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How to Prepare for a Holiday Road Trip with Your Kids Posted: 10 Feb 2014 12:45 PM PST Are you a parent with little children and you want to give a lifetime experience during their holiday period? Do you want to make your children happy during their holiday period? Indeed, there are many ways through which you can make your children happy. However, you can make a change by taking them to road trip. Embarking on a long family road trip will delight your children because it offers them the opportunity to pass through roads or places they have not been before throughout their lifetime. However, for the trip to be more enjoyable, you have to prepare very well for it. Below are some of the tips that you should apply in order to prepare very well for the trip. Get your car ready Before embarking on the journey, you should make sure that your car is in the best condition. Call a car mechanic to check the engine and other parts of the car to ensure everything is working fine. Check all the spare parts like the spare tire. Once, your car is in the best shape, you can continue with other preparation. Plan your route Whether you are driving or trekking with your children, it is advisable that you know the route. Get the map of the location that you want to travel to. Study it very well. Find out if there are filling station along the road and how far the nearest one is from your location. If there are multiple roads to get to your final destination, you have to know all of them and the shortest one to your destination. Find out the condition of the roads from your local authorities or office in charge of transportation and roads in your location. Don’t just presume that the roads are ok or that they are open. Sometimes, the roads are closed especially when there is repair or maintenance work going on. Prepare your kids The trip is actually for your children’s entertainment and so you have to prepare them very well. Children easily get excited but they get bored easily. Since the journey is a long one, you should bring some fun travel games for them so that they will have something to keep them busy. Don’t forget to bring some snacks for them so that they will have something to snack on when they feel like eating. Plan for stops You should plan for stops during the trip. The stops provide opportunity for your children to stretch themselves and ease themselves before continuing with the travel. It is also a moment for them to take their snacks. If you have a baby, then you have to plan for extra stops for feeding and changing of the baby’s diapers. First aid and roadside emergency kit The first aid box is for human beings. Do not forget to go along with it. Check it on time to ensure that all the necessary medications are there. Go with your address book Write down all the necessary numbers especially the emergency numbers and go with them in case you don’t have them off by head.
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How to Prepare and Organise Yourself for a Holiday Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:30 PM PST Definitely, you will be very excited as your holiday approaches. You will start gradually to dream about it and to get things ready for it. However, it can be very stressful getting things ready for the holiday. But you need to prepare very well leaving no stone unturned in order to enjoy your holiday. The way you prepare for your holiday will determine to a greater extent how enjoyable your holiday will be. Here are some tips to help you prepare and organise yourself for the holiday. Make a to-do-list In order not to forget anything at all, it is necessary that you make a to-do list or a list of all the things you will need during your holiday. It is not enough or sufficient to make this list. You have to also follow it up on time. The best way to ensure that everything in the list is provided is to fix a day and time when you will gather all the things in the list. If you don’t assign a day and time for bringing all the things in the list, you may end up rushing over it which will give you more stress. Budget for the holiday You should budget for the holiday and stick to your budget. Important expenditure that you should include in your budget are the accommodation, transportation, feeding, tickets for various places of interest, holiday gifts and memorabilia costs and others. Making this budget will limit your spending to only the essential things. If you don’t budget very well, you will be running a risk of overspending. Make a list of things to do If you are traveling to a foreign a country, you should first find out interesting spots and places of interests that holidaymakers will like to visit in the country. Make a list of the places that you will like to visit in their order of importance to you. Take time to find out what is required of people visiting these places of interest and how much it will cost you to visit. Plan your shopping route Some holidaymakers normally take time to shop. If you are looking to shop during your holiday period, it is necessary that you plan your shopping route. Planning ahead will help you not to go back and forth without actually getting what you want. If you are spending your holiday in an area that you don’t know, you have to get the map of the city and find out the places to shop. Find out the available shopping malls and then choose the one to shop in. You should also make a list of the things that you will like to buy so that you will not forget any of them.
