Technology

17 best apps for college applicants and college students

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Phones are no longer just for phone calls. It can be computers, maps, tour guides, game centers, cameras, search engines, and much more. With the right apps, they can even become a tool for college.

We researched many of the educational apps out there and picked the 17 most useful apps for the average college student and applicant. These 17 apps can help you with your college search, college prep, college applications, academics once you’re in college, and the college lifestyle in general.

Pretty useful, right?

While these 17 apps shouldn’t be your only providers of information, they are certainly a convenient and fun way to take on a small part of the college admissions process.

So surf and happy download!

1. Peterson College Guide

  • What it does: Allows you to search for information on thousands of institutions, including statistics such as selectivity, financial aid, and specializations offered.
  • Best used for: quick search or browsing to get ideas about different schools. For a thorough investigation, rely on information from the admissions office and the school’s website. It is also very useful for campus tours.
  • Favorite feature: “Shake for a college suggestion” feature. Just shake your phone and explore the random universities that pop up.

2. College Confidential Mobile App

  • What it does: Provides articles on college admissions and allows participants to discuss various parts of the admissions process. You can participate in discussions on the go, check out college application blogs, and interact with other users.
  • Best used for: background research and evaluation of what other college applicants are talking about.
  • Favorite Feature: “Campus Vibe” section, which allows iPhone users to browse through hundreds of reports from students who have visited colleges at a specific school.

3.FutureU SAT

  • What it does: Lets you play SAT prep games on the go. The games are based on a Kaplan curriculum and are accompanied by tips for taking tests.
  • Best used for: supplemental test preparation.
  • Favorite Feature: The portable nature of the app that you can study anytime or anywhere, which is great for constant exam prep.

4. SAT Vocab Challenge Vol. 1 by The Princeton Review

  • What it does: It tests you on 250 vocabulary words often found on the SAT test. You can test yourself on positive and negative definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and connotations.
  • Best used for studying vocabulary on the go.
  • Favorite Feature: Some challenges are programmed to simulate the real SAT test-taking environment.

5. SAT Connect

  • What it does: Provides SAT study on the go with 800 test questions, 7 diagnostic tests, study guides, and flashcards. Provide feedback on your scores and times and track your progress.
  • Best used for: diagnosing SAT problem areas on your own and focusing on practice questions within those areas.
  • Favorite Feature – Gives you detailed explanations of the answers to any questions you miss, helping you avoid making the same mistake twice.

6. Common mobile app

  • What it does: Allows you to complete your application via your mobile phone, but it is not recommended.
  • Best used for: checking the status of your application and ensuring that the various stages of your application have been processed.
  • Favorite Feature: The ability to check the status of your application on the fly, you no longer have to fidget in front of a computer.

7. Dropbox

  • What it does: Keeps documents in one easy-to-access place, which is ideal for the variety of essays and other documents you accumulate during the college application process. It allows you to sync files from various locations.
  • Best used for: storing draft essays, recommendations, and resumes in a safe place.
  • Favorite Feature: The app uses an online storage mechanism, which means that your documents are safe from inopportune computer glitches.

8.iStudiez Pro

  • What it does: It tracks assignments and deadlines for all of its classes. You can also color code and label various extracurricular activities and post them next to your class calendar.
  • Best used for: keeping track of the many obligations that come with being a college student. Having all your schedule information in one place will make it easier to plan your obligations and work schedule.
  • Favorite Feature: The “Today” view reflects all your academic and extracurricular obligations for a particular day.

9. myHomework

  • What it does: Provides a digital calendar for your homework assignments. You can sort your assignments into different class lists or view them as a calendar.
  • Ideal for: planning your semester when you receive study programs for your classes. Knowing when all your tasks are due will help you plan your workload and avoid procrastination.
  • Favorite Feature: You can set reminder alarms to warn you of upcoming due dates.

