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Importance of Family in our lives

As soon as the man steps in this world, the first individuals he comes across are his family members

(obviously excluding the hospital staffJ). The first individual is the mother who has taken great pain

to bring him to this world. Then is the father who is always there to care for him. Then come thesiblings.

The word family has multiple meanings in dictionary. t is !a social unit living together" or !parents and

their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not". n a broader term, relatives

can also be added to this group. #ut it is much more than that. $amily is the first learning place of an

individual in this world. %tarting from childhood till old age, he learns everything from his family. &e

sees his family members walking and starts trying that. &e sees them speaking and he tries to copy

them. 'radually he learns the basic communication among individuals in the family. &e also learns

how to love, how to behave, how to come along in life, all from his family. This develops a sort of

affection among all family members. They are always there to help each other.

The elder siblings help a lot to their young ones. arents guide their children at every step they take

in life until they become independent. The early *+ years spent in the family build a strong

relationship among all family members and it keeps them together the whole life. As mentioned in

one of my articles, (why we should help others), man is a social animal. &e cannot live alone for

long. &e always needs a company of his fellow beings. The best company for a man is his family.

The affection that is developed among family members continues throughout life. That is the reason

any achievement we have in life, we desire to share it first of all with our family. f we are in trouble,

we always seek help from our family and it is always there to help us out. $riends come in our lives

much later while family is there since day one. e might change our friends later in life but we never

want to lose our family, even if we have differences with our family members. This is because weknow that our family will always be there for us.

The family systems works like a chain. -ounger people learn from elders while elders depend on

their kids for a lot of things. hen kids grow up, get married and have their own children, the whole

cycle is repeated again. $amily members will always come to your rescue whenever you need them.

They always support you in different ways whether it be financial or moral. -ou can always share

your problems with your family and you always find a better solution for your problems after a

discussion in the house. e can"t make it out without our family in life. t is one of the greatest

blessings of 'od. e often meet people who lost their family for one reason or the other. e have

noticed that such people have a very imbalanced personality, mainly because their family was notthere when it was needed. eople who leave their family and go out to the world to do everything on

their own, often turn to be the bad characters of the society. This is because they lack the training

they missed from the family. ven if one of the parents is missing, it makes a huge difference in

developing personality of a child. There is always something lacking in them.

hen you are disillusioned by the outside world, your family is always there to fall back on. -ou

family always accepts you with all your mistakes and weaknesses and still loves you. /o one in the

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world would do that. There is never a substitute for the love of a mother, father, wife, child or your

siblings.

-ounger people these days often consider family a burden over themselves and try to get away from

them. They actually fail to reali0e that family is the group that has made them so strong to face the

world without any help.

1utual affection, trust and distribution of responsibilities in the family are the things that strengthen

this relationship. All the good in us is due to our family. t is not inborn. e have learnt it from our

families. 2ur family has made us strong enough to face this cruel world where everyone is selfish

and considers himself first before anyone else.

3onsidering all these aspects, we can say, family is one of the greatest gifts of nature to us.

%tay blessed, love your family4

5 %ecrets of &appy $amiliesxperts reveal the key ingredients to a happy family life.$rom the #rady #unch and artridge $amily to the 3leavers, 3unninghams, and 3osbys, images ofhappy families have rarely been in short supply. e all have ideas about what they should look like.

6oes yours fit the portrait of a happy family7 f not, don8t despair. /ow eb16 is letting you in on a fewof the secrets to a happy family. -ou, too, can experience some of the domestic bliss that seemedpreviously reserved 9ust for T: families.

Happy Family Secret No. 1: Enjoy Each Other

The essence of a happy family is that they truly uplift each other and that all comes down to how they

treat each other, says ;abbi %hmuley #oteach, a /ew -ork*based family and relationship counselor andhost of The

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There are many families where kids always come first, says #oteach. Then they become substituteproviders of love, he says. =That8s an unfair burden to put on a kid.= t8s also bad for families, he says,=because kids will move out of the house eventually.=

Happy Family Secret No. !: "rea# "rea$ %oether

$amilies that eat together, stay together. t8s that simple. =$amily dinners are essential,= #oteach says.=t8s a time to connect.= &ave a minimum of four family dinners per week, he suggests.

Happy Family Secret No. &: Play %oether

=&ave one or two unifying activities that the family does together on a nightly basis,= #oteach says. &esuggests bedtime stories for young children or reading a chapter from a novel to an older child.

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aris$rom ikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the capital of France.

