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ACCUPRESSURE POINTS

PRESS the points of problem in your hand or feet to relieve your issue.

The Hands

1. Sinusitis 12. Eye Diseases 23. Joints 34. Appendix 45. Weight loss
2. Headache 13. Ear diseases 24. Small intestine 35. Hemorrhoids 46. Diaphragm
3. Anxiety 14. Shoulder pain 25. Hypertension 36. Pain 47. A lump in the thyroid gland
4. Depression 15. Lung disease 26. Spleen Diseases 37. Fertility Problems 48. Parathyroid pain
5. Insomnia 16. Diarrhea (dysentery) 27. Indigestion 38. Sexual arousal 49. Cervical pain
6. Cooling 17. Diseases of the stomach 28. Large intestine 39. Womb 50. Back pain
7. Energy stimulation 18. Liver disease 29. Loss of appetite 40. Prostate 51. Spinal pain
8. Stress 19. Menstrual cramps 30. Intestinal diseases 41. Problems with ejaculation 52. Back pain
9. Stimulation Memory 20. Heart 31. Upset stomach 42. Testicular pain
10. Eye veins 21. Diabetes 32. Bladder infection 43. Almond pain
11. Ear veins 22. Kidney disease 33. Urinary Incontinence 44. Hormone deficiency

The Feet

1. Sinusitis 11. Diseases of the ear 20. Diabetes 29. Pain 38. Shoulder Pain
2. Headaches 12. Toothache 21. Kidney disease 30. Infertility 39. Almond pain
3. Anxiety 13. Lung disease 22. Small intestine 31. Sexual stimulation 40. Hormone deficiency
4. Passing out 14. Heart disease 23. Digestive disorders 32. Joint pain 41. Weight loss
5. Insomnia 15. Diseases of blood flow 24. Large intestine 33. Leg pain 42. Thyroid nodules
6. Stimulate Memory 16. Hypertension 25. Bulimia 34. Heel pain 43. Parathyroid pain
7. Cooling 17. Diseases of the stomach 26. Intestinal obstruction 35. Hemorrhoids
8. Ear specialist 18. Diseases of the spleen 27. Appendix 36. Back pain
10. Vision problems 19. Liver disease 28. Bladder 37. Lower back pain

LIFE HACK – SUNBURN

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FREDERICK DOUGLASS

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LIFE HACK – HEAD LICE

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THE POSITIVES OF BREASTFEEDING

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PRACTICAL TIPS ON TEENS AND DRIVING

October 19-25 is Teen Driver Safety Week, and it’s a great time for parents to talk to their teen drivers about the risks they face.

FACTS:

  • · Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens 14-18 in America.
  • · Newly licensed teens: Crash risk is particularly high during the first months of licensure.
  • · 56% of teens said they talk on the phone while driving.
  • · Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them.
  • · Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger.

Every parent should talk to their teens about the rules of safe driving, but a recent survey shows that only 25 percent of parents have done so.

Eight Danger Zones: Make sure your young driver is aware of the leading causes of teen crashes:

  • · Driver inexperience
  • · Driving with teen passengers
  • · Nighttime driving
  • · Not using seat belts
  • · Distracted driving
  • · Drowsy driving
  • · Reckless driving
  • · Impaired driving

WHAT DO I DO?

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has teamed up with state and local highway safety and law enforcement organizations on the teen driver safety campaign “5 to Drive.”

1. No Drinking and Driving. Compared with other age groups, teen drivers are at a greater risk of death in alcohol-related crashes.

2. Buckle Up. Every Trip. Every Time. Front Seat and Back. In 2012, of all the young (15- to 20-year-old) passenger vehicle drivers killed in crashes, more than half (55%) of those killed were not wearing seat belts.

3. Put It Down. One Text or Call Could Wreck It All. In 2012, among drivers 15 to 19 years old who were distracted in fatal crashes, nearly 1 in 5 were distracted by their phones. This age group had the highest percentage of drivers distracted by phone use. Don’t allow activities that may take your teen’s attention away from driving, such as talking on a cell phone, texting, eating, or playing with the radio.

4. Stop Speeding Before It Stops You. In 2012, speeding was a factor in almost half (48 percent) of the crashes that killed 15- to 20-year-old drivers. By comparison, 30 percent of all fatal crashes that year involved speeding.

