Problems in News Writing

ONE REPORTER may cover a district without finding a single story; a second may gather a dozen from the same area. In seeking a story, one reporter may find barely enough information for a short report; a second may get a full column. In each case, the ability of the individual reporter determines the quality and the quantity of news he can get. Many older newsmen would say that reporters must have a "nose for neews".

Some people say that reporters are born, not made. If it all depends on the talent, then nobody know what he can do till he tries. In facts, many reporters have been highly successful by learning their job as one would a trade or a profession: that is, by working hard, by being alert, and by studying the methods of the most successful men in the field.

No doubt, those best qualified to pass judgement on the requirements of the good reporter are the newsmen themselves. The students of journalism, therefore, should know what qualities the seasoned newsmen looks for in the reporter.

Accuracy

Above all else, a reporter must be accurate, for editors and publishers have little use for material containing factual errors. Consequently, the reporter must first teach himself the necessity of obtaining unassailable information, he must realize that guesses, surmises, carelessly checked material can lead only to disaster. In essence, he must ever live by the popular slogan: "Get it first, but first get it right!"

The importance of accuracy stands unquestioned because:

1. Inaccurate statements may easily stir up libel suits; and

2. A paper which prints inaccuracies loses prestige with its readers.

A single careless reporter can often embroil his employer in a libel suit, or he can alienate discerning readers by making them skeptical of everything carried. Further, he can provide substance for all-too-common misconception that most media are prepared to sacrifice veracity for audience interest or other advantage (such as aiding a political candidate in his fight for office).

Recognition of a story

The Reporter must be a certain that he can always recognize news --- in all its implications. He must be able to spot immediately those stories which belongs to top priority and to place lesser stories in their proper position on the value scale. He must also be able to recognize and assess the stories his medium wants.

To learn his medium's concept of news, a reporter should study successive issues or broadcasts for a prolonged period. This procedure will exhibit rather clearly the stories sought by his editors --- as well as the nature of the treatment accorded the stories. Thus a reporter must be well-informed of the sordid, the seamy, the spectacular, the entertaining, and the other stories which involve a subjective judgement.

In all his endeavors, the reporter must remember that sometimes the real story lies deep beneath the superficial facts --- as, for example, when the real story of a murder lies in the perpetrator's family history. In handling any involved data, the reporter must be able to sense the real story in the manner that a good hunter senses the presence of game.

Handling a Story

When working a story (not doing a story), the reporter must know the facts to seek, their order of importance, and where to find them. He must get all important names -- with correct important names --- with correct spellings, addresses, and occupations (even though these may not be used), as well as any other pertinent details (for example, the hold-up victim is a relative of a prominent judge). All these facts, of course, contribute authenticity and interest to the story.

Further, the reporter must build up a background of knowledge concerning the relative value of people as news subjects. He must know, for example, that professional men are generally stronger news-story material than businessmen, and that mugged clergymen are more newsworthy than mugged steelworkers. These and similar facts he can learn through careful observation.

In addition, the reporter must always know the procedures and the devices necessary to obtain and present the best story.

Clarity of Expression

The reporter must have the ability to express himself well, both in writing and in speech. The need for effective written expression is obvious. The need for effective oral expression exists because the reporter does so much interviewing and because he often gathers news for a rewriter, to whom he must make clear and vivid, usually by telephone, every point in the story. Also, frequently the reporter must give the editor a quick, incisive picture of a situation or happening that he believes to be newsworthy.

Pleasing Personality

Because so much newsgathering involves personal contact, the reporter must have a pleasing personality. The importance of personality, however, is not limited to gathering news; it is also highly important in contacts will fellow newsgatherers. Frequently reporters must work in pairs or in teams, under intense pressure, to get a story, and in such instances a pleasing personality obviously helps to make the team work more smoothly. The reporter, in short, must be one who can "get along" with other persons -- one whose personality "wears well"

Adjusting Approach

The reporter must develop versatility in handling people. He must be able to handle with equal facility the residents of the so-called "though" neighbourhoods and those from the politer sections. Furthermore, he must attempt to speak the languange of the persons he is interviewing --- if he can do so without affectation or other trait likely to alienate the person involved.

This ability to adjust approach must be developed at the beginning, for strange though it may seem, the lowliest reporting assignments (cub reporter, district man, or the like) often require dealing with the widest range of personalities.

Speed

The reporter must be one who can work efficiently at top speed, one who can work efficiently at top speed, one who does not break under under the pressure of time. This ability to work rapidly is indispensable because much news breaks fast and must be handled fast, especially for the electronic media. The reporter, therefore, must be able to handle accidents, disasters, and other spot news in the minimum time, or the story may miss the deadline.

Gaining the ability to work quickly is largely a matter of knowing what to do. For this reason, the reporter must construct a plan of attack for every conceivable kind of story. In covering an apartment-house fire, for instance, he should seek to learn the following in the order stated; the number of people injured, the extent of their injuries, the amount of damage, the cause of the fire, the problems met by the firefighters, any possible deviation from firecode regulations, residents reactions and plans (if the house is uninhabitable), and finally spectators reactions.

By having a plan like this for every kind of story, the reporter decreases immensely his chances of becoming upset and therefore less efficient when the news breaks.

There are still many more skills that a reporter should know. Yet, for the time being and because of the limited time provided, a good reporter must be well-informed of the above qualities.

