ONLINE SHOPPING: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

These days, the vast majority incline toward online shopping. Some utilize the conventional approach of shopping, and some are utilizing the online based strategy to shop.

The Internet has altered the manner in which we shop. As a result of the various benefits and advantages, an ever-increasing number of individuals these days incline toward purchasing things online over the customary technique for going into stores.

BENEFITS

Convenience

Convenience is the greatest advantage. What other place would you be able to easily shop at 12 PM while in your night wear?

There are no lines to stand by in or cashiers to find or assist you with your buys, and you can do your shopping in minutes. Online shops offer us the chance to shop every minute of every day, and furthermore reward us with a ‘no pollution’ shopping experience. There could be no greater spot to purchase enlightening items like digital books, which are accessible to you immediately, when the installment goes through. Downloadable things bought online kill the requirement for any sort of actual material whatsoever, also, which helps the climate!

Better costs

Modest arrangements and better costs are accessible on the online, since items come to you direct from the producer or merchant without including brokers. In addition, it’s simpler to look at costs and track down a more ideal arrangement. Numerous internet-based locales offer markdown coupons and refunds. In addition to the fact that prices are better, you can save money on taxes too, since online shops are possibly needed to gather a sales tax assuming they have an actual area in your state. Factor in the saved cost of gas and parking and you have saved yourself truckload of cash!

More choices

The decisions online are astonishing. You can observe practically any brand or thing you’re searching for. You can get in on the most recent worldwide patterns without burning through cash on airfare. You can shop from retailers in different parts of the state, country, or even world as opposed to being restricted to your own place. A far greater selection of colors and sizes than you will find locally are at your disposal. Additionally, the stock is substantially more ample, so you’ll forever have the option to track down your size and shading. A few online based shops even acknowledge orders for unavailable things and ship when they come in.

No crowds

Particularly during occasions, celebrations, or the weekends, there can be a particularly immense headache. Additionally, being squashed in the crowd of customers in some cases causes us to feel hurried or rushed. You don’t need to fight for a parking place. These issues can be stayed away from when you shop online.

No pressure

Periodically when we’re out shopping, we wind up purchasing things that we don’t actually require, because shopkeepers pressure us or use their selling abilities to urge us to make these buys.

DISADVANTAGES

Negative environmental impact of packaging

Having your purchased item packed in few layers of plastic and cardboard packing and conveyed right to your front door is really great for you, yet not completely ideal for the climate. Regardless of whether you attempt to reuse the cardboard, you’re making waste by shopping online.

Transporting issues and delays

 Indeed, even the greatest and best transportation organizations and online retailers have their awful days, so it’s absolutely impossible to guarantee that you’ll get your hands on your purchase in time except if you get it from a store. Things get lost, bypassed, harmed, or conveyed to some unacceptable location more regularly than you can envision.

Risk of fraud

 Assuming you’re shopping online, there’s a bigger danger of fraud: Visa tricks, phishing, hacking, data fraud, fake items, fake sites, and different tricks are normal.

Investing a lot of time online

Particularly assuming your occupation necessitates that you check out a PC the entire day, you may get worn out during that screen time. Shopping online can transform into a long-distance race of looking over and clicking down deep, dark holes and in no time, you’ve been online for the majority of the day. The internet is a great spot to visit, yet you likely don’t have any desire to live there.

You don’t know precisely the thing you’re getting

 Except if you are personally acquainted with a brand or item, purchasing online requires an act of pure trust, one that doesn’t generally end in support of yourself. Sizes are regularly uncertain. You can’t decide surface, texture, fit, cut, quality, haul, or durability just by checking out a photograph. Items that looked incredible may feel shoddy, awkward or modest when you grasp them.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Time management is the most common way of arranging and controlling how long to spend on specific task. Further, it empowers a person to finish more in a limited timeframe, brings down pressure, and prompts career achievement.

Time management is the most common way of getting sorted out and arranging how to split your time between specific task and needs. The advantages of time management incorporate better habits and more productivity. Furthermore, it expands your concentration, assembles certainty, and permits you to design your time more effectively. Powerful time management helps leaders, business people, and entrepreneurs accomplish their objectives. Dealing with your time effectively further develops balance between fun and serious activities and builds joy. Additionally, it diminishes pressure and permits you to accomplish your objectives quicker and more straightforward.

Time management benefits you in each aspect of your life. It is essential to help you to focus on better. Good time management likewise makes you more deliberate with regards to how to contribute your time. Dealing with your time, assists you with working more efficiently, so you can accomplish more quicker than expected and catch more opportunities. Thereafter, it also assists you with augmenting your assets and plan your day effectively. Not only that, time management helps you with working more efficiently, guaranteeing you accomplish more useful work significantly quicker.

ADVANTAGES

1. Diminished pressure

Figuring out how to deal with your time can decrease your feelings of anxiety. Since you can plan more smaller pieces of your day, you can leave space for inconsistencies or issues that may cause pressure.

2. Expanded efficiency

When you ace time management, you’ll be better prepared to follow through with jobs or activities more rapidly, expanding your productivity. You might see that you’re wrapping up a job quicker than expected and stressing less with regards to deadlines. By following a schedule, tracking deadlines in management programming or keeping a daily agenda of approaching deadlines, you are more likely to arrange your work around those deadlines.

3. Positive reputation

At a point when you stay updated about your work and stay on a timetable, your associates and manager are probably going to acknowledge as they can depend on you and hold you in higher respect. You will be known as somebody who doesn’t hesitate or push undertakings off on others since you’re not sure about achieving them. A positive reputation in the working environment can prompt professional success, expanded acquiring potential, more obligations and better working environment.

