tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57245480017856661392024-03-05T02:14:06.253-08:00Life RealitiesInnovation of things around us!...Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.comBlogger624125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-17467513423293991622017-04-10T23:54:00.000-07:002017-04-10T23:54:36.461-07:00Creative Birthday Ideas for Your Best Friend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You only have one best friend in life, and when it comes to their birthday, you can afford to go crazy and provide something unique. After all, if you don't make time for your best friend, who will you make time for? This year, don't settle for another card or an impersonal gift certificate. Think outside of the box and come up with a present for your best pal that she'll never forget. Here are a few creative, unique ideas to help you get started.<br />
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1) Help Them See Into the Future<br />
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Talking to a psychic is a fun experience that everyone should have at some point. For your single friend, set her up with a <a href="http://www.psychicreadings123.com/psychic-readings/" target="_blank">love tarot reading</a> from a trusted psychic like the ones found at Psychic Readings 123. You might just help her find the love of her life. If she's not single, you can still get great love and career advice from a psychic, and you'll both have fun with the reading.<br />
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2) Go For an Extended Soak<br />
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For a truly unique experience, set your friend up with a soak in a sensory deprivation tank. These salt-water tanks allow people to float and rest in water for the ultimate in relaxation. If this is not available in your area, find a location where you can both soak in a hot tub. Often health spas and saunas will have these facilities available.<br />
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3) Take a Hike<br />
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Do a little research and planning and you can surprise your friend with a day to remember. National parks are available in every state, and they are an affordable way to get back to nature. Pack a picnic with foods and drinks that you know your best friend loves. This way, when you start to get tired with hiking and admiring the beautiful scenery, you can take a break and enjoy something delicious. Be sure to also pack a tempting dessert!<br />
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4) Go on an Adventure<br />
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Celebrate your best friend's birthday in style with an adventurous tour in your area. If you live near a river, look into whitewater rafting or kayaking. If your best friend doesn't mind heights, consider bungee jumping, sky diving, or hang gliding. You can't go wrong with a trip to an amusement park, either. With a little planning and work, you can give your friend the best birthday ever. <br />
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Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-13427674511709498712016-11-06T01:54:00.000-07:002016-11-06T01:58:50.213-08:00Luxury Homes In Chicago, Illinois<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">Just a short drive from the Chicago metropolitan area is one of the most exciting <a href="http://www.lazywillow.com/property-summary" target="_blank">luxury homes for sale in crystal lake, illinois</a>. This beautiful chalet-style home is situated on 14.63 acres, with access to 8 acres of wooded area that includes 6 acres of lush green lawn for sports and a swimming pond and a waterfall. A golf course is located just across the street from the front of this incredible property, and the area surrounding it all is protected land. Yes, this kind of lush country estate living is available within 5.7 miles of the Chicago Commuter Train Station and 50 miles from the Chicago Board of Trade. Yes, all this, within a short commute to the vibrant center of one of the United States’ greatest cities, Chicago, Illinois.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">This property is called The Lazy Willow, and this French Chateau style historic home </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">with five bedrooms, six baths and four fireplaces is as exquisite as it sounds. The home offers 5400 square feet of living space, plus an additional 1300 square feet of space that can be developed for expansion. This restful and lovely home also has a spa room and two screened-in porches that make relaxing here a breeze. The property also boasts two outside decks with views of a waterfall overlooking the yard and a 200 acre conservation area. A three-car parking area is also available outside.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">The upstairs area of Lazy Willow has a 1600 square foot space that is a combination meeting room and recreation area. This room has a kitchenette and a bathroom, which makes it a very welcoming area for a group retreat or conference. The downstairs area has a 1600 square foot shop and a two car garage. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">There are two other bonus areas on this property. These include a 1933 log cabin that’s been converted into a storage area. Another shed has also been converted into a garage and storage area.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">The Lazy Willow retreat is an utterly unique property that offers all the advantages of a country retreat, while still being accessible to the many attractions of the exciting Chicago area. This is a truly one of a kind property that must be seen to be believed, so call for an appointment today. </span></div>
Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-1181518341993013922016-09-14T09:07:00.000-07:002016-09-14T09:12:55.748-07:00The Best Home Renovation If You're Planning to Sell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">It's natural to want to make your home looks its best when you're planning to sell. However, some home improvements will bring a better ROI than others. If you''re looking for the most cost-effective ways to add appeal to your home - and possibly increase your sales price - read on for home improvements that are worth the effort. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">A fresh coat of paint inside and out can instantly transform your home for relatively little cost. Paint effects and faux finishes are also good ways to camouflage cosmetic defects, but try to keep it simple. However, you should never try to use paint to cover serious flaws. You can get a color consultation from an interior designer or professional home stager to find the best colors to positively influence potential buyers in a subtle way. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">You don't need to go all out and add a huge fountain or plan an elaborate outdoor room to use landscaping to your advantage. A green, well-maintained lawn, trimmed shrubbery in a few strategic places and flower borders are nice ways to add curb appeal without going into debt. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">If your floors are old and slightly damaged or worn, either replace them or install carpeting. Wood floors are big sellers, so if you already have them installed, get a professional to refinish them; studies show that it costs an average of $2,500 to refinish wood floors, and it will yield a 100% ROI. New tile flooring is always a high point in the bathroom or kitchen.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">Unless your kitchen or bath are remnants from the 1960s or they're in extraordinarily bad condition, a full remodel usually isn't necessary. Make small changes, like installing an island and granite countertops in the kitchen or changing your bath facilities for attractive, water-saving features. These fixes cost little, and you'll usually recoup the entire cost on resale. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">You should never add a garage or rooms to your home; the expense will only net maybe 40% of your initial investment. However, major things like a new roof or heating system will return 100% of your cost or more. A swimming pool or Jacuzzi is nice if you already have them installed and they're in good condition, but never install one as a sales incentive.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica";">The key to making a smart investment is not to do one big, costly improvement, but to update specific features in your home for added appeal overall. Builders and real estate professionals are in the best position to show you ways to add value to your home. You can <a href="http://renovationexperts.com/contactus.asp">get details now</a> by contacting a local professional in your area to arrange a consultation. Anything you can do to make buyers happy and facilitate a faster sale without overextending yourself or your bank account is a win-win for all.</span></div>
Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-59876089971929305722012-11-05T09:23:00.001-08:002012-11-05T09:23:29.632-08:0010 Fun Activities for Children with Autism<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Craft activities are fun for everyone, but for children on the autism spectrum, the opportunity to explore color, shape, and sensory experiences can stimulate attention, foster calm, and create loads of fun! Here are 10 activities that teachers and parents love to do with their special needs children.</span><br />
