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By Alicia Beg

 Telepresence requires that the senses of the user, or users, are provided with such stimuli as to give the feeling of being in that other location. Additionally, the user(s) may be given the ability to affect the remote location. Therefore information may be travelling in both directions between the user and the remote location.

Telephony allowed us to hear and interact with people far away; television brought us pictures from a distance. By combining the interactivity of telephones, the visual environments of television, the virtual environments of cyber world, and new kinds of information systems, it is now feasible to develop telepresence systems.

The ongoing revolution in computing infrastructure is having a profound effect on the entire process of education. Not only is technology being used to extend educational opportunities to populations and communities previously underserved, but it is also transforming the way and form in which learners are absorbing knowledge. Some fundamental aspects and motivations remain unchanged, however. The technological innovations are rapidly revolutionizing our traditional methods of education, transforming and enhancing these basic notions of classrooms, laboratories, discussion groups and books.

It is well-known that the effectiveness of classroom teaching diminishes in proportion to the number of students in a class. Once a class size reaches more than about 25 students, several deteriorations occur. The interactivity in class decreases dramatically and the instructor loses any personal touch with the class. Not every teacher or professor possesses the talent to explain the material well. And with other pressures mounting, many instructors are either not experts in their class material or are not good performers in class, or are not interested in teaching.

The Multiple Perspective Interactive system allows interactive viewing of the classroom, and works both in live and archival modes. The live mode allows any person anywhere to be telepresent in the class and participate in it.

A student can be observing reactions of other students physically present in the classroom while the instructor is explaining some complex concepts. A remote student can electronically copy the contents of the classroom material, including what is displayed on the board. In fact, a student may give instructions to automatically store everything that is displayed on the board, and concentrate fully on understanding the material being presented. A remote student can ask questions in class at any time

another interesting implication of using MPI video technology may be that classes given by an excellent instructor on the topic will become timeless. Thus, lectures by an excellent instructor will be available to students to review even after the lecturer is no longer alive. In present scenario very few websites are providing this facility. http://www.tutorbene.com is one of them. You can take a tour of this website. It is providing free demo for few minutes to help you understand the concept better and make you aware of the ongoing advancements in todays education scenario.

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Make Money At Home Requirements
By Hakim Majali

 Make money at home ways are many and different, they are different in the setup fees, the time we need to learn these ways, the time we need to spend every day working, the flexibility of these make money at home ways, the knowledge we need to success, and the experience we should have to make money at home. We will talk about make money at home ways requirements; money, time, knowledge, and experience we need and we will try to find the best make money at home way for us that we can pay its fees and we have the time it needs.

When we try to make money at home using specific way we should know how much money we need to start and the monthly or the annual fees that we have to pay, its normal to prefer the free ways and ways do not cost us any other fees, and we can find so many ways to make money at home without paying a red cent like get paid to answer survey, get paid to read email, get paid to shop and eat, get paid to type simple data, and other ways you can find them for free on our website but there are so many ways we can not get them free like having your own website and selling products or advertisements, this way for sure is the best if we success on it but we can not have a website without buying domain name and paying for hosting this website, not only that but we can pay $50 a year to have these services and we can pay $1000s to get better service. I do prefer to try the free ways then we can try the paid ones.

Do you have time to work online or to learn make money at home way? Would you like to work at home one hour a day, more, or less? In your life you need time to do anything whatever it is sleeping, eating, having fun and also working, if you work 8 hours a day you might accept to work two hours more at home but if your time is full you will not be able to do so, choose make money at home way that fits you. Some make money at home ways need more hours than the others and some of them are flexible. When you use answer paid survey, read email you will spend some time to join these companies then you will need minutes daily to answer the surveys and they should be answered within two or three days thats pretty fine, when you work on trading forex or selling on auctions you do not have this flexibility and you will need more time. Before you choose any make money at home way check the time it needs and ask yourself if you have the enough time to join this way.

Whatever is your experience in make money at home science you are invited, if you have no experience or knowledge you can get it free or paid but you can get all knowledge and experience you need to success. So many make money at home ways do not need previous experience like make money to advertise, to answer paid survey, to read email, to be mystery shopper, and so many other ways that you can get knowledge you need and the tips of experts by reading a few pages and articles. Some make money at home ways needs a lot of knowledge and experience like trading forex and stocks. Before you join any make money at home way you should know if it needs lot of knowledge and experience to success or no then you decide to go for it or to choose an easier way.

