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Trusting in God won’t make the mountain smaller, but will make climbing easier.

Don’t ask God for a lighter road, but ask him for a stronger back!

- Anonymous

Do you Know?

 

What is a Polyhouse?

A polyhouse is a type of greenhouse in which a protective shade of transparent polythene is used to grow vegetables and other crops.

Polyhouses are generally semi-circular in shape but there are square and elongated ones too. First a basic framework using bamboo or iron rods is constructed and then a polythene sheet is tightly stretched over it to create polyhouse. The polyhouses are generally built along the east-west direction to make the maximum use of sunlight.

The temperature, humidity and other factors that are essential for a particular vegetable to grow can be controlled in a polyhouse. For example, in winter, extra heat may be provided using solar panels. In summer, the excess heat inside a polyhouse can be removed by circulating the air using exhaust fans, coolers etc. Thus polyhouses facilitate the growth of vegetables and fruits at any time of the year.Farmers can benefit by growing high-yield off-season vegetables that are not readily available in the market.

The crops grown in the polyhouse are safe from hostile weather phenomena such as heavy rain, hailstorm, scorching heat etc. and also from birds and animals. Plants in a polyhouse require less amount of water as water loss due to evaporation is significantly less.

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Marks --- Can they make or break your life?

 

In this world of competition, everyone is trying hard to give their best, trying to fit themselves in the parade.

The news about the children committing suicide; unable to score the desired results is petrifying and atrocious.

But do marks have the power to rule over your entire being?

Do they determine the success of your entire life?

Are marks or grades the only way one can discover the talent and capability of students?

The fact that marks are important has been given a lot of unwanted importance which is no doubt having a detrimental effect on today’s generation.

Yes, in a certain way, marks can prove to be useful as a method of evaluation and a base to conclude who’s capable of getting into those big institutions and who’s not.

It’s good to know as to what level we are or how much is the scope for improvement, but considering them as your destiny or fate decider, makes no sense. That simply isn’t fair.

It’s quite disturbing and irritating being compared to other children time and again by one’s own parents. The child is going to do his or her level best if provided with proper and much needed support and understanding.

Comparison is not going to help in any way.

Marks, however, give us entry into the reputed universities. That’s good.

If you want something, you got to work hard, take efforts, nothing’s going to stop you.

But if in any case, for any genuine reason you aren’t, it’s not the end of the world. You can still do better.

This method of evaluation based on the marking system has its own pros and cons. It’s upon us how we take it. The ball is in your court. You can make it or break it.

So, whoever you are, reading this right now, tons of luck to you in all the walks of life. You are much more precious than you think.

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Zumba

What is zumba fitness?

Zumba is practiced in an environment with energetic music and is composed of a aerobic and dance movements. The steps are formed using hip-hop, mambo, meringue, salsa, samba and soca. Steps also include lunges and squats. It assures fitness and weight loss results done in a fun enjoyable way.

Zumba fitness has evolved and transformed over a period of time. It offers a number of fitness alternatives. Zumba sentao, Zumba gold toning, aqua Zumba etc. are some of its variations. These alternatives vary with locality, country and training instructor. Zumba fitness is sold in DVDs, videogames, seen in television programmes and so on.

Zumba is helping people globally to become fit using the base of dance. Zumba fitness LLC owns the trademark rights of the Zumba dance.

 

History on Zumba fitness

Zumba fitness, its owner does not charge licensing fees to fitness centres and gyms. More than 15 million people participate in the Zumba fitness programme spread over 2 lakh locations across more than 180 countries. Claudia Leitte, the world renowned pop singer from Brazil is the international ambassador for Zumba fitness.

Alberto Beto Perez, was a celebrity fitness trainer. During the 1990s, he came across the idea of fitness based on dance concept using Latin-inspired music. It so happened that on one occasion, Alberto forgot to take music to the aerobics class. He took out a tape comprising of traditional Latin, merengue and salsa music and used it in the class. All members loved it. Then he improvised and modified the class to suit this music and thus was created a new concept of fitness. Alberto took this concept to USA and after heavy promotion and investment transformed into a global fitness concept.

Does it help to reduce weight?

