What Happens When Rogue Nation States in Africa Get UAVs?
The United States has outdone the world in military technology, and perhaps there is no greater example of this than the unmanned aerial systems that are now being used in the modern battlespace. These net centric system drones are able to seek and destroy, and they give a vast amount of intelligence to the military. There is no better way to gather information than having eyes in the sky; or in this case aerial spies in the sky. Of course, whenever one side of a conflict comes up with new technology, eventually the other side will come up with the same technology. And once they do, the first side now has to deal with defending itself against the very technology they created in the first place. But...
You Should Question a Health Care Reform Bill That Has QUALY - Quality Adjusted Life Years
President Obama's plan for reforming health care contains some surprising provisions. One is QUALY, which stands for quality adjusted life years. The more I hear about QUALY, the more I feel like a throw-away person. When you first hear the term, it sounds good, and you think doctors are going to do all they can to extend your life. That is not what the implementation of QUALY would be. Yes, doctors would do all they can to extend your life, but their actions would be limited by government regulations. What is QUALY? It's a mathematical formula that determines whether senior citizens receive health care or not. The British health care system has QUALY. "Bandolier," an independent British publication...
A Rose For Deceased Friend Kasey Jay Of Pontiac, Michigan
In our modern world in which rudeness is a way of life for many uneducated people, many of you might say that internet relationships don t matter and that friendships don t exist on the computer...I don t agree. When you talk to a person on the net, no matter if you are nice or not, you are talking to a REAL person. When you are hurting through disgraceful and rude words, you are actually hurting some real feelings. I have developed, through the years, besides my real life friendships, some friendships through the net. I also had the chance to talk to several of them cyber friends on the phone. I was even lucky to meet a fellow blogger who travelled 350 kms to meet me. Kasey Jay of Pontiac was one...
No Hablo Engles
During one of the democratic debates on CNN, Wolfe Blitzer asked the candidates, " Do you believe English should be the official language of the United States." Of course he asked them to raise their hands as if they're 3rd graders if they believed this to be true. Only one candidate Senator Gravel raised his hands. I was dumbfounded. How can you sit there in this country where we speak English and have the audacity to say that this shouldn't be the official language of the United States?? Here are some of their reasons for believing English shouldn't be the official language. OBAMA: ... this is the kind of question that is designed precisely to divide us. You know, you're right. Everybody is going...
A Glance Into the History of 2012 End of Days
Are you aware of the recent developments in the field of astronomy? Do you know that December 21, 2012 is postulated as the last day of our lives on this planet? 2012 end of days is calculated according to the Mayan calendar. In every holy book this fact has been explained without an exact detail regarding the date on which the life on this world ceases to breathe. The chapter of Revelations in The Bible is an example as you can find scriptures regarding this matter. 2012 end of days if becomes a truth will mark the starting of another era on the face of the earth. The history will repeat again like the floods cleared of the sins of the world during the time of Noah. When there are so many evidences...
Is War Inevitable?
Pakistan has been adamantly resisting itself to accept the undeniable truth that the terrorists who stormed Mumbai posh five-star hotels and killed hundreds of people were their own citizens. It has been continuously repeating the same statement to India, the victim of terrorism, to show more hard evidence, which can force it to believe that the terrorists were indeed its own citizens. While the whole world has been supporting India emotionally in these difficult times, Pakistan, which is known as the perpetrator of terrorism, is in undeniable mood even after it is being pressurized by the international community to take the necessary action against terrorist organizations responsible for Mumbai...
The Media's Roll in the Current Economic Crisis
The economic downturn in America and the rest of the world was not reported by media outlets, instead, they created their own reality by reporting that the economy was sliding downhill, and that at the end of it all, the whole world's economy would be in shambles. As soon as the media started to pick up the mantra of doom and gloom in world economics, the leaders and managers of the world's largest businesses started looking for ways to save money in the lean times ahead. This "Tightening the Belt Mentality" is what really created the havoc seen around the world, as economy after economy started to shut down because of lack of orders for their goods. As the order for goods dried up, companies in...