10. Verse

  • What it does: Allows you to download thousands of text messages to your phone so they are available in a more portable format. You can choose from a variety of free jobs or purchase other jobs from the app’s partner stores.
  • Best used for smaller readings for your classes. For most classes, it is better to own the actual book. However, for shorter readings, Stanza can save you from a very heavy backpack.
  • Favorite Feature: You can transfer books from your e-reader or computer just by dragging them to the Stanza icon.

11. Mental case

  • What it does: Allows you to create cards with text, images, or audio, or download existing cards online. After creating the flashcards, you can take the test directly from your phone.
  • Best used for: reduces the time you spend writing flashcards and gives you more time to examine yourself.
  • Favorite Feature: Being able to make high-quality picture cards is especially useful for classes where you need to know diagrams and graphs.

12. Instapaper

  • What it does: Saves web pages so you can access them later, even when you don’t have internet access. Saves most web pages as text-only files, making them easy to read even on your phone.
  • Best used for: bookmarking articles or pages that you need for class or are simply interested in. Being able to access them even without wireless coverage gives you more freedom to read and study wherever you want.
  • Favorite Feature – If you’re looking for something new to read, you can check out what other friends are reading or choose from the editor’s pick list.

13. Evernote

  • What it does: Lets you make random text, audio, or visual notes on just about anything. You can record notes, ideas, or snapshots in a searchable database for easy access later.
  • It is best used to remember all the random facts and ideas that you will absorb both in and out of the classroom.
  • Favorite Feature: Convert the text of any snapshot into readable and searchable text on your phone.

14. Boss

  • What it does: Lets you exchange phone numbers and other contact information when your phone “collides” with your friend’s.
  • Best Used For: The performance frenzy you’ll encounter during your first few weeks of college. You’ll meet a lot of people and Bump provides a quick and easy way to get their contact information.
  • Favorite Feature: It almost goes without saying that being able to exchange phone numbers just by tapping phones is great …

15. PocketMoney

  • What it does: It keeps track of your finances with data from any checking, savings, or credit card accounts you enter.
  • Best used for: making sure you don’t exceed your financial limits in college. It’s very easy to forget how much money is in your checking account, but this app makes that information available even when you’re on the go.
  • Favorite Feature – Charts and other analytics help you see where you’re overspending and how to cut back

16. Wi-Fi Finder

  • What it does: Shows you the different Wi-Fi hotspots in your geographic area and how to get there.
  • Best used for: Finding places to study in your local community. The app is also useful if you are studying abroad, where it can sometimes be difficult to just stumble across a wi-fi access point.
  • Favorite feature: clear directions to the nearest wifi location

17. Urbanspoon

  • What it does: Helps you find nearby restaurants and view ratings and reviews for each establishment.
  • Best used for: finding a restaurant in your new college town. College is about exploring new things, so challenge yourself to discover the unique local restaurants your area has to offer.
  • Favorite Feature: The “slot machine” gives you a random restaurant option when you shake your phone. It’s great for when you’re feeling particularly spontaneous.

University specific applications

Most colleges offer smartphone apps with calendars, upcoming events, college news, and important logistical information such as lunchroom menus or bus schedules.

Once you’ve decided which school you can attend, you need to check their website or iTunes to see if there are any apps available.

Home Kitchen

What’s new and what’s new in kitchen design trends

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Today’s modern kitchen serves as a family hub for activity and home entertainment. Now they are open and well-lit places. Kitchen size and layout should address your family’s lifestyle and how your kitchen is used for cooking, eating, and entertaining. Since the kitchen has to occupy more roles than any other room in the house, they have also had to increase in size. The challenge of today’s kitchen design is to create an open kitchen, one that is part of a dining area, family room, or the so-called great room.

Both the function and the style of the modern kitchen play an important role when approaching a kitchen design or renovation project.
If you are remodeling an existing kitchen or planning a kitchen addition or a new home, here are some current kitchen design trends to watch out for.

One of the newest trends in modern kitchen design ideas is making the kitchen part of a “great room” – that is, combining the kitchen with an adjacent family room. To create the great room, the wall separating the kitchen and the family room or dining room is completely removed, creating a more open space centered on a spacious kitchen island or peninsula.

