Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Facebook Shortcut Keys For Firefox And Internet Explorer




Just while using Facebook.com, use these Shortcut Keys For Facebook as shown in the table

Shift+Alt+0 : facebook help center

Shift+Alt+1 : facebook homepage

Shift+Alt+2 : your facebook profile page

Shift+Alt+3 : friend request

Shift+Alt+4 : messages

Shift+Alt+5 : notification

Shift+Alt+6 : account page

Shift+Alt+7 : privacy setting

Shift+Alt+8 : facebook's page on facebook

Shift+Alt+9 : facebook terms of use

Shift+Alt+? : enable search

Shift+Alt+m : compose a new message

Some Greatly Usefull Websites !!!


http://www.ehow.com/
This site has answers to almost all the problems u can think of... from how to 'Moonwalk like MJ' to 'how to tie ur tie n laces'.
Try it on!!!!

http://www.imagechef.com/
Using This site,u can customize ur photos whatever way u like, create photoframes, custom backgrounds, or create custom templates

http://www.webdesign.org/
A web presence is necessary for many bussinesses.Its like an identity.But thats not enough, You should have ideas to make your website stand unique...
Webdesign.org teaches u all the theoretical n practical aspects of an effective n interactive website....

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/history/
This site has a complete catalogue of the world's famous hoaxes n april fool..Read some, this kindoff stuff is listened to very intently in a group while chit chattin, try for urself

On This website u can read and download all Indian Magazines for free...

http://www.thesitewizard.com/
This site has answers to almost all ur website building queries..from how to build a website, to how to make it even more secure...

http://www.straightdope.com/
This site brings all the strange question n answers at ur fingertips, like What does OK stand for??? What is a MOJO....

http://desktoppublishing.com/
A collection of resources for fonts, templates, clip art and more. Includes desktop publishing forums and application reviews. This site all u will need for desktop publishing..Alll the links to other sites are useful as well...

http://paranormal.about.com/
This can proove a very entertainig website.I visit this site quite often. An internet guide to paranormal phenomena, with feature articles, website guides,n other links. Topics covered include automatic writing, cryptozoology, ghosts & spirits, human mysteries, and more.

http://www.logicalfallacies.info/
Go to this comprehensive yet concise site for explanations and examples of common false arguments. Navigate by category and follow links between connected fallacies. Includes a translation of Latin terms for fallacies into English. Learn the definition of a logical fallacy.

http://www.mapcrow.info/
This is a very useful website which directly calculates the coordinates and distance between most international cities. Displays a simple map of the results.

http://www.bored.com/
This site will be useful at times when u have nothin to do, n thinking what to do.
This is a good site with lots of online games, jigsaw puzzles,tic-tac-toe,sudoku and many others. Enter 'musicmania' to entertain you, n also teach you stuff like how to play music on your cell phone..A joke section, bad date stories,n much more, just go n see for urself!!!!

http://www.addtoany.com/
Help your visitors share, save and subscribe to your content with AddToAny widgets

http://www.soyouwanna.com/
So you wanna save some money??? Wanna some beauty tips??? Buy apartments??? Leanrn to pla mah-jongg??? Buy a laptop..?
This site teachs you anything and everything they dont teach at school

Monday, August 22, 2011

Some Important Mobile Tricks...(Indian Version)



Aircel Now Provides "Balance Transfer Facility"


Aircel has introduced “Balance Transfer” facility for its prepaid subscribers, where in a valid Aircel prepaid subscriber can transfer a defined denomination to another valid Aircel subscriber when in need.

With this new facility in place, the prepaid Aircel subscriber after opting the service will be charged with a nominal processing fee of Re.1 per transaction starting from denomination of Rs.5 respectively. However, the subscriber will be allowed only one such transaction per day and can transfer a maximum of Rs.100 to other Aircel mobile subscribers.

