energy drinks can be defined as non-alcoholic beverages that contain taurine

(an amino acid), caffeine, vitamins, and sometimes other ingredients, such as
ginseng – a plant root considered to have health benefits, and often used as a
stimulant.
The full effects of having an energy drink can be felt within 15 minutes to 45
minutes, resulting in short-term increased concentration and alertness," she
explains. "Within an hour, all the caffeine is fully absorbed and this also
results in the liver absorbing sugar into the bloodstream. Once the effects of
caffeine start to wear off you’re more than likely to experience a significant
drop in blood sugar levels. This results in feeling tired and low in energy."
The next time you are looking for ways to get energy, think about alternative ways before you buy
energy drinks. Consuming excess amount of everything is harmful and especially this type of drinks.
So instead of solely relying on sugar and caffeine to get you through busy day, take a walk or drink
plain water to feel more natural and long-lasting energy.
Side effects If you were not already aware, energy drinks have some extremely serious side
effects. Some of the side effects are: agitation, tremors, stomach upset, chest pain, dizziness,
seizures, insomnia and even heart attacks. Just because they are easily available and look
innocent enough does not mean that they can’t do some serious harm.
Stress and anxiety
In fact, one of the most convincing reasons to stop drinking energy drinks is that they can cause
increased anxiety and stress. Some energy drinks are actually found to contain more caffeine than
it is advertised on their labels. Too much caffeine has been known to cause jitters and the chronic
stress, and a racing heart from massive amounts of caffeine is not all that comforting either.
High in sugar
Besides providing with artificial energy, these drinks typically contain a lot of sugar. Some drinks
are known to have an average of 15 tsp of sugar. Aside from getting the dreaded sugar crash,
sugar can leave you dehydrated and, as it is also known, suppress the immune system, increase
inflammation, lead to tooth decay and weight gain.

Energy drinks make you crash because of the ingredients most of them contain.
Most energy drinks, such as Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle and Rock Star, contain
large amounts of caffeine and often large amounts of sugar. Sugar, in particular,
might give you a quick burst of energy, but it is almost guaranteed to bring you down
fast and soon. Caffeine is proven to have benefits as an energy booster, but it
gradually leaves your system as well. In addition, caffeine, especially in large doses,
produces mild to severe side effects in many people.

You probably are familiar with the term "sugar high." Sugar and fructose, both found
in energy drinks, spike your insulin level for a brief amount of time, which translates
into an infusion of energy. But it is short lived. When the sugar is used up, your
insulin level will plummet and you will experience fatigue. "A sugar boost will just
leave you lagging again in an hour,"

For teenagers, over 100 milligrams per day is associated with elevated blood
pressure. Other side effects from caffeine include nervousness, irritability,
sleeplessness, abnormal heart rhythms, decreased bone mass and upset stomach.
Once the famous were recorded for the ages in stone and in paint.
Alexander the Great was the first famous person in a modern sense,
contends Leo Braudy, Ph.D., professor of English at the University of
Southern California and author of The Frenzy of Renown. "Not only did he
want to be unique, but he wanted to tell everybody about it, and he had an
apparatus for telling everybody about it. He had techniques for doing
famous things. He had historians, painters, sculptors, gem carvers on his
battles."

Heroes, we all might agree, carry intrinsic value—the essence of the heroic
and the noble. Durable gods serve to lift our vision above the mundane.

Disadvantages

❖ Paparazzi
❖ Stalkers
❖ No private life
❖ Rumours
❖ People love to start rumors about celebrities. Sometimes it is not a big deal, but
sometimes people can say some really nasty things about you and it can have a negative
affect on your life, your future, and your family.
❖
❖ Fame is fickle. If you mess up, your fans may lose respect for you in a heartbeat, you
may not get the roles you want anymore, and others can replace you. Don't make the
mistake of believing your fame is the result of some unique quality only you possess: You
are always replaceable.
❖
❖ Trust issues
❖ Celebrities and other famous people cannot lead lives of normal people. They may be
forced to live in their own little secluded world, and will generally be unable to do things
that the average Joe can. This disadvantage of being famous can stop celebrities from
indulging in the little pleasures of life, which can be very frustrating indeed.
❖ Tabloids, magazines, newspapers, blogs, and other forms of media constantly judge
celebrities on their personalities, habits, bodies, and a lot more. Reading demeaning,
rude, nasty, insulting, and derogatory lies about one's own self is a part and parcel of a
celebrity's daily routine. From a layperson's point of view, it's like having a million people
talk behind your back on a daily basis. Imagine how hard-hitting this would it be if a
tabloid talked about how fat you are or how sleazy you are.

