Ibbii Champ

Information technology (IT) is the technology through which information is acquired, processed and stored. This information can be in vocal form or in the form of pictures and numbers.

With the advancement in computer hardware and software technology, today this field has become a very important field. Only a few years back the information technology department would have been consisted of a solo computer operator whose job was to store data on a magnetic tape and after it was full it was stored among other tapes in a safe closet for the record.

These days information technology has become so vital that almost all kinds of businesses has this technology as one of its main parts. Its functioning in a number of office applications and account softwares.

 COMMUNICATION

Information technology has played a very important part in the field of communication. Through internet we can email and send messages instantly to any part of the world. Conferences are held in an official environment where documents can also be shared and spread sheets can be managed.

RESEARCH

This information technology is also useful in research organizations. Many company  make use of this technology to provide researchers with facilities in researching and surveys.

DATABASES

Databases are structured sets of data that is stored in a computer and it is accessible through various ways. This process is very important for many companies who have to collect and store data that can be processd on time. Some popular databases are Oracle Database and MS SQL Server.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

In the field of education information technology is very much needed. Because of IT we can have an access to a variety of resources from where we can acquire learning. Furthermore it also provides us with up to date and authentic information and because of it students and researchers can gain easy access to a lot of online libraries.

As they say it, everything has its positive aspects as well as some negative aspects. Information technology has a few drawbacks as well.

UNEMPLOYMENT

IT has no doubt made the business easy but it has also increased redundancies and unemployment. Computer can do work of many men that is why unemployment rate has been increased.

PRIVACY

There is no doubt that information technology has made communication easier and convenient but it has also some concern regarding privacy issues. Signals of cell phones could be intercepted and emails could be hacked.

CONCLUSION

Information Technology is continuing to progress rapidly as the field of computing science and technology of disk drives and network communications improve day by day.

In our country this field is also developing very rapidly. And the future of Information technology in Pakistan is very bright. Our IT experts can compete with the IT engineers of other countries. Currently we have less number of people than required in order to compete with the world. We need to produce thousands of graduates high qualified in IT. Initiatives have been taken so as to increase the capacity of present working institutions and to make new ones. Universities will provide education in IT field. Higher education is also provided in this field.

* Perception Vs. Reality:

If you think you are getting happier as you get older, the research says you are right, the researchers found that those in the 40-45 age bracket are the second least likely to be depressed. The least likely to be depressed is the 55-69 age-group.

All of this makes tremendous sense. In the midlife you are getting good at handling difficult situations that used to really throw you when you were younger. An added benefit of the middle years is a growing sense of identity. Somewhere in the middle, you are getting hold of who you are-finally.

That is not to say we can expect to fly through our 40’s without any turbulence. Midlife is a transitional time, comparable in many ways to adolescence. Short of having bad skin, a person in “middlescence” can greatly resemble the adolescent with wide-sweeping change: physically, emotionally, psychologically and socially.

You might call these twinges midlife growing pains. Everyone feels them, but the question is to what degree? For some they may be incapacitating. For others they serve as healthy reminders that they are in a growth spurt.

* Change as opportunity:

It’s interesting to note that, in Chinese, the word crisis is made up of two characters: one represents danger, the other opportunity. There will always be people who are devastated by change. But, more and more, we are finding people who view change as an opportunity rather than a threat. Turn midlife into a midlife crisis by pretending that every thing is supposed to stay the same. But it is not.

Based on my own experiences, the lives of others, and a review of fiction and scholarship about midlife, I am convinced that the second half of human life is a profound opportunity for transformation. It is a chance to live by new rules and to catch a second, and deeper, wind.

Drug addiction is the greatest menace of modern times. It is the biggest treat to all levels of human life in all over the world. “Drug“ or

“ Narcotics“ means all those things that produce a state of numbness or sleepiness. Unfortunately more and more people are taking to narcotics like Heroin, Hashish, Alcohol, Sleeping pills, etc. particularly the number of Heroin addicts now runs into millions.

Almost every country of the world has never been free from traditional drugs like opium, alcohol, etc. the addicts get them by hook and crook. These drugs did not pose any great danger in the past, but with Heroin the situation has become very alarming,  Another  curse  which is more in the drugs market is known as “Sheesha“. This curse not only harms the young boys but also the young girls, school and college students. This drug is some kind of smoking, which not only effects your tonsils but also you’re liver.