Before transferring the desired denomination to another Aircel Mobile subscriber, Aircel subscriber has to follow simple steps on his mobile by calling *122*666# ( automated IVR)

Processing Fees Details:- (For more details contact customer care)

Amount to be Transferred --- Processing Charge
5 1
10 2
25 2
50 2
75 2
100 2

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SAMSUNG MOBILE TRICKS

*#06# SHOW IM OF PHONE

*#9999# Show software version

*#0001# Display RS232 serial communication parameter setup

*#8999*228# Display battery capacity and temperature / voltage

*#8999*523# Adjust display contrast

*#8999*636# Display storage capacity

*#8999*778# Display SIM card information

*#8999*324# The network checkout (engineering model)

*#8999*289# Ringtone test

*#8999*364# Display Watchdog state

*#8999*427# WATCHDOG signal route setup

*#8999*842# Vibrate test

*#8999*782# Show date and alarm clock

*#8999*246# Show the memory capacity

*#8999*786# The display during warning

*#8999*837# Samsung hardware version

*#8999*377# Software error LOG (wrong display of EEPROM)

*#8999*638# Show network information

*#8999*9266# Display received channel number and received intensity

NOTE: this tricks will not work for all mobiles, it will work for latest mobile and some will work for some phones

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NOKIA MOBILE TRICKS

*3370#
Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5%

#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)

*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time

*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec

*#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type

*#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work

*#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number)

#pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

#pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

#pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

#pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

*#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last

*#1471# Last call (Only vodofone)

*#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are diverted to

*#2640# Displays security code in use

*#30# Lets you see the private number

*#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your phone.

*#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply" calls are diverted to

*#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unreachable (no service)" calls are diverted to

*#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls" are diverted to

*#67705646# Removes operator logo on 3310 & 3330

*#73# Reset phone timers and game scores

*#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it means you will get the best standby time possible

*#7760# Manufactures code

*#7780# Restore factory settings

*#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110

*#92702689# Displays - 1.Serial Number, 2.Date Made, 3.Purchase Date, 4.Date of last repair (0000 for no repairs), 5.Transfer User Data. To exit this mode you need to switch your phone off then on again

*#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem

**21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone number entered

**61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone number entered

**67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number entered

12345 This is the default security code

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tips to improve your Memory


Memory improvement can be achieved in two ways: 1) by improving the health of your brain, and 2) using memory skills. These are easier to do than you might think, but you have to make the effort. Here are few of the great memory improvement tips on this site:


Stay Sharp with Brain Games. Keeping your memory sharp can be fun. There are over 75 free brain games on this site you can play anytime you want. These games help improve memory, attention, concentration, and more. Believe it or not, I've even added a free version of Dual N-Back, the only brain game proven to raise IQ!

Maybe It's a Sleep Problem... It's amazing how poor sleep can hurt your memory. If you have trouble sleeping at night or simply are not getting enough hours of sleep, it could be causing your memory problems. Check out the Sleep and Memory page for great tips on getting more sleep and better sleep.

Fish Oil - The New Memory Fix. Do you or someone you know have problems concentrating? An Omega-3 deficiency sometimes causes this problem, because modern diets often don't provide enough of this nutrient. In one study in Britain, school children with poor concentration and memory who received Fish Oil vitamins showed a big improvement in behavior and school performance. Read more about the many benefits of fish oil supplements.

Grow New Brain Cells. Amazingly, it is possible to grow new brain cells (neurons) in the memory center of your brain. According to research, intense aerobic exercise (such as running, biking, etc.) stimulates the growth of cells in the brain's hippocampus.

Memorize Like Never Before. The Memory Systems collection, a special group of memory techniques based on mental visualization and association, is the real miracle that most people have never heard of. Use these methods to memorize lists, definitions, reading material, phone numbers, people's names, mathematical formulas, or virtually any other type of information.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Great Tips to find Happiness in Life :-)

If one of your New Year's resolutions include finding happiness, we've got 10 happiness-boosting tips for you.
Happy Couple

HAPPINESS IS INFECTIOUS

According to recent findings from the Framingham Heart Study, your happiness is largely dependent on the happiness of those around you. The study, recently published in the British Medical Journal, suggests that happiness is catching and that emotional states – such as happiness – can be transferred from one person to another – directly and indirectly. So not only is finding happiness going to be a healthy boon for you, it is also going to foster happiness in those to whom you are connected.

HAPPINESS TIP #1: CULTIVATE GRATITUDE

Like happiness, being thankful and more positive in your everyday life can be contagious – just as being negative and always complaining can be quite catching. In her article Five ways to cultivate an attitude of gratitude, Susie Michelle Cortright says, “Help your friends develop more positive traits by living those positive traits yourself. Know what kind of friends will help you nurture your soul, and set out to find some.”

