did with earlier brushes).

Step 10

If your document requires being crop (if there is any extra space which can increase the size of the brush) then use crop tool from tool palette or just click C on your keyboard.

Your document will look like this.

Step 11

This is the brush shape we need. Now, we will define the brush name. Go to the Edit in the menu bar and then click on Define Brush Preset.

Step 12

Give the name you like to your brush. I will give Sparkle Brush to mine.

Step 13

Open the photo, you like to add sparkle trail in and a new layer above the background layer by clicking on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the layer palette.

Name this layer Sparkle by double clicking on the layer in the layer palette.

Step 14

Now, choose the brush tool from the tool palette or just click B on your key board.

Step 15

Choose the brush which we have created from the brush palette. (Window > Brush > Brush Presets > Sparkle Brush).

Step 16

Set white as your foreground color. For this just click X on your keyboard or click on the foreground color icon and choose the white color from the color palette.

Step 17

Click on the Shape Dynamics option in the brush palette, don't click directly in the check box, (Brush > Shape Dynamics). Set the control option as Fade. For this click scroll down options and choose Fade from those option. Then fill 28 in the next box to the control. This value will vary according to the size of the picture you want to edit.

Step 18

Now, click on the Scattering option on the left side of the brush palette (Brush > Scattering). Apply the following setting.

Step 19

Click on the Brush Tip Shape and set the brush spacing to 25%.

Step 20

Now our brush is ready to create the effect. To do this just click the place from where you want to start the sparkle trail or you want to show the object creating the sparkle trail and then drag out a brush stroke in the direction you want to show the sparkle trail is going on.

Step 21

We will add some glow in this sparkle trail. For this create a duplicate layer of the sparkle layer by dragging the sparkle layer to the New Layer Icon or just click ctrl+j.

Step 22

Add some realistic look and some glow by adding some blur. Go through Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Step 23

Place the following value in the dialogue box.

Step 24

Now, duplicate the sparkle copy layer in the same way as we did earlier.

Step 25

Click Add a Layer Style icon at the bottom of the layer palette and choose outer glow option.

Step 26

Set the following setting. You can choose the color according to your picture.

Step 27

Here is my picture before the sparkle trail and after adding the sparkle trail.

Draw Clouds in photoshop!!!

2011-10-07T21:47:00.000-07:00

Step 1

Create a new document with 600 pixels Width, 420 pixels Height and 72 pixels Resolution. Keep Mode on RGB color.

Step 2

Fill the background with a Linear Gradient from #4d99ca to #2c7bb4. Give the gradient effect by holding the mouse from the down of the left side to the up of the right side.

Your document will look like this.

Step 3

Create a new layer. Name this layer cloud. Take Elliptical Marquee Tool to create the cloud shap. To give proper cloud shap, hold down shift key while selecting with Elliptical Marquee Tool.

Step 4

Fill the selected area with White color. For this click Paint Bucket Tool and select the forground color to #ffffff. Click on the selected area.

Step 5

Create a duplicate layer of Cloud layer by draging Cloud layer to Create a new layer icon or click ctr+j.

Step 6

Add some layer effects on this duplicate layer. For this do right click on this duplicate layer and select Blending options.

Step 7

Apply Outer Glow, Gradient Overlay and Stroke effect with following settings.

Result

Step 8

Merge the cloud copy and cloud layer by clicking the cloud copy layer and then Layer > Merge Down.

Step 9

Duplicate the cloud layer. Resize it by clicking ctr+t. Place the shapes where ever you like.

Step 10

Select the Text tool and write the name of your website with the font you want. I used Eras Bold ITC with 72pt.

Step 11

Give some Outer Glow and Stroke effects to your text also. See the following setting;

So, create a logo of your website with clouds!!!

Full Fill the Learning Needs and Expectations of a New Generation of Students!!!

2011-10-06T09:53:00.000-07:00

With the wide spread of technology in every field, education has taken a new way of teaching and learning. As students of tech-generation, learners are more interested in learning but with the new technology. They want to learn everything and at every moment of life. The learners of new tech-generation want to utilize every single moment of their life, so they demand that the education adapt to the technological trends being utilized every day.

The new generation is advance and emerged to come over from their previous generation by the following qualities-

· More keen to learn new things.

· Ease with technology.

· Ready to adopt changes.

· More creative.

· Indulge in group/social activities.

· Communicate worldwide through social websites, internet, smartphones, etc.

· Explore to find the answer instead of being crammer.

What’s the solution?

Now, questions arise that what we have to offer to this tech-gen? How we can fit on the expectations of new generation learners? So, technology has provided us with the term of Online Learning for the learners of new generation. But this term comes with a new problem that how to manage online learning?

Don’t worry! Here we are to help you with the solutions of your problems. We have Online Learning Management System to fulfill the needs of this tech lover generation as well as to solve your problems. An Online Learning Management System is a software application, which helps to develop and to deliver the online courses and programs.