There are some clear benefits to expanding your kitchen. You can open up the space and by doing so you make both the kitchen and the other room look and feel more deceptive. Plus, since kitchen cabinets, countertops, and appliances are beautiful pieces of furniture in their own right, you can now show off your new kitchen. Your remodeling costs won’t really go up that much when you open up the kitchen, aside from the cost of the extra cabinets. Regardless, the additional cost that would go into this type of kitchen design would be more than offset by the increase in the value of your home.

Furniture-style cabinets will continue to be a popular trend in kitchen design, at least according to the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA). These furniture-style cabinets are considered especially popular in kitchen island development. Features that give cabinets a furniture-like appearance are legs or legs, trim, and trim. Cabinet doors are made from solid wood, with maple and cherry being the most popular. In terms of finishes, light and medium finishes remain popular, although kitchen designers and trend watchers also see a growing interest in deep, rich browns as influenced by the furniture industry to some extent and to create a more formal look for the kitchen.

Cabinet makers and kitchen designers are beginning to design more individual and freestanding furniture rather than the usual built-in cabinets for expanded ‘great room’ kitchens. This is known as the “spaceless” kitchen design, first popularized by English designers and cabinetmakers. This also leads to another trend of incorporating traditional quality furniture features like glazed, distressed and antique finishes.

Cast iron and stainless steel undermount sinks are among recent kitchen design changes because homeowners like the clean, smooth look that blends with modern designs. The advantages of an undermount sink are that it is functional, beautiful, and very easy to install. The bowl is placed under a countertop. The edge of the sink is not visible above the counter and there is no edge to catch the water and collect dirt and crumbs. Instead, debris is easily swept into the sink so the countertop can be cleaned faster.

Other recent trends in modern kitchen design include:

Countertops: Natural stone remains the most popular countertop material, with granite being the most popular. Limestone is another popular option. Mixing of different materials is becoming more and more common, using stone on some countertops, butcher block or concrete on others.

Appliances: Commercial-grade appliances are becoming popular, particularly ranges, as are European-style built-in refrigerators and dishwashers. Warming drawers and convection microwave ovens that can be used as a second oven are also popular.

Put pots and pans in drawers. With heavy-duty drawer glides, large, heavy pots can now be placed in drawers instead of cabinets.

The cabinet door thickness is likely 1 inch instead of 3/4 inch, as this size is more considered to be higher quality.

Antique, aged, and enameled finishes are increasingly being used to replace the traditional ornamental details that were once used in many high-end cabinets.

Painted finishes now include colors like cranberry, white, off-white, and oyster.

According to kitchen designers, as today’s kitchen expands in size and complexity, “mixed orders” are becoming more and more common. Kitchen islands, sink bars, bake centers, and butler pantries are increasingly being incorporated into kitchen designs, creating the need for more contrasts in cabinet styles, colors, wood types and finishes.

Digital Marketing

What is an RSS feed?

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If you’re not sure what an RSS feed is, how you can use it, and what are the benefits of RSS feeds, this article is for you!

When I spoke to the Monterey Bay Consultants Group in April about blogging, I remember one of the questions from the group was, “Who has time to review and read all these blogs?” It was a great question. I answered the question with my method of deciding which blog posts to read and that is by looking at my RSS feed. Some of the group members had no idea what he was talking about. Then I took the opportunity to explain what it is and how I use it.

Let me break it down as simple as possible for you here:

RSS is short for “Real Simple Syndication” and people use “RSS feeds” to distribute and collect information from the Internet. If you have content on your website or blog that you are continually updating, you can set up an RSS feed for the information. Subscribers to your RSS feed can receive your updates through your “RSS feed reader”. That still sounds confusing, doesn’t it? Let me dig deeper …

Let’s say you like celebrity gossip and you love to know what’s going on all the time (I know, it’s superficial, but the best example I can think of is that most readers can relate to it). Every day he visits PerezHilton.com, popsugar.com, tmz.com and many of the other celebrity gossip sites. You can spend all day going through the many posts and all the content to get the information that interests you personally. With an RSS feed reader, you could continuously update with posts from all sites in one place and click only the ones you would like to read.

