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According to a recent study by the CDC the use of meditation in the US has risen dramatically over the last few years. In fact, since 2012 the number of Americans who meditate has tripled from 4% of the population to around 14%. For children the rise has been even more significant - rising from 0.6% in 2012 to 5.4% in 2017. I guess it's a sign of the times. People use meditation with many different objectives these days. Some use it to ease their stress levels, calm their anxieties and to bolster their confidence while others use it to help them sleep or to help keep depression at bay. It ...  More

If you look at the latest employment figures, you'll notice that the jobless rate is down to about 3.5% in the US. Sounds pretty impressive, doesn't it? So, why are so many people still struggling to pay the bills at the end of the month? One of the big problems is underemployment. The underemployed are people that have a job but they may be working only 20 hours a week as opposed to a regular 40 hours.   More

Right now, it's estimated that the worldwide legal sports betting market is worth close to US$50 billion with that figure expected to double in the next five years. On top of that there's reckoned to be another $150 billion gambled illegally. It's a sign of the times that people love a bet. It could be Arsenal v Liverpool in the English Premier League, Golden State v the Raptors in the NBA or England v Australia in the Rugby World Cup. It also could be whether Trump will be impeached or whether the red snail will beat the blue one. At present, just eleven US states have legalised sports ...  More

A friend of mine made a very wise observation a while back. He told me that he thought that if you could sit down and hold a knowledgable conversation about sport with someone you've never met before, you'll have a potential friend for life. And it's true, you know. People love to talk about sport. It doesn't really matter which sport it is - soccer, NFL, snooker, ice hockey, darts, table tennis (well, maybe not the last two...) - if you can talk about it with passion and knowledge then you'll get on just fine.  More

Let’s just say, for the record, that I'm not an expert on the science and health industry in the US so this review will be based more on facts than it is on opinion. One of the most important facts for any science-based industry is that there are several protocols that need to be adhered to in order to establish those facts. Laboratory record keeping and accurate note taking are two of the most important of these and, with everything having to be FDA compliant, it's important to gather all the information securely before handing it over to official reviewers. It can be a tricky and ...  More

Buying gifts for people these days is getting harder and harder. Gone are the days when you could simply nip down to the shopping center to pick up a birthday present and buy with confidence. Unless we are totally tuned in to our family and friends there's a pretty good chance we will buy the wrong garment, the wrong shade of eye shadow or the wrong Jo Nesbo novel. There are so many choices out there and we are such long-term consumers that it's never been quite as difficult to buy the exact perfect present as it is these days.  More

When you run a business with multiple employees it can be very challenging to keep track of just what everyone is up to. Our workers are the ones that get the day to day work done and they're also the ones that forge good relationships with clients. They also have the ability to help increase our bottom line and profitability. But it would be a pretty diligent manager who could tell at a glance whether Amy is struggling to keep up with her workload or whether Jamal is powering on. So, for good sized teams, it's becoming more and more essential to have a performance management app to ...  More

A good photo has the ability to draw an amazing amount of emotional response from many people. We might not be able to put our fingers on exactly what it is that delivers such a pleasurable reaction but there's little doubt it's there - front and center. Years back, we could cite the quality of the equipment that we used to get that eye-popping shot. However, the quality of cameras these days is astonishing whether you are using a stand-alone camera or the camera on your smartphone. So, one has to assume that it's more about skill, technique and great composition than about superior ...  More

Some of us just can't seem to make up our minds, can we?. For some reason, we need the thumbs up from our peers to make a decision whether it's what we should wear, what to buy, where to go or what to eat. We're a strange lot. But that's where an app like this one could prove useful. Contrary to its name, PeepAdvice is not a secret spying app. It's a new free and fun app for iOS where we can either seek the opinions of our peers - on any number of subjects - or offer advice to others as to what they should do if they are in a quandary themselves. All with just the click of a button.  More

Now, if I asked most people what is meant by 'online web scraping,' I'm guessing that most would have to Google up the phrase to understand exactly what it's all about. For those of you who aren't sure, I'll tell you now. In simple terms, web scraping (also known as web harvesting or web data extraction) is the art of extracting bulk data from websites. While it can be done manually, the most efficient method is to use an automated process to copy the information. The concept of the web scraper online involves the mass copying and consequent retrieval of data from websites to your database ...  More