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Six Basic Rules For Healthy Living

1. If you smoke, quit now.


Smoking is a leading cause of death in the U.S.A. It is a major factor in coronary heart disease and in cancers of the lung, mouth, esophagus, throat, bladder, and cervix. Also, smoking accelerates aging of the skin, bones and lungs.


2. Don't drink alcohol.


Don't drink alcohol if you are pregnant or if you are driving or operating machinery. If you think you have a problem with alcohol, call you physician, or your local hospital for assistance.

3. Find some exercise that you enjoy.


Such as walking or swimming and do it at least five times per week for a total of at least 30 minutes each day. The 30 minutes can be devided into ten or fifteen minutes segments if these are easier to fit into your day.


4. Eat a wide variety of naturally occuring foods


Including plent of whole grains, fresh fruits, and fresh vegetable. Use moderation in your consumption of foods that contain fat.


5. Keep your body trim


Don't let yourself or children become overweight.Obesity is linked with many serious disorder such as heart disease and diabetes mellitus. If you are overweight, try hard to make permanent changes in your eating and exercise habits.


6. Have regular medical checkups


Screening test can detect many diseases in their early stages, when they may be more successfully treated. Your physician can answer any questions you may have about how often a test should be performed.

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Healthy Snacks

EATING SNACKS is popular, especially with students. They enjoy snacking while they are studying, because it helps avoid tiredness and boredom. Actually, the habit of snacking can make you fat. However, you are able to have snacks without getting fat.


Fried meals, nuts, chicken noodles, or soft drinks, will make you fat quickly. But here are some fruits and meals which can substitute for fatty meals.


Tomatoes and papayas

Having nuts is nice, but watch out! Nuts do not only contain of protein but also fat.


You can eat fresh tomatoes or papayas. They contain vitamins. Tomatoes are full of vit B dan C; papayas are full of vit C and A.


You can eat tomatoes by chopping them into pieces and adding a little salt. For papaya, add a little lemon.


Bananas


Some of you enjoy having bread while you are studying. Bread is more delicious with margarine, chocolate, and cheese. But don't eat too much, because you will become fat cheap. They will also make you feel full, because they contain carbohydrates, like bread.


Beside that, bananas are full of vit are needed by the body.


Fruit Juice


Studying is tiring. If you have a headache because of studying too much, you might want to have soft drink instead, try fresh fruit juices.


If you don't have a juicer, you can squeeze a glass of orange juice. You will not only enjoy the juice, but also improve your health.


Boiled Corn


The night is getting dark, the house is quiet, and you're not finished studying. You feel hungry.


If you want to be able to study until midnight, you can eat boiled corn.


Why should you choose boiled corn ?
Because corn is a healthy meal. It can make you be full like noodles because it contains carbodhydrates. Corn is also full of vit B and vit C.


If you are smart about selecting your snacks, you won't get fat.

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What is Schizophrenia ?

Schizophrenia is a general name for a group of emotional disorders that are all forms of psychosis, in which the person has problems telling fact from fantasy and therefore behaves irrationally. Schizophrenia alters a person's thought patterns, reaction to others, and behaviour so severely that he or she undergoes a change of personality


FOR A DIAGNOSIS of schizophrenia to be confirmed, the person must show signs of disorganization of the personality for at least six months. Also, the six-month period must include at least one episode of false ideas, hallucinations, or significant thought disorder. Schizophrenia should not be confused with multiple personality disorder.


Some physicians think that schizophrenia is an inherited disorder; others believe that it's the result of a profound disturbance in early mother-child relationships. Symptoms usually appear in late adolescence or early adulthood. The disorder may be lifelong, but acute episode tend to occur at times of emotional stress or personal loss.


The Symptoms


For most people with schizophrenia, an episode begins with a gradual, or occasionally sudden, withdrawal from day-to-day activities. The content of the person's speech may become increasingly vague, and he or she may seem unable to follow a simple conversation. An acute bout can happen unexpectedly. Often the onset is so gradual that it's difficult to know when psychotic symptoms appear. Among such symptoms are seemingly disconnected remarks, along with blank looks.

Schizophrenics often believe that others hear and "steal" their thoughts. Those with schizophrenia may have false ideas, ranging from a single idea such as the conviction they are Theodore Roosevelt to complex systems of related beliefs. Sometimes they fear they have lost control of bodily movement as well as thought, as if they were puppets. They frequently believe they hear voices, often hostile ones. Less commonly, they have hallucinations of odd physical sensations, fearing that they have been poisoned or otherwise attacked by others. In time many people with schizophrenia build up a set of beliefs in a fantasy world. In this way they flee from reality and withdraw from what they perceive to be an overwhelmingly threatening world. They may express exaggerated feelings of happiness, bewilderment, or despair. They may have laugh at sad moment or cry without cause.


In an early phase of schizophrenia the person may have symptoms similar to those of manic-depressive illness. As schizophrenia deepens, however, the person may become very detached toward other people. They detached  person is then more likely to behave strangely and to neglect his or her appearance. There are several types of schizophrenia with similar symptoms, but the only practical distinction that most physicians how make is between paranoid schizophrenia and other types. The main symptoms of a person with paranoid schizophrenia are constant suspicion and resentment, accompanied by an irrational fear that people are hostile or even plotting to destroy him or her.


The Risks


As the most common type of psychosis, schizophrenia usually begins between ages 15 to 30. Males and females are about equally affected by the disorder.


For unknown reasons schizophrenia is more common in certain geographic areas such as inner cities of the U.S.A. Throughout the world schizophrenia has an average lifetime prevalence of almost one percent. It tends to run in families, and chemical changes in the brain may also play a role.


