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On June 10th something wonderful happened, and the media hasn't paid much attention yet. On that day, the National Public Health Road Map to Maintaining Cognitive Health was released by the CDC and the Alzheimer's Association. The authors proposed a set of 44 actions to reach a lofty goal: To maintain or improve the cognitive performance of all adults across America. This is great timing, given all the research and media attention that this field is getting, and the aging of the baby boomer population.

I want to first share with you the 10 top actions proposed by this report, and then provide a quick glossary to explain the key words that you will hear more and more when discussing brain health.

Top recommendations:

1) To determine how diverse audiences think about cognitive health and its associations with lifestyle factors. This work has all-ready yielded in a phenomenal report on Baby boomers' current opinion of Brain Health and Fitness, that you can find in the website of the MetLife Foundation.

2) To disseminate the latest science to increase public understanding of cognitive health and to dispel common misconceptions. The discovery of lifelong neuroplasticity and neurogenesis (see glossary below) has given us a new positive view upon the human brain - This is still a concept not many know of. "Use it or lose it" and "Use It and Get More of It" needs to reach all people.

3) Help people understand the connection between risk and protective factors and cognitive health. Protective factors were well summarized in the MacArthur study of successful aging: good nutrition, mental and physical exercise, stress management and social engagement.

4) Assess the literature on risk factors (vascular risk and physical inactivity) and related interventions for relationships with cognitive health. As Dr. Marilyn S. Albert at John Hopkins points it out: All the things that we know are bad for your heart turn out to be bad for your brain.

5) More clinical trials will be conducted to determine the effect of reducing vascular risk factors on lowering the risk of cognitive decline and improving cognitive function. Recent findings presented at International Conference on Prevention of Dementia are one big step in the right direction.

6) Further, more research will be conducted on other areas potentially affecting cognitive health such as nutrition, mental activity, and social engagement.

7) The last research focus is on determining the effect of physical activity on reducing the risk of cognitive decline and improving cognitive function.

8) The government will develop a population-based surveillance system to measure the public health burden of cognitive impairment in the United States.

9) Initiate policy changes at the federal, state, and local levels to promote cognitive health by engaging public officials.

10) Brain Fitness will be included in Healthy People 2020, a set of health objectives for the nation that will serve as the foundation for state and community public health plans.

This initiative will help people of all ages take more control of our brain health in the same way we care about our nutrition and body health.

Now let's review some of the most relevant concepts in this field. This vocabulary will become familiar to all of us during the next years::

Brain Fitness: the general state of good, sharp, brain and mind, especially as the result of mental and physical exercise and proper nutrition.

Brain Fitness Program: structured set of brain exercises, usually computer-based, designed to train specific brain areas and functions in targeted ways, and measured by brain fitness assessments.

Chronic Stress: ongoing, long-term stress. Continued physiological arousal where stressors block the formation of new neurons and negatively impact the immune system's defenses.

Cognitive training: variety of brain exercises designed to help work out specific "mental muscles". The principle underlying cognitive training is to help improve "core" abilities, such as attention, memory, problem-solving, which many people consider as fixed.

Cognitive Reserve: theory that addresses the fact that individuals vary considerably in the severity of cognitive aging and clinical dementia. Mental stimulation, education and occupational level are believed to be major active components of building a cognitive reserve that can help resist the attacks of mental disease.

fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that enables researchers see images of changing blood flow in the brain associated with neural activity. This allows images to be generated that reflect which structures are activated (and how) during performance of different tasks.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): yoga and meditation practices designed to enable effective responses to stress, pain, and illness.

Neurogenesis: the process by which neurons are created all throughout our lives.

Neuroplasticity: the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new connections throughout life.

Exciting times ahead! We should all be looking forward what science will bring us to help develop and grow gracefully as we age.

Alvaro Fernandez is the CEO and Co-Founder of SharpBrains, http://www.sharpbrains.com which provides the latest science-based information for Brain Health and Brain Exercise, and reviews programs such as MindFit, Posit Science, emWave, IntelliGym, Cogmed, and more. Dozens of publications, such as Scientific American Mind, CBS, Forbes, MSNBC, Seattle Times, New York Post, have highlighted SharpBrains website and information. Check http://www.sharpbrains.com/hottopics

Instant Messengers are very popular on computers, now with the advancement of cellular technology it has become possible to connect to MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ and other instant messenger services through mobile phones. The internet and Java enabled mobile devices make Mobile Instant Messaging a reality. The only major problems are the small screen and the input of messages as only a few can type in messages very fast. However there are phones with large screens and QWERTY keypads. Here are the few of the free services available today to do this. However keep in mind that you will still be charged by your service provider for the internet usage on your mobile. Agile Messenger the most widely used software for this purpose, however it required Symbian OS and is not a freeware anymore.