4. More energy for free time

Successful time management procedures make you aware when an assignment will be finished, lessening how much energy you may spend stressing whether you can complete all of your work for the afternoon. All things being equal, you can design time for a break from your standard everyday practice. Since time management permits you to arrange when your work will be done before you start it, you can save energy for your leisure time. Having more spare energy can further develop your balance between fun and serious activities and guarantee you’re saving some time for yourself.

5. Clear day by day objectives

By using time management to organize what you need to do each day, you can simplify your day and spend less time deciding what to do or how to do it.

CONSEQUENCES OF POOR TIME MANAGEMENT

Poor reputation
Wasted time
Low quality of work
Loss of control
Helpless work process

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia is one of the most classic books you may ever read about friendship, imagination, and loss. And, with all of these elements, the book won Katherine Paterson her first Newbery Medal in 1978 (she won another for Jacob Have I Loved in 1981). The novel won a lot of other honors, too, including being named an ALA Notable Children’s Book in 1977 and a School Library Journal Best Book of 1977.

Summary

This is a story about a boy named Jessie who lives with his family in a small town called Lark Creek and has a hard family life. He likes to draw and to run, and is kind of lonely; he’s out-of-place in his family and the only person he really gets along with is his little sister May Belle. He’s about to enter the fifth grade and has been training all summer to be the fastest runner in school.  

The Burke family moves in next door.  Their daughter, Leslie, is creative and smart and becomes Jessie’s classmate.

When the big day of the race arrives at school, however, Jessie gets beaten by Leslie. And, at first Jess is crushed, but later he and Leslie end up becoming good friends.

Since they’re both outcasts, Jess and Leslie spend a lot of time together. They take over a part of a nearby forest that’s only accessible by swinging on a rope over the creek, and name it Terabithia. In this imaginary land, they are king and queen. They can escape from the bullies and the boredom of fifth grade, and dream all they like. When Janice Avery, the resident bully, takes May Belle’s Twinkies, Jess and Leslie get revenge by writing her a fake love note and humiliating her.

The most of the school year has passed. Jess gives Leslie a puppy for Christmas, and she becomes a member of their Terabithia kingdom. They also assist Leslie’s father with the construction of their new home. When they discover Janice the bully is truly upset, they work together to comfort her.

By Easter, it’s been raining continuously for a month and crossing the creek to Terabithia has gotten more difficult. Leslie attends Easter service with Jess’s family. After the service, Leslie and Jess, along with May Belle, debate whether people who do not believe in the Bible go to hell.

One day after Easter, Jess thinks it’s too dangerous to go to Terabithia, with all of the rain that’s been coming down. But he forgets about it when Miss Edmunds, the school music teacher, calls and invites him to a museum with her. He goes and has one of the best days of his life. However, when he returns home, he discovers that Leslie had gone to Terabithia without him and died while attempting to cross the creek.

At first, Jess refuses to believe it. In meeting with Leslie’s parents and spending time with her dog, he slowly begins to understand what he’s lost…but also what he gained by having Leslie in his life at all.

He goes to Terabithia to try to figure out what’s going on, but his younger sister follows him and nearly drowns in the water. In rescuing her he realizes that  he has gained some of Leslie’s bravery.

Later, Jess returns to Terabithia and constructs a bridge across the creek. When May Belle follows him again, he welcomes her to Terabithia and guides her across the bridge.

Review

Despite portraying the power of imagination and the innocence of childhood, this is not really a children’s book in my opinion as it touches upon various adult-related themes and challenges many of the social conventions established in society.  It displays unusual relationships that children may not understand.  Of course, by that fact alone, it does not make the book false or bad, just, shall we say, unique.  

And of course, there is death.  One of the main characters in the story dies.  How is a child supposed to react to this?  How do children react to the death of someone they know?  There doesn’t seem to be a real answer presented to us from the author, but maybe the lack of an answer through Jessie’s struggles to come to understand his situation is relatable enough for children. 

All of these may fly over the heads of children. I do not know how children would take the book or what they would think but other than that it is a great read!

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

Mental illness affects 19% of the adult population, 46% of teenagers, and 13% of children each year.There could be people struggling with their mental health right around you. It could be your family member, friend, teacher. However, only few of them receive thew right kind of help whereas the others don’t because of the stigma attached to it.Mental health is as important as our physical health.I causes disturbances in thinking, behaviour, energy or emotion which make it difficult to cope with the regular activities of life.

COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS:

  • ANXIETY DISORDERS:According to certain studies and statistics, more than 18% of the adults go through this every year. It also includes post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD), panic attacks, generalised anxiety disorder and specific phobias.
  • MOOD DISORDERS: Mood disorders usually includes depression and bipolar depression.Statistically, it affects around 10% pf adults each year and are characterised by difficulties in regulating ones mood.

STIGMA AROUND MENTAL HEALTH:

The general perception of mental health has improved over the past few decades but studies show that the stigma around mental health is still powerful largely due to lack of education and stereotypes.People happen to attach more negative stigma to mental health than other way more serious diseases. The stigma around it not only affects the number of people seeking treatment but also number of resources available for proper treatment.

WAYS TO HELP:

  • SHOWING INDIVIDUALS RESPECT AND ACCEPTANCE removes a significant barrier which helps in coping with the illness.Its important for them to feel like they are one among us.The best way to help them is to make them feel normal and not be treated like they are ill.
  • ADVOCATING WITHIN OUR CIRCLES OF INFLUENCE is ensuring that these individuals have the same rights as you or any other person.
  • STAYING POSITIVE
  • HELPING OTHERS
  • DEVELOPING COPING SKILLS
  • GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP

EARLY WARNING SIGNS:

  • Eating or sleeping too much or too little
  • Pulling away from people and usual activities
  • Having low or no energy
  • Feeling numb or like nothing matters
  • Feeling helpless or hopeless
  • Feeling unusually confused, forgetful, on edge, angry, upset, worried or scared
  • Yelling or fighting with family and friends
  • Experiencing severe mood swings that cause problem in relationships
  • Hearing voices or believing things that are not true
  • Having persistent thoughts and memories you can’t get out of your head
  • Inability to perform daily tasks like taking care of your kids or getting to work or school.