A Political Handbook
It is often said that the Bible is not a handbook to, well, anything. Those who make this assertion are typically opposed to Christian involvement in activities outside Sunday morning worship. They want to see Christianity remain safely within the four walls of the church building. It may be all right for Christians to become involved in warm and fuzzy local charity but anyone who would suggest that Biblical principles should be applied to "real-life" is labeled a fundamentalist wacko intent on creating a theocracy. The truth is much different. The Bible is in fact a handbook. You see, according to Webster, a handbook is simply a book that is capable of being conveniently carried as a ready...
Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished?
Though many countries in the world has abolished capital punishment due to reasons pertaining to humanity, some countries are still sticking to the traditional practice of capital punishment. Is it rational to keep capital punishment, or should it be abolished altogether? Often, it is sentenced for serious crimes. Such crimes include murder and drug trafficking, just to name a few. So, should this kind of punishment be abolished? As the old saying goes, two wrongs will never make a right. Although one can argue that a person who commits a crime as serious as murder should be getting an eye for an eye, such punishment would never right the wrong which has been done. The murder victim will never come...
When "Green" is Not "Green"
I feel a bit like a band wagon jumper writing about the "green revolution" that we have heard so much about over the past few years but understand little about what's really going on with our environment. One major observation that I have had is that "Green" is big business! From my order of organic fair trade coffee in the morning, to my home baked organic bread, I must admit that I try and go green whenever I can. But what for? I have come to the realization that I try and be "green" just because I can. I mean, why choose to pollute when I can prevent my immediate surroundings from being polluted? Why eat chemically altered food, when I have the choice to do otherwise? Why waste money in my...
Sarah Palin - 2012 Candidate For President?
Sarah Palin is among a handful of Republicans (along with Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Bobby Jindal) who keep getting listed among those likely to be a candidate for President in 2012. To those of us who thought she was an absolute disaster as John McCain's VP candidate in 2008 this is hard to come to grips with. Why on earth would anyone think she is capable of being President when she showed clearly during the 2008 election that she is not even capable of giving intelligible answers to simple questions? Remember that Katie Couric interview? Is she really the best that the Republicans have for 2012? If so Obamaphobes better get used to President Obama because he should be in the White House...
Why I Love Liberal Socialists!
Jesus told us that we should love they neighbor, and we should love our enemies. For most religious folks, this sounds like very good advice, although for non-religious people they might roll their eyes on such things. Okay, that's fine, and I understand that, but not long ago, someone noticed that I had written over 19,000 articles online, and most of them had a conservative slant. So, they indicated to me that I needed to find balance in my life, and that I should write an article about "why I love liberals." At first, I laughed because that's probably the last thing I would ever write about, but after a thought about it for little while, I decided why not, why not give it a try. So, here it goes...
The Healthcare Bill is Awful - Here's Why
President Reagan always said that healthcare would be the first thing to be adopted if called universal healthcare and under liberals. But this would never be possible under the circumstances of socialism. Millions of people are without healthcare but that does not mean that we (tax payers) should have to pay for other people's health care. If everyone paid for everyone's health care we would go broke faster than Greece is right now or California. Although many people need health care, health care is not a right. It is not a right because it is not something that we should be guaranteed to have. If it were available to all people what do you think all the doctors would do? There would be too many...
Is There Inequality in America?
A recent editorial by Ross Douthat of the New York Times hashed over the concept of inequality in the United States. Does it exist... and if so, how bad is it? Is the gap between the haves and the have nots getting wider? Let me sum up his conclusion: there is some inequality in our country, but there is probably no way to stop it. Why? Douthat sees a handful of issues that cause this. Low income for low skilled immigrants is pushing wages down for some American workers. These immigrants (legal and illegal) are not pursuing upward mobility like other groups have done in the past. Therefore, wages stay low. The lack of two parent households cuts income for many families dramatically. Makes sense to...
ACORN - The Truth
The McCain/Palin campaign and the right wing media (like Fox News & Lou Dobbs on CNN) have been raising a big stink about the so called "voter fraud" of ACORN. They claim that ACORN is purposefully registering 1000s of fake names in order to help Democrats (like Barack Obama) get elected. The first very important point to make in rebuttle to this claim is that fake names cannot vote. What they are calling "voter fraud" is actually "voter registration fraud" and it's a far, far different situation. It doesn't effect the results of the election at all. It's a diversionary smear tactic of the worst kind. Completely devoid of any factual basis. The truth is that the victim of this voter registration...
