Elvis Presley's first record sells for $300,000 at 80th birthday auction

On what would have been the King’s 80th birthday, an acetate recording of the Elvis ballad My Happiness has sold at auction for the sum of $300,000 (£198,413).

Made in 1953 at Sun Records, the Memphis studio operated by Sam Phillips, it was the first song that Presley, then 18, ever recorded.

Paying $4 for the session, it is said that Presley then left the studios and went to the home of friend Ed Leek to listen to it - as his own family did not have a record player - and left the record behind. My Happiness was offered to the auction house by Leek’s niece, who inherited the record.

The track is a pop standard which was initially made famous in the mid-twentieth century and has been interpreted by a number of artists throughout the decades, including Ella Fitzgerald and Fats Domino.

Bidding began at $50,000 (£330,68) on 8 January and it was purchased by an undisclosed buyer at Presley’s former home Graceland, now also a museum and tourist attraction.

Other items on sale at the auction include an autographed copy of That’s All Right, a custom designed watch featuring a Star of David design, his first driver’s license and the jacket he wore in the Viva Las Vegas film.

To mark the great musician’s birthday, hundreds of fans joined Presley’s family in Memphis, Tennessee, with Presley’s former wife Priscilla and their child Lisa Marie, along with Elvis’ grandchildren, slicing an eight-tier cake to celebrate.

Last week, a number of considerably more pricey items of Elvis memorabilia went on sale: Presley’s pair of personal jets – one of which has a gilded wash basin and plush sleeping quarters – are expected to fetch between $10m and $15m.

Reference :

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/09/elvis-presley-first-record-auctioned-300000-80th-birthday

HOW TO LIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Part 1 of 4 : Choose Healthy Foods

• Choose foods that contains minimal amounts of unhealthy fats. Unhealthy fats include both trans fats and saturated fats. These fats will raise your LDL cholesterol, and elevated LDL cholesterol often correlates with an increased risk for heart disease.

•  Eat healthy fats in moderation. Poly-unsaturated, mono-unsaturated and omega-3 fats are all good lifestyle choices.These good fats lower your LDL cholesterol and raise your HDL cholesterol, which correlates with decreased risk for heart disease.

•  Select foods that are low in both sugar and highly refined carbohydrates.  Minimize your consumption of sweets, soft drinks, sugary fruit juices and white bread. Choose whole fruits, freshly-squeezed juices and whole grain bread instead.

• Eat a variety of different whole foods instead of eating processed foods.

• Eat fruits and vegetables for their high vitamin and mineral content.

• Choose lean meat, beans and tofu for their protein content.

• Enjoy whole grains such as whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, 

        brown rice and quinoa.

• Eat low-fat dairy products. Skim milk and reduced fat cheeses will 

        reduce your fat intake while ensuring that you receive enough calcium.

• Incorporate organic foods. Shop at a natural food store or buy food from your local farmer's market

Reference :

http://www.wikihow.com/Live-a-Healthy-Lifestyle

JENIS-JENIS SUKAN

Salah satu cara mengelaskan sukan ialah berdasarkan tujuan sukan itu.

Lumba

• dibantu manusia (berbasikal, mendayung,...)
• tenaga manusia (lumba lari, renang,... )
• tenaga luar (perahu layar, F1,...)

Lawan

• pasukan (bola sepak, ragbi, hoki,bola keranjang, ...)
• gelanggang (tenis, badminton, bola tampar,...)
• kombat (gusti, judo, karate, lawan pedang, tinju, taekwando, silat olahraga...)

Pencapaian

• pameran/pertunjukan (bina badan, gimnastik,...)
• kekuatan (angkat berat, lempar cakera, lontar peluru...)
• sasaran (menembak, golf, memanah,...)