The features of LMS which attracts learners towards it are as follow but are not limited to these-

· Online registration

· Opportunity to learn from anywhere

· Online examination

· Availability of customized study material

· Easy course management

· Discussion platforms like wiki/forum

Key Differences Between Campus Learning and Online Learning
	Campus Learning	Online Learning
Schedule	You are required to attend the classes at certain time.	You can schedule your classes according to your timings.
Course Material	You don’t have the recording of the lectures.	You have customized study material, where you have audio/video, any kind of document, pictures, etc.
Communication	You do face to face communication.	You do face to face communication as well as can use other instant communication tools like; message board, online chatting, etc.
Interaction	You hardly have a chance to interact with other teachers or student of other classes.	You have social networking platform like wiki/forum to interact with others.
Cost	You pay for dining hall, libraries, building, etc. So, campus learning becomes expensive.	You don’t need to pay anything for this. So, online learning is less expensive.
Enrollment for courses	Schedule clash can be a barrier in joining two or more courses at a time.	You can adjust schedule of any course, so you have the opportunity to join two or more courses at a time.

A survey of more than 2,500 colleges and universities nationwide reveals that more than 5.6 million students were enrolled in at least one online course in fall 2009 and these numbers will reach to approximately 8 million in 2012. This indicates the interest of learners in online learning.

Another report finding says that approximately three-quarters of institutions report that the demand of technology by the learners has increased the availability of online courses and programs. Apart from this, survey respondents expected that the quality of online education would be superior to that of traditional education.

To know more about how can you enjoy the benefits of LMS and how can you provide a learning platform with new technology to your students, contact us.

How to Make Better Decisions

2011-10-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

A person in charge has to make things happen. His/her personality, position, decisions and style influence other people. To influence others one needs to take best decisions and taking best decisions needs some strategies. No matter which department you lead, but your decisions reflect the success of your deeds. Taking decision seems tough job in comparison to implement it. It seems nice if you have a ‘jinni’ sitting on your shoulder saying “yes” or “no” at every time when you face a tough choice to choose. But if you can’t find any, you can consider the following strategies for increasing the rate of best decisions taken by you which will increase your success rate:

· Find the right problem-

Once in our company; there was a great fall in customer demand chart. For a long time we worked on our product to find the loop hole. We made many changes in our product but it did not make a great change in the customer demand. Then we consider the HR department and found that our customer representatives were not so much expert that they can provide good service to our customers which was the reason behind the fall of customer demand.

So, finding the main problem and reason behind this problem is itself a tough job. Pointing the gap between where you are and where you want to be is half solution of the problem because the answer of these questions helps you to focus on solving the main problem.

· Consider all possible solutions-

Generally, we pay a high price for the following two mistakes:

- While making a decision we don’t consider enough alternatives.

- We don’t evaluate the ideas on proper evidences.

It’s better to find the best with in many options instead of choosing the single option. A problem can be solved in many ways but to find the best way to solve the problem is the considering point. Generate as many solutions as you can before taking any decision. Go for brainstorming, bench marking or any survey. Evaluate each available options based on what’s good and what’s bad about it.

· Evaluate your idea on different theories-

There are different theories we have to evaluate our ideas like; Grid analysis, Decision Trees, Conjoint Analysis, The Future Wheel, etc. you can choose any theory according to your requirements.

· Involve people with different perspective-

Don’t be defensive to listen the views of other’s. Open your mind and ears for different perspective views. The new ways of looking a problem in different way can provide you something better. Listen, think and then test the ideas of other people before taking any decision towards those ideas.

· Ask as many questions as you can-

The best decision is always based on best information and the best information can be collected by best questions. Try to solve all the queries you have in the path to solve the problem. Always discuss the pros and cons of the answer you got against your question. Try to make a chain of questions which can provide you an organized model to you and to your people also.

· Resolve you personal decision making biases-

Every person has one or many weak points which force him to bias the options he has. So find out about yourself. Are you an emotional one or logical? Do you go with facts or with theories? Are you a number person or a big picture person? Do you want a temporary change or a long term solution? You can improve your decisions by recognizing the personality behind them.

· Learn from experience-

Go to the previous decision you made in past. Recall what you did best? The way you got success by applying your decision, the mistakes you made mostly and how did these mistakes affect the decisions’ results? Thinking over these points will provide you a chart for do’s and don’ts.

· Don’t be tempted towards yesterday’s solutions-

This is the human nature that he develops a pattern of looking at a concept or a thing. Because of that pattern whenever a problem seems similar to one we faced in the past, we like to follow the same way to handle it as before. But the changes occur to fast. We should not stick to the same pattern, as there may be technical change or many other changes which can provide us easiest or simplest way to solve the same problem.

· Follow win-win approach-

What you will think for others, they will give you in the same way. So while evaluating any idea go with that which can provide much value to every concerned. If you help other to win they will also help you to get success.

