Baten Apni (My Thoughts)

1. Many so-called "health foods" are actually cleverly disguised junk foods that actually stimulate you to gain more belly fat... yet the diet food marketing industry continues to lie to you so they can maximize their profits.

2. Ab exercises like crunches, sit-ups, and ab machines are the LEAST effective method of getting flat six pack abs. We'll explore what types of exercises REALLY work in a minute.

3. Boring repetitive cardio exercise routines are NOT the best way to lose body fat and uncover those six pack abs. I'll show you the exact types of unique workouts that produce 10x better results below.

4. You DON'T need to waste your money on expensive "extreme fat burner" pills (that don't work) or other bogus supplements. A special class of natural foods is much more effective. I'll tell you about these natural foods and their powers below.

5. Ab belts, ab-rockers, ab-loungers, and other infomercial ab-gimmicks... they're all a complete waste of your time and money. Despite the misleading infomercials, the perfectly chiseled fitness models in the commercials did NOT get their perfect body by using that "ab contraption"... they got their perfect body through REAL workouts and REAL nutrition strategies. Again, you'll learn some of their secrets and what really works below.

Labels: health, lose fat, six pack abs

Every child is known by his behavior. People judge our children by observing manners of children. Manners are much more than just saying “please” and “thank you.” They are ways of showing kindness and consideration. At young age, it is easy to teach good manners.

Good manners are lifetime asset. The rewards of this asset are several and the cost is negligible. Parents are responsible for their children’s behavior.

Manners are taught as soon as your child understands what you are saying. In addition, children will need coaching and reminders on manners throughout their childhood. It is best to give positive support, that is, when your child does something right, let them know. When your child does something wrong, do not be negative about it, but gently tell them how it is best done and why.

Teaching of good manners:

The best way to educate children is being a good role model. Because children learn from observation. . Learning manners is like learning a new language or a musical instrument. It is very easy to learn something in childhood. So start planting the seeds as young as possible. The foundation of good manners can be strong in young age.

Give examples of good behavior and poor behavior to your child. Take help of books and discuss about good manners.

When we talk about good manners, we think mostly about table manners. We are in need to teach them in other areas also.

First we talk about basic manners. In my suggestion these are:

• Be nice to people.
• When you ask for something not forget to say “Please”
  Say “Thank You” when you are given something.
  Say “You’re Welcome” when someone thanks you.
  Greet people when you see them.
  Look people in the eyes when you talk to people look in their eyes.
  Do not interrupt when other people are talking.
  Share with others.
  Help people.
  Let guests go first.
  Be on time, especially if you are meeting someone.

In good manners, cleanliness is also important. Put the habit of hygiene from very early stage. Here are tips for inculcating the value of cleanliness in children.

Start with the room

Put a habit to keep the things in the right place. Set down certain parameters. For example, a child should never be allowed to use dirty hankies or towels. Never allow the child to bring the shoes on the bed, however tired he or she may be.

The next step is the bathroom.

We should teach our children to brush their teeth, clean their bottoms and have a nice bath. They must also learn to keep their surroundings clean. For example, you could put up a funny little poster that reminds your son to pull the flush. Or put up a little bell that rings every time he forgets to shut the door.

Teach you children to conserve water by shutting the all taps in the house as well. Be it in the bathroom or kitchen, or anywhere under the sun.

What about other places?

. In order to maintain cleanliness, never allow your children to eat in any place of the house. Teach your children to lay the table neatly. Make sure that both your son and daughter pick up their own used plates and carry them to the kitchen sink. They should also offer to carry those of the aged members of the family. Washing their hands and gargling after meals is also a very good habit, as it will help them fight bad odour throughout life.

Cleanliness at public places

Encourage your children to apply the same cleanliness standards in the public and private too. You have to ensure that your children do not litter a park when on a picnic or that they do not throw garbage from a running bus/train.

The road is not for spitting or throwing other waste materials. Children have to be strictly warned against spitting, as it is an international menace.

