Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Kissing Explained
A first kiss should always be done while the two of you are alone. This will help to avoid any unnecessary nervousness and embarrassing situations. The best type of kiss is one that uses different variations... such as starting with a small kiss, working into a French Kiss, maybe sucking on your partner's upper or lower lip...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Love Tips for Boys
The following are the tips for boys to love some girl:
- Make a cassette tape of your and her favorite love songs, then record (in your voice) a special, romantic message at the end!
- Write her a Love poem.
- Leave little notes around telling her things you love about her.
- Let her rest her head in your lap.
- If she's feeling stressed out, give her a massage and help her work out a better way to do things.
- Surprise him with a candle-lit dinner.
- Let her wear your clothes. It's almost guaranteed she'll look better in one of your button down shirts than you do. (Kind of sexy too!)
- If she makes dinner, offer to do the dishes.
- Always be a gentleman--hold the door for her.
- Give her the same respect you enjoy from her.
- Make an effort to get to know (and if you can, love) her family.
Best Friend Dating Guidelines
For many years, you have been spending wonderful times with your best friend and now, you suddenly realize that you are developing deep feelings for him. This is probably one of the most difficult phases your friendship must go through. The feeling of falling in love with your best friend can be very exciting but at the same time, the feeling can give you the feeling of fear because you do not know if the best friend dating concept can work for you.
Best friend dating can be uncomfortable for most people and it will your friendship at risk. With this fact, some people just drop the idea altogether. However, if you are really determined to shift your friendship into a more romantic one, you have to take the chance and follow your heart.
The first thing you have to do is to get him out of the ‘friend zone’. If you have been going out regularly, try to spend some arranged time with your best friend. For instance, take a relaxing long walk at the park where you can have a more serious conversation. Make sure to be with him every time he has problems and give help when he needs one.
Because of the many years you have shared together, both of you are probably familiar with each other’s strength and weaknesses and you are used to discussing things together. If you want him to see you in a different light, try to do some flirting. At first, he may think that you are just teasing and joking around but eventually, he will notice you in a different way and wonder what it is like to date you.
Instead of listening to his anguish regarding other girls, show him that you are a bit jealous. This is a very good way to let him know that what you feel for him is more that friendship.
As much as possible, act naturally and confidently every time you are with your best friend. You can also try some new fashion in order to capture his attention. If he is used to seeing you in your simple shirt and jeans, surprise him with a pretty dress.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tips to Be a Good Friend
Do you want to have a lot of friends? Many people do and I'm sure you do too. But for that you should be a good friend first. That's how you attract many people to come to you. That's how you make people want to build relationships with you.
To be a good friend, first of all you should befriend yourself. Only by befriending yourself can you befriend other people. If you can't even accept yourself then how can you accept others?
So make sure that you accept yourself unconditionally. You might wish that you had a different background or were born in a different family. But don't. Accept yourself as you are. Understand that there are many people in this world who are less lucky than you. Perhaps what you have doesn't seem much to you, but there are many people who have even less than you.
Next, you should learn to accept other people as they are. Nobody is perfect including you. Everyone has both positive and negative sides. So don't expect everyone to be what you want. Give them the freedom to be themselves with all their positive and negative traits. Doing this will liberate you from unrealistic expectations and help you have good relationships with others.
It's also important that you learn to give first. A real friend doesn't just ask but also give. In fact, that's the mark of real friendship. So start giving. It could be as simple as saying hello or smiling. Or you could offer your help when your friend needs something. The important thing here is your sincerity.
Of course, you should also provide your time for them. To build strong friendship you need to spend time together. It doesn't have to take much time. The quality of the time is more important than the quantity.
Most importantly, you should be there when they are in difficult times. It's easy to befriend someone when everything is all right. But difficult times are your chances to prove that you are a true friend.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Beauty tips for men
notion that men are less concerned about their looks than women are. But this is just a fraction of the truth and researches show that men too are equally interested in beauty and beauty tips as their opposite sex.
Men have always desired to look masculine and macho, rugged and strong and therefore, dread the thought of admitting their obsession with looks.
If you are someone who harbors similar thoughts, take it easy, as beauty and beauty tips for men have become a well accepted notion in the modern times.
Although numerous beauty parlors for men exist, where you can get all the services you wish, you might still find a few beauty tips for men handy when it comes to dealing with everyday life. Read on to know more about some great beauty tips for men that will help you gain your desired look.
Facial Beauty Tips for Men
Clean your face regularly to keep it free of acne and grime. Use a face wash at least twice a day but ensure that the chemical content in it is minimal. Also, to ensure you retain the moisture in your skin, do not use deodorant based soaps for your face. Use a skin toner containing vitamin E or Aloe Vera. While using razors, ensure that it has strip of aloe or vitamin to save you from the after shave burns.
You can also apply a homemade face pack that suits your skin type to clean your face and tighten the skin. For a suitable homemade beauty recipe for your face you may browse through our homemade beauty tips on this website.
If you prefer a rugged look, then visit a salon for a beard or mustache style that best suits your face. Apply a sunscreen before going out and use vaseline on your lips to keep them from getting dry.
Hair Care Tips for Men
Hair is one more important part of the body that you need to pay special attention to. You must oil hair regularly or at least on weekends and wash off with a mild shampoo. If you see traces of gray in your hair, then you could use henna packs or hair colors. If you see you hair thinning, then keep your hair short. Long hair needs more care and effort for maintenance and cleanliness. Styling gels can be used to keep your hair in place, but ensure that these do not contain an excess of chemicals.