❖ People follow you

❖ Feeling trapped or as bidder describes “caged”

❖ If you want to enjoy a larger part of your life, it’s better to choose a
career based on your own interest. Success, happiness and job
satisfaction are only few of those elements that keep you inspired
through out in your professional life.
❖ Interest based career making is essential because you will most probably
follow that career for an entire lifetime. So why waste your time, resources,
energy and indeed, your entire future learning and doing something that you
do not enjoy doing!
❖ Good for you if you know that the interest based career can change not just
your professional life but also your personal life. When you opt for a course
that you enjoy, study becomes interesting. You grasp concepts better, fear
examinations less and score higher marks. If you are not convinced yet, you
can learn about some benefits of choosing a career of your choice and inspire
yourself to elect the most obvious career for you, making your professional life
happening and rewarding in many ways.
❖ The first step to a career is relevant education. Many students score higher
in 12th with a few subjects than they did in 10th with many subjects. The most
probable reason of this is one performs better in subjects one likes. You are
likely to perform better at tasks you enjoy. So when you opt for a course you
enjoy studying, you grasp concepts better, fear examinations less and score
higher marks. And of course, retain what you learned.
❖
❖ When people opt for careers out of their interests’ range, they do not really
enjoy their work. Whether it’s creating a perfect job or working for a company
with purpose, it’s never been easier to find an enjoyable job. Feeling like
square pegs in round holes, they do tasks mechanically, simply in order to
earn a livelihood.
❖ In contrast, those who enjoy their work have more enthusiasm for work and
life. They keep themselves self-inspired and fuels their desire to perform
better, work harder. Their eyes shine more, their laughter comes easier, they
encourage their team mates and spend quality time at workplace.
❖ According to many researches (and all ancient wisdom) the root of all ills-
physical, social or psychological – is conflict. When one is forced to do
something he/she does not really like to do, internal and external conflicts
arise. Either way, your quality of life and work suffers. Unresolved
psychological conflicts also give rise to ailments (dis-ease i.e. not being at
ease). So in order to enjoy better health and better interpersonal relations
with those around you, choose a career as per your own interests.
❖ There is a well known criterion developed by Dr. John Holland that’s known
as Holland’s Code. As per this widely applied and popular career theory, there
are 6 kinds of personality types, and correspondingly there are 6 environment
types. These are Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and
Conventional.
❖ It is believed that every person, every environment has a mix of all types in
different ratios. It is the degree of predominance of some particular types that
determines our interests.
❖ The moot point is that when the personality and the environment match or
when both are in congruence, a person does better in life overall. So when
you make a career choice based on interests in line with your own personality,
you find its corresponding environment and do better overall.
❖
❖ The problem is just because you are good at something does not mean it is the right
academic path or career path for you.
❖ This is a potentially academic and career ending trap. You can not be successful at
something you are not interested in or you do not feel passionate about. You may make it
through four years of college and get your degree in mathematics. You graduate and get
a job in a related field and years later you realize what a mistake it was. You don’t like
your job, you are frustrated and angry at the choice you made. You want to start all over
again but you have a huge student loan debt to pay off. Nothing is worse than getting up
each day and going to a job you do not like.
❖ Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what
you are doing, you will be successful."
❖ -- Albert Schweitzer
❖ Steve Jobs rightly said, “Your work is going to fill a large part
of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what
you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is
to love what you do.” Once your work becomes a grind then all
the happiness vanishes and stress slowly creeps in. Well both
stress and frustration are unwelcomed guests in your life and has
to be kept at bay.
❖ However, make sure that you are happy with your work, if you
are not it will affect the quality of your life. You get one life to
live, so always make the best use of time and resources.
❖
Over recent years, letter writing has been replaced by other ways of communicating. Technology
has developed so rapidly that we now expect to be able to talk to people instantly - and get a
response from them almost straight away. Rather than putting pen to paper, for most of us it now
feels much more natural to send texts and emails, quickly typing out our message within
seconds.

Of course, there are advantages to these modern ways of communicating. We live in a fast-
paced world and it’s important we keep up. We can chat to people all over the globe, within
seconds! We can also edit our emails before we send them, whereas if we made a mistake on a
letter, we’d be forced to cross it out or start again.

But do we ever think about what we are losing? By forgetting about the art of letter writing, I think
we’re missing out. Hugely.

I don’t know a single person who would say that they didn’t enjoy receiving a letter through the
post. There’s something very special about knowing that someone has taken the time to write a
hand-written letter for you. It doesn’t have to be full of important news- after all, most of our texts
and emails to friends are just chatting about normal things, but it feels so much more personal to
receive just one letter from someone than to receive the hundreds of texts we get every week.

And it’s not only the person receiving the letter who will benefit from a lovely envelope appearing
through their door. I really do think that letter writing can help the writer, too. In a similar way to
keeping a diary, writing a letter to a friend can feel very therapeutic. Plus, when we know we’re
doing something that will make a friend very happy, we feel good ourselves! And let’s not forget,
without the letters written between various individuals in history, we wouldn’t know half as much
about their lives. I recently read the letters of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and learnt so much about him.
When you read a letter, whether it’s one written to you personally from a friend, or a published
letter from an important figure in history, it’s as if his or her own words are jumping off the page.