· Consult individuals who will be affected by decision-

No matter how good your decision is, if employees find it worthless or undermine it. The people who are going to work on the decision are the key persons to guide you about the solution. Because they know each and every point so they can help you to make a decision. Sometimes they can provide you such a great solutions that you never imagined. So always consider the individuals who are going to work on or who are going to be affected by the decision you will take.

· Go with satisfaction instead of optimization-

Go with best instead of searching the perfect one. Take satisfying decision instead of optimizing. An optimizing decision maker always search for perfection and wait too long to decide, which sometimes don’t work as perfectly as it should do. In contrast, the satisfaction decision maker knows that nothing is perfect in this imperfect world. So he tries to find the best out of what he has. Optimizer never adopts changes in comparison to satisfiers.

· Evaluate your final decision-

There are pros and cons of everything. This may be possible that what you think is best for one can be worse for something else. Before going to any decision, consider all the consequences with that idea. Calculate the benefits and worst effects of the decision before implementing it.

· Be ready with the reasoning behind the decision-

Your decision will affect the people directly as well as indirectly. The people who will be directly affected by your decision like your coworkers, investors, suppliers and customers will ask you the reasons behind your decision. If at that time you don’t full fill their information requirements, they can cause great problem in the implementation of your decision.

· Welcome the criticism-

Once you and your team reach to the final decision, go and challenge to those who are experts in your field in your office or out of the office. Ask them to criticize your decision or to find out the loop holes they can find. If nobody can find any, your decision is ready to implement.

Go through these strategies to improve your decision making skills and you will find the success very soon.

Most Wanted Features of Cell Phones

2011-09-30T11:57:00.000-07:00

“People are very protective of their cell phones, how it’s used, where it’s used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole of people in this country.” Steve Largent.

Cell phone has become the necessity in today’s life. One goes in deep search before investing in the cell phone. When it comes to the mobile/cell phones, the requirements of the features vary from person to person. As everyday new technology is emerging in cell phones, people are more concern about the features of these cell phones. Based on a survey we found that these are the basic features a person looks for while buying a cell phone:

Price-- Price is the most considering factor while taking the decision of buying any cell phone. People want more in cheap rate.

Mode-- Cell phones are available in different modes like CDMA/TDMA, digital/analog, PCS/cellular. So it totally depends on the need and requirement of a person that which mode he/she should go with.

Display

· Screen Size-- Now a day’s cell phones has replaced the TV so people like to buy cell phones having big screen in comparison to the cell phones having smaller screen.

· Back-lit-- Today all most every phone has the backlit screens, which is useful in low-light conditions.

· Color-- People prefer colored screen in comparison to black and white screens.

Size

· Durability-- As the cell phones have become the part of daily routine life and people need them at every moment so they prefer light weighted and small in size cell phones because it’s easy to carry them in hand or in pocket for the whole day.

· Looks and Body-- Gone are the days when people used to like big and bold body cell phones. Now more the slimmer body cell phones have more the people would like it.

· Keys-- As people prefer smart phones which have touch screen so people don’t like keys but even smart phone has a home button. So people prefer that home button must be big in size.

Smartphone-- People are going with smart phones which have features like- touch screen, run operating system, allow to download different applications, provides you GPS facility and many more facilities.

Web Access-- People like the cell phones with 3G or 4G and in few days we are going to experience 5G also.

Battery Type-- Cell phones use two kind of technologies for batteries-

· NiMH (nickel-metal hydride)

· Li-ion (lithium ion)

People generally look for long lasting and fast recharging battery.

High Resolution Camera-- The popularity of cameras’ has been gone down because of the cell phones. Now people use cell phone as a camera so they want high megapixel camera.

Required Functions-- Most phones include the basic functions. The list of basic functions are not limited to the followings-

· Messaging

· Calculator

· Calendar

· Alarm/clock

· Stopwatch

· Scheduler

· Message/contact no. storage

· Clock

· Games

· Phone Directory

· Personalized/custom sound

· High sound with ringer control

· Personalized/custom display

· Speakerphone

· Dual sim-card

· Multi-party calls

· Incoming number storage

· Call forwarding

· Different mode of ring/vibration

· Automatic redial

· Event reminder

· Easy to hold/mute call

· Speed dialing

· Personalized/custom short keys

· Car adapter

· Missed call/message reminder

Special Feature-- There are some additional features which varies according to the price of the cell phone. If one wants any of these features he/she have to pay extra for that. These special features are-

· Wi-Fi/wireless internet

· MP3 player

· GPS receiver

· LED Flash

So, don’t forget to go through this check list before making a decision of buying a cell phone!!!

A Trip from Niagara Falls to Philadelphia

2011-09-28T13:02:00.001-07:00

Every one has some unforgettable moments in his/her life. These are the moments when one feels very happy and don't want those moments to let go. Some thing like this happened with me on my three days tour from Niagara Falls to Philadelphia. It was a great experience and very exciting tour.