HAPPINESS TIP #2: BANISH YOUR BAD MOODS

According to Handan T. Satiroglu, author of Be Happy: Tips to banish bad moods, finding happiness is taking time to play and including laughter into your every day. She explains, “Laughter is a marvelous medicine with no side effects. It is the great tranquilizer of life. In all stages of laughter, the brain releases endorphins, those feel-good compounds that increase your sense of peace and serenity. Laughter even stops hyperventilation, regulates digestion, blood pressure, and boosts immunity function.”

HAPPINESS TIP #3: DON’T THINK YOU CAN BUY HAPPINESS

A study published in the British Medical Journal suggests money won’t buy you happiness. Research from Mexico, Ghana, Sweden, USA and the UK shows that despite vastly different levels of wealth, citizens of these countries report similar levels of satisfaction. And most advanced nations have seen almost no change to individuals' happiness levels over the last 50 years, despite a huge hike in income. Researchers suggest focusing on family and personal relationships as key to finding long-term happiness.

HAPPINESS TIP #4: GET HITCHED

A study out of Cornell University suggests that committed relationships increase happiness. Researchers found that married people are the happiest, followed by people who cohabit, those in steady relationships and then those in casual relationships. Unpartnered people report the lowest levels of well-being and happiness.

HAPPINESS TIP #5: STAY EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED

It’s not enough to simply be in a relationship, you must also foster a strong emotional connection. A study in the journal Social Forces indicates that emotional engagement is the key to marital happiness. Research suggests that wives are far happier when they feel emotionally connected to their husbands. So instead of just searching for happiness, focus on ways to bring you and your significant closer.

HAPPINESS TIP #6: TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT HAPPINESS

In the article Five ways to raise joyful kids, our health and wellness experts recommend finding what in life makes your own spirit sing and revel in it. Your kids learn about life from you – and by prioritizing self-care (aka doing things that make you happy), you are teaching them the importance of self-nurture, which is a key in finding happiness. Happiness is contagious – they will catch it from you and then give it to others, now and into adulthood.

HAPPINESS TIP #7: GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION

With the rat race of life, it is crucial for you to stop and savor something pleasurable or even indulgent – on a regular basis. In the article Seven secrets to happiness, author Meaghan Buchan recommends, “Splurge on a gourmet sandwich one day for lunch instead of brown bagging it. Surf the Web rather than returning that hundredth e-mail. Get the deluxe spa pedicure.” Giving into temptation every once in a while will reaffirm the hope that long-term happiness is possible.

HAPPINESS TIP #8: STRESS LESS

Though it is definitely easier said than done, reducing your stress levels can help you in finding happiness. Sarah Wassner Flynn, author of Easy ways to reduce stress and boost your happiness, recommends sweating your stress away. “All you need is about 20 minutes each day to completely clear your head of your worries – even if it is only temporarily. Load up your iPod with high-energy playlists and go for a power walk or a run,” Flynn adds. And if exercise doesn’t do it for you, be sure to check out our top tips to reduce stress for even more ideas to lessen your stress and up your happy factor.

HAPPINESS TIP #9: ACCEPT WHAT IS

Your perception is reality. If you look around you and everything is wonderful but you remain unhappy and unfulfilled, then the problem lies within you, with how you think or perceive life. In the article Enjoy what is, our health and wellness experts suggest that you learn to accept what is, cultivate a grateful attitude toward everything and give yourself permission to feel good and enjoy your life. Sometimes simply giving yourself permission to be happy is all it takes to eliminate and move beyond your limiting beliefs. You have permission! Be happy.

HAPPINESS TIP #10: PUT THE SECRETS OF HAPPINESS INTO PLAY

In my article The five secrets to happiness, John Izzo PhD, who is the author of The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die, says “It is not enough to know the secrets, we must live them. Someone once told me ‘If you want to live a happy life; ask someone who has lived one’.”

Finding happiness is as easy as putting the secrets of happiness into daily practice – and just think, you’ll be discovering happiness for yourself and fostering it in those around you, too.

Top 10 Tips for a Dynamic Restaurant


Restaurant concepts are only limited by imagination and budget. There are so many possibilities, how do you know what kind of restaurant to run? Here's a guide to help you decide.