Appropriation in mental health affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. People with mental health problems can getter and many recover completely.

Juvenile Justice System In India

Juvenile offending is the act of participating in some unlawful behavior against the society by the persons young in age. The term Juvenile Justice refers to fair and just treatment to youth or children in shaping their personality in the society. Juvenile Justice System means a procedure to tackle with the issues related to minors with respect to society. The main purpose of the system is to protect the minors by applying effective treatment and creating a positive human developing environment. The main aim of the system is to adopt measures that are rehabilitative in nature instead of being punitive. If any means a young individual commits or minor turns lawbreaker, then the Juvenile courts takes up the duty to foster delicate treatment and care through special institutions. Thus, it would encourage the Juvenile delinquents to find their path to lead a much better and decent life. The system of Juvenile Justice is considered as one of the most enlightening and developing system worldwide, focusing on the children’s growth. The central focus is to provide proper care to the unprotected child and the reformation of deviants.

Earlier there was no separate system for the juveniles. They were held into prison without trials and were even locked behind the bars accompanied by the desensitized criminals. It was prescribed by the penologists in the nineteenth century that punishment should be equal for both juveniles and adults. As per the history records, juveniles were treated similar to the adult criminals and were imprisoned, hanged and even transported.

In India, the Juvenile Justice System (JJS) aroused during the British rule. Prior the rule of the British, the juveniles were treated either by the family or society in general. Gradually, the Indian Constitution provided distinct treatment for children and women. The issue of juvenile lawbreakers were given separate treatment. The light was thrown on the Juvenile Justice System aftermath the Nirbhaya case, 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder when people expressed their hostile nature attitude and sentiments towards the court’s decision. The minor who was involved in the brutal case was demanded for death sentence by the public. There was chaos and roaring in the Indian parliament, as a result of which new law came into existence. The Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children 2015, was a provision of comprehensive nature for minors found and reported guilty of conflict with the law. The law also deals with minors in need of protection and care. This was implemented taking into considerations the conventions of the rights of the child along with other related international instruments. The conception that the children are not mature compared to adults and are not aware of the nature and post effects of their acts led to the development of the Juvenile Justice System worldwide. The idea is based on the principle of doli incapax i.e. children are off the capacity to form intentions of criminal nature. Hence, a minor cannot be held liable for any unlawful act. It should be noted that there is no general consensus about the definition of youth and child. In the matter of age or adultery, different statutes have different mandates. The new act is seemingly a progressive one and a policy shift is observed in the legislation of Juvenile Justice. It was mainly designed to adopt the parens patriae philosophy and prescribe institutionalized care and protection. Punishment of delinquents in case of serious offence is the only shift observed. The socialization and reformation policy of the young individuals with punishment as an exception is being adopted by the Juvenile Justice System. It can also be distinguished from the general criminal courts as in adopting informal hearing. In the existing Juvenile Justice act of 2015, significant amendments were made last year.

The principle on which Juvenile Justice System is based is rights of the child and welfare of the society. It’s main center of focus is rehabilitation and reformation. The aim is to maintain equality and opportunities available to the minors for their personality development. There should be personality transformation from negative to positive. However, taking into account the former experiences, it is necessary to bridge the broad gap between the practice and theory. In order to do so, we have to build an efficient and good infrastructure Juvenile Justice Administration. The dreams are carried by the new legislation and it is our duty to make those dreams reality.

Branches of Philosophy

Aesthetics

This branch of philosophy deals with beauty , art and taste of things. It examines what happens in our minds when we are involved in aesthetic objects like art, music, poetry or while exploring Nature. Aesthetics consider why we like some specific thing over other. Aesthetic judgements may be linked to emotions and mood. When we say an object or art piece is beautiful , it triggers an aesthetic pleasure in ourselves . Beauty is a positive aesthetic value in contrast to ugliness, which is negative.

Epistemology

It deals with questions on nature and scope of knowledge. It focuses on sources of people’s consciousness, cognition ( structure and forms) and the relationship between mind and reality. It examines questions such as ‘ what we mean when we say we know something?’ ; the ability to differentiate between what one knows and what one believes.

Ethics

Ethics is the study of morals and the concept of right and wrong conduct. It deals with questions such as – What is morality ; does morality exists? It has 3 types :

Meta ethics ~ deals with foundations and nature of moral values.

Normative ethics ~ deals with systems of morality and questions on how one ought to act morally.

Applied ethics~ deals with what a person is obliged to do in specific situations.

Logic

It is the act of being rational by application of reason. The reasoning process can be done well or badly. Logic allows human beings to distinguish good reasoning from bad. In logic , we study rules and techniques that enables us to do correct ( whether good /bad ) reasoning. A logic must formulate precise standards for evaluating reasoning by developing proper set of arguments.

Metaphysics

Metaphysics deals with existence. It concerns with the fundamental nature of reality.

Theme 1~ The study of first causes — It studies that which does not change and from which the world has come into play. Some identify it with God.

Theme 2~ The study of being— Study of the fundamental categories of being or which exists. This field is also called Ontology.

It is further divided into disciplines such as cosmology, rational psychology and theology. Specific issues like immortality , free will are discussed.

Philosophy of mind

The branch of philosophy that deals with nature of mind and its relation with body . The aspects of mind such as thought, mental properties , consciousness are studied. It addresses issues like the hard problem of consciousness. It tries to explain how a supposedly non materialistic mind can influence material body and vica-versa. Rene Descartes was the first person to clearly identify mind with consciousness and self-awareness and to distinguish it from the brain , where intelligence lies.

