DO THIS IMMEDIATELY AFTER ARRIVING IN USA

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Suppose you are moving to the USA for the first time for work or study. In that case, you should do this immediately after arriving in the USA. I have divided the tasks into two categories: Things to do before having SSN and Things to do after getting your SSN.

1. Get health insurance; it is crucial and mandatory. If you are a student, use this link for a cost-effective ISO International Students Health Insurance plan.
2. First things first, you will need a mobile number. Buy a new smartphone and get a phone number. It will be cheaper if you join a family plan. However, you can't open a new family account without SSN, so try to find someone who owns a family account and ask to add a new line for you. You may use this link for T-Mobile.
3. After you get your phone number, it is time to open a checking account. IF you are a student aged under 25, it will be at no cost to you. Otherwise, you may have to keep a minimum balance in your checking account to avoid monthly fees. You won't earn any interest on the deposit in your checking account. You may use this link for Chase. Setup Zelle to send and receive payments.
4. If you are not buying a new smartphone, make sure to update your Play Store or App Store profile settings and payment and change the country setting to the USA.
5. Get a state-issued driving or non-driving ID card from the local DMV office.
6. Buy a heavy jacket and snow boots if you are going to live in a snowy state. Also, plan to get your Flu shots.
7. While the 4G/LTE/5G connection is good, it is advisable to get a WiFi connection if you live with 3 or more roommates.
8. Update your LinkedIn profile and be ready for a job hunt.
9. Install Splitwise app. It will be convenient. You can also use this rent calculator to determine how much rent each person should pay.
10. Grocery prices vary everywhere, so better to make a list of the costs of groceries in nearby stores for each item.
11. If you shop for groceries together and a wholesale club like Costco, Sam's Club, or BJ's nearby, you can share a membership.
12. Join university Facebook groups and follow their Instagram accounts.
13. Install Grammarly for spell check and proofreading.
14. Install Lyft for cab and Uber Eats for food delivery. Use this promo code DEVHARSH on Lyft for 5$ off. Use this promo code eats-devharsht27rui on Uber Eats for 20$ out.
15. Try 6 months free Amazon prime student account.
16. Install Honey chrome extension for automatic savings while shopping online.
17. Get Surfshark VPN to unblock geo-restricted websites and streaming media content.

After you get your SSN, do the following as soon as you can:

• First, open a savings account and earn interest.
• Get a credit card and start building your credit score history. Check out this article for factors affecting your credit score.
• Get free stock from Robinhood.
• Invest your spare change in markets with Acorns. You may use this link and get 5$ for free.
• If you are sending money to other countries from the USA, then use this link for Remitly, which has the lowest rates and prompt transfer times.

Level Brands Introduces Sugardown® to the USA

Boston Therapeutics’ patented Sugardown® diabetes supplement to be marketed under kathy ireland® Health & Wellness brand:

Level Brands, Inc, yesterday announced a seven-year licensing agreement with Boston Therapeutics, Inc., under the terms of the agreement, Boston Therapeutics is licensing the kathy ireland® Health & Wellness brand to market its popular diabetes supplement, Sugardown®. Boston Therapeutics will pay Level Brands an initial marketing fee of $850,000 to produce intellectual property to support the marketing efforts of the newest product to be branded under kathy ireland® Health & Wellness.

In the U.S., more than 100 million adults are now living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in July 2017. Sugardown® has been shown in clinical studies to help reduce post-meal elevation of blood sugar levels by up to 60% using galactomannans, a group of complex polysaccharides derived from plants that have been shown to possess significant activity in moderating post-meal blood glucose levels.

Boston Therapeutics will pay Level Brands an initial marketing fee of $850,000, paid pursuant to a $450,000 promissory note and $400,000 of Boston Therapeutics’ common stock. Level Brands will also earn royalties on gross sales using the licensed mark of 5% of the first $10 million in sales; 7.5% of sales between $10 million and $50 million; and 10% on sales exceeding $50 million.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180627005324/en/

Source: Level Brands, Inc, http://ir.levelbrands.com/news-releases/news-release-details/level-brands-inc-signs-deal-boston-therapeutics

Level Brands:

Level Brands is a licensing, marketing and branding management company, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. In November 2017, it became the seventh Regulation A+ IPO to complete and the second to list and trade on the NYSE American Exchange. Level Brands creates bold, unconventional and socially responsible branding for leading businesses. With a focus on consumer products marketing beauty, fashion and entertainment, Level Brands designs companies that disrupts industries to redefine leaders. Level Brands offers diverse industry portfolio:

• kathy ireland® Health & Wellness
• Beauty & Pin-Ups
• Ireland Men One (IM1)
• Encore Endeavor One (EE1)

Boston Therapeutics:

Boston Therapeutics, Inc. (BTI) is an innovator of novel therapies and diagnostics for unmet medical needs. Headquartered in Boston, MA, BTI has various operating centers worldwide including China supported by an experienced team of scientists, clinicians, regulatory affairs and business specialist. The main area of development that BTI has dedicated its efforts is Metabolic Syndrome. BTI aims to launch in the coming 3 years 2-3 preventive and therapeutic products of enhanced efficacy to provide better patient care, target major markets including US and China where Metabolic Syndrome is preponderant, its social burden significant and the unmet medical challenges the greatest.

