Culture makes people understand each other better. As part of celebrating different culture we all cooked our culture food and took it to work place and shared it with our friends. While we all were eating, suddenly one of my colleague has gone ill. Her face was swollen, she showed signs of breathing difficultly and she felt dizzy. We called ambulance for her. Later we found out that she was allergic to Cashew nuts. One of our food contained cashew nuts. She never tried cashew nuts before. So she never get the chance to know that she was allergic to cashew nuts. If she had known already, she could have avoided it.

What is allergy?

A damaging immune response by the body to a specific  substance, especially a particular food, pollen, fur, or dust, to which  becomes hypersensitive.

Food allergy

A food allergy is when the body's immune system reacts unusually to specific foods. Allergic reactions often mild, but some times be very serious. In young children, common food allergies include milk and eggs. In adults allergies to fruits and vegetables are more common.

Food intolerance

food intolerance, also known as non-IgE mediated food hypersensitivity or non- allergic food hypersensitivity, refers to difficulty in digesting certain foods. Its important to know that food intolerance is different from food allergy. Food allergy triggers the immune system, while food intolerance does not.

Which foods can cause allergy?

In Europe food allergens are monitored and assessed by clinical scientific experts through European Food Safety Authority. They advised on which foods need to be labelled on pre packed foods. They are 14 allergens

• Cereals containing gluten

• Crustaceans like prawns, crabs, lobster, Cray fish

• Eggs

• peanuts

• soy beans

• milk

• Fish

• Nuts( almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, Brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts or Queensland nuts)

• Celery

• Mustard

• Sesame seed

• Sulphur dioxide/ sulphites

• Lupin

• Molluscs like clams, mussels, whelks, oysters and squid

Symptoms of an allergic reaction

When someone has an allergy, they can have many different physical reactions when they are exposed to allergens. The type of reaction and the severity will depend on the individual and the severity of their allergy. Very small amounts of allergens, such as nuts, can cause severe adverse reactions including potentially fatal anaphylactic shock.

Typical reactions can include

• Flushing of the skin

• Skin rashes and hives that can be severe and last for several weeks

• Abdominal pain, diarrhoea or constipation

• Nausea and / or vomiting

• A sudden fall in blood pressure causing weakness, dizziness and even unconsciousness

• Swelling of the throat and tongue

• Difficulty in breathing and swallowing due to constricting of the airways

• Severe asthma

• Anaphylactic shock

• Death

Anaphylaxis

The most severe and dangerous reaction to an allergy is when the body goes in to anaphylactic shock. An anaphylactic shock happens when the sufferer's blood pressure very quickly drops to a very low level. The person will experience swelling around the throat and usually redness in the face. They will have difficulty in breathing, combined with feeling of severe distress. The cause of the reaction is triggered by a sudden release of chemical substances from the cells in the blood and tissues where they are stored. The released chemicals act on the blood vessels and cause problems involving the airways and circulation. Potentially minute quantityof an allergen can have a profound effect on the sufferer. Some people have such a serious response that they can die in a matter of minutes.

You may have been on an aeroplane where the pilot announces that they have a person with a severe nut allergy. They will then stop serving the peanuts for example, and ask that all passengers refrain from eating any nut based products. The reason is that even the smallest traces of dust from nut can cause a severe reaction and you can imagine the distress to both sufferer and other passengers if an incident happens at 30,000 feet height with no access to the emergency services!

Epipen

People who are in danger of such severe rations should normally carry an Epipen, which is a rapid injector of adrenaline that can help prevent the anaphylactic shock from fatal.

In UK there is a new guidance for businesses those who provide food. This guidance provide customers who need to avoid certain ingredients because of food allergy or intolerance and also new allergy labelling legislation in place as well.

Dear friends,  Hope this will help you in future If you may need it. Remember there may be allergens hidden in flavourings and the ingredients of sauces, so always make sure you find it out before eating!

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I went to picnic with my friend and her children. We found a nice place and settle down. My friend took the snacks box and gave it to her little three year old. The little one refused to get it and said 'Mummy I want to wash my hands first'. I was so shocked and surprised to see that. I asked her why do you need to wash your hands? The little one says ' germs in it'. She washed her hands and then started to eat. My friend told me she was aware of hand hygiene and taught her children too.