This tour was organized by Go To bus tour services. We booked three tickets. The trip was for three days from September 23 to September 25. Our bus was from Edison and it was a connecting bus. We reached to the bus stop at 6 o'clock of morning. Bus started at sharp 6:30. We went to the China Town, NY. There we changed our bus and started our journey to Niagara. Before Niagara the bus went to the 1000 Island. There were approx 50 passengers from different countries in the bus. There were Indians, Chinese, Russians, and Americans. But all lived for three days as they knew each other very well.

The Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River. They stretch for about 50 miles (80 km) downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, the U.S. islands in the state of New York. The islands, which number 1,793 in all, range in size from over 40 square miles (100 km2) to smaller islands occupied by a single residence, to even smaller uninhabited outcroppings of rocks that are home to migratory waterfowl.

We went there by Cruise. It was a wonderful experience. The cruise showed us all the island. Some were very small but some were very big. People has started to live on those islands. Each and every island has its own beauty and quality.

After that we started our journey towards Niagara Falls. We stayed at Holiday inn hotel for the night. It was 130miles away from the Niagara.In the morning we started for Niagara. I was very excited to reach there. We reach there approx 8:30 in the morning. First of all we watched a movie which describes about the myths and other believes related to the history of Niagara Falls. After that we visited to the Niagara Falls.

The Niagara Falls are the most powerful waterfalls in North America. These large waterfalls are situated on the Niagara River, forms the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York and forms the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

Here again we hired a cruise which took us in the middle of the falls, this is called maid of the mist. We felt the shower of that great fall. It was just like to see the heaven. The water was coming down from a great height at a very high speed. We saw Rainbow for two or three times. It was really a magical moment which shows you heaven on the earth.

After that we moved towards the Watkins Glen State Park. This park comes under the Finger Lakes Region.This is the oldest and most famous park of the Finger Lakes State Parks. It was very beautiful and has lots of falls. No one can describe its beauty. It gave the feeling of being in a jungle.

From there we proceed to our Comfort Inn hotel, where we had to stay at night.

In the morning, we started our journey for Washington DC. Washington DC is the capital of the United States. There we saw many monuments.

First of all we saw Washington Monument. The Washington Monument built between 1848 and 1884. It is 555 feet, 5 and one-eighth inches tall. Its walls are 15 feet thick at the base and 18 inches at the top, and are composed primarily of white marble blocks. This is one of the largest building in Washington DC.

Then we visited White House. The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. The White House is made up of six stories: a two-story basement, the ground floor, state floor, second floor, and the third floor. It is made up of white stone. There is a beautiful fountain in front of this.

From White house we proceed towards Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Memorial is a memorial building built to honor the 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall, Washington, DC. This is in the form of Greek temple and contains a large seated sculpture of Abraham Lincoln and inscriptions of two well-known speeches by Lincoln. Daniel Chester French was the sculptor of this statue, the architect of this building was Henry Bacon, and the painter of the interior was Jules Guerin. This Memorial is open to the public 24 hours a day for the whole year except December 25 and is free to visit.

Then we proceed towards Air and Space Museum (NASM). It holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1976. There were many aircraft like: Mercury Friendship 7, Soviet SS-20, Bell X-1, Pioneer H Apollo-Soyuz, Northwest Boeing 747-10B, Lockheed U-2, etc. There were many other sections like earth view, Galaxy view, models for different concepts of air and pressure. It was a nice experience to see so many aircraft at a time.

From Air and Space Museum we went to Philadelphia and saw Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, and statue of George Washington.

Independence Hall located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, is the centerpiece of Independence National Park. This is the place where both the declaration of Independence of US and Constitution of United States were debated and adopted. The building was completed in 1753. This building is a part of Independence National Historical Park and is listed as a World Heritage Site.

After that we saw Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American Independence. The bell has been featured on coins and stamps, and its name and image have been widely used by corporations.

The inscription on the bell is:

PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF LEV. XXV. V X.
BY ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENSYLVANIA FOR THE STATE HOUSE IN PHILAD^A
PASS AND STOW
PHILAD^A
MDCCLIIl

In front of the Independence Hall there is the statue of George Washington. This statue was designed by Joseph Alexis Bailly and installed in 1869. This was the last attraction of our tour. We came back to our home at about 11 o'clock. We made some new friends on this trip. It was really very nice weekend. I will never forget these three days.

Food Habits

2011-09-28T13:01:00.003-07:00

"More die in the United States of too much food than of too little."

This quote from John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, show the picture of the food habit of the people.

There was a time when people used to eat their food for living but now a days the theory has been changed. The new generation's theory is based on the motto of eating. They live to eat. They don't think about what they are eating?, how much they eat?, How their eating habits affect their health? They are not concerned about the bad effects of these bad eating habits. Often young people complain of tiredness and low stamina, which automatically results in lack of sleep or imbalance in other lifestyle habits. People start intake of caffeine and a quick sugar fix to get rid of this tiredness, instead of eating healthy diet.

All these problems can be easily solved by following good eating habits. Good eating habits don't mean sitting down at a table three times a day to a formal meal. These meals must include healthy diet. Improving a person's eating habits and increasing the intake of adequate fluids can make remarkable improvement in the energy levels and overall wellbeing.

"Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy."

So, we must take care of our health. These following tips may be helpful to you to take care of your health:

Eat plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables

Most youngsters don't eat any of these. There are lots of items of whole grains like Barley, Brown rice, Buckwheat, Millet, Oatmeal, Popcorn, Wild rice, etc which you can add to your diet. 2-3 whole grain meals a day are required for a good health. According to the doctors a diet rich in vegetables and fruits reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, maintain blood pressure and keep the digestion system proper. If you don't like any of these, give them a chance, try some different dishes from these ingredients.

Add varieties of nutrition

There are no single food which can provide you all nutrition to your body so you have to add different foods to complete this requirement of different nutrition. There quantity depends on the calories requirement. Daily food chart must contain whole-grain products, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, poultry and other protein foods.

Balance your food chart over time

Its not possible to eat same diet every day. But you can make balance between your food of two-three days. If one day you take any diet high in calories and fat, next day you can compensate it by taking a diet lower in these nutrition and fat. Your food choices over several days should fit together into a healthy pattern.

Make your body habitual to new habits gradually

A proper and healthy diet includes different items which you may like or not, so don't expect to change your eating habits overnight. Give yourself proper time to adapt the new food or new eating habits. Don't follow the diet chart forcefully. Try to make changes gradually, like if you don't like boiled vegetables, try to reduce the quantity of oil in your food. Eventually you may find that you like boiled food too.

Track your weight

What is the modest weight for you depends on many factors like your sex, age, height and heredity. Excess fat will increase your weight which will increase your chances for high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, diabetes and other illness. Like wise, being too thin also increase the risk of osteoporosis and many other health problems. A registered dietitian or a physician can help you to determine the proper weight and to develop good eating habits for achieving the proper weight you required. Regular physical exercise is also important to maintain a healthy weight.

Know your bad habits

Before implementing your diet chart, firstly find out your bad eating habits. Do you have more cheese in your diet? Have you included proper amount of fruits and vegetables in you daily routine diet? After finding your bad habits, instead of cutting those item, just cut back your portion.

Eat moderate portion

Keep the portion size of any food reasonable. It will give you freedom to eat what you want and to stay healthy. Join some health organization or guidance of an expert to know the serving size of different food and their quantity.

Don't Skip your meal

Eat regular and on time. Skipping can result in a burst of hunger. This out of control hunger can results in overeating. Hunger can make a person to forget about the nutrition and can force to eat unhealthy and tempting food. Snacking between meals can help curb hunger, but don't eat so much that your snack becomes your one time meal.

Reduce, don't eliminate certain foods

Sometimes, people eat certain things because they like it and don't want to give up. So, its not a big deal. You can enjoy you favorite food and can stay healthy even if your favorite food is not healthy or taking you off the track from your daily diet chart. You just need some little adjustments in your diet. Reduce the other meals from your diet which are rich in those nutrition in which your favorite food is. Try to take small amount of your favorite food or share it with your friends or family.

Don't treat any food good or bad

No food is good, no food is bed. The effect of any food is differ on different people. Select any food based on your total eating patterns. Its not embarrassing if you like chocolate, ice cream, apple pie, or any other high fat food. Eat them in moderation and choose other foods which can balance your health diet.

Apart from these a nutrition expert or a physician can help you develop a personal action plan for improving your eating habits while keeping the fun in food. Registered dietitian can also be helpful to you provide valuable information and advice. To follow the diet chart you should be positive and self confident. Physical exercise helps to be healthy as well as increase the motivational power and self confidence.

Food Addiction

2011-09-28T13:01:00.001-07:00

"I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat."

This is the thinking of today's youngsters. Today, people live for the taste. They don't think about their health. The only thing they want is taste. For the taste they even don't consider what and how much they are eating? The result of this cause a new danger called "Food Addiction."

What is Food Addiction?

Food Addiction also called Compulsive Overeating, is a term used to describe the person who is compulsive overeater. A food addict generally engages in frequent episodes of uncontrolled eating even pass the point of being comfortably full. They become so obsessed that they spend excessive amount of time to eat, they always think about food. To release any anxiety or worry they start eating. They usually try to eat alone and after eating they feel guilty also. Overeaters typically eat when they are not hungry. They eat sweets, fast food or any other food which they find easily but usually they eat that have little or no nutritional value.

Signs and Symptoms of Food Addiction

Eating uncontrollably even when not physically hungry.

Feeling of guilt due to overeating.

Less time gape between two meals.

Eating alone due to shame and embarrassment.

Depression or mood swings.

so much weight gain which decrease the mobility.

Withdrawal from activities or public/professional organizations due to the embarrassment about weight.

Start eating or chewing anything when feel anxiety or fear.

Weight fluctuation.

History of many different unsuccessful diets.

Its understandable that eating pattern is abnormal.

Effects of Food Addiction

The effects of food addiction is not less harmful in comparison to drug addiction. This affects the addict physically as well as mentally.