Get your travelling document ready You should get all your traveling documents ready in advance so that you will not have any delay along the line. When your traveling documents (including your visa if you are traveling to a country that you required to have) are ready, you can start packing your luggage using the list you made earlier. Don’t forget to include your address and contact books The above are some of the tips that you should apply when you are preparing for your holiday.
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Understanding the Meaning of Chiropractic Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:23 PM PST It is possible that you have heard about chiropractic but you don’t know what it is all about and that is the reason why you are reading this. Read on to understand what chiropractic is all about. Etymologically, the word chiropractic is Greek in origin. It literally means to carry out with the hand. In its modern usage, it means a treatment method in which the body structure is manually manipulated in order to relieve headache, low back pain and reduce high blood pressure. The joints and muscles are also treated using this method of treatment. This method of treatment has gone of age. It is not a modern invention. The evidence of existence of chiropractic intervention in the ancient time can be seen from the ancient Egyptian and Greek paintings. However, Daniel David Palmer founded the modern chiropractic in 1895 in the United States of America. Today, chiropractic intervention has become an accepted method of treating joints, muscles, relieving backache and headache and also reducing high blood pressure. Today, in most countries like in the US, chiropractic professional require license in order to practice. The registration or license is issued by the General Chiropractic Council. Chiropractic professionals are referred to as doctors but this is not by medical qualification. It is only a courtesy title. Chiropractic treatment Some people erroneously think that chiropractic treatment is painful. Contrary to the thinking of these people, chiropractic treatment causes no pain to the patient. There are different techniques used in chiropractic treatment. It is left for chiropractic professional to choose a suitable technique for a particular case. Chiropractic manipulation One of the most widely used chiropractic techniques is manipulation treatment. In this technique, the chiropractic doctor manually moves the joint of the patient beyond the extent the patient can move it by himself or herself. This technique helps to normalize function of the muscles and joints, get rid of pain or relieves it. However, this technique is applied on patients with history of joint instability or severe neck injury or diseases like osteoarthritis. Soft tissue treatment technique There are chiropractic massages and stretching techniques that are used to treat body’s soft tissues such as the muscles and tendons. Types of pains treated by chiropractic There are different kinds of pains that can be treated with chiropractic techniques. Most chiropractic hospital visits are as result of back and neck pain. However, there are some people affected by poor functioning of the joints and muscles which cause them some pain. This condition can also be treated with chiropractic treatment. Sometimes problems in the nervous system can cause sciatica, tension and pains chest, stomach and legs. Chiropractic adjustment can be used in treating this kind of pain. Pains in other parts of the body can also be caused by badly functioning joints and muscles. This type of pain is known as referred pains. This type of pain which can occur in the shoulders, hips, feet, elbows and knees can be treated with chiropractic adjustment. |
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What You Should Not Include In your Holiday Luggage Posted: 14 Feb 2014 07:05 AM PST Do you really need to include all you pairs of trousers in your holiday luggage? What and what do you really need for a holiday trip? These are some of the crucial questions every holidaymaker should ask themselves when they are packing their luggage. Indeed, you will avoid a lot of hassle if you go with only the necessary items. Going with few items is also cost effective. But it does not mean that you should leave essential things behind. It simply means going only with items that you must use every day. Those that you use occasionally are not necessary. Here are the items that you should not include in your holiday package. Holiday reading Some people like reading novels and other books during their free time. Reading is a good means of passing your free time. It is not a bad idea to go with few books. However, you can always save some spaces by going with only one book. When you finish reading the book, you can exchange with another traveler. If there are public libraries in the place you are traveling to, there is no need to go with any book. You can make use of the library within the few days you will stay in the place. Toiletries Toiletries are among the travel essentials. So, you should go with your toiletries. However, there is no need going with toiletries that you will come back with and still use it for some weeks after your return. Just take several bottles that will last for the period of your holiday. If you are sure that you can find the products you are using in the place you are traveling to, it is advisable that you go with enough quantity that you can use for two or three days before buying more from the place. Buying the toiletries and other essentials there also will provide you with opportunity of doing shopping in the place and exploring the place more. Food items Remember that you are going on holiday. Even though you may like to prepare your own food, but you may consider dining out. This is because it is an opportunity for you to taste the culinary specialty of the place you visited. Holiday period is normally opportunity to experience other people’s cultures including their cuisine. However, if you are allergic to many foods or you are on diet or sensitive with what you eat, you can go with only food items that you cannot find in the place. Valuables It is not good to travel with your valuables like certificates. Though, the hotel adverts may make a lot of claims and promise you wonderful security, it is possible to lose your valuable in the hotel or airport. If it is not safe leaving them in your home while you are away, you can keep them in rented facility with good security. Guidebooks These are highly necessary but you will only need few pages. So, there is no need going with the book. You can photocopy useful pages or make use of your e reader. Towels If you are staying in a standard hotel, you should not bother going with your towel because most hotels provide new towels for their guests. Related posts: |
