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birthday again
time to know
what love is
I am always wondering
when heart strikes
I know clearly
love is not almsgiving nor compassion
instead
is what rises from your true heart
Should I wait for my love
feel stupid that
take?its happening?for granted
well
let it goes as it likes
secret place hides behind?my deep heart
機遇總是偏愛有準備的人
don't limit oneself to temporary satisfaction
make?a ?long-term plan
tolarant temporary adversity
keep in mind that you are happy to do what you are doing right now
have the encourage to conquer obstacles
do things in order
Whether you're 28, settling into a career and still looking forward to starting a family, or 38, well-established in your field and ferrying kids to sleepovers and hockey matches, it's easy to think you still have plenty of time to get your "grown-up" act together. And even if you know you should be thinking about the years ahead, it's hard to get a grip on just what you need to do and when.
So, we asked a group of experts what steps women should take now, during their years of growing earning power and good health, to ensure a happier, more secure future. Click below for their age-by-age recommendations.
Before You're 30
Your Money
1. Begin paying off college loans if you haven't already done so; going into default can ruin
your credit rating
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2. Get one major credit card to help you establish a credit rating (necessary for when you one day apply for a mortgage). Don't overspend; you'll earn more credit by paying off your balance, no matter how small, in a timely fashion.
3. Set aside enough money for emergencies. What if you're downsized? Your goal should be to have at least three -- or, better, six -- months' living expenses in a liquid savings account (one you can get to immediately and not pay an early-withdrawal penalty).
4. Then start investing toward future goals, like a down payment for a house. Since you're young, you can be aggressive about your investments; an occasional low-return year won't be devastating. " Put 10 percent of every paycheck into an investment with maximum growth potential, such as a growth stock mutual fund," advises Royce W. Monk, a certified financial planner with The Consulting Group in Nashville.
5. Start planning for retirement. If your employer offers a program that matches part of your contributions, such as a 401(k), take advantage of it, or open an IRA. Stock mutual funds are a good bet for retirement savings, too.
6. If you're married, see an insurance agent (the same holds true for single moms). Buy policies for life, health and disability insurance when you're young and healthy to lock in a low rate. If you're covered by your employer, check that the amounts are truly adequate; your group life insurance, for example, may pay only $10,000.
7. See a lawyer about drawing up a will and establishing power of attorney for property, which is necessary if you need to get to funds in the other spouse's name. A living will or power of attorney for health care will also allow you to make medical decisions for a spouse who's too ill to do so. If you have children, you also need to name a guardian; godparents are not necessarily guardians.
Your Health
8. Have a complete physical. Now, when you feel fine, is the time to get baseline readings on blood pressure, cholesterol and all your body's other systems so that changes can be noted in the future. Fill your doctor in on any medical problems your relatives have, so that he or she can recommend preventive steps or relevant screening.
9. Safeguard your fertility by seeing a gynecologist annually and, if you've never been tested before, having cultures taken for chlamydia and gonorrhea. Both of these sexually transmitted diseases can lurk asymptomatically, damaging your fallopian tubes.
10. Build up your bone density by getting plenty of calcium. During your 20s, you can still add to density; guzzling milk later won't help. Another reason to care about calcium: It lowers the risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy. How much calcium is enough? Women ages 19 to 24 need 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams a day; those 25 and up, 800 to 1,000 milligrams. If you're pregnant or nursing, take 1,200 to 1,500 milligrams.
11. Get 400 micrograms of folic acid a day. This vitamin prevents neural-tube defects in developing babies. But you must get enough in the very early weeks of pregnancy, so start taking it before you even try to conceive. You can take a multivitamin that contains folic acid or chow down on enriched grain products, citrus fruits, spinach and raspberries -- all rich sources.
Fitness
12. Tighten your abs. Toned abdominals will fight off bad posture and lower back pain in the future. You should do two sets of 25 abdominal crunches three times a week.