Paris(nglish> p ?rs>, i> p rs>@$renchBpa iC ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of $rance.t is

situated on the ;iver %eine, in the north of the country, at the heart of theDle*de*$ranceregion. ithin its

administrative limits (the EF arrondissements), the city had E,EGH,5F inhabitants in EFFI while itsmetropolitan

areais one of the largest population centres in uropewith more than 5E million inhabitants.

An important settlement for more than two millennia, by the late 5Eth century aris had become a

walledcathedralcity that was one of urope8s foremost centres of learning and the arts and the largest city in

the estern world until the turn of the 5th century. aris was the focal point for many important political events

throughout its history, including the$rench ;evolution. Today it is one of the world8s leading business and

cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, science, fashion and the arts all

contribute to its status as one of the world8s ma9or cities. The city has one of the largest '6s in the world,

KLF+ billion (M%NH billion) as of EF55, and as a result of its high concentration of national and international

political, cultural and scientific institutions is one of the world8s leading tourist destinations. The aris ;egion

hosts the world headOuarters of GF of the$ortune 'lobal FFcompaniesBLCin several business districts,

notably

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daily. aris is the hub of the national road network, and is surrounded by three orbital roads thePriphPriOue,

theALmotorway, and the$ranciliennemotorway in the outer suburbs.

'limate

#eing located in estern urope, aris has a maritime climate with cool winters and warm summers. The

moderating effect of the Atlantic 2cean helps to temper temperature extremes in much of westernurope, including $rance. ven in January, the coldest month, temperatures nearly always exceed the

free0ing point with an average high of LR3 (HGR$). %now is not common in aris, although it will fall a few

times a year. 1ost of aris8 precipitation comes in the form of light rain year*round.

%ummers in aris are warm and pleasant, with an average high of EGR3 (+R$) during the mid*summer

months. %pring and fall are normally cool and wet.

ith the weather being so pleasant in the summer, it8s a great time to visit.

Famous for its wines and cheeses, France is the worlds most popular tourist destination receiving 82 million

foreign tourists annual. Visitors are attracted by historic cities, a beautiful countryside, the castles of the Loire

Valley, and Brittany and ormandy. !n addition, France offers an agreeable climate, some e"cellent beaches

on the French #iviera, the $tlantic coast and the island of %orsica, wide possibilities for winter sports , most

notably in the $lps and the &yrenees, and a rich culture with food and wines that are among the most

celebrated in the world.

'here to stay in &aris

(he top tourist attractions in France)

10%hartres %athedral

(he almost perfectly preserved %hartres %athedralin the city of %hartres is one of the finest e"amples of the

French *igh +othic style. (he maority of the original stained glass windows survive intact, while the

architecture has seen only minor changes since the early -th century.

%hartres day trip from &aris

9/une of &yla

Located in the $rcachon Bay area, the /une of &yla is the tallest sand dune in 0urope. $t the summit of the

dune the view is spectacular with the $tlantic coast and the inlet of the bay on one side and a large pine forest

on another.

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8&alais des &apes

1ne of the largest and most important +othic buildings in the world, the &alais des &apes &opes &alace3 was

built when &ope %lement V abandoned #ome in -45 and settled in $vignon. (he meter -4 feet3 thic6

walls, portcullises and watchtowers emphasi7e the castleli6e loo6 of the palace.

7%hateau de %hambord

(his second most visited ch9teau in France after Versailles3, is a masterpiece of the French #enaissance.

%onstruction of the %hateau de %hambord started in -:-5 by ;ing Fran

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%hamoni" is a famous s6i resort in the French $lps at the foot of ?ont Blanc. !t was the site of the first 'inter

1lympic games in -52=. !n winter worldclass s6iers and boarders push themselves to e"tremes on 0uropes

most challenging slopes while in the summer months %hamoni" is a mecca for alpine mountaineers and

mountain bi6ers.

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Located on the French #iviera, @t (rope7 is 6nown for its famous and e"tremely wealthy summer guests. !t has

been dubbed the playground of the etset, fashion models, and millionaires. 1utside pea6 summer there are less

celebrities to spot but youll also instantly appreciate what lured artists, writers and film ma6ers to this

picturesDue village.

'here to stay in @t. (ope7

10iffel (ower

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(he 0iffel (ower is a symbol of&aris and one of the top tourist attractions in France. (he tower was built by

+ustave 0iffel as the entrance arch for the !nternational 0"hibition of &aris of -885. @ince its construction

more than 244,444,444 people have visited the 0iffel (ower ma6ing it the most visited paid tourist attraction in

the world.

'here to stay in &aris

?ore France tourist attractions and travel information can be found in the 0"plore Francepage.