Table manners

It is the turn of table manners. Table manners include party manners also. Here are some suggestions .

• Do not chew noisily or with your mouth open.
• The idea is to eat with your fingers, not with your hand and definitely not with both hands.
• Put the napkin on your lap so that food does not get onto your clothes.
• Do not read or watch television while eating. Because mealtimes are a good chance for the family to sit together.
• Excuse yourself before leaving the table. Do not announce loudly that you have to go to the bathroom.
• Wait till everyone has finished eating before getting up from the table.
• Burping is not considered polite.
• Do not talk with your mouth full.
• Do not gobble your food. Take small bites and chew properly.
• Do not play with your food and finish everything that is on your plate.
• Use the words "please" and "thank you" when passing dishes to each other.
• Do not turn dinner into an unpleasant "lecture time." That will turn kids off not only to manners, but to dinner, and to you, too.

• Check your own example. Don't show up for dinner in just your underwear unless you want your kids to do the same.

  Don't get into the habit of telling your child that he is a "pig" or a "slob" every time he doesn't do things the 'propah' way. If you're going to label him like that, he's not going to see any point in trying to improve because he will think it 's in his nature to be a "pig."

• Do not encourage burping competitions that your child may start with his friends at the table. Make it clear that you find it rude and offensive and definitely not funny.

Approach manners as a game. One night a week, try to have a somewhat more formal dinner. Try dressing up, serve a special meal, and expect more formal manners. That will help improve your kids' social graces.

The Golden Rule.The golden rule for good manners is to feel the importance of treating others. So Stress the importance of treating others in the same way they would like to be treated.

Labels: behavior, Good Manners, habbit, teaching

Time management refers to a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects and goals. Techniques and strategies for time management and scheduling your work.

Advantages of Time Management
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-gain time
-motivates and initiates
-reduces avoidance
-promotes review
-eliminates cramming
-reduces anxiety

Keys to Successful Time Management
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**Self knowledge and goals: In order to manage your time successfully, having an awareness of what your goals are will assist you in prioritizing your activities.
**Developing and maintaining a personal, flexible schedule: Time management provides you with the opportunity to create a schedule that works for you, not for others. This personal attention gives you the flexibility to include the things that are most important to you.


Effective aids:
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**Create a simple "To Do" list
This simple program will help you identify a few items, the reason for doing them, a timeline for getting them done, and then printing this simple list and posting it for reminders.

**Daily/weekly planner
Write down appointments, classes, and meetings on a chronological log book or chart.
If you are more visual, sketch out your schedule
First thing in the morning, check what's ahead for the day
always go to sleep knowing you're prepared for tomorrow

**Long term planner
Use a monthly chart so that you can plan ahead.
Long term planners will also serve as a reminder to constructively plan time for yourself

Labels: management, planner, planning, time, time management

WHAT IS RAIN WATER HARVESTING :

The principle of collecting and using precipitation from a catchments surface.

An old technology is gaining popularity in a new way. Rain water harvesting is enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the world, but it traces its history to biblical times. Extensive rain water harvesting apparatus existed 4000 years ago in the Palestine and Greece. In ancient Rome, residences were built with individual cisterns and paved courtyards to capture rain water to augment water from city's aqueducts. As early as the third millennium BC, farming communities in Baluchistan and Kutch impounded rain water and used it for irrigation dams.

ARTIFICAL RECHARGE TO GROUND WATER :

Artificial recharge to ground water is a process by which the ground water reservoir is augmented at a rate exceeding that obtaining under natural conditions or replenishment. Any man-made scheme or facility that adds water to an aquifer may be considered to be an artificial recharge system.

WHY RAIN WATER HARVESTING :

Rain water harvesting is essential because :-

Surface water is inadequate to meet our demand and we have to depend on ground water.

Due to rapid urbanization, infiltration of rain water into the sub-soil has decreased drastically and recharging of ground water has diminished.