1. Make Sure Your Concept is Different Enough
If there're a lot of traditional red-sauce Italian restaurants in your area, for example, then maybe you shouldn't open another one, even if you think your mom's recipe for lasagna is out of this world. Make sure that your concept will be distinguishable by the average consumer. The restaurant business is competitive enough without you having to go head-to-head with established eateries. Remember, one of the keys to a restaurant's success is having a concept that stands out from the crowd.

2. Don't Be Too Far Ahead of Your Time
While you need to be different, don't be so different in your concept that customers won't "get it." If you're too weird or too different, you'll have to spend too much time educating your clientele. Opening a raw food eatery in Pocatello, Idaho, for instance, may not fly.
Do your research and make sure friends easily understand your concept. Remember, the best concepts are variations on a theme -- not a totally new theme.

3. Don't Price Yourself Out of the Market
Be careful your concept will allow you to offer menu items at prices that the market will bear. You may have a great idea for a fine steak and seafood eatery, but if you're planning to open in an area where poor students and struggling artists mainly live, you better make sure that customers who can afford your prices will be banging down your door.
Remember that the concept needs to be right and the prices need to be within reach of local patrons.

4. Don't Design A Menu that Will Make Food Costs Skyrocket
Grandiose menus with many exotic ingredients don't pay off unless you're a top restaurant charging over $100 a head. Smart menu design uses the same ingredients over and over again in clever ways, so that food buying can be done efficiently.
A well-thought-out menu will have chicken breast in one dish, for example, chicken stock in another and gizzard stuffing as a side, so that the entire chicken can be used, saving money on buying just breasts.

5. Make Sure Your Concept Will Be Profitable
Some concepts look good on the drawing board, but in reality they can't make money. Either they take too long in the kitchen, require too much labor, or cause patrons to linger and slow turns.
Make sure that your concept will make money with up to 50% less business and 50% more costs. With spreadsheet programs, it's easy to change your numbers. Don't rely on the best case scenario. Stuff happens. Make sure your concept is flexible enough so that you can make adustments.

6. Good Concepts Are On-Trend
Strong concepts take a current trend like healthy fast-food, the rise in popularity of tea, or the growing love of Latina food and run with them. They leverage the popularity of a growing trend, not a fad. They deliver solid execution, fair prices, good service and offer menu items in an atmosphere that is current and popular.
Remember that you'll going against the current if you try to be too avant garde or too retro.

7. Your Concept Has to be Easily Identifiable
If people can't pronounce or spell the name of your restaurant it's not good. Don't think it's uber trendy. If the name is too foreign or the font you choose for your logo is so unusual that it's hard to read, you're shooting yourself in the foot.
Spend some time to come up with a unique name that is easy to spell and preferably starts with one of the first letters in the alphabet. The name of our restaurant was "Beyond Measure."

8. Take Inspiration from Other Sources
It's ok to borrow from other eateries and museums that you've seen in your travels. Maybe a museum in Texas had a great exhibit that gave you an idea for the lighting in your restaurant. Maybe a restaurant in Chicago had a cocktail that was dynamite and inspired you to create a similar one in Florida. Recipes and unpatented ideas are in the public domain and are out there to inspire you.

9. Make Sure Your Concept Fits the Location
So you had this great idea for a burger joint, but you lucked out and got a seaside location. You now serve burgers and fries in a place that attracts lovebirds seeking a romantic seafood meal. Oops! Maybe you should re-think your concept. How 'bout dressing up the menu and dining area for dinner, offering fresh broiled fish and offering lobster burgers at lunch, removing the candles and flowers from the tables.

10. Make Sure You Love the Concept
Any successful restaurateur will tell you that they created their concept because it's the type of restaurant they love to eat at. If you create a restaurant because you think it'll be popular or because a silent partner convinced you to -- beware.
With all the time, energy, and money you'll be putting into the place, make sure you love the idea and are passionate about the menu.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

100 Tiny Tips for Teaching Your Baby



You're probably well aware that learning starts before your baby is even born. But did you know that there are many things you can do to help nurse and nurture your baby's educational development? We've collected 100 things you can do to make your baby as smart as it can be.




Eating

Teach your baby how to eat food with the help of these tips.