Axiology

It is the study of origin of values or study of worth. Through axiology, one can determine what is valuable and why something can be said to be valuable.

Philosophy of language

It investigates nature of language , meaning, language use and language cognition. It explains how the meaning of complex sentences is derived from the meaning of their parts.

Political philosophy

Political philosophers seek to establish basic principles that will justify the formation of state, show individuals their rights and tell the fair distribution of society’s resources among its members . This usually involves analysing ideas like freedom , justice , authority and democracy and then applying them to institutions in a methodological way.

Philosophy of Science

It studies assumptions , foundation and implications of science. Questions addressed are: What is science; does science lead to certainty and truth; nature of statements and conclusions or how does science explain , predict and harness technology. It deals with the reliability of scientific theories and the ultimate purpose of science .

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: A Parakram Leader and Great Patriot   

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was a great patriot and selfless leader and popularly known as Netaji. His immense contribution to the freedom movement was highlighted in Congress’s marginal way.  This year, it’s Netaji’s 125 birth anniversary, and rightly the Government of India has declared that the Day will be celebrated as the Parakram Diwas. Yes, he was Parakram, extraordinarily brave. It is pertinent to mention that this year the Republic Day celebration has also been set to begin from 23 January instead of 24 January, a great gesture to Netaji. 

    Netaji was born on 23 January 1897 in Cuttack of present Odisha.   He is still respected not only in India but also in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Many Pakistani and Bangladeshi academicians told me and praised him when I was in abroad as a faculty member.

      Netaji Subhas with heart and soul was Indian and never tolerated any foreigner talking against Indians. In this context, an incident may be cited. He thrashed a British Professor E.F. Otten in the Presidency College of Calcutta in 1916 for Prof Otten’s racist remark against Indians and for this Subhas Chandra had to suffer also, however with the intervention of Indian scholars and other stalwarts the matter was resolved.

We all read about the Indian National Army/Azad Hind Fouz’s contribution under the leadership of Netaji Subhas which consisted of all religious groups and castes. Netaji was the key person to form the Rani of Jhansi regiment (women regiment) of the Indian National Army, under the commander Lakshmi Swaminathan. I believe also many have told me India would not have been divided if Azad Hind Fauz came to power. 

The Congress Government after independence always highlighted a few leaders’ contributions towards the freedom movement but not much about Netaji’s contribution. There is a controversy whether a great leader of independent India wrote a letter to Mr. Attlee, describing Subhas Chandra Bose, as a war criminal.

 Anyway the British acknowledged Subhas Bose’s contribution.  Clement Richard Attlee, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955 agreed Netaji was the toughest challenge the British Empire faced.  In 1956, Clement Attlee came to India and stayed in Calcutta (now Kolkata) as a guest of the Governor, P.B. Chakraborty who was at that time Chief Justice of Calcutta High court and acting Governor of West Bengal. He asked Sir Attlee “… since Gandhi’s Quit India movement had tapered off quite some time ago and in 1947 no such new compelling situation had arisen that would necessitate a hasty British departure, why did they have to leave?” As stated by Chakraborty “Mr. Attlee cited several reasons, the main among them being the erosion of loyalty to the British crown among the Indian Army and Navy personnel as a result of the military activities of Subhas Chandra Bose”. 

Netaji was a good writer also. His book “The Indian Struggle, 1920–1942” is a two-part book that covers the 1920–1942 history of the Indian independence movement to end British imperial rule over India. The book was banned in India by the British government but in 1948 after independence it was published. 

Gandhiji and Netaji’s role in the independence of India was immense but many believe that Gandhiji was later on very much mentally disturbed as his eldest son Harilal was ‘derailed’. It is pertinent to mention that “in June 1935, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter to Harilal, accusing him of “alcohol and debauchery”.  Mahatma Gandhi stated that Harilal’s problems were more difficult for him to deal with than the struggle for an independent India” (wikipedia.org/wiki/Harilal_Gandhi).                   

                 On the auspicious occasion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birthday, I offer my Pronam to this great soul. 

use artificial intelligence for education transformation

 The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has recommended introducing contemporary subjects like Artificial Intelligence in curriculum, at relevant stages. The National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) has initiated the process for preparation of a new National Curriculum Framework for School Education in pursuance of the NEP, 2020 during which the possibility of introducing an introductory course on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at secondary level would also be explored.  Meanwhile, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced Artificial Intelligence as a subject in class IX from session 2019-2020 and in Class-XI from session 2020-2021 in their affiliated schools.  

Artificial Intelligence has already been applied to education primarily in some tools that help develop skills and testing systems. Artificial Intelligence can drive efficiency, personalization and streamline administrative tasks to allow teachers the time and freedom to provide understanding and adaptability.  By leveraging the best attributes of machines and teachers, the vision for Artificial Intelligence is one where they work together for the best outcome for students. 

All AICTE approved institutions have been suggested to offer Artificial Intelligence as an elective in B.Tech. courses and also start B.Tech course in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science to augment the human resource in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics.  So far as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are concerned, their Acts and Statutes allow them to have their own curriculum, academic & research collaboration with Institutions and Universities across the world. Most of the IITs offer various Artificial Intelligence related courses such as Deep Learning Foundations & Applications, Foundation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Probabilistic Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence, Predictive & Prescriptive Data Analytics, Deep Learning, System Identification, Cyber Physical Security, Digital Image Processing, etc. Besides, IITs also organize short term programmes,inter-alia, on Artificial Intelligence for the working professional and interested students.

The Easiest Dessert Recipe You Can Follow

Let’s face it, many of you watch a recipe video or a blog post about a certain food you are craving and you want to try making it. As soon as you enter the kitchen and list off the few ingredients you need, your mom hits you with the, “We don’t have any of those, Beta.” Well, I have been a victim of that too, so I curated the easiest technique of making donuts. I can give you 99.9% (not a 100 because even Dettol doesn’t guarantee you that 1%) guarantee that you will have all the ingredients you’ll need in the cabinets and drawers of your kitchen.