6isneyland aris$rom ikipedia, the free encyclopedia

$%uro &isney$ redirects here. For the company that owns and operates &isneyland #aris' see%uro &isney

S.C.(..

(isneylan$ Paris, originally Euro (isney )esort, is an entertainment resortin 1arne*la*:allPe, a new

townlocated GE km (EF mi) east of the centre of arisand is the most visited attraction in all of $rance and

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urope.B5Ct is owned and operated byuro 6isney %.3.A.,apublicly tradedcompany in whichThe alt

6isney 3ompanyowns a minority stake.BECThe resort covers H,FF acres (5I kmE)BGCand encompasses

twotheme parks, several resort hotels, a shopping, dining, and entertainment complex, and a golf course, in

addition to several additional recreational and entertainment venues.6isneyland arkis the original theme

park of the complex, opening with the resort on 5E April 5IIE. A second theme park,alt 6isney %tudios

arkopened in EFFE.

The resort is the second6isney parkto open outside the Mnited %tates, following Tokyo 6isney ;esort, and the

first to be owned and operated by 6isney (through uro 6isney %.3.A.). The resort was designed specifically to

follow the model established by alt 6isney orldin$lorida.B

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PLANT A NOTION

"Going green" doesn't have to be a daunting task that means sweeping life changes. Simple things can

make a difference.

The contents of this list might not be new, but they bear repeating. Sometimes it takes a few reminders for

things take root.

1. CHANGE YOUR LIGHT

f every household in the !nited State replaced one regular lightbulb with one of those new compact

fluorescent bulbs, the pollution reduction would be euivalent to removing one million cars from the road.

#on't like the color of light$ !se these bulbs for closets, laundry rooms and other places where it won't irk

you as much.

2. TURN OFF COMPUTERS AT NIGHT

%y turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode, you can save & watt(hours per day. That

adds up to & cents a day, or )*& per year. f you don't want to wait for your computer to start up, set it to

turn on automatically a few minutes before you get to work, or boot up while you're pouring your morning

cup 'o +oe.

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3. DON'T RINSE

Skip rinsing dishes before using your dishwasher and save up to gallons of water each load. -lus, you'resaving time and the energy used to heat the additional water.

4. DO NOT PRE-HEAT THE OVEN

!nless you are making bread or pastries of some sort, don't pre(heat the oven. ust turn it on when you put

the dish in. lso, when checking on your food, look through the oven window instead of opening the door.

5. RECYCLE GLASS

0ecycled glass reduces related air pollution by percent and related water pollution by 1 percent. f it

isn't recycled it can take a million years to decompose.

6. DIAPER WITH A CONSCIENCE

%y the time a child is toilet trained, a parent will change between 1, and 2, diapers, adding up to

appro3imately 4.1 million tons of waste in !.S. landfills each year. 5hether you choose cloth or a more

environmentally(friendly disposable, you're making a choice that has a much gentler impact on our planet.

7. HANG DRY

Get a clothesline or rack to dry your clothes by the air. 6our wardrobe will maintain color and fit, and you'll

save money.

6our favorite t(shirt will last longer too.

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. GO VEGETARIAN ONCE A WEE!

7ne less meat(based meal a week helps the planet and your diet. 8or e3ample9 t reuires ,1 gallons of

water to produce one pound of beef. 6ou will also also save some trees. 8or each hamburger that originated

from animals raised on rainforest land, appro3imately 11 suare feet of forest have been destroyed.

". WASH IN COLD OR WARM

f all the households in the !.S. switched from hot(hot cycle to warm(cold, we could save the energy

comparable to *, barrels of oil a day.

7nly launder when you have a full load.

1#. USE ONE LESS PAPER NAP!IN

#uring an average year, an merican uses appro3imately , napkins:around si3 each day. f everyone

in the !.S. used one less napkin a day, more than a billion pounds of napkins could be saved from landfills

each year.

11. USE $OTH SIDES OF PAPER

merican businesses throw away * million tons of paper every year, eual to *;1 pounds per office worker.8or a uick and easy way to halve this, set your printer's default option to print double(sided 4 million newspapers printed each day in the !.S. 7f these, && million, or about >?@, of them

will be thrown away. 0ecycling +ust the Sunday papers would save more than half a million trees every

week.

13. WRAP CREATIVELY

6ou can reuse gift bags, bows and event paper, but you can also make something uniue by using old maps,

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cloth or even newspaper. 8lip a paper grocery bag inside out and give your child stamps or markers to

create their own wrapping paper that's environmentally friendly and e3tra special for the recipient.