Gabungan semua

• Olahraga

Sukan profesional ialah sukan pesertanya mendapat bayaran untuk bermain disebabkan prestasinya, bertentangan dengan sukan amatur. Profesionalisme telah meningkat melalui pembangunan media massa dan pertambahan kelapangan masa masyarakat. Kedua-dua faktor ini telah menghasilkan penonton yang lebih ramai yang membolehkan persatuan sukan atau kelab mendapatkan wang tajaan yang lebih besar. Kesannya, lebih ramai ahli sukan berupaya menjadikan bersukan sebagai kerjaya dan mengekalkan status masyhur. Ini membawa banyak kebaikan, misalnya meningkatkan tahap kecekapan sukan tersebut dan meningkatkan kepopularan sesetengah sukan, serta dilihat cuba mengasingkan peserta amatur daripada sukan profesional.

Terdapat banyak masalah berlaku disebabkan peningkatan profesionalisme atau cubaan untuk menghalang profesionalisme. Ini disebabkan profesionalisme dilihat cuba menyerang etos pusat sukan iaitu bersukan hanyalah untuk mendapatkan keseronokan dan bukannya sebagai sumber hidup.

Rujukan :

 "Sukan profesional." Wikipedia, Ensiklopedia Bebas.

"Sukan." Wikipedia, Ensiklopedia Bebas. 

PARENTING STYLE

A parenting style is the overall emotional climate in the home.^[7] Developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind identified three main parenting styles in early child development:authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive.^{[8][9][10][11]} These parenting styles were later expanded to four, including an uninvolved style. These four styles of parenting involve combinations of acceptance and responsiveness on the one hand and demand and control on the other.^[12]

·        Authoritative parenting

Described by Baumrind as the "just right" style, in combines a medium level demands on the child and a medium level responsiveness from the parents. Authoritative parents rely on positive reinforcement and infrequent use of punishment. Parents are more aware of a child's feelings and capabilities and support the development of a child's autonomy within reasonable limits. There is a give-and-take atmosphere involved in parent-child communication and both control and support are balanced. Research shows that this style is more beneficial than the too-hard authoritarian style or the too-soft permissive style. An example of authoritative parenting would be the parents talking to their child about their emotions.

·        Authoritarian parenting styles

Authoritarian parents are very rigid and strict. They place high demands on the child, but are not responsive to the child. Parents who practice authoritarian style parenting have a rigid set of rules and expectations that are strictly enforced and require rigid obedience. When the rules are not followed, punishment is most often used to promote future obedience.^[13] There is usually no explanation of punishment except that the child is in trouble for breaking a rule.^[13] "Because I said so" is a typical response to a child's question of authority. This type of authority is used more often in working-class families than the middle class. In 1983 Diana Baumrind found that children raised in an authoritarian-style home were less cheerful, more moody and more vulnerable to stress. In many cases these children also demonstrated passive hostility. An example of authoritarian parenting would be the parents harshly punishing their children and disregarding their children's feelings and emotions.

·        Permissive parenting

Permissive or indulgent parenting is more popular in middle-class families than in working-class families. In these family settings, a child's freedom and autonomy are highly valued, and parents tend to rely mostly on reasoning and explanation. Parents are undemanding, so there tends to be little, if any punishment or explicit rules in this style of parenting. These parents say that their children are free from external constraints and tend to be highly responsive to whatever the child wants at the moment. Children of permissive parents are generally happy but sometimes show low levels of self-control and self-reliance because they lack structure at home. An example of permissive parenting would be the parents not discipling their children.

·        Uninvolved parenting

An uninvolved or neglectful parenting style is when parents are often emotionally absent and sometimes even physically absent.^[14] They have little or no expectation of the child and regularly have no communication. They are not responsive to a child's needs and do not demand anything of them in their behavioral expectations. If present, they may provide what the child needs for survival with little to no engagement.^[14] There is often a large gap between parents and children with this parenting style. Children with little or no communication with their own parents tended to be the victims of another child’s deviant behavior and may be involved in some deviance themselves.^[15] Children of uninvolved parents suffer in social competence, academic performance, psychosocial development and problem behavior.

