Rope Skipping ... alertness + creative...

Woot, Take alook at this article.. Describing something that i have been doing since young.. hahahaa

Taken from :

http://www.tylerpaper.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090118/NEWS08/901180313

Jumping Workshop Lifts Attendees To New Heights

By COSHANDRA DILLARD
Staff Writer

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NEW CHAPEL HILL -- Skipping, criss-crossing your hands while jumping or doing hand stands and 360-degree turns doesn't seem to be that hard with a little practice. But try doing it with a jump rope -- that is skill.

On Saturday at the Chapel Hill High School campus, more than 200 avid rope jumpers of all ages attended the Heart Throbbers Jump Rope Team's annual workshop.

It was a chance to show off their skills and pick up a few more. Twenty-one teams from around the country attended -- including those from Ohio, Washington, Utah, Louisiana, West Virginia and Texas. Instructors were youth ranging from seventh grade to college age.

The workshop offered instruction in single rope, partner and double Dutch stunts.

Ashton Horton, a Jones fourth-grader and Heart Throbbers member, works on a jump-rope combination Saturday morning. He placed third in the nation last summer.

Based in Tyler, Heart Throbbers was started in 1992 by Tracy Berg and she began offering the workshops about two years later. A former elementary physical education teacher, she wanted to provide everyone with the opportunity to take advantage of the many benefits of jumping rope. Her team participates in national competitions and connects with other rope jumpers from around the country.

Some adults even participated, as the sport of jumping rope has not only proven to be fun for all ages, but a health benefit.

"It is a great exercise," Ms. Berg said. "The health benefits are immeasurable. They also learn teamwork and leadership skills because the kids learn from each other. They make friends and root for them at different events. Competitions are like family reunions."

The workshop was led by Shaun Hamilton of Ohio-based Jumping Sports Industries. He is a board member of USA Jump Rope and head coach of the USA Jump Rope All-Star Team. He has set world records and said he would like to introduce the sport to the Olympics. He said in addition to the health benefits, jumping rope boosts character skills.

"It teaches structure and discipline and with obesity running rampant in this country, it's a great remedy for it," he said. "It is still the No. 1 cardiovascular exercise you can do."

According to researchers, jumping rope is an ideal brain exercise because it develops the left and right sides of the brain. They say it increases mental alertness and spatial awareness. In addition, the rhythmic effects and skills, such as criss-crossing at the midsection, improve reading skills.

Patrick Vorbroker, 16, of Mason, Ohio, has been jumping rope for five years since joining an after-school enrichment program. His team won second overall in a world competition last summer in South Africa. One of the Saturday workshop's staff members, he said he enjoys teaching others what he loves to do.

"They get good enough to teach you stuff," he said. "That's when you know it's worth it."

Jumping rope never really died, but it is definitely growing in popularity, workshop leaders say. Like any other sport, people are serious about jumping rope. It has different levels of skill that take years of developing. And it has evolved. Boxers and other athletes have used it to improve agility and speed.

"It's a growing sport," Ms. Berg said. "It's not just for little girls. Half of our team is boys. It's a great cross-trainer for other sports and there's no limit to the creativity. It's always changing every year."

Heart Throbbers also display their skills at schools for Jump Rope for Heart, a national educational fundraising program sponsored by the American Heart Association and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Dear Dear... Dun be upset k!!! :)

Dear, i have just gotten my bath and about to go take a rest ya. Today's crowd was really awesome, super long queue since 1030am. In fact the booth only started at about 11am. Hmm, was alit late reaching TM this morning, due to a traffic jam at bedok reservoir area. 

So when i reached the booth, i was really shocked to see the crowd. Furthermore, most of the colleagues over there, had been working for more than 3-4 days. So, moost of them knew how to cope with the crowd, and to be able to take more names and particular given the same number of  working hours. I was a little slow this morning and caught up alit in the afternoon. Actually took some time to regulate the pause and the no of people whom i attended to. Too many people in the queue and too many colleagues at work, that make things a lit messy. Individuality also at stake, hence we are suppose to achieve the quota by ourselves and also to manage the datas at the end of the day.