Body Care Tips for Men
Hair on the ear lobes can be embarassing. To get rid of this unwanted hair you can wax your ear lobes at regular intervals. If you like the bare body look, then waxing the chest can also be a good option.
Body massages on weekends are relaxing. Massages improve your blood circulation and tone your body while it relaxes your muscles.
Manicure and pedicures clean your hands and feet and keep them in good shape. Regular exercises and a balanced diet are also necessary for an over all good look.
Dressing and Cosmetic Tips for Men
Wearing clean and ironed clothes definitely helps you feel good and confident. Cosmetics could include powder and little lip balm. Never forget to wear your favorite perfume or deodorant for that fresh feel throughout the day.
Beautiful hands secrets
Manicure is a must. But, if going to a salon isn’t possible for you, no worries at all! Pamper your fingers using the following tip and feel heavenly.
Take a bowl and add some luke warm water in it and a few drops of rose water or a perhaps drops of lemon orlimejuice. If you want to add a more special touch to your session, add some lovely smelling rose petals, put on your favorite music or movie. Keep your hands soaked in the mixture for 5 to 10 minutes. The pleasing results will surely bring a big smile on your face.
A coat of nutritive oil for your nails is a brilliant idea. Try using almond oil, apricot oil, castor oil, any nuts oils for this matter, and augment it further by adding a few drops of Vitamin E ( available in a capsule form). Massage in the cuticles and leave it on your hands for 5-10 minutes. Push the cuticles with a nail stick. File your nails properly in the shape you like.
Pakistani Bridal Makeup Tips
- Use a Very light moisturizer to prepare your skin. Choose a concealer of a lighter color shadow areas of the face around the eyes and nose.
- Then apply and blend all over the face and under the neck an oil free foundation, which will last throughout a long and hot day. Try and choose a tone slightly lighter than your skin tone but never white! Indian skin has a yellow undertone and here we have used a No. 4 concealing matte foundation by Givenchy. Matte foundation is very important if you are being photographed, as you don’t want bad details to show through shiny skin. If necessary touch up your face with a concealer to get rid of blemishes.
- The eyes are always very important, as they are a reflection of the soul. They are the focus of the face. Use a brown eyeshadow for softness and white makeup to lift. Apply a dark tone at the outer corner of the eyes and blend with white to make grey. White and black make-up is the safest to use, as almost anyone can carry it off. Keep blending and adding color and so as to avoid concentration of any one particular color.
- Use a thin line of white eyeliner on the eyelid, to highlight the eyes. Finish the line with black eyeliner and add a little black eyeshadow under the eye. Then apply black mascara to the lashes. Remove any clumps with Q-tips. Next, brush eyebrows and apply a brown eyebrow pencil for extra definition.
- Always concentrate on the mouth, before the cheeks to give the intensity of the face. Use a contour lipstick to define the lips in the same harmony as the lipstick. Use a long lasting product and color lip in full. It is always important to have your lipstick match your outfit, so we have used Givenchy’s couture lipstick No. 602 Ruby.
- Apply powder blush in ruby from the cheekbone outwards and under the chin. Add white powder to highlight the top of the cheek. Blend with brush and powder for the final touch including ears. Finally place Tikka on forehead.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Magic Trick Thumb Through Ear
Effect
You push your thumb through your ear, and show it going through. You then remove
the thumb and show the ear unharmed.
You can then repeat the trick on the spectator’s ear!!!
History
This effect was an old Japanese schoolyard trick. Harry Anderson has been known to
have this effect in his impromptu repertoire. Previous explanations of this effect have
been difficult to understand, and none of them had photographs to explain the set-up.
After experimenting, I came up with the following presentation of achieving the
effect.
What really sells the trick though is performing the trick on the spectator, which is a
great edition to this trick.
Method
The secret lies in the flesh of the ear, it can be manoeuvred and manipulated to go
around the thumb, yet still look normal.
Performance
Pull on the ear and show it to the spectator. Then turn your head, so the ear is out of
sight of the spectator, behind the head.
Place your hand above the ear against the side of the head, with the palm facing
outwards. The thumb should be in front of the ear, with the knuckle joint resting in it.
Clip the top flesh part of the ear between the thumb and forefinger. Keep it in this
position throughout the trick.
Rotate your palm downwards so that it is parallel with your face. Bring your index
finger down and use it to pull up the bottom flesh part of the ear and wrap it around
the thumb.
Use the finger to cover the small gap between the two parts of the flesh, and where the
thumb enters.
It should look like the thumb has penetrated the ear.
With practice, you can manoeuvre your hand to create some different, more visual
presentations.
Wiggle the thumb to show it is real.
When ready to remove the thumb, snap your hand backwards behind the ear, and
make sure the fingers are out of the way, and the thumb is practically pressing against
the back. It will look to have exited the ear, and restored it simultaneously.
Tips
Use your left hand on your left ear, or right hand on right ear.
When practicing, you can use the other hand to help manoeuvre the flesh into
position. In time, it will become easier for you to do it with just one hand.
Practice in front of a mirror until you have the right hand positioning.
Variations
Some people have very large thumbs which make this trick difficult, therefore
included below is the finger through ear trick..
Spectator’s Version
When performing the trick on a spectator, the technique is the same. Keep your right
hand to their right ear etc.