REFERENCE :
Wikipedia contributors. "Parenting." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 Jan. 2015. Web. 9 Jan. 2015.

ELVIS PRESLEY

Elvis Aaron Presley^[a] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as "the King of Rock and Roll", or simply, "the King".

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, when Presley was 13 years old he and his family relocated to Memphis, Tennessee. His music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Mooreand bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music andrhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who managed the singer for more than two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States. He was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, made him enormously popular—and controversial.

In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender. In 1958, he was drafted into military service: He resumed his recording career two years later, producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1960s to making Hollywood movies and their accompanying soundtrack albums, most of which were critically derided. In 1968, following a seven-year break from live performances, he returned to the stage in the acclaimed televised comeback special Elvis, which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours. In 1973, Presley was featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite, Aloha from Hawaii. Several years of prescription drug abuse severely damaged his health, and he died in 1977 at the age of 42.

Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. Commercially successful in many genres, including pop, blues and gospel, he is the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music,^[5][6][7][8] with estimated album sales of around 600 million units worldwide.^[9] He was nominated for 14 competitive Grammys and won three, also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36, and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame.

APA ITU SUKAN?

Sukan terdiri daripada aktiviti fizikal yang dilakukan untuk pelbagai tujuan untuk pertandingan, keseronokan, pembangunan, kemahiran, kecemerlangan, dan sebagainya. Perbezaan tujuan inilah yang membezakan sifat sesuatu sukan itu. Misalnya, berenang secara bersaingan di hadapan ribuan penonton akan dikira sebagai sukan tetapi berenang bersendirian di kolam atau laut dilihat sebagai aktiviti rekreasi.

Terdapat pelbagai jenis sukan, dan kebanyakannya mengorbankan masa, wang, dan keinginan manusia sama ada sebagai peserta atau pun sebagai penonton.

Takrifan sukan

Sukan ialah salah satu aktiviti riadah. Sebahagian besar kegiatan lapang, surat khabar, dan televisyen diberikan kepada sukan. sukan dapat juga menjadi sumber pendapatan.

Pendekatan pragmatik dalam mendefinisikan sukan ialah dengan melihat kegunaan umum istilah tersebut.

Sukan ialah aktiviti yang mengandungi:

·         Latihan kemahiran berguna secara rekreasi.

·         Peraturan-peraturan tertentu dalam mengejar kecemerlangan.

Kecemerlangan yang dimaksudkan ialah kemampuan untuk mengatasi tanda ukuran (benchmarks) terdahulu, catatan masa, rekod dunia, dan sebagainya.

Contoh-contoh kemahiran yang bertukar kepada sukan ialah:

·         Gladiator di Rom berjuang dan berbunuhan untuk penonton dan bukannya untuk melindungi empayar Rom.

·         Berlayar menjadi salah satu sukan air dan bukannya sebagai pengangkutan dan sebagainya.

·         Berlari dilakukan untuk panjang dan tempoh masa tertentu, dan bukannya untuk aktiviti-aktiviti seperti mengejar bas dan sebagainya

Sukan fizikal menggunakan sifat sifat seperti kekuatan, stamina, kelajuan, dan beberapa kemahiran lain manakala sukan-sukan lain contohnya iaitu sukan akal menggunakan kemahiran berfikir seperti pemikiran strategik dalam catur. Walaubagaimanapun, rencana ini akan menumpukan perhatian kepada aspek fizikal sesuatu sukan.

Perbezaan antara sukan, permainan, dan latihan. Aktiviti itu dikira sukan jika melibatkan peserta yang berkemahiran. Permainan pula tidak mempunyai tujuan yang jelas tetapi boleh berubah kepada sukan. Latihan pula ialah aktiviti yang bertujuan membina kemahiran dan kemampuan seseorang dalam aktiviti sukan.