People who have bouts of schizophrenia in its most severe forms may physically harm themselves or others, or may try to commit suicide.


What Should Be Done?


If you suspect that someone in your family is schizophrenic, try to get the person to see a physician. It probably will not be easy. People who are becoming mentally ill often refuse to admit it. But medical care is vital. Don't leave alone a person who at the time seems extremely disturbed. The presence of a relative of friend will reassure that person. Keeping him or her from self-destructive behavior until help arrives may be essential. However, if you feel threatened, leave the person and wait for help. People with symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia may be admitted to a hospital for a preliminary period of observation.


The Treatment


Severe cases are treated in a hospital. Treatment usually involves the use drugs, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation.


The most effective drugs are regular doses of antipsychotic drugs designed to reduce symptoms so that the person can benefit from psychotherapy. As symptoms gradually disappear, doses are reduced. Some people, however, need long-term medication. They may either take oral medication regularly or be given an injection every two to four weeks to ensure compliance.


As soon as the person's symptoms are controlled by medication, he or she is ready to be helped by psychotherapy. Techniques of psychotherapy vary, but the goal is the same: to help the person understand the emotional factor underlying the disorder and how they contributed to the current episode. Medication and psychotherapy play major roles in helping the person get back in touch with reality. For treatment to be effective, the family needs to be closely involved.


The final stage of treatment is rehabilitation, which helps people who are recovering from a bout of schizophrenia to regain normal skills and behavior patterns. In the early stages of hospital treatment, people with schizophrenia are generally given increasingly complex tasks and pressures, which eventually approximate the tasks and pressures of the world outside. Those with schizophrenia need assistance from day centers or other community care once they are released from the hospital, but these resources are not always available.


The Long-Term Prospects


Many people recover from an episode of schizophrenia well enough to return to varying degress of independence. But they may have further episodes, especially if they don't take their medicine as prescribed in some people the condition becomes chronic. About ten percen remain impaired for life. The outlook improves if you follow your physician's advice about medication, and if the family is involved in your treatment.

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Walking For Physical Fitness

Walking is simple. In everyday life, we are always walking. We walk around the room, up the stairs and outdoors. The human body is designed to walk efficiently and easily.

WALKING needs no lessons, except maybe for babies. Though all of us walk every day, very few of us realize that walking is an exercise that maintains physical fitness.

In normal walking the heel strikes the floor. Then the foot rolls inward and pushess off with the big toe. Most people land the foot on the outer side of the heel.

If a person lands on the innerside of the heel, his foot is abnormal because it rolls inward. Usually this kind of abnormality is treated by padding the innerside of footwear.

In normal walking the force on the heel is transmitted to the whole area of the foot, to the ankle, to the knee, to the skin and to the lower back area. The structure and position of the skeleton is designed specifically so that it can absorb all the force and cause no harm to  the body. The muscles of the feet and legs absorbs the force and blows resulting from jarring and jolting during walking.

Many people think they can walk for leisure without paying attention to their posture and body alignment. This is definitely wrong.

By walking carelessly we will put strain on the joints, muscles and ligaments. We will experience sore muscle or sore joints and perhaps also the abnormality of some bones, like the backbone.

If you walk with the chest tucked inside and the back arched of humped, you will have breathing problems. Why ? Because the lungs are compressed and you cannot breath normally.

In the long run, you will likely have an arched back and back complaints. This happens very often with lower back problems. Because of bad spine alignment, lower back pain will occur.

All these complaints and abnormalities can be corrected by walking normally and in a well aligned manner, that is: The chest is pulled up, the shoulders are pushed back, and the head is lifted straight, the eyes look level in front, not down at the floor.

Prof. John Bloomfield, a famous biomechanic specialist from the University of Western Australia said, "One of the best postures is that of Balinese women that carry burdens on their heads.

The kind of walking is physiological and the body alignment is correct. If you pull a line from the center of the shoulder, the hip, the knee and the ankle of the foot."

Proper posture maximizes the natural spinal curves, allows the weight of the body to balance properly and avoids overworking the back muscles. However, poor walking posture allows the entire body to slant forward, and this position makes the back muscles strain to keep the individual from failing over.


The following are a few tips on walking correctly:


1. When walking, relax your face muscles, unclench your jaws.


2. Relax your shoulders and back muscles without letting your shoulders slump forward.


3. Let your arms swing naturally at your sides. Do not swing the arms across the midline, because this can cause an excessive twisting force on the lumbar spine and pelvis.


4. Relax the hands and do not hold any objects such as keys, radios or sticks etc.


5. Stride easily and naturally. Do not try to lengthen the stride because this will put more strain on the back.


6. Breathing should be gentle, even and unforced. If you can't carry on a conversation while walking, then your walking speed is too fast; slow down or walk on level terrain.

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Are You a Fitaholic?

Being obsessed with an exercise program can be bad for your health.

FITAHOLICS become addicted to exercise. Like any addition, the exercise program becomes an obsession of the mind and a compulsion of the body.

If you want to know do you suffer from fitaholism, answer these questions honestly.

1. Are you obsessed solely with exercise?

2. Do you exclude other activities?

3. Do you become upset, angry, and anxious if your routine is changed?

4. Do you try to turn your friends into exercise converts?

5. Do you limits your friends to those who are sharing your passionate interest in exercise?

6. Do you ignore any other feelings or thoughts as a result of your exercises?

If you answers "yes" to any of these question, you really need to take stock of yourself.