  1. Introduce a sippy cup: As soon as your baby can grasp objects with both hands, try using a sippy cup.
  2. Eat the food yourself: When your baby is exploring an unfamiliar food, take a bite of the food yourself and show how much you enjoy it.
  3. Start a handwashing ritual: Wash your hands, and your baby's along with them to start a healthy habit.
  4. Encourage imitation: Put a spoon or fork in your baby's hand and encourage him to copy you.
  5. Buy unbreakable items: Put your baby's food on a special plate that can be dropped and played with.
  6. Let your baby try solids as early as you think she's ready: Your child may be ready for solids earlier than 6 months.
  7. Use baby utensils: Give your child forks and spoons made especially for toddler hands.
  8. Keep feeding times short: Don't overwhelm your baby with lots of food on her plate.
  9. Let your child choose his own food: Place food pieces on his plate, and let him pick and choose.
  10. Be patient: Understand that finishing a meal will take longer when your child is feeding herself.
  11. Avoid pressure: Don't force feed food or you could create unhealthy attitudes about eating.
  12. Spear the food first: Help your child use a fork by spearing food for him first.
  13. Be ready for a mess: Your child will definitely be making a mess-stock up on plastic mats and large bibs.
  14. Don't be surprised by erratic feeding: Your baby may eat solids frequently, or skip them for a while.

Reading & Language

These tips will help you develop an early love of reading, language, and understanding.

  1. Read to your baby from birth: Pick out a picture book and talk about the pictures.
  2. Show that books are important: Make your child excited about books by reading to him frequently.
  3. Use flash cards: Flash words for about 30 seconds, and put them away several times each day.
  4. Move quickly: Show flash cards for a word about 15 times and then move on, but be sure to review.
  5. Start early: Start introducing words and letters as soon as your baby can interact with you.
  6. Speak in "parentese": Use a higher-pitched, friendly, and exaggerated tone of voice to make your words longer and clearer than normal adult speech.
  7. Use props and posters: Teach your child letters by repeatedly showing your child items with that letter.
  8. Describe your baby's senses: Talk about what your baby is looking at, touching, smelling, and listening to.
  9. Listen to music: Sing and dance along to music for fun and learning.
  10. Use many of the same words over and over: Help your baby in the "fast mapping" stage by using the same words frequently.
  11. Make your speech sow and distinct: Have talks with your little one, and emphasize important words by moving your mouth and tongue slowly and distinctly.
  12. Ask questions: Younger babies can answer questions by looking.
  13. Talk to your baby: Speak clearly and look at your baby while you speak, and tell him what you're doing as you are doing it.
  14. Repeat speech patterns back: When your baby vocalizes, repeat it back to them, even babbling, to show you heard what they said and understand.
  15. Praise their accomplishments: Smile and talk joyfully when your baby makes progress in speech.

Playing

Use these tips to make playtime learning time.

  1. Make your child aware of toys: Make sure your baby can see a toy if you want him to play with it.
  2. Encourage independent play: Leave your child alone with some of her favorite toys for a short period of time, and peek in periodically to give a sense of security.
  3. Describe toys: Describe toys when you introduce your baby to them.
  4. Get creative with toys: Pot covers can be just as fun as store bought toys.
  5. Practice imitation: Show your baby how to play with yours, and encourage her to imitate what you're doing.
  6. Use a confined space: If you're baby can't sit on his own yet, line a laundry basket with a towel or blanket and put some toys in it.

Motor Skills

These tips will help you develop your baby's motor skills.

  1. Place your baby stomach down on the floor: Use tummy time to encourage head control development.
  2. Use puzzles: Get your baby started with jigsaw puzzles.
  3. : Put a mirror or large picture in front of your baby to get her to look up.

  4. Play hide and seek: Peek a boo and other hide and seek games can teach your baby motor skills and hand movements.
  5. Dangle eye-catching objects over your baby: Give your baby the opportunity to swipe at objects above him.
  6. Get baby-sized Lego blocks: Teach your baby to fit pieces together with the help of large Lego blocks.
  7. Use blocks: Play a game of blocks to learn about stacking, arranging, letters, spelling, and colors.
  8. Place toys within reach: Let your baby grasp at toys while laying on the floor.
  9. Play with peg and hole toys: These toys can teach shapes, hand/eye coordination, and motor skills.
  10. Hide and seek: Letting items disappear and reappear in your hand will show your baby that our of sight things can still exist.
  11. Give your baby lots of space: Encourage rolling over by giving your baby plenty of space to practice.
  12. Play ball: Sit on the floor and roll your ball back and forth between you.

Colors

Teach your baby colors with the help of these tips.