Weight gain increase the chances of heart attack, stroke or other dangerous diseases.

Due to increase in weight a negative body image crates which decrease the self esteem.

Strained relations with friends, colleague, family members.

Many food addicts face the mood swings.

A severe addicts may even struggle with suicide tendency.

Addict suffers from depression.

Chronic pain and limited mobility may occur.

Obesity and/or over weight demotivates and make a person to feel humiliation.

Management/Recovery

Counseling and therapies are there to help or to treat the food addicts. Researches show that approximate 80% food addicts who seek any counseling or other professional help recover or experience significant decrease in their symptoms. According to psychiatrists some times food addiction results due to the lack of emotional support or due to some emotional conflicts. So these must be checked out and by resolving these psychological and/or emotional problems one can get rid from the food addiction.

There are many twelve steps programs to treat this bad habit. One of these programs is Food Addicts Anonymous (FA).

Food Addicts Anonymous is a twelve step program, based on the principal of Alcoholics Anonymous. This program was founded in 1987 in West Palm Beach, Florida. It is still based there. As of 2006, the organize consists of approx 300 groups which arrange meetings around the world. These meeting may be face to face, telephonic or online.

According to this program, some time alcohol addiction results as the food addiction so they treat alcohol addiction also. They treat with food plan which calls for abstinence from sugar, flour and wheat.They don't treat for weight loss.

All in all, if you are suffering from food addiction, don't feel shy or demotivated. Join any group to get rid of this bad habit. Build your motivation positive and high and believe your will power. A mixture of all these will surely help you to get rid from this food addiction.

Tips to be Successful in Your Field

2011-09-28T13:00:00.001-07:00

"Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautiful"

Every body is indulge in learning something. Some gets perfection in their field but some can't.

Why a person can't gets the perfection in his/her learning field?

This quote of Zig Ziglar gives us the answer of this question. To be the best in our field we should learn it by our hurt. Only learning it is not important. The important thing is how much devotion we have to learn that skill. How much enthusiasm we have for learning that skill.

Consider the following ideas for becoming more visible and successful:

Read articles, books, journals, or any other material related to your field of expertise for one hour everyday.

Ask questions to other people about your doubts and listen them well.

Let people know what you do and what you are learning.

Visualize yourself as the person you want to become.

Listen to educational and motivational CDs while driving in your car or while going for a walk.

Visit and join professional organizations where you can be the people of your field and can get the benefit from there company.

Volunteer to be on a committee or support team.

Join the membership of some professional groups from where you can update yourself by learning the latest innovations or information regarding your field.

Be in the company of such persons who are motivated, positive, success oriented and who support you and your goals.

Learn from the experience of other's as well as of yourself.

Say yes when you are invited to participate in any quiz, meeting or to be a part of any panel discussion.

Write articles to your organization or institute's newsletters to become better known and to establish yourself as an expert.

Be friendly, helpful and professional at working place.

Never take your mistakes negatively. Learn from every mistake.

Never say no to hard work.

Continue to set new goals.

You should always practice, learn, strive to improve, and challenge yourself to be the best in your field. Set the goals which excite you about your future. Never feel demotivated, do hard work and put your best to achieve your goals. Once you make your decision, you can move toward your goals. Set the highest goal as the saying-

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."

May these ideas help you move toward your goals and becoming your personal best.

Tips for Better Health

2011-09-28T12:59:00.003-07:00

One of my friends, Jack, who lives in New York, leads a busy life. In the past, he had some unhealthful habits like smoking, consuming alcohol, eating fast food, etc. But soon he came to realize that he was paying a price for them. Its better to realize your bad habits and to improve theme. Jack did the same after realizing about his bad habits, he stopped smoking, intake of alcohol and start eating healthy food. Now, he is so health that in the last four years, he hasn't taken more than one sick day a year. He reports " I feel enthusiastic and always awake and alert. I enjoy life."

Many of you, who has the same bad habits like that of Jack and want to change these habits would like to know how Jack did control over his bad habits?

The answer is very simple and can be followed by any of you. He just made an adjustment to his routine. He add some important activities and some prevention in his schedule. As the saying goes, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So he did and got a fit and fine health.

There are five tips which helped Jack and many others to gain a better health. These can help you too-

Eat Wisely
Take Care of Basic Body Needs
Protect Your Health
Keep Yourself Moving
Motivate Yourself

Eat Wisely

"Eat healthy, live healthy"

Its nice saying which describes the eating habit. What it means?

Eat Fresh Food-

Today's life is so fast that people have no time to cook the food for themselves. They enjoy modern processed foods instead of "real" food - whole, fresh food. They know that prepackaged food and fast food usually contain high levels of sugar, salt, spices and fat, which harms their health and are associated with heart disease, stroke, obesity, cancer and other serious illness. But even after that they consume these fast food and packaged food.

To stay healthy we should avoid all these artificial packaged food. When cook, try boiling or steaming instead of frying. Never eat spoiled food. Use less spices.