Your fitness program is alienating you from other areas of your life. You may even be using your obsession with exercise to avoid feelings of anger, anxiety and depression.

A fitaholic may have trouble with relationships. But she may deny she has a problem because exercises help her to cope. To give up this coping mechanism may mean she will have to deal with a painful emotional challenge.

The physical demands a fitaholic puts on her body can cause injuries like stress fractures, shin splints or ligament and tendon inflammation.

Her excessive exercise cause an abnormal loss of body fat, which may halt her menstruation cycle and cause estrogen levels to drop disappear.

And as estrogen is the hormone which makes it possible for bone to absorb calsium, a prologed period where menstruation does not occur may lead to osteoporosis in later years.

So if you are a fitaholic, you should take steps to overcome your addiction to exercise. 

Try one of the following:

Variety: You have to have variety in your life. Occasionally miss an exercise session by scheduling another activity in that timeslot. Do something that does not involve exercise, for instance: reading, watching television or going to a movie.

Holiday: By going to another location, you'll see things differently and your thoughts will be diverted.

Discussion: Talk to someone with whom you feel comfortable to share your inndermost feelings. You do not have to give up exercise, you just need to put it in perspective.

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How to be a Good Meeting Participant

I HATE meetings. All kinds of meetings. Other people seem to have the same problem. Everybody likes to complain about meetings. It goes without saying that if a number of people have to make plans, they go around and around the topic. Worse, they may talk about something irrelevant to the subject. Therefore,  decisions are not made until it's time to go home. Or when we are set to leave, someone asks a question that was asked several minutes before.


People vary. What they think and feel are different. They may also be indefferent moods. One may be enthusiastic about a problem, while others may be bored. Chances are people we gather together in a meeting think of the same things. They know that it will raise a problem, but not at all of them care about it. A meeting will be effective if all are disciplined to use time efficiently and are eager to accomplish the agenda in a certain amount of time. Most important, they should have the same objective, when they held a meeting. Otherwise, they will surely be wasting time.

A good meeting is an efficient way to make plans or decisions on how to get something done. Again, a good meeting pleases everyone. People are satisfied with what was decided. But this article is not about how to run or handle or manage a good meeting. This talks about what you, as one who is in the meeting, can do in order to make the meeting successful and agreeable. What are they?


The most crucial thing to do is to save time. Your own time. So, what is the best way to save time? If you think that the meeting you are invited to is not relevant to your own time. So what is the best way to save time? If you think that the meeting you are invited to is not relevant to your own field and concern, or if you cannot contribute, don't go. Yes, that is the best way to do to save your time. Ask to be excused. End of matter. If you go to  a meeting, be punctual. Don't irritate other participants by being late.


In a meeting, people are usually compelled to talk. They feel that they are need to talk to show what they are there, even though they don't know what they are talking about. If everyone in a meeting is eager to say something, the meeting will be quite noisy. And the more you talk, the worse it will be. So, the less said, the better. The main priority in a meeting is not everyone's opinion, but the objective of the meeting itself. An effective meeting is where everyone know when and how to talk.


When everyone wants to join in the conversation and wants others to listen to him, the meeting will get out of hand. In his book, How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere, Larry King says, "Meetings tend to develop sort of bandwagon personality, when one person states a certain premise early in the meeting and everyone else around the table spends the rest of the meeting jumping on the bandwagon. What you need then is someone who is willing to stop the runaway bandwagon by injecting a much needed question like "But isn't the emperor going to get cold standing there naked?" Dumb question are sometimes needed, instead of furios shout to shut them up.


If you are expected to speak in a meeting, or feel you need to speak, be well prepared. Make notes of important things before you speak. This will help keep you from talking nonsense. You will not produce nothing sounds like "uhm" , "err" or "uhh" that make the meeting even worse and ineffective. Making notes will make you at ease with the things you are going to talk. This will help you talk about it clearly and systemically. Speaking without previous preparation will only distract you in giving a good presentation.


Use your sense of humor. Serious meetings can be effective. But they can be boring and tense. Jokes in a meeting are okay. In fact, meetings need good jokes. Not wild ones, of course But jokes that break up the tension for a moment before stepping to the next item in the agenda. Good jokes in the right time will be welcome, but too many jokes will surely distract everyone to a good discussion.

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How to Conquer Tiredness

Do you often feel exhausted or too tired to care?


A. If you feel tired you need to laugh. 
Because the laughter causes the brain to release endorphins which induce a natural high feeling. You can waste/spend your time with your friends who can make you laugh, sit back, and allow your friends to entertain you, or watch a comedy you like on television or video. The most important thing is to forget any mess and untidiness for a while.


B. Caffeine inhibit the absorption of zinc and iron.
Both of these necessary minerals are useful to keep in you in the pink. Knowing this, you should avoid drink any tea or coffee after eating. To supply and increase the amount of iron your body can absorb from food, take vitamin C.


C. Exercise will increase the stamina and general feeling of well-being, although you need effort to exercise.
Try joining a 20-minute session three times a week. By taking this, you will feel motivated for much more, plus you will meet new people.


Taking a walk is excellent exercise. Walking clears the mind, dispells tensions and stimulates the circulation. You will also enjoy the fresh air and beautiful scenery. If you are feeling fit, you're less likely to get tired.

D. At least once a day, get out of the house. Research show that our bodies benefit from natural light;
Because of that you will appreciate the change of scene. Try to spend your time in garden or just walking to the shops. This is especially important in wet season, when we tend to stay indoors a lot more.