"Well, happy holidays to you too I guess," I said to a very politically correct individual who happened to be a devout Christian. But before she left, I asked her; "I thought you were a churchgoer, so, why aren't you wishing the Merry Christmas?" You know what she told me - she told me that she didn't want to offend me in case I might be Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or in case I was celebrating Kwanzaa. That's ridiculous, and even if I was Jewish I wouldn't care if you wished me a Merry Christmas, and I have Jewish friends who wish me Happy Hanukkah, sounds good to me, it's a positive thing their wishing me, something positive. Nevertheless, the gal told me that she doesn't know what to say...
End of Days - Was Gulf Oil Spill a Message From God?
Some people believe we have entered the End of Days and that the disasters we are witnessing, both natural and man-made, are the work of God. Most often it is Bible believers who speak using this terminology, but increasingly you also hear well-known non-believers express the same idea. Recently, media mogul Ted Turner spoke out with his opinion on the BP oil rig explosion and the ensuing oil leak, the biggest in history. Turner told a CNN interviewer that the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico could be God's work, saying, "He's sending us a message." The comment came in the course of an interview on energy policy in the United States. Turner elaborated that even though is "not a real religious person...
Redistribution Rampage - Prez Obama's Top Goal - Take From Those Who Earn - Give to Those Who Don't
President Obama's $3.69 trillion budget will raise taxes on all Americans by $1.4 trillion over the next decade, according to figures compiled by the Heritage Foundation. These numbers are in line with data supplied by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Also CBO data, under a congress controlled by Democrats, reveals that the stimulus package will cost jobs and economic growth over the next 10 years. President Bush's final budget spent $2.9 trillion; his final submitted budget (FY 2009) was for $3.1 trillion but the Democrat congress refused to finalize that budget, correctly believing a Democrat would become president and that he would sign a much larger bill, including all the welfare and...
The Demise of a Great Industry and an Even Better Country
At 62 years old and as a former corporate executive and consultant, I look at the demise of the auto industry full of emotion. Let's take General Motors for instance. They once employed nearly 400,000 auto workers in this country. When the latest round of leadership and the vaunted government 'auto task force' gets done, they'll be employing less than 40,000 auto workers. How could this be? Let's take a look and see what it means to America. The first problem is leadership arrogance. I remember back in the seventies, under the leadership of Roger Smith, GM suffered from an arrogance that was unequaled at the time. They were on top, led the world with a market share over 50% and were convinced they...
Governor Rick Perry - Is He the Right Man For a New Texas?
Back on April 15, 2009, Texas Governor Rick Perry found himself in front of a microphone at a Tea Party at Austin City Hall, and blurted out words to suggest that Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that. Kind of reminds me of the old story of the politician who, upon discovering a nearby parade, ran to the front of the parade so he would appear to be leading it. But in Lubbock in September, Perry said that Texas "needs to lead, not secede." So clearly, Rick Perry is not going to be a leader for Texas independence. In light of Perry's public statements about secession, would Governor Perry become a...
So far the Russian Company offering the "Club K" cruise missile system hasn't sold any units, but their prototypes sure work well. The prototypes being mobile units, which generally have S 300 or PMU-2 missiles on them, and these types of missile tubes can be mounted on Russian Made mobile platforms similar to those which have been sold to nations like Iran and others. The cruise missiles mounted on first stage rockets are launched and then the wings fold or pop out as the missile makes its way to the target. These missiles could have any number of warheads such as nuclear, anti-ship, anti-personnel, or other type munitions. Recently, a video rendering of such a weapon system mounted inside cloaked...
Health Insurance and the New Stimulus Package
Health insurance coverage for the masses has been in the news for awhile now. But with the recent campaign season, and the economic downturn the U.S. has been experiencing, it has been pushed to the forefront with renewed vigor. While I, like most of you, would like to see the entire population have some type of health insurance coverage, I don't believe the government should foot the bill. Or at lease not all of it. The proposed $836 BILLION dollar stimulus package sets aside about $40,000,000,000.00 (40 billion) to help the uninsured. Some of the money is to be used to expand medicaid for the poor, while the rest is to used to subsidize C.O.B.R.A. for those who lose their jobs. On the surface...
