Early language skills help kids in anger management

Washington, December 26 : Toddlers with good language skills are better able to manage anger later in life, a new study suggests.
Children with good language skills at age 2 expressed less anger during frustrating situations at age 4 than did those 4-year-olds with less advanced language skills, according to the study''s findings.
Children whose language skills developed quickly also expressed less anger at age 4.

The new study followed 120 children from 18 months old until they were 4. Children periodically underwent tests that assessed their language skills and their ability to cope with frustrating tasks. One task asked children to wait for eight minutes before opening a present while their mother finished work.

Two aspects of language appeared to help children rein in their anger. First, more-developed language skills allowed kids to ask for support from their parents during a frustrating situation (for instance, asking the mother whether she was finished with her work). Children also used language to occupy or distract themselves from becoming angry. (One child dealt with the waiting task by counting for a full minute.)

"Better language skills may help children verbalize rather than use emotions to convey needs and use their imaginations to occupy themselves while enduring a frustrating wait," said study researcher Pamela Cole, a professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University.
The study was recently published in the journal Child Development. (ANI)

Why chocolate milk is the best post-workout drink

Chocolate milk tops the list when it comes to fueling yourself after a hard session at the gym.
This is because every cup of chocolate milk contains between eight and 11 grams of protein.
A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition also found that, when taken immediately after exercise, milk-based proteins promote greater muscle protein synthesis than soy-based proteins, Fox News reported.
Finally, another reason why post-workout chocolate milk is beneficial is because cow''s milk contains about 80 percent casein protein content and 20 percent whey protein content.

This is ideal because the whey protein is fast-acting, allowing amino acids to get right into the muscle tissue, while the casein protein is digested slower, providing a steady stream of amino acids over a lengthier period of time.

In addition, drinking chocolate milk after workout also provides carbohydrates.
The total carbohydrate count will vary depending upon the brand you choose, with most coming in around 20 to 25 grams of carbohydrates.

This sugar will cause a spike in insulin levels, driving the glucose molecules into the muscle tissue and replenishing the energy stores for your next workout. Without this insulin spike, you''re going to be looking at a slower recovery period, which could mean more time out of the gym.

A study by the International Journal of Sports Nutrition had subjects perform three interval-style, exhaustion workout sessions on separate days, and then monitored the recovery that was demonstrated. The subjects consumed either chocolate milk or a carbohydrate replacement fluid post-workout.

It was seen that after the recovery period was over, those who were drinking post-workout chocolate milk showed enhanced performance between the interval sessions, indicating that the carbohydrates in chocolate milk were doing a better job in recovery than the carbohydrates in the replacement beverage.
Chocolate milk also contain calcium, which is one of the minerals that plays a critical role in the "power stroke" - when the individual muscle fibers generate tension through a cross-bridge cycling pattern, causing contraction to take place.

The calcium ions are what bind to the plasma membrane and send one of the first signals to stimulate the power stroke. So, without enough calcium ions in the body, this process will not take place optimally.
By drinking post-workout chocolate milk you will increase your daily calcium intake, and increase the likelihood of an optimal power stroke. (ANI)

Missing protein `kick-starts` male fertility

 Adding a missing protein to infertile human sperm can "kick-start" its ability to fertilise an egg and dramatically increase the chances of a successful pregnancy, researchers say.
A team of researchers from Cardiff University first found that sperm transfers a vital protein, known as PLC-zeta (PLCz), to the egg upon fertilisation.

This sperm protein initiates a process called `egg activation' which sets off all the biological processes necessary for development of an embryo.
Now, the team has found that eggs that don't fertilise because of a defective PLCz, as in some forms of male infertility, can be treated with the active protein to produce egg activation.
The added PLCz kick-starts the fertilisation process and significantly improves the chance of a successful pregnancy.

"We know that some men are infertile because their sperm fail to activate eggs. Even though their sperm fuses with the egg, nothing happens. These sperm may lack a proper functioning version of PLCz, which is essential to trigger the next stage in becoming pregnant," Professor Tony Lai, who led the study with Professor Karl Swann, said.

"What's important from our research is that we have used human sperm PLCz to obtain the positive results that we had previously observed only in experiments with mice.
"In the lab we have been able to prepare human PLCz protein that is active. If this protein is inactive or missing from sperm, it fails to trigger the process necessary for egg activation - the next crucial stage of embryo development.