Donuts, or doughnuts, is made by frying sweetened dough, topped with toppings of your choice. Noticed I said fried? Yes, you read it right, you don’t need an oven to make these sweet, puffy and warm delicacies.

Moving on, let me show you what you’ll need and how you can make the easiest and the tastiest donuts in the comfort of your home.

Ingredients

  • Refined wheat flour
  • Sugar
  • Yeast
  • Butter
  • Baking powder
  • Refined oil
  • Chocolate (optional)
  • Vanilla extract (optional)

Steps

  1. To activate the yeast, add a teaspoon of sugar in a cup of warm water and stir until dissolved, sprinkle in some yeast and let sit until frothy—for about 8 minutes.
  2. In a clean bowl mix the activated yeast with flour, butter, sugar and half a teaspoon of baking powder. Add vanilla extract if available to enhance the flavour. When the dough is ready, cover it with a clean cloth and let it rise for a few hours.
  3. Once the dough has risen, roll the dough ½” thick and cut out circles in it with the help of a doughnut cutter or 3″ and 1″ biscuit cutters. You can even use a clean container lid and punch holes using a smaller container lid.
  4. Heat the oil for 3 minutes on medium and pop in 2-3 donut rings. Cook on both sides until the colour is slightly deep golden and place them on a baking sheet for 5 minutes.
  5. Coat with powdered sugar or melted chocolate—lo and behold, your homemade donuts are ready to be devoured!

Try out this recipe once, you’ll never regret it! As for store-bought donuts, you can bid them goodbye!

TRICHOPHOBIA: FEAR OF HAIR

Phobias are outrageous fears of specific items or circumstances.

The term trichophobia comes from the Greek words that signify “hair” (trichos) and “fear” (phobia). An individual who has trichophobia has a constant fear of hair, especially seeing or contacting free hairs on the body, clothing, or somewhere else. This fear can prompt various side effects that might disrupt regular daily existence.

SYMPTOMS

The side effects of trichophobia are different for every individual and fluctuate according to the degree of severity. Likewise with different fears, individuals experience both physical and emotional responses because of the cause of their fears.

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMSEMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS
Increased heart rateA need to get away
Rapid breathingA feeling of fear
SweatingFeeling helpless
TremblingExcess tension or panic situation
DizzinessSensations of falsity
Difficulty breathingfeeling you might die

Children frequently experience an alternate arrangement of side effects with fears. They will most likely be unable to communicate their fear as promptly as grown-ups. Therefore, a youngster might cry, have a fit, or stick to their guardian when apprehensive.

CAUSES

Pinpointing the specific reason for trichophobia might be troublesome. The fear might come on unexpectedly or foster bit by bit over the long run. Some researchers think that it might emerge from:

  • stress or nervousness
  • depression or other mental health conditions, like trichotillomania
  • OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)
  • Other danger elements might make an individual more vulnerable to specific fears. They include:
  • An individual might have an awful involvement in hair, hair styles, or other traumatic circumstance connected with hair, like patterned hair loss.
  • Fears are known to influence youngsters and grown-ups the same. Some might appear as soon as age 10 or have a later beginning.
  • Having a direct relation who likewise manages fears or nervousness may likewise put you at higher danger for creating fears yourself. This can be hereditarily acquired or a learned conduct.
  •  Individuals with more delicate personalities might be at a higher danger of creating fears.
  • Individuals may likewise foster fear by learning about or catching wind of awful circumstances that include the feared object.

DIAGNOSIS

In view of the symptoms depicted above, you might have the option to decide whether you have trichophobia. On the off chance that your symptoms are gentle, you may feel like the condition is sensible. For more serious symptoms that are impeding your capacity to work regularly in your day-to-day existence, it is essential to converse with your doctor. While trichophobia isn’t officially perceived by the DSM-5 as a different condition, your primary care physician might determine you to have a particular fear in view of your symptoms. The indicative rules for specific phobias are:

  • Absurd, unnecessary fear
  • Quick nervousness reaction to the source of the fear (for this situation, hair)
  • A critical effect on an individual’s life and capacity to work
  • Analysis likewise requires the symptoms to have been available for no less than a half year and not be brought about by another condition.

TREATMENT

For trichophobia, you may start by learning and rehearsing various relaxation methodologies like profound breathing and moderate muscle relaxation. Whenever you have taken in these, you may begin simply by envisioning yourself close to free hair while rehearsing those relaxation methodologies.

Then, you may continue on to a photo of free hair before dynamically working up to definitely seeing free hair or really having it on your skin or apparel. After some time, blending the relaxation reaction with the source of your fear can assist you with figuring out how to deal with your tension at whatever point you experience the feared object.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) may likewise be useful to address the fundamental considerations, sentiments, and practices that can add to phobic responses.

While prescriptions are not normally demonstrated in the treatment of explicit fears, they may at times be utilized related to conduct medicines to deal with a portion of the indications of uneasiness.

SUICIDE: HOW TO PREVENT?

In most of cases, individuals who are feeling self-destructive are managing conditions that can be reduced if they can get the guidance that they require. Meanwhile, there are lot of things that loved ones can do to assist masses who are discouraged or thinking about self-destruction.

Helping someone involves the ability to look for warning signs of suicide, which consist of:

  • Outrageous emotional episodes
  • Sensations of sadness
  • Offering assets
  • Losing interest in different activities
  • Discussing demise or suicide
  • Bidding farewell to loved ones
  • Saying that they are a burden
  • Pulling out from loved ones

Suicide is a serious issue and any suicide danger or endeavor ought to be approached in a serious way. As indicated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were in excess of 47,000 suicides in 2017.Coming up next are some suicide counteraction tips suggested by the non-benefit association Suicide Prevention Resource Center.