Do Not Eat Too Much

According to the reports from World Health Organization, overeating is one major cause for the worldwide increase of overweight and obese people. One study found that in parts of Africa,"there are more children who are overweight than malnourished'. Obesity is the cause of many other dangerous diseases like heart problems, stroke, etc. Obese children are at the threshold of the health problems. Parents should have a check on the eating habits of their children. They should set good examples for their children by molding their eating habits to that way which are healthy for them as well as for their children.

Drink Plenty of Fluids

Intake of liquid helps in the proper working of digestion system. Adults and children need to drink plenty of water and other unsweetened liquids every day. According to the doctors one should drink 8-10 glass of water every day. Intake of liquid make healthier skin and promote weight loss also. Intake of liquid during excessive physical work or exercise prevents the lack of water in human body. Avoid intake of alcohol and sweetened drinks. Water should be intake in pure form. Always drink clean water. Use tainted water after boiling. Mother feed is recommended for the infants.

Take Care of Basic Body Needs

Taking basic steps to care for yourself can make a world of differences in your health.

Get Enough Rest

"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work".

In today's busy life this quote defines the importance of rest in one's busy life. The demand of modern life has reduced the time people spend sleeping. But proper sleep is essential for good health. Sleep reinforce the immune system and reduces the risk of infection, diabetes, stroke, heart diseases, depression and many other dangerous diseases. Sleep works like energy pills for the memory and mood.

Researches shows that for an adult 7-8 hours of sleep are required. Infants and toddlers need approx 18-20 hrs of sleep.

Go to the Doctor

Go for a complete body check-up once in a year even then when you don't feel any sickness or other health problem. It helps to early diagnose which results in better outcome and less expensive.

Protect Your Health

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."

Keep Yourself Clean

"Cleanness of body was ever deemed to proceed from a due reverence to God."

According to the reports of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,"Hand washing is the single most important thing that you can do to help prevent the spread of infection and to stay healthy and well."

So, parents should trained their children for the habit of hand wash. Wash your hands before and after taking the meal, after coming from outside. Clean your hands before touching to any wound and even after touching it. Do so even after touching an animal, using the toilet, changing the baby's diaper.

Take a bath every day. Wean clean clothes. Use clean linens, towels, handkerchief, etc.

Don't let the babies to keep their hands in the mouth or nose.

These little but important tasks always contribute to keep you healthy and fit.

Keep your Home Clean

Its saying that " Keep your home and its environs clean; it will ensure health and happiness for you and for society."

Do whatever extra efforts are required to keep your home clean and tidy. People spend their maximum time in home so the environment of the home effects the body and health a lot. Clean your home everyday. Eliminate the places where water can collect because collected water is the home for mosquitoes and other insects. Never keep any food uncovered. Keep your toilet, dustbin and other litter clean and clear because these places attract insects and vermin, all of which can cause disease.

Avoid Infectious Disease

We catch many diseases by infection from any family member like cold or the flu. So avoid sharing of eating utensils and close physical contact with any who have a cold or the flu. Vaccination can help to prevent some infections, but a wise person must still take necessary precautions when with someone who has an infectious diseases. Avoid insect bits. Use mosquitoes net, especially for children.

Avoid Injuring Yourself

Follow safety rules when working in kitchen. Take protection when working with household appliances. Use those appliances only if you know how to operate them. Be careful while driving a car or riding a scooter or motorcycle. Use appropriate safety equipment like safety headgear, proper footwear, seat belt, etc. Never drive after drinking alcohol. Don't smoke while you are driving or riding. Never attend any mobile call when you are driving. Always follow the road rules.

Keep Yourself Moving

"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it."

Do Physical Exercise

Adding physical exercise in your daily routine helps to live a healthy life. Exercise can help us to feel happier, clear our thoughts, be more productive, live a positive life, along with proper diet it helps to control our weight also. Regular exercise, jogging, brisk walking, cycling, taking part in outdoor games and sports, etc prevents your body to be catch by diseases. This also reduce the risk of heart attack or any heart disease. These activities also help in proper functioning of metabolism system which automatically helps to control the weight. This protect our body from obesity or overweight.

Use Your Feet

Walking is one of the best exercise for the good health. Use your feet instead of a car, bus or elevator is a good start. Walk helps to keep your blood pressure accurate. It also helps to keep you safe from heart diseases. Parents should encourage their children to walk.

Age doesn't matter to start this. No matter what your age is, you can benefit from moderate physical exercise.

Walking instead of using any vehicle is beneficial from other aspects also like it doesn't cost even a penny so its economical, it saves energy, etc.

Do the exercise according to your potential. Exercise need not to be painful for your body.

Motivate Yourself

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in

themselves they have the first secret of success."

Keep Learning

There are so many public and private institutions which provides health educational programs. Join these programs and educate yourself about basic ways to improve your health. Their are literature on a wide range of health topics.Lots of websites are there which provides health related information. You can ask to doctors online for any quarry and can get the answer for your doubts. Keep an open mind and be willing to make simple adjustments.

