It is National Literacy and Numeracy Week in Australia currently!
What’s that I hear you ask? Well, check out the following from the official site:
NLNW represents a collaborative approach by all Governments and school communities to highlight the importance of literacy and numeracy skills for all children and young people, with a focus on school-aged children.
NLNW gives schools the opportunity to get involved in a range of literacy and numeracy activities. The Week aims to recognise locally the achievements of students and the work of teachers, parents and members of the community who support young people to develop stronger literacy and numeracy skills.
Sounds like a great initiative!
In honour of this special week, we’re asking the following question:
How did it come to this terrible humanitarian disaster? Is it possible to avoid something in the future? How can we help ten million people? And how can you ever be sure that your donation arrives?
In the fight against hunger Yahoo! supports the initiative ” Save The Children” and the Bob Marley family. On this page you will find answers to many unanswered questions and detailed instructions on how you can donate.
Please consider making a contribution and share your suggestions so that this tragedy will not remain silent in answering this question and share it in your Facebook status and Twitter:
The NPS MedicineWise team has become a part of the furniture in the health category here at Yahoo!7 Answers in recent months.
It’s fabulous that we live in a time when we can draw on the experiences of a community like Yahoo!7 Answers to help us with our dilemmas, share information, provide reassurance and a listening ear at any time of the day or night.
When it comes to our health and wellbeing, though, it’s really important to know how to find information that’s accurate, relevant, and up-to-date. That’s why NPS MedicineWise is a Knowledge Partner here at Yahoo!7 Answers.
Who is NPS MedicineWise?
You might have seen some of our responses to questions about different medical conditions and the use of medicines. NPS MedicineWise is independent and not-for-profit – funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and we have no commercial interests. Our purpose is to enable people to make better decisions about medicines and medical tests – to help people “be medicinewise”.
We keep an eye on Yahoo!7 Answers and try to contribute balanced, evidence-based information to people who are looking to make decisions about their health and the medicines they take.
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The information we do provide is not meant to take the place of medical advice – so that’s why you’ll always see us encouraging people to talk to a qualified health professional such as their GP or pharmacist.
One of the best ways to be medicinewise is to ask the right questions – so that you can get the most out of your medicines and make better informed decisions about them. So keep the health and medical questions coming, and if you want to know more about how to be medicinewise, check out the NPS MedicineWise website: http://www.nps.org.au/bemedicinewise
Meet Australian teenage singing sensation – Cody Simpson!
Exposed to music from a young age by his father, Cody asked for his first guitar when he was just seven and after just a few lessons, he wrote his first song. His parents have continued to encourage him to sing and practice with his guitar. By the time he was 12, he was posting videos of himself doing covers of artists such as Justin Timberlake and Jason Mraz. Cody’s YouTube Channel, which has been active since August 2008, now boasts nearly 41 million views and has more than 152,000 subscribers.
After meeting with songwriter and producer Shawn Campbell (Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Ciara), he signed with Atlantic Records in April of 2010 and recorded a rhythmic pop single “iYiYi” featuring Flo Rida. In addition, Cody released the EP “4U” which is a Top 10 smash at Radio Disney and performed in the Australian Kids’ Choice Awards. Most recently he was promoted on Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent.
We were lucky enough to catch up with Cody recently and he has the following question to ask of all of you…
jlcrit describes scleroderma in the following way:
“Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissue. Autoimmune diseases are illnesses which occur when the body’s tissues are attacked by its own immune system. Scleroderma is characterised by the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the skin and organs of the body. This leads to thickness and firmness of involved areas. Scleroderma is also referred to as systemic sclerosis.”
Patrick elaborates further with:
“Scleroderma is called both a rheumatic disease and a connective tissue disease. The term rheumatic disease refers to a group of conditions characterised by inflammation and/or pain in the muscles, joints, or fibrous tissue. A connective tissue disease is one that affects tissues such as skin, tendons, and cartilage.