Make money at home opportunities are available for every one world wide with so many ways and options whatever is our free time we can find ways to work, whatever are our knowledge and experience we can find ways do not need previous experience and we can get the required knowledge and experience. We can also find free make money at home ways no set up fees, no monthly fees and no hidden fees. Make sure that you check the make money at home requirements; money, time, knowledge, and experience before you decide to work with any make money at home way.

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A Woman’s Healthy Reproductive System-Sex Education
By jane carrasco

 Your reproductive system is extremely sensitive and without a healthy reproductive system, it can be very difficult to get pregnant. Many women suffer from infertility. Seeing a physician and having regular pap smears and breast exams are important steps in keeping your reproductive system healthy.

The slightest hormonal imbalance can disrupt the reproductive system which is why it is so important to take care of it. Some factors that can seriously impair your reproductive health include: endometriosis, PCOS , pelvic prolapse, pelvic inflammatory disease, and cervical cancer.

The organs of the reproductive system are:

Uterus- Also called the womb, the uterus is a hollow, pear shaped organ with a muscular wall and a lining. The uterus expands many times in size during pregnancy to hold the growing fetus.

Fallopian Tubes- These thin, soft tubes extend from the uterus to the ovaries. During ovulation, an ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube next to it.

Ovaries– The ovaries are located in the left and right lower abdomen. Ovaries produce eggs as well as hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Cervix– The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina. During labor, the cervix dilates (expands) to about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter.

Vagina– This tube-like organ connects the uterus to the outside of the body. The birth of a baby follows it’s path.

Hymen– The hymen (also called maidenhead) is a fold of mucous membrane which surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia.

Menstruation, or “period,” is the term given to a woman’s periodic discharge of blood, tissue, fluid and mucus from the reproductive organs of sexually mature females. The flow usually lasts from 3 - 6 days each month and is caused by a sudden reduction in the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

When girls begin to go through puberty (usually starting between the ages of 8 and 13), their bodies and minds change in many ways. The hormones bodies stimulate new physical development, such as growth and breast development. Roughly 2 years after a girl’s breasts begin to develop, she usually gets her first menstrual period.

A woman is fertile only for a few days during each menstrual cycle and once ovulation has occurred, there is only a 24 hour period in which fertilization can take place. The reproductive process begins with the ovary releasing an egg and setting it off on it’s journey down the fallopian tube towards the uterus. In the fallopian tube, it begins to produce an enzyme that helps attract the sperm from the males ejaculation.

A man releases millions of sperm when he ejaculates but only a few hundred will be able to make it all the way from the cervix up into the uterus and then into the correct fallopian tube. Once there, only one sperm will then be able to make its way through the eggs tough coating to fertilize the egg.

After fertilization, the egg continues into the uterus where it implants itself into the endometrial lining and officially becomes an embryo.

A missed menstrual period is most often the first sign of pregnancy, but typically, additional symptoms and signs are experienced in the early stages of pregnancy. These include:

-Breast swelling, tenderness, and pain

-Nausea and vomiting

-Fatigue and tiredness

-Abdominal boating

-Frequent urination

-Elevated basal body temperature

-Changes in nipple color

-Melasma (darkening of the skin)

-Mood swings and stress

Sometimes a woman who is pregnant may still experience some bleeding or spotting around the time of the expected period. This small amount of bleeding commonly that occurs at the time of the expected menstrual period may be implantation bleeding. This occurs when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall. It’s important to remember that not all women will experience all of these symptoms or have the symptoms to the same degree.

An at home pregnancy can tell whether or not there is a pregnancy as early as the first day of the missed period, which is about two weeks after conception. You should schedule a doctors appointment and get a check up and pregnancy test as soon as possible if you think you might be pregnant.

Pregnancy tests are based upon measurement of the hormone which is only present in a woman when she is pregnant, human chorionic gonadotrophin, or hCG. This hormone is made after the egg is fertilized and its levels rise rapidly in early pregnancy. It acts to support progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain the pregnancy.

Unfortunately, things don’t always work as mother nature intended. Infertility effects many women for many different reasons. If you have any signs that things might not feel right or if you are having any issues with your menstrual periods, contact physician and have an exam.