The early afternoon period was really messy. The materials and stock were limited, yet the no of people queuing gets larger and larger. i had to use a rough paper to write the particulars for the people whom i attended to, to make sure the the gifts or prizes tallies at the end of the day. So, in the end i had to spent almost 2 hours to complete the tabulation and to transfer these data to the proper document sheets. Guess what dear? i very smart.. i went to burger king to transfer them, so i wont have to stand to do the transfer at the booth. Actually, i did lose out by doing so, cos i will not be able to "capture" the late evening crowd. I started the tabulation at 8pm ( official closing time is at 9pm de). anyway, i told myself that it was better for me to have my data tabulated properly rather that capture more datas till 9pm and then to start doing the tabulation after 9pm. In fact, when i finished the tabul, i went back to the booth to submit the completed one, the rest of the colleagues were still there, doing the sorting etc. Think they could only finished it after midnight ba. 

By the way, i had my phone placed in my bag this morning when i started working, so that i wun cause any damage to the new repaired phone again. Told myself to constantly check the hp for any rings or sms. dear, really very sorry.. only managed to collect the bag( for safe keeping) after the working hour. That was the time which i saw your sms sent at 2pm. And the first thing i completed my tabulation and admin stuff, it was to give  you a call, to hear your voice and to make my slef more relax de, but i think it was really late thou. almost 11plus le. Hope you would understand ya. Paiseh ^^

Well, recently we been through some diffcult things in our r/s. But hor.. i still feel that the faith for me in you still there... The love still there, and i still think that thing will be working out. At least right now, we have managed to throw out all these issues to ponder. Might be a lit difficult to solve all at once. But i guess we are trying to solve them one at a time. Besides, it could be also my D's issue that trigger all these thoughts too. I do agree with you that i'm too a serious and also sensitive person. Similarly you may have also think that u might be alit self-centered at times. But i think its the ways how we would want to compromise the achieve the final result ya. About the personality issue, i guess we are improving alittle. i myself i would say that i starting to be more open and be less sensitive to things. Taking todays work for example, i was able to be take about what ppl say or trying to put words with other meanings to me personally. I'm able adjust myself and give those serious look to ppl. ^^ but hor, i still try to give a little firm look at those ppl whom seems unreasonable de!! heehee. Guess you might think that "eh, you are behaving like this because you are working ma, a different thing her." hmm, but i still think that it a one step for me to realise my short coming too. 

Think many factors would have led me to be a talk serious, act serious and defensive person ba.

Maybe :

1. My University life could have contributed me to be a more defensive person. Too many elite ppl out there...

2. My peers mostly talk very serious, ended up i also become serious with my tones and use of speech...

3. Act serious, been always a careful person.. to an extend that i neglect that there should always been a relax to it at BGR.

Perhaps these are some of the factors that i could think of at this point of time. 

Thinking back to what i have mentioned, sometimes it might be because of the lack of my vocab in expressing my thoughts that could have led to some unnecessary issue. For e.g. the word "worth" for yesterday.. didnt really expect dear that you would think of that way de. Sometimes that word i used seems misappropriate at times also. Making yourself unhappy de. 

Guess i have always want to put myself into other ppl shoes and most of the time neglected my own. I guess i really really need to open up more. To be the christopher that i used to be last time. And be the cheerful one and to bring happiness to that someone (thats you) 

Everytime when i see ya friendster hor.. Since the first day you place it , I have always rem that sentence that you put in your profile This sentence is always something that i would always want to uphold.

" I have finally found someone whom can make me happy"...  

I also wanna reply to this sentence too..." i have finally found someone whom i can give happiness too..."

Despite all these difficult issues at this point of time, i still believe that i will be able to continue to uphold it. On a lighter note, These difficult issues arent going to kill our relationship but will make us both stronger for ever more. 

Till now, i still feel that you are the potential one, whom i will put all my heart and soul into, to care and to protect you. 

Let's us put these aside first and to enjoy the holiday CNY2009.. Wanna watch the "Wedding" show with you wor. NC18 somemore right. Cant wait to see you again de. 

Believe in me, and believe in us!!! I know we can overcome them all... Let us take one step at a time ok? :)

Shall learn to be a crappy person in front of u liao.. So u must tolerate my childishness and lame lame thing hor.. "I will try to fang horse over".. You will receive the horse soon ar... Heehee...

