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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY   From TODAY, Voices Wednesday, 04-February-2009   By Dr James Dobson   One of the best contributions a single mother can make for a young son is to find him a mentor. In her book, Mothers and Sons, Mrs Jean Lush talks about the challenges all mothers face in raising sons.   The ages of 4 to 6 are especially important and difficult. The boy still loves his mother, but he feels the need to separate from her and gravitate toward a male image. If he has a father at home, he’ll want to spend more time with his dad apart from his mother and sisters. But what if the mother is raising her son alone? It’s difficult for any parent to admit to limitations, but a mother can’t expect to meet all of her son’s needs at this time of his life. Her best option is to recruit a man who can act as a mentor to her son, spending time with him and providing a role model of mature masculinity. Of course, mentors can ...

From TODAY, Health Tuesday, 03-February-2009 I was reminded of a parent who was complaining about her primary school child getting tanned under the sun during the child's PE session. Of course, it may be valid, but on the other hand, it may be over-protectionism. I held my peace, until the school replied: no such thing as PE under the blazing sun right above your head, or no direct exposure to sunlight. Actually, the argument was, why are the students wearing a short-sleeved uniform, and why not make it long-sleeve to protect them from the sun? I remember when we were students, the 7am to 9am sun was our body heater, and Vitamin D enhancer. These were all explained to us by our teachers, so although we were complaining of getting hot and tanned, which, or course, is reduced by the passing of time, we understood that eventually, the exercise was for our good, primarily physical, and secondarily, mental (from the bones come our blood, with blood our life). Anyway, here is the recent ...

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY   From TODAY, Voices Tuesday, 03-February-2009   By Dr James Dobson   The self-doubt that typically accompanies adolescence, if experienced in small doses, may not be all that bad. When we see our children struggling with the conflicts associated with the teen years, especially low self-esteem, it’s tempting to wish we could sweep aside all those problems.   Sometimes we have to be reminded ourselves that the human personality grows through adversity. “No pain, no gain,” as they say. Those who have conquered their problems are more secure than those who have never faced them.   I learned the value of mild stress when I was 13 and 14 years old. It was the two most painful years of my life. I found myself in a social crossfire that gave rise to intense feelings of inferiority and doubt.   Yet, those two years have contributed more positive qualities to my adult personality than any o...

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY   From TODAY, Voices Monday, 02-February-2009   By Dr James Dobson   I talk to a number of mothers, especially those with younger kids, who feel like they’re suffering from burnout – If they have to do one more load of laundry, or tie one more shoelace, they’ll just explode!   This problem of parental burnout is much more common today than it was a few years ago. Remember something called “the extended family”? When grandmothers and aunts and sisters all lived nearby and everyone gathered together daily? Those days are apparently gone forever. That’s why I strongly encourage the stay-at-home mother of small children to resist the temptation to pull within the walls of that house and allow them to collapse on her. She should develop relationships with neighbours and other mothers, and get together regularly. They could trade baby-sitting services, so each is free to go bowling or sh...

  I've been seeing my Secunia PSI report for some time, and it was telling me that my Office PC Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX was unsecure (take note, unsecure, not insecure). And since there is a link to an update, I clicked that. Not once, not twice, but many, many times! Can you imagine that? Even though I know that there are five options, one of which is the blog/forum link, I never bothered to go there.   But today, after 3x of re-installing the update, and still ending up with the same 'unsecure' message, I decided to go to the forum.   Voila!   That is where I found the key, the solution to the 'mysterious' no-change status of the ActiveX, despite numerous times of update and re-installation.   But that's not only the point. The good thing about forums is that you always get some by-products.   Which is why I write this blog now. I stumbled upon a new freeware, I haven't tried it, but the guys in the forum knew ...

I was thinking, since the alert from Secunia Personal Software Inspector keeps on coming back, telling that MS .NET FW 1.x is posing a security threat, and that when running windows update, it is not reported as a security threat. That's my first roadblock.   I went in, and found that several versions of the .NET framework are installed in my development PC. For Java versions, I know that I am supposed to uninstall the older versions manually, as this is not done by the updater program, but what about MS .NET FM older versions?   I browsed through the wide networld, and found some answers.   I'm sharing to all who might be encountering the same problems and asking the same questions.   Read the articles to gain some nifty insights as provided by the authors.   Link 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/08/31/4678599.aspx Link 2: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/12/18/remove-or-reinstall-net-framework/ Link 3: http://kbal...

From TODAY, Tech Friday, 30-January-2009 Layoffs, layoffs everywhere, and all the world in crisis; Jobhunt, jobhunt, everyone, which applicant to pick?! Some tips on how to do your jobhunting, even if you haven't been retrenched, or if you want to switch job...