Jane Carrasco has created a site where you can learn more about reproductive health and other women’s health issues. This article was originally posted at GoodLife4Women.

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By Madeleine Fitzpatrick

 For those who don’t know, it is easier to teach your child to read early on in his life (from the ages of zero to three), than later! Many experts suggest that by teaching your child to read before they begin formal education, they will find school-based education easier from the get-go as they will not have to learn reading skills at the same time that they have to comprehend curriculum material. So what options are available to parents who are interested in teaching their child to read early? Let’s look at a few.

TWEEDLEWINK

Tweedlewink is a set of DVD volumes, made for children ages 0-6. Borrowing from the theory that the right-brain-dominant nature of babies allows them to quickly absorb vast amounts of information, each lesson covers a broad spectrum of topics including vocabulary, phonics, whole words, poetry, early speed reading, and more. Relaxation music and soothing voices narrate each lesson and is designed to build rich neurological connections in your child’s mind during the early formative years.

The founder, Pamela Hickein, states that “Tweedlewink is the springboard from which our children can develop and grow as happy, healthy, compassionate and kind people who have equal amounts of IQ and EQ, intellect and creativity at their disposal”. Being DVD-based, this product is quite easy to use as you can simply put the disc in and play!

KidThing

A software program described by its creators as a “digital media player”, KidThing was founded by a group of parents who believed kids everywhere deserved better content in a safe learning environment. Their vision has resulted in a program with a very clean, simple aesthetic where games, stories and videos can all be played in the main window, with additional content available for purchase via their online store.

In Story mode the words light up as they are being spoken, and animations illustrate the story. Other features include content reminiscent of encyclopedic knowledge flash cards that teach your child about various topics in a casual and fun manner. I found the content and overall feel of the software to be absolutely adorable, but as a reading tool it may be more suited towards older children with a basic reading foundation as the animations and illustrations may distract babies and toddlers from learning to read.

LITTLE READER

Little Reader is a software program for children 4 months and up created by BrillKids, a company that aims to create fun, innovative and user-friendly products in the field of early childhood education. It integrates traditional flash card methods as well as multi-sensory techniques to promote early language recognition and efficient learning. Using a slideshow format, Little Reader combines words with pictures, sound effects, pronunciations and videos to enhance the learning experience. You can download hundreds of categories of words to supplement your library for free, and Little Reader also allows you to print out flashcards in two different flash card styles.

The program is highly flexible and customizable; allowing you to personalize and control what your child learns. However, I did find I needed some patience in learning how to use the program before I really appreciated its features.

Perhaps most surprising, however, is that all three products (or rather, their founders) suggest using their reading tools along with other methods, and not to simply look for the one true product. Children and babies have an immense capacity for stimulation, and having various tools at hand may well delight your little one! The important thing to remember is that as long as your child is learning, no matter what the tool, you are providing him with a foundation that he will have for the rest of his life. Happy teaching!

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The Medicine That Heals With No Adverse Side Effects
By Penny Shellswell

 At the age of five I contracted TB. The next eighteen months were traumatic as doctors felt and probed the painful swelling on my neck. I had ten minute long injections drawing off the ever increasing fluid followed by the application of hot poultices.

As a child I quickly learned that men in white coats were to be feared, hated and avoided. I would lie about taking my medicine often pouring it into the flower vase by my hospital bed.

The operation to remove my tonsils seemed to make no difference and so another operation followed. In relating to my daughter in some detail the treatment of those months she looked at me with amazement and horror and said,’Mum, that’s barbaric!’

After eighteen months treatment I became a very shy, fearful person and my immune system had also taken a battering. My education also suffered and I was usually at the bottom of the class when exam results were read out.

I suffered constantly with colds and infections and a ten day course of antibiotics was regularly prescribed to deal with nasal infections. There were hospital visits for other problems which absolutely terrified me.

Once as an adult the panic in me was such that I was all for getting out of my hospital bed and running away - but adults don’t behave like that do they, so I stayed!

With poor health and poor education I became someone with low self-esteem and little self confidence. But before you feel over sorry for me I was also a fighter and a bit of a rebel!

I rebelled at many efforts by others to tell me what to do and accepted the way I was and so just got on with. Then a way forward appeared. Suddenly I realised that I no longer had to suffer monthly injections for allergies.

I no longer had to breathe with difficulty and have no sense of smell. I no longer had to suffer with long lasting colds leading to more antibiotics.