Ensure you know the moves fluently and try not to cause them any pain.
If you have a Polaroid camera available take a picture for the spectator to keep, or
have a mirror nearby.
Also, check that the spectator is not wearing a hearing aid first as they are expensive
to get fixed!
Magic Trick Thumb Off
Effect:
The magician pinches his thumb and wiggles it. Upon which, he pulls it off his hand
and drags across his own finger. Moments later, he returns it to the stump where it
magically restores itself.
Famous Connections:
This trick has been performed throughout the ages, most recently it was performed by
‘Teller’, from ‘Penn & Teller’, on the Fear Factor 2002 Celebrity Special.
It has also been performed by ‘Dan Harlan’ and ‘Meir Yedid’ in their videos and on
their Television Appearances.
Method:
The right hand thumb takes the place of the left hand thumb.
Performance:
Pinch the Left thumb with the Right thumb, forefinger and index fingers and show the
Thumb to the audience. Have the right ring and pinkie fingers curled into the palm of
the hand, and try to keep them there throughout the trick.
Rotate the left hand, using the thumb as the pivot point, in a stationary position. When
the fingers of the left hand rotate to a flat position, start to bring the hand back down.
It is at this moment that you perform the move to get into position. (So the big
movement on the left hand rotating hides the small movement of exchanging the
thumbs).
In one swift motion, curl the right thumb into the palm and bring the two fingers over
the thumb so that it protrudes between them, like so:
Simultaneously, fold the left thumb so that the tip goes into the palm, but the base
remains in view.
Both of these actions are done at the same time on top of the left hand. It should
match up, so that the two thumbs meet together like so:
Cover the gab, where the two thumbs meet with the two fingers (Right forefinger and
index finger) to create the illusion that it is just one thumb.
Wiggle the thumb to prove it is real.
When ready, keep the thumb wiggling, and slide the right hand over the left
forefinger, supposedly separating the thumb.
If wanted you can remove the thumb off the hand altogether.
To restore the thumb, return the thumbs so that they are next to each other and rotate
the right hand into the body, bringing the right thumb out-of-view. The two right
fingers are dragged over the left thumb, which simultaneously pops back up over the
hand and is pinched with the right fingers and thumb once again.
This puts you back into a similar position as in the beginning and helps create the
illusion that the same thumb was used throughout the trick.
Upon which, let go and show the thumb has once again been restored.
Variations:
Earlier versions of this trick had the ring and pinkie fingers hanging over the hand,
creating a visual obstruction. By tucking them into the palm, you create cleaner and
more visual illusion.
Keeping the stump of the left thumb in view is another new twist, which helps perfect
the trick.
The wiggling of the thumb is also a new feature, which helps the audience believe it is
a real thumb.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6 Secrets of Getting Good Grades in College
1. Take control of your destiny. Your grade destiny, that is. There’s no
teacher or parent to remind you every day what you need to do, or to
make sure you’ve studied for exams. It’s all in your hands. So step up
to the plate and take responsibility. The grades you get will depend
on what you yourself do.
2. Don’t overload. Some students think it’s a mark of pride to take as
many course hours as the college allows. It isn’t. Take four or, at the
most, five courses each semester. That way you’ll be able to devote all
your energies to a manageable number of subjects, and you won’t have
to sacrifice quality for quantity.
3. Get your a** to class. Most students have a cutting budget: the
number of lectures they think they can miss in each course and still
do well. But if there are thirty-five class meetings, each class contains
3 percent of the content: miss seven classes, and you’ve missed
20 percent of the material.
4. Take really good notes. In many intro courses, the professor’s lectures
form the major part of the material tested on the midterm and
final. So as you’re taking notes, you’re really writing the textbook for
the course—which in many cases is more important than the official
textbook. Be sure to get down everything the professor says and to
maintain your notes in an organized and readable form. After all,
these are the notes you’ll have to study a number of times later in the
course.
5. Study like you mean it. There’s a difference between studying and
“studying”—and you know what it is. When you’re really studying,
you’re 100 percent focused on and engaged with the material: a total
immersion in what you’re doing and a strong desire to get it right.
When you’re only half-heartedly studying, you’re really only 35 percent
involved, with the other 65 percent of your attention divided
among tweeting your friend about how much you’re studying, scoping
out the surrounding tables to see who else might be around (and
how attractive they are), and daydreaming about all the fun things
you’ll do when you finish this awful studying. Look, we know studying
can be painful, but all students who get A’s do it—no matter what
they tell you.
6. Do all the “extras.” In some courses, there are special end-of-thesemester
activities that can improve your grade. Review sessions,
extra office hours, rewrites of papers, extra-credit work—all of these
can be grade-boosters. Especially in schools where there are no
pluses and minuses, even a few extra points can push your borderline
grade over the hump (from, say, a B-plus to an A-minus—that is,
an A).
teacher or parent to remind you every day what you need to do, or to
make sure you’ve studied for exams. It’s all in your hands. So step up
to the plate and take responsibility. The grades you get will depend
on what you yourself do.
2. Don’t overload. Some students think it’s a mark of pride to take as
many course hours as the college allows. It isn’t. Take four or, at the
most, five courses each semester. That way you’ll be able to devote all
your energies to a manageable number of subjects, and you won’t have
to sacrifice quality for quantity.
3. Get your a** to class. Most students have a cutting budget: the
number of lectures they think they can miss in each course and still
do well. But if there are thirty-five class meetings, each class contains
3 percent of the content: miss seven classes, and you’ve missed
20 percent of the material.