As you read this guide, seriously consider conserving water by harvesting and managing this natural resource by artificially recharging the system. The examples covering several dozen installations successfully operating in India constructed and maintained by CGWB, provide an excellent snapshot of current systems.

RAIN WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES :

There are two main techniques of rain water harvestings.

Storage of rainwater on surface for future use.

Recharge to ground water.

The storage of rain water on surface is a traditional techniques and structures used were underground tanks, ponds, check dams, weirs etc. Recharge to ground water is a new concept of rain water harvesting and the structures generally used are :-

Pits :- Recharge pits are constructed for recharging the shallow aquifer. These are constructed 1 to 2 m, wide and to 3 m. deep which are back filled with boulders, gravels, coarse sand.

Trenches:- These are constructed when the permeable stram is available at shallow depth. Trench may be 0.5 to 1 m. wide, 1 to 1.5m. deep and 10 to 20 m. long depending up availability of water. These are back filled with filter. materials.

Dug wells:- Existing dug wells may be utilised as recharge structure and water should pass through filter media before putting into dug well.

Hand pumps :- The existing hand pumps may be used for recharging the shallow/deep aquifers, if the availability of water is limited. Water should pass through filter media before diverting it into hand pumps.

Recharge wells :- Recharge wells of 100 to 300 mm. diameter are generally constructed for recharging the deeper aquifers and water is passed through filter media to avoid choking of recharge wells.

Recharge Shafts :- For recharging the shallow aquifer which are located below clayey surface, recharge shafts of 0.5 to 3 m. diameter and 10 to 15 m. deep are constructed and back filled with boulders, gravels & coarse sand.

Lateral shafts with bore wells :- For recharging the upper as well as deeper aquifers lateral shafts of 1.5 to 2 m. wide & 10 to 30 m. long depending upon availability of water with one or two bore wells are constructed. The lateral shafts is back filled with boulders, gravels & coarse sand.

Spreading techniques :- When permeable strata starts from top then this technique is used. Spread the water in streams/Nalas by making check dams, nala bunds, cement plugs, gabion structures or a percolation pond may be constructed.

DIVERSION OF RUN OFF INTO EXISTING SURFACE WATER BODIES

Construction activity in and around the city is resulting in the drying up of water bodies and reclamation of these tanks for conversion into plots for houses.

Free flow of storm run off into these tanks and water bodies must be ensured. The storm run off may be diverted into the nearest tanks or depression, which will create additional recharge.

Urbanisation effects on Groundwater Hydrology :

Increase in water demand

More dependence on ground water use

Over exploitation of ground water

Increase in run-off, decline in well yields and fall in water levels

Reduction in open soil surface area

Reduction in infiltration and deterioration in water quality

Methods of artificial recharge in urban areas :

Water spreading

Recharge through pits, trenches, wells, shafts

Rooftop collection of rainwater

Roadtop collection of rainwater

Induced recharge from surface water bodies.

Computation of artificial recharge from Roof top rainwater collection :

Factors taken for computation :

Roof top area 100 sq.m. for individual house and 500 sq.m. for multi-storied building.

Average annual monsoon rainfall - 780 mm.

Effective annual rainfall contributing to recharge 70% - 550 mm.



Individual Houses

Multistoried building

Roof top area 100 sq. m. 500 sq. m.

Total quantity available forrecharge per annum


55 cu. m 275 cu. m.

Water available for 5 member Family

100 days 500 days

Benefits of Artificial Recharge in Urban Areas :

Improvement in infiltration and reduction in run-off.

Improvement in groundwater levels and yields.

Reduces strain on Special Village Panchayats/ Municipal / Municipal Corporation water supply

Improvement in groundwater quality

Estimated quantity of additional recharge from 100 sq. m. roof top area is 55.000 liters.