I no longer had to suffer from chest infections and bouts of pneumonia. I was wonderfully set free from all of this without any medication whatsoever.

So what had happened? What truth had I stumbled across? Oh, it was so simple but oh what a battle ensued. I was introduced to the Bible!

But how could a book that was 2000 years old possibly be of any value for me? I’d hated studying at school about Julius Caesar and other ancient historical figures, it all seemed so irrelevant. So why was the Bible any different?

I had gone to church with my mother and had sung in the choir - I enjoyed music and singing - but church was an old, cold building with ancient museum like behaviour as far as I was concerned.

I was now a young Mum in my early thirties still battling with health problems and so I was encouraged to hear why the Bible might be relevant. Oh I am so glad that I did.

I began slowly to understand and to see the relevance of Jesus and what He had done and to what He was calling me. I decided to change direction from going my way to following His way.

I was quickly released from the monthly allergy injections, followed shortly by the healing of my nose and ability to smell again. I was like a child with a new toy as I smelled roses and other things for the first time in years.

Those colds and chest infections? I haven’t had one in years! Other health issues came to light. Some have been dealt with directly by the power of Jesus, others have taken longer but I have not taken any medication for years.

The Bible has become my medicine with only positive side effects! I love it and the more I absorb it and the more I get to know Him, the healthier I have become. I hope this blesses and encourages you too to seek after Him and find that same freedom.

Copyright 2008 Penny Shellswell Jointly leads training courses in Intimacy with the Father. Holy Spirit is stirring believers across the UK to intercession. True intercession is touching God’s heart for His strategy, with our prayer and travail until God’s assurance is received. The goal? Winning the lost and dying of the UK through the setting up of 800 Intercession groups. http://www.OutOfAfrica-uk.org

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By Jennifer Bunker

 Do you need help organizing schoolwork? This article is designed to provide you with some useful tips for keeping your homework, projects, reports and everything school-related organized and easy to find. Specifics may vary from person to person; however, the following information includes helpful and important guidelines from which everyone can benefit.

Organizing Schoolwork: Lesson Plans

School days, school days… they always seem to be upon us. We have some tips for organizing schoolwork so that you can ensure that your child’s organizing skills make the grade.

One thing you can always be certain about when your children begin a new school year… the paperwork will continue build and build. To avoid the distressing notion of losing an important homework assignment, or misplacing vital notes needed for an upcoming test, or losing track of just about any other kind of school-related document, we offer the following tips for organizing schoolwork:

Organizing Schoolwork: Devote separate folders to individual subjects.

Sometimes, students (and their parents) may think it’s best to stuff several subject assignments for example math and science into the same 2-pocket folder. Invariably, the papers will get mixed up, causing confusion. Instead, designate one folder for math and another for science…and title them clearly on the front. It might even be a good idea to have a different colored folder for each subject so that they can be easily identified.

Organizing Schoolwork: Divide ring binders by subject.

Much the same as pocket folders, ring binders can become confusing if they’re not organized the right way. Rather than just placing papers into the binder in any old order, insert a subject tab divider (or tabbed index) to divide the binder into sections that can be referenced quickly just by flipping to the respective tab. It’s a good idea to either alphabetize the subjects or put them in order by hour or day. Also, add clear 3-hole-punched sheet protectors to your students’ ring binders, helping to protect important assignments while also better organizing them.

Organizing Schoolwork: Keep working papers apart from archive papers.

Every student has longer-term projects, such as term papers, that are typically completed over several weeks or months. And of course, students also have homework on an ongoing basis. For enhanced organizing efficiency, do not mix these working project papers with documents that have already been completed…such as older homework assignments that have been graded and returned by the teacher. Older papers can be placed into their own archive folder for safekeeping.

Organizing Schoolwork: Stay away from the urge to overstuff folders.

As the school year progresses, most students will cram as much paper as is humanly possible into each folder until the folder is literally overflowing. The result is usually a mess, where specific papers are difficult to find. If a pocket folder begins to get crammed, start a new one. Another hint: pocket folders come in several colors, so let’s say you’re starting a new folder for history assignments and the existing history folder is blue. Also make the new folder blue, creating a family look for the students history assignments.

Jennifer Bunker is President of OfficeOrganizationShop.com, one of the world’s premier distributors of office supplies and office products that simplify lives in homes, offices and schools. Get the tools you need for organizing schoolwork - visit our website.