4. Take really good notes. In many intro courses, the professor’s lectures
form the major part of the material tested on the midterm and
final. So as you’re taking notes, you’re really writing the textbook for
the course—which in many cases is more important than the official
textbook. Be sure to get down everything the professor says and to
maintain your notes in an organized and readable form. After all,
these are the notes you’ll have to study a number of times later in the
course.
5. Study like you mean it. There’s a difference between studying and
“studying”—and you know what it is. When you’re really studying,
you’re 100 percent focused on and engaged with the material: a total
immersion in what you’re doing and a strong desire to get it right.
When you’re only half-heartedly studying, you’re really only 35 percent
involved, with the other 65 percent of your attention divided
among tweeting your friend about how much you’re studying, scoping
out the surrounding tables to see who else might be around (and
how attractive they are), and daydreaming about all the fun things
you’ll do when you finish this awful studying. Look, we know studying
can be painful, but all students who get A’s do it—no matter what
they tell you.
6. Do all the “extras.” In some courses, there are special end-of-thesemester
activities that can improve your grade. Review sessions,
extra office hours, rewrites of papers, extra-credit work—all of these
can be grade-boosters. Especially in schools where there are no
pluses and minuses, even a few extra points can push your borderline
grade over the hump (from, say, a B-plus to an A-minus—that is,
an A).
10 Things You Need to Know About College (but Probably Don’t)
1. You’re in charge of this thing. For many students, the most striking
thing about college is that there’s no one there to hold your hand.
Picking courses, getting to class, doing the reading, and figuring out
what’s going to be on the test and what’s expected on the papers—
all of these are things you’re going to have to do pretty much on your
own. Sure, there are profs (and, in some schools, TAs) who’ll give
instructions and offer suggestions from time to time. But you’re the
one who’ll have to take responsibility for hauling your butt out of bed
when it’s ten degrees below zero—or one hundred and five, depending
on what school you’re at—and doing what you need to do.
2. Your parents may not be much help. Some students are on their
iPhone five times a day looking for advice from Mom or Dad. But
even the best-intentioned parents can lead you astray. Colleges are
different—and, in many cases, much improved—from what they
were twenty-five years ago, and professors’ expectations have
changed accordingly. Suggestion: tune down (or, in some cases, tune
out) the parents until you have a firm handle on what’s expected at
your college—today.
3. Attendance isn’t required—but is expected. One of the first things
many students discover is that college classes can be huge: 100,
200, and, at some state schools, even 700 students in a lecture. In
such an anonymous environment, it’s the easiest thing in the world
to tell yourself there’s no good reason to bother going to class. (Even
if your school has small classes, attendance typically counts for
only a tiny percentage of the grade, if at all.) But professors assume
you’ve made all the classes, and they have no hesitation about asking
a midterm or final question that focuses on the contents of a single
lecture. Kinda makes you want to go, doesn’t it?
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4. Content is doled out in large units. You may be used to getting your
content in short, entertaining blasts: the one- to three-minute You-
Tube video, the abbreviation-filled IM, the 140-character tweet. But
the professor is thinking in terms of the fifty-minute lecture, divided
into only two or three main segments; and the author of the journal
article is thinking in terms of twenty-five pages of densely written
argument, divided into perhaps three or four main sections. Bottom
line? You’ve got to adjust your focus from quick bursts of content
to sustained argument. And retrain your attention span to process
long—very long, it’ll seem—units of content.
5. Up to two-thirds of the work is done outside of class. Contrary to
what you might have heard, the lecture portion of the course is the
least time-consuming activity. That’s because (with the exception of
a few very basic, introductory courses) the professor is expecting the
bulk of the work to be done by you, on your own. Doing the reading
and homework; preparing for the quizzes, tests, and presentations;
doing research and writing papers—all of these are activities that can
easily eat up more than half the time you put into any given course.
6. A C is a really bad grade. Many first-year college students—and
even some students who’ve been at college for a while—think that
if they get C’s in all their classes they’re doing just fine—or, at least,
adequately. But what these folks need to know is that in some college
courses the grade distribution is 20 to 30 percent A’s, 30
to 60 percent B’s, and only 15 to 30 percent C’s. Set your sights
accordingly.
7. Not everyone who teaches is a prof. At many state universities—
especially those where the student-faculty ratio is 15 to 1 or greater—
much of the teaching is done by graduate students. At some of the
better state schools (the University of California and the University
of Texas, for instance), only very advanced graduate students are
allowed to teach their own courses. But at other schools (we won’t
mention names because we want to keep our jobs), the lecturer can
be a first-year graduate student, who might not even have majored
in the field in college. Moral? Whenever possible, take courses with
regular faculty, who’ll be more experienced and, in the best cases,
will actually have done research in the subject they’re teaching.
8. It’s the product that counts. Many students think that effort counts.
That’s why, when papers are returned, there’s always a line of students
waiting to argue how many hours they worked, how many
articles they read, and how hard they’ve been trying in the course.
The thing is, in college what counts most is the product: the paper
(not how it was produced), the test (not how much you studied for
it), and the oral presentation (not how much you knew about the
subject, but couldn’t quite get out).