Distributive Justice and Assisted Reproductive Technology
Distributive justice does not imply that everyone should have equal access to everything all the time. This would be an extreme position and lead to severe distortions in availability of medical services. Competing needs must be balanced fairly and opportunities to access medical care must be equitable. In the American health care marketplace, however, the bioethical principle of distributive justice receives lip service only. In America, when it comes to health care, minimal attention is paid to matters of fairness. For example, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have been generally available since the early 1980s. In recent years more than 100,000 in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures are...
Quality Education in USA for International Students
The universities of US have always known for providing flexible education for international students. These universities have created an indomitable benchmark in the education system of today. The education system in US has everything that has made it one of the leading countries in the world of education. Starting from education, name, fame and affluence, everything is associated with the flawless educational degrees and lifestyles in US. There is a wide scope for gaining education in USA for International students. It can be calculated by the fact that more than sixty thousand international students get enrolled in the innumerable universities of US. This crave of gaining education in US is making...
Does Education Fulfill Needs?
The title may seem to project that education has doubtful results. Actually this is not my intention. I just want to say that education in its present form leaves a lot that is necessary. The system has to slow down and not dump humans with theories one after the other. It is necessary for the ones formulating the system to understand that all humans are unique though their needs for truth, peace and safety are the same and education should be built around these basic needs. At least one subject should be exclusively for these basic needs and it should be a detailed and important subject that is ranked at par with the others. It is with fond memories that I look back on my school days. One of my...
Holistic Rehab - What's The Holistic Difference Anyways?
Holistic has become a bit of a buzz word, a catchphrase broadly intuited to mean natural or alternative, and is generally considered with positive associations. But when people use the term holistic rehab, what exactly are they talking about? What does holistic rehab mean? Firstly, the term is used to describe residential rehab programs in two very different ways. It may be used to describe a program of residential rehab offering only alternative, completely natural, and non clinical therapies; but much more commonly it is used to describe a form of rehab in which you are treated as the sum of your mind body and soul, and where comprehensive treatments are used to address the problems of all parts...
Lose Love Handles - Tips In 60 Days Challenge
We are always looking for tips to lose love handles that are hanging around our tummies. Those extra pounds of flesh, with some of the other terms such as belly fats or fat tummy, is one of the most sought after health solutions in the world, especially in countries that have as many fast food restaurants as there are health fitness gyms. This is a billion-dollar industry that has a solution for every person, according to the size of your wallet. The most likely truth is most likely that all health products do work but it is the customers who are not doing themselves the favor. All exercises do work but nothing beats having a proper diet to spearhead the ambition to lose those stomach fats...
Adrenal Fatigue - How to Treat Adrenal Fatigue
Learning how to treat your adrenal fatigue is as easy as making sure that you take regular breaks throughout the day, e.g.; 10am and then anytime from 3-5pm. To treat adrenal fatigue makes sure that you don't skip breakfast or any other meal during the day. When you're hungry, your blood sugar drops, causing stress to your adrenal glands and these trigger your sympathetic nervous system, creating dizziness, cravings, anxiety and of course fatigue. Missing the important first meal of the day breakfast will only result in weight gain, but if you stick to grazing healthfully every two to four hours, your blood sugar will remain steady throughout the day, giving you more energy. Eat protein with every...
Alternative Treatment For ADD
Children with ADD have trouble concentrating and quite often do not listen to anybody and do as they wish. Other attributes include being impulsive, having high energy levels and are of course, hyperactive. Most literature tends to show that males are mostly affected with this disorder. However, females are definitely affected as well, but not to the same extent. Unfortunately, there is not any concrete evidence to indicate why this is the case, but scientists are trying to find this out. One of the most widely used treatment for ADD is stimulant medication. One form of this is named Ritalin, and it is designed to stimulant brain activity to allow your neurotransmitters to communicate more...