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A Woman’s Healthy Reproductive System-Sex Education
By jane carrasco

 Your reproductive system is extremely sensitive and without a healthy reproductive system, it can be very difficult to get pregnant. Many women suffer from infertility. Seeing a physician and having regular pap smears and breast exams are important steps in keeping your reproductive system healthy.

The slightest hormonal imbalance can disrupt the reproductive system which is why it is so important to take care of it. Some factors that can seriously impair your reproductive health include: endometriosis, PCOS , pelvic prolapse, pelvic inflammatory disease, and cervical cancer.

The organs of the reproductive system are:

Uterus- Also called the womb, the uterus is a hollow, pear shaped organ with a muscular wall and a lining. The uterus expands many times in size during pregnancy to hold the growing fetus.

Fallopian Tubes- These thin, soft tubes extend from the uterus to the ovaries. During ovulation, an ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube next to it.

Ovaries– The ovaries are located in the left and right lower abdomen. Ovaries produce eggs as well as hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Cervix– The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina. During labor, the cervix dilates (expands) to about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter.

Vagina– This tube-like organ connects the uterus to the outside of the body. The birth of a baby follows it’s path.

Hymen– The hymen (also called maidenhead) is a fold of mucous membrane which surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia.

Menstruation, or “period,” is the term given to a woman’s periodic discharge of blood, tissue, fluid and mucus from the reproductive organs of sexually mature females. The flow usually lasts from 3 - 6 days each month and is caused by a sudden reduction in the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

When girls begin to go through puberty (usually starting between the ages of 8 and 13), their bodies and minds change in many ways. The hormones bodies stimulate new physical development, such as growth and breast development. Roughly 2 years after a girl’s breasts begin to develop, she usually gets her first menstrual period.

A woman is fertile only for a few days during each menstrual cycle and once ovulation has occurred, there is only a 24 hour period in which fertilization can take place. The reproductive process begins with the ovary releasing an egg and setting it off on it’s journey down the fallopian tube towards the uterus. In the fallopian tube, it begins to produce an enzyme that helps attract the sperm from the males ejaculation.

A man releases millions of sperm when he ejaculates but only a few hundred will be able to make it all the way from the cervix up into the uterus and then into the correct fallopian tube. Once there, only one sperm will then be able to make its way through the eggs tough coating to fertilize the egg.

After fertilization, the egg continues into the uterus where it implants itself into the endometrial lining and officially becomes an embryo.

A missed menstrual period is most often the first sign of pregnancy, but typically, additional symptoms and signs are experienced in the early stages of pregnancy. These include:

-Breast swelling, tenderness, and pain

-Nausea and vomiting

-Fatigue and tiredness

-Abdominal boating

-Frequent urination

-Elevated basal body temperature

-Changes in nipple color

-Melasma (darkening of the skin)

-Mood swings and stress

Sometimes a woman who is pregnant may still experience some bleeding or spotting around the time of the expected period. This small amount of bleeding commonly that occurs at the time of the expected menstrual period may be implantation bleeding. This occurs when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall. It’s important to remember that not all women will experience all of these symptoms or have the symptoms to the same degree.

An at home pregnancy can tell whether or not there is a pregnancy as early as the first day of the missed period, which is about two weeks after conception. You should schedule a doctors appointment and get a check up and pregnancy test as soon as possible if you think you might be pregnant.

Pregnancy tests are based upon measurement of the hormone which is only present in a woman when she is pregnant, human chorionic gonadotrophin, or hCG. This hormone is made after the egg is fertilized and its levels rise rapidly in early pregnancy. It acts to support progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain the pregnancy.

Unfortunately, things don’t always work as mother nature intended. Infertility effects many women for many different reasons. If you have any signs that things might not feel right or if you are having any issues with your menstrual periods, contact physician and have an exam.

Jane Carrasco has created a site where you can learn more about reproductive health and other women’s health issues. This article was originally posted at GoodLife4Women.

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By Donald Mitchell

 In planning their businesses and careers, many people make the mistake of believing that the future will be almost exactly like the past. Applying 20-20 hindsight, they carefully prepare to avoid repeating mistakes that others have made.

Unfortunately, optimizing a solution to deal with past conditions often leaves them totally vulnerable when new conditions emerge.

