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  The human life cycle begins at fertilization, when an egg cell inside a woman and a sperm cell from a man fuse to form a one-celled zygote. Over the next few days, this single, large cell divides countless times to form a hollow ball of smaller cells.
On the sixth day after fertilization, this hollow ball burrows into the wall of the mother's uterus, or womb. The cells then form three layers that fold and bend into the more complex shape of an early embryo. Gradually, the cells begin to become different from one another, forming, for example, the nervous system and the circulatory system.
On the twenty-second day after fertilization, a simple tube-like heart begins to beat. The embryo has no other working organs: the first brain activity will not begin for another five more months. But in just one more month, all the major organs will start developing, including tiny eyes and ears, liver, and kidneys. ...read more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                 
  How to Change a Tyre Have you ever gotten stuck on the side of the road with a flat tyre, or do you dread someday getting trapped in that kind of scenario? Do you want to be able to change a tyre without having to ask for help? Fortunately, changing a tyre is a pretty simple task, if you don't mind a little bit of elbow grease! ...read more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                 
  Sexual Assault Part 1 Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature onto another person. Although sexual assaults are most frequently committed by a man onto a woman, it may be by a man on a man, woman on a man or woman on a woman, adult on a child, adult on an adult, child on a child or child on an adult.
While sexual assaults are associated with the crime of rape, it may cover assaults which would not be considered rape. What constitutes a sexual assault is determined by the laws of the jurisdiction where the assault takes place, which vary considerably and are influenced by local social and cultural attitudes.
Every year, an estimated 300 000 women are raped and 3.7 million are confronted with unwanted sexual activity. In addition, of the approximately 900 000 children who are maltreated each year, 9% are sexually abused. It has been estimated that one in six women have or will be sexually assaulted during their lives. Largely because of child- and prison rape, approximately ten percent of reported rape victims are male. ...read more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                 
  Sexual Assault Part II Child Sexual Abuse
Sexual assaults on children are normally viewed far more seriously than those on adults. This is due to the innocence of the child victim as well as the long-term psychological impact that such assaults have on the child.
Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation. ...read more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                 
  Wearing a Seatbelt… No parent should ever experience the loss of a child – especially if it should have been prevented. It has long been a great concern of the emergency services that children are at immense risk of injury or death in motor vehicles as they are generally not restrained. Children wearing seatbelts or restrained in a car seat is actually quite rare. This must end.
Children have proportionally larger heads in relation to their bodies than adults, placing them at an increased risk of sustaining head- and neck trauma. Children also have poorer outcomes following trauma than adults do.
We understand that children despise being restrained while in a vehicle; however this is an obstacle the parent/ guardian must overcome in a creative way. Generally, children who are exposed to being buckled up in a car seat from infancy get used to always wearing a seatbelt when in a vehicle for the rest of their lives. Use incentives, games, etc. to establish this habit in your child – starting today. Children should be restrained in a properly installed car seat until such an age as their necks reach above the diagonal (chest) seatbelt strap. ...read more
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
           
         
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