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">1. </strong><strong style="border: 0px; color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Create a Shredded Flower Bouquet.</strong><span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"> </span></span><img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://03.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196688/file_196688.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />Who knew shredded paper could be so beautiful? This creative activity involves ripping and shredding paper to create a colorful composition that makes for a great gift or decoration. Kids with special needs will especially love the sensory experience of handling paper and manipulating colors and shapes! <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. </strong><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Paint with Ice.</span></span> </strong><img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://00.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196695/file_196695.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />Kids love to swirl the melting paint over paper, creating beautiful designs. They'll practice their color recognition and observation skills while observing paint go from a liquid state to a solid state, then back to liquid again!<span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://02.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196691/file_196691.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img align="right" alt="" border="0" height="75" src="http://02.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196691/file_196691.jpg" style="border: none; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">5. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Practice Paint Chip Storytelling.</span></span></strong> <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;"></span></span>Telling a story is like painting a picture, using words instead of paint. In this imaginative activity, your child uses paint chips and words to tell a story! Alter the activity according to the level of your child, and you can spark his imagination and narrative abilities while having a colorful good time! <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">7. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Sculpt Clay Snowflakes.</span></span> </strong><img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://04.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196693/file_196693.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />You don't have to brave the chill to enjoy the beauty of winter. Make sparkly snowflake sculptures and experience winter from the comfort and warmth of your home! Sculpting clay is a great way to boost fine motor skills, and kids with special needs will love the sensory experience of squishing, pulling and kneading as they work. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">8. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Set Up a Smelling Station.</span></span></strong> <img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://00.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196694/file_196694.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />With the help of some small containers, rubber bands, scraps of fabric and lots and lots of fragrant ingredients, your child can create a whole collection of smells to tease his nose. Smell is one of the five senses, and kids will love learning about what role it plays while exploring the breathing and relaxation associated with good scents. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">9. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Oobleck Science: Solid or Liquid?</span></span></strong> <img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://01.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196696/file_196696.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />Can something be solid and liquid at the same time? Experiment with this classic science activity that introduces kids to the mysteries of states of matter. Children will love the sensory experience of squeezing and splashing that comes with this gooey scientific investigation! <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">10. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Make Number Rubbings.</span></span></strong> <img align="right" alt="" height="75" src="http://02.edu-cdn.com/files/196601_196700/196697/file_196697.jpg" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="75" />Kids love using crayons for just about everything. Put this art streak to good use by introducing them to “rubbings.” They'll work the small muscles in their hands and improve eye-hand coordination. Plus, they'll experiment with different surfaces while practicing shapes and numbers. <span style="color: #2d8ccb; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: inherit;">Go</span></span></div>
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Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-80043655607817128232011-06-27T16:17:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:21:16.970-07:00Explaining Variables and Terms Study Guide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_UHySzJhwtJc7JKwLyobx1P9s55t7kx-zvfjAgc5jL_iTkVNSBgyxoXBpGxOSKGVzrmvaY_SijpEwdMz5MqU3s18f7aQgSSVfg5NYoBZyE6PZr1MNnbUuOK-wrcapfd-vaAWl7lAIFQ/s1600/dependent_independent.jpeg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_UHySzJhwtJc7JKwLyobx1P9s55t7kx-zvfjAgc5jL_iTkVNSBgyxoXBpGxOSKGVzrmvaY_SijpEwdMz5MqU3s18f7aQgSSVfg5NYoBZyE6PZr1MNnbUuOK-wrcapfd-vaAWl7lAIFQ/s400/dependent_independent.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623043604572173874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Find practice problems and solutions for these concepts at Explaining Variables and Terms</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Practice Problems.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The human mind has never invented a labor-saving machine equal to algebra. —Author Unknown</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">In this section, you'll learn the language of algebra, how to define variables and terms, and a short review of integers.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Math topics always seem to have scary sounding names: trigonometry, combinatorics, calculus, Euclidean plane geometry —and algebra. What is algebra? Algebra is the representation of quantities and relationships using symbols. More simply, algebra uses letters to hold the place of numbers. That does not sound so bad. Why do we use these letters? Why not just use numbers? Because in some situations, we do not always have all the numbers we need.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's say you have 2 apples and you buy 3 more. You now have 5 apples, and we can show that addition by writing the sentence 2 + 3 = 5. All of the values in the sentence are numbers, so it is easy to see how you went from 2 apples to 5 apples.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, let's say you have a beaker filled with 134 milliliters of water. After pouring more water into the beaker, you look closely and see that you now have 212 milliliters of water. How much water was added to the beaker? Before you perform any mathematical operation, that quantity of water is unknown.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Tip:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">If we do not know the value of a quantity in a problem, that value is an unknown.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">We can write a sentence to show what happened to the volume of water n the beaker even though we don't know how much water was added. A symbol can hold the place of the quantity of water that was added. Although we could use any symbol to represent this quantity, we usually use letters, and the most commonly used letter in algebra is x.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">There is no clear reason why x came to be used most often to represent unknowns. René Descartes, a French mathematician, was one of the first to use x, y, and z to represent unknown quantities—back in 1637! While many have tried to determine why he used these letters, no one knows for certain.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The beaker had 134 milliliters of water in it when x milliliters were added to it. Read that sentence again. We describe the unknown quantity in the same way we would a real number. When a symbol, such as x, takes the place of a number, it is called a variable. We can perform the same operations on variables that we perform on real numbers. After x milliliters are added to the beaker, the beaker contains 212 milliliters. We can write this addition sentence as 134 + x = 212. Later in this book, we will learn how to solve for the value of x and other variables.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">In the sentence 134 + x = 212, 134 and 212 are numbers and x is a variable. Because the variable x holds the place of a number, we can perform the same operations on it that we would perform on a number.