Mar 12
Owen JonesUncategorized animals, Communication, dogs, education, environment, Evolution, fauna, happiness, history, how to, Mammals, other, Uncategorized
Dogs are just about the most intelligent of household pets. If you take the time to look, you will see that they have the ability to communicate with humans, other dogs and even other species. They do this with body language and voice. Their signs are made with the their eyes, ears, eyebrows, head, mouth and tail.
Their voice is obviously not the same as ours, but they use pitch in their barks, whines, whimpers, pants, growls and howls and their gestures are made with their whole body and every part of it.
You can always differentiate a confident and therefore higher ranking dog, because they hold their tails aloft. Dogs, like all other animals, including we humans, have an inborn sense or their position in society. This is because dogs evolved in packs in the wild, just as we evolved in villages. which is why they integrate well into our human society.
There is a pecking order within their group, as within human society. The subservient dogs submit themselves to the stronger dogs, which is why dogs lower their tail when they feel unsure of themselves. When dogs fight for dominance, the fur on their tails stands up and they have this trait in common with other animals. They do it to show that they are being serious in front of their adversary.
A dog that is uncertain what to do will wag its tail slowly. A bit like you or I might give a weak smile, unsure whether to smile openly or glower. They are in a process of working out whether they should accept the status quo or fight. Excited dogs wag their tails very fast and if the dog’s hip wiggles along with its tail, it means that the dog is in submissive mode to a higher ranker. A pet should do that to its owner, as you have become the leader of its substitute pack.
When dogs get aggressive they show their fangs, the same as humans. If all of the teeth are visible, it indicates that the dog is prepared to bite or attack. We do the same unconsciously. People often bare their teeth and snarl insults, before a fight. However, they also show teeth when they smile but this is an indication of submissiveness, again as we do – compliance here meaning a recognition that a fight is unnecessary.
With a dog, the number of teeth on display differentiates between a smile and a snarl. In a smile, a dog only shows the front teeth, but in a snarl the dog shows all his teeth and gums and makes an aggressive noise.
Ears are a good indication of the dog’s level of attention. When the ears are vertical and forward facing, it means that the dog is concentrating. But if the dog is relaxed, its ears will lie flat. However, some breeds do not have as much control over their ears.
Dogs bark to defend their territory, which comes to mean their boss’ territory, which should signify your property. However, barking is their usual speech so you will have to learn the difference between friendly play barking and aggression in your dog. It is pretty obvious though.
Observation of your pet is the key, because, although all dogs are the same as in all humans are the same, there are minor differences. They are not difficult to learn, just spend some time with you dog and keep your mind open and it will become very clear to you.
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Mar 07
Mike JamesUncategorized advice, decorating, family, hobbies, home, home improvement, house, how to, Interior Design, lighting, other, remodeling, style, Uncategorized
When you are considering the interior design of a dwelling or room, lighting is most likely the most important aspect of the changes to the interior decoration. After all, it is the element that generates the mood of the room. You can create moods from intimacy to austere clinicism just by the power of your light bulb or turning a dimmer switch.
However, if you want to be certain that the result of the lighting is the one you are looking for, it is important that you be acquainted with the four principal types of illumination.
Ambient illumination: This is the general illumination for the whole room. In most rooms it is the average light in the centre of the ceiling be it a fluorescent tube or an incandescent bulb. It is suggested that you make use of one or more dimmers in order to have more flexibility in creating effects for each occasion.
Local lights: These lights are used to complement or even briefly take the place of the ambient lighting. Local lights are most commonly standard lamps, table and wall lights and are generally used in order to facilitate such activities as reading, cooking, and shaving. The intensity of the light is local and it has to be properly worked out so it won?t put a strain on the eyes.
Accent lights Accent lights are sources of light for showing off ornamental items, normally placed so as to highlight an objet d?art . Quite literally to show it in its best light.
Natural light: This is the one we get free though skylights, windows and doors. This light is controllable for part of the day by shades, curtains, drapes, blinds or awnings, but obviously varies with the time of the day, the season and the weather. Some localities see huge variations in natural light according to the season, eg monsoon, snow, etc.