Woot, 3.11am, time for me to end this entry le. Broken english blog.. must bare with it k.. 

Night night... :D Muack... ( shall start to say all these in the public and during our speech liao~!) Must Tahan ok?? :P

Cerebral Diplegia

Taken from: www.medhelp.org

Definition

Cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders that involve loss of movement or loss of other nerve function.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Cerebral palsy is caused by injuries to the cerebrum (the largest part of the brain), which occur as the baby grows in the womb or near the time of birth.

Initially cerebral palsy was thought to be related to trauma and strangulation during birth (birth asphyxia), which leads to lack of oxygen to the brain), but in a study of 45,000 births it was shown that birth asphyxia is an uncommon cause of cerebral palsy.

In patients with cerebral palsy, parts of the brain areas receive lower levels of oxygen (hypoxia) at some point, but it is not known why this occurs.

Premature infants have a slightly higher rate of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy may also occur during early infancy as a result of illnesses (encephalitis, meningitis, herpes simplex infections, and so on), head injury that results in subdural hematoma, blood vessel injuries, and many others conditions.

Injury to the cerebrum can result in the loss of nerve functions in widely different areas. The classical finding of CP is increased muscle tone ( spasticity ). Spasticity may affect:

• One arm or leg
• One side of the body (spastic hemiplegia)
• Both legs (spastic diplegia)
• Both arms and legs (spastic quadriplegia)

In addition, the child may have a partial or full loss of movement (paralysis), problems hearing and vision, and sensation abnormalities. Speech problems are common.Seizures may occur.

Intellectual function may range from extremely bright normal to severe mental retardation. Symptoms are usually seen before age 2. In severe cases, they may appear as early as 3 months.

Classifications of cerebral palsy include spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed.

• Spastic cerebral palsy is the most common type.
• Dyskinetic (athetoid) cerebral palsy involves development of abnormal movements (twisting, jerking, or other movements).
• Ataxic cerebral palsy involves tremors, unsteady gait, loss of coordination, and abnormal movements.
• Mixed cerebral palsy involves any combination of symptoms.

Expectations (prognosis)

Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disorder. Long-term care may be required. The disorder does not affect expected length of life. The extent of disability varies.

The central nervous system is comprised of the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system includes all peripheral nerves.

The clinical definition of Cerebral Palsy is “a non specific term used to describe persistent qualitative motor disorder caused by non-progressive damage to the brain” (Saunders Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medical Nursing and Allied Health).  Breaking that apart: Cerebral is anything that pertains to the cerebrum (main portion of the brain) and Palsy is paralysis.  In simplistic terms: Brain Paralysis or brain damage.  The AMA determines Cerebral Palsy to be occurring before age 5. 

Cerebral Palsy is neither contagious nor progressive.  When someone who has Cerebral Palsy dies, it is not the CP itself that has caused the death.  Rather, it is the result brain damage that has occurred in another area of the brain.  There are several disorders associated with Cerebral Palsy, as the brain damage is typically not restricted to the motor centers of the brain. 

There are several classifications of CP.  One does not simply have CP.  This usually begins with how the muscles are affected.   The Spastic type is when there are exaggerated stretch reflexes, increased deep tendon reflexes and muscle spasm.  Secondly, is the Athetiod type wherein there is purposeless, uncontrollable movements and muscle tension.  Finally there is Atactic which leaves the child with poor balance, poor coordination and gait.  You may hear these simply described as either being tight (spastic) or floppy (Atactic).  Athetiod may also be characterized as writhing movements. 

Your child may have one or more types.  Usually this presents as a Spastic-Athetiod combination.  These types may also change over the years.  Most frequently this is either from a singular type to a combination, either Spastic or Athetiod to a Spastic Athetiod combination or Atatic to an Atactic-Athetiod.  It is also possible that a Spastic child may become predominately Athetiod, or vice versa.  A child going from Spastic to Atactic will almost never occur. 

With these classifications then comes the location.  This can be diplegia, affecting like extremities (both arms or both legs): hemiplegia, affecting one side (the opposite side of brain injury): triplegia, affecting three extremities or quadriplegia (tetraplegia) affecting all four extremities. 