E. Cut down in eating sugar, cakes, biscuits, or sweets which add extra weight.
Instead, eat healthier alternatives, like: whole-meal bread, fresh fruits and vegetables, or dried fuits, bread sticks or cereal which is unsweetened.


F. Change your routine.
Minimize the amount of housework you do.


G. Don't miss breakfast.
Have healthy snacks when you feel hungry, If you have no time to prepare a meal. Try fresh fruit, yoghurt, and milk. Snacks are easy to prepare; beside that snacks help giving you an energy boost. Sit down and relax for a few minutes afterwards.


H. Be sure to have an adequate intake of vitamin B and C.
Because you will feel listless and tired if you have minor deficiencies. Eat many raw vegetables or salads, wholemeal bread, or fruits.


I. Take a nap.
Even if you are busy doing housework preparing meals, take a short break and have a nap.


J. Think positively.
Don't spend your time and energy worrying about feeling tired. Concentrate all your efforts on boosting your energy, because it is surprising how little sleep the body can manage on. Praise yourself for the things you achieve during the day. Don't forget to set aside some time for an interest that you can enjoy.

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Good Grooming for Women in Their Period

Girls and women who feel that their period is their enemy, should read this article carefully. If they take time out for personal pampering and good grooming, They will look and feel their best. The truth is, they can't fast forward through that time of the month. Here are the advantegous tips for them:


1. Soal for soothing
Try to take time out for a little pampering. A shooting, warm bubble bath is a great aid of relaxation. Besides that, the helps relieve cramping.


2. Back to basics
A sensible daily skin care routine is an essential for any good beauty regimen. During your period, this routine is very important. This happens when active oil giands and hormonal changes cause pimple flare-ups. Because of this, give your skin a fighting chance. With a mask designed for blemish-prone skin, clear excess oil up.


3. Banish the blemish

If you are on your pimple attack, sometimes you will feel that it is unvoidable. It is hard not to attack back. Picking and touching will just aggravate the problem. Because of that, try a careful cover up instead. After that, apply foundation with a make up brush or cotton swab. Wait a minute for it to dry. The last, dust the area with loose powder.


4. Hair Cleansing
If you are menstruating, clean hair is a big bonus. Because with your skin, tresses tend to get more oily. By washing hair daily with a cleansing shampoo designed for oily hair, you wil keep yours clean.


5. Feeling fit
Keep your body in gear! A regular workout routine not only improves your physical condition, but also boosts your mood, try swiming, running, cycling, etc. Such exercise can benefit your body's, "biorhytms", the biologically influenced cycles of your physical and emotional well being.


6. Use deodorant & fragrant powder
During your period, perspiration and odor increase. So, how you can feel pretty and keep fresh? Don't forget to use deodorant. Add a fragrant powder to your beauty routine. Try layering your fragrances for longer lasting results, spirit pulse points with a coordinate cologne, after you apply dusting powder.


7.Beauty bites
Anything you eat is important role in how you feel and how you look. Avoid foods containing caffeine, if you are suffering from menstruating or premenstruation symptoms, like cramps or crankiness. Help quell the swelling by skipping salty foods like frozen dinners, chips, and fast foods, if you tend to retain water. Now, it is the time for you to go for foods that are naturally diuretic. There are many foods that can help eliminating water retention, like asparagus, oats, and nuts.

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How to Get Rid of Insomnia

INSOMNIA can strike everyone from time to time. The symptoms of insomnia are having trouble falling asleep, having trouble staying asleep or waking up tired and lethargic.


Here some ways that might help you to get a good night's sleep:


1. Get out in the fresh air during the day and do some exercise, so you will feel tired at bedtime.


2. Try to manage your time so that you have one hour to relax. Try to make it at the end of a day before going to bed, especially if it has been an unsually stressful day.


3. Take a warm bath before bedtime.


4. If you have trouble keeping your eyes open during the day, don't take a nap. Instead, get up and walk around.


5. Avoid eat late. A late meal means your stomach is working hard to digest the food and with all the commotion it is harder to get to sleep.


6. Stay away from coffee, tea, or too much alcohol in the evening. If you really want to sip, try a warm or milky drink. It will help you relax.

The main reasons why people can't get to sleep are worries about jobs, money, and personal relationship. Try to leave your worries and anxieties outside the bedroom. Refocus your minds on happier thoughts. It might take some effort, but it might work.


1. If you start thinking about anxieties and stress, don't fight it. Get up and read, or do some leisure activities.


2. Create a peaceful and quite life. It can make the difference between a restful night and a grumpy next day.


3. Make sure the temperature in your bedroom is neither too hot nor too cold.


4. Don't take sleeping pills without a doctor's prescription.

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Healthy Eating

Let's look at food with a fresh approach. Some foods are good for us and are lacking in our diets; others are bad and should be avoided.


1. Carbohydrate
Carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Carbohydrates supply energy in the form of blood sugar. It is useful for keeping the body functioning. Carbohydrates can be founded in cereals, rice, breads, pasta, nuts, and all vegetables. They are good for us. Carbohydrates should be considered as a primary food.


A diet rich in carbohydrates can improve your energy and performance and help you prevent long-term diseases. Carbohydrates are low in fat but nonetheless very satisfying. They are rich in vitamins and minerals. They "burn clean" in the body, leaving only carbondioxida and water to be excreted (protein, however, leaves potentially dangerous nitrogen and sulphur waste).