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">We can add 4 to the variable x by writing x + 4. We can subtract 4 from x by writing x – 4. Multiplication we show a little bit differently. Because the letter x looks like the multiplication symbol (×), we show multiplication by placing the number that multiplies the variable right next to the variable, with no space. To show 4 multiplied by x, we write 4x. There is no operation symbol between 4 and x, and that tells us to multiply 4 and x. Multiplication is sometimes shown by two adjacent sets of parentheses. Another way to show 4 multiplied by x is (4)(x).</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Division is most often written as a fraction. x divided by 4 is . This could also be written as or x ÷4, but these notations are less common.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Algebra Vocabulary</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">A sentence, whether it contains variables or not, is made up of terms. A term is a variable, constant, or product of both, with or without exponents, and is usually separated from another term by addition, subtraction, or an equal sign. While a variable can have different values in different situations, a constant is a term that never changes value. Real numbers are constants. The sentence x + 4 = 5 contains 3 terms: x, 4, and 5.x is a variable, and 4 and 5 are constants.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The sentence 3x – 5 = 11 also contains 3 terms: 3x –5, and 11.3x is a single term, because 3 and x are multiplied, not added or subtracted. In the same way, – = 2 also has only three terms, because is a single term.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The numerical multiplier, or factor, of a term is called a coefficient. In the term 3x, 3 is the coefficient of x, because 3 multiplies x. In the term 9y, the coefficient of y is 9. In multiplication, the order in which one value multiplies another does not matter: 4×5and 5×4 both equal 20. The order in which 3 and x are multiplied does not matter, either, but we typically place the constant in front of the variable. The constant is considered the coefficient, and the variable is considered the base. Because the coefficient is one factor of the term, the base is the other factor. If a variable appears to have no coefficient, then it has a coefficient of 1: 1x = x.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Tip:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Division can be rewritten as multiplication. x divided by 5 is the same as x multiplied by The coefficient of x in the term is because can be written as</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">In algebra, the base of a term is often raised to an exponent. An exponent is a constant or variable that tells you how many times a base must be multiplied by itself. Exponents are small numbers (superscripts) that appear above and to the right of a base. The term x2 is equal to x multiplied by x. The term y6 means (y)(y)(y)(y)(y)(y). If a variable appears to have no exponent, then it has an exponent of 1: x1 = x.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Like and Unlike Terms</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">If two terms have the same base raised to the same exponent, then the two terms are called like terms. For instance, 2a2 and –6a2 are like terms, because both have a base of a with an exponent of 2. Even though the terms have different coefficients, they are still like terms. If two terms have different bases, or identical bases raised to different exponents, then the two terms are unlike terms. 7m and 7n are unlike because they have different bases. 7m4 and 7m5 are also unlike terms. Even though they have the same base, the exponents of the bases are different. In the next lesson, we will see why recognizing terms as like or unlike is so important.<br /> <br />By: LearningExpress Editors - LearningExpress, LLC - Education.com<br /> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-46002033916736634172011-06-27T15:52:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:17:24.118-07:00Pets in Tokyo!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORatKAyx33f5uTmbdTyiA0HqEvppHNXDpGMQeTBJUjFdh17xpmX5f_NQD3a5ohhnSXiOE0FPy4UClhF6UJQJcco1-jvPiEqMF8_cPL-QfwWUqP-pMVgjayiH8oAoDm8WdsksSWS918AE/s1600/doubledecker_dogs02.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORatKAyx33f5uTmbdTyiA0HqEvppHNXDpGMQeTBJUjFdh17xpmX5f_NQD3a5ohhnSXiOE0FPy4UClhF6UJQJcco1-jvPiEqMF8_cPL-QfwWUqP-pMVgjayiH8oAoDm8WdsksSWS918AE/s400/doubledecker_dogs02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623042597986498962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just want to share something about my vacation in Tokyo, Japan before. 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If I could have a chance to go back to Tokyo, Japan I'll definitely take the chance and I will always well.</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-2188840244429035312011-06-27T15:28:00.000-07:002011-06-27T15:52:32.361-07:00Event Promotional Tips!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhradDfXIvwzHdHblruik45nVjs88aNyolCtCj7m1ZnXS6P2sB3JBye9FpURWj51f23wTRabyeeXg01oevYLxrxa9dLxOWyuroikU_AACu0h5Wmoq3kwsk8kImm0fxJUQebDlG8IwH3BmE/s1600/business-promotion-tips.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhradDfXIvwzHdHblruik45nVjs88aNyolCtCj7m1ZnXS6P2sB3JBye9FpURWj51f23wTRabyeeXg01oevYLxrxa9dLxOWyuroikU_AACu0h5Wmoq3kwsk8kImm0fxJUQebDlG8IwH3BmE/s400/business-promotion-tips.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623036192371908466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you have an upcoming event that needs a <a href="http://www.htcustomflags.com/">custom flags</a> design for promotion purposes? 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It's almost as though they are living in an X-rated world, bombarded by sexually explicit movies, clothing touting "adult-only" messages, sexually charged pop music, mature-rated video games, and provocative, "way before their years" fashions—when they've barely made it out of the G-rating age group. What's more, not only do our kids idolize those age-advanced lifestyles and products, but corporations, manufacturers, and retail stores are developing and marketing products aimed to encourage them to do so.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The problem is that adopting that fast-forward world could also affect our children's well-being. First, it "decompresses" their childhood, so they miss out on activities, rituals, and games that are essential to normal development; second, it exposes them to serious issues that they can't fully comprehend, let alone handle. That's why child experts, the medical profession, and parents alike are concerned that the relentless exposure to adult-type subject matter is so harmful and wrong. A recent Parents magazine poll found that almost 80 percent of moms and dads worry that their kids are growing up too fast and are exposed to "too much and way too soon."74 In a Newsweek poll, 77 percent of adults feel that those oversexed, underdressed celebrities like Britney, Paris, and Lindsay have too much influence on girls and are pushing them to copy a far too advanced lifestyle way too early.75</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Although we parents can't put blinders on our kids or change that outside racy world, we sure can put the brakes on what comes into our kids' lives. Here are solutions to help your child develop at a pace geared more appropriately to her chronological age so she won't grow up too fast and can experience those glorious days of childhood that every kids needs and deserves.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Pay Attention to This!</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Monitor Your Child's Media Consumption</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Our kids are bombarded with sexual imagery and confusing lessons from TV, movies, music lyrics, and newsstand magazines. In fact, each year our kids are exposed to more than fourteen thousand sexual references, innuendoes, and jokes on television alone.76 Seventy-seven percent of prime-time shows on major broadcast networks include sexual material and provocatively attired actors,77 and 10 percent of TV characters who engage in sexual intercourse are teens.78 Research now proves that those sexualized media images do affect our children's childhoods and are pushing them to grow up too fast, too soon.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * In surveys, over a quarter of adolescents admit that televised sexual content affects their behavior and pushes them to act older and grow up faster.79</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * The American Academy of Pediatrics found that repeated exposure to sexual content in television, movies, and music increases the likelihood that kids will become sexually active at earlier ages.80</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * The American Psychological Association concluded that proliferation of sexualized images of young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls' self-image and their healthy development and increases the likelihood of eating disorders and depression.81</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> The lesson: know what media your kids are reading, listening to, and watching, and set clear limits.