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There's bad news for parents who frequently plop their kids in front of the TV to give themselves a break: It might actually end up leaving moms and dads more stressed.

Why? Because the more television that kids watch, the more they're exposed to advertising messages. The more advertising they see, the more likely they are to insist on purchasing items when they go with their parents to the store -- and perhaps make a fuss if told "no." All that, researchers say, may contribute to parents' overall stress levels, well beyond a single shopping trip.

The findings come from a University of Arizona-led study, published in the International Journal of Advertising, that explores the potential effects of children's television watching habits on their parents' stress levels.

"The more advertising children see, the more they ask for things and the more conflict is generated," said lead study author Matthew Lapierre, an assistant professor in the UArizona Department of Communication in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. "What we haven't looked at before is what the potential effect is on parents. We know kids ask for things, we know it leads to conflict, but we wanted to ask the next question: Could this be contributing to parents' overall stress?" The study suggests that it could. There are a few things parents can do, perhaps the most obvious of which is limiting screen time.

Spirituality and finance go hand in hand. Spirituality does not mean being religious. It means connecting oneself to his or her own self. The spiritual essence of a man is in giving and being generous and try and create situations where they continuously do something for others or humanity. Spirituality means connecting oneself to the higher self and the higher self is connected with everyone’s higher self. In this way, we all are connected to each other. According to this theory then, each person who is doing things for himself is limited. But for a person who thinks he is connected with humanity as a whole and whatever he is earning should be for everyone, it is considered spiritual. So, whether it was the airplane created by the Wright brothers, or an invention to cure a disease like cancer or anaesthesia, they did something for the human race. So, spirituality comes to those who are generous and have peace of mind. When the mind is full of peace and free of stress, only then it will have space to create abundance. Therefore, people who follow spirituality and meditate are blessed with more clarity, peace, patience and eventually happiness and abundance. Spirituality is a great friend of prosperity. Learning about finance is similar to learning about spirituality. Working for your own good will never help you in your financial condition.

Australian paramedics are exceptionally well-trained medical professionals who are well-versed in emergency healthcare and hold an Advanced Diploma of Health Science certificate. The latter can be upgraded to a degree by off-campus recognized institutions, but this can only be achieved with a concurrent employment with any ambulance services and with at least two years of relevant clinical experience. There is another avenue for these paramedics, but it is more research-inclined: a Master of Emergency Health course for paramedics. Be it as it may, even though paramedics are not regarded as important as doctors, the services provided by them are quite taxing, both physically and emotionally.

Modern education attaches great importance to learning through doing. It is fully recognized that the knowledge gained through actually doing the task is more effective and lasting than that gained through mere reading. That is why all the modern methods of education give top priority to some hand-work round which they base the teaching of the curriculum.

In the past, whereas education laid stress on training of three R’s i.e. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, modern education attaches great importance to the training of three H’s i.e. Head, Heart and Hand. It has been realized that the head, the heart and the hand get the best training through self-activity with hands and brain, especially when carried out in cooperation with others. Mere reading of books or listening to others does not help much in this direction.

In modern education, the student is not merely a passive listener but is an active participant in the process of education. In the past, it was the teacher who did most of the talking. Now it is the student who is expected to be more active and up and doing and the teacher is merely a guide. For the healthy development of the mind, it is most essential that the student should be an active giver and not merely a passive receiver. It is this activity of the mind which will lead to emotional integration, so necessary for a healthy personality. If the child is merely a recipient, all the time listening to his teachers, his own personality gets dwarfed because the teachers’ personalities dominate over his personality.

The term Democracy comes from the Greek words demos (people) and Kratos (power). In its literal meaning, democracy means the "rule of the people. In fact, it is a form of government in which all eligible people have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Democracy as a political systems existed in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC. Equality and freedom have both been identified as important characteristics of democracy since ancient trines. These principles are reflected in all citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to legislative processes. For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight, no unreasonable restrictions can apply to anyone seeking to become a representative, and the freedom of its citizens is secured by legitimized rights and liberties which are generally protected by a constitution. There are several varieties of democracy, some of which provide better representation and more freedom for their citizens than others. However, if any democracy is not structured so as to prohibit the government from excluding the people from the legislative process, or any branch of government from altering the separation of powers in its own favor, then a branch of the system can accumulate too much power and destroy the democracy. Separation of powers is a model of governance under which the state is divided into branches, each with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that no one branch has more power than the other branches. The normal division of branches is into an executive, a legislature, and a judiciary.

