EPO(Erythropoietin) secreted by the kidney are the stimulators for red blood cell production. So the secretion of EPO boosts the performance of the athletes which will be discussed briefly below.

Tips to Maintain Optimal Kidney Health

One of the signs that a healthy and well-functioning kidneys show is a clear and odorless character of urine. The maintenance of a healthy kidney supports athletes for gaining physical performance at its peak during competition and for their recovery process too. It is because of the fact that a healthy functioning kidney produces EPO naturally at maximum level that is necessary for the production of RBCs (Red Blood Cells) which increases the capacity of blood as an oxygen carrier and the healthy kidney also helps to clean the blood of waste and toxin efficiently during the period of endurance.

 Some of the tips are as follows:

1. Stay hydrated:

To make your kidney healthy, you should stay hydrated. For the accurate amount of water to stay hydrated, an individual should halve his/her weight and drink that numerical value of weight in ounces of water. Not only water but any other freshly prepared juices and milk without fat can also be consumed to stay hydrated.

2. Natural and Nutritious Diet:

The natural and nutritious diet avoids the contents like toxin, excess salts, soda etc. So consuming a natural and nutritious diet helps the kidney to stay healthy by reducing the extra functioning of kidneys on purifying such toxins. Excess consumption of coffee, sodas, sweetened beverages and cold foods makes the kidney weak which hampers the production of EPO. So a natural and nutritious diet helps our kidney to stay healthy.

Foods for healthy kidneys

The foods listed below are the categories of foods that benefits our kidney:

I. Watermelons: Consumption of watermelon regularly cleanses our bladder which is good for our kidney.

II. Cranberry Juice: Cranberry juice not containing sugar additives should only be consumed. It guards our bladder by preventing bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall.

III. Fish and fish oils: The consumption of fish and fish oil makes our kidney function well in a healthy manner.

IV. Egg whites: Kidney needs pure protein with all essential amino acids and less phosphorus. Egg white is the best source of such protein. So consuming only egg whites benefits our kidney.

V. Olive oil: Olive oil contains oleic acid, polyphenols and antioxidants. So olive oil prevents the kidney from inflammation and oxidation.

VI. Cabbage: Cabbage is a good source for vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin B6, folic acid and fiber. 

3.  Kidney Rub and Tap:

It is a form of massage for kidneys done for about 2-3 minutes by rubbing up and down by placing your back of the hand above the skin where kidney lies. This massage is helpful to stimulate adrenal glands, circulate blood and draw energy to the kidneys.

4.  Maintaining low blood pressure: High blood pressure creates stress in the kidney. So it is beneficial to maintain low blood pressure for a healthy kidney.

5.  Physical Exercise: Physical exercise is helpful for a healthy kidney. The sweating caused by it assists the kidney to release out the toxins and wastes from our body. Physical exercise also prevents obesity, high blood pressure and ultimately kidney failure.

 6. Adequate Sleep Quota: Adequate sleep quota is important for a healthy functioning kidney.

 7.  Hot shower when under stress: During a stressful period, taking a hot shower relaxes the tight kidneys.

 8.   Avoid excessive proteins: Excessive protein consumption adds more load to the kidney to filter Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) out of the blood. This can rupture the capillaries(glomeruli) of kidneys.

9.  Avoid Regular Over-the-Counter Pain Pills: Ibuprofen, naproxen, and aspirin are the anti-inflammatory drugs that damage our kidney if taken regularly. So without any extreme conditions of prescription, it is better not to use such pills regularly.

Reference:  https://stuffthatspins.com/2012/07/23/increase-your-kidneys-epo-production-naturally-kidney-health-red-blood-cell-count-and-athletic-peak-performance/

I saw a thought-provoking sight while I was on my way to college on Valentine’s morning. Of course, Valentine’s day is a cliché full of ironic moments; but the sight before me proved to be more impacting than I thought. Hours later, my mind still wanders to that sight. Enough beating around the bush, I’ll tell you what happened. I saw a girl eagerly awaiting her love, her moon among the stars, with a red rose held in her hands. She was standing by the road and on the road, a funeral procession (like the ones Lamas have) trudged silently and mournfully along the road, a casket on shoulders held high. Ironic, isn’t it?

