At the first sign of alarm, chemicals released by the pituitary and adrenal glands and the nerve endings automatically trigger theses physical reactions to stress:
• Heart rate increases to move blood to the muscles and brain.
• Blood pressure goes up.
• Breathing rate increases.
• Digestion slows down.
• Perspiration increases.
• Pupils dilate.
• You feel a rush of strength.
You are experiencing the “fight or flight” phenomenon - your body is tense, alert, and ready for action. After this reaction to a real or perceived threat, our bodies stay on alert until we feel the danger has passed. When the stressor has gone, the brain signals an “all clear” and our body gradually returns to normal. Problems with stress occur when the brain fails to give the “all clear” signal. If the alarm state lasts too long, you begin to suffer from the consequences of constant stress. This is why unrelieved stress can lead to many health problems.
Tags: Body, Physically Fit, Stress cause
It is the production of food, whether you grow pineapple, herd cows, or develop a new hybrid corn variety.
To survive in today’s tough world of animal and crop production, it is not sufficient for a farmer merely to till the land. He or she needs to know the basics of accounting, business planning, marketing and the law to effectively handle of the daily problems that may beset him or her. The main challenge is to produce enough food without further damaging the environment already suffering from the effects of climate changes and water pollution and shortage.
Agriculture as a field of study seeks to enhance student’s awareness and develop their skills in using general principles of agricultural research and production to solve practical agricultural problems. These problems range from soil conservation and animal business management. What pesticides are effective yet have no adverse effects in the environment? How can water sources be managed to sustain the irrigation systems? Agriculture students are trained to answer these quarries and more.
Tags: Agriculture, Develop, Food, Irrigation, Problems, Students
Knowing that one day you’ll be gone and I’ll be all alone again is already sinking in my mind. I am beginning to feel sober and vulnerable. I can’t help but feel abandoned. I know for a fact that I shouldn’t feel this way, but still. I can’t help but cry just thinking that you’ll be far away from me and God knows when we will see each other again. Sadness has over power me now and i want to feel numb again so that I could not feel the pain of being left alone and it’s sad, but its reality I should learn to live with it and accept it.
Tags: Abandoned, Alone, God, Numb, Sadness, Sober, Vulnerable
Taking time out can be a touchy subject. How do you feel when you step-off life’s magic roundabout? Do you feel guilty, relieved, selfish, happy?
Daily life can be all-consuming as we rush from one appointment to the next doing chores and visiting friends or taking the children to after-school clubs or parties. With so much going on it’s a wonder we ever have the opportunity to take time out for ourselves.
The sad reality is that when we do take a breather many of us choose to do it in a way that does not serve us particularly well. As an an example I will provide a scenario that parents may recognize.
Imagine the scene: You were up late because you didn’t hear the alarm - could it be that you were overtired? You quickly get up to get the kids ready and because they’ve woken up with a start you find that they are more than a little irritable. You make a rushed breakfast while asking the children to get themselves ready for school but little Jimmy can’t find his shoes and Mary has spilt her oatmeal on her skirt.
You all jump in the car and there’s a fight as to who sits where and once you get to school you realize that you left the packed lunches at home. In retrieving them you have made yourself late for work causing more stress which sets the tone for the day. You are on permanent catch-up.
Once the day is through and the kids are finally asleep you just flop down in front of…you’ve guess it, the TV!
You didn’t have time for a proper meal so you send out for a take away or tuck-in to whatever is in the cupboards, which could consist of sugary snacks, potato chips or soda. Exhaustion has set in and you don’t feel up to getting the kids stuff ready for tomorrow - you’ll do it in the morning…and so repeating the process.
Time out in the above example is poor quality rest and ultimately has a detrimental long-term effect as you constantly fire-fight life events, moving from one crisis to another.
If you personally feel that you cannot take time out you need to stop and seriously think about how you run your life. There really is no excuse for not having ‘me’ time. If you feel overwhelmed by your schedule you need look at what you can do to change it.
Are all your appointments absolutely necessary? Do they truly benefit you as a person or do you just feel it’s an obligation and that you should do them out of duty. Remember that by being a little more choosy you are focusing on the tasks that of more value to you. We all have the power to decide what it is we want to do and if we don’t want to do it, we really can opt out.
We are on this planet for but a short time. Why should what we do be purely for the benefit of others unless that is what we truly want. For some, giving to others less fortunate is their release and a means of giving something back but if your time is taken up to act as a taxi for friends or babysit to suit another’s lifestyle there is a strong likelihood that you will begin to harbor some resentment towards those people and yourself.
For me, taking time out can be achieved on a daily basis in a number of little ways that keep me fresh. It’s taking an aimless walk and then getting a later bus home in the evening. I will listen to relaxing music, read a book that inspires, day dream. It is my perception of that journey that helps me wind down.
I just blot out everything around me. I turn off my mobile phone - the world will not stop if I am out of reach for half-an-hour and this just reasserts my independence. For that short time, nothing else exists in the world except me.
I choose how I react to any given situation. If the person in the bus queue in front of me holds me up and means I’m left standing in the rain, that’s frustrating but only a problem if I allow it to be. It is my reaction to whatever I’m faced with that determines my stress levels so if I let things like that bother me my time out time is affected - I won’t let that happen.
If you are part of a family you need to set and agree some ground rules as to what taking time out means. It has to be balanced, fair and of benefit to you and those around you. No-one should resent looking after the children alone for a night if it means you can go out with the boys or take a day walking in the hills on another day.
Wanting time away from the family does not make you a bad person. It is not selfish, it is a reward for yourself and does not mean you love your family any less. You just have to love yourself sometimes if you want to feel at ease with life.