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">The Solution</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Seven Strategies for Change</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 1. Stay tuned to what's happening around us. Take a careful look at a few TV programs that your child's peers watch. Catch the latest reality TV show; flip on MTV and notice those grinding dance numbers and provocative outfits. Listen to the latest pop lyrics. Flip through CosmoGirl, Teen Vogue, or Teen People and peruse the mall a little more closely to check out the latest tween fashions. Doing so will help you recognize the pressures today's kids are under and help you decide what limits you want to set for your child. It's unrealistic to say no to everything, so where will you draw the line? Be clear about where you stand so that you can clarify your reasons to your child.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 2. Take a crash course in child development. You might have devoured those baby books, but don't overlook learning about your child's current stage of development. Review a few respected sources so you can understand what is age appropriate for your kid. Recommendations include The Preschool Years, by Ellen Galinsky; The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Caring for Your School-Age Child: Ages 5 to 12, by the American Academy of Pediatrics; or, for tweens, The Roller-Coaster Years, by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese. Ask your health care professional for developmental milestone charts for your child's age. Talk to experts—such as teachers, pediatricians, and yes, even grandparents—who usually understand normal childhood development. Your commitment to slowing the accelerated pace of your kid's childhood will be reinforced by understanding how destructive a fast-forward world is to your child's emotional and social development.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 3. Let your kid be a kid. According to a University of Michigan study on how kids ages three to twelve spend their time, over the past twenty years there has been a drop of twelve hours a week of free time overall, with unstructured activities like walking or camping falling by 50 percent—while high-pressure structured sports went up by 50 percent.82 Take a serious look at your child's schedule and scan her list of daily activities. Is there any time left for those cherished childhood traditions like play, make-believe, forts, unscheduled time, and sand castles? Don't buy into that modern-day American parenting myth that "push-push-push" is "better-better-better" for your child. There is no proven scientific support of the consumer-driven nonsense that parents should accelerate their kids' performance (from kicking a soccer ball to reading).83 So what's the rush? Make sure that your child has time just to be a kid.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 4. Insist on developmentally appropriate material. Let's face it, the culture is pushing our kids to grow up faster, and they do act older than their actual age. Puberty is starting earlier and kids do look more mature. But "looking and acting" like a grown-up doesn't mean your child is developmentally ready to handle that fast-forward world. Here are actions to take:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Set your rules and expectations based on your child's actual chronological age.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Tailor your decisions to what is developmentally appropriate to your child's current emotional, cognitive, and physical stage. (Check child development guides.)</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Lay down certain "rites of passage" or ages your child can go to her first sleepover, use the Internet alone, obtain a cell phone, see a PG movie, shave her legs, wear makeup, or pierce her ears so that she has something to look forward to.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Utilize the suggested age guidelines for games, toys, sports equipment, and books.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Use the age rating system for video games, movies, CDs, and television shows. Recognize that panels of credentialed child development experts spend hours reviewing each product before providing posted guidelines.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Lead your child toward age-appropriate hobbies and interests. Think swimming, horseback riding, theatre, soccer, knitting, band, scouting, 4-H, and church groups that focus on healthy outlets that are developmentally suitable.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5. Forbid the "sexy look." These days, fashions aimed at kids are outright provocative and clearly push the limits of age appropriateness. Makeup. Short skirts. Halter tops. Press-on nails. Lip gloss. Thong underwear. See-through blouses. "Comehither look" attire clearly is selling sexualization and luring our kids into a far too early and unhealthy focus on appearance with an R-rated twist. Pick your battles when it comes to fashion, go ahead and allow choices, and don't worry so much about "style," but hold a clear line when it comes to fashion with a sexualized look. Regardless of the onset of puberty, your nine-year-old is still nine. Set your standards to your children's chronological age, not their physical appearance. (See also Clothes and Appearance, p. 350.)</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 6. Start those "grown-up talks" earlier. Let's face it: kids nowadays are exposed to more grown-up issues at far younger ages. Studies show that drinking, sexual promiscuity, oral sex, depression, eating disorders, stress, peer pressure, puberty, and even acne are all hitting our kids three to four years earlier than when we were growing up. So don't deny your child's fast-forward culture and wait to discuss those "grown-up" subjects you had planned for the teen years. Even if you're not talking about these tougher issues, believe me your child's friends most likely are. Be the one who provides accurate facts that are laced with your moral beliefs and values. Also make sure that your child's doctor is someone your child feels comfortable speaking to. Beware: puberty is striking kids at younger ages, and your child does needs to feel comfortable speaking to someone—if not you—about menstruation or wet dreams.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;"> 7. Stay connected. The closer your relationship with your child, the better able she will be to navigate that sometimes raunchy, racy culture; find alternatives to those sexual messages; and realize it's okay to be a kid. That's because your child will seek your guidance and use you as a filter. And you do make a difference: a 2007 MTV/Associated Press poll found that the majority of young people listed their parents as their heroes.85 Find more time for your child to connect with you, her grandparents, and relatives, who can help keep her centered, preserve some ounce of her childhood, and value her for who she really is and not how popular or sexy she looks. Above all, stay connected! A thirteen-year-old typically spends half the amount of time with her parents that she did when she was ten.86</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">What To Expect By Stages and Ages</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Preschooler Kids at this age are most likely to wear what their parents suggest and choose for them. You will see "sexy" clothing aimed at the preschooler set. Watch out for gender-demeaning slogans, such as "Born to Shop," "Little Princess," and "Professional Drama Queen"; though seemingly harmless, these messages can begin a self-fulfilling prophecy; they can stick, especially as others comment about them. ("You're a little beauty queen, eh?") Attraction to particular clothing labels begins, based on what kids' friends like or what is advertised on their favorite television show. Fashions and accessories worn by kids' favorite Barbie or Bratz dolls also begin to influence attitudes.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">School Age Six- and seven-year-olds are still more influenced by parents than are kids in the tween years, so use your influence. Marketers start to push "pre-makeup," such as glitters, lip glosses, manicures, and spa-like kits. The elementary school set is now the fastest-growing market for digital media players; 31 percent of kids ages six to ten have some form of music player.87 Puberty signs may begin in girls as young as seven or eight, including pubic or underarm hair and acne.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Tween Marketers of electronics, fashion, accessories, and makeup (among other things) start intense marketing campaigns aimed at tweens. Tweens feel physically and emotionally awkward at the onset of their puberty.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Late-Breaking News</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Puberty Is Hitting Kids Earlier</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">American Academy of Pediatrics: Over a decade ago, Marcia Herman-Giddens,84 a pediatrician and now professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, noticed that many young girls in grades 1 to 5 were showing pubic hair and breast development. In her words, "It seemed like there were too many too young," and she launched a major national study involving 225 clinicians and over seventeen thousand girls to prove her hypothesis. As she reported in her famous paper, published in Pediatrics, she found that our kids are definitely and absolutely growing up faster.