According to a survey in the world wide every fourth person is Heroin addicts. This situation is very precarious and calls for immediate attention and prompt action. Narcotics are generally used on the pretext of lessening mental tension. Unemployment, poverty, inequality, injustice, exploitation, insecurity, price-hike, family disputes, frustration, deprivation and disappointed increase mental tension. In the absence of proper outlets mentally disturbed people use narcotic to release mental tension. Then easy available of narcotic increased drug abused. Drug dealers in collusion with the anti narcotic agencies, sell narcotic with impunity again a lot of profit from selling drugs has also made it a lucrative business to become rich over night. Besides bad company perverted taste, wayward society and detachment from religion contribute to drug addiction.

Drug addiction is full of many disadvantages. Firstly, it destroys a person physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. It being a great villain cuts the ground under the victim’s feat. Secondly it deprives a person of his honor and prestige. People abuse, curse and boycott him. They make a butt of ridicule and a laughing stock by calling him “Jahaz“. Thirdly addiction gives birth to all sorts of crimes like borrowing begging, stealing, robbery and prostitution. Fourthly drug mafia kill people, create disturbance, disrupt economy, black mail the government and commit other acts of terrorism for the promotion of their unholy business. Fifthly drug addiction deprives a country and nation of its status and prestige in the eyes of other countries and nations. In short as drug addiction thrives the society begins moving towards destruction. It is necessary to curb every form of drug abuse. Some steps can help a great deal in this regards.

• Mass media and intelligentsia should create general awareness against the evil.

• The parents should be alert and keep a strict watch over their children.

• It should make stick laws. All channels producing and supplying drug must destroyed. The culprits should be dealt with an iron hand.

• More and more rehabilitation centers should be set up for the treatment of the addicts.

• Economic prosperity general welfare and social justice can decrease the number of addicts.

In real terms though, ferns are amongst the hardiest of plants. In fact, they have been firmly established on planet earth, in almost their current forms, long before the time of the dinosaurs. Fossilized fern fronds, found all over the world, easily prove this point and if you are lucky enough to have such a fossil of your own then you can compare if to a living plant and see how little they have changed.

If one plant family can be claimed to exemplify gardening in moist, shady places, it is this one. And even though the odd appear stacked against them, no flower, more or less all green.

They thrive in places in which many other plants would simply curl up and die. Their delicately arching fronds are very attractive in odd comers inside or outside the house, in the ground, in pots or hanging baskets. They are generally easily available, not too expensive come in a wide range of sizes, are easy to cultivate and rarely suffer from pests or diseases.

Ferns are usually propagated by rhizome division in the spring but do not under any circumstances, be tempted to do this with small young plants as they would probably die.

After division, replant at exactly the same depth at which the parent fern was growing, taking care not to bury surface rooting rhizomes which are easily identified by examining the plant prior to digging it up. The majority of ferns can also be successfully propagated from spores which grow on the undersides of the fronds but this is a very slow process full of pitfalls and not one which I could recommend to a beginner. If is far easier to purchase ferns from a reputable nursery or to swap different varieties with friends.

If growing ferns in a shady part of the garden then choose varieties of differing sizes, tall ones at the back and lower ones in front. If in pots then opt for clay ones to plastic as the later tend to heat up and dry out quite quickly.

Recommended varieties of maiden hair ferns, all deciduous, are; Adiantum pedatum, with  fronds resembling birds’ feet; adiantum pedatum subpumilum, a compact cushion of a plant and adiantum venustum, low growing, spreading triangular fronds of pale green. Asplenium or heart’s tongue ferns comprise a large group of evergreen ferns with almost undivided fronds presenting a long rippled effect almost like some types of seaweed.

Athyrium is a huge fern family best known for athyrium filix femina, the lady fern with deeply dissected, lace-like deciduous fronds. Other members of this family which are worth trying are corymbiferum, frizelliae,  minutissimum and athyrium nipponicum pictum, better known as the Japanese painted fern which has pale, pinkish gray or silvery colored deciduous fronds.

A very large fern indeed is osmunda regalis or royal fern, a huge growing plant of originally British which, though deciduous, is well growing, again not pots, for its blazing autumn colors alone.

♣ Burn:

You can usually self-treat first and second-degree burns smaller than a quarter on child or smaller than a silver dollar on an adult. First-degree burn, like most sunburns and scalds, are red and painful. Second-degree burns, including severe sunburns or burns caused by brief contact with oven coils, blister, and ooze and are painful. Third degree burns are charred and white or creamy-colored. They can be caused by chemicals, electricity or prolonged contact with hot surface. Usually they are not painful because nerve endings have been destroyed, but they always require a doctor’s care.