TIPS

1.On the off chance that the individual requests that you not tell anybody, know that you might need to break your guarantee to help them. Having your companion or cherished one alive yet angry with you is desirable over keeping a guarantee that prompts them ending their life.

2. It might take some tolerance and determination, however encourage them to make a meeting with a mental health professional. Whenever they have made the arrangement, keep in touch to urge them to finish with arrangements and treatment plans. There are likewise mental health associations you can contact for more data.

3. While you might be reluctant to raise the subject of suicide for fear of giving them thoughts, the truth of the matter is that those thoughts and sentiments are there paying little mind to what you may say. How you are truly treating and bringing the subject up is offering them a chance to communicate with you and this permit you to help them.

4. Assuming they appear to be in imminent danger of harming themselves, don’t let them be. Step forward and remove any means of weapon that they could use to hurt themselves, like weapons or pills.

5. Despite the fact that a few suicides might appear to emerge suddenly but there are chances that the individual had been upset or depressed for quite a while. Attempting to remove the disgrace around discouragement and empowering individuals who are harming to get the assist that they with requiring immediately can go far in saving lives in light of the fact that the issue is managed before it gets really awful.

6. Having the option to converse with a mindful companion and unburden yourself from your difficulties can go far in reducing the tension that can prompt a suicide attempt. Being a decent listener doesn’t need any unique abilities. Be patient and tolerating, however escape from getting into argument or attempting to offer shortsighted arrangements.

7. At a point when an individual commit suicide, this isn’t really a sign that they need to pass on. All things being equal, it’s a pointer that they are in extraordinary emotional pain, yet don’t have the idea how to manage it. Suicide has begun to resemble their main choice to get away from a circumstance that they don’t have the idea how to deal with. If they are alive, in any case, they are looking for an option in contrast to death and attempting suicide might be their approach to connect and say that they need assistance.

8. While you might imagine that their concerns aren’t sufficiently significant enough to warrant suicidal considerations or practices, the main thing is the manner by which they see them to be. In the event that it feels essential to them, then, suicide might appear to be a valid choice.

Above all, never ignore suicidal talk or dangers. Assuming an individual is offering remarks that appear to demonstrate that they are discouraged or considering ending their own life, you ought to consistently treat them in a serious way

MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health is a basic and fundamental part of health. The WHO constitution states: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” A significant conclusion of this definition is that mental health is something more than shortfall of mental problems or disabilities.

Mental health is a condition of well-being wherein an individual understands their own capacities, can adapt to the ordinary burdens of life, can work gainfully and can make a commitment to their local area.

Mental health is fundamental to our group and individual capacity as people might suspect, act out, communicate with one another, make money and appreciate life. On this premise, the advancement, insurance and rebuilding of mental health can be viewed as a vital concern of individuals, communities and societies throughout the world.

DETERMINANTS

Different social, psychological, and biological factors decide the degree of mental health of an individual at any point of time. For instance, brutality and determined financial tensions are perceived dangers to mental health. The clearest proof is related with sexual violence

Poor mental health is likewise connected with fast social change, distressing work conditions, gender discrimination, social rejection, unhealthy way of life, physical ill- health and common freedoms violation. There are explicit psychological and character factors that make individuals defenseless against mental health issues. Biological dangers incorporate hereditary factors.

PROMOTION AND PROTECTION

Mental health advancement includes activities that further develop psychological well-being. This might include establishing a climate that upholds mental health. A climate that regards and secures essential common, political, financial and social freedoms is fundamental to mental health. Without the security and opportunity given by these privileges, it is hard to keep an undeniable level of mental health.

National mental health arrangements ought to be concerned both with mental issues and, with more extensive issues that advance mental health. Mental health advancement ought to be mainstreamed into governmental and non-governmental approaches and projects. In addition to the health area, it is fundamental to include the schooling, work, equity, transport, climate, lodging, and government assistance areas.

Explicit ways of promoting mental health include:

  • early childhood interventions
  • support to children
  • socio-economic empowerment of women
  • social support for elderly populations
  • programmes targeted at vulnerable people, including minorities, indigenous people, migrants and people affected by conflicts and disasters
  • mental health promotional activities in schools
  • mental health interventions at work
  • violence prevention programmes
  • community development programmes
  • poverty reduction and social protection for the poor;
  • anti-discrimination laws and campaigns;
  • promotion of the rights, opportunities and care of individuals with mental disorders.

CARE AND TREATMENT

With regards to the national efforts to create and carry out mental health strategy, it is fundamental to not just ensure and advance the mental prosperity of its residents, yet in addition, address the necessities of people with characterized mental problems.

Information on how to treat the raising burden of mental problems has worked on considerably throughout the most recent ten years. There is a developing body of proof showing both the viability and cost-adequacy of key mediations for need of mental issues in nations at various degrees of financial turn of events.

  • treatment of depression with psychological treatment and, for moderate to severe cases, antidepressant medicines;
  • treatment of psychosis with antipsychotic medicines and psychosocial support;
  • taxation of alcoholic beverages and restriction of their availability and marketing.

A variety of successful measures additionally exists for the counteraction of self-destruction, avoidance and treatment of mental problems in kids, anticipation and treatment of dementia, and treatment of substance-use issues. The mental health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) has delivered evidence-based guidance for non-experts to empower them, to more readily recognize and deal with the need of mental health conditions.

IMPACT OF MEDIA ON CHILDREN

MEDIA

Media is an extremely famous form of communication. It is the method for spreading, putting away and conveying data to individuals through various sources. The term medium or media refer to the ways or choices through which data is passed. A few well-known types of media are radio, TV, paper or the most recent i.e., Internet.