It is doubtless easiest, if you consider a house room by room. Commence by analyzing what the room is used for. Retirees will probably want to take advantage of the daytime natural light for hobbies and reading, while a working couple with school-age kids, will be more active in the evening, when additional illumination might be more essential. Write down what you do and where you do it. Do you have a favourite fireside chair for reading the paper, do you read the paper during daylight hours or after work? Be courageous in your selection of illumination, but also bear in mind that illumination can have a strong influence on our perception of dimensions, making a room look larger or smaller than it is in reality.
There are lots of ways to light a room but they all come from one of two perspectives: the lighting is either practical or aesthetic. Yes, they are both used to allow you to see more effortlessly, but highlighting the pages of a book or a shaving mirror is not quite the same as using a low light to highlight a statue of the Madonna in an alcove.
In a short synopsis, you could use the few lines below to give you starting ideas when you are considering changing a room?s lighting:
i] Place a standard lamp behind armchairs: they should be between three and five feet high. ii] Use an accent light to high or even low light a canvas. iii] Use an accent light to underline the contours of bookshelves. iv] The ambient light ought to be modifiable. v] Use local illumination to swathe the walls with a low light or glow (can be recessed into the floor).
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Mar 01
Owen JonesUncategorized astronomy, children, education, entertainment, environment, galaxy, guide to, hobbies, how to, other, outdoors, planets, science, stars, Uncategorized
Previous to their implementation of the Western solar calendar scheme, the Chinese almost exclusively followed their own lunar calendar for determining the times of planting and harvesting and festival days. Although people in China today use the Western calendar for almost all business, governmental and practical matters of daily life, the old system still serves as the basis for working out numerous recurring holidays. This coexistence of two calendar schemes has long been acknowledged by the people of China.
However, this does not only apply to China, it also occurs in most other Eastern countries, like Thailand, and most Arabic countries.
A lunar month is determined by measuring the period of time required for the moon to finish its full cycle of 29 and a half days, a standard that makes the lunar year a full eleven days shorter than its solar counterpart. This disparity is corrected every 19 years by the addition of seven lunar months.
The 12 lunar months are further divided into 24 solar divisions characterized by the four seasons and times of heat and cold, all of which bear a close relationship to the yearly cycle of agricultural work.
The Chinese calendar – very much like the Hebrew calendar- is a mixture of the solar and lunar calendars in that it attempts to have its years concur with the tropical year and its months agree with the synodic months. It is not surprising that a few similarities exist between the Chinese and the Hebrew calendar.
For example, an ordinary year has 12 months, a leap year has 13 months. An ordinary year has 353, 354, or 355 days, a leap year has 383, 384, or 385 days. When working out what a Chinese year will be like, one must make a couple of astronomical calculations.
First of all, you have to determine the dates for the new moons. In these cases, a new Moon is the completely black Moon (that is to say, when the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun), not the first visible crescent, as is used by the Islamic and Hebrew calendars. The date of a new moon is then the first day of a new month.
The reason why the majority of countries which had their own calendars had to drop them in favour of the Western, Julian calendar that we use today, is business. First the British and then the Americans ran international business and they used the Julian calendar.Anyone who wanted to work with them had to follow suit. This is why national policy often differs from local custom in Third World countries.
The government desires to deal on the International markets, but the ordinary family in the country can not. So, the government adopted the Julian calendar but the people only pay lip service to it. I live in Thailand and people here do not even use the 24 hour day divided into two halves. Their day has four sections of six hours each and the first part starts at 6AM, not midnight. Therefore, they have four 4 o’clocks a day, for example but no 7 o’clocks. They are also 543 years ahead of us, although this is more common, for example in Muslim countries.
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Feb 11
Owen JonesUncategorized acne, advice, Alternative Medicine, beauty, cosmetics, diet, how to, nutrition, other, scars, self help, skin, skin care, treatments, Uncategorized
Acne scars are a sad reminder of the having suffered pimples or even acne previously. They are intolerable because of their seeming permanence and their non-complimentary appearance. Normally speaking, acne scars are rather difficult to treat, but tissue regeneration is not unusual these days with all the fantastic technological advancements.