"However, when an unfertilised egg is injected with human PLCz, it responds exactly as it should do at fertilisation, resulting in successful embryo development to the blastocyst stage, vital to pregnancy success," he added.
The study has been published online by the journal Fertility and Sterility. (ANI)

5 ways to have more sex during holidays

5 ways to make the six super-fast weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's as sexy has been revealed.
Karen Siff Exhorn has compiled a list that appears in the Huffington Post that details tips on how to have more sex during holidays.

Firstly, she says, couples should eat, drink and enjoy! They should try sexy holiday foods to get themselves "in the mood?" Chocolate can be tried for this purpose - the darker the better. It has had a long-held reputation as an aphrodisiac, and the antioxidants in dark chocolate are great for promoting sexual vigour, the reported.

Another way to have more sex is by including wine, as alcoholic beverages have been used to stimulate the libido since ancient times. Wine that is spiced can be a potent aphrodisiac. Red Burgundy, which is mixed with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and sugar is known as Hippocras aphrodisiac. White port is a powerful aphrodisiac, especially when it is paired with strawberries.

Or, couples can play strip dreidel to spice up their romance in the holidays.
Right after a hearty game of strip dreidel, couples could also engage in Mistletoe Madness. During this activity, both the partners get naked and wave a mistleoe over each part of the body that needs some kissing.
Having more sex means less stress. The act of engaging in sex will actually get couples in the mood, and after a sexy romp, their bodies will experience a hormone release, which triggers the sense of relaxation and relief that they crave. (ANI)

China shares rise after Jinping remarks boosted sentiment

The stock markets in China increased following remarks from new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, in which he said that the country could be on the path of economic recovery.
Both the onshore China shares and Hong Kong Market performed better than its peers in the Asian region after Xi said that his key priorities include tax reform, urbanization and more role for market forces to determine resource prices.

The CSI300 Index of the top Shanghai and Shenzhen shares increased 3.9 percent and the Shanghai Composite Index increased 3 percent to 2,034.6. The index has crossed the
2000mark for the first time since 27 November, 2012.

Onshore China shares increased and led the gains in Hong Kong as the Hang Seng Index rose to 1.4 percent at 22,094.2 till its mid-day trading break. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong rose 2 percent.

The gains in the Chinese stocks and turnover in Hong Kong helped in boosting the index. Experts believe that it is too early to assume that there will be a long term recovery in the markets but the rise is a positive trend and will boost investor sentiment in the markets in the larger Asian region.

Hong Kong markets close higher

Hong Kong market closed higher today after the refiners recorded strong gains due to lower oil prices in the international markets. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 32.12 points to 21,799.97 after it touched a low of 21,687.88 in the morning.

Onshore China shares increased and led the gains in Hong Kong. The gains in the Chinese telecommunication stocks and turnover in Hong Kong helped in boosting the index. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings closed 0.6 percent higher following a rebound.

The sentiment was also boosted by recovery in shares in Mainland China. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index increased 0.8 per cent higher at 1975.1. Shanghai volume hit its highest since 9 November after an increase in the afternoon trade.

The CSI300 of the top Shanghai and Shenzhen listings increases 1.1 per cent while Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.8 percent after rising from their lowest levels in several months. Experts believe that it is too early to assume that there will be a long term recovery in the markets but the rise is a positive trend and will boost investor sentiment in the markets in the larger Asian region.

Commodity Trading Tips for Mustardseed by KediaCommodity

Mustardseed yesterday traded with the negative node and settled -2.34% down at 4083 weighed by expectations of higher arrivals in the coming days. Indian farmers have cultivated rapeseed on 5.22 million hectares as on Nov. 23, compared with 5.07 million hectares during the same time last year. Rapeseed output is likely to grow nearly 25 percent to 6.5 million tonnes, industry officials said. The sowing of rabi oilseeds, particularly mustard has surpassed last year, as winter has arrived in most of north and central India which would increase the export of edible oil next year. The production of mustard seed is critical to determine the extent of edible oil import needed every year as it is the biggest oilseed crop during the rabi season. Mustard had been sown on 5.71 million hectares till Thursday as per the latest report.

 The area sown is 5.64 million hectares more than the sowing during the corresponding period last year. The government has fixed a target of 8.19 million tonnes in 2012-13. Rajasthan mustard sowing was 2.58 million hectares till Thursday, up 2.8 per cent from last year, according to the data. Rajasthan is the biggest producer of mustard seed in the country. In 2010-11 the production was 81.79 million tons. 

