Which Precious Stone is Effective on Which Ailment?

Do you know how amazing effects of precious stones on humans are? Since the birth of human-beings, people have been using stones. History of recognizing gems begins in the Medieval Age in places such as Egypt, Rome, India. People put them on themselves, because they love wearing different colourful materials, however they have several expectations from these materials. There are some types of stones that people use for health and also as an ornament. Three important gems-amethyst, aventurine, lapislazulina- have several beneficial effects on human.

There are some beneficial features of the ‘amethyst’ stone. Amethyst stones have some good points on human body. First of all, it prevents cancer illness by reinforcing immune system. It cleans the blood and balances the blood circulation. Moreover it relieves migrain’s pain, so people who wear this stone can feel more contented. Amethyst water makes the faces more beautiful. Its water gives softness to the skin. Also, amethyst stone has effects on human psychology. It makes you without stress. It takes the bad energy from the body and drives the stress away. Then it provides a better sleep. If it is put a little part of the amethyst under  pillow,  there will be sufficient comfortable sleep. Furthermore, it averts radiation. X-rays can be kept away by amethyst.

There are some useful effects of ‘aventurine’, too. Aventurine stones have advantages inside the body. This gem protects you from cholesterol. It keeps the body balanced and it supply to the body rapidly circulation. Additionally, this stone prevents panic-attack especially if you wear aventurine necklace. The reason for necklace is that necklace proximity is near heart and heart is in the sphere of aventurine’s influence. Aventurine is used on skin, too. Its water fades the acnes and makes the skin smooth. It eradicates the stains on face.

Third important gem is ‘lapislazulina’ and it has worthy features, too. Lapislazulina stone is significant for body health. It soothes the pain on any part of the body. In addition, this precious stone is beneficiary for people with aspiration-illness. It provides sick people with inhaling in a better way. On the other hand, lapislazulina is helpful for soul health. This gem makes you rely on yourself. It raises your confidence. Besides, it tranquilizes your consternation. You do not feel anxious.

As it can be seen how crucial gems are for us in the way of  body health and the way of soul health. Now, it is realized why people have been using precious gems since they found these amazing stones. From this moment, more people will wear these beneficial stones.

Living With The Amorous Partner Before Marriage

How many couples around you live together before marriage? Why cannot these lovers wait until matrimony? Nowadays, many people who love each other have a premarital life. They share the same house. They share the same life. However, this was not like that in early times. It was vice for people to have an affair before marriage. They could not manage a premarital life. But now it is possible for us to happen to see these scenes not only in abroad but also in Turkey. According to Scott Stanley & Galena Kline (2009)         ‘60 percent or more of couples now live together before they get married and many others live together instead of getting married.’ Nevertheless, in Turkey it is bad for premarital partners to prefer staying in the same home in some ways.

Some people assert this notion that couples can be acquainted with each other in a better way by sharing the same place before marriage. It is partially true. If premarital partners have a life like married ones, they may know each other in due course; but they may drastically become fed up with their monotonous life. The lovers, firstly, decide to marry and then they want to have a birth. A baby is fruit of the marriage, and if we suppose that they have not a real marriage life, it seems that they have not an appropriate chance to have this splendid fruit of matrimony. Moreover they have not responsibilities of marriage life, so they can break apart easily without marriage. On the other hand, many women see cohabitation as a pace of matrimony, but exploitive men do not see living together as a step towards to the marriage. Therefore they agree to cohabitation just for not letting down women’s offer, without referring to the marriage. (Dush, et al, 540- it is the only thing that I saw for reference)

A number of people surmise that while they share the same flat, they can accumulate their money and they can live more luxuriously. By sharing rent, food, utilities, transportation, furnishings, couples are to be more comfortable. They will pay for rent twice less with that living style. On the other hand, that idea is partially appropriate because there will be a social reaction to this style of living together. Normally, if people decide to share their life, they marry. People have to obey what people generally do. Otherwise society does not like the odd one out.

Some individuals anticipate that providing the lovers do not share the same accommodations, they have usually difficulty to meet each other, and they will always spend much money outside because they will always have to be together outside. This notion can be partially accepted. Actually, there are many cheaper places for couples to spend nice time. Also, meeting outside is much better for lovers, so they are able to know how they are supposed to behave each other outside.