Here’s what to do for those minor burns that qualify for self treatment.

♣ Douse That Flame:

The most important thing is to stop the burning process. Flush your burns with lots and lots of cold water-15 to 30 minutes worth. As the burning stops, the pain is eased. But do not use ice or ice water-they can make your burn worse.

It is contact burn, run the injured part under cold water, if it is hot grease or splattered hot material, immediately run cool water over the burn for 15 to 30 minutes.

If it is acid, lye or other corrosive burn, immediately remove the affected clothing, and immediately afterward put the burned portion of your body under running water for 15 to 30 minutes. If the clothing sticks to the burn, rinse water over the clothing for the same amount of time, then go to the doctor. Do not attempt to pull the clothing off yourself.

If you get this substance in your eye, immediately pour water on the eye from the nose outward so the substance is not swept into your other eye.

♣ Butter For Your Bread:

You would not try smother a fire with a giant of butter, would you? The same goes for a burn, food on burn can hold the heat in your tissue and make the burn worse. It also might cause an infection. Do not use any of those other old-time folk remedies either; no vinegar, potato scrapings or honey.

♣ Help it Heal:

Starting 24 hours after you are burned, wash your injury gently, once a day, with soap and water or a topical antiseptic solution containing povidone-iodine. Keep it covered, dry and clean between washings.

♣ Soothe With Aloe:

Two or three days after you burn, break off a fresh piece of aloe and use the plant’s natural healing moisture, or squeeze on an over-the-counter aloe cream. Both have analgesic action that will make your wound feel better.

♣ Antimicrobial Cream:

An over the counter antibiotic ointment containing the active ingredients polymyxin B sulfate or bacitracin will discourage infection and speed your healing.

♣ When To See A Doctor:

Burns the demand a doctor’s immediate attention include those that you are not sure are first- or second degree; are third degree; are larger than quarter or silver dollar mentioned above; are on infants under one year old or people over 60; are on the face, hand, feet, pelvic and pubic area, or in the eyes; show sign of infection, including a blister filled with greenish or brownish fluid or that becomes hot again or turns red; do not heal in 10 days to two weeks,

Manners are merely self protective devices appropriate to the customs of a particular age. These customs sometime become formalized and symbolic, but they invariably derive from some practical need. Thus, on the meeting somebody, we commonly shake right hands, a formal custom of no present-day significance. But in an age when everybody carried weapons, it was a demonstration that one was prepared to converse without a weapon in one’s hand, a sign of peace. What we think of a “good manners” was merely a way of saying, “I mean you no immediate violence, if you can show that your intension is the same.”

In a similar sprit, the seat on the right hand of the host is the place of honor. One theory about the origin of the custom is that a right-handed man sitting on the   host’s right could not easily stab him. What that been the prudent place for a rival gradually became the honored seat but for any important guest.

Caution lies behind manners, wherever we look in days gone by, a host sampled the wine before serving it, not to check that the wine was all right but to prove to his guests that it was not poisoned. A wine steward used his polished silver wine served as a demonstration of the host’s good will toward his guests. Silver was thought to neutralize poisons in wine.

Why do we stand aside and let someone older or more important go through the door first? One theory is that in medieval times it was sensible for the strongest man to leave the castle first, since there was always a possibility he would be met with armed opponents or the rebellious peasantry waving pitchforks and scythes. Gradually a certain honor descended upon this position. It was assumed that the most important person was also the strongest and even if he was not, he could hardly deny it.

Manners are society’s way of oiling the machinery. If you don’t lubricate relationship, tempers rise and people fight unnecessary battles. Besides it is worthwhile having good manners, if only so that when you drop them for a moment, people know you mean business.

People with good manners do better in most situations than those without. Most negotiations, for example, are impossible without good manners, which explain why diplomats are famed for their courtesy. The best lawyers, too, are usually exquisitely courteous. Beware of the man who never raises his voice and always treats you with courtesy; he could be getting after the jugular.

Despite mankind’s reputation for violence, most people prefer to avoid confrontation, and avoiding confrontation is what manner are all about. Manners represent the triumph of civilization and the sensible application of enlightened self-interest. Manners are not a demonstration of weakness, but a sign of common rise.

There is no gain in being cruel to people, whether it is in the small failures of civility in daily life or in the larger ones. Manners are mankind’s way of saying. “Let us not fight unless we have to” and there may be no higher wisdom than that in diplomacy, in business, in love and marriage, in the transactions of everyday life.