13. Start practicing stress relief. Chances are, you're already trying to do too much in too little time. A quick soother: Breathe in deeply and hold for about four seconds, then slowly exhale, concentrating on blowing out all the tension in your body.
Before You're 35
Your Money
1. Steel your resolve on savings. See if your employer can direct-deposit a regular amount into your savings, so it never temptingly appears in your checking account.
2. Broaden your investments. Keep your accounts heavily weighted toward stock mutual funds, but add bonds, which are a more cautious investment, for balance. If you're in a state with high income tax, such as California, or in a high tax bracket, take a look at AAA Insured Tax-Free Municipal Bonds. If you're in a relatively low tax bracket, treasury or agency bonds are a good bet.
3. Open a college account for each child. College costs are increasing more rapidly than the overall inflation rate, so look to growth stock mutual funds -- a little risky, but they promise aggressive payouts.
4. Expand your insurance coverage. If you now own "real" furniture or computers, make sure you have adequate renter's or homeowner's insurance. And if you stay home with kids, look into individual life and long-term health-care policies. If you were to become disabled even temporarily, you'd have to pay a caregiver to take over.
Your Health
5. Have a cholesterol test to gauge your risk for heart
6. Get serious about starting a family. Over 35, it begins to get harder to get pregnant and the miscarriage rate increases, and, at 37, chromosomal abnormalities start to increase dramatically.
7. Switch to a softer toothbrush. If you've been scrubbing with a hard brush, somewhere between ages 30 and 40 the root surfaces become exposed and you risk making those teeth extra sensitive.
Fitness
8. Start strength-training sports to prevent the loss of bone density and muscle mass that occurs with age. Two to try: skiing and boxing workouts.
9. Learn to ward off stress. Try a simple exercise that offers the same benefits as meditation. Sit with arms dangling; then, with palms up, place hands on thighs. Push feet forward along the floor, almost completely extending legs, and, leaving heels on floor, let feet roll apart. Allow your jaw to drop, and close your eyes. Breathe deeply for a minute.
Before You're 40
Your Money
1. Wipe out credit card debt before big expenses like kids' college tuition hit. Limit spending, then focus on paying off the account with the highest interest rate, not the highest balance. Need additional advice? Contact the National Foundation for Consumer Credit at (800) 388-2227 for free or low-cost help.
2. Beef up your retirement account, still weighting it toward growth. You're about to enter your peak earning years, also the peak time for building up your portfolio.
3. Up your insurance coverage. If your income has increased, make sure disability and life insurance coverage could replace lost wages. Reevaluate health and dental plans in light of upcoming needs: Will your kids need orthodontia?
4. Consider refinancing your mortgage to lower your monthly expenses. Rates may have dropped since your closing.
5. Start getting annual mammograms. The risk for breast cancer begins to rise at 35, but a woman whose cancer is picked up early with a mammogram has about a 95 percent chance of being cured.
6. If parenthood is in your plans, don't stall any longer. One-third of women between 35 and 44 have difficulty conceiving, compared with only 16 percent of those between 25 and 34. If you're not pregnant after six months of trying, seek medical guidance: At this age, the window for intervention with high-tech methods is fairly small.
7. Have an eye exam. Not only do you need to begin monitoring for glaucoma, but you may need reading glasses.
8. Include a variety of dark green and yellow vegetables as well as citrus fruits in your diet. They're rich in antioxidants (vitamins E, C and carotenoids), all thought to lower cancer and heart disease risk.
9. Have a total skin exam by a dermatologist, since skin cancer is showing up in ever-younger people.
Fitness
10. Add posture correction to your workouts. Too-tight pectoral muscles contribute to rounded shoulders. How to loosen up chest muscles: Every day, stand with arms at sides, clasp hands behind back and, keeping elbows straight, hold the stretch for 15 seconds.
11. Become a master of stress reduction . Visualization exercises help you relax and recharge. Each day pick one peaceful scene from your past -- like catching fireflies at night when you were a child -- and sit for several minutes with eyes closed, reliving the memory and all its details.