In conclusion, if partners love each other so much to live together, it is better for them to marry. There are many advantages when they marry, but in this text a few of them are written; in economic, social and emotional ways marriage is a good thing. Lisa Bower (2011) says that many studies show that premarital cohabitation is not necessarily a good idea because it does not exactly mean that the two loved ones will end up together or tend to divorce in a lower potential way. Marriage is a necessary occasion when people want to share the same accommodation by loving each other in an indispensable way. It is a law of nature as it seems.    

References:

Kline,G., Stanley,S. (2009). Myths about living together retrieved from                                                                          

          http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001126.cfm

Dush,et al,540. Pre-marital cohabitation or ‘’Living together’’,  retrieved from   

          http://www.lenexabaptist.com/pdf/Cohabitation.pdf                                  

Bower,L. (2011). Cohabitation before marriage: A good idea?, retrieved from

           http://www.life123.com/relationships/issues/cohabitation/cohabitation-before-marriage-a-good-idea.shtml

Most Efficient Five Ways to Sleep

 There are a lot of people around the world who complain about not being able to get a good sleep. But getting a good night sleep is an important key for especially students. Because it improves learning capacity of our brains. If you are one of them, sit back, relax and start reading this guide. Here we go!

Firstly, you should know that we have a body clock. That means actually we don’t need alarming clock or a clock which makes us get up on the mornings. Body clock can set itself up by observing your sleeping and getting up times. When your getting up time come, this clock start alarming in our brains and we get up. But if you don’t have a stabilized schedule, body clock can’t do its job. For this reason set a bedtime schedule for yourself. For example, go to bed at the same time every night. Be regular. The most important mistake we do is oversleeping to make up sleeping after a poor night’s sleep. At the night whose morning you oversleep on, you will be sleepy later, therefore, you will get up late on the next morning. Doing this resets your body clock.  Get up at the same time every day especially on that morning.

Secondly, light help you set your body clock. After getting up, go out to get some light. Or turn on all lights in the room. Walk around for a minutes. This get your blood circulating faster to carry more oxygen to your brain to help you be ready for day. Water also help you be ready. If you have enough time –when you set up body clock, you will have- take a shower. But hot water makes your muscles loose and be you sleepy again.

Thirdly, when you sleep less, keep physical activity of your body during the day. When you are inactive, your blood will slow and carry less oxygen to brain, which causes you feel tired and sleepy. In order to avoid that, you can do strenuous exercises as swimming, jogging, squash at in late afternoon . These ensure blood circulating permanency. After a tiring day, take a bath and sleep like a top till morning.

Although you do this exercises all day, if you feel sleepy, taking a nap can seem a making up way for lost sleep. But this is another mistake people do. It doesn’t make up last night sleep, steals some part of this night sleep. At night, when you go your bed, you feel vigilant and can sleep at the time when you can sleep at last night. Whenever you feel sleepy at daytime, just walk around or do something which have your brain worked and been alert.

Finally, foods or drinks which we eat have effect on our sleeps, too. Schedule your dinner time at least four hours before you’re going to bed time. Because digestive system should finish its job when you are ready to sleep. After late afternoon, avoid caffeine and tyrosine-rich foods which cause wakefulness and hyperactivity. Drinking a little alcohol may help you sleep. But it can result with disturbed and shallow sleep. Instead of alcohol, a glass of warm milk will be of help.

As mentioned above, being regular about sleeping schedule, setting up body clock, doing exercises, avoiding oversleep and taking a nap and paying attention what and when to eat are ways to get a good sleep. I hope it will be beneficial for you. Sleep well!

AT HOME WITH MAMMA

Many young Italian men have been staying in the family nest on account of two main reasons: economic and traditional. It is logical that people stay in family because living alone results in economic burden on shoulders of people, which is unnecessary if they have a family to stay with. This situation is not specific to Italians. In many other countries, young adults are living with their families. For example, according to the US Census Bureau, 59 % men and 47 % of women between 18-24 depend on their parents for housing. Why do people pay high rents while they have chance to live with their families? Then, it is both economically and logically convenient to stay in family. Apart from this, traditional values is the other reason. Italian mothers have obsessive love for their boys. But, actually, this cannot be shown as a reason because every one of mothers loves her child, so this is not specific to Italian mothers. When something is shown as a reason, it should be specific not a general situation. Besides this, it is essential to criticize the article in another aspect. To the end of it, writer is changing the topic from why Italian men are staying in the family nest to why many marriages are breaking up. Actually, the writer, mentions about Italian men who are single and divorced. So, it can be said that the writer is digressing to the end of the article. In short, Italian men have been living with their parents for economic reasons and their mother’s obsessive love.