 How on a day meant to celebrate love, meant to celebrate “life”; sometimes things go awry and a curse befalls you. Yes, IRONIC, is the right word. But I had an even deeper thought, an “awakening” of sorts. I wondered how we live our entire lives inside our own little bubble. A bubble of laughter at times, desperation and sorrow at others; a bubble of hope and faith but also, curse and death. Seldom our thoughts wander outside this little bubble; seldom we contemplate greater things-truly greater things. Goes to show just how insignificant we can be and ignorant we can be to other people. We see faces, forget them as quickly but seldom do we wonder what story hides inside. The sight I saw on that day, I thought these very thoughts. Two different bubbles, just meters apart. Two different emotions, two different hearts. There is more irony to be found here if we only think more. A child blows bubbles frequently, they fly high-ignorance is bliss, but sometimes, they cross and they merge and we classify it as “rare”. Two people, same place, same time yet galaxies and worlds apart… Ironic, isn’t it?

Zambia, yes Zambia. A nation situated in southern Africa is a landlocked country of rugged terrain having a total area of 752,618 square kilometers which has a total population of 17,351,708 as of 2018 and total a GDP(PPP) of $76.52 billion as of 2019. (So to sum up GDP-Nominal is the total size of the economy, GDP-PPP is the total size of the economy normalized for local price variations, and GDP-PPP Per Capita is how efficient the economy is.) This status sounds as if it is possible for Zambia to be able to afford space-traveling right? 

However, the title has a twist. Zambia, which was a former self-governing British colony, and was renamed Zambia at independence in 1964. You see, here the nation was free from British rule in 1964. In the midst of the celebration for the newly gained freedom from colonialism, an ambitious college professor develops a great project for his country: he wants to create a space program and send the first African astronaut to the moon, possibly before the US and the USSR manage to do so.  For a fact, the US and the USSR were the only two superpowers of the world at that time.

Let's view it this way, "It's the 60s: the world is divided by the Cold War, and the USA is in the midst of the Space Race against Russia. While the international public observes the two powers, plans for the conquest of the universe, in remote and forgotten parts of the world there are still big dreamers." 

 Now, heading straight back to the title, this is the story of Edward Makuka Nkoloso, who founded (independently and without any kind of government support), the National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, Zambia's first and only space program.  A 17 years old girl, "Matha '' and two cats are chosen as the "Afronauts" to be sent on the Moon, and later, even on Mars, board a copper and aluminum rocket. A training camp was set a few miles from Lusaka, the capital of the nation and to have the astronauts accustomed to the lack of gravity, a series of physical exercises were developed (for example, the self-proclaimed director would launch the aspiring astronauts down from steep hills inside huge oil barrels).  

Seriously? Partially visionary, probably detached from reality, Nkoloso was extremely serious about the project, and as himself claimed "We 're Going to Mars! With a Spacegirl, Two Cats and a Missionary." He even made a request for 7 million pounds to UNESCO. The complex program also included the establishment of a Ministry of Christianity on Mars, although there was no intention of imposing their religion with violence on the inhabitants of the planet. Unfortunately, the lack of funding, the hostility of the government and the fact that Matha became pregnant during the training time (in an official letter  Nkoloso himself complained about the constant, physical, distractions of his young students), forced the man's dreams to collapse, and the program was left to die.

References: 

https://tch7336.tch.www.quora.com/What-is-a-more-useful-measure-to-judge-a-nations-economy-GDP-nominal-or-GDP-PPP-and-why
http://www.goodshortfilms.it/en/articles/afronauts-il-programma-spaziale-dello-zambia

When I try to recall my past memories, all I could remember is the old two-story home with four goddesses only. When I was around the age of 6, I remember my sisters carrying me in their shoulder, playing with me, feeding me and taking me to the pre-school. Despite the unconditional love and care of my sisters, I always used to seek my mom. My mom used to come home late in the evening working all day. When she arrives home, we used to fall asleep and she used to wake us, feed us, put us back in bed and after completing all household chores, lean beside me. Every day instead of bedtime stories, she used to tell me about what others told her when there were only daughters in our home, how my grandmother used to censure her for having only girls. At that moment, I was incomprehensible, used to feel her warmth and fall asleep. Whenever I used to walk with my mom everyone used to say; “Finally, you have a son after 4 daughters, nor then your ancestry would have been destroyed.” I was so small back then that I could not defend my mom but instead listen to them as a compliment. At that time, my mom used to smile back at them and move away.

