Most of us take for granted the fact that people grow taller when they are young, and stop growing taller sometime during puberty. But what triggers these growth spurts, and what makes them end?
Growth hormone has a lot to do with it. This is a hormone that the body produces in order to bring about growth and development. Part of this is the division of cells, but another part of it is an increase in height and muscle mass.
Growth spurts are a normal part of childhood and puberty. It’s no secret that proper nutrition during these important years can cause a child to grow taller than he might otherwise; however, in most industrialized countries, the type of malnutrition that stunts growth is actually pretty rare.
Some people, however, aren’t happy with their height, and would like to change it long after puberty has ended. By doing a quick Google search, it appears this may not be as impossible as logic would tell us. There are many growth hormone supplements that claim to be able to add inches to your height. I haven’t tried these myself, so I can’t say from experience if they work, but it certainly sounds like it’s possible that they do!
I grew up in the 1980s, before parents worried so much about things like injuries, low self-esteem, and kidnappings. I’ve often reminisced with my friends about all the things we got to do growing up that kids just don’t get to do now. Here are some examples of what I got to do back then that most parents aren’t going to allow now:
Run wild in the neighborhood. My sister and I pretty much had the run of the neighborhood. We played in the open space behind our house, wandered down to the cattails a quarter mile away, and rode our bikes around the block without asking first.
Make a mess. I can remember painting my little sister’s face with tempera to make her look like a clown. My mom didn’t get mad at me — she actually encouraged it! I remember her complimenting my "work" and taking pictures in the backyard.
Play with things that aren’t toys. For example, when I was a kid we had a couple of old-fashioned paper cutting machines — old guillotine cutters with painted metal arms, varnished wood bases, and absolutely no safety devices whatsoever. Now no parent would dream of letting their kids play with something like that, even rotary trimmers (which aren’t as dangerous).
Ride bikes without helmets. When I was a kid, bike helmets weren’t a necessity — in fact, I remember not wanting to look "dorky." Now even small children on scooters and tricycles have helmets on — even though these same kids aren’t allowed off the driveway (whereas I rode all over the neighborhood)!
I know that parents worry much more these days about their children’s safety, but I’m just not so sure that I was any less safe growing up than some of today’s pampered, sheltered children.
As far as I’m concerned, tattoos are just as much as an art form as paintings or sketches. And since I consider myself an artist, I am all about tattoo flash.
Flash gives me the ability to make my own artwork and get it printed up and drawn anywhere I want on my body. I sketch all the time on papers and pads, so why wouldn’t it be okay for me to try to make a tattoo of my own? I’ve got some Celtic tattoos all ready to be printed on my back, and I’ve made some tribal tattoos for a bunch of my friends, each of them trying to represent their Native American roots.
I’m all for other people designing these tats for me, but for me, I want to be the artist if my body is going to be the canvas. Yeah, I could easily print out something that someone else has done before, but I want my tattoo to be unique – something that I know I’m the only one in the world that has. When I get old, and my grandkids want to see the tattoos on my body, I want to be able to look them in the eye and say “I made that.”
Mass flow meters are a product which is used to measure the amount of fluid that is passing through a tube at any given time. Someone who isn’t familiar with this type of product may think that there is probably only one or two basic type of mass flow meter to choose from. However, there are actually a number of different versions of this product which each have their own unique purpose.
A few of the different mass flow meters out there can be seen through a brief review of the website for Sierra Instruments, one of the companies that makes this type of product available. That type of review will reveal multiple products including:
Heavy industrial multi-parameter mass flow meters.
This shows that there are a much larger number of these types of products out there than we might at first imagine. More importantly, it reminds us that there is a whole world out there that we don’t know about yet. Each new topic we learn about will have lots of little niche things to learn within it. It’s a reminder that we should strive to learn something new every single day!
I have been looking for a special gift for my boyfriend’s birthday. I am thinking of getting him a concert ticket for a show that he really wants to go to. Unfortunately it is sold out. He was so disappointed when he found out.
A friend suggested that I go online and look for sold out concert tickets. Guess what? I found one for him. He’s going to be really happy!! (It also saves me from going out to the mall and searching around for a special gift!)
There are also ticket blogs that you can use to get information about concerts and cancellations. I read these to keep me up to date on recent information. I read recently that the Allman Brothers Band had cancelled their New York concert. Its also great to find information on sold out rock concerts. I’m making a point of reading these blogs on a regular basis.