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"Avoid phrasing your story as a joke. People think when they tell stories they have to get to a punch line, but punch lines are not in themselves amusing. You should have a deep personal interest or investment in your story ?- it should be either profoundly moving or profoundly funny. The story needn't have happened to the storyteller, so long as the storyteller is also deeply moved by what she's recounting. Remember which details are important. Gesturing is fine so long as it comes about naturally, but a good story well told and full of conviction needs little adornment. The words are what's most important."
????????????????????????--Malachy McCourt, author of A Monk Swimming
5. Stay calm
"If you have a lot of nervous energy you need to get rid of, do a quick burst of aerobic activity, like jumping jacks. Then get focused. Find a quiet spot to be alone and take a few breaths before you walk into the room. Then take another slow, relaxing breath once you've entered and taken your place in front of everyone. You won't lose their attention ?- when you're standing right in front of them, that's impossible. Then smile. People buy things from and listen to people who smile at them."
--Valerie Adami, director of programming at Weist-Barron School of Television Acting in New York
6. Ask for a raise
"Casually say to your boss at the start of the day, 'I'd love a minute of your time today,' letting him or her choose when you will meet. When you're face-to-face say, 'I really enjoy this job and working for you' and list the specific contributions you've made recently. Then take the plunge: 'Do you think you might consider giving me a raise?' Don't speak in specific numbers unless asked. End the conversation with 'Please don't feel pressure to answer right away.' This lets your boss feel in control and perhaps especially generous when she offers you that raise in a couple of days' time."
--Lauren Wiesenthal, partner at the New York legal search consulting firm Corrao, Miller, Rush, & Wiesenthal
7. Be a good haggler
"The key to getting a fair deal is to first do your homework. Pick up an issue of Consumer Reports, talk to friends, look for any information that will give you the inside scoop on what the item you want really is. Always ask for a little more or offer a little less than your limit. If you have doubts, take a night to think it over."
--Michael Donaldson, author of Negotiating for Dummies
8. Overcome fear
"Fear is a lot like pain ?- it's your guide to pinpointing what's bothering you. After I blew out my knee in a crash while training for a competition, jumps scared me, so I had to learn to replace my fear with a strategy. The best way I've found is to rehearse the situation in your head and mentally walk your way up to the point where you feel the fear most intensely. Next, shift to something very calming (for me, it's a beach at sunset) and as you do a mental run-through, breathe out, physically relaxing your body. Then imagine yourself going through the motions flawlessly while your body and mind are relaxed. In essence, you're conditioning your mind to replace fear with success."
????????????????????????--Picabo Street, Olympic skiing champion
9. Don't be intimidated
"Stop all the negative thoughts in your head, then visualize yourself pushing the other person 100 feet away from you. Imagine him or her as being very small and in black and white. This will immediately reverse any feeling of inferiority. Once you've mentally laid the groundwork, you want to be the first person to say something so that the conversation is in your control. Don't say anything competitive or defensive; instead, ask something personal like 'How is your family?' Be sincere and it will probably throw off the other person's power-tripping ways."
--Anankha K. Chandler, certified hypnotherapist and author of Therapist in a Box: Emotional Healing
10. Tell a joke
"Never announce that you're about to tell a joke; it sets expectations too high and there's a better chance you'll fall flat. The joke should stem naturally from the conversation, so that people get sucked in before they even know you're telling it. Whether you're telling something that happened to a friend or something that happened last month, always say something like 'on the way over here' instead and make them believe it just happened to you. People will get more emotionally invested when it's more immediate. If your joke brings the house down, don't press your luck with another one. Always leave them wanting a little bit more."