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14. RETHIN! $OTTLED WATER

Dearly ?@ of plastic water bottles are not recycled, instead taking thousands of years to decompose. %uy a

reusable container and fill it with tap water, a great choice for the environment, your wallet, and possibly

your health. The E-'s standards for tap water are more stringent than the 8#'s standards for bottled

water.

15. $AN $ATHTIME,

Aave a no(bath week, and take showers instead. %aths reuire almost twice as much water. Dot only will

you reduce water consumption, but the energy costs associated with heating the water.

16. $RUSH WITHOUT RUNNING

6ou've heard this one before, but maybe you still do it. 6ou'll conserve up to five gallons per day if you stop.

#aily savings in the !.S. alone could add up to *.1 billion gallons((more water than folks use in the %igpple.

17. SHOWER WITH YOUR PARTNER

Sneak in a shower with your loved one to start the day with some Fest that doesn't come in a bar. Dot only

have you made a wise choice for the environment, but you may notice some other added...um...benefits.

1. TA!E A SHORTER SHOWER

Every two minutes you save on your shower can conserve more than ten gallons of water. f everyone in the

country saved +ust one gallon from their daily shower, over the course of the year it would eual twice the

amount of freshwater withdrawn from the Great akes every day.

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1". PLANT A TREE

t's good for the air, the land, can shade your house and save on cooling

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24. INVEST IN YOUR OWN COFFEE CUP

f you start every morning with a steamy cup, a uick tabulation can show you that the waste is piling up.nvest in a reusable cup, which not only cuts down on waste, but keeps your beverage hot for a much longer

time. Cost coffee shops will happily fill your own cup, and many even offer you a discount in e3changeH

25. $ATCH ERRANDS

8eel like you spend your whole week trying to catch up with the errands$ Take a few moments once a week

to make a list of all the errands that need to get done, and see if you can batch them into one trip. Dot only

will you be saving gasoline, but you might find yourself with much better time(management skills.

26. TURN OFF LIGHTS

lways turn off incandescent bulbs when you leave a room. 8luorescent bulbs are more affected by the

number of times it is switched on and off, so turn them off when you leave a room for *1 minutes or more.

6ou'll save energy on the bulb itself, but also on cooling costs, as lights contribute heat to a room.

27. GREENER LAWN CARE

f you must water your lawn, do it early in the morning before any moisture is lost to evaporation. Aave a

few weeds$ Spot treat them with vinegar. Dot sure if you should rake$ Dormal clippings act as a natural

fertiliFer, let them be. f you've waited too long, rake by hand : it's e3cellent e3ercise.

2. PICNIC WITH A MAR!ER

Some time in between the artichoke dip and the coleslaw, you lost track of your cup, and now there are a

sea of matching cups on the table, one of which might be yours. The ne3t time you picnic, set out

permanent marker ne3t to disposable dinnerware so guests can mark their cup and everyone will only use

one.

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2". RECYCLE OLD CELL PHONES

The average cell phone lasts around *2 months, which means *4 million phones will be retired each year.f they go into landfills, the phones and their batteries introduce to3ic substances into our environment.

There are plenty of reputable programs where you can recycle your phone, many which benefit noble

causes.

3#. MAINTAIN YOUR VEHICLE

Dot only are you e3tending the life of your vehicle, but you are creating less pollution and saving gas.

properly maintained vehicle, clean air filters, and inflated tires can greatly improve your vehicle's

performance. nd it might not hurt to clean out the trunk:all that e3tra weight could be costing you at thepump.

31. RECYCLE UNWANTED WIRE HANGERS

5ire hangers are generally made of steel, which is often not accepted by some recycling programs. So what

do you do with them$ Cost dry cleaners will accept them back to reuse or recycle.

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34. !EEP YOUR FIREPLACE DAMPER CLOSED

Jeeping the damper open

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3". GO TO A CAR WASH

-rofessional car washes are often more efficient with water consumption. f everyone in the !.S. who

washes their car themselves took +ust one visit to the car wash we could save nearly 2.; billion gallons of

water.

4#. PLASTIC $AGS SUC!

Each year the !.S. uses 2& billion plastic bags, a significant portion of the 1 billion used worldwide. They

are not biodegradable, and are making their way into our oceans, and subseuently, the food chain.

Stronger, reusable bags are an ine3pensive and readily available option.

41. FLY WITH AN E-TIC!ET

The cost of processing a paper ticket is appro3imately )*, while processing an e(ticket costs only )*. n the

near future, e(tickets will be the only option, saving the airline industry )4 billion a year. n addition to

financial savings, the sheer amount of paper eliminated by this process is commendable.