Our hands are exposed to all sort of germs and dirt. Washing hands properly is one of the most important things we can do to help prevent and control the  spreading of many illnesses. We always ask children to wash their hands. But we adults often forget to wash our hands. By washing our hands we can reduce the risk of getting diarrhoea, respiratory infections, skin infections and so on.

When to wash hands

• when ever we feel our hands dirty

• before preparing food

• between handling raw and cooked food

• before and after eat

• after going to the loo

• after changing nappies

• after cover our mouth when we sneeze or cough

• after smoke

• after handling rubbish

• after blowing our nose or child's nose

• after touching animals

• before and after caring some one ill

• before and after treating cut or wound

• after visits the hospital

How to wash hands

• hands should be wet thoroughly with clean water

• apply enough soap

• Lather your hands and rub palm to palm

• rotational rubbing of back wards and forwards with clasped fingers

• remember to take special attention to clean finger tips, thumbs and the area between fingers

• If you are wearing a ring it is important to wash underneath it

• rinse your hands with clean water and dry with towel or hand drier

How do you use hand sanitizers?

Apply the hand sanitizers rub it all over your hand and fingers and leave it to dry.

Keep hands healthy

Like our face,our hands function as bridge to the world. We probably have a daily routine to keep our face clean and moisturized. But what about our hands? We shake hands when we greet people. Our hands express the affection to our loved ones specially children. Washing hands can help us prevent passing on nasty viruses and bacteria. If any cuts or graze in hands, always cover with a water proof plaster. Take a good care of hands and finger nails. Develop a good routine and give your hands a good helping hand.  Friends take a good care of your hands and keep your family healthy!

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Adaline was very happy on that day, she got her Higher Secondary exams results. Her father wanted her to study Bds to become a dentist, her mother wanted her to study her language and literature. Adaline liked her mother's idea and went to study her Bachelor degree in a prestigious university called Mother Theresa Women’s University. She managed to finish her degree with a university rank. Her parents encouraged her to do a master degree. Adaline managed to finish her M.A., Mphil in literature and language and she started to work as an assistant lecturer in a college near her home town.She taught her language and literature there.

After six months of her work, one day she came from work. She saw a car parked in front of her house. When Adaline entered her house she saw an old man and a woman sitting on the sofa. Adaline's father told her “This is the boy's parents. They are from England. They are here to see you. We are going to arrange your marriage”.

Adaline went inside her room. She really didn’t want to get marry at that time. She wanted to continue her Phd and live and work in her own country. But she couldn’t say anything. Whatever the parents wished for her, she had to accept and listen to them.

Adaline's parents arranged her wedding, and she never got the chance to see the groom, because he was living and working in England. Adaline got married and met her husband, Michael, an electronic engineer on the wedding day. He couldn’t speak Adaline's language. But he was a kind and caring human she ever met. She managed to communicate with her broken English.

Adaline's husband arranged everything to get a visa to take her to England. Adaline never see a real aeroplane closer before. She saw some in the sky very higher. She was so scared to fly. But she managed to come to England.

Initially Adaline found it difficult to live in England without speaking fluently in English. So she decided to go and do some voluntary work in a local Pre School. On the first day of her volunteering her head teacher called her and ask her 'I like the way you interact with the children, would you like to get a job here?'. We got a vacancy here, one of our staff going on a maternity leave”. Adaline was in tears and she said, “I love to work here”.

Adaline got her first job in England without a CV or an interview. Adaline worked there for three years. Adaline managed to work and study together and got more teaching qualifications and she found a deputy school teacher position, and since last year she was managing a Pre School. Her life is going good. She enjoyed working with children. Her life policy was 'you have to found the opportunities and change your life around it'.Adaline's School really proud of her because she took that School's grade from good to outstanding!