2. Protein


Protein is one of the enemies from food. It is essential for life. Every cell in the body contains some protein. Half of the body weight is protein. Most of us eat at least twice as much protein as we need. Excessive protein is not excreted but it is stored in the body.


Our high protein intake is creating high fat, cholesterol, and kilojoule intake, because our major sources of the protein include meat and dairy, that are high in fat. In short, it is making us fat.


Beside making us fat, protein is also putting a strain on the liver and kidneys. Excessive protein consumption increase your need for calcium. It can also cause a problem connected with a low-calcium diet.


To give a diet a better balance in terms of protein is to shift the major source of it to fish, soya, and dried beans and peas.


Fibre

Insoluble Fibre Foods

Fibre is important in giving "bulk" to food and helping to move it though the intestines and colon back of sufficient fibre in the diet has been linked to cancers of the colon, rectum, hemorrhoids, hernia, varicoseveing, and heart disease.


These are two kinds of fibre present in foods: soluble and insoluble. Insoluble fibre is the "rough stuff" that promotes regularity. It is called insoluble because it will not dissolve in hot water. Soluble fibre, which will dissolve in hot water, has an effect on the metabolism of fats and sugar. Some soluble fibres have a beneficial effect on blood cholesterol.


They can be dangerous, if you don't take them with enough water or if you take them too much. Moreover, too much fibre, can rob your body of important nutrients. Why? Because it moves food to rapidly through your digestive system.


Vitamins and minerals


The definition of vitamins are organic substances which are essential to biochemical reactions in our bodies. Vitamins do not give us energy. We rely on kilojoules for energy. Kilojoules simply promote the metabolic function for energy.


Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat-soluble. Vitamins C, B6, and B12 are water soluble.


Minerals are inorganic substances that, like vitamins promote various metabolic functions in the body.


The macro-minerals include calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sulphur, sodium, and chlorine. The micro minerals include iron, zinc, manganese, copper, iodine, and fluorine.


Foods are high in the macro and micro nutrients.


Calcium


It is one of the most abundant minerals in the body. It sustains the maintenance and development of bones and teeth. Calcium is crucial for blood coagulation, muscle action, heartbeat, and nerve function.


Women (girls) are vulnerable to calcium deficiency. They can easily suffer from osteoporosis, a weak bone structure. This can lead to "dowager hump" and easily fractured bones.


You will have more than third of your daily requirement by having 100 g of cooked broccoli, and 250 ml of milk.


Iron


It is necessary for the formation of hemoglobine, the red pigment in blood cells. Hemoglobine transports oxygen in the body.


Women/girls especially are prone to the iron-deficiency. It is a result of blood losses during menstruation.


You can increase your iron by taking some vitamin C. Orange juice can boost the absorbed iron by 200%.


Magnesium


It is essential for energy biological process. It aids in the body's use of carbohydrate, fats, and proteins.


Many of us risk becoming deficient in magnesium because of our low-kilojoule diets of highly processed foods.


You will have a quarter of your daily magnesium requirement by having 100 g of fresh, cooked spinach.

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A Broken Heart Can Kill You

DR.STEPHEN OPPENHEIMER, a top director of John Hopkins University, reveals that it is true that a broken heart can kill you. What's more, he says you can even die from a voodoo curse.


The top director explained clearly that it is because your brain sends the heart messages that can stop it from beating when you are terrified or from suffering devastating emotional stress.

He has done studies to both rats and human to pinpoint the part of the brain which links the heart for thought and emotions. Finally Dr. Stephen Oppenheimer found a key to control the heart in an area of the brain that is called the insular cortex.


The director of neurology department's celebral vascular division at John Hopkins, Dr. Oppenheimer said "The insular cortex maybe sensitive for stress that can result in increased heart rate".


The insular cortex can cause more than just an increased heart rate, if it is damaged by an extreme emotional stress. Really it can cause sudden death. The expert said, "That's what most likely happens if people die suddenly for no apparent reason after losing a mate. Insular cortex can also be affected by fear, that is why people can die after becoming the target of a voodoo curse," he added.


According to him, in America, when he says to someone, he is going to a place a spell on you, they will probably laugh at him. But in a culture where people believe that spirits can be called on to do you harm, the threat of a voodoo curse goes right to the insular cortex. To tell the truth, it can result in an instantaneous death!

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Stress, And The Way to Overcome It

ONCE in a while, there will come a time when people feel unpleasant. To this situation, the one who suffers from diabetic mellitus will be very dangerous. Do you want to know? The unpleasant time will make their blood sugar character uncontrolled and as a result, they will have stress.


Before reading this article so far, you should know how to overcome stress. People can have stress when they can't possess the one they love, lose the one they love forever, get divorced, being ill, fail in looking for a job, etc.


In every event that results in happiness or sadness, you should know how the mechanism of stress could annoy blood sugar or emotion. Knowing the mechanism, you could prepare to return the condition into normal.


How could stress influence the condition of blood sugar of someone ?
Stress has direct harmful influence to blood sugar. When people suffer from stress, their body will build anti insulin hormone that spoils the blood sugar character.

Those who are suffering from diabetic mellitus will find their body can't make sufficient insulin to reduce the character blood sugar because of the anti-insulin hormon. The longer stress, the longer the possibility of blood sugar getting higher though the patient takes a pill prescribed.


One who suffers from stress will forget having exercise that he should take as a routine or obeying the suggested meal pattern. It could be that he will eat much to calm down himself after a certain event.