According to the fourth advanced estimates, the production in 2011-12 would be 67.76 mt and the estimated target for 2012-13 is 81.93 mt. In the Sri Ganganagar spot market in Rajasthan the price edged down by -37.5 rupee to 4225 rupees per 20 kgs. In yesterday's trading session Mustardseed has touched the low of 4071 after opening at 4175, and finally settled at 4083. For today's session market is looking to take support at 4041.7, a break below could see a test of 4000.3 and where as resistance is now likely to be seen at 4153.7, a move above could see prices testing 4224.3.
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RM Seed  trading range for the day is 4000-4224.
Mustardseed ended lower weighed by expectations of higher arrivals in the coming days.
Indian farmers have cultivated rapeseed on 5.22 million hectares, compared with 5.07 million hectares during same time last year.

NCDEX accredited warehouses mustard seed stocks dropped by 1195 tonnes to 32285 tonnes.
In the Sri Ganganagar spot market in Rajasthan the price edged down by -37.5 rupee to 4225 rupees per 20 kgs.

Ahmed Shahzad not ready to accept ‘attitude problem, disciplinary issues’ allegations

Lahore, August 28 : Out-of-favour Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shahzad, often criticised for his attitude, is not ready to accept the allegations about his lack of discipline, insisting that he has done nothing wrong.

Shahzad has a history of disciplinary issues since his club-cricket days, and his attitude problem was first highlighted in 2008, when the then team manager Abdul Raqeeb had reported his disruptive behaviour during the ICC Youth World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

He has since been dropped several times from the national squad, and his recent conduct on Pakistan’s West Indies tour forced the team management to recommend special counselling for him, noting that he had come from a ‘disturbed’ background.

“I am here to take all criticism but there is no need to bring my family into it. We belong to a Pathan family and we do not tarnish our family’s reputation,” The Express Tribune quoted Shahzad, as telling reporters.

“I don’t know what I did, but if the management thinks that I have done something wrong, they should talk to me about it. I haven’t done anything wrong, so I don’t really know what I should be looking out for,” he maintained.

Shahzad, who was not only snubbed from Pakistan’s squad for the Zimbabwe tour, but also the list of centrally contracted players, expressed his disappointment over the same.

“I’m not sure why I’ve been omitted from the squad despite scoring runs,” he said.

“The disappointment is obviously there after being dropped from the squad and the central contract list. But I’m young and have a lot of cricket ahead of me. I will continue to play at domestic level and keep myself up there with the performance. The rest is up to the selectors,” he added. (ANI)

Senior Cricketers Assisting Delhi Daredevils Stay Grounded, Says Irfan Pathan

Delhi Daredevils all-rounder Irfan Pathan senses his group has sufficient wise-heads to embark upon the complacency matter for the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Irfan stated that Delhi Daredevils, who have consolidated their place on the top, were concentrated on winning their first title.

Daredevils have presented an extraordinary turn this season after ending up last during the last year (2011), and are almost ascertained of being the first group to meet the criteria for play-offs.
Pathan added that it was simple for players to drop their strength level from here on but senior players comprising Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene, Kevin Pietersen and Ross Taylor were assisting them stay grounded.

While Sehwag and Englishman Pietersen are former captains of their national teams, Jayawardene and Taylor are current captains of Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
"It can easily happen but luckily we have a good group of guys who know how to approach each match. They have been very smart with their play," Pathan added.
Pathan also valuated the work done by head coach Eric Simmons, who was previously the fast bowling coach of the Indian group.
 
Referring to their comprehensive win against CSK April 10, Pathan stated, "Eric Simmons is keeping a check on us all the time. After the Chennai game, I remember he wanted us to learn from our mistakes even though we won comfortably. The support staff also has a huge role to play and they are making sure we think about the process of winning every match and not looking at winning the competition. We are very aware of how quickly things change in

Kings XI Punjab To Take On Rajasthan Royals At PCA Stadium

When Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals met before the latter pocketed the competition by 21 scores.
So when the two groups will again confront one another, KXIP will make attempts to gain.
Kings XI Punjab won their earlier two games and will make entry in the stadium with self-confidence whilst Rajasthan Royals have lost their last 3 games.

Punjab will aspire to carry on their gaining streak and will expect that the form of Praveen Kumar, Hussey, Azhar Mahmood and Piyush Chawla.
Rajasthan will wish that their cricketers including Owais Shah, Rahane, Dravid and Watson emerge to the event and achieve.