Kids and media are a developing concern. Indeed, even exceptionally little youngsters in our general public get a major day by day portion of TV, computer games and music verses. While such media can give instruction and entertainment, they can likewise harm youngsters. Research shows that openness to savage media can bring about aggression and violent behaviour in certain kids and young people.

Most children today are connected to gadgets like TVs, game control center, tablets, and cell phones a long time before they can even ride a bicycle. Innovation is essential for life. Also, guardians can make innovation a sound piece of youth by showing smart media use. Pre-schoolers can get help learning the letters in order on TV, grade-schoolers can play instructive applications and games, and adolescents can do explore on the web.

But an excess of screen time can have a negative impact as:

  • Kids who regularly spend over 4 hours out of each day staring at the TV or utilizing media are bound to be overweight.
  • Kids who view brutality onscreen are bound to show forceful conduct, and they expect that the world is terrifying and that something awful will happen to them.
  • Youngsters who play violent computer games and applications are bound to show aggressive behaviour.
  • Characters on TV and in computer games frequently do hazardous practices, like smoking and drinking.

That is the reason guardians really should watch their children’s media use and put down certain boundaries to guarantee they’re not investing an excessive amount of energy before a screen.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) suggests these rules for screen time:

  • Children and babies as long as year and a half old: No screen time, however video-talking with loved ones is OK.
  • Toddlers’ year and a half to two years: Some screen time with a parent or guardian.
  • Pre-schoolers: No over 1 hour daily of instructive programming, along with a parent or other guardian who can assist them with getting what they’re seeing.
  • Children and youngsters 5 to 18 years: Screen time for TV, web-based media, and computer games needs restricts. Chat with your teenagers, who might struggle with media limits. Media ought not replace getting sufficient rest and being physically active.

WATCHING VIOLENCE

Numerous violent demonstrations are performed by the “heroes,” whom children are educated to respect. Indeed, frequently the legend wins by battling with or killing the “bad person. “This can cause confusion among kids as they attempt to comprehend the contrast between good and bad. Small children are effortlessly scared by savage pictures. Since they don’t get what is genuine, basically letting them know that violence isn’t genuine won’t help. Conduct issues, bad dreams, and inconvenience resting may occur after kids watch brutality on screen.

Youngsters can be frightened by violent pictures as well. Chatting with kids this age will help them, so it’s vital to comfort them and disclose what they see to assist with facilitating fears. However, it’s far and away superior to not allow your children to see shows or mess around that could be terrifying.

WATCHING RISKY BEHAVIOUR

Television and computer games regularly show practices like drinking liquor, taking medications, smoking cigarettes, and having intercourse at a youthful age as cool, fun, and energizing. At a point when these things appear to be acceptable, children and teenagers may be tempted to attempt them. That may prompt substance abuse issues, and studies show that youngsters who watch loads of sexual substance are bound to begin sexual action prior.

Little youngsters don’t comprehend that advertisement are for selling an item, and some of the time they can’t differentiate between their show and the advertisement. Significantly, younger children might also need the reminder about the motivation behind promoting. Computer games are particularly loaded with pop up advertisements with strain to purchase.

WATCHING ADVERTISEMENT

You can switch off the TV or possibly limit children’s watching time, however it’s almost difficult to eliminate all openness to promoting messages.

At a point when your children request the most recent requirements, clarify that advertisements are intended to make individuals need things they likely don’t require.

OBESITY

Health specialists have since quite a while ago connected an excessive amount of screen time to obesity. At a point when they’re gazing at screens, kids are inert and will more often tend to snack. They’re likewise presented with promotions that urge them to eat unfortunate food sources like potato chips and drink void calorie sodas that regularly become most loved snack food source.

Studies show that diminishing how much TV kids watched prompted less weight gain and lower weight record (BMI). Replacing computer game time with open air game time is one more great method for assisting kids with keeping a healthy weight.

Thus, by drawing healthy lines on screen time and knowing what your kid is watching and playing, you can help make the most of your child’s media use.

Global Warming

Global warming refers to the gradual rise in the overall temperature of the atmosphere of the Earth. There are various activities taking place which have been increasing the temperature gradually. Global warming is melting our ice glaciers rapidly. This is extremely harmful to the earth as well as humans. It is quite challenging to control global warming; however, it is not unmanageable. The first step in solving any problem is identifying the cause of the problem. Therefore, we need to first understand the causes of global warming that will help us proceed further in solving it.  

Causes of Global Warming

1. Oil and Gas

Oil and Gas is used all the time in almost every industry. It is mostly used in automobiles, buildings, manufacturing, and the electricity production. When we burn coal, oil and gases it largely adds to the climate problem.  Fossil fuel consumption is also harmful to wildlife and the environment because of its toxicity, which kills plant life and makes areas uninhabitable.

2. Deforestation

Deforestation is the clearing of woodland and forest for the purpose of harvesting wood or making space for farms or ranches. Because trees and forests convert carbon dioxide into oxygen, when they are cut down, the stored carbon is released into the atmosphere. Deforestation can also occur naturally which has a greater effect because of the fumes released from the fire.

3. Waste  

Humans create more waste now than ever before, because of the amount of packaging used and the short life cycle of products. Many products, garbage, and packaging are not recyclable, resulting in their disposal in landfills. When landfill waste decomposes/breaks down, hazardous gases are released into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.

4. Power Plants 

Power plants work by burning fossil fuels, and as a result, they emit a variety of pollutants. The p ollution they produce  that not only ends up in the atmosphere but also in waterways, contributing significantly to global warming. Coal combustion in power plants is responsible for around 46% of total carbon emissions.