9. Understanding is more than just memorizing. While some intro
courses require some memorizing (vocabulary in foreign languages,
theorems in math, names and dates in history), other beginning
courses will include essays on the exams. And in virtually every
advanced or upper-division course, you’ll be asked not just to regurgitate
what you’ve memorized from the lecture or textbook, but to do
some analysis, apply the concepts to some new cases, or organize
the material or data in some new or interesting way. Pretty different
from what you might be used to.
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10. The prof’s on your side—and wants to help. Many students see the
professor as an enemy to be defeated—the person who’ll trick you
with all sorts of gotcha questions on the test and who’s very stingy
come grade time. But really the professor is eager to teach you and
(believe it or not) would like to see you do well. That’s because, in
many cases, he or she has forgone a much more lucrative career
in business or industry for the sole purpose of educating college
students—like yourself. So when the prof invites you to come to an
office hour, go to a review session, or just communicate by e‑mail,
Skype, or Facebook, consider the possibility that the professor really
means it. Because he or she probably does.
thing about college is that there’s no one there to hold your hand.
Picking courses, getting to class, doing the reading, and figuring out
what’s going to be on the test and what’s expected on the papers—
all of these are things you’re going to have to do pretty much on your
own. Sure, there are profs (and, in some schools, TAs) who’ll give
instructions and offer suggestions from time to time. But you’re the
one who’ll have to take responsibility for hauling your butt out of bed
when it’s ten degrees below zero—or one hundred and five, depending
on what school you’re at—and doing what you need to do.
2. Your parents may not be much help. Some students are on their
iPhone five times a day looking for advice from Mom or Dad. But
even the best-intentioned parents can lead you astray. Colleges are
different—and, in many cases, much improved—from what they
were twenty-five years ago, and professors’ expectations have
changed accordingly. Suggestion: tune down (or, in some cases, tune
out) the parents until you have a firm handle on what’s expected at
your college—today.
3. Attendance isn’t required—but is expected. One of the first things
many students discover is that college classes can be huge: 100,
200, and, at some state schools, even 700 students in a lecture. In
such an anonymous environment, it’s the easiest thing in the world
to tell yourself there’s no good reason to bother going to class. (Even
if your school has small classes, attendance typically counts for
only a tiny percentage of the grade, if at all.) But professors assume
you’ve made all the classes, and they have no hesitation about asking
a midterm or final question that focuses on the contents of a single
lecture. Kinda makes you want to go, doesn’t it?
10 Things You Need to Know About College (but Probably Don’t) 3
4. Content is doled out in large units. You may be used to getting your
content in short, entertaining blasts: the one- to three-minute You-
Tube video, the abbreviation-filled IM, the 140-character tweet. But
the professor is thinking in terms of the fifty-minute lecture, divided
into only two or three main segments; and the author of the journal
article is thinking in terms of twenty-five pages of densely written
argument, divided into perhaps three or four main sections. Bottom
line? You’ve got to adjust your focus from quick bursts of content
to sustained argument. And retrain your attention span to process
long—very long, it’ll seem—units of content.
5. Up to two-thirds of the work is done outside of class. Contrary to
what you might have heard, the lecture portion of the course is the
least time-consuming activity. That’s because (with the exception of
a few very basic, introductory courses) the professor is expecting the
bulk of the work to be done by you, on your own. Doing the reading
and homework; preparing for the quizzes, tests, and presentations;
doing research and writing papers—all of these are activities that can
easily eat up more than half the time you put into any given course.
6. A C is a really bad grade. Many first-year college students—and
even some students who’ve been at college for a while—think that
if they get C’s in all their classes they’re doing just fine—or, at least,
adequately. But what these folks need to know is that in some college
courses the grade distribution is 20 to 30 percent A’s, 30
to 60 percent B’s, and only 15 to 30 percent C’s. Set your sights
accordingly.
7. Not everyone who teaches is a prof. At many state universities—
especially those where the student-faculty ratio is 15 to 1 or greater—
much of the teaching is done by graduate students. At some of the
better state schools (the University of California and the University
of Texas, for instance), only very advanced graduate students are
allowed to teach their own courses. But at other schools (we won’t
mention names because we want to keep our jobs), the lecturer can
be a first-year graduate student, who might not even have majored
in the field in college. Moral? Whenever possible, take courses with
regular faculty, who’ll be more experienced and, in the best cases,
will actually have done research in the subject they’re teaching.
8. It’s the product that counts. Many students think that effort counts.
That’s why, when papers are returned, there’s always a line of students
waiting to argue how many hours they worked, how many
articles they read, and how hard they’ve been trying in the course.
The thing is, in college what counts most is the product: the paper
(not how it was produced), the test (not how much you studied for
it), and the oral presentation (not how much you knew about the
subject, but couldn’t quite get out).
9. Understanding is more than just memorizing. While some intro
courses require some memorizing (vocabulary in foreign languages,
theorems in math, names and dates in history), other beginning
courses will include essays on the exams. And in virtually every
advanced or upper-division course, you’ll be asked not just to regurgitate
what you’ve memorized from the lecture or textbook, but to do
some analysis, apply the concepts to some new cases, or organize
the material or data in some new or interesting way. Pretty different
from what you might be used to.
10 Things You Need to Know About College (but Probably Don’t) 5
10. The prof’s on your side—and wants to help. Many students see the
professor as an enemy to be defeated—the person who’ll trick you
with all sorts of gotcha questions on the test and who’s very stingy
come grade time. But really the professor is eager to teach you and
(believe it or not) would like to see you do well. That’s because, in
many cases, he or she has forgone a much more lucrative career
in business or industry for the sole purpose of educating college
students—like yourself. So when the prof invites you to come to an
office hour, go to a review session, or just communicate by e‑mail,
Skype, or Facebook, consider the possibility that the professor really
means it. Because he or she probably does.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Magic Trick Restrained Thumb
Effect:
The spectator is shown that they can manoeuvre their thumb into their palm with ease.