5. No More Than One Passenger at a Time. Extra passengers for a teen driver can lead to disastrous results. Research shows that the risk of a fatal crash goes up in direct relation to the number of teens in a car. The likelihood of teen drivers engaging in risky behavior triples when traveling with multiple passengers.

6. Provide at least 30 to 50 hours of supervised driving practice over at least six months. Make sure to practice on a variety of roads, at different times of day, and in varied weather and traffic conditions. This will help your teen gain the skills he or she needs to be safe. Help your teen avoid insufficient scanning. Stress the importance of continually scanning for potential hazards including other vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.

7. Make sure your teen is off the road by 9 or 10 p.m. for at least the first six months of licensed driving.

8. Be sure your teen is fully rested before he or she gets behind the wheel.

9. Make sure your teen knows to follow the speed limit and adjust speed to road conditions. Remind your teen to maintain enough space behind the vehicle ahead to avoid a crash in case of a sudden stop.

10. Be a good role model: don’t drink and drive, and reinforce this message with your teen.

11. Sign a Teen Driving agreement: http://www.cdc.gov/ParentsAreTheKey/pdf/Parent_Teen_Driving_Agreement-a.pdf

For more information about Teen Driver Safety Week and the “5 to Drive” campaign visit www.safercar.gov/parents, CDC and others

Check out: http://driveithome.org/ and http://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/teens/

THE 5 S OF CALMING A BABY

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DAD TIPS: 1

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ARGUMENT TO EAT MEAT!

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HEALTHCARE SCAMS – BEWARE

Check out this good brochure from FDA: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/FreePublications/UCM150674.pdf


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WHEN DO WE GROW OLD

When you stop to Play


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TEENS: A SPIRITUAL THOUGHT ON INSULTS AND GIFTS

When You are Hurt

When someone expresses his anger towards us, or speaks in a belittling way, what should we do? The answers to such questions can be found in this incident from the life of Buddha.

Once Buddha went to beg with his disciple Ananda. When they approached a house for food, the lady of the house, spoke harshly. ‘You lazy fellows! You are hale and healthy…why can’t you work for your food?’ she yelled and chased them away. The disciple was enraged at the woman she used such hostile words on his great Guru.

‘Please permit me to teach that woman a solid lesson…’ he pleaded with Buddha. But Buddha walked away in silence.

A little later, Buddha handed over his water container to Ananda and went to take rest.

Having rested for a couple of hours they resumed their journey. On the way, Buddha glanced at the water container and asked, ‘Whose is this?’ ‘It is yours, Guruji!’ said Ananda. Buddha took it and looked at it once and returned it to Ananda saying, ‘No, I gifted it to you a little while ago…it is yours.’

At night, Buddha pointed to the same water container and asked once again, ‘Whose is this?’ Now Ananda said, ‘Guruji, it is mine!’

Hearing this, Buddha said laughingly, ‘I asked you the same question earlier this evening and you said it was yours. Now you are saying, it is mine. How can the same container be yours and mine at the same time?’

Though Ananda was slightly confused, he replied calmly, ‘Guruji, you said that you have gifted this container to me and I accepted it. Hence, I said that it was mine. Initially, when you gave it to me I did not consider it as mine, because, even though you had handed over the container to me it was still yours!’

Buddha smiled at Ananda and said, ‘Similarly, I did not take the words the lady spoke harshly as mine; I did not accept them. So, even though the words were spoken at me, they still belong to the lady alone. That is the reason I said that there was no need to teach her a lesson.’

The advice from Buddha to his disciple expounds a very simple truth.

· If someone calls us ‘lazy’ or ‘good for nothing’ we get affected by that word only when we take it to be ours. If we are clearly firmly and aware that we are not lazy or ‘good for nothing’, what that person says about us is just nonsense. ‘Nonsense’ would never affect us. In fact, we would not pay any heed to a person who speaks nonsense!

· If someone calls us lazy and we are deeply affected, it only reflects on our true nature of being lazy. The quality in us is pointed out by others. This is the root cause for getting affected. This gives rise to blood pressure and rancor.

KNOW THYSELF.