  1. Play catch with different colored balls: As you roll or throw balls to your infant, call out the colors of the balls you're using.
  2. Stick to one color each week: Pick a color and introduce it to your baby for a whole week.
  3. Watch cars: Watch cars go by and say the color each time.
  4. Use cloths in different colors: Teach colors and words with plain color cloths.
  5. Call out colors in picture books: When you're reading picture books, say the color of the things you see.
  6. Gather objects of one color: Put items of all one color in a shoe box and show your baby those items.
  7. Say the color of grocery items: At the grocery store hold items in front of your baby and say the color.

Walking

Take these tips, and encourage your baby to walk.

  1. Don't push your child to walk too early: Your baby's legs may not be ready to support her, so don't push your baby too early.
  2. Be sure the floor is not slippery: Your baby may find it difficult to balance on a slippery floor.
  3. Babyproof: Before teaching your baby to walk, check out your home for sharp corners, ledges, and stairs.
  4. Make sure there's furniture for support: Be sure that your child has furniture to hold onto for support.
  5. Line chairs against a wall: Put a toy at the end of a line of chairs to encourage your baby to hold onto chairs and reach a toy.
  6. Stay close: Your child will probably only walk one or two steps before looking for support, so be close.
  7. Pull your baby up into a standing position: When your baby starts crawling, pull her up to the next step of standing.
  8. Blow bubbles: Give your child something fun to chase by gently blowing bubbles.
  9. Hold hands: Hold your baby's hand as it learns balance.
  10. Avoid shoes inside: Have your child go barefoot to improve balance and coordination.
  11. Position elbows: Gently draw elbows towards your baby's body to encourage crawling.
  12. Give them support: When your child starts to stand on their own, give them support until they are ready to go on their own.
  13. Put new toys in slightly high places: Motivate a curious baby with toys in places that are out of reach unless standing.
  14. Stand or kneel with your hands out: Get in front of your child and encourage him to walk to wards you.
  15. Scoot down the stairs: Teach your baby to scoot down the stairs by showing her how to go feet first.
  16. Use a hula hoop: Hold a hula hook and guide your baby to step or crawl through it.
  17. Avoid using a walker: Walkers can be dangerous and cause injuries.
  18. Use toys that teach pushing and pulling: Give your child toys for pushing and pulling, which encourages walking.
  19. Encourage exercise: Help your baby develop coordination and balance with physical games and toys.
  20. Show your baby how to bend knees: Teach your baby how to bend its knees so your baby can sit down without toppling over.

Sharing

These tips help teach the all-important concept of sharing.

  1. Offer a bite of your meal: Give your child a bite of your meal and explain that you're sharing.
  2. Let your child hide his favorites: Before friends come over, allow your child to pick a few of his most favorite toys that he doesn't have to share.
  3. Explain sharing goes two ways: Tell your baby that sharing means you can play with other babies' toys too, if you share yours as well.
  4. Take unshared toys away: If your baby won't share a toy, take it away-no one will play with it.
  5. Let kids teach your child: Your baby's friends will let him know how unhappy they are that she's not sharing.
  6. Teach bartering: Start a trade process to exchange toys.
  7. Reinforce "proto-sharing": Even if your child just shows an object without letting go, praise this big step towards sharing.
  8. Thank your child for sharing: Encourage good behavior by thanking your child when he shares.
  9. Say thank you: When your child gives something to you, smile and say thank you, then give it back to her.
  10. Suggest handing toys over: Suggest to your child that he should pass his toy to a friend.

Sign Language

Explore sign language with your baby using these tips.

  1. Add new signs quickly: Add new signs, especially visible items.
  2. Use repetition: Use signs and the word together a few times in a row to reinforce it.
  3. Make use of picture books: Point out items in picture books while signing.
  4. Use flash cards: Make flash cards with a sign on one side and the word on the other side.
  5. Make sign language a part of play: Use playtime to "pretend" emotions and share their signs.
  6. Make a commitment: Make a firm commitment to stick with sign language so you don't stop if results don't happen immediately.
  7. Use every opportunity to model signs: When your baby wants to get our of the high chair, do the "out" sign, or use the "up" sign when your baby wants to be picked up.
  8. Believe in it: Believe in what you are doing, and don't give credit to naysayers.
  9. Help your baby model the signs: Take your baby's hands and guide them to do the sign.
  10. Start with essentials: Start out by teaching your baby essential signs like Mommy, Daddy, milk, and eat.
  11. Use signs in everyday life: Make signs a part of everyday interaction with your baby.

