Leadership Lessons from the Playground

Robert Fulgham summed it up quite nicely, “All I really need to know l earned in kindergarten. Play fair… don’t hit other people … clean up your own mess… learn some and think some…hold hands and stick together.”  Wise words to guide children...and adults.

Think of all the daily problems that could be avoided if we just applied that sandbox wisdom.  A brief glance at today’s local news stories: college students cheating on assignments, a hit and run accident and a brutal domestic homicide, clearly demonstrates that at least some adults have lost sight of those basic fundamentals of living honestly and compassionately. I certainly don’t mean to trivialize such serious issues, but I do think that as we grow up our behaviors (both good and bad) can have a greater impact. So the bullying behaviors in the playground can later manifest as relationship or sexual violence.

So that’s why it’s so important, not only to teach kids right from wrong, but also to teach them how to stand up for what’s right. The Ballston Area Community Allies, works with kids to promote healthy relationships and youth leaders for  positive change.



“ Love the answers those kids had.  They really get the message.”   

Benita Zahn from WNYT News

On May 3, 2013 the youth in the Community allies are organizing the 2^ndBullying Awareness March beginning at 3:30pm.at the Ballston Area Community Center (BACC) located at 20 Malta Avenue in Ballston Spa. At last year’s march the youth shared their concerns about bullying with District Attorney James A. Murphy -Ballston Spa School District Superintendent, Dr. Joseph Dragone, Mayor John P. Romano. As one 10 year old boy said after last year’s march,  "I think we can at least put our best efforts into it and we tried our best to stop bullying, so hopefully it will work."  

 

If you, your child, or your organization, would like to join our march, call BACC (518) 885-3261

Hobbies drinking soda, increase the risk of diabetes 5 times higher

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Soda is one of drink that is popular in various circles of society. But there is a new study that reveals, that consume a minimum 1 cans of soda drinks / day can increase the risk 5 times higher for exposed to diabetes.

The study has been published in the journal Diabetologia is done in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands, with involve 350,000 people. The whole respondents were asked the about habits patterns of eating their.

"Consume soft drinks with sweetener only, is already increases the risk of diabates. So increasingly many number of cans that drinked, the higher also the risk," said Dora Romaguera, study leader from Imperial College London.

Romaguera continue the current, consumption of soft drinks with high sugar content is still very favored by the the public. Results of this study is expected can realize the public to switch to white water. Remembering the existence of increase in consumption in Europe, this message must be delivered not only to Europe, but also to the whole world, said Romaguera.

The results of this studies previous, had been in doubt if noticing body mass index. However, Dr. Matthew Hobbs, the lead researcher of Diabetes UK, said that there is clearly a relationship between sugary soda beverages with risk of type 2 diabetes, even when body mass index calculated.

These thing suggests that the risk was increase is not solely because of the many calories that obtained from soda. Even so, we very recommend for everyone to keep limit the consumption of drinks with high sugar content. This because of the high calorie content and can cause increase in body weight is excessively, said Dr. Hobbs.

Dr. Hobbs returned reminded the importance of maintaining weight keep within normal limits, because it is one of the important factors if want prevent type 2 diabetes.

"As long as there's a will, we can easily replace the consumption of soft drinks with white water. Bottom line is whether we really want to maintain in order to the body keep healthy," said Prof. Patrick Wolfe, researchers from University College London.

Hopefully warning of this health beneficial for you...

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Gender of Bell Peppers !!

Gender of Bell Peppers !!
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Did you know you can check the gender of bell peppers? Turn them over...the ones with four bumps are female and those with three bumps are male.
The female peppers are full of seeds, but sweeter and better for eating raw and the males are better for cooking.
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Pupula Duplex (Eyes With 2 Pupils) What is Pupula Duplex