42. DOWNLOAD YOUR SOFTWARE

Cost software comes on a compact disc, and more than thirty billion compact discs of all types are sold

annually. That's a huge amount of waste, not to mention the associated packaging. nother bonus todownloading your software is that it's often available for download at a later date when you upgrade to a

new computer or are attempting to recover from a crash.

43. STOP YOUR ANSWERING MACHINE

nswering machines use energy & hours a day, seven days a week. nd when they break, they're +ust one

more thing that goes into the landfill. f all answering machines in !.S. homes were eventually replaced by

voice mail services, the annual energy savings would total nearly two billion kilowatt(hours.

44. S!IP THE COFFEE STIRRER

Each year, mericans throw away *42 billion straws and stirrers. %ut skipping the stirrer doesn't mean

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drinking your coffee black. Simply put your sugar and cream in first, and then pour in the coffee, and it

should be well mi3ed.

#etermined to stir$ %reak off a piece of pasta from the cupboard. 6ou can nibble after using it, compost, or

throw away with less guilt.

45. FIND A $ETTER WAY TO $REA! THE ICE

5hen a big winter storm heads our way, most of us use some sort of ice melter to treat steps and

sidewalks. 5hile this makes the sidewalks safer for people, it may pose a haFard for pets who might ingest

these products. 0ock salt and salt(based ice(melting products can cause health problems as well as

contaminate wells and drinking water. ook for a pet(safe deicer, readily available in many stores.

&>. USE COTTON SWA$S WITH A PAPER$OARD SPINDLE

Some brands of cotton swabs have a paperboard spindle while others are made of plastic. f *@ of !.S.

households switched to a paperboard spindle, the petroleum energy saved per year would be euivalent to

over *1, gallons of gasoline.

47. PAY $ILLS ONLINE

%y some estimates, if all households in the !.S. paid their bills online and received electronic statements

instead of paper, we'd save *2.1 million trees every year, . billion tons of carbon dio3ide and other

greenhouse gases, and *.; billion pounds of solid waste.

4. STOP PAPER $AN! STATEMENTS

Some banks will pay you a dollar or donate money on your behalf when you cancel the monthly paperstatements you get in the mail. f every household took advantage of online bank statements, the money

saved could send more than seventeen thousand recent high school graduates to a public university for a

year.

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4". USE RECHARGA$LE $ATTERIES

Each year *1 billion batteries produced and sold and most of them are disposable alkaline batteries. 7nly a

fraction of those are recycled. %uy a charger and a few sets of rechargeable batteries. lthough it reuires

an upfront investment, it is one that should pay off in no time. nd on Ihristmas morning when all the

stores are closed$ 6ou'll be fully stocked.

5#. SHARE,

Take what you've learned, and pass the knowledge on to others. f every person you know could take one

small step toward being greener, the collective effort could be phenomenal.

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Why is it important to protect the nature?1. Nature is the Earth and our home. If we do not protect our home, we will eventually lose it. When

we protect nature, we PRESERVEit for generations to come.

2. Protecting nature keeps the Eco-systems in balance. When we cut down the rain forest, lessrain falls and the once very green area turns into a desert.

3. Protecting nature keeps the flora (all plants, flowers and trees) from extinction, thereby savingprecious Earthly resources from dying forever.

4. Protecting nature means reducing greenhouse gasesso as to slow down and eventuallypreventGLOBAL WARMING. Global warming, if it continues at the rate it is now growing will be adisaster for the world and life as we know it will not exist. It will be a catastrophe beyond humanimagining.

5. Protecting nature means to preserve it out of the respect for the life that lives within in. Removenature and life is destroyed. We, as a human race, must consider the fact that if we do notpreserve nature today, future generations will not be able to enjoy the benefits, the beauty, thewonder, the serenity, and the joy it brings to the hearts of people everywhere.

-ou can do a lot for patient arth and your bank account43hange a light4;eplacing 5 regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb will save 5HF pounds ofcarbon dioxide a year.

6rive lessalk, bike, carpool or take mass transit-ou"ll save one pound of carbon dioxide for every mile you don"t drive4

;ecycle more4 -ou can save E.HFF pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling 9ust half ofyour household waste.

3heck your tiresSeeping your tires inflated properly improves gas mileage by more than G.very gallon of gasoline saved keeps EF lbs of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere4

Mse less hot water or install a solar hot water heater

Avoid products with a lot of packaging.

lant a tree * rescue a tree4A single tree will absorb 5 ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

Turn off electronic devices.%imply turning off your television, 6:6 player, stereo, and computer when you"re not usingthem will save you thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide a year.

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