Rujukan :

Sukan. (2014, November 11). Wikipedia, Ensiklopedia Bebas. Retrieved 09:09, Januari 9, 2015 from http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sukan&oldid=3511128.

WHAT IS PARENTING?

Parenting (or child rearing) is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of achild from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.^[1]

The most common caretaker in parenting is the biological parent(s) of the child in question, although others may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member, or a family friend.^[2] Governments and society may have a role in child-rearing as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations. Others may beadopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent with good parenting skills may be referred to as a good parent.^[3] Views on the characteristics that make one a good parent vary from culture to culture.

Factors that affect parenting decisions

Social class, wealth, culture and income have a very strong impact on what methods of child rearing are used by parents.^[4] Cultural values play a major role in how a parent raises their child. However, parenting is always evolving; as times change, cultural practices and social norms and traditions change^{[citation needed]}.

In psychology, the parental investment theory suggests that basic differences between males and females in parental investment have great adaptive significance and lead to gender differences in mating propensities and preferences.^[5]

A family's social class plays a large role in the opportunities and resources that will be made available to a child. Working-class children often grow up at a disadvantage with the schooling, communities, and parental attention made available to them compared to middle-class or upper-class upbringings^{[citation needed]}. Also, lower working-class families do not get the kind of networking that the middle and upper classes do through helpful family members, friends, and community individuals and groups as well as various professionals or experts.^[6]

^Referance :

Parenting. (2015, January 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 08:47, January 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parenting&oldid=641288084

Penyelesaian Insurans Konvensional

Penyelesaian

Para ulamak telah sepakat memutuskan Takaful sebagai ganti kepada Insurans Konvensional. Dasar Tabarru'at menjadi teras utama yang membina paksi Takaful. Penggunaan dasar ini turut menyelamatkan pengurusan Takaful untuk seiring dengan keredhaan Syarak dalam soal Muamalah Islam. Dengan penggunaan Tabarru'at ini maka Takaful terselamat dari terkena unsur gharar dan maisir.

Takrif Tabarru'

Tabarru' merupakan perkataan Arab yang bermaksud menderma secara ikhlas. Dalam konteks perniagaan Takaful, setiap peserta yang ingin mendapatkan perlindungan Takaful mestilah hadir dengan niat yang ikhlas untuk menderma bagi membantu para peserta yang lain jika mereka menghadapi musibah. Dalam erti kata yang lebih tepat ialah, semua peserta tersebut bersetuju untuk saling membantu dikalangan mereka di atas niat yang sama.

Penegasan ini dapat dilihat dari fatwa oleh Dr. Yusuf Al-Qardhawi yang menegaskan insurans Islam boleh diadakan dengan syarat setiap peserta menderma di dalam satu tabung untuk membantu sesama mereka.

Hari ini, kebanyakan syarikat yang menjalankan Takaful adalah terlibat dengan dunia perniagaan. Oleh itu Tabarru' yang bersyarat, diperkenalkan di mana setiap peserta yang ingin menyertai takaful mestilah menderma sesuai dengan risiko yang dibawanya. Syarikat terpaksa menetapkan kadar Tabarru'at kerana ingin memastikan Tabung Tabarru' yang disertai oleh semua peserta tidak terjejas bagi memberi keadilan kepada semua pihak. Justeru itu, jika seseorang peserta membawa risiko yang besar maka kadar tabarru' yang mesti disumbangkan mestilah sepadan dengan risiko tersebut.

Terdapat juga sesetengah pendapat yang merasakan penggunaan istilah Tabarru'at adalah tidak tepat kerana amalannya adalah berbeza dengan maksudnya yang bererti peserta tidak boleh disyaratkan jumlah pembayaran kerana ia adalah ikhlas semata-mata. Namun dengan operasi dan mekanisme yang digunakan dalam industri Takaful, diharapkan ia tidaklah dijadikan isu yang besar.