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The average age of the onset of menstruation is four years earlier than currently used norms and 15 percent of seven-years-olds and almost half of eight-year-olds are now developing breasts or pubic hair. Comprehensive data are still not in for boys, but studies show that they are reaching their adult heights at younger ages, suggesting that they too are maturing earlier.<br /> <br />By: Michele Borba, Ed.D. - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Education.com<br /> </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-79094061852593885872011-06-26T14:57:00.000-07:002011-06-26T15:09:32.997-07:00Cargo to home!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF2-kbmtC1_T6y_58fctmm9V49vDynOaYHTZeRv_NvCLfy9UoaNwNtbJOmvoAc7C1ABsE5lMTGIiWufgNHAYAVh-Azz_nfHFbVIJ-M7jXb7ppaaWB_NExYzXGPQ1PpezGVjvhKNXY_6g/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF2-kbmtC1_T6y_58fctmm9V49vDynOaYHTZeRv_NvCLfy9UoaNwNtbJOmvoAc7C1ABsE5lMTGIiWufgNHAYAVh-Azz_nfHFbVIJ-M7jXb7ppaaWB_NExYzXGPQ1PpezGVjvhKNXY_6g/s400/images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622653772234321010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just this morning, I’ve already packed all the baggage left in my cabinet and put it in the box for cargo. I've actually imported several items to home through cargo as I want them to enjoy some little things I have in here. Oh! You guys might wonder wehere I am. I'm currently here in Abu Dhabi, UAE.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve actually bought several types if chocolate as they all want it likewise they've requested it from me several months back when I was in Phil back last year. Well, as always the same thing I’ve heard it from them when I use to call to buy them chocolates, clothes, and some other imported things. Well, I can’t resist to all they want as long as I can see that they’re happy for it. In fact, one of my closest Uncle requested me to buy him a bunch of <a href="http://www.cigarplace.biz/">Padron cigars</a> and <a href="http://www.cigarplace.biz/">Ashton cigars</a> as my late birthday gift for him. Well, as usual I can’t resist as to what he want ’cause he’s been so great and nice to me ever since when I was young.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">As for now, I'm about to send the second batch of cargo to Philippines probably by end this week including the <a href="http://www.cigarplace.biz/">cigar humidifier</a> for my Dad and Uncle as well. Hopefully, they'll all gonna love what I had for them.</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-89339959286594395502011-06-26T14:38:00.000-07:002011-06-26T14:57:04.520-07:00House | Home: Equipments for removing..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oJZIZWpCAGxCa02AZKSYXl2VewLDmMRc0pr_QsjQR2ykIkrAkw4hwDfPto4fUmBeBq0ut6vTQOZvj1mtMOz5fmxCMm3LDzIlRElEGjM8ivL1ZTy9mbdai2dnYvWK0lho_T3a0zHBr4M/s1600/House+to+Home+Living+Room.bmp"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6oJZIZWpCAGxCa02AZKSYXl2VewLDmMRc0pr_QsjQR2ykIkrAkw4hwDfPto4fUmBeBq0ut6vTQOZvj1mtMOz5fmxCMm3LDzIlRElEGjM8ivL1ZTy9mbdai2dnYvWK0lho_T3a0zHBr4M/s400/House+to+Home+Living+Room.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622650825911654290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do anyone of you here been looking a reliable provider of <a href="http://www.innovatechproducts.com/terminator">tile removal</a> for the ungoing renovation of their house? Are you one of those people who needs to have <a href="http://www.innovatechproducts.com/predator">floor grinder</a> to easily remove those things on your floor? Well, if you do better take sometime now to browse the web and look for a reliable provider of the said items. Make sure that they're among of the leading provider for the said item and yet they provide and excellent service not just an excellent products alone.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">For those of you who are in a hurry of buying a <a href="http://www.innovatechproducts.com/i-shine">concrete polishing</a> for the ungoing renovation in your house or owned properties I highly recommend you to visit the site of Innova Tech Surface Preparation Equipment 'cause they are the one you need for all those items you want. Besides, you don't have to worry simply because they are one of the leading manufacturers and dealers of the said items.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">So, if you guys are one of those people who badly need those items better take sometime now to browse their site and purchase at them online. Rest assures that your ordered item will delivered right into your door steps or on your desired delivery location.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-54444108031276389922011-06-26T14:33:00.000-07:002011-06-26T14:38:12.877-07:00I'm in search for this items...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2C3GBAikSa1vt0SIf6Md8PW8QPVhIL80LNtRPAPc_np0GGJQnsrhA65fqmzfr0teKqA8_bCuD9-CkV1x_cn7mtK3A7mGSe-gTKAT3waxwJgKejuiSMMWg0T8adprvZCj0sRZ9FET7dI/s1600/worst-tech-fails.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2C3GBAikSa1vt0SIf6Md8PW8QPVhIL80LNtRPAPc_np0GGJQnsrhA65fqmzfr0teKqA8_bCuD9-CkV1x_cn7mtK3A7mGSe-gTKAT3waxwJgKejuiSMMWg0T8adprvZCj0sRZ9FET7dI/s400/worst-tech-fails.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622645960079320994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Its been a week now that I've been searching a reliable provider of <a href="http://www.partsimple.com/index.php/mobile-accessories.html">Laptop batteries</a> as I have a spare laptop that I bought in Tokyo, Japan before back last 2007. The laptop was still working very well and the performance is still awesome but I just have to change the battery as it was not charging every now and then when I use it. Well, what do you expect its been 4 years already since I bought it.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">For that, do you guys know as to where I can have one? I've actually in search of <a href="http://partsimple.com/index.php.mobile-accesories.html">Cell Phone Cases</a> for my iPhone. As well as a <a href="http://www.partsimple.com/index.php/tv-lamps.html">TV DLP Lamps</a> for my room. Can anyone of you here suggest where can I buy a cheaper one for the said items? I've actually know several providers here but the price is pretty high and I can't afford it right now as I spend too much for the visa of my Brother who came here in Abu Dhabi to search for a job. Oh! Well, speaking of that please do help me pray.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Back to the purpose of this post, guys I'll expect your comments and suggestions as to where I can buy a cheaper one. 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After all, kids don't have jobs to keep or bills to pay, so what could they possibly have to worry about?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Plenty! Even very young children have worries and feel stress to some degree. Stress is a function of the demands placed on us and our ability to meet them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Sources of Stress</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pressures often come from outside sources (such as family, friends, or school), but they can also come from within. The pressure we place on ourselves can be most significant because there is often a discrepancy between what we think we ought to be doing and what we are actually doing in our lives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stress can affect anyone who feels overwhelmed — even kids. In preschoolers, separation from parents can cause anxiety. As kids get older, academic and social pressures (especially the quest to fit in) create stress.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many kids are too busy to have time to play creatively or relax after school. Kids who complain about the number of activities they're involved in or refuse to go to them may be signaling that they're overscheduled.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Talk with your kids about how they feel about extracurricular activities. If they complain, discuss the pros and cons of quitting one activity. If quitting isn't an option, explore ways to help manage your child's time and responsibilities so that they don't create so much anxiety.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kids' stress may be intensified by more than just what's happening in their own lives. Do your kids hear you talking about troubles at work, worrying about a relative's illness, or fighting with your spouse about financial matters? Parents should watch how they discuss such issues when their kids are near because children will pick up on their parents' anxieties and start to worry themselves.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">World news can cause stress. Kids who see disturbing images on TV or hear talk of natural disasters, war, and terrorism may worry about their own safety and that of the people they love. Talk to your kids about what they see and hear, and monitor what they watch on TV so that you can help them understand what's going on.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also, be aware of complicating factors, such as an illness, death of a loved one, or a divorce. When these are added to the everyday pressures kids face, the stress is magnified. Even the most amicable divorce can be a difficult experience for kids because their basic security system — their family — is undergoing a tough change. Separated or divorced parents should never put kids in a position of having to choose sides or expose them to negative comments about the other spouse.