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How to Pack Your Bag for a Holiday Posted: 14 Feb 2014 06:27 AM PST Most travelers do not know how to pack their holiday luggage or how to pack their luggage for a business trip or short break. Some end up going with large luggage and they are charged a huge amount of money for it. Some people even include a lot of items that they will not require during their holiday and this makes their luggage to weigh very high. You can really avoid going for a holiday trip with unwanted luggage or heavy luggage. Here are some of the tips that you should apply when you are packing your holiday luggage. Determine your luggage allowance Knowing your luggage allowance both hold luggage and hand baggage allowance is important because it will help you to know what and what to go with and the items to remove. If you are traveling with your child or children, you should also find out the baggage allowance for children. When you have known your luggage allowance, you have to get the right size of the baggage that will contain enough items to meet with the luggage allowance. Look for a baggage that weighs low There are different types of traveling bags in the market today. However, they differ greatly in their weights. The weight of your bag is also included in the entire weight of your load. So, when you want to buy your traveling bag, it is important that you look for one that does not weigh too much. This will help to reduce the entire weight of your baggage. Make a list of the items you will need You will not need every item in your home. So, you should only list important items or those items that you make use of everyday and those that you cannot avoid using on daily basis. Some of the important items that you should include in your list are few clothes, footwear, toiletries, medications, electronics like camera and cell phone, maps and the likes. Don’t include important items that you can buy at affordable rate in the place you are traveling to. This will help you to reduce the weight of your luggage. Get all the items ready It is advisable that you first get all the items ready on time before packing them in your traveling bag. To ensure that all the items are available, bring out your list and tick them one by one. Getting them earlier will also make it possible for you to add anyone that you might forget. Packing them in There are 3 main ways to pack the items in your baggage. The techniques are rolling, folding and bundling. A combination of folding and bundling will give a better result. Fold items like shirts, underwear, and tops in rectangular shape. First put items like shoes at the edges and bottom and place the folded tops, shirts and underwear on their top forming a flat surface. Then include dresses, jackets and trousers. You can place delicate items on top. Package your toiletries and wrap them before including them in your luggage so that they will not leak and stain your clothes. In order to create more space, you have to wear your heave dress while travelling. Related posts: |
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Bringing Romance into Your Relationship during the Holiday Posted: 16 Feb 2014 01:14 AM PST The holiday period is a perfect moment to build a strong relationship with your partner or spouse. It offers you people the opportunity to spend most of your time together and cement your relationship. However, it will be a perfect holiday for your spouse if you bring romance into it. It will cost you little or nothing to introduce romance into your relationship whether you are into courtship and marriage. Here are some tips that you can apply in order to bring romance into your relationship. Spend time alone together As it has been said above, the holiday period creates time for you and your partner to be together. Before the holiday moment, you people go to work and spend few times together. But now, you have enough time since you are not going to work. You have to make good use of the period. Spend your time together. If you have children, you should take them to their grandparents at least for few days. This will provide you with the opportunity to be alone with your spouse and do things that you will not like your children to see. Decorate your homes and set the tones for romance. You should also get some edibles ready. If you people are not married and you people are not living together, then you have to make arrangement to spend some days together at the house of any of you. Spending a night or two together will help you to cement your love together. During the night, light up your house with candles to create a romantic scene. You can organize a candle dinner for both of you. Give your husband a good treat The holiday can also be very hectic and stressful. You can get involved in shopping, attending events, preparing for guests, cooking and a lot of things. So, bring out a day or two to give your partner a wonderful treat. There are some pampering treat that you can give your partner in order to relieve him or her of pressure. You can give the person a massage or rub his or her feet. If you don’t know how to give a massage, you can also pamper your partner by preparing a nice dish for lunch or dinner. Put his or her favorite movie and spend time together with him or her watching the movie until it finishes. Buy him a holiday gift It is good for you to concretize your love for your partner with some gifts. A lot of shops have holiday souvenirs. Make out time and shop for holiday souvenirs for your partner. The type of gift to buy depends on the holiday period. If it is during Christmas, look for a souvenir that speaks of the season. Go to cinema with your spouse or partner If your spouse is the type that likes watching movies or going to cinema, then you should take your partner to a cinema or concert. Related posts: |