http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~ngargano/corsi/100/mamma.art.html

AGAINST THE GRAIN

  Have you ever thought what would happen if same-sex marriages were legalized in Turkey? Probably, there would be a big chaos resulting from this.  Homosexuality means feeling admiration for a person of the same gender. “First, we are all human beings. That is to say, there is no such phenomenon as ‘a homosexual’” (Stott, 1998). These people are not allowed to marry in most countries, including Turkey. Some Turks think that the ban on the legalization of the marriage of these couples should be lifted. However; others who give a lot of importance to their moral values think that this ban is necessary in order to avoid social dislocation. Thus, these couples should not be allowed to marry in terms of society benefit and the religion.

  The opponents of the same sex marriage say that marriage is a holy ceremony and the core of society. “Marriage is a union between one man and one woman, designed of God to last so long as they both shall live” (The Westminster Confession of Faith.) The legalization of the same-sex marriages would destroy this understanding. Firstly, a person who gets married to a person of the same sex cannot give a birth. All countries need women to give birth to maintain its cultural and moral values.  Ann, it is impossible in same-sex marriages. Secondly, since the earliest times, the marriage term has become integrated with a husband and a wife. Therefore, it is too hard to break this. Picturing that marriage term turns out to include two husbands or two wives would be jarring. Thirdly, if the couples were allowed to marry, they would probably want to adopt a child and it would cause a disaster of epic proportions. Children raised by these parents would have a lot of problems. For example, in the primary school a child can be easily isolated because s/he has a different family. A child needs a father and a mother in his every stage of growing up. A child raised by same-sex parents is not different from a child without any family since a family means a union including a mother and a father. And, the child needs this.

   The second point which the opponents take into consideration is the religion. For example, in The Bible, God condemns the people having romantic attraction to a same-sex person. God defines the homosexuality as an unnatural and shameful thing. “First Corinthians 6:9 states that homosexuals are unrighteous and will not inherit the kingdom of God. Since both homosexual desires and actions are condemned in the Bible, it is clear that homosexuals “marrying” are not God’s will, and would be, in fact, sinful” (Got Questions Ministries,2002-2011). And, such is the case for Muslims. In Quran, there are a lot of verses against the homosexuality. Hence, Turks think allowing same-sex couples to marry destroys their religious values. In Quran, there is a story about homosexuality and most of the Turkish people knowing the story are the opponent to the same-sex marriage. In the story, there is a tribe and its leader is a homosexual guy. God sends Lot to warn them yet, they ignore him and God destroys the whole tribe (Sloan) It is easily understood from the story that God damns homosexuality.

 There is a group of people who support the same-sex marriages. They say the gay couples, who claim legalization of their will, have a right to marry whom they want. “Denying one group the right to marry has many adverse emotional and financial consequences. Examples are social security medical leave, and other benefits; property inheritance; the right to visit their spouse in hospital, and make medical decisions if they are incapacitated; security of the couple and of their children” (Robinson,2011).However; they are partially wrong because there would be a wild disorder in education of child if the same-sex marriage were legalized. The teachers would have to teach children in kindergartens, primary or secondary schools that same-sex marriage is equal to the opposite-sex marriages and it would cause a lot of problems. For example, the parents of children would go against the idea and they would probably think that this idea violates their beliefs (Robinson, 2011).

  Consequently, it seems impossible to legalize the same-sex marriages. In my opinion, homosexuality arises just from the fact that people do not put enough faith in God. If you claim that you are a homosexual person and you want to marry and start a family, you have to find another solution. “Marriage is not an arbitrary construct; it is an ‘honorable estate’ based on the different, complementary nature of men and women — and how they refine, support, encourage and complete one another” (Bennett, 1996).

 

REFERENCE

Bennett, William J. (1996). Gay Marriage: Not a Very Good Idea. Retrieved May 15, 2011 from

 http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0013.html

Got Questions Ministries.(2002-2011). What does the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage?. Retrieved May 15, 2011 from

http://www.gotquestions.org

Robinson,B.A.(2011). Religious Tolerance. Retrieved May 16, 2011, from

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm

Sloan,S. The story of Lot. Retrieved May 16, 2011 from

http://www.anusha.com

Stott,J. (1998). Same-sex Partnerships? .United States of America: Fleming H.Revell.

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COMPETITION IS GOOD OR NOT IN EDUCATION?