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People move from one place to another with a purpose of settling permanently or temporarily to the new location is migration. The practice of moving far from home, and search for a better life is becoming more common. Global mobility allows any one to travel any where. Migration may be internal migration or over a long distance to another country or continent. It may be voluntary or involuntary like sold in to slavery and trafficking

'immigration' plays a big part in recent days news. People risking their life and move from one country and seeking better life in another. Sadly some times they couldn't make it to shore and they are drown in the sea, dying in the boats, trucks, and containers.

Why do people migrate?

People migrate from place to place for many centuries. Some of the reasons can be classifies as Social, Economic, political or environmental.

immigrant:

Immigrant is the term used for people coming in to a country ,usually for permanent residence.

e.g. Large number of immigrant Syrians moved to Germany

migrant worker

A person who leaves his/her home country to find work in some other country. But they do not wants to stayed there permanently.

e.g.There are many migrant workers working in Tesco

social migrant

A person migrate to another area due to social reasons

e.g.Because of the controversy over The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie migrate to America

economic migrant

A person who moved to some other country to improve his/her economic situation is known as economic migrant. They are simply looking for a better life for them self, and their family

e.g. Saina came to Indonesia from Burma 3 years ago to work in a factory. She thought she could earn more, and send money home.

refugee

A person who applied for asylum and got permission to stay in the country and got refugee status under 1951 United Nations Convention relating to refugees. Mostly people left their country because of persecution, poor human rights, poverty, civil war, disasters like earth quake and hurricanes.

e.g. Srilankan Tamil people who moved to India,  got refugee status. They lived there for many years.

asylum seeker

asylum seeker is a person who fled from their home country because of the danger situation there and claims as a refugee in the new country they just got in. But their claim has not yet been definitely evaluated and accepted

e.g. Eldana came to England from Eritrea, Now she is seeking refugee status in England. She is a asylum seeker.

emigration

emigration is when some one leaves their own country with the intent to settle else where.

e.g.James left England to settle in Australia with his family. There he is going to start  his own restaurant

illegal immigration

People moved to different  countries in a method that violates their immigration laws of the destination country. Instead of saying illegal immigrant, its good to say undocumented person or irregular migrant. It's not acceptable to say a human being is illegal is in it?.

e.g. Yesterday a boat full of irregular migrants (illegal immigrants) came to one of the Greek island Lesbos

Dear friends, Thank you so much for reading & correcting. I really appreciate that.

Every year many new words and expressions discover by the public. Oxford university press got the huge and most wide- ranging research programmes around the world to find new words and add it to dictionary. Oxford English Corpus and Oxford reading programme collecting words from the world wide web. The reading programme which they used to extracts words from the variety of articles, songs, journals and internet slang.Oxford family that focuses on modern language words that people are using now and how they are using them.  Anybody can send their made up words and ask to add to the dictionary. They will assess and look at the evidence and add.

The top ten unexpected words and definitions added today:

1. manspreading (noun): The practice where by a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat

2. awesomesauce(adjective): extremely good; excellent

3. bants(noun): Playfully teasing or mocking remarks exchanged with another person or group; banter

4. fat shame(verb): cause( some one judged to be fat or over weight) to fell humiliated by making mocking or critical comments about their size

5. Brexit(noun): a term for the potential or hypothetical departure on the United Kingdom from the European Union

6. bruth(noun): a male friend( often used as a form of address)

7. cakeage(noun): a charge made by a restaurant for serving a cake they have not supplied themselves

8. fatsberg(noun): a very large mass of solid waste in a sewerage system, consisting especially of congealed fat and personal hygiene products that have been flushed down toilets

9. grexit(noun): a term for the potential withdrawal of Greece from the euro-zone

10. hangry(adjective): bad- tempered or irritable as a result of hunger

    source: (The telegraph)

    For more words please check:

    oxforddictionaries.com

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What is multitasking?

The ability to execute more then one task at the same time is called multitasking.

Computer multitasking

The term multitasking initially used in computer engineering industry. Multitasking is an operating system in Windows, Linux and almost all the computers. The computer's CPU can handle many processes simultaneously It allows the user to work in more than one computer task and could run multiple programs at the same time.

