June 30th, 2010 kurtau

Author David Bryant notes that the Chinese word for crisis is made up of two characters. One character stands for ‘danger’ and the other stands for ‘opportunity’In our lives, sometimes the greatest challenges bring about the greatest opportunities for positive change.

In Hebrew, the word for crisis holds the meaning of a ‘birthing stool’In the Old Testament it was a piece of furniture that was used to give aid during the time of labor. One can imagine the pain of childbirth giving way to the elation of a new born baby. Similarly, sometimes the hardest things in life seem to be taking us nowhere. Then suddenly when the labor pains are past we see that in the process of the struggle new life has been breathed into us and we realize we have grown more than we could ever have imagined.

In his classic speech Acres of Diamonds, Russell Conwell shares the true story about an African farmer who sells his farm to hunt for diamonds he had heard rumors of in certain mines. The farmer uses up all of his savings journeying across the continent in search of vast riches. Sadly, his money and friends ran out before he located the treasure and he died bitter, broke and alone.

Fortunately the story does not end there, which is why Russell Conwell was asked to share the lecture more than five thousand times during his own life. The man who bought the farmer’s land was out one day walking his donkey along a stream. There he found a large stone that brightly reflected light. Enjoying the beauty of the rock, he took it home and placed it on his mantel.

Several months passed until one evening a salesman met with the man at the farm. Recognizing the stone for what it was, he asked the farmer if he had seen similar rocks on his walks. When the new farmer asked him why he wanted to know, the salesman told him, ‘This is a diamond’The next day the two men anxiously walked out to the stream and found dozens of similar looking stones. In fact, the farm was covered with acres of diamonds. Read the rest of this entry »

Teenage Obesity

June 30th, 2010 kurtau

There are some researches that say that female teenagers who happen to be obese have a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis as compared to those who are not obese. The research had two hundred thirty-eight thousand and three hundred seventy-one female respondents who ranged from twenty-five up to fifty-five years of age. They filled out a questionnaire regarding their corresponding behavior towards their health every couple of years. In over forty years, five hundred ninety-three of these respondents developed multiple sclerosis.

The respondents

The respondents reported their exact weight and height at the age of eighteen. The research scientists then computed for their BMI or their body mass index. They were also told to choose from nine different kinds of silhouettes, from extremely thin up to extremely obese, in order to have a general description of their body size at five, ten and even twenty years old.

The findings

It was through this study that it was concluded that females who had a BMI of thirty or more at eighteen years old had more than two times of a risk for developing a case of multiple sclerosis, as compared to those who had a BMI of nineteen to twenty. Those who had a BMI of twenty-five up to twenty-nine were already considered as overweight while those who were obese had a BMI of thirty kilograms per squared meter.

For those who had a bigger body even though they were just twenty years old represented the purpose of having to use the silhouettes as tools in the study. Aside from that, they were also the ones who represented those who had a lot of risk for having MS. However, for those girls who were very large at five or ten years old is not at all related to the risk of multiple sclerosis development.

Famous professor from the Harvard School of Public Health Kassandra Munger, ScD have stated that the results of the study indicate that weight pays such an important role in the development of MS in adolescence, as compared to that of childhood and adulthood. This means that teenagers have to be taught about preventing the onset of obesity from the very start to reduce the risk of having multiple sclerosis later.

The conclusions

Professor Munger states that there are two most likely statements that could explain why obesity pays a very important role with regards to risk of having multiple sclerosis. According to what she has found out in scientific and medical research, the high levels of Vitamin D inside the body greatly reduce the risk. But obese people have very low levels of Vitamin D.

Another possible explanation is that adipose tissue gives out material that can greatly affect the immune system and some types of cellular activity that are thought to be associated with multiple sclerosis.

The MS diet

Many forms of diet claim that they can reduce obesity, which, in turn, has a big possibility of precipitating the disease. Nutrition is a good way of preventing or avoiding the development of multiple sclerosis.

For instance, many of those who have MS have testified that eating food rich in gluten makes them feel terrible. Although, there are still no scientific findings to back this up, many depend on these testimonies

Online Accountant

June 30th, 2010 kurtau

There are work requirements needed in each and every business that have no direct relation to its revenue contribution. Among these requirements are the accounting tasks, which many businesses may regard as administrative work, but are not part of the core aspects of the business. Because of this, there are now a great number of business owners who have turned to getting outsource accounting services, most of which are from firms or freelancers.

However, since outsource accounting has also increased in popularity, there has been an evolution seen on the procurement of such types of outsource services. Now, business owners are seeking of more efficient and cost-effective ways for their accounting tasks to be done. As such, there are many of them now that have become conscious of the benefits and other values that come with getting an online accountant. There is no need to worry on hidden costs which are being given to traditional accountant and all the rests of the costs associated with accounting, including software installation, constant upgrading of programs and backups.

What Is an Online Accountant?

So what is really special about getting an online accountant? For one, he is responsible for delivering organized reports and records of a companies finances through a technology based on the Internet. Through using this service, which is actually also a form of outsource service, business owners and their staff can already make use of their time, spent on doing accounting tasks before, on other more important functions. They would already be able to concentrate more on providing better services or products to their clients as well as see to the other demands that these clients might ask of them. In getting an online accountant, there would be more efficiency in the business flow, thus resulting in staying ahead of the competition. Read the rest of this entry »

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