               COMPETITION IS GOOD OR NOT IN EDUCATION?

     

  In the simplest form, competition is a highly effective attitude that activates a desire to surpass or to be equal to others. In the modern world, competing for something or against somebody has become an indispensable characteristic of people, since all of them need to achieve certain goals to survive in every field. Among these fields, the most prominent one is education. As other skills, the competing ability of an individual takes form during school years. From preschool years to the final stages of education, every student endeavors to accomplish the best. At first, parents and teachers may be a triggering factor for students’ desire to do or be better than others but, rivalry becomes one of the basic requirements of them over time. Causing many discussions among educators as to whether it is good or bad and harmful or helpful, competition mostly depends on what causes students to be competitive and their behaviors during that action. Although many people argue that competition damages student relationships to a large extent, it gives many advantages as long as students compete in accordance with the rules of morality. Competing for something allows students to maintain a stable and confident outlook and definitely assure accomplishments and a healthy well-being. Thus, competing in education is beneficial as it is a great way to get the students to actively participate in the class and it helps students perceive classes as a place to improve.

       Some people may assert that competition is not a right option for the schoolchildren. The nature of competitions means that there are always winners and losers, and the problem here is that almost no student likes to lose. As students cannot fully comprehend that losing is always as probable as winning, the failure to compete can be a very traumatic experience for them. To a certain extent they are right. However, all students have the capacity to understand the reality of life as long as teachers teach them how to deal with failure and what to do for the sake of being more successful. Teachers should organize good contests and control them according to their students’ levels and also should encourage not only hardworking students but also lazy ones to compete with each other. Probably, teachers can also conduct group activities to increase losers’ willingness to study more. ‘Working together and winning competitions create an ethos of success and a desire for success. No-one likes to lose and a healthy competition can mean that pupils gain a taste for success and want more of it’ (Hughes, 2008).               Proponents of this idea also claim that competition is the source of pressure. Furthermore some students cannot reach their goals under pressure at all and this causes the student to give up education totally. Yet, this idea is flawed because all teachers know which students can succeed under pressure and which ones cannot. Moreover, pressure also helps teachers when they try to encourage students and they want to impress them for studying hard and going on competing. As in other fields, competition in education has some benefits and drawback, as well. However, its benefits far outweigh any drawbacks. As long as teachers know how to organize and conduct a contest, it is certainly a beneficial activity for every student.

        It is clear that competition is an excellent way to motivate students. First of all, it is a perfect method to get the students to actively participate in the class activities. Every child begins school with the aim of leading a good life, having success in the fields that they want to master and wanting her family to be proud of him. As all students have such ambitions, it is impossible for everyone to achieve what they want. Each one has to study more than his rivals and compete against them in order to accomplish his goals ‘Every individual… generally, indeed neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. He intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his attention.’(Smith, 1776) indicates. In this competitive atmosphere, each pupil naturally competes for better grades or better success and wants to outshine others at all activities. Consequently, all of them will be involved in all school tasks actively while trying to do better than each other. Furthermore, competing through these tasks will increase both schools’ and students’ success and will also motivate all students to study better.

        Secondly, competition helps students perceive schools as a place to improve themselves. Thanks to competitions, students will be more effectively active with each other in terms of social life (Jessen, 2010). They will meet different people to know new working styles and can benefit from their knowledge to improve themselves. With the new acquired information, they can develop their style of studying and they can also surpass their rivals more easily. For example, students generally prefer studying with their friends to studying alone as they can learn more and increase the chance to be top in class by doing so. Moreover, this competition helps students increase their capacity and develop their world-view by becoming acquainted with new ideas. ‘Challenge they can cope with, and it's possible for them to succeed in, but that also stretches them. Children learn best through interaction and through doing things, completing projects, group work and such like’ (Mccormick, 2009). That is to say, competing against falling behind and risk of losing, students direct themselves to do best.

        All in all, competition in education is considerably beneficial as it gives students motivation and challenge to study more effectively. By means of competing, students can expand their capacity, as well. It helps students increase their power of resistance against difficulties. Moreover, contests encourage students to try harder for the tasks that they have failed before. By competing, students can get a chance of learning the valuable lesson of seeing  failure as a triggering step for further development (Guess, 2010). As competition is an integral part of life and education is the first stage of human life and prepares individuals to the future, it is inevitable fact that there should be always competition in education. Therefore, all students must be aware of the competition and must fight to win rather than lose.