Additionally, to further confuse the issue, CP is given a severity level: mild, moderate or severe. 

The end result gives you something like this: 
                                      Severe Spastic-Athetiod Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy 
                                                                       Or 
                                      Severe Quadriplegic (Quadriplegia) Cerebral Palsy of the Spastic-Athetiod type. 

The different types are treated in different manors and certain types are apt to be more severe in general. 

Taken from wikidoc.org

The degree of spasticity in spastic diplegia, and, for that matter, other types of spastic CP, can and almost always does vary widely from person to person. No two people with spastic diplegia are exactly alike, and no form of CP is genetic, nor has any reliable scientific research yet been done to point to susceptibility to CP along hereditary lines.

Above the hips, persons with spastic diplegia typically retain normal or near-normal muscle tone and range of motion, though some lesser spasticity may also affect the upper body, such as the trunk and arms, depending on the severity of the condition in the individual. Additionally, because leg tightness often leads to instability in ambulation, extra muscle tension usually develops in the upper body, shoulders, and arms due to compensatory stabilization movements, regardless of the fact that the upper body itself is not directly affected by the condition. Meanwhile, lower-extremity spasticity in spastic diplegia is rarely so great as to totally prevent ambulation — i.e., most people with the condition can walk — but the main difference between spastic diplegia and a normal gait pattern is that spastic diplegia does result in the signature "scissor gait" that some able-bodied people might tend to confuse with the effects ofdrunkenness, multiple sclerosis or another nerve disease.

Causes

Doctors aren't sure what causes CP. This matter has been debated over the years with no obvious answers or conclusions.

Some causes of CP are asphyxia, hypoxia of the brain, birth trauma, premature birth, and certain infections in the mother during and before birth such as strep infections, central nervous system infections, trauma, consecutive hematomas, and placenta abruptio.

Between 40% and 50% of all children who develop cerebral palsy were born prematurely. Premature babies have a higher risk in part because their organs are not yet fully developed. This increases the risk of asphyxia and other injury to the brain, which in turn increases the incidence of CP. Periventricular leukomalacia is an important cause of CP.

Recent research has demonstrated that intrapartum asphyxia is not the most important cause, probably accounting for no more than 10 percent of all cases; rather, infections in the mother, even infections that are not easily detected, may triple the risk of the child developing the disorder, mainly as the result of the toxicity to the fetal brain of cytokines that are produced as part of the inflammatory response.^[1]

The risk of a baby having CP increases as the birth weight decreases. A baby who is born prematurely usually has a low birth weight, less than 5.5 lb, but full-term babies can also have low birth weights. Multiple-birth babies are more likely than single-birth babies to be born early or with a low birth weight.

After birth, the condition may be caused by toxins, severe jaundice, lead poisoning, physical brain injury, shaken baby syndrome, incidents involving hypoxia to the brain (such as near drowning), and encephalitis or meningitis. The three most common causes of asphyxia in the young child are: choking on foreign objects such as toys and pieces of food; poisoning; and near drowning.

Some structural brain anomalies such as lissencephaly cause symptoms of CP, although whether that could be considered CP is a matter of opinion (some people say CP must be due to brain damage, whereas these people never had a normal brain). Often this goes along with rare chromosome disorders and CP is not genetic or hereditary.

Why am i thinking so.....

Despite a long hour of sleep to recharge myself yesterday, a seafood dinner gathering with my secondary peers in the evening, i still feel something amiss. Perhaps, i still pondering over what my dear have mentioned to me on friday evening.

Actually to think of it, it was also the first time that she had asked for me to take a seat and to have a short chat over some issue. 

In fact after the chat, many things struck me. Believed this will be the first time that i'm in this situation like it. In the past, i would think of the many wonderful things and goals that i am going to accomplish and to fulfill in the years to come. Especially so after i have shared with her about our goal 20122012... So many things that i would like to achieve with her together. 

As i was able to "lock and strive them all".... 

An important issue was mentioned during our chat and its kinda "shaken" me.. The more i think about this issue thou, the more uncertainties that i made. Perhaps more wrongful assumptions that i have given myself. I would say that it more than just a visit to the D but it does implies on many other issues too. 