I’m sure you’ve seen the standard orange “RSS” symbol. Usually where you see that symbol is where you need to click to “Subscribe” to a feed. When you subscribe to a feed, you can send it to your “Reader”.

“Readers” are also known as “feed aggregator”, “feed reader”, “news reader” or simply “aggregator”. These readers are web applications or software, which aggregate syndicated web content, including podcasts, blogs, and news headlines, all in one place for easy viewing.

I currently use Google Reader. It lets me know when the blogs I read have new posts and I can choose which ones to click on and read the stories that interest me. Since my work involves the internet, industry news is of particular importance to me and I keep up to date by reading various blogs on a daily basis, however I only read the stories that pertain to my niche.

Before RSS feeds were available, it took hours every day to keep up with industry news. Now I can get all my information much faster and skip the information that I don’t need.

As a site or blog owner, how can having an RSS feed help you? Well, if you’re trying to drive traffic to your website using content like new articles and posts, having an RSS feed available of your new items for your visitors to subscribe to will make their lives easier (as explained above).

You can also place RSS feeds from industry related sites directly on your website or blog to provide your visitors with even more information.

If you are using blog software, you can automatically place an RSS feed subscribe button on your site, they all come with them. If you want to create an RSS feed from your website content (maybe the articles section), you can easily create one and simply add a code snippet to your site to get started. Most of them have detailed instructions and tutorials for you.

Bottom line, if you’re not using RSS, it’s time you got on board – time is money!

Medicine

Harga Permen Strepsils Candy Six – The Unique Combination of Hot Pepper and Radish

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Harga Permen Strepsils Candy Six

Harga permen streptils are small yellow perforated grains that are very aromatic. The name harga permen comes from the root word ‘harga’ meaning yellow and ‘perm’ meaning perforation. Harga permen streptil is popular in many local dishes from Java to Borneo. They are popular as ingredients in Padang-Kutar, Seminyak and other dishes. Harga is a very popular local name for this type of spicy pepper.

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It was only later, when European traders came to Indonesia in the late 19th century, that harga permen strepsils became an internationally famous name. As a result, they began to be called asli in Indonesian English. The popularity of using salt as a spice made its way into other East Asian countries like Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Harga as is now becoming increasingly popular in Australia, New Zealand, and many other parts of the world as well.

One of the most famous Indonesian dishes using harga permen strepsils is called “Bamboo shoots in hot vegetable soup”. This delicious dish is served with Dengan ini dapat, a sweetened rice fermented with onion and garlic. The Dengan ini dapat is mixed with water to make a thick paste. After this, the paste is ground and then deep fried in a heated wok, or fired directly in a stove.

Harga Permen Strepsils Candy Six – The Unique Combination of Hot Pepper and Radish

The dish gets its name from two words that mean “hot peppers” and “radish.” In Indonesia, there is no difference between the words, but in English, one would commonly refer to the vegetables as “hot peppers” while in Indonesia, the term referred to the rice. Because of their similarities, both are commonly used interchangeably. Both the harga permen strepsils and the berbagai are cooked in pans with short livers or scallions. Sometimes, both vegetables are cooked together with noodles, such as the Memang Sungat atau sakit tenggorokan at meal.

The unique combination of hot pepper paste and salty radish leaves makes a tasty and colorful dish. The dish is served with a spicy sauce made from ylang (gingko) and white vinegar. Berbagai and harga permen candy six is available in traditional baskets while the traditional basket of seven pieces of the same type of sweet vegetable is available in a single store.