An individual with scleroderma may develop either a localised or a systemic form of the disease. Localised scleroderma usually affects only the skin on the hands and face. Systemic scleroderma, however, affects the connective tissue in many parts of the body, including the skin, the esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, lungs, kidneys, heart, and other internal organs. It is unusual for localised scleroderma to progress to the systemic form.”
Scleroderma comes in different types and some people may be more afflicted than others. I myself was diagnosed with limited scleroderma when I was just 10 years old, but I have a mild form, although it is monitored regularly for any changes.
Whilst I am one of the lucky ones, others are not and the disease can take over their bodies, this is called diffuse scleroderma. It can lead to other related illnesses with organs and tissues, making everyday activities extremely painful. According to Scleroderma Australia, there are over 5,000 people currently living with disease within Australia.
For further information, please seek out your local scleroderma societies and bodies. Here are just a few:
Being a true human lie detector like Dr. Cal Lightman on “Lie to Me” has to be a pretty nifty party trick.
The Yahoo! Answers team wants to protect you against all those sneaky liars looking to deceive you. With this in mind, we’ve created a list with a number of tips that will help you identify day to day lies. We hope they’ll be useful!
Experts in deception know that:
Truth tends to make sense: Words, body language and actions fit into each other nicely when someone’s telling the truth.
There’s one emotion for every reaction: If an honest person likes your shoes, they will smile first and compliment them or vice versa. A “liar”, on the other hand, will do both at the same time and their reactions will last less than normal.
When responding to a direct question, a liar will use the same words used by the person interrogating them. For example: “Did you break the vase?” “No, I did not break the vase”.
Emotions are mirrored in our whole face: Someone who really smiles does so with eyes and brows, too. Liars smile just with their lips.
Liars tend to touch different parts of their faces when they tell a lie. Nose scratching, lip-biting and head-scratching are some of the tell-tale signs of deceitful statements.
A liar will take a little longer answering a question than a person who is telling the truth.
When someone is guilty, they become aggressive when defending themselves. An innocent person will question the reasons they’re being blamed rather than become defensive.
A liar will try to keep communication to a minimum when it comes to the person they’re lying to. If they must talk to this person, they will be visibly uncomfortable on most cases.
Liars don’t emphasise different parts of their speech while someone who is telling the truth will accentuate the important bits of information in a story.
Liars tend to speak more than necessary or change the subject immediately after lying.
Some liars rub their eyes unconsciously to avoid eye contact with their listener.
If a person shakes their head while making an affirmative comment, it’s likely that they’re lying.
When lying, people place objects (glasses, pens, books) between them and the person being lied to.
Someone who lies will make up excuses before they’re asked to give them.
To find more information on the subject, you can visit the following sites:
We’ve all been exposed to children at some point in our lives and we cannot deny they have an effect on us. Today is the day to celebrate the small ones around us – International Children’s Day!
On Yahoo!7, we encourage you to share what matters to you and with our latest example of How Good Grows on Yahoo!, we are asking you to share a lesson that you’ve learnt from your child or a child you know. Or share a bit of wisdom you’ve gained!
You can also share your thoughts at howgoodgrows.safely.yahoo.com, and see what people around the world are saying. Then keep coming back to the site to see other women who’ve made their mark.
Join us in sharing what’s important to you. Spread the word, and watch How Good Grows on Yahoo!.
Just when we thought Facebook couldn’t impact our lives anymore, it found another way.
An Israeli couple has named their baby Like, after the Like button on Facebook. We’ve heard some unique names in our time, but this one is a bit silly. The couple claims they thought the name sounded “modern and innovative.”
Facebook did not pay the couple, obviously, but this incident shows how large a role social media play in our lives. Next thing you know, parents will start naming their children, Facebook. Wait, that actually happened earlier this year! A man in Egypt named his daughter Facebook to express “his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth.”
And most recently here in Australia, Sunrise presenter Grant Denyer, announced the birth of his first child with an interesting name – Sailor Shelley Denyer.
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