References

Guess, B. (2010, April 14). Is competition in school helpful or harmful to the students? . Retrieved 05 17, 2011, from Helium: http://www.helium.com/items/1804120-competition-in-school-is-helpful-to-students

Hughes, B. (2008, APRİL 4). Is competition in school helpful or harmful to the students? Retrieved 05 17, 2011, from Helium Educational Philosophy: http://www.helium.com/items/973495-is-competition-in-school-helpful-or-harmful-to-the-students

Jessen, J. W. (2010, august 10). Is competition in school helpful or harmful to the students? Retrieved 05 17, 2011, from helium: http://www.helium.com/items/1918195-is-competition-in-school-helpful-or-harmful-to-the-students

McCormick, B. (2009, April 14). Is competition in school helpful or harmful to the students? . Retrieved 05 17, 2011, from Helium: http://www.helium.com/items/1415213-education-learning-educating-inspiring-motivation-competition-competition-in-school

Smith A. (1776). The Wealth of Nations (Vol. 2).

BETTER OPTION FOR ALL DISEASES

Have you imagined something that can rescue you from an unbearable headache so easily? Sometimes it seems impossible to get rid of this pain. But; there is a cure which you can never imagine: Alternative Medicine. Probably, if the point is alternative medicine, the first thing coming to mind is herbalism. But; it is not limited to herbalism. Alternative medicine is a very wide field and it dates back to 3000 B.C. Doctors used variety of plants to cure diseases in that time. They discovered a lot of techniques for ailment and recommended them to the patients. But since then, there have been three main issues most people do not know much: How to use it without harm, how to use it with a reasonable price, which methods are used for which diseases.

  Firstly, people have a common idea that plants have no harm. So they have a tendency to use a plant without having any information about it. They just search for it on the net and begin to use. But; they are totally wrong. They should absolutely consult with a doctor before using an herb because some plants may have adverse effects. For example, the sage tea is very useful for making the body stronger and mostly it is used for lessening extreme sweating. But when it is used more than enough, it may cause the heart to beat faster and even lead to a heart attack. This is the case for stinging nettle. Also, there are a lot of people misleading others on the net. Those people aim to deceive others and make money from this. They sell herbal medicine for a really high price so that they can make profit from it. For example, my cousin saw herbal medicine for her acnes. She was fed up with acnes so much that she was ready to believe in this treatment. She neither did research for this medicine nor let her parents know this. She bought and used it secretly. The medicine was completely useless and my cousin found out later that the medicine which she bought was four times as much as the ones in the pharmacy. They were utterly the same. Hence, people should consult with a doctor and do research in detail before using the herbs.

   Secondly, people should prefer herbs grown in their own countries because some plants grown abroad and brought to the country costs much more than the ones grown in home country. Using the imported plants is harmful for the county’s economy. For example, there is a plant called bromelain in Europe. It functions the same as çörek otu in Turkey. So Turkish people should prefer çörek otu instead of using bromelain imported from Europe. Those herbs grown in home country cost less than others imported. For example, my friend having been abroad for three years said that herbal medicines in Europe were very expensive. He used a medicine called diallilsülfit for his bronchitis. But after coming back to Turkey, he found out that the medicine he used was made of garlic. So garlic functions as same as diallilsülfit in treating the bronchitis. And while garlic is quite cheap, diallilsulfit is so expensive. Consequently, using imported herbal medicine is bad for both your own budget and that of your country.

 

  Thirdly, people should know that alternative medicine does not include just herbals. It has a variety of methods for curing the illnesses, both physically and mentally. For example, one of the most common ways of treating the cancer is hepitermi. It has a different technique from traditional medicine for cancer. It is also used for the asthma treatment. Ozone gas treatment is the second most common way of treating the physical diseases. Also, alternative medicine has some different types of treatment for mental troubles, such as distress, panic attack. One of the most common therapies is acupuncture. It is performed by inserting needles into the body. It is believed to lessen the pain of the patient and relieves him/her. Some people believe that acupuncture releases all negative energy from the body. The second most common therapy is yoga. Yoga makes a person more fit and also it improves one’s health. It is getting more popular among people day by day.

  In short, people sometimes use herbals without being aware of their harmful sides. Herbals are supposed to be used after consulting with a doctor. There are a few books on the market, which are written by people being experts in their fields, including the herbals’ side effects as well as their good effects. People can get required information from those books. And finally, people, after consulting with a doctor, can apply to variety kinds of methods of alternative medicine for almost all diseases.