Berbagai harga permen strepsils lozenges box orange with Mandarin oranges in traditional baskets is a delicious dessert to be shared with friends and family. It can also be prepared as an iced tea. While it takes a little time to prepare this delicious dessert, you need to allow enough time to let the mixture cool so that the oranges and the flavors will blend well with the streptil powder. This iced tea is great served with dessert after dinner or as a breakfast treat.

Business

Why do health insurance premiums keep rising after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

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Since no one seems willing to discuss the true reasons why health insurance premiums are rising dramatically since the passage of the PPACA (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). Let me go over the top 3 reasons. They are as follows:

1.) My Blue Cross Group clients are receiving renewal rate increases of 35.63% this year for the first time in 15 years. Your previous premium increases were nowhere near This quantity. This is also not isolated from Blue Cross. These premium increases are occurring in many markets in the United States, both individual and group markets. I am simply using Blue Cross as an example, as the name is the most recognized. These increases are largely due to the fact that multiple New “preventive care” mandates were imposed on all “grandfathered” health insurance plans effective September 23, 2010 under the PPACA. A “no grandfathered” plan is a plan that was purchased after the PPACA (also known as “Obamacare”) was enacted into law on March 23, 2010. Please note that all of these plans had to be covered no later than on 1/1. / 2011 with no copayment or deductible required. See the list of mandates http://www.healthcare.gov/law/about/provisions/services/lists.html

2.) Multiple changes have also been demanded in the design of new policies. If you have a group health plan, you have already received those new mandates.

3.) Now we come to reason number three. The new PPACA required medical loss ratios or “MLRs.” This is why health insurance premiums are also increasing in non-grandfathered plans. For more information on the new MLR visit: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/01/Squeezing-out-Private-Health-Plans Who in their right mind thinks to force all of the following new mandates on every health insurance policy in the country would actually “bend the cost curve down“?

In fact, mandates are one of the main reasons health insurance premiums have risen exponentially over the past few decades. In 1979 there were 252 mandates in force in health care, in 2007 there were almost 1,900. With the implementation of the PPACA we have tipped the balance by almost 2,000 mandates. Keep accumulating them and the costs will continue to increase.

Relationship

New Teachers: Should You Over-Plan Your Lessons?

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The question is out: how many of you new teachers (1-5 years of teaching experience) actually over-plan your lessons? As a new teacher 12 years ago, I constantly over-planned my lessons to make sure ALL students participated, even if it meant restructuring the lesson.

In general, overplanning is a good habit to develop, especially when used as backup plans to back up parts or even an entire lesson.

However, the problem of over-planning becomes even more complicated and delicate during those unexpected moments. How do you know exactly which activity to use? And for how long? How many activities? This is where the experience and knowledge of the students and their abilities can play an important role in deciding which activities are appropriate to use. Sometimes you may be surprised by your own little spontaneity and find that you know more than you really think.

Excessive planning is part of the “hit and miss” of the new teacher. When faced with difficult classes, I constantly planned excessively because eventually I wanted to start “catching up” with the right level, motivation, and interest of my students. When I failed, I began to push into the panic zone, leading to more over-planning and general overload.

But just for the sake of discussion, let’s take the following classroom situation:

Let’s say you’ve planned a twenty-minute independent reading session for your high school students, but for some inexplicable reason, they aren’t focused. Later, you will learn (indirectly) that they do not have some of the most important reading skills to cope with the story you told them to read. More specifically, there are too many unfamiliar words and the subject of the story is quite sophisticated for her high school years. So what?

So before you start removing those backup plans, make sure you have the following in order:

1. Make sure you plan strong transitions. Observe the transitions as “glue” that holds the anterior parts together to the middle post. Weak transitions are a sure sign that you could lose some students along the way. You’ll also want to make sure the transition really serves its purpose and help connect the introduction to the main part of a lesson. Transitions don’t necessarily have to be an additional activity; it is enough to say a few sentences as “clues” to let the students understand what awaits them.

A new teacher might say to his class after predicting some of the content of the story and teaching new vocabulary, “Okay, now let’s confirm some of your predictions and see how many new vocabulary words are in context.”