The 48th game of IPL Kings XI Punjab will confront Rajasthan Royals in Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium of Mohali from 8 pm.
Kings XI Punjab Group:

RR Powar, P Awana, KJ Abbott, BCJ Cutting, DJ Hussey, Harmeet Singh, VS Malik, L Ablish, Amit Yadav, BA Bhatt, Bipul Sharma, PP Chawla, SD Chitnis, AM Nayar, NJ Rimmington, P Dogra, Sunny Singh, JP Faulkner, Gurkeerat Singh, RJ Harris, PC Valthaty, AC Gilchrist, P Kumar, Mandeep Singh, SE Marsh, Azhar Mahmood, AD Mascarenhas, DA Miller, N Saini, SJ Srivastava
Rajasthan Royals Group:

Pankaj Singh J Botha, DL Chahar, STR Binny, A Chandila, LD Chandimal, AS Raut, AA Chavan, A Chopra, SK Trivedi, A Singh, SW Tait, K Cooper, AP Dole, PD Collingwood, SM Fallah, SP Goswami, BJ Hodge, GB Hogg, R Dravid, AL Menaria, S Narwal, , AG Paunikar, AM Rahane, OA Shah, PR Shah, S Sreesanth, SR Watson, FY Fazal, DH Yagnik

Deepika Kumari Pockets First World Cup Title

Country's Olympic candidate Deepika Kumari pocketed her initial World Cup individual recurve gold medal on May 05 at Antalya, Turkey.
Deepika Kumari defeated Korea's Lee Sung Jin by 6 set points to four in the closing of the Phase 2 of the contest.

As per information obtained in Kolkata, teenager Deepika gained the second set (29-27), third (27-26) and the fifth (28-27) whilst missing the first (27-30) and the fourth (27-29).
Ms. Deepika, who has already qualified for London Olympics, is the current junior world champ and a gold medalist at the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Kumari had also bagged the Cadet World Title in the year 2009.
Mr. Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Archery Association of India chief and Indian Olympic Association acting president, felicitated Deepika Kumari on her success today.
Mr. Malhotra stated, "Beating a Korea in the final is a great achievement. It's another feather in her cap. I hope she does well in the Olympics."

Switzerland expels Olympian due to racist remarks on Twitter

Swiss authorities have expelled a member of its football team taking part in the London Olympics 2012, on Monday due to his threatening and racist remarks against the South Koreans on micro blogging site, twitter.
The comments were posted by Michel Morganella just hours after Switzerland's foot ball team lost to South Korea in the mega sporting event.

Swiss Olympic team chief Gian Gilli said that Morganella "discriminated against, insulted and violated the dignity of the South Korea football team as well as the South Korean people." He was speaking through a translator at a news conference. He added that Morganella is stripped of his Olympic accreditation.
Morganella was part of the team that lost to the South Korean team 2-1. He wrote in the tweet that South Koreans "can go burn" and referred to them as a "bunch of mongoloids." He later released an apology statement through the Swiss Olympic team.

"I apologize sincerely to the people of South Korea, to the players, but equally to the Swiss delegation and Swiss football in general. It's clear that I'm accepting the consequences. After the disappointing result and the reaction from Korea that followed, I made a huge error," he said.
This is the second such incidence for this year's Olympics in which an athlete has been expelled due to racist remarks online. Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled earlier from the national team because she posted objectionable remarks on the internet.

Karthikeyan launches Formula 2000 car in Chennai

Narain Karthikeyan has launched the new Formula 2000 car at an event in Chennai to a cheep of hundreds of motor enthusiasts. The Hispania Racing Team (HRT) driver drove the 2000cc MRF Formula car
within the Express Avenue mall in the southern city showcasing the
vehicle to fans. The car will take part in the first MRF Challenge 2012
at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida.
The MRF Formula 2000 is developed by Jayem Automobiles in Coimbatore in
association with Italys Automobili Dallara. The car is powered by
210BHP racing engines with six-speed sequential gearbox, which are
supplied by the Renault-Sports of France.

The powerful two litre engine is as per the specifications for Formula
3 cars. Karthikeyan expressed his satisfaction with the finished
vehicle and said that the engine used is at par with European
championships.

The MRF Formula 2000, which is a support race to the Indian Grand Prix,
will be the fastest singleseater series in Asia and will provide
opportunities to Indian drivers. The championship is set to begin on
October 27 and 28. The second round is scheduled for December 1 and 2
as a support race for the FIA GT1 championship while the final two
rounds will be held in Chennai with a round on February 1 and 3 and
another one on the 8th and 10th of February.