ADD Alternatives
ADD stands for attention deficit disorder which is a broad term that includes ADHD as well. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADD is a more generalized term for ADHD. There are not a lot of medications available today in order to prevent or cure ADHD. Ritalin is the most common drug for people who are suffering from this syndrome. It has been found out that there are some strong side effects for this medicine in certain cases like heart diseases which can turn fatal in the long run. That is precisely the reason why scientists are trying to spend a lot of time researching on ADD alternatives. People suggest that the alternative treatment for ADD or ADHD should be completely...
Are There Effective Herbal Remedies For ADD?
Choosing a treatment plan for an ADD child, or an adult with the disorder can sometimes be challenging. If you're inclined to go the way of natural treatment, herbal remedies for ADD are an alternative that is being used along with homeopathic remedies to successfully address the symptoms of ADD. The use of stimulant drugs in the treatment of ADD and ADHD has risen over 500 percent since the early 1990's. Pediatricians are responsible for prescribing over 50 percent of these drugs. Some are questioning if the increasing use of these drugs may be a "quick fix" approach, used instead of looking at more holistic options that treats the whole child or adult rather than just suppressing symptoms. Ritalin...
Tips For Using Alternative Medicine to Treat Depression
When most people think of alternative medicine and depression St. John's Wort comes to mind and not much else. But, things are changing and research has found that many other options, whether using alternative medicine alone or together with conventional medicines, have proven that the amount of drugs needed have been reduced along with symptoms. If you are taking traditional medicines like SSRIs (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft), NDRIs (Bupropion, Wellbutrin), or SNRIs (Cymbalta, Effexor) then you must check with your physician about your treatment plan and whether you can add an alternative medicine to treat your depression. The biggest tip in the last couple of years has been the finding that Vitamin D can...
Horse Training - Punishment Vs Correction
Have you ever become angry at your horse? Of course you have! Everyone does. Either it's a bad day all around and the horse is simply the only living thing within a ten-mile radius, or the horse has been misbehaving so vehemently that he should be the one to take the brunt of your anger. This is where it pays to know the different between punishment and correction. A few years ago, I was sitting on the fence, watching two of my students ride. They weren't in a lesson - just hacking their own horses - but I've always liked to keep an eye on my students during the week. One of them, a girl we're call Felicia, was becoming increasingly angry with her horse. She was working on lead changes, which we had...
It happens too often. Things start out great in the marriage, but then at some point, one of the sides begin to question the feelings he or she has. And then from there, it's only downhill. So, how to you save your marriage when your husband isn't in love with you anymore? You can do this like I did - you can make your husband love you again just like I did. Here is what I have to say about the subject. Taking someone for granted will never work in anyone's favor in your marriage. Your husband isn't in love with you anymore. That means that he was taking you for granted. Why? Because, the thrill is in the chase. People want what they can't have easily. Which also means that they don't want what they...
MS Outlook Add-in Corruption
MS Outlook Personal Storage (PST) file is a commutative file, which saves the data such as e-mails, calendar entries, contacts etc. PST file can be corrupted due to application malfunction, add-ins, operating system corruption etc. You need to use effective PST Recovery Software to effectively resolve the PST corruption issues. When a user installs a third party Outlook Add-in to improve Outlook features its digital signatures are checked by Outlook. After the add-in installation process is complete we need to restart Outlook. We generally get an enable dialog box for the third party (Non-Microsoft) add-ins. The Outlook crash also happens when there is a conflict between Outlook and add-in...
Advantage and disadvantages of String Implementation in JAVA
Advantages of the String implementation in JAVA 1. Compilation creates unique strings. At compile time, strings are resolved as far as possible. This includes applying the concatenation operator and converting other literals to strings. So hi7 and (hi+7) both get resolved at compile time to the same string, and are identical objects in the class string pool. Compilers differ in their ability to achieve this resolution. You can always check your compiler (e.g., by decompiling some statements involving concatenation) and change it if needed. 2. Because String objects are immutable, a substring operation doesnât need to copy the entire underlying sequence of characters. Instead, a substring can...
If You're Serious About Your Business - M.A.P. it Out!