2. Don’t extend too many of your originally planned activities beyond the originally set time. This is where experience will make you a pro and you will eventually be able to distinguish between real or “monetary” trial and error time. How long do students really need to do homework effectively?

To make sure you have enough time for each part, vary the time sequences. Most of your lesson should be no more than 25 minutes long, while you plan the activities for only 5 minutes or so. Plan several lessons on the same topic if necessary so you don’t have time.

3. Take careful note of where students begin to lose focus and become distracted. Ask a colleague or teacher mentor for honest, solid feedback that aims to improve your teaching. Here is a checklist of general troubleshooting areas.

4. Do you over-plan your lessons to include any differentiated instruction? For each level and skill, make sure you have at least one activity that you can pull out of a hat as needed. Write down that activity and make a note of its success. Save the experience for a later date.

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Consider the fact that perhaps the students were not focused, which is another classroom issue and requires a different set of actions.

So the question again is: how many of you new teachers (1-5 years of teaching experience) over-plan your lessons? In what classroom situations do they help? Why do you do it? Are there any other tips you can give new teachers?

Gaming

Path to Pelantas game review

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Path to Pelantas is a unique game that reminds me a lot of sports management games. Although it is an RPG-themed video game, you can’t really go out and experience all the action yourself, as everything in this game is simulated.

This is because you are in charge of managing 11 heroes. They are like your team and it is up to you to make sure they stay fit and healthy. Unlike many RPGs, this game doesn’t require you to play for hours on end. It is very possible that you can achieve a lot with this game just by playing it for a few minutes each day.

Handling your heroes can be very easy as they are quite capable of handling situations on their own. You can go to the map and highlight where you want your heroes to go to hunt and kill monsters. Since this is a managerial style video game, you don’t have a chance to kill monsters yourself, but you can check the progress of your hunts. There are four areas that you can hunt and they include the forest, mountains, plains, and swamp. It is advisable that you check it frequently as you might be surprised by what you will find.

Although most players will continue to play the same team of heroes, there is a timeline for this game and everyone will retire. Fortunately, this game knows it and you have the option to recruit new heroes at any time. You can even sell your current heroes if you feel like they lack stamina. Again, this is a reference to sports management titles, as managers also swap teammates all the time. This is a unique feature unlike most RPGs; you are stuck with the same party members throughout the game.

Combat is perhaps the weakest aspect of Path to Pelantas. I’m the type of player who likes to control what I do when it comes to fighting. Although you can choose to “see” the battles, you cannot see any of the characters physically fight. All you can see are their profile photos and their stats. Once a battle has concluded, you only have one stat sheet left that shows how you did it. I know this is a managerial type game, but it would have hurt if some kind of visual aid had been included.

The game itself is in real time. Events are generally predetermined on certain days, so battles generally occur on Saturdays and missions generally conclude the following Monday. It is worth playing the game almost daily to see what kind of events are happening and also to see the progress of your characters.

One of the most interesting aspects of Path to Pelantas is its non-linear structure. Although there are battles to fight and missions to do, you don’t have to play them if you choose not to. You have the option to play however you want. If you want to specialize only in hunting monsters, you can. Although playing all aspects of the game is recommended if you want to find hours of play.

Path to Pelantas is a very unorthodox game. I have never played a non-sports management game before. Again, it may not be a game for everyone, but the fact that it is free means that anyone can sign up and try this game. Whether you are a fan of RPGs or not, Path to Pelantas is not a time-consuming game and anyone should find something to like in this game.

Health Fitness

Nutritional benefits of couscous

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Not many people know what couscous is and fewer people have tried delicacies and dishes made with this healthy food. Couscous is actually a grain food comparable to pasta or rice. It’s actually made from wheat semolina that is moistened and then shaped into tiny grains. Couscous grains are smaller than rice grains and are dusted with flour so that they can retain structure. It may be interesting to know that couscous is a staple food in some regions of the world and is regarded as pasta or rice in some countries. Like pasta and rice, couscous can be very versatile in preparation and can be used in various dishes and salads; and they can also be used to prepare garnishes.