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Signs and Symptoms</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">While it's not always easy to recognize when kids are stressed out, short-term behavioral changes — such as mood swings, acting out, changes in sleep patterns, or bedwetting — can be indications. Some kids experience physical effects, including stomachaches and headaches. Others have trouble concentrating or completing schoolwork. Still others become withdrawn or spend a lot of time alone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Younger children may show signs of reacting to stress by picking up new habits like thumb sucking, hair twirling, or nose picking; older kids may begin to lie, bully, or defy authority. A child who is stressed may also have nightmares, difficulty leaving you, overreactions to minor problems, and drastic changes in academic performance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Reducing Stress</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">How can you help kids cope with stress? Proper rest and good nutrition can boost coping skills, as can good parenting. Make time for your kids each day. Whether they need to talk or just be in the same room with you, make yourself available.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even as kids get older, quality time is important. It's really hard for some people to come home after work, get down on the floor, and play with their kids or just talk to them about their day — especially if they've had a stressful day themselves. But expressing interest in your kids' days shows that they're important to you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Help your child cope with stress by talking about what may be causing it. Together, you can come up with a few solutions like cutting back on after-school activities, spending more time talking with parents or teachers, developing an exercise regimen, or keeping a journal.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can also help by anticipating potentially stressful situations and preparing kids for them. For example, let a child know ahead of time (but not too far ahead of time) that a doctor's appointment is coming up and talk about what will happen there. Keep in mind, though, that younger kids probably won't need too much advance preparation. Too much information can cause more stress - reassurance is the key.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember that some level of stress is normal; let kids know that it's OK to feel angry, scared, lonely, or anxious and that other people share those feelings.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Helping Your Child Cope</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When kids can't or won't discuss these issues, try talking about your own concerns. This shows that you're willing to tackle tough topics and are available to talk with when they're ready. If a child shows symptoms that concern you and is unwilling to talk, consult a counselor or other mental health specialist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Books can help young kids identify with characters in stressful situations and learn how they cope. Check out Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst; Tear Soup by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen, and Taylor Bills; and Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown and Laurene Krasny Brown.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Most parents have the skills to deal with their child's stress. The time to seek professional attention is when any change in behavior persists, when stress is causing serious anxiety, or when the behavior is causing significant problems in functioning at school or at home.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you need help finding resources for your child, consult your doctor or the counselors and teachers at school.<br /><br />By: The Nemours Foundation - Education.com<br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-42879376340565064972011-06-23T15:31:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:34:42.083-07:00Patent Assistance Worldwide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe4IcA0Cc4oN1PihXpIxSes9XDjQIcJTNtSwgmcrrrV_PopCpVN0LQ-Dys7vpARDQD95x4IN3hc8KE0Zb_GW8Sc9HO0__fB6kOSNyP64IjA5-swJw14QRugOs6V0OhrA0diUDTmdu5Ss/s1600/Patent-bolts.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe4IcA0Cc4oN1PihXpIxSes9XDjQIcJTNtSwgmcrrrV_PopCpVN0LQ-Dys7vpARDQD95x4IN3hc8KE0Zb_GW8Sc9HO0__fB6kOSNyP64IjA5-swJw14QRugOs6V0OhrA0diUDTmdu5Ss/s400/Patent-bolts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621547133483211314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Famous Patents From <a href="http://www.patent-assistanceworldwide.com/">Patent Assistance Worldwide</a>. 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Another well known patent was the 1876 patent to Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone.</span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-77267828350997988052011-06-23T15:25:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:31:45.909-07:00hy Is Childhood Obesity Considered a Health Problem?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquf7sNRcsGUA4i0d6s57R8fCPCNNmVzFh09KXOWQQ1R1shM9mBEsFAD-VPp4J-bR8d7gf0UDgIW9C-SUcM5UqczIjoGqgVGHwZ_sVpG17mDrC_O0_v49rU_e0a_EHDhj2v6yUSJU98ow/s1600/fat.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 151px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquf7sNRcsGUA4i0d6s57R8fCPCNNmVzFh09KXOWQQ1R1shM9mBEsFAD-VPp4J-bR8d7gf0UDgIW9C-SUcM5UqczIjoGqgVGHwZ_sVpG17mDrC_O0_v49rU_e0a_EHDhj2v6yUSJU98ow/s400/fat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621546425387228834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doctors and scientists are concerned about the rise of obesity in children and youth because obesity may lead to the following health problems:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Heart disease, caused by:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> o high cholesterol and/or</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> o high blood pressure</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Type 2 diabetes</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Asthma</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Sleep apnea</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Social discrimination</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Childhood obesity is associated with various health-related consequences. Obese children and adolescents may experience immediate health consequences and may be at risk for weight-related health problems in adulthood.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Psychosocial Risks</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some consequences of childhood and adolescent overweight are psychosocial. Obese children and adolescents are targets of early and systematic social discrimination. The psychological stress of social stigmatization can cause low self-esteem which, in turn, can hinder academic and social functioning, and persist into adulthood.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Cardiovascular Disease Risks</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Obese children and teens have been found to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), including high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and abnormal glucose tolerance. In a population-based sample of 5- to 17-year-olds, almost 60% of overweight children had at least one CVD risk factor while 25 percent of overweight children had two or more CVD risk factors.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Additional Health Risks</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Less common health conditions associated with increased weight include asthma, hepatic steatosis, sleep apnea and Type 2 diabetes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Asthma is a disease of the lungs in which the airways become blocked or narrowed causing breathing difficulty. Studies have identified an association between childhood overweight and asthma.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Hepatic steatosis is the fatty degeneration of the liver caused by a high concentration of liver enzymes. Weight reduction causes liver enzymes to normalize.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Sleep apnea is a less common complication of overweight for children and adolescents. Sleep apnea is a sleep-associated breathing disorder defined as the cessation of breathing during sleep that lasts for at least 10 seconds. Sleep apnea is characterized by loud snoring and labored breathing. During sleep apnea, oxygen levels in the blood can fall dramatically. One study estimated that sleep apnea occurs in about 7% of overweight children.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> * Type 2 diabetes is increasingly being reported among children and adolescents who are overweight. While diabetes and glucose intolerance, a precursor of diabetes, are common health effects of adult obesity, only in recent years has Type 2 diabetes begun to emerge as a health-related problem among children and adolescents. Onset of diabetes in children and adolescents can result in advanced complications such as CVD and kidney failure.