February 25, 2012
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Walking is so easy, people forget how helpful it can be when trying to lose or maintain weight. Granted, running burns more calories, but there are ways to increase your walking efficiency. First, notice how fast you walk, do you just stroll along or do you walk with a purpose? if you have access to a treadmill, this is the easiest way to judge your walking speed. start slowly, then build up your tempo until you can walk quite briskly but comfortably. Count steps to yourself so you can develop a cadence, then you can keep this speed off the treadmill. Perhaps a pedometer would be a good tool for you. Walking briskly is usually measured as 3 to 3.5 miles an hour. if you can walk a mile in 15 minutes, that is just the right speed. Taking shorter, quicker strides as you increase your speed takes advantage of the natural power of the walking motion.
Always use good posture while walking. if you find yourself slumping, lift your ribcage and this will keep you erect and your breathing will be easier. good posture also decreases stress on your back and shoulders. if you swing your arms holding your elbows at a 90 degree angle, this creates a natural motion which adds a little more intensity. Give yourself a goal; pick out a landmark to reach. When you get there, choose another and keep the intensity of arriving there quickly.
While you are walking to burn calories, try to walk for at least an hour, because time is more important than speed for losing weight. Walking has added benefits of toning your leg muscles and helping stave off bone loss. When you diet, the initial weight loss is usually muscle and water. Walking helps increase your metabolism and will aid in keeping that lost weight from returning. if you can walk briskly for 60 minutes a day, studies show that you will burn 300 to 500 extra calories. By adding a walk to your health plan, you could possibly lose an extra 3-4 pounds in a month just from walking with purpose and even reshape your figure. if an hour seems to daunting, try three 20 minute walks a week, or even just get up several times a day and move around. these steps may encourage you to do more.
Remember a brisk walk is ideal to use up extra calories and while a stroll is great for relaxing, if you are trying to lose weight, pick up the pace and make your walk a mini workout.
October 11, 2011
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It’s every audience’s nightmare. the scheduled speaker is disabled – perhaps by birth, or accident, or violence. Will they wow us with their abilities and inspiring stories, or will they bring out the violin and expect us to be sympathetic even when they bore us to death?for the record, I am a disabled speaker. Ironically, being disabled can help open doors in the speaking industry. People enjoy stories of triumph under dire circumstances and impossible odds. the general public wants to be reminded of how good their own life is, and to be thankful they have their vision, hearing, mobility, etc. Facts are facts – and it is simply Karmic justice that our disadvantages work for us in this way.Are we living up to our responsibilities? Are professional? Do we let our disability trump our message? Do we work at our craft? Do we let ourselves become a one-trick pony? we all know speakers, disabled or not, that fall into these categories. but as a group, I believe we have a responsibility not just to our selves and our audiences, but to EACH OTHER. we must not create and perpetuate our own stereotype. 5 Ways to Be a great Disabled Speaker:1. Learn to speak well. We have no more right to sound inept than anybody else. If anything, speaking poorly will cause people to wonder just how far our handicap goes.
If you have the time, join Toastmasters. If you need to be great NOW, hire a coach.
2. Have a well-rounded message. Discuss your disability within the context of something greater than yourself. Example: Can’t walk? Develop a Creative Solutions to Everyday Challenges keynote which allows you to use your experience as an illustration, instead of a centerpiece.
3. Give the audience more than expected. If you’ve filled the room based on the tragic circumstances of your situation, give the audience a message they can take further than the dinner table that night. what did you know before that helped you cope, or what lessons have you learned since?
4. Don’t play the anger card. Unless you are heading up a political rally, people don’t want to hear about our anger, unless you can tell them how you’ve dealt with it.