Now, when I remember what people used to gossip about my family, I regard myself as a savior but also feel guilt deep inside that I could not be there when my mom had to face those terrible phases. Whenever I fail, get depressed, I always look back at my mom’s struggle and ultimately get motivated and move ahead. Days, months and years pass by, now our old tenement home is converted into the Bungalow where my mom rules our home like the queen does and my sisters roam like the princess under the love of a mother, father, and brother.

Time changed, placed changed, but my family’s dedication, diligence, and love for each never changed. I am me, not who you think; overwhelmed with money and love but the diamond of the family who always wishes to shine the light on the family.

So sorry for the day
What happened making you roar a big hey?
Do we apologize for what we say?
We are the ocean and you, 
Just attached with us like a bay.

With more murmurs and shouting
Little screaming and somehow fighting
With a big noise and irritation 
Doing our wants without hesitation 
A moment of silence appeared 
When our favorite Guru got tempered. 

At a glance, those glamorous blossoms disappeared
And face seems to be tired and fired 
Tons of sorry for our bad humor 
We are always the synonym,
If you are cancer than,
We are the tumor 
 
Feelings come out from the heart 
Your smile and courage is our body part 
So I promise for our accountability 
And blindly believe us 
We won't go beyond our responsibility.  

Thousands of tongue 
Are unsuccessful to explain your importance 
So sorry Guru, 
We want to be the part of your smile 
Not ignorance 
 
We will be in your footsteps 
We are a loose soil and give us the press
We are always yours please don’t worry 
Its last time and 
Finally glorious regard with emotional            Sorry!!
 

If there was one thing in the world that I would change, it would definitely be a Linguistic variation of the world. There are about 195 countries in the world and the fact that every country has its own 10-15 or more languages is astounding yet, pointless. Linguistic variations consume our time, disguise and demand more effort.

Linguistic variation consumes our time in learning languages. Instead of utilizing our time in retaining knowledge regarding various subject matters, we need to spend time just translating the basic words like ‘Hello’ in English to ‘Namaste’ in Nepali to ‘Ni hao’ in Chinese. The world is bigger and we should understand how to explore. Linguistic variation is tedious.

Language disguises thoughts. It changes the appearance of how things really are. One cannot feel the same way as they hear a sentimental sentence in their native language as they feel when they hear a sentence in another language. Linguistic variation makes our style of expressing worth more than our words. It makes a difference.

Linguistic variation demands our wasted effort. We cannot chat with a person from foreign countries without the help of Google or translator apps. Linguistic variation can sometimes be embarrassing due to mistranslation. Communication is difficult with this variation. Watching movies with subtitles isn't the same as it demands more effort.

Though languages are the identity of our tradition or nation, it should not bother us. I would definitely eliminate this thing from the world if I could. It wastes our time, makes a difference in our thoughts and makes communication difficult.  Everyone in the world could be using the same language and communication would be much easier.

Time and again

I come back to you

Just to feel the pain

That brought me you

Never mine to begin with

Never loved to have felt it

Always together though

Somehow pieces always fit

Life has become

A ghosting game

Smile and ego

Never to tame

Expecting was a foolish move

Never to trust a loving fool

Here I am, a pathetic noob

To fall in love with hating you

Based on the approach of the quantum levitation, a superconducting train that levitates above a magnetic track can be operated. In this mechanism, the train which is to be made superconducting is cooled down to the temperature below the critical temperature of the material with the help of liquid nitrogen. Such types of trains don’t have any engine operated by fossil fuels like normal trains. So maglev trains can be operated without fossil fuels. Maglev train is frictionless as the magnetic force replaces the physical support to levitate the train in the air removing all kinds of friction between the train and the track. So these trains have a high speed of more than 500 kph.

Maglev train works on two processes i.e. levitation and the propulsion.