Since couscous is made from semolina grains, it is manufactured and sold in a variety of ways. Some sell couscous without adding any kind of seasoning or without any extra ingredients. However, there are some stores that sell them in different varieties, including couscous that is roasted in onion, garlic, or olive oil. Surprisingly, couscous can also be made with other types of wheat to give it different flavors.

People from different parts of the world prepare couscous differently. Some countries, such as those in the African region, serve couscous in fine broth and in combination with cooked vegetables. In Morocco, however, couscous is served with many vegetables, sauces, and beans. In western countries, however, couscous is used more as an alternative to rice and pasta. If couscous is not local to your area, you can always buy it in health food stores or in the ethnic food section of some supermarkets.

When it comes to nutrition, couscous will never leave you short. In fact, it is one of the healthiest cereal-based products out there. Its glycemic load per gram is 25% lower than that of pasta. Not only that, couscous is also known to have higher vitamin content than pasta. To prove it, it must be said that couscous contains twice as much niacin, riboflavin, vitamin B6 and folic acid compared to pasta. It also contains more thiamine and pantothenic acid.

Couscous is also a very good source of protein as it has 3.6 grams of protein per 100 calories. Its protein content is the same as that of pasta but slightly higher than that of white rice. Also, it would be interesting to note that couscous only has a 1% fat to calorie ratio, making it a good alternative to rice and pasta if you want your meal to be lower in fat.

Couscous is, of course, a very good source of carbohydrates. If you are tired of cooking the usual staples like pasta and rice, couscous can be a good alternative. With its carbohydrate content, it can be very satisfying for hunger despite its small grain size. The best thing about couscous is that it does not contain cholesterol.

Remember that you can prepare it just to replace rice or pasta or it can be cooked in combination with beef, pork, chicken and vegetables.

Legal Law

The problems teens face and how to help them

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After 20 years of concern about the status of girls raised by the women’s movement, some experts say it is the boys we need to pay attention to now. This crisis is one in which the traditional patriarchy lived by boys and men “is being transformed, leading men to generate a second discourse – of powerlessness and frustration – that differs markedly from the one [previous] confident displays of authority. “There are disturbing statistics to support this concern. Girls now outnumber boys entering college and boys are four times more likely to drop out of high school than girls. Four boys are diagnosed with emotional disorders for every girl Six boys are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder for every girl Boys commit suicide five times more than girls.

Up to 16% of children are diagnosed with some disruptive behavior disorder. Of those diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, 25-40% will develop conduct disorder and almost half of them will have antisocial personality disorder in adulthood. Behavioral disorders are characterized by instability in school, work, relationships, and finances. Conduct disorders include problems such as bullying, intimidation, fighting, cruelty to people and animals, illegal possession of weapons, theft, drug use, truancy, running away, and arson. These children often have low self-esteem and are very unhappy.

Economically, behavioral disorders cost society as a whole a great deal. Thirty percent of general practitioner visits are for behavioral problems and are present in 28% of pediatric outpatient referrals. The education of children with behavior problems often requires placement in special schools with a low teacher-to-pupil ratio and constant supervision that drives up the costs of their education. Law enforcement, probation, and social services spend a great deal of energy and money fighting crime and its effects. There are also the costs of property damage, medical bills for personal injury, and the subsequent costs of unemployment, welfare, and maintenance of the prison system.

If left untreated in adolescence, adult manifestations of behavioral disorders may include alcoholism, depression, drug addiction, antisocial personality disorder, theft, illegal carrying and use of weapons, violence towards self, others and property , drunk driving, vandalism, unemployment, child abuse, divorce and spousal violence.

But don’t let all these stats put you off! Let them inspire you to have children who never face these problems because there is a lot that parents can do to help their children.