How do we overcome the influence of stress that is very harmful? 
The first way is to reduced blood sugar character. In stress condition, the sufferer is expected to monitor his blood sugar character more often. Doing this way, he will know the influence of stress to blood sugar character, so he could rule his meal, sport, drug as suggested by his doctor.


According to the result of monitoring, the blood sugar character could be returned into normal.


The other way to overcome is by fighting against emotional reaction. For certain reasons, this could be done, but usually this is difficult to do.


Someone maybe refuses to express his feelings to others. Why? Because he feels that by expressing his feelings, other people will call him as a crazy person. It is normal for someone to feel depressed or anxious when facing an oppressing situation.


Expressing the feelings to other people really has many advantages. If emotional reaction toward stress is greater, then he should see and consult a physician.


Below will be explained the simple way to overcome stress. If one way does not give good results, choose other ways that may be more suitable for you.


1. Read any book that entertains or do activities as your own hobby. This is considered a cheaper way to do and could be done to overcome stress.


2. Take exercise as you like, maybe playing badminton, tennis, running, etc. Exercise could calm the muscles that effect stress and reduced the blood sugar character. Beside taking exercise, you could do relaxation of muscles. This way is done by relaxing the muscles for a few minutes and then weakening back. Starting from feet muscles, waist, neck and then continue to head. When weakening the muscle, the mind should be focused on relaxation feeling that appears. This could be done by sitting down or standing position.


3. Meditation
The meaning of it is to relax the mind from heavy thinking. Here is the way: sit down. breath slowly, then exhale through the mouth. Do this way, from a few minutes until 10-20 minutes until you feel the influence of relaxation.

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The Danger of Anger And How to Decrease It

BEING angry is uncrontrolable, right? Wrong! You can decide whether you will continue on your anger or stop it once you think it is useless to do it. We are not  Donald Duck which is unable to control anger. Anger is not beyond our capacity to cope with. Let alone our own anger. It is only a matter of habits. The more trained you are to control your anger, the easier you do it  when you are in anger. I remember one of my bosses. He was so mad at one of his inferiors. In an office meeting, he showed his anger with his harsh words doubting his inferior's professional capacity. But at the same time, he blinked one of his eyes humorously to me showing that his anger was not at me. I think his anger was professional capacity. But at the same time, he blinked one of his eyes humorously to me showing that his anger was not at me. I think his anger was professional, not personal. He is the one who is capable of using anger, not be used by it.


Uncontroable anger is dangerous. It can kill you because it causes a heart attack to someone. Some researchers show that hostility of anger hurts heart. When someone is angry, his heart doesn't get the blood it needs. Mistrust triggers an outpouring of adrenalin and other stress hormones that soon affects physically. The angry man's voice usually turns into a higher pitch. The rate and depth of his breathing increases. His heart beat faster and harder. And the muscles of his arms and legs tighten. Such a physical condition can be very dangerous to some people.

Hostility or anger can be minimised by trusting people. Great religions teach the virtues of a trusting heart. Bad predujice and hostility are wrong. Not because they are dogmatic, but because they are proven to be dangerous for physical balance and our health. So, try to trust people more. Clean up your mind of bad prejudice about people. Reduce your cynical mistrust of others. And decrease the frequency and intensity of your anger. Start learning to treat others with kindness and consideration.


These steps might be of help for you :


1. Acknowledge the problem


Let people around you, girlfriend, best friends, members of family, or even classmates---know that you intend to control your anger. Ask them for support.


2. Reason with yourself.


When cynically hostile through strike, abolish them right away. Never keep these bad thoughts too long in your mind. Be rational to what you think of people. This will help you regain the right perspective.


3. Think like the others.


Put yourself in another person's shoes. This way, start to understand his viewpoint, his behavior, or even his reasons. This will help you leave your anger behind. Empathy and hostility are opposite to each other. Grow your empathy on people. There are always good sides on them, anyway.


4. Laugh at yourself.


Humor is the best way to usher off your suspicion of people. Make fun of your prejudice and suspicious nature. Refuse to keep any suspicion in mind. And be good at laughing at yourself for your unreasonable mistrust.


5. Practice trust.


Try to trust people when the opportunities come. Let people in ticket agent pick a seat in a bus for us, for example. Try to get calmer, and let people do things for us. The fact that you don't have to control things around you yourself sometimes is relaxing. And this can be a great exercise for trusting others. Believe that there are more good guys that the bad ones in this world.


6. Be positive.


If you are badly mistreated, you are normally angry. Let the opportunity to be aggressively angry to others go off. If the one who offends is someone who need not to have contact with you, stay away. Such a quarrel is not worth getting. If you think you have to settle things up with him, let him know calmly what bothers you and how. Never let yourself be as rude as the offender. If you want to win in argumentation, you should learn to loose--by being calm.


7. Forgive them.


Religions always teach us to forgive. As God Himself is forgiving. So try to learn to forgive those who offend you. The more you train yourself in forgiving. The easier you do it and the more peaceful you will be. 


8. Start right now.


Whether you are used to being angry around the clock, it doesn't mean that you can not start practicing today. Make a self-commitment, and give it try. And pray God to help you to control your anger. There is nothing easy to change; yet for your own goodness, everything is worth starting. And it means NOW. Remember Epictetus who said; Reckon the days in which you have not been angry. I used to be angry everyday; now every other day; than every third and fourth day; and if you miss it so long as thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God.

