ARE THE CHOICE OF OUR COLOURS NOT COMMUNICATINGS SPECIAL MEANING?

I have been doing a research on animal camouflage. It is quite intriguing to note that some animals do not just blend with the environment for survival, but change colours as a means of communication.

According to Anderson, the ability of chameleons to change colour stems from special cells called chromatophores found in the upper layers of their skin. These cells are filled with different kinds of pigment.

Reptiles communicate with each other via changes in their colour. He's found that the colour shifts often express territorial dominance or unwillingness to mate.
"Males become more brightly marked to advertise their dominance," Raxworthy said. "Females become dark or flash red spots to advertise their hostile response to males or their non-receptive status. Aggressive chameleons may become very dark."
Whatever the colour signals mean, the tropical reptiles' unusual ability has earned them a fan base among humans.

Are we as human being not sending special meanings through the clothes we wear to other people ? What messages are you conveying through the clothes you wear?

Have You Considered Staying Young Forever?

Some people believe that aging is inevitable and that to stay young forever is impossible. But, the science of aging is continually advancing and we are gradually learning what can be done to stay young--or at least a little younger--forever.

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  How to Stay Young Forever

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  How to Stay Young with Healthy Choices

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  How to Stay Younger Longer – First Five tips?

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  How to Stay Younger Longer – Second Five tips?

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  How to Stay Young Like Heather Locklear

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  How to Look Ten Years Younger

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HOW TO BEAT STRESS

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If You Want To Beat Your Stress, Without Drugs Or Pills, You've Come To The Right Place...Here Is Where You'll Find All The Advice, Tips And Techniques You'll Ever Need


The World Health Organisation is quoted as saying that stress is a ‘worldwide epidemic’. A United Nations report labelled stress as "the 20th Century disease". Did you know that 1 in 2 people have experienced stress by the time they are 40?

So what can you do about it?

You may not realise it, but there are countless ways of relieving and managing stress and most of them do not need medical treatment, drugs or pills.

There are many effective, safe and easy ways to beat this 2oth Century disease and on this website, I will show you how. Decide now to rediscover the fun, joy and confidence you once enjoyed.

ARE YOU A LEADER?

A leader's job often includes changing your people's attitudes and behaviour. Some suggestions to accomplish this:

1. Begin with praise and honest appreciation.
2. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.
3. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person.

4. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

5. Let the other person save face.
6. Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be "hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise."
7. Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.
8. Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
9. Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO WIN PEOPLE TO YOUR THINKING

Here Are Twelve Ways to Make That A Success

1. Avoid arguments.
2. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never tell someone they are wrong.
3. If you're wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Start with questions the other person will answer yes to.
6. Let the other person do the talking.
7. Let the other person feel the idea is his/hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
9. Sympathize with the other person.
10. Appeal to noble motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.

How to Make Friends

There's a certain beauty in being a lone wolf. You have more time to do things you want to do, like take introspective walks, read books, write poetry, and other solitary endeavors. If you want to diversify your options, though, there are literally billions of potential friends in the world. What's more, many of these people want to make friends just as much as you do. So consider these suggestions to meet people and form strong, lasting friendships. You may subscibe to social network like Twitter and facebook.

DOES OUR HEALTH SYSTEM HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY TO DEAL WITH NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE?

The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) proposed that government allows those who want medical cover over and above the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme to continue to make private medical aid contributions.
"It's a matter of choice," said chairperson of the BHF's Regulatory Policy Committee Clarence Mini, comparing the use of top-op cover to pupils attending private schools.

This was in response to a document published on the ANC's website last week, which outlined how the NHI may function. The document stated all contributions will be pooled in a single fund. This will be administered by government and used to pay for all services by private and public healthcare providers. It also said the medical schemes tax subsidy will be removed and that both employers and employees will make compulsory contributions.

The BHF said a national health system will eliminate medical schemes' problems relating to different tariffs charged by healthcare providers. It makes sense on paper, but most private providers scoff at the suggestion that the public sector can be sufficiently upgraded to cater for this new market.

Netcare executive director Norman Weltman says the public hospital sector lacks the surplus bed capacity and clinical staff to accommodate an increase in patients. Then there's Aids, which is manifest mostly in the emerging market and is swamping general wards.

The medical aid industry body, the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), says that before the plan is adopted there should be a comprehensive study into the effect diseases such as HIV/Aids, TB and malaria will have on the funding environment, both private and public.

Given the regulatory authority's poor record of accomplishment in using regulatory reform to try to control medical inflation, most private providers are sceptical that the proposed changes will actually succeed in bringing down the cost of medical aid. What is your view?