1. Levitation

In a maglev train, a superconductor is attached to the base. And the guide-way is made up of magnets. When we cool the superconductor below its critical temperature using liquid nitrogen the superconductor levitates above the guide-way. When a superconductor is cooled below its critical temperature, it shows the Meisner effect. Due to the Meisner effect, the magnetic lines of force passing normally through a superconductor get expelled and a repelling force is developed when a magnet is introduced. Thus superconductors repel itself from the magnet and a floating character is observed which is known as magnetic levitation.

2) Propulsion:

The maglev train consists of magnets on its side as well and electromagnets are attached in the edge of the railway track in for the propulsion. The arrangement of magnets is done on the train as well as on the railway sides as shown in fig ii. Such an arrangement helps to ensure the attraction between like to unlike poles and repulsion between like to like poles of the magnet on a train and the railway. Such attraction and repulsion results in the forward movement of the train. 

Thus the train starts to move in a forward direction by levitating above the railway.

Self-esteem means confidence in one’s own worth or abilities. It is your opinion of yourself. People with healthy self-esteem love themselves enough and value their achievements. Everyone lacks confidence at some point of their life but people with high self-esteem take it as a lesson or experience while the people with low self-esteem feel unsatisfied with themselves because of it. 

It requires attention and daily-practice to boost self-esteem. People with low self-esteem are extremely critical of themselves. They judge themselves and use negative words to describe them. To overcome these things one should take themselves into positive things, challenge negative, self-talk should not compare themselves to others, etc. By adopting these things, one can become a person with high self-esteem. A person with high self-esteem is always respected.so, if we have low self-esteem then we should change over ourselves and become a person with healthy and high self-esteem. In, other words self-esteem means, how much you appreciate and love your self. It is often seen as a personality trait, which means that it traits to be stable and enduring. In psychology, it is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth and personal values. A psychologist usually regards self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic through normal short term value also exists.

The concept of self-esteem has its origin in the 18th century. The importance of self-esteem gained endorsement from some government and non-government groups starting around the 1970s, such that one can speak of a self-esteem movement.

Reference:https://www.nerdycreator.com/blog/symptoms-of-low-self-esteem/

“Grrrrrrrrrrrr” the ship came to a halt. “D-Day D-Day”, Koun Rogg: the negotiator yelled. But co-pilot Kinan knew well that the sound was just turbulence. “Stop it, you fool,” Kinan said to Koun. Boda: The Captain and co-pilot Biwan Benobi kept chuckling. With a sigh, Rogg said, “When will we reach the Castle?”. Then from the back, a voice came “Keep patience, Koun, we’ll arrive soon at our destination”. It was Chancellor Pauline. He and Roggs were to be escorted to the Capital. He said with a speck of doubt in his voice “Captain Boda, Your men will keep us safe right ?”, pointing to Kinan and biwan. Boda said, “These are no ordinary men, these are dejis, they are focused, determined individuals, they have left their personal lives to serve the council of dejis”. Kinan heard the captain. He has a flash-back, he sees his young son: Ren being separated from him. It had been 15 years since that and all kinan remembers of his son is a light scar on his face and the words ‘Astros!’. Biwan much more experienced than Kinan holds back all memories of his past life, rather clinging on to what is happening.

Kinan tries to hold back all thoughts of his beloved son but ultimately bursts into tears, Biwan being the diligent and faithful friend he was, consoles Kinan and convinces him to focus in the present. The navigator of the ship started giving off a loud and continuous buzz, a few seconds passed and an explosion was heard, “BOOM!” all the passengers on board were thrown to the ground. Boda, Kinan, and Biwan activated their blasters. Boda signaled Rogg and Pauline to enter a hyperspace escape pod. Boda yelled, “We must protect them at all costs”. The stomping of a dozen soldiers could be heard rushing to the cockpit. The dejis stood ready to fight, one-by-one gunning down each man, it seemed if all the soldiers were dead but they heard something, “Shushhhh” and “BOOM!” a missile was launched and a large figure with a mask appeared, wearing all black with a missile launcher in his hands, he dropped the launcher and opted to a blaster.