Improve Your Bad Habits

Its never late to start improving yourself. Never think that its too late to start for improving your bad habits. But remember for this strong motivation is required. Never feel demotivated. Motivate yourself as well as to your family member to improve the bad habits. There could be no higher or more motivation reason to take care of one's health.

In this world its possible for anyone to attain perfect health by strong motivation, determination, positiveness along with some small adjustments. Never feel anxiety or undue stress due to the health concern. Instead, just try to avoid things that needlessly shorten life and impair its quality. This way may help you to get a good health and to lead a healthy life.

How To Behave Professionally

2011-09-28T12:59:00.001-07:00

As an employee we often have to listen from our employers to be professional. What do companies mean when they say behave professionally? It is something, a lot of people don't really know the exact answer, but just speculate based on preconceived ideas. To get the success one should understand this from the company's point of view.

What to do ?

Be the asset for the company

The definition of being professional varies from company to company. This is just doing the things in the favor of company and earning the money for the company. This is why you're asked to dress, speak, work and behave in a certain way. The company knows that if you answer the phone a certain way or well dress up, you have a better chance to make money for the business.

Keep personal matters aside

As a professional, you have to put your personal emotions and matters aside to focus all your attention on the company itself. When you are conducting business, you need to do all the things in the best interest of the company. Make sure the company’s growth arrow always goes upward. A good business man or a professional never merge his personal and professional life and always try to treat both field separately.

Be honest

Always show honesty towards your employer as well as to your work.Never let them feel that you are doing something which might affect the name or growth of the company.

Be reliable

Anybody can rely you. If any colleague, boss or client wants you to keep something confidential so it’s important for you to do so.

Respect for others

Treat everybody like as if they are part of your approach. No matter they are your boss or you junior. Make them feel important for you.

Listen to others

People want to be heard so let them give a chance to explain themselves. They should have the opportunity to explain their ideas.

Motivate others

You share your time with colleague so never let them feel failure or smaller. Always support them and motivate them for achieving their goals.

Be positive

If you are positive you will feel positive energy in the environment which will make your attitude optimistic.

Be aware of your language

Never use abuse language at work place. Always use clean language. Never comment about your boss, colleague or client.

Update yourself

Never let your skills be outdated. Seek out the ways to update your skills and knowledge.

Competences

Do what you can do with perfection. You have the skills and knowledge which enable you to do your job well.

What to Avoid?

Being late

Always be on time. Don’t be late in office, meeting, presentation, conference.

Lying

It will damage your reputation for life if you get caught. You will lose believe of everybody.

Arguing

Never put your leg in any argument. Being disagreed with someone doesn't mean to engage in a conflict or crossing your limits.

Dressing casual

If you come to your job with casual dress up it will show you as an unorganized person.

Abuse language

Don’t make jokes of others. Never use abuse words for your boss, colleague or a client.

Showing yourself superior to others

Never let them feel humiliated or small by showing yourself a superior one.

Acting emotions

Try to control your emotion and never take any decision emotionally.

These are simple and effective ways for being professional. If your client finds you professional he/she might give you more work in future or may refer you to others. By following these simple rules you will find that you can increase your billing rates.

Tendency of Parents

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A father tends to

Focus on teaching children good manners, ritualized action and other tools which might be needed by children for future survival.
Bond in short bursts of attachment and connection with child, both emotional and physical, in comparison to the mother.
Be more competitive. Dads expect more perfection, discipline and success for their children. They provide contests, tasks, tests of skills.
Push his child to be independent from his or her caregivers.
Promote risk taking in the growing child, which is necessary to get success in the future life.
Teach facing different situations and conditions emotionally and physically. He downplay emotions, even at the risk of hurt feelings.
Make ready his child to fight against any vulnerability, emotional or physical.
Realize the child about self-worth.
Guide the child to sacrifice his or her own thinking in deference to authority thinking till he or she has not become so mature enough to become authoritative.
Teach child to become strong emotionally as well as physically. He tries to help the child to feel strong even in those conditions when child does not feel better.

A Mother tends to

Help the child to quickly resolve the inner emotional conflicts and stresses so that whole bonding system can feel better.
Find it difficult to distance herself emotionally from the child when her child does anything wrong.
Teach the child to show empathy when someone is hurt, even at the expense of games, other tasks, goals or any work.
Motivate multitasking and complex development of sensory enjoyment in the growing child. That's why a mother make a child to attend different activity classes.
Bonds with the child in long bursts of connection both physical and emotional by hugging, kissing , talking.
Provide verbal encouragement to promote the child's skills, talents and overall development.
Try to be a friend or partner in every activity or at every stage of life where child needs a friend or a partner.
Alter their schedules and activities according to the routine of the child in order to care for child's various needs. They compromise their personal needs and give preference to the necessities of the child.
Create such bonding and attachment between herself and the child which helps the child to express his or her emotion in word.
Provides constant hands-on and needs-based attachment to the child from his or her birth.