Here’s an example of this kind of thinking. In consumer products, very few new offerings succeed in gaining enough consumer acceptance to be profitable.

Not wanting to launch unsuccessful new products, Procter & Gamble (P&G) used 20-20 hindsight to conclude that rigorous market testing by offering new products initially in a medium-sized city was a good way to avoid big failures.

That approach worked well for many decades, allowing P&G to outperform those who didn’t do such rigorous pre-launch evaluations.

Unfortunately, P&G eventually had difficulty in testing its new products. Competitors learned that poor results in such geographically limited test would lead P&G to delay introducing a new offering.

As a result, competitors would hit test markets with huge amounts of advertising, free samples, coupons, trade discounts, and new offerings that would never be used against a full-scale product introduction.

As a result P&G’s tests often failed, even for products that were ready to be successfully launched.

After two decades of slowed progress with new products due to such opposition, Procter & Gamble learned that its test-marketing program needed to be changed.

By making more extensive introductions following good research results without test markets, Procter & Gamble became much more successful in offering its innovations.

In the field of corporate strategy, being more flexible has been taken a step further: The most effective companies set their strategies based on the assumption that future conditions cannot be predicted and are likely to be much different from the past.

As a result, the most effective companies often sketch out a number of very extreme scenarios and identify strategies that will leave the organization much better off under any imaginable circumstance.

Naturally, these organizations still have to be agile in adapting to unanticipated changes when they occur. As an example, I’m sure that few companies considered strategies for dealing with the kind of worldwide credit crisis that emerged in the summer of 2008.

Even as the credit crisis was occurring, its eventual shape was unclear. Being fast on your feet was critical.

This corporate lesson applies to individual careers: The jobs that people prepared for while young may not be around by mid-career . . . or even next year. What will preparation for a flexible, successful career look like?

I recently corresponded with Dr. Dietrich Roeben, a 2004 Ph.D. graduate of Rushmore University, to find out what conclusions he has drawn from his success in moving across different management fields and countries in agile fashion to engage in fascinating new challenges.

Let me tell you a little about Dr. Roeben. He grew up in rural northern Germany where he enjoyed many of the outdoor activities that continue to bring him happiness.

After earning a technical undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management at TU Berlin, he graduated with an MBA degree at the University of Derby in the UK.

He next gained the equivalent of a Master of Science degree at his alma mater, TU Berlin. Four years later, he was admitted as a member of the Chartered Institute of Management (UK).

By building strong technical and management skills, Dr. Roeben ensured that he could fill a much wider variety of roles than people with only technical or management training.

That gave him a major advantage at the beginning of his career, an advantage that has continued to provide benefits.

Many German graduates intend to spend their careers working for export-oriented companies in Germany. Dr. Roeben took a different path: He exported himself and began working for a number of non-German companies in locations outside Germany.

These assignments took him as far afield as Nigeria. Naturally, it didn’t hurt in making these moves that Dr. Roeben is fluent in four languages (German, English, French, and Dutch).

By diversifying his cultural and language skills, he became even more valuable to potential employers.

While succeeding in these initial assignments, Dr. Roeben took as many courses as possible to gain more insights into his field and new industries.

In the process, he tested his learning by writing papers sharing his observations about the subjects that interest him.

These continuing education efforts helped make him aware of new trends and conditions that he and his employers needed to address. The papers also raised his visibility and credibility with potential employers.

The post-graduate learning and writing whet his appetite to write a doctoral dissertation about the strategic aspects of operations management. Unfortunately, he found that prospective employers didn’t want to provide him with any flexibility at work to allow for doctoral studies.

Taking a traditional full-time job, he decided to work on his doctorate while commuting and traveling, during the evenings, and on weekends.

During his doctoral program, he sought the career counsel of a friend who worked in recruitment for a large company. She reported that her company was looking for people who would be flexible and freely admit that only the next 12 months can be planned with any certainty.

That advice provided quite a jolt to Dr. Roeben because despite his career flexibility he was used to thinking in terms of continuity in his business planning!

Here are the conclusions he drew:

“Within the last decade the speed of corporate change has increased to levels that only a few employees can cope with. Careers that have been well planned end when once reputable companies can’t pay their bills anymore.

“Once ’safe’ jobs in previously stable industries are not safe anymore. I assume the person who can deal with these changes is the previously mentioned flexible person operating in an organization with a one-year planning horizon.”