--Tom Hertz, comedian and Emmy Award-winning writer for Dennis Miller Live
一:某天晚上回宿舍,路上走得時候感覺很餓,于是跑到學校博實前面的煎餅果子店買了一個煎餅,本想趁著夜色,一邊走一邊把煎餅消滅掉了。第二天到實驗室,見到一個很久不見的同事,給他打了一聲招呼說“好久不見了”,那個同事回復了我一句“昨天晚上在路上吃煎餅的那個人是你吧!”,哦,暈倒........., 這都能被發現。
二:某天很想吃冰激凌,跑到物美超市買了一支,出來的時候忽然發現風還是很大的,可是如果不吃冰激凌化掉怎么辦,于是頂著風,小心翼翼的用包裝紙裹著冰激凌吃,很是狼狽,心想今天不能從天橋上走,那里認識的人多,否則被看到多么尷尬,于是打算從學校的小門走,不至于遇到熟人,誰知還沒有走到門口便看到一個同學在樓下等他mm,哎,還是碰到同學了,打完招呼后,自己長嘆了一聲“若想人不知,除非己莫為”,隨之感嘆自己命運坎坷...............
三:某天去物美超市買早餐,買完后走到冰箱旁邊,忍不住又買了一支冰激凌。走出來竟然發現在下雨,雨雖然不大,可是這兩天一直有沙塵,空氣也是實在不好,不過在冰激凌的誘惑下,還是毅然不顧如此惡劣的環境,完成了任務,到此時發現自己很是有不畏懼壓力,同惡劣環境作斗爭的勇氣,可歌可泣哉!
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黃豆一定要煮爛,因為生黃豆或夾生黃豆,都含有對人體極為不利的抗胰蛋白酶和凝血酶,在消化過程中會產生過多氣體,造成脹肚和消化不良。燉4小時即可。
瓦罐
南方民間最古樸的煲湯工具,煨出來的湯比一般砂鍋都要香。尤其是豬手的乳香和黃豆的清香,完全交融在瓦罐中,即使是最挑剔的嗅覺也會得到驚喜。
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經科學研究發現,人胚胎組織肺細胞,在經過六味地黃湯的處理,可多活十二代。一般而言,這種從人胚胎上取得組織經處理而成的培養細胞(叫做原代細胞)不同于傳代細胞。這種原代細胞最多傳二三代即退化,有的很快就會死亡。由此可見中藥名方--六味地黃湯有一定的抗衰老作用。2、脾胃不強,火氣很大,滿臉豆豆的女性
土茯苓老龜——清熱解毒、健脾胃,假如你小便赤黃,那就喝這道湯吧。
3、工作太忙、壓力太大的女性
西洋參甲魚——比起人參來,西洋參由于品性溫和,適合更多的人進補之用,而且四季皆宜,而甲魚的滋補功效是盡人皆知的。這個湯品對于那些工作繁忙、壓力過大的白領女性特別適合,可以補氣養陰、清火除煩、養胃。
4、秋冬干燥,肺熱、咳嗽多痰的女性
蟲草煲水鴨——主要作用是補肺益腎、止血化痰,但中醫講究鴨肉屬涼性,所以更加適合夏季食用。但要注意,脾胃虛寒和胃潰瘍的人最好不要食用,以免適得其反。
5、冬季咳嗽、氣短女性
霸王花排骨湯——清火潤肺、補氣,可以經常食用。
6、月經不調,皮膚粗糙的女性
紅棗烏雞湯——紅棗自古以來是補血佳品,而烏雞更能益氣、滋陰,特別適合女性朋友,對于月經紊亂有一定療效,經常食用還能美容呢。
7、壓力性頭痛的女性
天麻乳鴿湯——天麻對于頭疼眩暈、肢體麻木效果特別好,而乳鴿營養豐富,口感滑嫩,所以深受用腦過度的女性朋友的青睞。
功用:在香港又被稱之為爵士湯,據說是邵逸夫爵士最喜歡吃的養生湯。湯燒出來的正色是奶白色,很濃很白,女人喝最好,具有美容,滋潤效果。
材料:蜜瓜半斤(注意,要挑白皮綠肉蜜瓜,生一點,不要太熟),新鮮海螺肉半斤(如果沒有新鮮的,干的二兩就夠),老母雞一斤。
輔料:生姜一小片。
做法:最好用傳統的高深的瓦罐,如果沒有,高深的不銹鋼鍋也行。先將水燒開(水量超過材料一倍),姜片、螺肉、雞塊放入,大火燒半小時,然后中火兩小時,然后將切成小塊的蜜瓜放入,再中火半小時即可,此時的湯水約為最初水量的一半到五分之二。最后根據口味放鹽。