Pupula Duplex is a latin term which means double pupil. It is thought to be a condition where a person develops two irises, corneas and retinas on the same eyeball of each eye. This condition does not officially exist in official medical literature. Since there isn’t a great deal of evidence in the form of official literature supporting the existence of this condition, many people believe it is simply mythological It is often portrayed in science fiction literature. Although it is an extremely rare condition there are a few cases of famous historical figures who were born with this condition. This condition was given some credence when the famous Chinese emperor Liu Ch'ung was featured on Ripley’s believe it or not as having had this condition. It is thought to be condition that a person is born with. Since no official medical literature exists on this condition there is limited information available related to its possible causes? It is most likely a result of a genetic defect or mutation. It is not thought to be something that can be transmitted genetically. It isn’t contagious nor is it thought to be harmful to the person’s general health.
A common question that most people who encounter this condition are likely to ask are does a person with this condition see from pupils? Well before we can answer this questions let us briefly delve into how a person with normal eyesight sees.
When light enters the eye of a normal person it passes through the cornea. The cornea is the transparent front section of the eye that covers the iris. The cornea helps your eye to focus. The light then approaches the other side of the cornea called the aqueous humor then it passes through the pupil or the iris. The iris contracts or dilates depending on the amount of light that may be present hereby increasing or limiting the amount of lie that progresses deeper into the eye. The light then travels through the lens that is responsible for focusing the light. This focused light is then transported to the center of the eye covered in a clear jelly called vitreous which is surrounded by the retina.
The light is picked up by the photoreceptors in the retina where it is projected unto a flat and smooth surface. Signals are then sent from the photoreceptors to the optic nerve where it is translated into electromagnetic signals where its then sent to the visual center of the brain for interpretation.
A person who has a double pupil may have the ability to increase the volume of visual information that is taken in when he sees. His focus may also be vastly improved. It is highly unlikely that this person will see separately in the same eye as the information will travel from the same photoreceptors in that particular eye. Since this condition has not been studied in any great detail it is not well understood how the brain would interpret the information sent by the eye of a person with a Pupula Duplex.
Source: http://pupuladuplex.com/

Once exposed to skin cancer, other cancer risk will haunt

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According to experts, the most common skin cancer in the lining of squamous cell, basal and skin melanocytes. But lately, a new study finds sufferers non-melanoma skin cancer (cancer that occurs in the third layer of cells) at high risk exposed to other cancer more severe a few years later.

In this study, a team of researchers led by Jiali Han, professor of dermatology from Harvard Medical School observe the risk of cancer in 153 600 people who participated in two big studies, the Health Professionals Study (since 1986) and the Nurses' Health Study (since 1984). 20th Annual later or precisely in 2008, there were 29,500 cases of cancer have been diagnosed from the overall participants.

This study found that women who exposed to non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma 26 percent bigger of opportunity to exposed skin cancer or other types of cancer than women who did not exposed to skin cancer at all. The same risk is also haunt man, but is only as big 15 percent.

In addition, sufferers non-melanoma skin cancer are also at high risk of suffering from the deadly skin cancer melanoma, and specifically for women who exposed to non-melanoma skin cancer at high risk exposed to lung cancer and breast cancer.

Researchers also took into account other factors that could affect the results of findings such as age of participants and smoking habits, whereas in women researchers are also considering the use of hormone replacement therapy which conducted participant.

"The link between non-melanoma skin cancer and the emergence of melanoma in later life, could be caused by exposure to sunlight," explained the researchers.

But according to Anthony Alberg, a professor of epidemiology from the Medical University of South Carolina, who was not involved in these studies, the reasons underlying the high risk of other skin cancers is not so clear. "A number of researchers suspect the cellular machinery that involved in DNA repair in some people seem to not work well, thus making them a higher risk for attacked any type of cancer," he said.

"However, Because big data base, these findings considered add to the evidence that the existence of relationship between skin cancer with other cancer risk. Nevertheless, the risk of cancer is shown in this study is not adequate to provide recommendations on the people who suffer non-melanoma skin cancer, in order to undergo screening earlier or more frequently than usual, "said Alberg.

And usually most people are exposed to skin cancer is the people who white skin, whereas the people are brown-skinned or black is rarely happens.

These studies has been published in the journal PLoS Medicine.

This Weekend's #1 Spring Cleaning Task

Why is this important? Because abuse of non-prescribed medications by teens is a rapidly growing trend. Teens often feel these drugs are 'safe' to take because they are medicine. They report it's easier to get prescription and OTC drugs than illegal drugs, and they know they can get a buzz from the drugs they find in the medicine cabinet in their own home or at friends’ or relatives homes . What they don't realize is that using these drugs can have dangerous consequences when not used as intended. While parents talk to their kids about the dangers of marijuana or other illegal drugs, they rarely discuss the risks of taking medications to get high. A quick step you can take to curb teen drug abuse is to safely discard expired or unused medications. That's why the Shenendehowa Community Coalition coordinates mdication disposal days like this one.