If he wanted to work flexibly in locales around the world, it didn’t make sense to enroll in a Ph.D. program that had to be done in a specific location.

As a result, he chose an online program where he could have access to top professors online to advise him without needing to meet with them face-to-face.

Dr. Roeben was happily surprised by increasing his flexibility in ways that he didn’t expect after starting his doctoral studies.

Improved time management was the first new flexibility he gained: He learned that he could engage in his doctoral studies anywhere . . . on a train, on a plane, or sitting in a park near home.

Although sitting at a quiet desk is more productive than mobile studying, he learned that you can still get a lot accomplished wherever you are.

The second lesson was that technology could help him get more done. Loath to drag around a laptop computer during his extensive travels, Dr. Roeben discovered that a handheld PC was extremely helpful for taking notes, organizing his thinking, and writing.

Finding that this method helped his Ph.D. studies also led him to begin using the handheld PC for his business work.

Discovering that a more focused work style felt comfortable, Dr. Roeben began to yearn for opportunities to become an entrepreneur where he could move faster than in his big-company roles.

He also developed a desire to teach and plans to make both activities priorities. Expanding his experience and skills in those dimensions would give him even more career possibilities.

After earning his Ph.D. from Rushmore, Dr. Roeben realized that complacency is an enemy that has to be continually addressed: “We need to question the way we do things more often.”

Keeping his newly found focus, he quickly turned his dissertation into a management book, Planning and Controlling the Outsourcing and Maintenance of Technical Services (Books on Demand, GmbH, 2005).

In addition, he worked at two different jobs, one in Europe and one in the Middle East, that have given him the chance to develop new knowledge and skills. As a result, he has published papers that draw on these new experiences.

He is also looking for an opportunity to gain a teaching university appointment while holding down his day jobs.

What will the future hold for Dr. Roeben? Only time will tell, but his sensitivity to overcoming complacency, anticipating the need to change, focused work style, continual learning, and ability to make good use of technology will serve him well.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find him earning another doctorate in a different discipline.

What are the lessons for you? You prepare for your career differently. In doing so, you should assume:

1. you won’t be working for your current employer a year from now.

2. you won’t be doing your current type of work five years from now.

3. that your best job opportunities are not in the country where you live now.

4. that you need to learn new skills that you haven’t been introduced to yet.

5. that your job prospects will depend on your becoming a world-class authority in some important area that you don’t yet know about.

I wish you well as you begin to increase your flexibility to gain from these new perspectives.

Donald W. Mitchell is a professor at Rushmore University, an online school, where he teaches how to create flexible strategies for businesses and nonprofit organizations. For more information about ways to engage in fruitful lifelong learning at Rushmore to increase your effectiveness and improve your career, visit

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A Woman’s Healthy Reproductive System-Sex Education
By jane carrasco

 Your reproductive system is extremely sensitive and without a healthy reproductive system, it can be very difficult to get pregnant. Many women suffer from infertility. Seeing a physician and having regular pap smears and breast exams are important steps in keeping your reproductive system healthy.

The slightest hormonal imbalance can disrupt the reproductive system which is why it is so important to take care of it. Some factors that can seriously impair your reproductive health include: endometriosis, PCOS , pelvic prolapse, pelvic inflammatory disease, and cervical cancer.

The organs of the reproductive system are:

Uterus- Also called the womb, the uterus is a hollow, pear shaped organ with a muscular wall and a lining. The uterus expands many times in size during pregnancy to hold the growing fetus.

Fallopian Tubes- These thin, soft tubes extend from the uterus to the ovaries. During ovulation, an ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube next to it.

Ovaries– The ovaries are located in the left and right lower abdomen. Ovaries produce eggs as well as hormones like estrogen and progesterone.

Cervix– The cervix is the lower portion of the uterus that opens into the vagina. During labor, the cervix dilates (expands) to about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter.

Vagina– This tube-like organ connects the uterus to the outside of the body. The birth of a baby follows it’s path.

Hymen– The hymen (also called maidenhead) is a fold of mucous membrane which surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia.

