Scintillating range of Bulova watches

The New York City borough of Queens is home to one of the marvels in time piece and watch industry not only in America but across the world. Bulova watches have always surprised technicians of old and modern times. It is a priced possession, so much that every watch connoisseur burns with desire. Even when its mentor and founder Joseph Bulova was making innovations in watchmaking back in 1875, he hardly would have an idea that he is creating a brand which would not loose its proximity even after 137 years of its establishment. A trained jeweler by profession Bulova started his watch making career with boudoir clocks and pocket watches.

Bulova 96B132 and Bulova 96E03 are two such products from the house of this American brand, designed for men, keeping in mind the tastes of the sophisticated and the stylish.  While both the designs have an analog display, Bulova 96B132 sports a trendy outdoor look with a rubber strap where as Bulova 96E03 has a diamond accented stainless steel look for those most important meetings, creating a long lasting impression.

If we ponder deep into the designs of these two models, both stand at par as far as precision, engineering and sturdiness are concerned. Bulova 96BI32 is as light as 16 ounces and has water resistance upto 300 meters. Part of the Champlain collection, Bulova 96B132 has a continuously sweeping second hand, a titanium case and curved mineral crystals along with white luminous fill. The model came out in 2011 and is famously called the precisionist. The sturdy and trendy look with a black Cordura ballistic strap makes it look apt for casual and sports wear.

On the other hand Bulova 96E03, is accentuated with small diamond studs which gives it a royal stand out. With a deployment clasp and stainless steel finish this piece has Japanese quartz movement which makes it more robust in its functioning. It features stick indices, a convenient date window at four o'clock, three hands, three subdials, along with 24 diamonds. This makes it the most sophisticated possessions in any wardrobe. You are sure to create a long lasting impression in those important conferences. An enthusiast who loves collecting watches can understand the significance of this addition in the collection. For that matter any Bulova model is a significant addition in your wardrobe.

Like these every Bulova watch has its own identity. This is because every model is painstakingly conceived, not just as a time piece but as an art. It depends on one’s taste and style which model one would chose. You can either scout for your best fit in one of the Bulova stores or browse through the numerous reviews online. You will find many customer reviews and product descriptions on various sites. Before buying, make it easy for yourself by comparing the models and prices on any of those trusted e-marketing sites. You never know how a good bargain may come your way. Scouting for your own Bulova, researching and selecting one would be worth an effort.

SELF-STUDY FOR GRE

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Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is one of the crucial steps you need to take ahead in order to secure a seat in any top notch American or Singaporean universities. Most of you must have taken a decision on studying in a foreign university in your pre-final year. Plan and fix up a date to take the GRE test. Plan it in a manner that you have six months to prepare for the D-day. Plan it in a manner that the exam date falls during the time period when your academic calendar is not that clogged up and is relatively free.

If you are in your pre-final year, this is the right time to make up your mind. Any which ways, six months are enough for you to start preparing for the GRE test on your own.

 The perception that tests such as GRE, need coaching to make an attempt is a misconception. You can very well prepare for the GRE test on your own. It is just that you have to be determined enough to not lose your focus during the preparation.

Start planning before you sit for your preparations. By this time you should have done enough searches through the Web to find out the names of the most essential books you need to refer for your preparation. The GRE test is divided into three sections—quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning and   analytical writing. Find at least two books each for every section.  You can get more information about this from former GRE takers or students who are preparing for GRE along with you. Staying connected with such people keeps you more updated on the latest books and study material.

You can also get updates on the latest study material browsing through the Internet. Besides this keep a tab on the official GRE website. The website offers you a number of paid and unpaid tools to choose from. The site, maintained by ETS, has official test preparation material which it claims, is prepared by the makers of the actual GRE test. Besides this, there are software applications that give you the experience of the actual GRE test taking environment. Hence the site forms an important part of your preparation for the GRE.

You can plan your six months of preparation. Try and apply the funnel theory in a manner that you divide the time in modules. Funnel theory basically means keeping your study material and scope wide when you start off with your preparations.  Over the period of time you gradually narrow down on the best of the study material you have. The focus at the end of the six months should be only on a few good books. By the end of the preparation time you will be left with only what is necessary to refer.

Try to absorb as much as you can in the initial months of your preparation. Get your hands on the best of books on quantitative reasoning with a few sample papers.  Practice a test paper every day. Try and identify the topics in which you face maximum hurdles. This will help you to selectively focus on the problem areas and impart more time to get your concepts right. Always keep a blank paper for calculations while solving quantitative reasoning questions. Don’t put yourself on a habit of mere guessing or mental calculations. You may go wrong. The actual GRE test does not give you the liberty of going back to a question once you have attempted it. A mere guessing or mental calculation may cost you the whole test. It is also fatal because the first seven questions are also the most scoring ones. So you need to be cautious.