5. Don’t play the sympathy card. It’s so easy to do, without even trying. we don’t want their sympathy anyway, do we? we want respect, for ourselves, and our messages.Speech Killer AlertIf you have a disability that’s obvious to the audience, don’t ignore it. you may be speaking on a completely different topic, and thinking there’s no reason to bring it up. but if the audience can see it, it’s already brought up. If they’re spending their energy wondering what’s wrong with you, then you and your message is being ignored. Try one of these two approaches for a quick fix: 1. Bring it up creatively in your introduction before you ever get up to speak, or 2. Toss in a deft self-deprecating remark in your opening. the audience will relax, and listen to you instead of your handicap.Unprofessional Disabled Speakers are everywhere. Unprofessional Fully-Abled Speakers are everywhere as well – but they don’t face categorization. I have yet to here anyone complain about bad redhead speakers. we have a responsibility to ourselves, and to each other, to be the best speakers in the industry. to speak from our hearts, not our hardships. To bring to our audience what we bring to our lives everyday – the transcendence from disability to distinction.
July 22, 2011
portable electric drills, electric mobility chairs, remote control gadgets, portable cameras, survillence CCTV, fax linked to a computer screen………..
As a person old enough to remember the 60s I can say they all were available but generally bigger and chunkier than present day . Altough intelligence agencies could have expensive miniature gear long before it was available cheaply on the consumer market .
July 2, 2011
The electric wheelchair is the greatest contribution from Canada to the entire world. In 1950, Dr. George Johann Klein developed this wonderful creation to make a revolution in the medical field. It was very useful at the time of second World War and it helped to save many lives. Now different types of wheelchairs are available in the market. but all of them are derived from the old wheelchair which was invented several decades ago.
Dr. Klein integrated the opinions of patients, doctors, electronic engineers and scientists, before making this useful invention. His efforts were supported by the National Research Council of Canada, Canadian Paraplegic Association and the state’s Department of Veteran Affairs.
Wheelchairs before electric wheelchairs were mainly designed for paraplegic persons. but Dr. Klein’s creation had so many more features than a normal wheelchair. this wheelchair not only works for paraplegic people but it can also be used by quadriplegics. its invention was very near to World War 2 so it made a great contribution to the Red Cross, and helped thousands of injured people.
Users of electric wheelchairs do not bound within the limit of quadriplegics and paraplegics, many doctors have suggested it for patients with cardiovascular issues. one desirable feature of the wheelchair is that any one can customize it with their use. they can use it indoor and outdoors as well. Some of them can port easily.
The main functions of an electric wheelchair are to help in movement. besides going forward and backwards, movements like stretching and titling can also be done. its movement is controlled by joy sticks; chin controls or sip/puff controls. we can control the wheelchair’s direction, speed or other parameters by these joysticks.
These wheelchairs have some disadvantages too. Repairing an electric wheelchair consumes money and time. Another drawback is its price. It is not affordable for a common man. The price starts from $1000 to $3000 for an ordinary one and can cost around $10,000 for an advanced model.
June 13, 2011
Wheelchairs are a kind of adaptive equipment and just like any other kind of such equipment, there are cases in which they work on battery power or on electrical power. as you can imagine, everything that works this way needs to be taken care of and to be maintained and the same goes for wheelchairs.
Usually, these pieces of equipment are chosen by people who have different health problems which manifest themselves as a disability. sometimes, it is even hard to tell if there is something wrong with the equipment they use or with themselves. The maintenance with this adaptive equipment can consist of a tap only, this tap letting you know if there is something wrong with your device or not.
Just like it happens with all the things that involve technology, there are a lot of things which can go wrong when it comes to electronic devices. when it comes to wheelchairs, these can get rusty or you can notice that there is an end missing and so on. Wheelchairs are used by those people who have a certain disability, this disability stopping them from doing any normal activities or from doing their activities in a normal way. there can be a lot of screeching and squeaking and these things need to be repaired, too.
There are also smaller pieces of adaptive equipment, but these can also have some problems at a certain point in time. That is why everything you have needs maintenance. This way, you can use them properly and avoid even more inconveniences.