Human multitasking

A person deal with more than one task at the same time. For example many of us, working with a computer, sending emails, attending the phone call, printing, having a cup of tea, giving a biscuit to the lovely cat sitting next to you, Paying bills through online, reply to that face book message, sending a thank you message for a lovely comment in your blog in EC, listening to the news from the TV and so on..

When I think about human multitasking lots of people around me came in to my mind.

Mothers: Every mother is a multitasking person. Particularly if their children were young. mothers, cook for their family, feed them, care for them, cleaning, washing and so many.  They try to do every thing at a same time. Our mothers are extraordinary people and they are multitasking most of the time.

Chef:Often we go to a restaurant near home. There I saw a multitasking chef. Because the cooking place next to the front desk, the chef welcomes every one enter in to that restaurant with his happy smile, he cook, he serve, he wrap food for take away, he attend phone calls, he check the price, billing,When ever people leave he say 'thank you and have a nice day! ' I was so amazed by that chef. How could he manage all those work and keep smiling? He is multitasking

Like the same way Musicians, customer service workers, builders, supervisors , circus performers, and so many others are multitasking.

When we shouldn’t multitask?

Imagine a person while driving and using his/ her mobile or put make up on, what will happen? Some thing bad is waiting to happen is in it? Multitasking will act against that person. So we should avoid multitasking while we drive

Some of us read or using the mobile when we eat. Things can go wrong is nit it.  we can  choke. I remember a man eats a wasp with his salad and get stung inside, he said it felt like a heart attack. We shouldn't multitask while we eat.

Dear friends, while you read this,  lots of different multitasking may be come in to your mind. Please do share with us. Thank you for reading and correcting. Multitask safely and enjoy your life. Thank you!

Dear friends every one of us should learn at least some first aid techniques. We never know when we might need them. At home, school, college, university, work or may be when enjoying our holidays. No matter what is our background, skill or level we should have little bit knowledge about first aid. First aid is a necessary skill, If we follow simple procedures and we are able to save lives and many deaths can be prevented before the emergency services arrived or the person taken to hospital.

Recently while I commuted to work I had an experience, A young mum and her two little children next to me seems very happy. The older child is holding a jelly sweet packet in her hand eating and sharing with the younger one. Suddenly when the bus travelling through the bumpy road, the children were bounce and one of the little one accidentally  swallowed the sweet. She was choking. The mum try to put her fingers and try to take the sweet from the child's mouth but she couldn't. I turn around and asks the mum Is she OK? The mum told me she cant breathe she is choking. I told mum to stop put your finger in her mouth and asked the child to 'cough'. The little one cough loudly and the red jelly sweet flying in the air. The mum gave me a big hug and said 'Thank you'. I told that mum ,if your child is choking please don't try to take it and poke it blindly you may be make it worse to push it further down and it will block the air way. I also said you should watch some first aid videos in the internet and get more knowledge. She said I will do.

Any one at the scene can give first aid, but obviously the more knowledge you have the better you can give and save life. The main aim of first aid is  keep that person alive, that is preserve life, prevent worsening and promote recovery.

Choking:

If a person is choking, ask them to 'cough it out'

If its doesn’t work use your heel of your hand to give five black blows or slaps between the shoulder blades

If they still struggling link your hands between their belly button and the bottom of their chest give up to five abdominal thrusts.

If they still struggling you have to call for ambulance or take them to hospital

First Aid is the first help given to a person injured or taken suddenly ill. Usually at the scene or at the time. It may be the only help given to that person before ambulance paramedic arrived or from the hospital. Friends be aware and be sensitive to people's specific need and save life.

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Life is more 'fragile' than we think

Handle with care please! 'fragile'

Uncle had an operation. He felt 'fragile'

Love is 'fragile'

Zara is 'fragile'. She cries for every thing

Mum said, keep that flower vase safe, It is 'fragile'

My great grandma is 94 this year. She is 'fragile'

Avni is with a rare medical condition. She is too 'fragile'

Jack left his girl friend because she is so 'fragile'

Sita is unable to perform well in the dance contest because she is too 'fragile'

Father remembered his daughter as a 'fragile' little girl

Football player broke his bone, It is 'fragile'

I have been to some of the Africa's 'fragile' countries

That Singer is wheeled out of hospital. She looks 'fragile'

The parcel delivery man was told to deliver the package safe. Because its 'fragile'

'Fragile' families, broken marriages increasing every where.