Swimming

You can teach your baby to swim using these ideas.

  1. Make sure your baby can grasp the wall: Give your baby the security of knowing the wall is there, and can be used for safety.
  2. Don't use floaties: Floaties provide a false sense of security and can encourage a counterproductive upright position in the water.
  3. Start slowly: Get started by just getting a little pool water on your baby.
  4. Show her how to kick her legs: Pull your baby through the water while moving her legs in a kicking motion and verbally telling her to kick.
  5. Keep lessons short: Control for the natural fatigue with short, frequent lessons.

8 Ways to access some blocked sites !


Businesses are much more clever now: they see how popular the web and social networking is and often block those sites from employee access. Not only are work places doing this, but so are schools, colleges, even some libraries and churches. If you want to access your social networking profiles, email or blogs from one of these locations, it can be frustrating. At a company that does live chat customer support software that I work for we needed to access our tools from all over the world and it was very difficult. Also we all know that it’s really hard to stay away from these sites for 8-9 hours a day while at work or school; so here are 8 methods you can use to access these blocked sites.

Proxy Servers

Proxies are the most popular method of accessing blocked websites because they can bypass network restrictions. They help protect your privacy by letting you surf anonymously and securely. The connections are encrypted and help to prevent monitoring on your network, so it will never be traced back to you. Best of all they’re very simple to use: enter your URL and check/uncheck a few specifications and you’ll be surfing within seconds.

Examples: Hide My Ass, Proxify, Rocketsurf, Web Proxy, Orkut.pk, BackFox.

Short URL

Sometimes converting the domain you’re trying to access to a short URL might work. More than likely the short URL service will not banned or blocked from your network and you’ll have no problems accessing it. However, if the short URL redirects back to the domain you’re trying to access, then you still won’t be able to access it.

Examples: bit.ly, TinyURL, is.gd, SnipURL.

Google Cache

Most search engines have a cached version of a web page. These are stored versions from the past. What Google does is take a snapshot of each web page and then stores it as a backup. It won’t be the most recent version, but it should be good enough until you can access the actual page later from your own personal computer.

You can access a cached version by clicking on the “cached” link from search results, or using the Google cache search operator (cache:www.domain.com) – where domain.com is the actual blocked domain that you want to access.

Receive by Email

With a services like Web2Mail Lite, you can access any web page right from your email account. To request an instant delivery of any web page, simply send an email to www@web2mail.com. Be sure to enter the URL address of the web page you want to receive in the subject of your message. You’ll usually receive a reply within 5 minutes.

View as a PDF

With PDFmyURL you can view any web page as a PDF file. Just enter the URL and you’ll get an instant document to download. They also have a bookmarklet that you can add to your browser bookmarks bar so that you can easily convert any web page you’re viewing to a PDF file.

Translation Services

Translation services allow you to translate a web page from one language to another, but where the catch comes in is that the translated page is displayed on their own server. You can re-translate any page, even if you don’t need to. You just want the services to fetch the content and display it as a page on their own domain. The downside is that it may not work for all websites and it sometimes strips all of the styling from the page that it translates.

Examples: Google Translate, Yahoo! Babel Fish, SDL FreeTranslation, Tolingo.

Subscribe to RSS Feed

Most websites now support RSS feeds, which is great because you can subscribe to them in a feed reader or by email. This comes in handy because you don’t have to access the actual website in order to view the content (updates, new articles, etc.) There are even some social networks that now support RSS feeds, so you can subscribe to updates from your friends and view them within your reader or by email.

Examples: Google Reader, Feedingo, Bloglines, NewsBlur, FeedMyInbox, FeedBlitz.

Google Mobile Version

You can use Google mobile to access a mobile optimized version of most websites. It displays the normal HTML pages as if you were viewing them on a mobile device and also removes any JavaScript and CSS scripts. It also breaks longer pages into several smaller pages for you.

To get the mobile version of a web page, enter www.google.com/gwt/n?u=domain.com into the address bar – where domain.com is the blocked domain that you want to access. Alternately, you can also use a service like Mowser to get the mobilized version of a web page.

These methods may not work for everyone or for every website; it will take some trial and error to figure out which methods are effective. Just be careful as some of these methods may put you at risk for breaching company regulations.