TRAINING DOGS

Training dogs is simple; you just need to have a lot of patience and an understanding of how dogs think and learn. A dog's brain is simple; it learns through doing, especially through their refined sense of smell and sound. Humans are far more visual than animals; we place a huge amount of value on visual stimuli and remember primarily in images. Animals don't because they are far more holistic than we are. For instance, we collect photographs of our children; we rarely have collections of their sounds, feelings, tastes or smells.

TYPES OF TEA

Tea is traditionally classified on the degree or period of fermentation the leaves have undergone. There are four basic types of tea.
A This tea type is processed by allowing tea leaves to oxidise completely. It is the most common form of tea in southern Asia (Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc) and many African countries, including Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The literal translation of the Chinese word is red tea, and the Chinese use this term because the actual tea liquid is red. Westerners call it black tea because the tea leaves used are black.

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION

Distracted driving may not get the publicity given to alcohol, drugs and speed, but it is thought to play a role in one-third of fatal and serious injury crashes on roads. And while there is a strong community opposition to drink drivers or people who speed, our attitude towards making phone calls or reading text messages is much more relaxed. Surveys for the Office of Road Safety have found that while 96 per cent of people believe reading and sending text messages is distracting, 54 per cent admit reading texts and 35 per cent have sent them while driving. About 85 per cent of people think mobile phone use is distracting, but 46 per cent said they take calls on the road and 36 per cent concede making them.