提示:新鮮海螺不容易清洗,外面有一層滑膩液體。用干生粉與螺肉拌勻,用水沖洗,就容易干凈。
干的螺肉用溫水泡1小時,再洗凈待用;母雞切快,6塊。如果太肥的話,可去雞皮;但不去皮最好,有雞皮,湯香。
看菜譜上介紹煲湯的方法,總是說“將肉出水或飛水”,什么意思?這樣做有什么好處?用雞、鴨、排骨等肉類煲湯時,先將肉在開水中氽一下,這個過程就叫做“出水”或“飛水”,不僅可以除去血水,還去除一部分脂肪,避免過于肥膩。
每次煲魚湯,湯好了,魚都沒形了,怎么辦?煲魚湯不能用出水的方法,而要先用油把魚兩面煎一下,魚皮定結,就不易碎爛了,而且還不會有腥味。
煲湯時是冷水下料好還是熱水下料好?冷水下料比較好,開水會使蛋白質迅速凝固,不易出鮮味。煲湯用什么鍋好?煲湯以選擇質地細膩的砂鍋為宜,劣質砂鍋的瓷釉中含有少量鉛,煮酸性食物時容易溶解出來,有害健康。內壁潔白的陶鍋很好用。為什么煲完湯的肉很柴?瘦肉煲湯后,肉質較粗糙。可以選半肥半瘦的肉,但豬前腳的瘦肉,煲燉多個小時后肉質仍嫩滑可食。
在飯店里喝的魚湯、肉湯都像奶汁一樣,感覺很滋補,可是自己在家煲湯總是出不來這個效果,為什么?油與水充分混合才能出奶汁的效果。做肉湯時要先用大火煮開,然后用小火煮透,再改大火。做魚湯時要先用油煎透,然后加入沸水,用大火。還要注意水要一次加足,中間再補水,湯就泄了。
煲湯要加哪些香料,味精要嗎?什么時候放鹽?大多數北方人煲湯認為要加香料,諸如蔥、姜、花椒、大料、味精、料酒之類,事實上,從廣東人煲湯的經驗來看,喝湯講究原汁原味,這些香料大可不必。如果需要,一片姜足矣。鹽應當最后加,因為鹽能使蛋白質凝固,有礙鮮味成分的擴散。
煲湯是不是時間越久越好?錯!湯中的營養物質主要是氨基酸類,加熱時間過長,會產生新的物質,營養反而被破壞,一般魚湯1小時左右,雞湯、排骨湯3小時左右足矣。
湯雖滋補,有些肥膩,怎么辦?可以把湯煲好后熄火,待冷卻后,油浮在湯面,或凝固在湯面,用勺羹除去,再把湯煲滾。
喝湯應該是在飯前還是飯后?一般人飯前喝點湯,可促進胃液分泌,幫助消化吸收,但有淺表性胃炎的人應飯后喝,以免加重癥狀。
Life is not always easy for each of us. There are so many things that make us either happy or unhappy. However, we should respect all of them because we can't leave any of them on the way we are advancing.
the happy ones in my opinion including,
A. love and be loved.
B. hold a dream all the time.
C. always have fun in life.
D. decilous food and good sleep everyday.
E.??passionate with your job and also be stimulated by it.
the unhappy ones in my opinion including,
A. nobody comforts you when you are crying.
B.?no intersting thing occurs in daily life.
C. no money to buy?what you want.
D.?no enough time for sleeping.
E. no drive to pursuing what you have not got yet.
// always ready to be continued.