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Best Pastime Activities to Do with Your Children during their Holidays Posted: 15 Feb 2014 02:48 PM PST Children are normally excited when their holiday period is approaching. They will like to catch fun and play with their parents. Indeed, the holiday period is a good moment for parents to play with their children. It also relieves them from stress involved in getting the children ready for school. They have to wake up early in the morning, rush over their breakfast, drive them to school or hurry up to meet the school buses and help them with their school assignment. Parents also love the school holiday period. However, it can be a nightmare for parents that do not know how to organise activities to keep their children busy. Here are some of pastime activities that you can do with your children in order to keep them busy and entertained during their holiday. Outdoor activities There are different kinds of outdoor activities that you can do with your children. If you don’t get them involved in these activities, they will spend most of their time indoors watching the TV and playing video games. But remaining indoors for a long time is not good for their health. It is tantamount to living an inactive life. Here are some outdoor activities to engage in with your children. Exploring the neighbourhood Most children nowadays do not know their neighbourhood because of the nature of the society nowadays. Their lives seem to be a two-way traffic, moving from their homes to schools and schools to homes. So, they will be so excited to explore their neighbourhood with their parents. Visiting various science centers, library and museum The holiday period offers parent the opportunity to teach their children a lot of things which they may not learn in the school. So, they continue their learning with their parents. But it will be fun if you take them out to science centers, libraries and similar places of learning. Visiting these places of learning will help them to learn new things but in a new manner. Visiting places of interest and recreational centers The holiday period is a moment of fun for children. So, you have to create fun for them by taking them to the places of interest and children recreational centers and parks where they will play around with other children. If there are no places of interest in your area, you can also arrange to take them to other locations that have such places. Indoors games Besides the above mentioned outdoor games, there are a number of games that parents can engage in with their children. Here are some of these games.
Cookery classes The holiday period is the opportunity for your children to learn how to cook. But you don’t need to hire a chef to teach them how to cook. You can do that by yourself. Board and Card Games There are different card and board card games that one can play with their children at home. Some of these games are monopoly, ladders, snakes, scrabble, monopoly, checkers and snakes. Other indoor activities are:
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Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:24 PM PST Going for a holiday with your entire family entails a lot of things. You have to make arrangement for accommodation, places of interest to visit with scenes interesting to children and many others. It is also capital intensive. You have to go with enough money to ensure that your family especially your children are well taken care of during the holiday period. You should also make sure that they have fun and are well entertained during the holiday period. This is why it is very stressful and daunting to prepare for a family holiday. But if it is properly prepared for, you will enjoy it. Here are some tips and helpful advice you can apply when you are preparing for a holiday with your family. Choose a holiday package that the entire family member will enjoy When you are searching for a suitable vacation package, you should first consider the needs and ages of your children. It is recommendable that you choose a holiday package that every member of your family will enjoy. For example, if you have a two or three year old child, it makes no meaning planning for Everest trek because the child will not participate or will not enjoy it. So, always find something that you will derive joy from and your children will also enjoy. Be realistic in your choices You need to be realistic about the type of holiday packages you choose. Don’t try to think that the children will engage or enjoy activities meant for adults. If you cannot find something that both you and children can do, then you have to forego some of your preferences and make do with what your children will like to do. Prepare for the trip very well There are a lot of things that you should get ready before embarking on the trip. Get necessary medications for your children and yourself. You have to make sure that the entire members of the family going for the holiday is given injection against certain deadly disease like yellow fever, meningitis, malaria and others. Get the traveling document of the entire members of the family ready especially if you are traveling outside the country. Apply for visa on time if it is required for the country you are taking your family to. Get all the travel essentials such as your clothes and children’s clothes ready. You can include some edibles for your children. Don’t forget to include sport wear. Get accommodation ready One thing that you cannot forget or overlook is accommodation. Don’t start making arrangement for accommodation when you get to the country you are going. It will be better to book accommodation on time so that you will have a place to rest immediately you arrive for the trip.