The explosion injured Boda heavily whereas Kinan and Biwan took light damage, Kinan being the hot-headed person he was, rushed to kill the masked man, he yelled: “Rylo Ben, today you die”. Kinan fell down, it seemed that Rylo had shot first. Rylo Ben was a young yet capable warlord. Rylo said, “Not today, not by you, Deji filth.” Kinan was stunned, his muscles were frozen. Biwan shot and it hit Kylo right in the face, his mask blew up but he hadn’t sustained any damage, his face was revealed, it was a familiar face, especially for Kinan, he couldn’t help but notice the light scar that had grown with Ren. The young warlord was none other than Kinan’s son. Kinan yelled “Astros!” Ren dropped his blaster and collapsed in pain as Biwan’s blaster shot hit him in the chest.

The word AI had first been coined in the year 1956. Since then, in the first two to three years it seemed like the so-called “Future” had been just a simple term even if it had a couple of advancements.

The year 1984 bought a new problem for the growing industry of the future “AI Winter”. The period was when there was reduced funding and interest in the development of Artificial Intelligence. It was hyped up by the idea of “Nuclear Winter”. The main reasons for the AI Winter can be due to the unnaturally high hopes of the users and extensive promotion in the world media.

A.I started blooming with the beginning of the 21st Century. It started gaining enthusiasm since the early 1990s. In the decade of 2010, the interests in Artificial Intelligence along with Machine Learning (ML) have skyrocketed in the global market.

With everyday enhancements and developments, you can expect the world to be like one of those futuristic Sci-Fi movies in the next 50 years or so. We might regard AI as a problem for the future with all those Sci-Fi movies like Terminator or I, Robot. Yes, it seems possible for the world to be conquered by robots and we humans being the next slaves to the technology we created with such zeal. But, no matter how advanced they get, they will never be comparable to human intelligence: the mental developments for such a creation would require massive work to be done and who would like to be a slave by choice for their own creation to ease life.

 I still remember the anger in her face and the worry in her eyes. It is the biggest moral mistake of my life that I regret until now. It was the day when I saw my mom cry for the first time. This was when I lied to her about going to extra classes on Saturday but actually went out with my friends.

After the end of our pre-board exams my friends made a plan of going to a one day hike. As a kid I was fond of these things so I decided to go on a hike. But one and the only problem for me was my mom because she would never let me go on the hike, however, I desperately wanted to go on the hike. I got a mind-blowing idea of lying to my mother and going on a hike. Later I realized that lying would be my biggest moral mistake.

Friday evening, I told her that there will be an extra class for maths and science because many of the students of our batch failed in those subjects. That night I couldn’t sleep because of the excitement. I felt like I was the king who conquered the entire state within a night. Saturday morning I got ready and went to my friend’s home. There we all gathered and planned what we would do when we reach there. We even planned what we would do if we found some pretty girls.

We went on a public vehicle to Jagdol Hills. We had planned to visit the Jagdol Gumba. We climbed up the stairs and went uphill. There we found that the gumba was closed for the day and there weren’t many lunch counters so we couldn’t eat anything. We wandered here and there as if we were a group of people who got lost in a desert and are starving to eat but all we could find was stones and mud around us and that obviously could not be eaten. All we did that day was walking with thirst greater than that of the crow in the story “The Thirsty Crow” and stomach as empty as schools on holidays.

That day didn’t go as planned and I returned home with a regret that my day could have been better if I had stayed at home. Climbing upstairs I heard a screaming sound as high as a monster. I found that it was my mom screaming at me. At first, I was confused but after I reached my room she entered my room by kicking the door as if it were a football and she had tears in her eyes.

“Where are you? You little rascal you think you are old enough to lie to your mother and think that I would even know about it.” She screamed with eyes as red as a cherry.

“What are you talking about? I have no clue about what you are saying.” I replied with a voice trembling with fear.

“You know what I am talking about you little liar! I know about your little trip, I telephoned your school and found out that there were no extra classes.”

I was afraid and was out of excuses. I looked at her and found out she was so worried that her blood pressure was as high as water with speed to rotate a turbine, tears fell from her ears as if it was water flowing downhill. Then she grabbed a stick as hard as an iron rod that was strong enough to destroy a wall made of concrete. She started beating me with the stick and that day turned out to be even worse than before.