Occasionally we just have to say that we are going for a walk and just go. If we start a debate we can give in and not get that time. We feel resentment, not with our partner necessarily, but more likely with ourselves because we backed down.
The key is recognizing when this is appropriate however. If you walk out on a stressful situation, what are you leaving behind? Is it fair to do so? If not, you may have to face up that the problem that caused this reaction began long before the current situation arose. Analyze what you could have done, learn from it to minimize the risk of it re-occurring in the future.
Taking time out is only useful if it’s not laced with guilt and a feeling of selfishness. If you have those emotions it will not be beneficial to your rest and re-cooperation.
Tags: Reality, Realizations, Taking time
Body odor is due to bacteria reacting with accumulated sweat in the areas where there are closed skin folds. Popular sites for odor to get a grip on include the underarms and around the groin. Some people at attribute the unpleasan to their body’s chemical reaction to certain food stuffs. Garlic and durian among others have been blamed for thereeking problem. Others may notice a stronger smell with alcohol intake, smoking and stress. An offensive smell may also prevail during times of hormonal changes such as pubery, menstruations and pregnancy.
The economic crisis is pushing more women to have abortions. While the woemn respondents gave many reasons fo having abortion, the reasons was financial difficulty was the main cause. Over 1,218 women who underwent treatment at the hospital due to induced and spontaneous abortions.
About 80 percent of the women is married while 21 percent indicated they were single and admitted having induced abortion. Eighty-eight percent of those covered by the study were Roman Catholics, 58 percent reached secondary education and 30 percent reached college.
Tags: Abortion, Crisis, Economic crisis, Suffer, Women
A company’s Natural Reaction, during hard times would be to find more ways to increase sales.
Cross selling
Power to talk – companies need to evaluate goals, although they may succeed in choosing higher sales today’s, it does not follow that the customer will return tomorrow. Highest seller, it is not enough to reward bottom line profits, during inflationary times, it is important to be innovative. This is one of those aspects that can be improved.
Tags: Company, Cross Selling, Power to talk
In midlife, we learn to let go of many things. Among the challenges force by parents in midlife is learning to let one child go. Part of me will always wont to keep my child young and dependent, but that is not what good parenting is about. Nor is it what God wants us parents to do. That we need to give our children roots and wings. Easier said than done.
Today there is now a generation of parents who have been more involved in every step of their child’s development. “we are seeing a generation of students who seen to be more connected to their parents, who rely on them for advice and who actually listen to them and aren’t rebelling against them in the same ways their parents may rebelled in their teens”
I like to believe we give our children a lot more courage to decide for themselves. We no longer breathe down their necks, and insist, in subtle and not, so-subtle ways, what path they should take.
Cohara’s advice to helicopter parents like my-self “Recognize that this is a big transition but have faith in your parenting, your kids know the values you have instilled is then and they will be taking these values with them in college.”
Here are some points I am applying.
- Make time to discuss your child’s fears and anxieties about college life.
- Give your child leeway to control his or her future.
- Ensure that your child is well-versed with money matters it would be goal for your child to have a good grasp of the concept of cash flow and basic budgeting.
- Talk about sex and reproductive health, this is very important.
- Keep communication lines open, yes they will, become busy and thy will have their own lives but if they know that they can always come home and be safe with you.
Tags: Courage, Decision, Future, Helicopter Parent, leeway, Love, Parenting
Four ways to turn your skills and extra time into cash.
After soaking up the sun on your favorite beach, high-failing it out of town on week ends, and gorging yourself on DVD’s movies you’ve missed. What else can you do during these long summer days? Earning extra income. While doing something you really like is always welcome and gives you that inner glow that even hours in the sun can’t.
1. Freelance writing. If you have excellent verbal and written skills in English, your already have an edge publication and the communication industry are always looking for good contributing writer who can do interesting, grammar – perfect, coherent stomp that need minimal editing substantial research and recorded interview may be needed.
2. Past time tutoring to call center applicant. Again fluency in English caomes in handy this job.
3. Facilitates for summer camps.
Heart – and a geniue love for kids facilitates act like guardians angels to the campers.
4. Sales Rep.
Adopted children are still stigmatized in our country, mainly because of the assumption that the children mother probably had a “questionable” background, after all, the thinking goes a decent women wouldn’t just give up her child.
In the Philippines the common practice of adoption is “simulated birth” where the child’s birth certificate is faked, with the adopted parent’s names used instead of the biological ones. In effect, the adopted child becomes their biological child.
Simulated births are actually illegal, but many Filipino couples do it to avoid the bureaucratic procedures and financial casts that a legal adoption entails.
There’s also a cultural angle to simulated births: adopted children are still stigmatized, mainly because of the assumption that the child’s mother probably had a “questionable” background. After all the thinking goes a decent woman wouldn’t just give up her child. A simulated birth therefore becomes a way of shielding the child form the stigma associated with adoption.
11 Steps to legal Adoption
1. Submit a written application with a child placement agency licensed of the DSWD.
2. 2. The aging assigns a social worker to conduct a home study consisting of a series of interviews.
3. The child eligible for adoption must be declared legally abandoned by the court if after publication in the newspaper and after three to six months no one has claimed.
4. Matching stage
5. The DSWD grant Pre-adopted placement authority
6. Get a lawyer to file a petition to adopt in court.
7. Publish a letter of your petition.
8. Court hearing.
9. Court issues adoption decree.
10. Go to local civil registrar.
11. Post-Legal adoption counseling
Tags: Adopted, Adoption, Children, Filipino, Philippines