HARVESTING RAINWATER HARNESSING LIFE :

A NOBLE GOAL - A COMMON RESPONSIBILITY

Ground water exploitation is inevitable is Urban areas. But the groundwater potential is getting reduced due to urbanisation resulting in over exploitation. Hence, a strategy to implement the groundwater recharge, in a major way need to be launched with concerted efforts by various Governmental and Non-Governmental Agencies and Public at large to build up the water table and make the groundwater resource, a reliable and sustainable source for supplementing water supply needs of the urban dwellers.

Recharge of groundwater through storm run off and roof top water collection, diversion and collection of run off into dry tanks, play grounds, parks and other vacant places are to be implemented by Special Village Panchayats/ Municipalities /Municipal Corporations and other Government Establishments with special efforts.

The Special Village Panchayats /Municipalities/Municipal Corporations will help the citizens and builders to adopt suitable recharge method in one's own house or building through demonstration and offering subsidies for materials and incentives, if possible.

Labels: earth water level, environment, ground water, save life, save water, surface water, water harvesting, water level

The most effective way is by banning the production of polythenes....Though it is against the nature polythene bags are very convenient and useful . It is very difficult to ban this at this stage because all of us are using this for our regular use. We should try to use paper bags, no matter it will be lil expensive. The most effective way is to ban the production of polythene bags. Govt. can do it.

Sikkim govt. have a target to make it a completely polythene free state.

The best wat is to stop using products made from it. Once there is no demand for the product there will be no production....by not using polythene bag and recycling the polybags....Environmental issues should be handled on both personal and community level. Each one of us has to work for it. Reduce your need of polythene and dependence on it. Manufacturers should switch over to eco-friendly technology.

Labels: environment, polution, polythene

1. Do not put water down the drain when there might be an alternative use for it such as cleaning, or watering a plant.

2. By adding food coloring to the tank you can check for leaks. If the toilet is leaking, color will appear within a 30-minute period. Check the toilet for corroded, worn out or bent parts.

3. After you wet your toothbrush, turn off the water. It is unnecessary to keep the water running while brushing your teeth.

4. When buying a new dishwasher, consider purchasing a water-saving model. New models use up to 25 percent less water than older ones, saving up to 4 gallons of water per load, and saving you money.

5. Washing only full loads in the clothes washer is more efficient. Washing a small load uses over twice as much water per KG of laundry.

6. When washing dishes by hand, only leave the water on while rinsing a dish, not in between rinses.

7. Always se a broom, not a hose, to clean driveways and sidewalks.

8. Do not use running water to thaw meat or other frozen foods. Defrost food overnight in the refrigerator or by using the defrost setting on your microwave.

9. Water your garden either first thing in the morning or late in the evening; this will reduce the amount of water that is evaporated by the sun.

10. Insulating your water pipes will get hot water faster, as well as avoid wasting water while it heats up.

11. Water your lawn only when it needs it. A reliable way to see if your lawn needs watering is to step on the grass. If it springs back up when you move, it doesn't need water. If it stays flat, the lawn needs to be watered.

12. Kitchen sink disposals require lots of water to operate properly. Start a compost pile as an alternate method of disposing food waste instead of using a garbage disposal.

13. Cover you pool. Using a cover is the best way to prevent water loss from your pool. Studies show that pool covers can reduce swimming pool water evaporation by nearly 30%

14. After boiling an egg wait for the water to cool down and then use it to water your houseplants. Your plants will benefit from all the nutrients that are released from the shell.

15. Put a plastic bottle filled with pebbles or sand in the toilet tank to reduce flushing water.

16. Even small drips can waste hundreds of gallons of water each day. Check all water using fixture frequently for drips.

17. Put a layer of mulch around trees and plants. Mulch will slow evaporation of moisture while discouraging weed growth.

18. Avoid flushing the toilet without need. Dispose of tissues, insects and other such waste in a wastebasket instead of the toilet.

19. Replace your showerhead with an ultra-low-flow version and take shorter (and perhaps fewer) showers.

Labels: environment, save life, save water