Afraid Of Needles

When I was in the first year of elementary school, all the students got to be inoculated against a certain disease. I was so afraid of needles that when the doctor came to my class. When I saw my friends getting an injection, I was so nervous that I ran out of the classroom.

My teacher tried to catch me but her couldn’t. After a while, he caught me and finally, with everyone watching and laughing I stopped felt so embarrassing.

Arranging Time

Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village, but how well do we know and understand each other? Here is a simple test.

Imagine you have arranged a meeting at four o’clock. What time should you expect your foreign business colleagues to arrive? If they are Germans, they will be bang on time. If they are American, they will probably 15 minutes earlier. If they are British, they will be 15 minutes late and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians.

When the European Community began to increase in size, several guide books appeared giving advice on international etiquette. At first many people thought this was a joke, especially the British, who seemed to assume that the widespread understanding of their language meant a corresponding understanding of English custom.

The Smart Fishermans Bass Fishing Techniques

Fishing makes great fun! Whether you fish for a living or for pure hobby, you have to be as smart as a fisherman should be. Every smart fisherman has his own fishing techniques that allow him to catch the fish he has goaled to. Like in bass fishing or fishing in fresh waters, the fisherman will always have to implore bass fishing techniques suitable for the kind of waters he is fishing.

The first consideration in developing bass fishing techniques that can bring you your dream catch is to choose the shore you are to start out. Also you have to be very keen with the weather. Bass fishing is most productive in the great lakes and like the ocean, these great lakes are also very dangerous if bad weathers occur.

That is why it is most ideal to do bass fishing during summer especially if the place you choose to have your bass fishing adventure is a big lake like the Lake Erie. The other thing to consider in bass fishing is whether you goal to fish in the deep called off-shore fishing or just in the shoreline.

When you are fishing in the deep, make sure that your boat is fully equipped with the safety devices and must know the regulations imposed by your host state regarding bass fishing in their respective area of responsibilities. Some fishermen use the trolling techniques in the deep sea fishing or off-shore fishing to catch more fish. While if you opt to do bass fishing in the shorelines, you only need small boats and minor fishing gadgets. Also, it is an experience that to be more productive in bass fishing in the shore, one technique is to fish during night time.

Smoking In The morning

            Especially accompanied by a cup of coffee, has become a ritual that hard to break. However, these habits seem to need to be stopped from smoking at the beginning of the day is more dangerous than smoking on the day or night. Research shows that smoking after waking up would increase the risk of lung cancer, neck and head. "Morning smokers have high levels of nicotine and other toxins from tobacco in his body. They are also more addicted than smokers who refrained from smoking a half hour or so after waking up," said researcher Joshua Muscat of Penn State College of Medicine.

            To find out why some smokers get cancer and not, Muscat and his team examined the link between cancer risk is there with the habit of first cigarette in the morning. The first study involved 4775 patients with lung cancer and 2835 of other smokers without lung cancer. Those who smoke 30 minutes after waking up 1.79 times higher risk of suffering from lung cancer than those who waited more than 60 minutes. Meanwhile, those who smoked 31-60 minutes after waking up had 1.31 times the risk compared to those who wait at least an hour. The second study involved 1055 people with brain and neck cancer and 795 people who smoked but did not suffer brain and neck cancer. Those who smoked within 30 minutes when you wake up 1.59 times the risk of brain and neck cancer compared with those who waited an hour. The risk of smokers who smoked 31-60 minutes after waking up 1.42 times than those who wait at least an hour.

Bukan Gulma Biasa

Dulu tanaman ini di puja sebagai tananman hias. Kini kehadiran eceng gondok Eichornia crassipes membuat gondok karena gulma itu cepat berkembak biak sehingga menutupi perairan.

Keindahan Danau Buyan di Kabupaten Singaraja, Bali tercoreng. Empat tahun sila danau di ketinggian 1.200 m dpl itu laksana hamparan eceng gondok. Pesatnya pertumbuhan gulma air asal Brazil itu di sebabkan oleh system pertanian intensif di area hulu yang jor-joran memanfaatkan pupuk anorganik.

Dampaknya ketika hujan, longsor tanah yang mengandung sisa-sisa pupuk mengalir ke danau. Sedimentasi nan subur itu tak terhindarkan. Apalagi perkembangbiakan vegetatif Eichornia crassipes itu sangat cepat. Untuk melipat gandakan populasi tanaman yang di datangkan Kebun Raya Bogor pada tahun 1894 hanya butuh waktu 2-4 hari.

            Kondisi itu memusingkan pemerintah daerah Singaraja. Ratusan juta rupiah di keluarkan untuk mengatasi serbuan angota famili Pontederiaceace itu. Ketika hujan air danau meluap hingga menggenangi sebagian perkampungan. Di atas permukaan air di penuhi herba air itu. Bila surut masyarakat sempat langsung mengolah tanah untuk bercocok tanam beragam sayuran. Meski tanpa pupuk tanaman tumbuh subur.

Mempertanyakan Janji Penciptaan Lapangan Kerja

 

Gegap gempita kasus deportasi tenaga kerja Indonesia illegal belum selesai. Kasus TKI illegal yang  berujung pada kunjungan Presiden ke Malaysia itu memang membuahkan hasil, yakni penundaan kembali pelaksanaan razia dan deportasi.

Langkah recycle TKI illegal hanya menyelamatkan mereka yang memang sudah terlempar atau tidak tertampung di pasar kerja dalam negeri dan memilih mengadu nasib di negeri tetangga. Selain  mereka, masih ada lebih dari sepuluh juta penganggur di Negara ini. Itu baru penganggur terbuka, belum termasuk mereka yang setengah menganggur.

Kunci penyelesaian semua masalah itu adalah menciptakan lapangan kerja di dalam negeri. Oleh karena itu, sudah saatnya kita mempertanyakan kembali kebijakan ekonomi dan pembangunan yang di tempuh pemerintah selama ini. Benarkah kebijakan-kebijakan tersebut dapat menciptakan lapangan kerja? Jika kita membicarakan arah kebijakan pembangunan ekonomi berarti mempersoalkan juga pilihan-pilihan sektor dan industry-industri yang menjadi prioritas dalam pembangunan ke depan.