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Facts and Fallacies About Exercise And Losing Weight

ARE YOU DIETING LONGER and harder than necessary because you don't realize what exercise can do for you? Do you believe that exercise "doesn't help" or is "actually counterproductive" to weight loss? It's time, then, for you to get straight on some facts and fallacies about losing weight.


Fallacy: Physical activity makes you so hungry that you're bound to eat more and put on more weight than you could possibly have lost.


Fact: An increase in energy expenditure may cause an immediate appetite increase, but a study of students at the University of Michigan showed that a quarter-mile or mile run had no measurable effect on their 24-hour caloric intake indeed, as Dr. Brian J. Sharkey says in Physiological Fitness and Weight Control, exhausting effort or exercise just before a meal can dull the appetite and cause caloric intake to fall below expenditure.


Fallacy: Exercise is virtually useless unless you devote a lot of time and effort to it.

Fact: According to studies by the Harvard School of Public Health, as little as one half-hour of moderate exercise each day can take off as much as 26 punds in a year if you don't increase your caloric intake.


Fallacy: Exercise is beneficial only if you can feel it; it won't help you unless it hurts.


Fact: Generally, exercise, such as jogging and swimming, should not hurt; if it does, you may be overdoing it. It's better to exercise regularly than to make occasional superhuman efforts, since you can not "store" the benefits of exercising.


Fallacy: The only benefit of vigorous as opposed to mild exercise is to the heart and lungs; from a weight-loss point of view, it's just as good to walk for two hours (burning 420 calories) as it is to run for 28 minutes (burning 420 calories).


Fact: It's true that vigorous exercise to good for the heart and lungs. To achieve and maintain a satisfactory level of fitness, you must exercise long and vigorously enough to raise body temperature, increase the heart rate, and induce heavy breathing and perspiration. But that is not the whole story. An additional benefit for all who exercise vigorously is the caloric expenditure that goes on immediately afterward. For as long six hours following a 28-minute run, for example, the average person burns up to twice as many calories as he does normally. After a two hour walk, the double calorie burning extends for only about two hours.


Fallacy: Exercise will only distract the overweight person from the main task: sticking to a diet.


Fact: While many people do lose weight without exercising. It's hard to imagine that they would have failed if they had exercised. In fact, after the initial few sessions, one is likely to feel both limber and virtous for sticking with exercise, and both those feelings are likely to add to, rather than diminish, commitment to a diet.

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Twelve Answers About Food

Do you care with the following questions? Is saltwater fish saltier than freshwater fish? What kind of oil is the least fatty, and therefore, the least fattening? Should fruit be peeled before eating to get rid of the insecticides? These are questions we may often have asked ourselves, may not we? Yes, we do not want things we eat will sicken or even kill us. Here are some precise, concrete answers based on studies done to date in modern nutrition.


1. Are eggs a complete food?


No, Although eggs are incomparably rich and contain almost all the elements necessary to healthy development, they contain neither carbohydrates nor vitamin C.


2. Are the fats contained in fish "good" fats?


Yes, especially in fish with a bluish flesh---sardines, herring, mackerel, salmon, tuna. These contain sufficient unsaturated fatty acids to make them be recommended in low-cholesterol diets.

3. Is saltwater fish saltier than freshwater fish?


The sodium levels in each are almost identical (an average of 60 to 64 grams). Fresh cod and hake are no saltier than trout or pike. Among the various seafoods, crustaceans and shelfish are the only ones rich in salt (lobsters contain about 210 mg per 100 grams).


4. Is fish as nourishing as meat?


Yes. One hundred grams of fish with no waste provides as much protein as 100 grams of meat. We have the impression that fish is less "nourishing" because it is digested more quickly.


5. Which oil is the least fatty, and therefore the least fattening?


All oils, from the lightest to the heaviest, are equally fatty (8145 calories per liter). Therefore, all have the same effect on weight.


6. Is milk a food for adults?


Yes and no. The mucous membrane of the intestine of infants secretes lactase, an enzyme essential to the digestion of lactose, the sugar in milk. But with years, the lactase level diminishes, and certain people can only drink milk slowly, in small quantities at a time, and accompanied by another food.


7. Should children drink whole milk?


Preferably, yes, because it contains more fat. Whole milk already contains vitamin A and, in some countries, vitamin D is added. These two vitamins, essential to growth, are also added to other milks.


8. Is spinach richest in Iron?


No. Despite its reputation, it only contains 3.70 mg. per 100 grams, while dry apricots contain 6.30 mg and pistachios 6.75.


9. Could you lack in vitamin C if you don't eat enough fruit?


No. Vegetables will give you plenty: potatoes contain 20 mg per 100 grams; asparagus, 33; fresh watercress, 43; cabbage, 47; broccoli, 93.


10. In a weight-reducing diet, can you eat as much fruit as you want?


No. People believe that fruit, which is a good source of water, vitamins and minerals, can be eaten, like some vegetables, at will. But fruit also contains sugar. A half kilo of grapes, for example, contains 350 calories.


11. Should fruit be peeled to get rid of pesticides and insecticides?


This is a rather useless precaution since the pulp of the fruit often absorbs as much of the poisonous substances as the skin does. Therefore, it is advisable for those who have no trouble with fibre to eat fruit without peeling, after washing and brushing.


12. How much water should we drink on an average everyday?


About one liter and a half. Except for people with particular problems (such as cardiac or kidney insufficiency), people generally never drink enough water, especially when they live in the dry air of their apartments and their overheated and air-conditioned workplaces. We should drink often, a little at a time, between meals and while eating.

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