Get flights ticket It is advisable that you buy both going and return tickets at the same time. Buying them at the same time will enable you to get discount. In case you run out of money, you will still be able return with your entire family. Plan for emergence You should know where to make reports or number to call in case of emergence. Related posts: |
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Posted: 19 Feb 2014 09:28 AM PST As implicit from the name, domestic violence refers to violent behavior against one’s partner in intimate relationship. Examples of intimate relationship here are dating, marriage or cohabitation. Abuse against one’s partner can be variously called domestic abuse, battering, spousal abuse, dating abuse, family violence and intimate partner violence (IPV). There is the tendency for some people to associate domestic violence to men or to think that women are always the victim of domestic violence. This may seem to be true but in reality, it is not always true. Men can also be victim of domestic violence. There are some women that control their partners forcing them to do what they would not want to do. Domestic violence occurs in various forms. Some of the forms of domestic are physical assault (like shoving, kicking, biting, hitting, slapping, restraining, battery and throw objects), sexual abuse, threats, domineering or controlling another, stalking, economic deprivation, intimidation, passive/covert abuse and many more. There is no generally accepted one definition of domestic abuse. Different disciplines define it differently. There is legal, medical, social and political definition of domestic violence. However, the uniting factor among all these definitions is abuse which can take different forms. It may not result to physical injury. It can cause emotional or psychological injury. Lifestyle that leads to domestic violence Certain lifestyles can give rise to domestic violence. Experience has shown that people living with drunkards or alcohol abusers are victims of intimate partner violence. People who consume certain hard cocaine or marijuana or any substance that can influence their behaviors or intoxicate them can also abuse their partners under the influence of these drugs even against their will. Individuals who are hot tempered are more likely to abuse their partners at the slightest provocations. They will later regret their action when they come back to their senses. In order to avoid domestic violence, people should try to avoid any lifestyle or behavior that will lead to such act. Don’t consume alcoholic beverages in excess. It can get you intoxicated causing you to abuse your loved ones even against your will. There are individuals especially men who intentionally batter or beat their partners in order to control them or as a means of forcing them to do what they want or to obtain something from them against their will. Fight against domestic violence Most constitutions of the world today legislate against domestic violence no matter the form in which it occurs. In order to control it, victims of domestic abuse can seek for redress in the court. Their abusers if tried and found guilty are punished according to the constitution of the country. Some constitutions also treat abuse of one’s children in any form as a type of domestic violence. In other words, any person regardless of the age and sex can be a victim of domestic violence. It can also occur in various types of relationship such as man-woman relationship, relationship between lesbians and gays and any other type of relationship. However, in some countries and religions, certain form of domestic violence like domination of man over women is allowed. |
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Unpopular Types of Domestic Violence Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:06 AM PST There are some unpopular types of domestic violence in some parts of the world. Some of these unpopular types of domestic violence have some religious and cultural undertone. Below are some of these types of domestic abuses. Honor Killing Honor killing occurs when a person kills a family member or a member of a social group with the intention of protecting the family’s or group’s honor. Sometimes, the homicide is approved by the entire family members or is in accordance with the culture of the perpetrator. Some cultures support the killing of a family member that brings dishonor to the family. The family honor in this case is taken as a higher value than the life of the person that brings dishonor to it. Honor killing occur in many places across the globe even in some cultures where human life is held sacred. However, it is common in the Middle East. Women are mostly victims of honor killings. There are various reasons why an entire family or a member of the family (usually a man) will target another member of the family. Some of these reasons are:
Some of these behaviors are abominable in the thinking of the family. The victim brings dishonor to the family and there is a need to save the family from this dishonor. The best way to save the family from the disgrace is to kill the person. Acid attack Acid attack also known as vitriolage or acid throwing is a type of domestic abuse in which the perpetrator injures or disfigures a family member by throwing acid at the person. This awful action is done as a means of revenge or out of jealousy. The victim’s face is sometimes burnt and their skin badly damaged. It can cause their death or leave a huge scar on their face. Acid attack may also cause blindness. There are a number of issues that can result in acid attacks. Domestic disputes or dowry murder are some of the issues that can lead to acid attack in many places like Bangladesh and Pakistan. It can also occur in any other places across the world such as the UK, Europe, Colombia and others.
Bride burning and dowry death In some countries like India, some men who are dissatisfied with the dowry his in-laws are requesting react by setting their brides on fire. When disputes over dowry result in the death of bride or causes a woman to commit suicide, it is called dowry death. Virgin cleansing myth This type of violence is common in countries of the Arab world where sex before marriage is considered as a taboo. If a woman is married and does not bleed after having sex with her husband for the first time, it is taken that woman has had sex before marriage. This can lead to honor killing.
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Posted: 19 Feb 2014 10:43 AM PST Contrary to the thinking of many people, domestic violence does not only occur when a man inflict physical injury or bullies his spouse. It takes different forms. Even a woman can be guilty of domestic violence. It can also occur in different types of relationship. People of different age and sex can be victims of domestic violence. Based on the above, it is evidently clear that domestic violence is of different types. Most countries of the world, stipulates abuses that can be treated as domestic violence and also state how each abuse will be punished by law. Here are popular types of domestic violence. Common couple violence This is a type of domestic violence in which one of both persons in relation physically assaults the other or each other. This type of abuse does not arise from the urge to gain control over the other. Intimate terrorism Intimate terrorism normally abbreviated as IT is not a common type of domestic violence. It is a type of emotional and psychological abuse. It has two types, namely, dysphoric borderline and generally-violent-antisocial abuse. Violent resistance VR as it is abbreviated refers to violence done on an abuser in self defense. It is form of self defense that resulted in violence. Mutual violent control As implicit from the name, this type of domestic violence occurs when both partners abuse each other or react violently to each other. Physical abuse Men are mostly guilty of this type of abuse. It is a form of domestic violence in which the abuser physically causes pain or injury to the partner in order to gain control over him or her or to intimidate the other. Physical abuse can occur in different forms. Many ways in which a person can be physically abuse are slapping, choking, punching, burning, pushing or any order types of contact that can give rise to physical injury or pain. Denial of basic necessity of life is a form of physical abuse. For example, denying somebody access to medical care or food is a form of physical abuse. Physical abuse also occurs when a person is denied by his or her partner any functions such as sleep necessary to live. It can also occur when a person is forced to consume alcohol or take hard drugs against their will or to any other thing that he or she does not want to do. Such denial or force can cause the person serious pain. Injury or harm inflicted on a partner’s property or even children or pets in order to cause emotional pain to the person is a form of physical violence. Sexual abuse Sexual abuse is the use of force in obtaining sex or simply forcing the other to indulge in sexual activities against the person’s will. A victim can be a spouse or intimate partner. Sexual abuse as a form of domestic violence can occur in any type of relationship including gay or lesbian relationship or heterosexual relationship. Other forms of domestic violence are:
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