In general terms, by acne scarring, we are referring to the healed lesions caused by an acne breakout. While most scars are temporary and disappear naturally in time, those from the more severe forms of acne can become permanent.
Acne scarring can be prevented if the sufferer sees a doctor when it is in the incipient stage, especially if nodules or cysts accompany the red pustules on the skin’s surface. If the breakouts of acne have marked your skin, you will have to approach the problem from a different perspective, which usually involves surgery.
Laser resurfacing is one possibility of removing the damaged skin areas and stimulating the organic regeneration of the tissue beneath. This operation only requires local anaesthesia and can take between a few minutes and an hour depending on the extent of the damage.
Fractional laser therapy is one of the most recent forms of eliminating acne scarring. It involves surgical intervention at deep skin layers. The treatment is superior to both dermabrasion and laser resurfacing in terms of quality and has a very reduced healing period. Nevertheless, fractional laser therapy is within the reach of only those few fortunate people, who can afford it, since it is the most expensive acne treatment available so far.
It can happen that additional sessions are necessary to improve the condition of the upper layers of skin, before they can start the deep level treatment of the acne scarring. The doctor may inject collagen into the scarring in order to elevate the existing skin level or she/he may suggest micro-dermabrasion for the same purpose. Trying to carry out chemical peels at home could be a bad idea given the risk of aggravating the condition by irritating the scars even more.
As for the types of acne scars, they can be classified by the way they look. Scarring can result because of an increase of tissue or due to a loss of tissue They both have an adverse impact on the way the face looks. Specialists’ evaluation of the nature of the scars is an extremely important factor in deciding on the selection of one type of therapy or the other.
Are you experiencing trouble treating acne scarring? If you are or you’d like to know more about acne, please go to our website called http://treating-acne-scars.com
Feb 08
Owen JonesUncategorized acne, advice, Alternative Medicine, beauty, cosmetics, diet, how to, kids, nutrition, other, self help, skin, skin care, teens, Uncategorized
Most sufferers of acne try to treat their itchy skin with creams, face washes, expensive soaps, lotions and treatments. However, the easiest way to cure acne is by altering your diet and shunning acne-causing items such as fried food. A healthy regimen, rich in organic unprocessed foods such as vegetables, fruits, grains and beans is the first bit of advice for treating acne.
Foods containing trans-fatty acids, milk, milk products, margarine, shortening and synthetically hydrogenated vegetable oils, as well as oily foods, should not be eaten. It seems the prevalence of acne in the United States is caused by the typical American diet. Americans tend to eat fried food in great quantities, usually cooked in the most damaging of fats and oils.
However, not all fats are bad, but the fats that typical Americans eat make them more prone to develop acne and other skin problems. Products that can cause are ice cream, cheese, bacon, and milk. Furthermore, acne cannot really be treated using creams and soaps because the root cause of the condition lies beneath the skin.
Pimples, spots and blemishes are caused by bacteria and other irritants embedded below the skin’s oil glands and hair follicles, which are usually caused by insufficient hygiene, scratching and poor diet.
This unhealthy diet could be caused by too high an amount of items like processed, fatty, fried and sugary foods in your diet. A diet that is healthy for your skin must consist of raw or lightly cooked vegetables, especially green, leafy vegetables that contain valuable trace minerals and fibre. Fresh green vegetables are essential, however you should also include more lean protein sources, such as fish and chicken and complex carbohydrates, like rice, whole-grain bread and potatoes in your diet.
These fibre-rich foods will help ensure a healthy gastrointestinal tract, which is especially vital to the management of acne. You should eat three healthy meals a day in order to provide you with sufficient vital nutrients and lower your desire for sweet or/and oily, fried food.
Moreover, you should eat lots more food that is rich in vitamin A, such as apricots, watermelons, and broccoli, as well as lean beef, nuts, legumes and whole grains, because they are rich in zinc, which can also be useful in preventing acne breakouts. It is also important to drink plenty of water to help flush out of the body all the poisons that cause the development of acne.
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