WIRELESS VILLAGE:

Most of the new mobile phones come with a built in asian adult chat client based on the wireless village technology(technically called OMA IMPS), it is known as My Friends on SonyEricsson phones, My Presence on Nokia and IM on Motorola phones . It is currently the best option for most phones, but its major drawback is the polling system it is based on. The phone has to connect to the server every few minutes and get the new status of online contacts or get new messages. Therefore the messages are not Instant, there is some delay between the messages. You can set up a smaller interval for polling but it is still not efficient enough and results in more usage cost.

Although this technology has been around for sometime not many people seem to know about it. Mostly because the phone manufacturers or the cellular service providers do not provide any service which could be used with the client built in on the phones. However there are free services available at www.yamigo.com and www.smartvas.com. The one very big advantage of using this over the other methods is that phones have an option to use this in the background. This means you can run Wireless Village in background and use any other application. The very big disadvantage is that you have to add every person whose online status you wish to be notified of in your Yamigo or SmartVAS contact list as well. This has now become easier for there now is an option which can be used to fetch the contacts automatically.

JABBER:

Jabber technology has been around for sometime, this lets users to connect to multiple instant messenger networks simultaneously. This consists of a server and client. The server stores the usernames and passwords for all networks. You have to login to the server using a jabber client. There are now several Jabber clients available for mobile phones. A very good service especially for mobile phones is available at www.jabber.nu. They have got several builds of their client for different mobiles. However the older phones which have MIDP1.0 would not be able to use most of the jabber clients as they do not have TCP socket support.

E-MESSENGER:

This is the most popular method as all it requires is a phone that support mobile internet. No Java support or anything else is required. All this needs is a WAP browser. The service is available on www.e-messenger.com. However in the mobile you have to enter: mob.e-messenger.net. I have successfully used this on many phones. There are major drawbacks as the login screen would not remember your sign in name. If you have to use something else on your mobile you would have to close the WAP browser. This site is only for MSN, there might be other such sites for other networks.

FUTURE:

It would not take long before a client and server is created so that anyone can run the server on a 24/7 static IP internet connection to which the client would connect. So that users can avoid giving their login information to third parties. Such a client/server application would be made so that the data transfer between the mobile and the server is reduced and mobile internet charges are lower.

LAST WORDS:

The methods I have discussed here are free of charge, you can easily find other commercial solutions but I dont think it is worth paying for asian adult chatting on mobiles, as you dont get the same experience you get on a computer.

Ibrahim Mohammad
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Women love lingerie and so do their partners. If you are looking for the perfect gift to make your partner feel special, you cant go wrong with lingerie.

However, if you are buying lingerie you need to buy the RIGHT lingerie and that is what this article is all about.

The perfect gift if you choose right

If you buy the right lingerie for your partner you will make her feel special and wanted but there is no room for error.

Women simply love lingerie and you have to know their taste.

Buying what you like, or have seen in a Best Porn Sites movie is a big mistake!

You have to buy something both you and your partner will like. The trick is to make her feel you put some thought into your choice to make her not just feel sexy, but something that suits her style and taste as well.

Getting started

Assuming you know her size ( and if you dont you need to find out ) the first place to start is her wardrobe.

If she likes clean, sleek lines and a contemporary look, then go for a clean, sleek and minimalist look with her lingerie.

If she like frilly elaborate clothes, then go for a more traditional look such as side tie frills patterns and fabrics such as satin.

Think, decadent courts of the king in the nineteenth century here.

By all means ask any close girlfriends.

They will be delighted to advice you on your choice and with lingerie buying there is nothing like a womens eye to help.

Buying your items

When you visit s store tell the assistants what she likes and also her colouring ( important ) so they can help you choose.

Lingerie being bought by men for their partners is big business and we have all seen the pictures of David Beckham doing it and you can to.

If you visit a store the staff are generally well trained and know what women like, so get their advice.

Youre View

If you want your view to be taken into account tell the assistant and see if you can find something you like and your partner will like to.

The gift

Dont just give it to her in a bag make sure its nicely packaged.

A nice presentation box, some bows and maybe some flowers for the final touch.

When you give it to her and a special card, to show how much she is appreciated.

Show you have made an effort and put thought into your choice.

This will be highly appreciated!

The perfect gift

Women simply will adore this gift.

If you make some effort in your choice and put some thought into the presentation, you can look forward to seeing it later and a partner.

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