Icebergs are massive blocks of ice, irregular in shape; they float with only about 12 percent of their mass above the sea surface. They are formed by glaciers large rivers of ice that begin inland in the snows of Greenland, Antarctica, and Alaska and move slowly toward the sea. The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out to sea. Icebergs are ordinarily blue to white, although they sometimes appear dark or opaque because they carry gravel and bits of rock. They may change color with changing light conditions and cloud cover, glowing pink or gold in the morning or evening light, but this color change is generally related to the low angle of the Sun above the horizon. However, travelers to Antarctica have repeatedly reported seeing green icebergs in the Weddell Sea and, more commonly, close to the Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica.

William Shakespeare born April 1564; baptized April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (as.), May 3, 1616 (N.S.) has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in English. His ability to capture and convey the most profound aspects of human nature is regarded by many as unequalled and the English Renaissance has often been called the age of Shakespeare". He was among the few playwrights who have excelled in both tragedy and comedy and several of his plays contain songs that are among the finest lyric poems in English. He also wrote 154 sonnets, two narrative poems, and a handful of shorter poems. Shakespeare wrote his works between 1588 and 1613. Although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him are often uncertain. Shakespeare's influence on the English-speaking world shows in the widespread use of quotations from Shakespearean plays, the titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases, and the many adaptations of his plays. Other signs of his continuing influence include his appearance in the top ten of the '100 Greatest Britons" poll sponsored by the BBC, the frequent productions based on his work, such as the BBC Television Shakespeare, and the success of the fictional account of his life in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.

Exposure to high levels of noise can cause permanent hearing loss. Neither surgery nor a hearing aid can help correct this type of hearing loss. Short-term exposure to loud noise can also cause a temporary change in hearing (your ears may feel stuffed up) or a ringing in your ears (tinnitus). These short-term problems may go away within a few minutes or hours after leaving the noise. However, repeated exposures to loud noise can lead to permanent tinnitus and/or hearing loss.

Loud noise can create physical and psychological stress, reduce productivity, interfere with communication and concentration, and contribute to workplace accidents and injuries by making it difficult to hear warning signals. The effects of noise-induced hearing loss can be profound, limiting your ability to hear high-frequency sounds, understand speech, and seriously impairing your ability to communicate.

When sound waves enter the outer ear, the vibrations impact the ear drum and are transmitted to the middle and inner ear. In the middle ear, three small bones called the malleus (or hammer), the incus (or anvil), and the stapes (or stirrup) amplify and transmit the vibrations generated by the sound to the inner ear. The inner ear contains a snail-like structure called Cochlea which is filled with fluid and lined with cells with very fine hairs. These microscopic hairs move with the vibrations and convert the sound waves into nerve impulses–the result is the sounds we hear. Exposure to loud noise can destroy these hair cells and cause hearing loss!

The engineers decided to change the state of suspension uprights in two phases. The first one was connected with the alteration of the upright It was changed to the forged steel from an aluminum extrusion. The second phase was connected with further development and designing the great number of other components, According to the first phase, newly forged uprights were elaborate with the process which comprises design and analysis functions. "The geometric hardpoints (mounting points) of the suspension were linked together within the package envelope for the suspension corner assembly (wishbones, wheel, brake disc, and caliper]'. Intact, these new uprights were made with the help of CATIA software, where the main output was a solid model. In fact, this model had to undergo further analysis, which was based on the durability requirements of the vehicle. The analysis showed that new forged steel was better than the previous upright. Firstly, new uprights met all functional requirements or even exceeded them. Secondly, they improve the state of stiffness and durability doubled it.

Steve Jobs, the American businessman and technology visionary who is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer at Apple Inc, was born on February 24, 1955. His parents were two University of Wisconsin graduate students, Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali. They were both unmarried at the time. Jandali, who was teaching in Wisconsin when Steve was born, said he had no choice but to put the baby up for adoption because his girlfriend's family objected to their relationship. The baby was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922-1993) and Clara Jobs (1924-1985). Later, when asked about his "adoptive parents," Jobs replied emphatically that Paul and Clara Jobs were my parents." He stated in his authorized biography that they 'were my parents 1,000%. Unknown to him, his biological parents would subsequently marry (December 1955) have a second child, novelist Mona Simpson, in 1957, and divorce in 1962. The Jobs family moved from San Francisco to Mountain View, California when Steve was five years old. The parents later adopted a daughter, Patti. Paul was a machinist for a company that made lasers and taught his son rudimentary electronics and how to work with his hands. The father showed Steve how to work on electronics in the family garage, demonstrating to his son how to take apart and rebuild electronics such as radios and televisions. As a result, Steve became interested in and developed a hobby of technical tinkering. Clara was an accountant who taught him to read before he went to school.