Honestly speaking, i'm would say that i'm a contented to what i have, the family that i'm  bought up in, and also the many happy events that came across my life (including meeting my dear and to have her in my life till this point of time).  As what i have mentioned earlier, if she have noted, it is also because of my dad's issue that make me what i am now. To learn to care, to appreciate things, and most importantly to be a filial child. 

And so what if someone came from a rich, fed with sliver spoon or even from a healthy family and to those whom often ask parent for spare money? There is also possiblities for him/her to led astray, not filial and to take many things for granted. Really distaste such people... 

 "Life kinda unfair, just when you have met "the one",  and an obstacle set in..." When i heard from her, 2 things came into my mind.. Felt really contented because this means that i'm the one already. On the other hand, this obstacle is may sound very unfriendly and may cause some devastating effect to our relationship...

Do i really need to go through all these? Am i ready for all this, How about the future that i have set for myself earlier???

And what if this obstacle crossed and something else set in in the future... 

Have i seen the protective self of an individual.. Although i knows it is a typical human feeling, but am i seeing it too early?/ Have i mentioned the goal 20122012 too early as well? Gosh.. the more i think of it, the more insecurity came into my mind. How am i to take care of someone, when i myself feel insecure . It has never been this way before... What should i do... Is like i'm climbing up a flight of steps and fallen more steps this time round..   And what if something bad happened after 20122012 **touch wood"? Am i going to be someone of guilty for example...

In a big dilemma this time. You at stake, me at stake, our future at stake. 

Since young, i have always had this perception in mind, when 2 person in love, no matter what happened to the other person.. They will also walk through it together.. Think after sunday's chat, i realise that this perception has changed, it was really too ideal.. 

Think i'm sounding too pessimistic this time.. But i just could not think otherwise...Yucks.. really should not be thinking along that line... Chris Chris!!!! You are not like this.. What happened to you??? 

Geez.. 2 photos to share...

Almost 1.5 weeks in my IA company thou. Finally received my staff card. Shall be posted in this entry for my dear dear to see! :) Well, this photo was taken by her and in fact i would say that it was really well-taken.. "wo hen men yi wor!!!" Most importantly, to have your gf taking a "smart" photo of myself really make me feel fortunate and blissful. Giving you the support to tackle the IA programme. ** pls give my darling a clap **

Next, a preview of the warehouse setting in my IA company...Well, took a ladder up to take it.. Look impressive eh... Yeap.. that your little boy~! :P

A forwarded email!!!

Received a forwarded email from a friend... And find it quite interesting.. very meaningful and worthy for a thought to ponder... L-O-V-E

爱一人

 

如果你不爱一个人,

请放手.

好让别人有机会爱她.

如果你爱的人放弃了你,

请放开自己,

好让自己有机会爱别人.

有的东西你再喜欢也不会属于你的,

有的东西你再留恋也注定要放弃的.

人生中有许多种 .

但别让自己为一种伤害.

有些缘分是注定要失去的,

有些缘分是永远都不会有好结果的,

爱一个人不一定要拥有,

但拥有一个人就一定要好好的去爱她.

男人哭了是因为他真的爱了.

女人哭了是因为她真的放弃了.

 

如果真诚是一种伤害,

我选择谎言;

如果谎言一种伤害,

我选择沉默;

如果沉默是一种伤害,

我选择离开.

 

如果失去是苦，

你怕不怕付出 ,

如果迷乱是苦，

你会不会选择结束,

如果追求是苦，

你会不会选择执迷不悟 ,

如果分离是苦，

你要向谁倾诉,

好多事情都是后来才看清楚,

好多事情当时一点也不觉得苦!!!!

 

 

***爱&缘分***

１.她無聊時陪她〃

２.她難過時安慰她〃

３.男生要主動點〃

４.多約女友出去〃

５.不能讓女友主動約〃

６.讓她每天都開心愉快〃

７.要好好對待女友〃

８.順從女友的意〃

９.不要讓她傷心難過〃

１０.當她被欺負要立刻去保護她〃

１１.不要隱瞞女友事情〃

１２.不能背叛女友〃