Don’t embarrass them

One of the most important things is that parents avoid embarrassing them. Many parents are very hard on their children because children need to be “tough” to survive in our world. This is certainly true; However, when children are made to feel bad about their emotions or need for support, it actually weakens rather than strengthens them. Children who seem to be able to handle the difficult world they live in without problems are actually more in touch with their emotions than withdrawn, antisocial, nerdy, and bullied children.

Work first on yourself, then on your relationship with your child

Many parents are exasperated with their children, but often their children’s problems come from their parents. No one wants to admit that they have problems and, worse, their problems are affecting their children. When you are fighting unpleasantly with your spouse, yelling at your children or (God forbid) abusing them, a workaholic who is never home or the silent parent who is physically at home but not emotionally at home, is it any surprise that your child is going crazy? in trouble? Which brings us to the next topic.

Recognize the signs of depression in children.

There are many reasons for depression in children: divorce, death of a loved one, school delay, chemical imbalances, etc. When people think of depression, they often think of someone sad, listless, who cries a lot. However, in our culture, children are not allowed to act like this (they have to be tough), so they express their sadness with anger. They act instead of acting. Signs of male depression are: getting into trouble, fighting, breaking things, wearing black, self-destructive behaviors, yelling, etc. A child who acts like this is not a “troublemaker,” “opponent,” “defiant,” or just plain bad, but is depressed, sad, lonely, and desperately in need of someone to help him.

Spend time with your boys and let them know that you love them.

Our children are desperate to spend time with us. Yes, even to our spoiled teenagers who claim we shame them. Young people who are at risk are afraid. They fear that if they open up and tell their parents that they need their love and attention, they will be rejected, just as the rest of us fear. As parents, we must realize that our children need our love and attention no matter what they say. And really, the more our children say they don’t need our love, the more they need it.

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RWS Tarot – A brief introduction

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The Rider Waite Smith Tarot deck is probably the most popular and well-known of all the Tarot decks available today. The name comes from William RIDER & Son, the original publishers, Arthur Edward WAITE, the academic and mystic who commissioned the creation of this deck, and Pamela Colman SMITH, the talented but often overlooked artist who drew the Rider-Waite images ( as it is often known) Tarot deck. Waite and Smith were members of the Order of the Golden Dawn, a famous but short-lived occult group of the 19th century.

The RWS Tarot deck was published in 1909 and was the first widely available deck with illustrated Minor Arcana cards. The 56 cards of the Minor Arcana, also known as “nuggets”, now had a great deal of symbolism represented in the illustrations, as did the 22 cards of the Major Arcana. Until then, the numbered Minor Arcana cards in a Tarot deck showed only 4 cups, or 6 wands, or 8 swords. The RWS Tarot with its illustrated “nuggets”, along with the evocative images of the Major Arcana finally revolutionized the world of Tarot. When Waite designed his Tarot deck, he kept the basic sequence of the cards, although he changed the numbering of the Force and Justice cards in the Major Arcana. There is some discussion as to who actually designed the Minor Arcana cards – did Waite conceive them and give Smith complete instructions, or did he just share his ideas with him and allow him a bit of freedom with his artistic talents to create the images? Each card bears the monogram of Pamela Colman Smith, usually in one of the lower corners.

Tragically, the original printing plates were destroyed in the London bombing and publication came to an end. In 1971, US Games inc. began publishing a copyrighted facsimile version of the deck.

These days there are many, many decks that follow the basic template of the RWS Tarot deck. There are versions of RWS that have been recolored but retain the original line drawings. The redrawn versions generally have the same basic shapes and configurations on the cards with similar symbolism. An RWS-type deck is generally recommended for beginners, as basic visual scenes can be more easily associated with keywords to better remember and understand the meanings of each card. However, there are also many seasoned readers whose favorite reading platform is an RWS or a variant. Most beginner and beginner books use illustrations from the RWS deck for learning purposes.

One thing is for sure, if Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith hadn’t collaborated and created the RWS Tarot deck, the Tarot decks would be quite different than what we are used to today.