Beat the heat with these natural drinks

Drink ‘natural’ coolers this summer
Just ditch the colas and cold coffees, beat the heat with these natural drinks!

How you can drink healthy this summer!

Yes, it’s heating up again. You are dehydrating fast because of the sweating and feeling tired, just don't reach for that cola yet, wait guys.............. We have some awesome refreshing, natural options for you!

Gulp in Tender coconut water
Fresh coconut water could potentially be the greatest energy drink in the world, to top it off, it’s all-natural. Coconut water contains more potassium than the majority of energy drinks. The chloride it holds is at 118 g, and it’s natural sugars extent to about 5 mg. So, just walk down the road, and help yourself to gulp in some refreshing tender coconut water instead. Coconut water is considered as “fluid for life”. It contains a bounty of nutrients that can help fight the summer heat. It’s a natural coolant that can help reduce your body heat.

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Avoid  cola or aerated drinks. 
Well, all those cold colas stacked up in the corner shop looks tempting. Skip it! It’s loaded with sugar and is bad for you in so many ways. Soft drinks fails to provide adequate hydration because the high sugar content and caffeine in soft drinks promote dehydration.

cola

Enjoy fresh fruit smoothies 

Try fresh fruit smoothies instead. Buy some strawberries, bananas, mangoes or pineapple, watermelon any other fruit you like. Wash, cut and blend in a mixer with cold milk or yogurt, add some ice and enjoy.

fruit smoothies 

Skip that  ice-cream treat
While ice-cream or ice-candy can bring you temporary relief from the pains of soaring heat, but think again before you gulp in some as most of the ice creams contain loads of sugar, harmful chemicals and artificial sweeteners and colors they do no good for your body. 

Ice cream

Find some Butter milk 
Buttermilk is high in potassium, vitamin B12, calcium, and riboflavin as well as a good source of phosphorus. Those with digestive problems are often advised to drink buttermilk rather than milk, as it is more quickly digested. Buttermilk has more lactic acid than skim milk. 

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One cup of buttermilk has 99 calories and 2.2 grams of fat, whereas whole milk has 157 calories and 8.9 grams of fat. Do check the labels as some brands of buttermilk are higher in fat than others. It is lower in fat than regular milk, because the fat has been removed to make butter. Packaged buttermilk is available aplenty today. Avoid that sugar-loaded packaged fruit juice and grab that buttermilk or masala chaas, as you call it in India!


Say NO to packaged juice
Most of the packed juices are stuffed with sugar artificial coloring and additives which might not be that good after all.

Packaged juices

Say YES to Kokum juice
Try kokum juice or kokum sherbat this summer. It is known as Garcinia Indica and is very famous in India specially in Maharashtra it is natural treat to beat the heat.

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It is easily available in powder and decoction form. And kokum can do you a lot of good. It helps prevent dehydration, improves digestion and appetite. What more? It is known to fight infection, cleanse the blood and is good for your cardiovascular health.



Ditch Kadak Chai (Strong Tea)
I think sipping Kadak chai in summer will do no good to your body. In summer, your favourite chai will leave you feeling tired instead of pepping you up..

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Give a try to Chamomile tea 
Pour some Chamomile tea in a cup, add a spoonful of honey and slurp! It will hydrate you instantly, and also soothe your nerves! It is a natural home remedy for most of the daily ailments like headache, stomach crams, insomnia, irritable bowl syndrome etc

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Say NO to Coffee 
Hot or cold, doesn't matter, coffee can be really bad for you during the summer. It increases body heat and will further dehydrate you. 

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Enjoy Barley water instead
Barley has cooling properties, which is why barley water helps bring down body heat. It’s an excellent substitute for chai or any other drink for that matter. It cleanses your kidney and keeps it free of toxins. Barley water also brings down the heat content in the body. In some countries, people consume barley rice during summer for its cooling properties.

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If you don’t enjoy the tatse, add a dash of lime to the drink like the English do. Or add a spoonful of jeera while you’re boiling barley. This can add a welcome zing to your drink.
A study conducted by American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has shown that the fiber that comes from barley water lowers cholesterol. Hence, this is a must-have drink for fitness freaks.We suggest you drink while its warm like you would have your kadak chai….... yes, even in this burning weather.