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What It Means To Be A Good Listener?

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See how we learn our Mother Language (MT/L1). As a child, we 'Listened' language spoken around us for 3 years. At the second stage, we 'spoke' in broken words and sentences for couple of years. At the third stage, we 'read' some picture books. Even alphabets were remembered as pictures. It is only in the last and fourth stage that we learn to 'write'. Thus, to say, L-S-R-W is natural way of acquiring language. In today's high-tech, high-speed, high-stress world, communication is more important than ever, yet we seem to devote less and less time to really listening to one another. Genuine listening has become a rare gift—the gift of time. It helps build relationships, solve problems, ensure understanding, resolve conflicts, and improve accuracy. At work, effective listening means fewer errors and less wasted time. At home, it helps develop resourceful, self-reliant kids who can solve their own problems. Listening builds friendships and ca

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More than 15,000 scientists around the world have  issued a global warning : there needs to be change in order to save Earth. It comes 25 years after the first notice in 1992 when a mere 1,500 scientists issued a similar warning.  ·          Climate change likely helped fuel Harvey's strength ·          2017 set to be among top 3 hottest years, UN weather agency says William Ripple of Oregon State University's College of Forestry, who started the campaign, said that he came across the 1992 warning last February, and noticed that this year happened to mark the 25 th anniversary. Ripple found:  ·          A decline in freshwater availability. ·          Unsustainable marine fisheries. ·          Ocean dead zones. ·          Forest losses. ·          Dwindling biodiversity. ·          Climate change. ·          Population growth. There was one POSITIVE outcome, however: A RAPID  DECLINE IN OZONE DEPLETION . Some 15,000 scientists from 184 coun