10 EXPERT TIPS TO CHOOSING A BABY NAME

How to Pick the Perfect Baby Name

Tips on choosing the right baby name include:

1.Avoid passing trends
2.Remember that classic names don’t have to be boring
3.Take a look at your family tree
4.Honor your culture
5.Look up meanings
6.Contemplate all possible nicknames
7.Consider the importance of the middle name
8.Don’t forget about the initials
9.Say it out loud
10.Don’t stress too much

Learn about Singles Day

Singles Day is a Chinese holiday observed every year on November 11th. The day was created to celebrate being single.

The gender disparity has helped to create a culture of bachelors in China. Some of these bachelors chose to embrace singlehood and hence, Singles Day was created. Since Singles Day was created by men, it is also referred to as Bachelors Day. Today, however, both men and women celebrate the day.

HOW TO OBSERVE #SINGLES DAY

Besides shopping, people in China celebrate Singles Day in other ways. Many singles organize blind date parties in order to meet other singles. Universities organize special programs and activities. Chinese celebrities come out in full force with concerts and special performances. Some people even celebrate this day by expressing their desire to find a partner or spouse. Still others choose to get married on this day. In 2011, 4,000 couples in Beijing tied the knot on Singles Day. Here are some other ways to participate :

•Host a singles-only party in your home
•Do fun activities with other singles like bowling, going to the movies, or eating out
•Express your thoughts about being single in a poem, blog post, or essay
•Celebrate the day by going shopping
•Watch one of these movies about being single
•If you’re not single but know someone who is, buy them coffee or take them out for lunch
 

Share this day on social media with #SinglesDay !

How to stop missing deadlines once and for all

1. Now, you have a 3-day week. Plan with it.

Starting today, plan your tasks taking into account that your week ends on Wednesday. Distribute all the hardest tasks and most important tasks between Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The other days you leave opened. Having a lighter workload on Thursday and Friday, you will be able to adapt your journey when run into the unexpected, but without all that stress you live today.

2. You need technology. Use a task manager.

Now that you have the planning of your smart 3-day week, put all your to-do in your task manager, because it will organize your routine. Just set the delivery date of each task to two or three days before the optimistic deadline (it’s because of it that you get stressed, remember?). The tool will set for you an order of priority and notify you when to start scheduled and repetitive tasks – a great idea for those who live under the impression that it’s missing something.

3. You may try to give up. Make a public commitment.

“I solemnly swear to finish this task at 5pm.” This is not exactly what you need to do, but it’s something like that. If you make a commitment only to yourself, no one will know if you don’t fulfill it. So tell your to-do in a loud tone to your leader or some colleague you admire. With vanity at stake, you may even be late, but it won’t be for lack of will – and that’s a big step to becoming the more productive person you have ever known.

HISTORY OF EAR PIERCING

Ear piercing tradition is said to have started about 5000 years ago by the Europe’s oldest mummy named Otzi, who was found on the border between Austria and Italy with her ears pierced.

Other ancient proofs of ear piercing, as a fashion or a tradition, are the carved images of soldiers who had their ear lobes pierced on the walls of the Persian Empire.

It’s also said that the pharaoh, Tutankhamun (yes! you can also call him King Tut) who was the king of the new Empire Period also had his ears pierced. The proof of it lies in his death mask in which the ears were holed as well but the holes were covered with discs.

The tradition of wearing earrings became famous in Western Europe at the time of English Renaissance i.e. in late 16th century. It’s said that at that time and even before it, earrings were most worn by sailors who wore them for 2 reasons: a few of them perforated their ears as a symbol of achieving an accomplishment of having sailed the world, or crossing the equator successfully. While others had a perception that perforation of their ear would improve their eyesight.

However in the 16th century ear piercing became a high end fashion among the gentlemen who would wear gold, stone or pearl earrings to show off their elite status.

Now fast forward to today ear piercing shops are very common.

4 Steps To Clean Out Your Cluttered Closet

1. Take inventory

The first step in your closet clean-out is to completely empty it. Remove everything, including clothes, hangers and shoes and plop it on your bed or floor. Don’t forget to grab items from shelves, bins and drawers, too. 

2. Grab some bags

Next, you’re going to need to grab some trash bags, a marker and some tape. Put a strip of tape on the first bag and write on it with the marker “trash.” On the second bag, place a strip of tape on it and label that bag “donate.”

3. Set rules for what goes back in

Start sorting with these rules in mind:

•If you haven’t worn it in a year and it’s still in good condition, it goes in the charity bag.
•If it has holes, worn-out elastic or rips that can’t be repaired, throw it in the trash bag.
•If it needs a button or has a hole you or a tailor can easily fix (and you vow to actually fix it) put the item in the repair pile.
•If it’s not your style, it goes in the charity bag.
•If it’s fantastic, you love it and you wear it, put it in the keep pile.
•If it has stains put it in the repair pile and try these tricks to remove spots.
•If it doesn’t fit, donate it.

4. Finish up

Your closet cleaning journey is almost over. Now you just need to put everything from the keep pile back in your closet.

For the rest, it’s important you get deal with them right away. Taking action will prevent those items from taking up space and potentially making their way back into your closet.  

Finally, put the trash bag in your bin right away. Drive the charity bag to your local drop-off point right away. No waiting!

One house was __(1.)__ of straw. One house was made of __(2.)__. The __(3.)__ house was made of __(4.)__.

bricks / last / third / made / sticks / branches

 I tried to __(1.)__ some numbers into the __(2.)__. Now the formulas are all __(3.)__ up!

put / messing / sheets / spread sheets  / messed / paste

3. Okay guys, it __(1.)__ like everyone is here, so let‘s start the campus tour! Behind me is the ___(2.)___. You are going to spend a lot of __(3.)__ here over the next four years.

looked / days  / time / book room / library / look

3. Well we just ___(1.)___ back from ____(2.)____ for school supplies. She loves her ___(3.)___ pink backpack and princess pencil ____(4.)____, but I think she’s still a little nervous.

get   shopping   got   new    case    box

2. Come on man, camping is __________about roughing it!

A.supposedly
B.supposed to be
C.going to be
D.should be