Jesica bought a Chinese ceramic pot. It is 'fragile'

Keep the eggs on top of your shopping. It is 'fragile'

The peace agreement between those countries is 'fragile'. Can be break any time.

Tom was drinking heavily and he feels 'fragile' now

Greek's economy is still 'fragile'

Today I accidentally break a tea cup. Suddenly this word 'fragile' came in to my mind. So I try to write few sentence. I am sharing with you my friends.

Fragile:

Adjective: Easily broken, damaged, destroyed, shattered, brittle, frail, lacking physical or emotional strength, vulnerable, delicate, flimsy, unstable, weak, uncertain, insecure, precarious, feeble, dainty, poorly, shaky, sickly, unsteady, infirm.

Dear friends, Thank you for taking your precious time to read. Please try to use one of the adjectives to make a sentence and please correct if any mistakes. Thank you!

We are living in a diverse society and we have to act appropriately and sensibly. Equality means treating every one with fairness, giving equal rights and treatments to individuals. Equality is ensuring that every one has equal opportunity to participate and contribute to the community where they live.

Diversity means the range of visible or non visible differences that exists between people. The people's difference can be many and varied. Diversity can be differences in race, culture, national origin, region, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, politics, religion, ethnicity, disability, social-economic differences, family structure, health, values, physical appearance, mental capacities, beliefs, heritage, and more...

Its very important to respect people's differences. When we get to know about others differences and similarities we get to learn many things about the world around us. Respecting people's differences creates friendships, happy work places, travel and enjoy other places, enjoy other cultures, and give us the wider understanding of the world we live in.

Respect people's differences creates more tolerant towards others and take time to know others whom they were unfamiliar previously and try to understand them also lead us to live in a happy environment and it will help our self growth and guide us to acceptance of other people's differences.

To think:

Are women and men equally paid?

Does a disabled person access to all the public building?

Why should all people need to treated equally?

Are we preparing our children to face the multicultural society?

Did you experience any discrimination in your personal life?

Dear friends thank you for reading. Please share your thoughts!

We are a multinational company. Today we are going to interview candidates for  one of our branch. I am one of the interviewer. Before the interview I am going through the applicants details to find out who are geared for progression in their careers and also who can contribute immediately to the company. On closer analysis I find one candidate very interesting. He is John, age 23 and he got a masters degree in Engineering with a University top rank. He is athletic and he involves in extra activities too. I discuss with the panel and I determined to employ him.

I can see lots of candidates waiting outside. When the time arrives we call the candidates one by one. When John's time came, my assistant informed that, he hasn’t arrived yet. The panel not satisfied. Our highly skilled team trained to keep time management and we expect the same from every one. We are looking for candidate’s credibility. A while later my assistant informed John just come in. We call him for the interview. He was so nervous, sweating. Probably he was running. John is apologize for being late to the interview. Because he missed the train. The interview went good.His communication style is excellent, he is aware of the company's ethos and customs. But our panel not satisfied about his time keeping and they don't want to take any risk. So We couldn’t employ John. Sadly we missed his talents.

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Dear Friends, Please share If you interviewed  any one or If you got any memorable experience about your interview. Thank you.

Other words for interviewer: (Noun) examiner, assessor, questioner, interrogator, evaluator, investigator, cross- examiner, reporter, inquirer, inquisitor, talk- show host, presenter, correspondent, journalist

When I sit in my home and think about my mum, she is a wonderful mum, one in a million. But does mothers lie? Hmm they do some times is in it? Its turned to',for good cause'.

When I was little Mum told me, 'eat this vegetables you will get a long hair up to your knee'. Its turned to a lie! We lived in a remote part of our country, near the forest. Mum told me 'there is a monster living in that forest don't go near it,as soon as School finished don't hanging around get home soon'. I never get the chance to see the monster. Such a shame!.