5. Oil Drilling 

Oil drilling is responsible for 30 % of methane emissions and about 8% of carbon dioxide emissions. Oil drilling is a method of extracting petroleum oil hydrocarbons from the ground. As a result of this process, additional gases are released into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. It is also harmful to wildlife and the environment.

6. Transport and Vehicles 

The large amount of transportation is done through cars, planes, boats and trains, almost all of which rely on fossil fuels to run. Carbon and other pollutants are released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. As a result, transportation is partly responsible for the greenhouse gas emissions. This effect could be reduced with the introduction of electric vehicles.

7. Consumerism 

Customers may buy any goods at any time because of technological and industrial advancements. This means that we are producing  more and more goods each year, and now we are overproducing them. The majority of the products we buy aren’t very sustainable, hence we’re producing more waste than ever before due to the shorter lifespan of electronics and textiles.

8. Farming

Because farming consumes a lot of green land, local habitats may be devastated to make room for farming. These animals emit a large number of greenhouse gases, such as methane, and they also produce a large amount of trash. Factory farming is responsible for even more climate issues because of the extra pollution it produces and the more animals it can hold.

9. Industrialization 

Industrialization has a number of negative consequences. All of the waste generated by this industry ends up in landfills or in our environment. Chemicals and materials used in industrialization have the potential to damage both the atmosphere and the soil underneath it.

10. Overfishing

Fish is one of humans main sources of protein and a lot of the world now rely on this industry. The amount of people buying and consuming fish has resulted in a decrease in marine life. Overfishing has also resulted in a loss of ocean variety. 

Ways to Prevent Global Warming

There are many changes we can bring about in our life both big and small to prevent global warming and save our planet. Firstly, we must stop deforestation in all forms. Do not cut down more trees as it will only worsen the level of carbon dioxide in the air. Instead, encourage people to plant even more trees to create a fine balance in nature.

Moreover, it reduces the usage of energy everywhere. It does not matter if you are at your home or at your office, the higher the energy used the more the carbon dioxide produced. Thus, do not waste electricity as it requires the burning of fossil fuels. As a result of the burning of fossil fuels, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increase rapidly and contribute to global warming. Moreover, reduce the carbon footprint and do not travel through planes that often.

Most importantly, replace all your ordinary bulbs with LED lights. It will help in reducing the use of energy by a massive amount. Similarly, do not waste that energy. Instead of becoming more dependent, we need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and electricity right away.

MUSIC AND ITS IMPORTANCE

1.MUSIC IS THE KEY TO CREATIVITY:

A Creative mind has the ability to make discoveries and creates innovation.Listening to instrumental music challenges one to listen and tell a story about what one hears.It requires maximum right brain usage.The strength of all the Arts including writing, painting, dance, and theatre have the ability to create a similar effect.

2.MUSIC MAKES EDUCATION ENJOYABLE:

Music teaches us self discipline and time management skills that you cannot get anywhere else. When you study an instrument on a regular basis you work on concrete ideas and take small steps to achieve larger goals. This way of thinking organises the wiring in your brain to start looking at Learning in a new light.Music can be very engaging in the classroom and is a great tool for memorization. I’m sure if more teachers used  song to teach the multiplication tables, kids would retain that information much quicker.In raising children, Music education can be used to keep kids focused and keep them off the streets. Instead of running around and causing mischief, your child may be practicing piano or rehearsing music with friends.

3.MUSIC IS THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNIVERSE:

You’ve heard this time and time again, but what does it mean exactly? Music is universal in that there are no boundaries to understanding music. Even animals like Birds, Dogs, and Whales can understand music to a certain degree.It transcends all boundaries of communication because you can speak and tell stories to someone on the other side of the planet, even though you both don’t speak the same language. But I believe its important for one to have an open mind in order to be in touch with that sense of understanding.

4.MUSIC HAS SPIRITUAL POWERS:

No one really knows where Music came from but there are many theories that suggest music predates the existence of Mankind. One of the most commonly known uses for music was religious and sacred tribal events.Even today, many people claim that music is the key to God and to a holy, more fulfilling life through the Church.

5.MUSIC CAN CREATE A MOOD AND MAKE YOU FEEL EMOTION:

I’m sure you can remember a moment where a song has made you particularly sad or very excited and happy. But how does organized tones create such an effect on our senses? No one really knows why or where it comes from but there are many studies that have been done to show that there is an agreement of which emotions pertain to certain scales, chords, and harmonies.Music can whisk you away on an extended journey. Music can make time feel frozen. Music also has the power to suggest movement. All these things deal with the human senses.

6.MUSIC BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER:

MUSIC transcends all boundaries of communication because you can speak and tell stories to someone on the other side of the planet, even though you both don’t speak the same language. But I believe it’s important for one to have an open mind in order to be in touch with that sense of understanding.You’ve heard this time and time again, but what does it mean exactly? Music is universal in that there are no boundaries to understanding music. Even animals like Birds, Dogs, and Whales can understand music to a certain degree.There is a certain type of connection that comes when you make music in a group. The same is true for those who are listening to music in a group and interacting with music through Dance. This type of behaviour is rooted in our history and our discoveries as human beings.

CONCLUSION:

What is amazing about music is that it is imbedded within all of us. Everyone can understand it and feel something if they open themselves up. Playing music with other musicians is an incredible feeling. Some people describe it as rowing down a river together.

Music has a very important role in human life because everyone likes to listen to music. The person who listens to music with pleasure in his life knows the importance of music in the real-life world, if a person is interested in music, then that person is always happy in his life, and remains stress-free in every problem. Listening to music gives peace and joy to the mind, listening to music inspires a person to do something better in life.

Music can transform the emotions and feelings of the people within no time. It can lessen the stress, pain, struggle, distraction and bring positivity and calmness in our daily life. Music holds the power to bring people together in different ways. Music can make us expressive and help us in understanding our feelings and emotions in a better manner.