When I'm traveling to someplace new, I like to get directions beforehand. Sure there's something to be said for the proverbial "scenic routes" and "roads less traveled," but, as Yogi Berra noted, "You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." A business plan serves a similar purpose. It's like MapQuest®, except that you choose both the destination and the route you want to take. And, like MapQuest®, it needn't be overly detailed, drawn in pretty colors, or able to fit in your pocket; it just needs to give you a good sense of where you're going and how you intend to get there. If you're serious about starting or growing your business, M...
There are many times when you may want to get your ex back fast, but you just do not know how to go about it. It is amazing how many relationships can easily be salvaged if the situation is approached properly. The problem is that most people will handle the situation strictly from an emotional standpoint and that is simply going to set you up for heartbreak and failure. In order to get your ex back fast you have to treat the situation with respect and attack it with a rational mind. Trying to handle the breakup, and your planned get together, with just your emotions can easily force your loved one further away. The reason behind this is that you are likely an emotional wreck right now. The first...
Forex Trading Strategies Or Forex Trading System?
If you've been in the Forex trading game for any number of days, hours or minutes you'll have realized there are a plethora of applications, strategies and methods available to get you the results you want. Mad confusion, so which are better and for what purpose? Don't stop now, keep reading! Let's start with the big one, Forex trading strategies. One thing you should understand before even thinking about designing or getting help with a trading strategy is you need knowledge of the trading game. You try to develop a strategy or get one from someone else but you have little to no knowledge you're likely to lose money. So if you don't know the market, skip the next paragraph because they're not for...
Are You Drowning In E-Mail ?
Learn to Reduce Email Overload By 54% E-mail is Making You Stupid! At least, that's what a headline in the March edition of Entrepreneur Magazine claims. But that's not all... a survey from the Radicall Group says we are in for a 42% increase in e-mail traffic between 2010 and 2012. If you think you get too much email now, the survey projects that we'll go from 294 billion pieces of e-mail traffic to 419 billion. We're all drowning in a tsunami of e-mail overload! The article in Entrepreneur Magazine put this issue into a perspective that every organization in the world can understand. The cost to performance resulting from this tsunami of e-mail (which I call the "digital deluge" in terms of stress...
Jackets Mountain Resorts are the best Vacation Fashion
Going to the Alps? Travelling to the place to see the snow capped mountains? I have the summer and was one completely unprepared for a while. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, if you go sight seeing and part of the tour includes snow capped mountains, which would definitely need warm enough clothes to help you brave is cold. A fleece sweater or winter jacket is essential. You do not have to sacrifice good looks for warmth. Yes, you can keep warm by insulating your clothes with newspapers, but added that the group makes you look fatter. A baggy sweater you will be warm, but you would apparently ten or more difficult to score in it if you are not careful. Your best bet will be a sleek ski jacket that...
The Role Of ADHD Therapy In The Homework Battle
ADHD kids who suffer from behaviour disorders need structures, routines and schedules as part of a bigger plan which usually forms the basis of ADHD behaviour therapy. Homework is just one example where this can work quite well. Let me give you an example. The homework battle with ADHD kids and teens can sometimes be a tough one because the parents often lose. But it need not be like that. Here are two things you can do if homework is not being done. If your child has no interest in homework, he or she can be tempted with certain rewards. In this way there is positive reinforcement for good behaviour rather than taking away privileges for homework not done. Secondly, if you cannot keep track of the...
Job Search "blurts"
Job Search "Blurts" I coined this word to draw attention to the nervous and apprehensive way of saying something in the job search that makes the job seeker feel like a buffoon. A “blurt” is a catchy way of saying: Gaffe. When is a blurt inappropriate? An example would be when an interviewer has explained to you what the job duties are and your say: “Oh, I can’t work on Saturdays”. The interviewer has not said anything about Saturday work, just talking to you about what the job duties are. You, as a job seeker, have been thinking ahead, possibly, but you made a “big blurt”. You were not listening and fumbled your way out of the next phase of the interview, if there is to be one...
Adult Add: Get Chunking!
Prioritization is one of the things that's totally abhorred by people with ADD. Logical, linear-thinking people have no problem when they sit down to write out the steps to a project---the first thing you do is step one, then two, then three. And linear thinking people have no problem with that. ADD people, on the other hand, have a horrible time thinking one, two, three. Because we say A, D, 27, 17, 0. And it all makes sense to us. Add people see the big picture, but even more... the universal picture, about how things fit together. Because of that, randomness seems perfectly normal to us. It makes sense, where linear-thinking people just don't get it. Except, what happens because of this is...
