Article: It's important to show up with clean, well-brushed hair so you look as put-together as possible. Your hair should be dry and you should avoid any excessive hair products. Have a fresh haircut. If your hair is too long or limp-looking, you may appear sloppy or unprofessional. Men should shave off all facial hair. Have a subtle 'do. Men should avoid spiking their hair or gelling it in a distracting manner, and women should avoid loud hair-clips or other hair accessories and wear their hair down. Before your interview, check your shoulders for dandruff, especially if you're wearing a dark color. Your employers will notice your hands as soon as you give them that first handshake, so you should have job-ready fingernails at all times. The way you take care of your nails can show your employers whether or not you pay keen attention to detail. Check under your fingernails to avoid dirt. Women should manicure their nails. They can be clear or a subtle shade of pink, but loud colors should be avoided. Men should trim their nails so they have nice, even edges.
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Pay attention to your hair. Have clean nails.
Article: Evening primrose "thrives on neglect," so it's fairly hard to lose it for lack of nurture. The real problem is keeping it under control, because it self-seeds so readily. Be prepared to clean up any spread regularly. You will need to do very little maintenance once the plant has acclimated to its permanent location. Evening primrose plants can spread quite wildly if they are not managed. Once your plant is done flowering and the blooms have faded each season, you'll want to prune them. Just snap off the flower stems and discard them. Doing this will prevent the seeds from ripening and spreading. It will also help your plant remain strong and sturdy while it is maturing and growing. If you want your evening primrose to spread, be sure to leave the buds intact. If you mow your lawn where the plants are growing, remember to raise the height of the blade so that the buds won't be chopped off. If you have potted plants in your yard, keep them away from your evening primrose. It's all too easy for evening primrose to spread into other potted plants and begin growing there. This could be problematic because it could crowd the existing plants, or overtake their root systems in the pot.
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Let it grow. Prune the buds. Keep it away from other potted plants.
Article: This is useful for two reasons: A) You'll be less nervous when the actual test rolls around (which can be rather detrimental to your grade) and B) you'll do better. A recent study at UC Berkeley showed that students who were tested on information they just learned actually did better than those who were asked to document what they were learning. So write up a pre-test and have your friend do the same! Then you can grade it for each other and reap the benefits. And if you can get your study group in on it, all the better. The more real it feels, the more prepared you'll feel and be when test day arrives. This is good for the exact same two reasons as stated in the previous step. You want to be as calm and relaxed as possible, and reviewing right before the test will do that. What's more, you'll retain the information (remember how the brain is clearer right when you wake up?). So on your way to class, whip out those flashcards for the last time. Only hit up the simple stuff (only revise simple concepts). Trying to wrap your brain around the large, difficult concepts when you have ten minutes on your walk won't do you any favors. You'll end up psyching yourself out -- the opposite effect of what you want! Just prime your brain for the content. Some people go so far as to meditate before class. Yoga helps, too! Anything that relaxes your breathing and gets you in the zone will be helpful. What would get you in the right place? Consider listening to classical music. Though it doesn't make you smarter like some people (used to) believe, it can improve your memory. If you want to get super specific, listen to music that's 60 BPM. That's when the benefits will be highest. Natural background noise generators that let you play rain, wind, water or a calm fire crackling have the same beneficial effect and help you getting in the zone. If you're running, running, running, you'll be stressed out, even if you know your stuff. Show up early, get out your materials, ask a friend questions (and have them do the same), slip in some gum, and settle in. It's time to rock this bad boy. An easy way to get stressed out and lose your cool is to focus on questions you don't know the answers to. You start worrying about the clock and thinking about how you didn't study enough. Don't fall into the trap -- move on to what you do know. Then you can hit the hard stuff dead on. The more time you spend on a question, the more time you risk second guessing yourself. You want to trust your intuitions. You worked hard! Never doubt yourself.Ensure that you revisit your work afterwards
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Take a pre-test. Review that morning -- if it calms your nerves. Get in the zone before class. Show up early. Do the easy questions first.