The magician then makes one small change, and suddenly the spectator can no-longer
move their thumb as they could before.
Performance:
Hold out your hand and place your thumb into your palm. Then let it back out again.
This should be easy to do.
Now place your fingertips onto your shoulder, or under your armpit. Now try and
move your thumb into your palm again. This time however, you will fail.
Method:
When bending the arm into these positions, its stretches the muscles attached to the
thumb. Therefore the thumb can no-longer bend as it has nothing to pull on.
The spectator is shown that they can manoeuvre their thumb into their palm with ease.
The magician then makes one small change, and suddenly the spectator can no-longer
move their thumb as they could before.
Performance:
Hold out your hand and place your thumb into your palm. Then let it back out again.
This should be easy to do.
Now place your fingertips onto your shoulder, or under your armpit. Now try and
move your thumb into your palm again. This time however, you will fail.
Method:
When bending the arm into these positions, its stretches the muscles attached to the
thumb. Therefore the thumb can no-longer bend as it has nothing to pull on.
Magic Trick Moving Thumb
Effect:
You remove your thumb from your hand and show it to the audience, before restoring
it back to normal.
Method:
You use the thumb of the right hand to imitate the left-hand thumb.
Performance:
Hold out your left hand with the palm towards you, fingers stretched out and have the
thumb sticking upwards.
Bring your right hand to your left and wrap it around the left thumb, holding it in a
fist.
Now rotate the right hand, releasing the grip on the left thumb.
Simultaneously bring the left thumb into the palm of the left hand like so:
Curl the right thumb in-between the index and ring fingers of the right hand so that
the tip is sticking out.
So it should look like this:
This should all be performed while the hand is rotating, so that once it has turned 180
degrees the right fist is resting on the top of the left hand. Like so:
To the spectator, you have simply taken a grip of the left hand thumb which has
remained in sight the entire time.
You can now shift the thumb down the hand, and down the arm itself.
If desired, you can also pretend to pull the thumb off the hand.
To restore, simply bring the thumb back to its original position taking the place of the
left thumb, and reverse the rotation bringing the left thumb back up into the right fist.
Now slowly open the right hand to show the left thumb inside, which helps the
illusion that it was the left thumb all-along.
You remove your thumb from your hand and show it to the audience, before restoring
it back to normal.
Method:
You use the thumb of the right hand to imitate the left-hand thumb.
Performance:
Hold out your left hand with the palm towards you, fingers stretched out and have the
thumb sticking upwards.
Bring your right hand to your left and wrap it around the left thumb, holding it in a
fist.
Now rotate the right hand, releasing the grip on the left thumb.
Simultaneously bring the left thumb into the palm of the left hand like so:
Curl the right thumb in-between the index and ring fingers of the right hand so that
the tip is sticking out.
So it should look like this:
This should all be performed while the hand is rotating, so that once it has turned 180
degrees the right fist is resting on the top of the left hand. Like so:
To the spectator, you have simply taken a grip of the left hand thumb which has
remained in sight the entire time.
You can now shift the thumb down the hand, and down the arm itself.
If desired, you can also pretend to pull the thumb off the hand.
To restore, simply bring the thumb back to its original position taking the place of the
left thumb, and reverse the rotation bringing the left thumb back up into the right fist.
Now slowly open the right hand to show the left thumb inside, which helps the
illusion that it was the left thumb all-along.
Three Golden Rules For Magic
1. Never give away the secret
Otherwise, the power of the effect is gone, and not only will the spectator feel
cheated that they were fooled into thinking you could perform a miracle, but
they will hate you for it. Any leverage you believed you would have gained by
revealing the secret will last a mere few seconds, and will be instantly
forgotten about as soon as they know how it’s done. If you had kept the secret,
they will forever be astonished by the effect.
2. Never perform the same trick twice
The first time a spectator sees an effect, they are watching to see what will
happen, to be amazed and entertained. The second time, they are trying to
work out how it has been done. When their focus has changed, they may see
the secret. This will not only destroy the trick for them, but they are usually
cruel enough to spoil it for others as well, and reveal the secret to everyone
they see. Ruining your act, and destroying the trick for anyone at the event
who has yet to see the effect. Avoid doing a trick more than once; they have
already seen the effect, how will performing it a second time be any different?
There isn’t any reason to do this, and it can only be disastrous for the
performer.
3. Practice, Practice, Practice!
Wait until you have perfected the effect before performing it. To perform a
trick un-prepared will most likely reveal the secret and make you look like an
idiot. Only when you are confident that you can perform the trick effectively
should you try it on real spectators.
Try performing in front of a mirror, and then to family members.
Don’t show your friends until it’s a little more polished.
Otherwise, the power of the effect is gone, and not only will the spectator feel
cheated that they were fooled into thinking you could perform a miracle, but
they will hate you for it. Any leverage you believed you would have gained by
revealing the secret will last a mere few seconds, and will be instantly
forgotten about as soon as they know how it’s done. If you had kept the secret,
they will forever be astonished by the effect.