• Spelling — vocabulary is key skill in early education. The first grades

are all about vocabulary lists, and spelling tests, not to mention

sentence writing. Spelling can take a hit when kids, during this critical

learning time, use short forms before they know the whole word, let

alone how to spell it.

• Grammar — A big part of grammar is punctuation. It takes years to

learn how to properly use it, and even then punctuation can be a

landmine for mistakes. Online messaging has practically no

punctuation, and is basically a grammar free-for-all.

• Complete Thoughts — another key skills that IM has a blatant

disregard for is that of the complete, cohesive thought. The major

 challenge in writing is to be able to express an argument clearly as a

complete thought: with a beginning, a middle and an end. One word

sentences that are prevalent in IM don’t help to develop the complete

thought skill – they detract from it.

• Homework — it’s hard enough to stay focused on homework without

being distracted by the chiming alerts of a messaging system every

few seconds. If your child struggles to complete his homework, be

sure that he signs out of IM before he begins so that he can dedicate

some uninterrupted time to focus on the task at hand: homework.

• When I receive a letter whether it be from a friend or significant other; I feel

like they gave me a special gift. I appreciate that they took time to sit there and
write to me rather than call or send a quick text. When I receive a handwritten
note or letter I can’t help but get a big smile on my face.
•
• Sometimes through text the intended message of the gets jumbled in the
reader’s mind. But after reading a letter I can tell in the handwriting how the
writer was feeling. There is also usually more words in a letter than a text thus,
the writer is able to communicate their thoughts a lot easier than in a quick
instant message.
•
• Unapproved abbreviations

• When you get a letter you receive the workings of a unique individual. The way
they speak comes out in a letter and you see their unique handwriting. Even
though the writer is not there with the reader these bits and pieces almost give
the reader an illusion that the writer is. A handwritten letter is like giving a
small piece of you.
•
• Improving our writing skills

• Helps us practice for future documentaries

• Letter writing may have dwindled substantially over the years but billions of
people are participating in the written word in the electronic form as never
before, says the inventor of email V A Shiva Ayyadurai.
• "Email has explosively supported the growth of letter writing globally. Today,
unlike some decades ago, where penning letters was limited to a few who
 could afford education, billions are now writing letters, in electronic form, as
never before - albeit, we can argue about the quality of writing - but
regardless, more people, than ever before, are participating in the written
word,"
• Actually, research in the field of psychology suggests that people who still
write letters by hand are happier than people who don’t. According to
Kent State Professor Steve Toepfer,people struggling with feelings of
depression and anxiety will decrease these symptoms if they start writing
thank you and gratitude letters by hand. More details on the study can be
found here.
•
• Writing helps us to feel better when we have a huge burden inside of

us

• A handwritten letter can be kept as a memorabilia, and passed down

to generations.

For hundreds of years people have been sending handwritten notes and letters,
for all occasions you can imagine: anniversaries, weddings, get well, thank you
notes, etc. By sending handwritten letters to your loved one, you will
certainly help keep alive the long lost art of writing letters by hand.
For hundreds of years people have been sending handwritten notes and letters,
for all occasions you can imagine: anniversaries, weddings, get well, thank you
notes, etc. By sending handwritten letters to your loved one, you will
certainly help keep alive the long lost art of writing letters by hand.
Aside from the residual satisfaction of knowing you’re making a close
friend’s day with your efforts, science has linked expressive writing to better
mood, reduced stress and improved overall sense of well-being. Similar to
keeping a gratitude journal or writing about your future goals, sharing your
genuine thoughts with another person can be quite the morale booster —
not to mention a mini adrenaline rush as you drop the final draft into the
mailbox.

Taking to pen and paper utilizes the visual, motor and cognitive brain
processes differently than when we recruit technology to help us out. It is
also by nature more labor-intensive, requiring us to slow down and connect
the mind with the hand, one word at a time. Together these factors can
make the sensory experience of writing just what you need to get those
creative juices flowing.
Personal handwritten notes grow rarer by the day. According to the U.S. Postal Service’s
annual survey, the average home only received a personal letter once every seven
weeks in 2010, down from once every two weeks in 1987. And The Wall Street
Journal recently lamented the “lost art of the handwritten note.” Some might claim that
in a wired world — where emails, tweets, and text messages are more accessible than
handwritten notes — this is the natural evolution of communication. Who has time for
stamps, stationery, and “manual” spell-check, after all? But I think it’s premature to
write off the importance of handwritten notes. They remain impactful and unique in
several ways.