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In addition, studies have shown that obese children and teens are more likely to become obese as adults.</span><br /><br />By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Education.comHarveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-57774622281175361012011-06-23T15:21:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:25:18.055-07:00Couch Oil And Gas<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxBY0QsOkjOGduOQzgtW5nbipLyc0AljTZIdwKssnKFF_BoE-qn3kG0RychNi5huMFEaQuXV1kNl7DdeI78uknDxF8gzY_WuwoxBscZwXjBsSDEXlNYYsS9VJMfPA0pL_45683oAc3U/s1600/oil-rig.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUxBY0QsOkjOGduOQzgtW5nbipLyc0AljTZIdwKssnKFF_BoE-qn3kG0RychNi5huMFEaQuXV1kNl7DdeI78uknDxF8gzY_WuwoxBscZwXjBsSDEXlNYYsS9VJMfPA0pL_45683oAc3U/s400/oil-rig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621544799155542082" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://www.couchoilgas.net/">Couch Oil And Gas</a> is moving in the next few weeks, three different coil tubing units into the field to start drilling laterals. One of the rigs will be ours that is being finished or being rebuilt by Power Hydraulics in Lake Charles, La. The other rig below to be tested and deployed in the near future is from RDS. This truck is in Utah today. It drilled 3 sets of four laterals on the well it was working on or a total 5,040’ of horizontals. The wells swabbed back over 400+ barrels of oil per day. They will be putting it back on pump. Below is a picture of that unit. These boys get the work done.</span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-5598093513130667832011-06-23T15:17:00.000-07:002011-06-23T15:21:30.646-07:00Patent Assistance Worldwide<span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZcSdlR98Z-JEytKMPXkBnnIOfTymKR1LTZOOCByaD2GXnuPo88y0CUgx6r5yq4TS9ITbaD7rIFc4vjELqqqZEfjKG-ZHMAVjlNUVkF7grNWieAPOT10H6MeMfySoEH6hMtHkY8DRXUM/s1600/help.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZcSdlR98Z-JEytKMPXkBnnIOfTymKR1LTZOOCByaD2GXnuPo88y0CUgx6r5yq4TS9ITbaD7rIFc4vjELqqqZEfjKG-ZHMAVjlNUVkF7grNWieAPOT10H6MeMfySoEH6hMtHkY8DRXUM/s400/help.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621543803209913186" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://patentassistance-worldwide.com/">Patent Assistance Worldwide</a>. In the incredibly vast and ever-expanding global world that we live in, people from every corner aspire to have their idea become a trademarked reality. A seemingly infinite amount have achieved such a status, wonderful for the consumer, however possibly concerning for today’s inventor. Such a number of existing patents can make developing a unique, original product a daunting task, not knowing for sure the true potential one’s idea possesses.</span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-27206478055300042532011-06-19T14:05:00.000-07:002011-06-19T14:55:22.083-07:00Pool Filters Recommendations...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy9zhEAryGdSrqaHqX41l8ABEnsXYPlXYrGjqsV-AcIEJvH4AbBMpSGhSaY1tHL8-63BHoGkT0q6QgGmoVzbzhZdleaC5j0qo_pjoFQCFqctkr1TP0G6cPUAtJ6U0pAAuv8-T0BlNYWk/s1600/Apps_PoolFilter.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNy9zhEAryGdSrqaHqX41l8ABEnsXYPlXYrGjqsV-AcIEJvH4AbBMpSGhSaY1tHL8-63BHoGkT0q6QgGmoVzbzhZdleaC5j0qo_pjoFQCFqctkr1TP0G6cPUAtJ6U0pAAuv8-T0BlNYWk/s400/Apps_PoolFilter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620052546744563490" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Do anyone of you here know where can I buy a cheap and affordable offers on <a href="http://www.spa-daddy.com/filters.php">above ground pool filters</a> for business use? I'm actually in search for the said item as we had a client in our company who is searching for the filters. I've actually searched here in Abu Dhabi, UAE in some of the outlets here. I've found few choices only and the deal was not great.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm actually planning to buy a batches of <a href="http://www.spa-daddy.com/filters.php">pool filter replacement cartridge</a> so that it will be easier for me to offer it on our clients if the stock is available already. We actually a contracting company specializes on pool renovations and because of that we are looking a reliable provider on pool and spa filters. I hope you guys could help me out to find the best provider on those filters I need. You may contact me directly right here by living a comment or you may leave me an email through my contact page here.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family:verdana;">One more thing, I hope this post will help me out to find the best deal on <a href="http://www.spa-daddy.com/">replacement spa filter</a> and pool filters. For some great experts on filters please do help me out. I need your recommendations. Thank all!</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-90952402634280086632011-06-16T03:04:00.000-07:002011-06-16T03:08:07.774-07:00Mother/Daughter Relationships<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6u5DHKulhre2iRFR40MP9RG847M-M8EHmmqG4OIdWV0Ly1PklgSEPvkkMfh6ZSnVIdIhAArGq812j5LzRNyJECT_mwg8Fq-eHsleOSSVg5gQV2NyOz4Zlf2_iM5EaDAK1tNjEsv4NNX4/s1600/Mother-daughter.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6u5DHKulhre2iRFR40MP9RG847M-M8EHmmqG4OIdWV0Ly1PklgSEPvkkMfh6ZSnVIdIhAArGq812j5LzRNyJECT_mwg8Fq-eHsleOSSVg5gQV2NyOz4Zlf2_iM5EaDAK1tNjEsv4NNX4/s400/Mother-daughter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618757238429763362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mother’s Day is a perfect time to talk about that special relationship between mothers and daughters. Why do women feel so different about their mothers than they do about other family members?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Besides sharing the same gender, they usually share the same social roles of wife, daughter, sister and mother. This relationship is so important that a 1991 study of 403 women found that the quality of a woman’s relationship with her mother is linked to her overall sense of well-being and her level of psychological distress. Obviously, no matter what our age, our mothers are a tremendous influence in our lives.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >How does a good mother-daughter relationship begin?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Most young girls start out idolizing their mothers. She identifies with her mother, sees her as a role model. She may believes that Mom has a solution to everything. On the other hand, mothers should give daughters opportunities to hone their own decision-making skills, to teach them that they have responsibilities and control over their own lives. Mothers should also encourage other female role models, so the daughter does not come to depend on mother for everything</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >What about that relationship that teenage daughters and their mothers seem to have? Is it inevitable?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s probable, if not inevitable. But it’s perfectly normal. This is the age of separation, for both boys and girls, which is necessary to establish her own identity. Teenage girls need psychological distance, and mothers should respect that. If mother & daughter were close before, they will be close again after this stage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >After a woman is grown and has her own family, the mother/daughter relationship changes. How does it stay healthy?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Often, mother & daughter reconnect after the daughter’s first baby is born. Both mother and daughter need to honor the adult relationship: daughter is no longer a child that needs supervising and mother is no longer the source of all the problem-solving. And when mom gets older and needs daughter to care for her, they both need to accept that the roles have reversed, and that’s OK. That’s life!<br /><br />By: Heartland Family Service - Education.com<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-10146263933543348592011-06-16T02:26:00.000-07:002011-06-16T03:04:03.198-07:00Schools for Troubled Children!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2zBLTlUgjyyDIweU7eDst1iZOiFVPFM4-NSiKFbrQg1REhKbt9bjjx2IbrqBdJu1Bh0-tvT9KyVHuzVOphIt0Q7MSl1MhYe1IAqGj5VTRWw1maxkZ0M2t0Ue_Sl0TXS1jIiYM9lksV0/s1600/troubled+chidren.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2zBLTlUgjyyDIweU7eDst1iZOiFVPFM4-NSiKFbrQg1REhKbt9bjjx2IbrqBdJu1Bh0-tvT9KyVHuzVOphIt0Q7MSl1MhYe1IAqGj5VTRWw1maxkZ0M2t0Ue_Sl0TXS1jIiYM9lksV0/s400/troubled+chidren.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618756222505509426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There's no such noble profession than being parents. Whatever you see in your child as he they grown up is the product of what you taught them and how you brought them up. A lot of people say that being a parents is not an easy job. It takes a lifetime to prove that you are in a fufilled parents knowing that your upbringing to your children is the most excellent one.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">But sad to say that even if you've done your part and you do your best to provide all the thing what your children needs still you cannot avoid the fact that there comes a time that as your child grow up specifically when they reach teenagers were several confusions on their minds came up they tend to committ risky situations that will somehow put them in danger.