By performing the calculations for each question you tend to develop speed as you are sure of your answers. This also has a psychological effect on your mind, as you know you have to spare time for calculations. Hence, you will speed up your actions on your own. As you move ahead you should also try to switch to various difficulty levels. You can move from less trickier questions to the more difficult ones over the time.

During the same time period, you have to give equal attention to the verbal reasoning and analytical writing as well. As you go through the books you bought for this section, you must have knowledge of the environment around you. You must keep track of the events of recent economic, social, political and cultural importance around the world. Even if you get only one newspaper at your home, you can read articles, blogs and editorials on various news websites to give your thoughts an edge while you write your essays. Keep bulleted notes of important events and their repercussions for essay writing. This will help you to be specific in what you write and the flow of thoughts will be much clearer.Reading more will also help you in getting a better grasp of the information thus helping you in comprehension passages.

Besides referring to the famous ‘Barron's How to Prepare for the GRE: Graduate Record Examination’, you can go through various online dictionaries for new words, their meaning, antonyms, synonyms and phrases. To better your vocabulary and word power, you can also develop interest by just randomly going through the dictionary lying in your cupboard. If you develop this interest, it can be the best way to spend quality time when you are relatively free.

Even as you do this try and attempt one verbal reasoning and analytical writing paper every day. Practice in verbal reasoning and analytical writing paper will only help you develop speed and it is the only way to hone your skills to grasp the topic quickly and start working on it.

For two months you can follow this process. Start narrowing down the scope of your study material from the third month. Too much of information lying around you, till the time you give your exams, may leave you more confused. By the end of second month you will be able to gauge what all books you have to focus on, as you go ahead with your preparations for the GRE. As suggested, start applying the funnel theory from the third month of your preparation.

You can tailor down your study material to specific books by the time you approach to the third month of your GRE test preparation.  You can continue taking up the practice test papers every day. For those who are from engineering background, quantitative reasoning will be easier than the verbal reasoning and analytical writing sections. So if you are from engineering background you need to take that extra leap to brush up your language. The third month also happens to be the time when you can concentrate on the weaker areas. This applies to those who have weaker mathematics than the science/engineering/management graduates.

In the last two months of your preparation you need to heavily focus on the practice test papers. If you want more of test papers you can download them through various websites and forums which specifically focus on GRE test preparation. As you approach closer to your GRE Test avoid taking too much stress. During the last month just narrow down your focus area to the test papers only. This will help you pick up speed.

Sharing your ideas and discussing problems online through various student forums and among your peers is also healthy. You can take all the good inputs from such discussions and apply them as solutions to the problems you face. Keep practicing. Practice is the key to crack the GRE test.

Lastly, avoid taking too much stress just a day before the test. Mugging up too much on the last day won’t help it will only make you more confused. If you are well prepared on time, you need not to hurry up at the last moment. You will be confident enough to take a major leap ahead in your career. 

GRE PREPARATION THROUGH INTERNET

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Now that you decided to appear for the Graduate record Exam (GRE), the next big thought in your mind would be on how to prepare yourself for the exam. Even though there are several guiding and training centres which impart coaching to appear and crack the GRE, it does not necessarily mean that it is the only option available.

One can very well rely on Internet these days for the GRE preparation. Internet has completely revolutionalised the learning process in the education industry, especially the test preparation vertical. The options are wide. As an aspirant you are at the liberty of having several platforms which offer you loads of preparation material, online tests, guiding tips and information related to the structure of the GRE.

A simple search on Internet with keywords such as GRE preparation, GRE online tests, GRE course, GRE study material, GRE online practice, GRE syllabus etc, will lead you to a sea of information. But as you browse through the wide spectrum of knowledge available on Internet it may, well, be very confusing. That is where it becomes important for you to chalk out a plan for online preparation. Identify the structure of the GRE test.

Look for the various sections which form part of the actual test paper. You can get a fair amount of idea on this by searching for the latest GRE question paper on the Internet. The basic sections in a GRE question paper comprise of quantitative analysis, verbal reasoning and analytical writing.

As a student preparing for the GRE exam, you must keep a tab on the official website of GRE managed by the Educational Testing Society (ETS). The reason why you need to keep yourself in tandem with this site is because being the official web page it offers the latest study material, online test papers and recent notifications for any changes in the format or in the syllabus of the GRE. Some of the test papers, online preparation tools and softwares available on the official page are paid services while some are for free usage. It is the student’s mandate to choose from the option of paid and free course material.