While saying “thank you” is important, the beauty of a well-crafted handwritten note is
that it can show deeper investment and appreciation than a simple thank-you can. It can
follow up on a conversation, remind someone they’re not forgotten, raise new issues, or
even include a gift, like Bridgett’s, that carries its own meaning. And in a world where so
much communication is merely utilitarian, these simple acts of investment,
remembrance, gratitude, and appreciation can show the people who matter to your life
and business that they are important to you.

It may seem nostalgic, but I still believe there’s room for the handwritten note in
personal and professional communication. They cost something, mean something, and
have permanence in a way emails and text messages don’t. They let the people in our
lives know we appreciate them enough to do something as archaic as pausing for 15
minutes to put pen to paper in an attempt to connect and sustain a relationship with
them. I still remember that note from Bridgett — and many others I’ve received over the
years — and perhaps in writing personal notes to our friends and colleagues, we can
reach out to others in a way that creates a lasting, positive connection.
In recent years, global warming has been the subject of a great deal of
political controversy. As scientific knowledge has grown, this debate is
moving away from whether humans are causing warming and toward
questions of how best to respond.

Signs that the Earth is warming are recorded all over the globe. The easiest
way to see increasing temperatures is through the thermometer records kept
over the past century and a half. Around the world, the Earth's average
temperature has risen more than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius)
over the last century, and about twice that in parts of the Arctic.

Last year was the second hottest since 1880, according to a new reportfrom NASA. That
means the planet’s long-term warming trend is continuing, with average global temperatures
in 2017 climbing 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit (0.90 degrees Celsius). In fact, 2017 is second only
to global temperatures in 2016, and climate change deniers can’t even blame it on El Niño,
because the weather pattern wasn’t wreaking havoc last year.

If one well-researched, fact-based report doesn’t convince you that global

warming is real, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) also released a separate, independent analysis, where scientists
concluded that 2017 was the third-warmest year in their record. Both
analyses show that the five warmest years on record all have
taken place since 2010, because global warming is real, even when it’s
cold out. “Despite colder than average temperatures in any one part of the
world, temperatures over the planet as a whole continue the rapid warming
trend we’ve seen over the last 40 years,” said Goddard Institute for Space
Studies Director Gavin Schmidt in a press release.

While most of the world is springing into action to try and save the planet
by curbing fossil-fuel pollution to slow global warming, President Trump
has yet to admit global warming is a threat, or consider rejoining the
historic 2015 Paris climate change treaty. Guess it’s up to cities, states,
and individuals to try to combat the crisis.
Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average
temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to
be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. There is great debate among many
people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global warming is real (some call it a
hoax). But climate scientists looking at the data and facts agree the planet is
warming. While many view the effects of global warming to be more substantial and
more rapidly occurring than others do, the scientific consensus on climatic changes
related to global warming is that the average temperature of the Earth has risen
between 0.4 and 0.8 °C over the past 100 years. The increased volumes of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases released by the burning of fossil fuels, land
clearing, agriculture, and other human activities, are believed to be the primary
sources of the global warming that has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists
from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research
have recently predicted that average global temperatures could increase between
1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100. Changes resulting from global warming may
include rising sea levels due to the melting of the polar ice caps, as well as an
increase in occurrence and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

1. Land surface air temperature as measured by weather stations. You know all
those skeptic arguments about how the temperature record is biased by the urban heat
island effect, badly-sited weather stations, dropped stations, and so on? This is the only
indicator which suffers from all those problems. So if you’re arguing with somebody who
tries to frame the discussion as being about land surface air temperature, just remind
them about the other nine indicators.
2. Sea surface temperature. As with land temperatures, the longest record goes back to
1850 and the last decade is warmest.
3. Air temperature over the oceans.
4. Lower troposphere temperature as measured by satellites for around 50 years. By any of
these measures, the 2000s was the warmest decade and each of the last three decades
has been much warmer than the previous one.
5. Ocean heat content, for which records go back over half a century. More than 90% of the
extra heat from global warming is going into the oceans – contributing to a rise in…
6. Sea level. Tide gauge records go back to 1870, and sea level has risen at an
accelerating rate.
7. Specific humidity, which has risen in tandem with temperatures.
8. Glaciers. 2009 was the 19th consecutive year in which there was a net loss of ice
from glaciers worldwide.
9. Northern Hemisphere snow cover, which has also decreased in recent decades.
10. Perhaps the most dramatic change of all has been in Arctic sea ice. Satellite
measurements are available back to 1979 and reliable shipping records back to 1953.
September sea ice extent has shrunk by 35% since 197

Earth's temperature is rising, and it isn't just in the air around us. More than 90 percent of
the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed into the oceans
that cover two-thirds of the planet's surface. Their temperature is rising, too, and it tells a
story of how humans are changing the planet.