Menstruation, or “period,” is the term given to a woman’s periodic discharge of blood, tissue, fluid and mucus from the reproductive organs of sexually mature females. The flow usually lasts from 3 - 6 days each month and is caused by a sudden reduction in the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

When girls begin to go through puberty (usually starting between the ages of 8 and 13), their bodies and minds change in many ways. The hormones bodies stimulate new physical development, such as growth and breast development. Roughly 2 years after a girl’s breasts begin to develop, she usually gets her first menstrual period.

A woman is fertile only for a few days during each menstrual cycle and once ovulation has occurred, there is only a 24 hour period in which fertilization can take place. The reproductive process begins with the ovary releasing an egg and setting it off on it’s journey down the fallopian tube towards the uterus. In the fallopian tube, it begins to produce an enzyme that helps attract the sperm from the males ejaculation.

A man releases millions of sperm when he ejaculates but only a few hundred will be able to make it all the way from the cervix up into the uterus and then into the correct fallopian tube. Once there, only one sperm will then be able to make its way through the eggs tough coating to fertilize the egg.

After fertilization, the egg continues into the uterus where it implants itself into the endometrial lining and officially becomes an embryo.

A missed menstrual period is most often the first sign of pregnancy, but typically, additional symptoms and signs are experienced in the early stages of pregnancy. These include:

-Breast swelling, tenderness, and pain

-Nausea and vomiting

-Fatigue and tiredness

-Abdominal boating

-Frequent urination

-Elevated basal body temperature

-Changes in nipple color

-Melasma (darkening of the skin)

-Mood swings and stress

Sometimes a woman who is pregnant may still experience some bleeding or spotting around the time of the expected period. This small amount of bleeding commonly that occurs at the time of the expected menstrual period may be implantation bleeding. This occurs when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall. It’s important to remember that not all women will experience all of these symptoms or have the symptoms to the same degree.

An at home pregnancy can tell whether or not there is a pregnancy as early as the first day of the missed period, which is about two weeks after conception. You should schedule a doctors appointment and get a check up and pregnancy test as soon as possible if you think you might be pregnant.

Pregnancy tests are based upon measurement of the hormone which is only present in a woman when she is pregnant, human chorionic gonadotrophin, or hCG. This hormone is made after the egg is fertilized and its levels rise rapidly in early pregnancy. It acts to support progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain the pregnancy.

Unfortunately, things don’t always work as mother nature intended. Infertility effects many women for many different reasons. If you have any signs that things might not feel right or if you are having any issues with your menstrual periods, contact physician and have an exam.

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Jane Carrasco has created a site where you can learn more about reproductive health and other women’s health issues. This article was originally posted at GoodLife4Women.

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By Stephanie Foster

 Medical transcription is a great career for stay at home moms. The hours are flexible with most companies, so you can work around when your kids need you.

But first you have to learn how to be a medical transcriptionist. No legitimate medical transcription employer is going to take you on with no training or experience whatsoever. They need high quality work right from the start.

Your training time is a great time to start figuring out how to cope with all the responsibilities you have to your family as well as to your at home career. Learning to balance the two is challenging for most people.

The very first step is to choose a quality online training program. You want a company that will train you well and that employers want to hire graduates from. No point in paying for training that has a poor chance of landing you any job in the future.

Career Step, The Andrews School and M-Tec are all considered reputable for online medical transcription training. A few other schools show promise, but it’s better to be certain of what you’re getting than it is to merely hope that you guess right with a less well known company.

Take your training seriously. If you can work on it as you would your hope for job, you’ll have practice in scheduling yourself around your family’s needs. It’s also good practice for your family.

You’ll need a quiet place to work. Some can work with a television or radio on in the background, but others will find it too distracting.

Children and husbands tend to be some of the worst distractions. Your training time is theirs as well, to learn when to interrupt you and when to cope on their own. Be firm now, as it will matter far more when you’re trying to earn a living.

Most moms will find it simplest to work when the kids are in bed or at school. Whether you work early mornings or late into the night is very much a personal preference. You have good odds that you will be allowed to work your preferred schedule if you work for a medical transcription service, but if you go into business on your own you’ll have to work the hours it takes to get the work done.

The more seriously you take your training, the better you are likely to do with it, and the more prepared you should be for your future career. Being able to set your own schedule is a skill you acquire if you want to work at home successfully in any career.

Stephanie Foster started http://www.medicaltranscriptionbasics.com/ after being a work at home medical transcriptionist for three years. Get more tips on studying medical transcription at home at her site.

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