Adult ADHD - Trying To Find a Solution
Adult ADHD is a disorder that is rather common among children but few are aware that over half of the children diagnosed will carry this disorder with them into adulthood. A further concern is that most adults with attention deficit disorder do not know that they have it and it is left untreated. For adults the symptoms are very similar but in more of a grown up way. They have difficulty following directions, retaining information, concentrating, being organized, and when these problems are not addressed it can lead to many problems vocationally, academically, emotionally, and socially. In childhood it is likely that more boys will have ADD than girls. As they get older, it tends to balance itself...
Time Management for Adults with ADD: Planning is Your Roadmap
Copyright (c) 2010 Jennifer Koretsky Planning is something that adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) have a lot of difficulty with. So many things in life require planning. Getting organized requires a plan. Doing a project (like a report at work or a paper at school) requires a plan. And time management, especially, requires a plan. Now before we go any further, let me be really clear about this: While it's true that ADDers have difficulty planning, this doesn't mean that we can't plan. The problem is that we usually don't think we need a plan! We often don't want to "waste time" by creating a plan in advance, and we trust ourselves to just wing it. But this rarely works. It just leads to a...
Parents - Determining ADHD in Children
Parents and teachers are increasingly and consistently becoming aware of the problem of ADHD in children. Studies have shown that as many as five percent of children in the United States (and other comparable societies) suffer from something like attention deficit disorder...or its twin attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Because of the focus it has been getting from parents and teachers in recent decades, this "real" mental disorder in children has also garnered much attention (no pun intended) from medical and psychological communities. As a result there are significant resources available not only for the purpose of the diagnosis in children, but also for its treatment. Even though there...
ADHD Treatment - Is a Cure Possible?
Effective treatment of ADHD is not something that just happens or is the same procedure for everyone. A plan has to be established. Research has discovered that attention deficit disorder is a biological and the problems originate with the chemicals that send messages to the brain. Genetics plays a large role in this mental disorder, but on rare occasions toxins from the environment as well as head trauma can play a significant role. One can not consider a treatment plan for ADD unless they have discovered what it is that causes it. Contrary to what some may think, there is no scientific relationship between it causes and eating too much sugar, food additives, allergies, or immunizations. It is...
Country Living - Help For Attention Deficit Disorder?
Scientists don't understand why Attention Deficit Disorder is increasing so quickly. One reason may be that more and more people are living in congested, overcrowded situations. A hundred years ago when most people lived on farms or in small towns with a lot of rural space...ADD ADHD wasn't even recognized by the medical community. However, there may be something to the constant stimulation of modern life. With its quick pace and technology...like... automobiles, microwaves, cell phones and computers, these devices can over-stimulate and stress out those who suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder. Some scientists actually believe living in crowded cities causes changes to the human brain...and ADD...
Designing a Calm ADD - ADHD Home Atmosphere
Attention Deficit Disorder is a mild brain disorder thatis passed down from parent to child. If one parent has Adult ADHD, then their child has a 50%chance of inheriting it. If both parents have it, a childis almost 90% likely to have attention deficit disorder. This means there may be more than one ADHD child in afamily. What this means is that attention deficit disorderhyperactive children who have trouble concentrating andsitting still are born to hyperactive ADHD adults who havetrouble organizing their day and staying focused on tasks. This is a real problem, because the ADHD child does bestin a very structured environment. They function best whenthere is a definite routine followed hour by...
Understanding and Organizing With ADD-ADHD
When I was a child ADD/ADHD was not a diagnosis that had been identified. Iwas considered hyper active and was the child who presented a challenge tothe teacher because I could talk to my neighbor, and at the same time knowwhat question the teacher was asking and then answer the question. If youwere in my school I could have been the one sitting in the hall so I couldn'ttalk to my neighbor. It used to be that anyone who couldn't stay organized was easily distracted,and tended to be overly energetic. Children were labeled "problems" andadults were thought to be lost causes. But today, we realize there is anorganic brain condition that causes some people to think and functiondifferently than the...