Sugardown:

Sugardown®, a chewable pre-meal dietary supplement for glycemic health, has been shown in published clinical studies to help reduce post-meal elevation of blood sugar levels by up to 60% using a patented formulation of galactomannans, a group of complex polysaccharides derived from plants that have been shown to possess significant activity in moderating post-meal blood glucose levels and sugar digestion related enzymes.

Herba a Cinderella Story

Grab some wine, and tissues!

Today, I present to you the best romance novel of 2017. The all time best selling genre of books is romance novels. They beat out all other book categories by about double. This is to be expected, however. We humans are very emotional beings and everyone in the world, even the ones who won’t admit it, have some sort of perfect romance fantasy buried somewhere in their brains. So if you are looking for the next romance book to read then check out this one!

Herba A Cinderella:

Herba A Cinderella Story is about a girl's dream of finding true love. If you love inspirational or romantic stories you'll love this book the version of this book is for all ages, but more suitable for adults. Download Herba A Cinderella Story on your smartphone or tablet today only for 5$. Visit the music store at https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/ellishajimcoily3.

What one chance meeting can do to the rest of a person's life! This is a very cute cozy romantic story, and a very quick read because you wouldn't put it down. The characters are well developed and I am sure you will fall in love with them! I hope there is a sequel to this book! The use of locations make you feel like you are right there in the story! The best part at the end is the hammock! I cannot wait for the next book! Thank you for the escape and smiles! Absolutely loved this book! Ellisha has done it again and I loved this book from beginning to end. I couldn't put it down. If you are looking for a fun romantic read, this won't let you down.

About The Author In Her Own Words:

Hi, My Name is Ellisha Jimcoily and I'm an Author and writer in the New Orleans Area. I like reading and writing, and spending time with my family. I'm an Artist and I enjoy writing working with and helping others. Connect with me on facebook.com/ellishajimcoily

Buy best handmade soaps from USA

Worried about your skin health? Worry no more! Ditch those factory produced soaps often containing harmful chemicals. Switch to organic handmade soaps instead. Organic soap contains ingredients that are not, and have not been produced with, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, or pesticides. Non-organic soaps usually do not contain glycerin (a moisturizing agent). Unfortunately, many people wait until itchy, dry skin is a problem before making the switch to natural soap.

OK! but where to buy genuine organics soaps from? Worry not, we have a answer for that. Switch to "The Soap Guy". For more information visit their website: https://www.thesoapguy.com/ or To order call 312 320 5862 or send email at orders@thesoapguy.com.

The Soap Guy provides you a reason why to buy soaps from them? It goes like this

"Organic shea butter is now in every bar of soap! Our soap is made from a completely unique formula that has been developed over many years with important feedback from our customers. It is the way it is because of you, thank you. Our process for large quantity soap making is unique. The ingredients we use are completely earth friendly. We eliminated all palm oil from our products when we saw the utter devastation caused by palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia. The Greenpeace website has some great info about this."

Benefits:

-> Their products are made wholly in USA.

-> They also do shipping outside USA.

-> They have more over 100 different fragrances.

-> They take custom party orders too.

-> Moreover they provide 30 days return policy.

Samples:

Go visit https://www.thesoapguy.com/ now and make your first purchase. Happy soaping! :)

GIT Alumni Association

A gentle reminder for those who have yet not registered for the GITAA. The registration closes on March 15, 2017 End of Day for Sachin-Jigar Concert.

So if you’re planning on attending Sachin-Jigar Concert @ GIT head over to the gitalumnus@gmail.com and get details about registration forms and payment!

Please note that the registration process is completed only when you have submitted (gitalumnus@gmail.com) the GITAA registration form and the payment transaction ID.

All members of GITAA are requested to take entry before 7:00 P.M. and there is no "on the spot" registration or enrollment process available for Sachin-Jigar Concert.

Note:- For future event/activities all the alumnus are welcome to get themselves enroll with GIT Alumni Association, 17th March 2017 on wards.

Amazing Facts About the Human Brain

The Human Brain is the most interesting organ of the body. It is the hub for the human nervous system. It receives input from organs like sensory organs and sends output to other part of the body like muscles, for appropriate actions to be taken. That's not all. Human Brain has some amazing features and characteristics which will make your jaw-drop. We will discuss more about human brain but first let's explore this organ's whereabouts to know it better.

1.     Brain consume more energy than other parts or organs of the body. The mind or the brain is the powerhouse which processes all mental and psychic activities, may be this is a probable reason why it consume more energy than any other part of the Body. The brain is only 2% on the total body weight but consumes about 20% of the energy.

2.     Lack of oxygen in the brain for 5 to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain damage. After a cardiac or respiratory arrest, resuscitation, suffocation, prolonged seizure, drowning, choking, or (smoke) poisoning, if there is oxygen deficiency, then the brain may damage permanently.