2. Never perform the same trick twice
The first time a spectator sees an effect, they are watching to see what will
happen, to be amazed and entertained. The second time, they are trying to
work out how it has been done. When their focus has changed, they may see
the secret. This will not only destroy the trick for them, but they are usually
cruel enough to spoil it for others as well, and reveal the secret to everyone
they see. Ruining your act, and destroying the trick for anyone at the event
who has yet to see the effect. Avoid doing a trick more than once; they have
already seen the effect, how will performing it a second time be any different?
There isn’t any reason to do this, and it can only be disastrous for the
performer.
3. Practice, Practice, Practice!
Wait until you have perfected the effect before performing it. To perform a
trick un-prepared will most likely reveal the secret and make you look like an
idiot. Only when you are confident that you can perform the trick effectively
should you try it on real spectators.
Try performing in front of a mirror, and then to family members.
Don’t show your friends until it’s a little more polished.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Beauty Benefits of Vitamin C
Vitamin C Gives Cosmetic and Skin Benefits; Find Natural Sources For Best Protection From Wrinkles and Photodamage
While you’ve likely been focusing on getting all of your vitamins via your nutrition, the good news is vitamins are also beneficial to your skin through skin care products! One of the most popular vitamin additions to skin care products is Vitamin C. This anti aging vitamin has been studied and confirmed as being an extremely effective addition to skin care routines. When antioxidant Vitamin C is added to your skin, it helps your skin get rid of free radicals. Since free radicals can greatly damage your skin, the use of Vitamin C is vital to your skin health! In addition, Vitamin C can help your body rev up its production of collagen.
Beauty Benefits of Vitamin C
On a beauty note, adding Vitamin C to your skin care routine can help you look great on many levels. The topical use of Vitamin C revitalizes your skin, allowing for improvement in the tone and texture! You will instantly look younger with smooth and silky skin on your face and body. It works to protect you against UVB rays and can help you combat sun damage, wrinkles and photodamage. These are some of the most common skin worries of women today.Effective Topical Products with Vitamin C For Skin Care
Cosmetic gurus and their sources are taking note of the power behind Vitamin C and are adding it and its derivatives to many products on the market. Derivatives like ascorbyl palmitate and ascorbic acid are commonly used, because they are less irritating than Vitamin C itself. Those with sensitive skin can still reap the protection and natural benefits of Vitamin C, without any irritation.Beneficial Vitamin C in Cosmetics
When you start your venture for Vitamin C induced skin care products, there are a few things to remember. First, remember there are many claims being made from various companies on their skin care products. To find the best products with Vitamin C, be sure to look at the color of the product. Those products with a yellow or brown tint should be avoided. Vitamin C often turns these colors when exposed to air and thus becomes ineffective in creating collagen and elastic.Vitamin C Offers Cosmetic Benefits
Many women would rather sit through a chemical peel or a microdermabrasion session for skin care repair and conditioning. However, using a daily Vitamin C product can help you repair and prep your skin everyday. You can get products which include Vitamin C derivatives (L-ascorbic acid and others) for use at home. Therefore, you can continuously reap the benefits of Vitamin C, without heading to the spa.Stress and Relaxation Tips
If you feel chock-a-block inside with hidden worries, draw them out into the
open, writing them down & studying them carefully. Can you do anything about this
problem, for example? No? Then take your pencil & strike it out. The very act of
putting your pencil through it will get it off your mind. Those worry now? You
can do something about it. Write down just what you can do & resolve to do it.
Learn to watch for points of tension. These are usually the shoulders, the hands,
the feet & the face. Check the position of the shoulders frequently.
We tend to hold them tensely, sometimes pulling them almost up to the ears. Make
sure that when you are sitting, your legs are not wound round each other. glance
in the mirror every now & then to make sure that you are not pulling your
eyebrows together in a nervous frown, not creasing your forehead, raising your
eyebrows unnecessarily or biting your lips.
open, writing them down & studying them carefully. Can you do anything about this
problem, for example? No? Then take your pencil & strike it out. The very act of
putting your pencil through it will get it off your mind. Those worry now? You
can do something about it. Write down just what you can do & resolve to do it.
Learn to watch for points of tension. These are usually the shoulders, the hands,
the feet & the face. Check the position of the shoulders frequently.
We tend to hold them tensely, sometimes pulling them almost up to the ears. Make
sure that when you are sitting, your legs are not wound round each other. glance
in the mirror every now & then to make sure that you are not pulling your
eyebrows together in a nervous frown, not creasing your forehead, raising your
eyebrows unnecessarily or biting your lips.
If it were for nothing else, a few minutes face massage every night at bedtime is
helpful to relax tired muscles. To help alleviate vertical frown lines, pull your
eyebrows way down over your eyes, frowning so hard it feels as though you are
trying to get your eyebrows to meet each other end on. Then lift your eyebrows as
high, & open your eyes as wide, as you can. To relax upper eyelids, open your
mouth slightly, raise your eyebrows & close your eyes. As you raise your
eyebrows, stretch forward with your eyelids; feel as if you‘re trying to get the
greatest possible distance between your eyebrows & lashes. Hold for a count of
10. Very slowly & consciously, relax the eyelids, returning eyebrows to their
normal position.
helpful to relax tired muscles. To help alleviate vertical frown lines, pull your
eyebrows way down over your eyes, frowning so hard it feels as though you are
trying to get your eyebrows to meet each other end on. Then lift your eyebrows as
high, & open your eyes as wide, as you can. To relax upper eyelids, open your
mouth slightly, raise your eyebrows & close your eyes. As you raise your
eyebrows, stretch forward with your eyelids; feel as if you‘re trying to get the
greatest possible distance between your eyebrows & lashes. Hold for a count of
10. Very slowly & consciously, relax the eyelids, returning eyebrows to their
normal position.