Penggunaan Tabarru' yang menjadi dasar Takaful telah berjaya melahirkan satu Insurans Islam yang tidak bercanggah dengan Syarak. Unsur-unsur Gharar dan Maisir telah dapat dihapuskan dengan kewujudan dasar tersebut.

Syarikat pengendali takaful

Berikut adalah senarai syarikat-syarikat pengendali takaful yang beroperasi di Malaysia pada hari ini:

1. Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad (www.hltmt.com.my)
2. Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad (www.takaful-malaysia.com)
3. ETiQa Takaful Berhad (www.etiqa.com.my)
4. Takaful Ikhlas Sdn. Bhd. (www.takaful-ikhlas.com.my)
5. Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad (www.sunlifemalaysia.com)
6. HSBC Amanah Takaful (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (www.takaful.hsbcamanah.com.my)
7. Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad (www.prubsn.com.my)
8. MAA Takaful Berhad (www.maatakaful.com.my)
9. Great Eastern Takaful Berhad (www.i-great.com)
10. AIA AFG Takaful Bhd.(www.aia-afg.com.my/en/)
11. AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd (www.aiapublic.com.my/)
12. AmFamily Takaful Berhad (www.amtakaful.com.my)

Persatuan Takaful Malaysia (www.malaysiantakaful.com.my) telah ditubuhkan pada 29 November 2002 di bawah Akta Persatuan Malaysia 1966. 

Rujukan :

Takaful. (2014, Oktober 1). Wikipedia, Ensiklopedia Bebas. Retrieved 08:27, Januari 9, 2015 from http://ms.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Takaful&oldid=3489256.

Healthy Lifestyle

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living organism. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind and body, usually meaning to be free fromillness, injury or pain (as in "good health" or "healthy").^[1] The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in 1946 as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."^[2][3] Although this definition has been subject to controversy, in particular as lacking operational value and because of the problem created by use of the word "complete," it remains the most enduring.^[4][5] Other definitions have been proposed, among which a recent definition that correlates health and personal satisfaction.^[6][7] Classification systems such as the WHO Family of International Classifications, including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), are commonly used to define and measure the components of health.

Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences. The term "healthy" is also widely used in the context of many types of non-living organizations and their impacts for the benefit of humans, such as in the sense of healthy communities, healthy cities or healthy environments. In addition to health care interventions and a person's surroundings, a number of other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic, social conditions, and spirituality; these are referred to as "determinants of health." Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health.^[8]

Generally, the context in which an individual lives is of great importance for both his health status and quality of their life. It is increasingly recognized that health is maintained and improved not only through the advancement and application of health science, but also through the efforts and intelligent lifestyle choices of the individual and society. According to the World Health Organization, the main determinants of health include the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person's individual characteristics and behaviors.^[9]

More specifically, key factors that have been found to influence whether people are healthy or unhealthy include the following:^[9][10][11]

Income and social status Social support networks Education and literacy Employment/working conditions Social environments Physical environments Personal health practices and coping skills Healthy child development Biology and genetics Health care services Gender Culture

Donald Henderson as part of the CDC's smallpox eradication team in 1966.

An increasing number of studies and reports from different organizations and contexts examine the linkages between health and different factors, including lifestyles, environments, health care organization, and health policy – such as the 1974 Lalonde report from Canada;^[11]the Alameda County Study in California;^[12] and the series of World Health Reports of the World Health Organization, which focuses onglobal health issues including access to health care and improving public health outcomes, especially in developing countries.^[13]

The concept of the "health field," as distinct from medical care, emerged from the Lalonde report from Canada. The report identified three interdependent fields as key determinants of an individual's health. These are:^[11]

• Lifestyle: the aggregation of personal decisions (i.e., over which the individual has control) that can be said to contribute to, or cause, illness or death;
• Environmental: all matters related to health external to the human body and over which the individual has little or no control;
• Biomedical: all aspects of health, physical and mental, developed within the human body as influenced by genetic make-up.

Reference :

Health. (2015, January 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:28, January 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Health&oldid=641664552