3.     Your Brain Keeps Developing Until your Late 40s. In other words, brain only fully 'matures' in middle age.

4.     Every time you form a memory, a new brain connection is created inside your brain and is supported by patterns of neuron activity in the prefrontal cortex. Each neuron has the capability to connect with 40,000 synapses on an average.

5.     Your brain mostly consists water. Yes, you read it right! 73% of human brain is water and 2% of dehydration is enough to affect the memory, attention and other cognitive skills.

6.     The dry weight of the brain is around 3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms. You will be amazed to know that it is the fattiest organ of your body as it contains 60% fat (dry weight).

7.     Human brain Contains about 100 billion neurons. Neurons also have the capability to connect more than 10,000 other neurons which implies that it can be a huge connection. Thee connection of neurons aids you to develop ideas, recall memories and develop a certain personality trait etc. Human brain is said to contain roughly 86 billion brain cells. For example, a student learn about Physics Formulas or Geometry Formulas, which will help him/her to understand the real-life problems throughout their life.

8.     Human beings are said to the most intelligent animal in the world but it's astonishing to know that we use merely 10% or more of our brain. Though there are still other theories which states that this 10% theory is entirely bogus and human use way, way more than 10% or the brain power.

9.     During pregnancy, the neurons in a foetus brain grow at a rate of 250,000 neurons per minute. Cells and neurons develops for several years after birth. A 2-year-old’s brain is said to of 80% of adult brain’s size. Not only in foetus, but also a pregnant lady's neurons multiplies at a faster rate. There are no proper explanations for this but scientists states that this rapid multiplication of neurons in a pregnant lady, makes learning new things and remembering old ones is much faster and easier than someone who isn't.

10.The human brain pumps a lot of blood per minute and is capable of pumping more. Your brain also uses 20% of the total oxygen present in your body.

11.Brain is vulnerable to a virus which can attack the human DNA and make them dull, less intelligent, cause harm to the brain activity, memory and learning power.

12.Human brain has tremendous capability. When awake, it can produce sufficient electricity to power a small light bulb. It produces 12-25 watts of electricity.

13. Cholesterol is a vital component for brain. Brain cells continue to live with the aid of cholesterol. 25% of the human body's cholesterol is present and used in the brain. Lack of cholesterol can lead to the death of brain cells as well.

14.There are almost 10,000 types of neurons present in the brain. Within which more than 1 lac chemical reactions takes place every second.

15.An average human brain is believed to sow the seeds of near about 50,000 thoughts each day and scientists estimate that 70% of these thoughts are negative.

16.Irrespective of the body size or weight, Men's brain size is 10% bigger than that of Women's.

17.Over the ages, the size of the human brains have shrink by the size of a tennis ball; IQ level has gone down by 1.6 points per decade; and the average attention span has dropped from 12 seconds to 8 seconds since 2000, but Human civilization is developing. Thus it would be inappropriate to state whether we are growing or declining in our development chart.

We want to conclude with a small yet significant fact for you. Albert Einstein’s brain weighed 1,230 grams which is near about 10% smaller than the average human brain weight. But it was his brain's neuron density which was way higher than the average and this is what mattered in making him such a great and intelligent scientist.

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Author - Payel Bhowmick

Author Bio - With a degree in Journalism, Mass Comm. and Human Rights, and with an experience of 5 years+ in the Online Media, Payel is a Content Analyst by Profession and Dreamer, Writer, and Blogger by choice. Currently a Content Marketing enthusiast as well and exploring all about the Education Industry with BYJU’s - The Learning App.

Top 50 Movies of 2014 [1-25]

1. Guardians of the Galaxy 

2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 

3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier 

4. The LEGO Movie 

5. Transformers: Age of Extinction 

6. Maleficent 

7. X-Men: Days of Future Past 

8. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 

9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 

10. Godzilla 

11. 22 Jump Street 

12. Big Hero 6 

13. TMNT Movie 

14. How to Train Your Dragon 2 

15. Interstellar Movie 

16. Gone Girl 

17. Divergent 18. Neighbors 

19. Ride Along 

20. Rio 2 

21. Lucy 

22. The Fault in Our Stars 

23. Mr. Peabody & Sherman 

24. 300: Rise of an Empire 

25. The Maze Runner

Top 50 Movies of 2014 [26-50]

26. Noah

27. The Equalizer

28. Edge of Tomorrow

29. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

30. Heaven Is for Real

31. Non-Stop

32. Fury

33. Tammy

34. Annabelle

35. The Other Woman

36. Dumb and Dumber To

37. Let's Be Cops

38. The Monuments Men

39. Hercules

40. The Purge: Anarchy

41. Think Like a Man Too

42. Penguins of Madagascar

43. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

44. The Nut Job

45. God's Not Dead

46. Son of God

47. Planes: Fire & Rescue

48. The Grand Budapest Hotel

49. RoboCop

50. Dracula Untold

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