Zumba Fitness is a dance based exercise class. As with other dancing exercise forms, you will burn calories and improve your fitness. An average class lasts from 45 minutes to one hour.

ZF is a mixture of aerobic and Latin dance moves. It uses the resistance of a person’s individual body weight. Results will depend a lot on what you perform and which methodology you follow in the class. Different styles focus on different muscle groups to achieve desired results. In case of Zumba Toning style, people make use of lightweight sticks to form resistance and the target muscle groups are towards thighs, arms and abs. The dance form used in planning with a healthy balanced diet can work wonders in your weight loss programme. Sometimes, people make assumption that that will use up about 800kcal and consume more calories as a reward tending to reduce the end result.

A few tips for beginners:

1) Take reference from other members already doing the specific class.

2) Be on the watch for trainers with Look for accreditations. Zumba fitness is relatively new and not regulated totally. Also, inquire on their experience and qualifications.

3) It is an exercise form and participants must warm up and cool down to prevent injuries.

4) It is important to consult a doctor or exercise professional if you have any pre-existing health conditions. A high intensity aerobic workout could result in a heart attack. This brings us to the next point.

5) Work as per your own level. Do not overdo looking at other participants.

6) Doing on your own watching exercise DVDs could result in serious injuries if you do not perform properly.

7) For enhanced fitness and weight loss results, it is advisable to use a combination of Zumba classes and a resistance program.

Also, take a planned and balanced diet to see the wonderful results.

Zumba is the in thing for weight loss and fitness in an enjoyable and fun manner.

Have fun doing Zumba!

Words worth reading

 

Proverbs

He that hath a head of wax must not walk in the sun.

The comforter’s head never aches.

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

Today it may be a fire, tomorrow it will be ashes.

Rain beats a leopard’s skin, but it does not wash off the spots. 

Though a tree grows ever so high, the falling leaves return to the root.

Don’t tie a knot in your tongue that you cannot untie with your teeth. 

A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a hunting dog does not notice them.

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

He who rides the tiger can never dismount.

Meet the planet Mercury

 I am the Merry Mercury

Hey, I am the planet, Mercury.

I am named after the Roman God of commerce and travel.

I am the first and closest planet to the Sun and also a very small planet.

I am called Budh in Hindu mythology.

I am just one-third the size of Earth.

I am as wide as the Atlantic Ocean but I don’t have any water or moons.

 I am made of rock and my surface is covered with many craters. Since I am so close to the Sun I am very hot.

I am also the fastest planet in the solar system and I can go around the sun in just eighty-eight days.

But I rotate on my axis very slowly and take nearly sixty earth days to complete one rotation

By the way, there are other planets around me.

We come in all shapes and sizes.

Some of my friends are very far away.

Together we form the solar system.

We are the jewels of the sky.

Even though we are far away we secretly control many things on Earth.

Scientists’ are still discovering many things about us.

IT IS EASY TO EXCEL

 

It is easy to excel

A young man was eager to learn archery.

He wanted to become the champion archer in the district.

So he purchased the finest bow and arrows that money could buy.

But he proved utterly inept; if he aimed at a tree, his arrow might hit a nearby hedge; if he aimed at a hedge, his arrow might flypast the nose of a nearby cow.

Eventually he came to a sage in despair, and asked how he could improve.

The sage said to him, “Whenever you wish to accomplish something, you must consider how best to prepare yourself.”

“How do I prepare for archery?” the young man asked.

“Go to a local weaver and lie under his loom every day for a month. As the shuttle passes to and fro in front of your eyes, strive not to blink.”

The young man did as the sage suggested and returned to the sage and asked, “Am I now ready to resume archery?”

“No,” the sage replied. “You must catch a flea each day, and attach it to the hair from a horse’s tail. As dusk approaches, hang the flea over the window facing west; and watch the flea with the sun behind it.”

The young man did this every evening for a month.

He returned to the sage, and the sage told him he was now ready for archery.

The young man took his bow with great excitement and found he could hit the target; he could focus his eyes on it without blinking, and it seemed so large that it filled his vision.

As a result, he won every contest.

It is easy to excel if you have passion, practice and perseverance.