Besides the official page, the web market is loaded with a number of websites, discussion forums, blogs and articles which would give you all the information required to equip yourself for the crucial GRE.

Try to keep your search specific. Look for quantitative analysis and skill set question banks, verbal reasoning test papers, practice papers for analytical writing and sample question papers of the revised GRE tests. In spite of randomly searching through various sites and pages, identify a few good websites which would cover the above topics and bookmark them on your priority list so that you don’t lose track of these websites.

Some of these websites offer paid preparation material depending on the modules they have been designed on. But that does not mean only such websites offer comprehensive study material. There are many other sites which offer revised and updated preparation material for free reference and download which are equally competitive.

These days relevant study material is categorized under various sections for your easy access and understanding. Sections can be divided on the basis of the syllabus for the GRE. Focus of such websites is majorly on quantitative analysis which basically includes fundamental mathematics. The topics may include geometry, integration and differentiation, trigonometry, algebra and probability. While these topics are simple, for the test of the level and aptitude of GRE, their difficulty level may vary.

While making Internet your tool for preparation, look for online test papers which have various difficulty levels and are time bound. This helps you keep control on time, test your abilities and learn how much more preparedness you need to attempt the quantitative analysis section. Such test papers are available online.

Verbal and analytical writing also forms an important part of your preparation. There are many sites which offer you loads of study material on this. The essays and articles available on these websites help you improve your verbal and analytical writing skills. You need not to restrict yourself to these websites and follow a specific structure to brush up your verbal and writing skills.

Besides the essay topics available on such websites you can browse through a number of topics. Read various subjects which are of importance with respect to the socio-economic changes taking place around the world. The topics can vary from the economic downturn to the climate change, from anti-terrorism initiatives to the Islamist Jihad, from science and technology to culture and arts.

The Internet is full of reading material on these and many other topics of current affairs which matter to the world. The idea is to browse through various current affairs and news websites, blogs of leading writers and authors to keep yourself sensitive to the environment around you. You must keep yourself informed. This will give you a food for thought on various happenings around the world and will help you in the analytical writing section of the GRE.

To improve your verbal skills and vocabulary, you may search through various ‘online dictionaries’, ‘thesauruses’ and ‘word banks’. This will help you to gain knowledge about new words, their meanings, correct usages, antonyms, synonyms and phrases.

The usage of the new words you learn is very important as same word can be used in different context. There are numerous word web quizzes and games through which you can easily memorise antonym, synonyms, phrases and sentence formation. This will improve your vocabulary.

The analytical writing and verbal reasoning practice sections are part of the test papers available online. Hence you can take one practice paper every day and test your verbal and analytical writing skills by taking up these sections. The practice paper thus solved can be evaluated online from the same website you downloaded it from. Some online tests need not to be downloaded and can be done in real time giving you the same environment of appearing an actual GRE test.

Some GRE preparation websites also have RSS feeds giving you latest updates on the articles, test papers, study material, according to the specific sections. You can subscribe these RSS feeds by registering key words mentioned above, to receive these updates in your mail every day. This will avoid the clutter of information available on several sites and you will be able to focus on topics which you want to prepare.

Besides practice papers, there are a number of discussion forums, blogs and pages dedicated to the preparation inputs, common problem faced by the students preparing for the test and tips to take the GRE.

Internet is one platform which gives you the advantage of social interaction. It happens to be one place where students, teachers, trainers, GRE training institute representatives and experts come on the same board. They hear the problems that you face and give practical solutions to these problems. There are other forums as well where you get inputs from former GRE takers and from those students who are appearing for the test with you.

You may find that many a problems you face during the preparation are also experienced by your fellow GRE takers. Reading and participating in such forums gets you to open up your mind to new ideas and tips. This also helps you to get rid of a panic-stricken situation that you are not the only one who faces the same issues.

The technology has advanced to the extent that Internet is available anywhere anytime. GRE preparation through Internet gives you the flexibility and feasibility of preparation according to your time constraints and even when you are travelling. The platform gives you maximum information without demanding many resources. Given these facts it is up to you as to how you follow your plan of action. The preparation has to be consistent in a manner that you devote time and browse through Internet to collect material on every section. Any website cannot sail you through the GRE test single-handedly. You have to absorb the best of everything what is available online. Even if you prepare for GRE through Internet, you have to devote time for practicing what you collect online. Practice well and success will come to on your own.