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">We cannot deny the very fact that there are several families out there who suffered from toubled childrens. The very reason why <a href="http://www.shelterwood.org/Christian-Residential-Treatment.htm">residential treatment program</a> exist. Specifically, in western countries toubled children is rampant in their society. We don't exactly know as to what's going on and how to manipuate them to the extent that they even committed suicide. Sad to think about that but the fact shows family has the biggest factor as to why do children acts like they don't care in anything.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Furthermore, the main purpose of <a href="http://www.shelterwood.org/">schools for troubled girls</a> is basically to help those families who do have a family member who suffers from social crisis where the main involve is womens. This <a href="http://www.shelterwood.org/">residential treatment program</a> will help them realize that life in general is a constant change. This program is basically created to help those children recover from their dark past and eventually live to a brighter future. Aside from that, they'll be guided properly by stages for them to fully recover and accept the mere fact that its part of growing up.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-91544812384098596042011-06-16T02:14:00.000-07:002011-06-16T02:26:31.410-07:00Web Video Conferencing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMmbK3wAROADyKukenZEQ8cuyAQWD1P6NV_dUfme1ArrFPhbgg3BnEO_ExKpD5Ic0ZjoFic-hQupWkRbnbxjUwNtfI9bg9Hnx7AH2zVlzeb25J0VTJOuJ7M0q2JC5AaaWlr0m1qUKxQc/s1600/heroshot.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMmbK3wAROADyKukenZEQ8cuyAQWD1P6NV_dUfme1ArrFPhbgg3BnEO_ExKpD5Ic0ZjoFic-hQupWkRbnbxjUwNtfI9bg9Hnx7AH2zVlzeb25J0VTJOuJ7M0q2JC5AaaWlr0m1qUKxQc/s400/heroshot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618746525383142034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the best thing that technology imposes it to us in order to make are individual lives easier, faster, and hassle free specifically in any fields of work is we are able to communicate nor interact to those people around the globe whom we wanted to talk to. It simply provides us a most convenient way to extend our thoughts, ideas, and knowledge to the person whom we wanted to receive our concerns.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">As we can observe in this present age, their are so many companies who are totally expanding their innovative business to the other part of the world which entitles them to look for a specific individuals who will primarily managed the said expansion. For that, businesses nowadays is absolutely adopting the most recent innovation of technology just to obtain the best and quality outputs.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Eventually, I came to know that most companies who do have a several branches already in any parts of the globe are continually communicating with one another specifically those company head's and board of directors. They were probably conducting there <a href="http://www.conferencegroup.com/video-conference.html">Video conference</a> as it really indeed a great need in order to monitor the status of the business and eventually report some minor and major concerns.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">For that reason, I guess every companies who are regularly conducting their <a href="http://www.conferencegroup.com/">Audio conference</a> they must have a secure remote support nor remote access in order to avoid future delays of meetings that might possibly contribute serious legal matters. Besides, securing a remote support or a remote access will simply prevent any illegal hackers who might possibly know your companies detailed plans and informations.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Furthermore, I therefore conclude that a company should have a strong security in every web <a href="http://www.conferencegroup.com/audio-conference.html">Audio conference</a> they usually conduct in order to avoid future company loss. Besides, its better to be secure in the first place before anything else. So, better look for a secure web conferencing remote support and access.</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span>Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01899858138126565909noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724548001785666139.post-65902288423232468612011-06-16T01:52:00.000-07:002011-06-16T02:14:01.692-07:00Stages of Parenthood<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Parenting is a process by which parents and children grow and develop, each influencing the other throughout their lives. Parents move through a series of six stages from pregnancy, when they prepare for parenthood and the birth of their child, to the time when their child leaves home to enter the adult world (Galinsky, 1981). Parents assess their success as a parent during each of these stages.</span><br /> <br /> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0w0IcBrtIhqipklB4CiXLzXQIGWAqQ4MbFUsiDXFWzzvrMDt8oA_UfYOjJVVTCzXQKb10f5RCdZml4ZmzgJ6RZS6qP_w4MCVROraTphaOwJD2caYrYDG0DI9-vhJSQw-q5su9tZ0z8o/s1600/topic-motherhood.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 464px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0w0IcBrtIhqipklB4CiXLzXQIGWAqQ4MbFUsiDXFWzzvrMDt8oA_UfYOjJVVTCzXQKb10f5RCdZml4ZmzgJ6RZS6qP_w4MCVROraTphaOwJD2caYrYDG0DI9-vhJSQw-q5su9tZ0z8o/s400/topic-motherhood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618743103820561026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Expectations for their child's behavior and development are measured against the child's actual behavior and development; a parent's self-image may shift as he or she moves through the different stages of parenthood. This information is based on Galinsky's interviews with over 200 couples (Galinsky, 1981). For better or for worse, being a parent changes an individual forever.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Galinsky's Six Parental Stages</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parents with more than one child can be in more than one stage at the same time. Adoptive parents and stepparents become parents after the first stage.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Image-making stage: Pregnancy</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parents prepare for changes in themselves, for new relationships with each other, and the responsibilities of this new life. Many questions are discussed. What will our baby need in terms of equipment, supplies, and space? How will our current schedule and general lifestyle be altered to support our baby's growth and development? Will we have any time for ourselves? How would we cope if our baby has cholic or serious health problems?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Nurturing stage: Birth to 18-24 Months or Autonomy</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">The major task at this stage is forming bonds of attachment with the baby. Parents attempt to meet the needs of the baby and balance this with other responsibilities involving spouse, jobs, and friends. Parents make decisions about child care. Do work schedules require child care or are work schedules flexible, allowing one of the working parents to be at home, or does one parent stay home full-time?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Authoritative stage: Two to four or five years</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parents nurture, guide, and discipline their child. Parents evaluate their effectiveness in establishing limits, communicating and enforcing rules, and allowing enough freedom for each child to grow and develop. Parents often restrict the child for his or her safety, but other times it may be for the safety of the parents' valued objects.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Interpretive Stage: Preschool Years through Adolescence</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parents teach their child about life and help him or her interpret the actions of others such as their teachers and peers. Parents are concerned with the increasing influences of peers and help their child to understand the consequences of his or her actions. When parents' expectations are different from the actual behavior of their child, they question the effectiveness of their parenting methods or themselves as parents.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Interdependent Stage: During adolescence</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parent-child relationships continue to evolve. Parents involve their teenager in more decisions. Ultimate responsibility still rests with the parent.This is a stressful time for the adolescent, who is searching for identity and independence from parents and for parents struggling to give up enough control to facilitate their teenager's move toward independence and still support and protect their child.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;">Departure Stage</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Parents begin the process of evaluating their roles as a parent and a person as their child prepares to leave home. New relationships emerge between parent and child when the adult child leaves home. Parents need to redefine their own identities.<br /> <br />By: H. 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