Don't do this 'God will poke your eyes'. Hmm I never see God poking children  eyes. 'Don't eat that seed inside the fruit, the tree will grow inside your tummy, ate that tamarind seed accidentally, scared and checking my tummy in the mirror for months. There is lots more. .. I can list.

I know now every thing because of love and to protect us from harm.

Do you have any thing, you think your mum lied to you to protect you? Share your lovely thoughts please!

It was winter. The past few weeks I can see a homeless man sitting near the Bus station, covering him with a blanket, holding a McDonald cup in his hands. His face is pale and painful. He never asks people any thing.  Every day I make sure take a pound coin before I get down from the bus and give it to him. He always says, 'Thank you' with a lovely smile!. Days going by I can see him getting weaker and tired.Its getting very cold. I don't know his name or where he is from and how he got here. But really I want to do some thing. I went home and asked my family ' Can I invite that homeless man to our home?' Every one at home gone silent. No one responding. Then I try to tell my family we got a spare room in our basement, let him come and stay with us. After many days of endorsement, My family accept it. Today I am very exited to invite him to my home. I woke up happy and I already took a day off. I walked to that homeless man, and I haven’t given him his pound today. I asked him 'Would you like to come to my home?' The man jumped and he hold my hands and said 'Thank you, I love to come'. He is in tears.My heart is light. Normally If we invite homeless people they dont come. They prefer to stay out in the streets. I took him home, and showed him his room. He had a good shower after a long time I think. He had his lunch and sleeping nicely. I hope he will stay with us until he find a job and find his own place to live. Why not share If we have enough!

Hai every one! My name is Azra. I am three years old.  I am from Turkey. My family just moved to England. I dont speak in English.The past few days my mummy and Daddy telling me that I have to go to School from Monday. Today is Monday. My mummy gave me a good bath and she dressed me with my beautiful pink dress and she drive me to my School.

When we arrived my mummy press the door bell. Here she is , my teacher with a beautiful smile says 'Hai Azra Good morning'. I dont know what to say I hide behind my mummy. My mummy is filling some forms. The teacher said, say bye to mummy.I looked at mummy  My mummy said 'bye Azra listen to your teachers'. But I am so sad and I feel cry. My teacher hold my hands and said 'My name is Lizi', Would you like to join with us? I really dont understand what she says, I followed her. She took me to my class room. Lots of children playing in the class room. The teacher said 'Hai children this is our new friend Azra, Say hello to Azra. The children shouting Hai Azra! I dont know what to say.

My teacher shows my class room and says, this is the reading area, this is a art and craft area, this is the  construction area, this is  water and sand area, this is role-play area. Where do you want to play. I roll my eyes and point construction area. Some children were playing there. I join with them. As soon as I got near them they are giving me their toys. I was amazed. I never share my toys with my little brother. I played there. The children were speaking in English. I try to listen and understand. Suddenly the teacher said 'circle time'. All the children tidying their toys and sit in the carpet nicely. Wow this children are very good. They are singing nursery rhymes, counting their numbers, lots of activities. After that we all had our snacks together. Sharing is going on every where. Through out day I played and enjoyed in my class. I was so scared today morning. Not any more. I really like my teacher and the children in my class. All of us in different colour, we speak different language at home, we eat different food. But here every one is equal. I am glad My mum and dad brought me to this School.

Suddenly the fox who lives in my garden screaming. I look through the window, I couldn't see any thing. I decided to go out and check. When I walk near the fence I can see the mother fox try to help the baby fox who stuck in between the gate and the fence. As soon as I walk near the gate, the mother fox is scared and run away. I decided to help the baby fox. My husband brought a cutting tool and he cut the fence and released the baby fox. The mother fox is watching every thing from far and run to get her baby. The baby fox find it difficult to walk. It is lying on the ground. I came inside the house. The next day morning I can see both mother and baby fox playing in the garden. I gave them some chicken wings. Both of them eat it and rest in my garden. From that day that family is living in our garden. The fox is very friendly and protective towards my family. We dont have  a dog, But we have a lovely fox!