Air baths are very relaxing. In the privacy of a warm room, walk about & do odd
jobs without any clothes on. The air allowed to play upon the body relaxes the
nerves. A warm bath, with he water at around 38 c (100 f), containing some
pleasant-smelling herb or perfumed bath essence, is another way of relieving
jobs without any clothes on. The air allowed to play upon the body relaxes the
nerves. A warm bath, with he water at around 38 c (100 f), containing some
pleasant-smelling herb or perfumed bath essence, is another way of relieving
tension.
Between appointments or at the end of a busy day, make time to relax n- even if
just for 10 minutes. Lie down, on the floor if you have to. It doesn’t matter
where, as long as your feet, legs & thighs are supported so that they slope
gently upwards & that the feet are 30 cm (12 in) above the head. Normally, by the
sheer force of gravity, the blood is pulled down away from hair, eyes &
complexion to swell the legs & feet. It’s a common sense to reverse this pull,
sending the blood towards the head to feet, renew & re-oxygenate the hair, eyes &
Between appointments or at the end of a busy day, make time to relax n- even if
just for 10 minutes. Lie down, on the floor if you have to. It doesn’t matter
where, as long as your feet, legs & thighs are supported so that they slope
gently upwards & that the feet are 30 cm (12 in) above the head. Normally, by the
sheer force of gravity, the blood is pulled down away from hair, eyes &
complexion to swell the legs & feet. It’s a common sense to reverse this pull,
sending the blood towards the head to feet, renew & re-oxygenate the hair, eyes &
skin.
Beautiful hair tips
How to achieve and maintain a healthy head of beautiful hair. Hair SOS
Three main things are needed for a good-looking head of hair - haute hair - good health, the right attention to cleanliness, and caution when using cosmetic treatments.
1. Adequate Diet
Hair growth depends on an adequate diet. A widespread diet problem which causes loss of hair is iron deficiency Anaemia. The cause is too little iron in blood, brought on by a diet containing too little meat, eggs, cereals or peas and beans. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also needed to provide vitamin C, which enables the body to absorb iron.
2. Cutting the hair
Although cutting the hair is not essential to its well-being, it is easier to keep the scalp clean if the hair is kept reasonably short. Regular cutting does not make the hair grow strong or faster.
3. How hair can be damaged
Although scalp hair is hardy, and can withstand a lot of abuse, it can be damaged by too much or inexpertly applied perming, dyeing - Blonde to Brunette, bleaching and massage. The amount of beautying the hair can take varies from person to person. Occasionally the scalp is allergic to the dye and becomes inflamed and swollen. To prevent this occuring, the dye should be tested by applying it to a small area on the arm. If a patch of inflammation has developed, the dye must not be used on the hair.
Most people who bleach their hair do so with hydrogen peroxide. If the peroxide is repeatedly applied, it may make the hair brittle. Hair SOS If this happens the hair may turn rough, develop split ends, or become thinned or shortened.
Singer Swetha Mohan married
Renowned singer Sujatha's daughter-singer Swetha Mohan, who lent her voice to various Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada songs, got married on Sunday in a simple ceremony held in Kochi.
She exchanged wedding vows with her longtime friend Ashwin. Carnatic and playback singer K.J. Yesudas, veteran music director V. Dakshinamurthy and Kerala culture affairs minister M.A. Baby were among those who attended the ceremony.
Swetha Mohan began her career as a playback singer with a hit song 'Achcham Achcham Illai'. A.R. Rahman’s 'Boom Boom Robo Da' from Rajinikanth’s Enthiran is her last chart buster.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Your Hormones Can Contribute to Stubborn Fat
AS YOU KNOW , your hormones can
be a liability when it comes to getting rid of stubborn body fat.
For example, the hormone estrogen has a unique relationship
with the fat cell. Fat cells can release signals that enable your
body to synthesize estrogen and to regulate the reproductive
cycle. In turn, estrogen affects fat cells. An influx of extra
estrogen into the body from food sources can cause fat cells to
grow and become stubborn.
A similar situation occurs during pregnancy and in mothers
who are breast-feeding, as these cause the fat cells in the body to
swell so that they are able to absorb and store more fuel.
Estrogen tells them that they need to stock up on extra fat, so
the fat cells prepare to do so. This is why many women gain
weight when starting birth control pills or when entering
menopause when levels of progesterone fall and estrogen
becomes the dominant hormone.
be a liability when it comes to getting rid of stubborn body fat.
For example, the hormone estrogen has a unique relationship
with the fat cell. Fat cells can release signals that enable your
body to synthesize estrogen and to regulate the reproductive
cycle. In turn, estrogen affects fat cells. An influx of extra
estrogen into the body from food sources can cause fat cells to
grow and become stubborn.
A similar situation occurs during pregnancy and in mothers
who are breast-feeding, as these cause the fat cells in the body to
swell so that they are able to absorb and store more fuel.
Estrogen tells them that they need to stock up on extra fat, so
the fat cells prepare to do so. This is why many women gain
weight when starting birth control pills or when entering
menopause when levels of progesterone fall and estrogen
becomes the dominant hormone.
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