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"Loose cattle, rather, one large bull, in the road on Highway 71E. If you are traveling towards Bastrop and are anywhere in the vicinity of the Hog Wild Bar & Grill, be on the lookout for a few hundred pounds of pot roast on the hoof in the median."
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"I am so small I can barely be seen.
How can this great love be inside me?
Look at your eyes, they are small,
But they see enormous things."
We thought we were seeing oasis villages not too far off into the distance. Imagining tiny villagers scurrying about their busy day, preparing a delicious hot dinner for our arrival. Snapping out of our daydreams, Ayman, our Western Desert guide who is from an actual oasis called Bahariya, insisted that there were no other souls in the desert. Except us six and the night creatures that would soon make their places known and share our beds that evening (and yes, a fox decided to rub heads with Aneesa and I leaving behind its footprints in the morning sand).
As we drove further on, we realized he was right. There was nothing there. Just an endless expanse of sandy desert and unearthly rock formations that have seen millions of years of evolution unfold. Not a soul in sight, nor a single breath of wind, just stillness. An emptiness filled the air as we watched the glamorous sun slowly blossom then fade away giving permission for the moon to finally radiate its being, strong and bright. At this moment, drawn to the beauty of transition and change, did we see enormous things.


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There are few things as sweet as a New England summer at the beach.
...wake up when it feels right.
Walk the dog on the beach, in pj bottoms, bikini top, coffee in hand, sunglasses on, greeting others doing the same.
Return home to complete the swimsuit and wash your face, grab some fruit.
Swim, maybe paddle.
Read some, but fall into naps often, let's be honest.
Eat ice cream or drink a beer.
Friends just show up, because they know they really can, and we all know we really love the place.
Make sure you always know the tide, are in, on or near the water, rarely go inland.
Walk and bike everywhere, drive only when absolutely necessary.
Go barefoot, never use a leash with the dog, always use a leash with your boards.
Watch the sun go down, the way the sea behaves at twilight, infinitely different each night.
See the stars come out and wind up.
Sneak down for a night swim when you like


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The decision to bring a child into the world is one that most of us probably don't want to take lightly.
In the best cases, anyone looking to have a child has planned for it, knows when the child is coming and has all the resources to take care of it when it arrives. This is all leaving aside the health of the baby when it's born, of course! Still, there are plenty of cases when parents are put in a situation where they have to raise a baby they might not have been ready for.
But not all of these stories are as straightforward as others.
It all started on September 2nd, 1955.
Though Dave Hickman now lives in Tennessee, in 1955 he was in the middle of Southern Indiana, hunting with his grandfather. Although it began like any other day, Hickman soon noticed something unusual on the outing. "I kept hearing a very odd sound. It wasn't the sound of a baby crying, it was more a soft cooing sound." Shortly after that, Hickman decided to climb a fence to see where the sound was coming from.
When he peeked over, down in the grass he saw a little baby—and she wasn't in the best condition.
From all appearances, the baby had been abandoned in the grass by parents who didn't want her or couldn't care for her.
"She was soaking wet and her lips were blue," Hickman said. "She was wrapped in a towel." Shortly afterwards, Hickman and his grandfather called the local authorities to help get the baby all the care she needed to get back to full health. After the doctors restored her back to full health, she was given the name Roseann Wayne. Because of the connection that she shared with Hickman, the hospital even gave him special time to say goodbye.
Although the story happened 58 years ago, Hickman never forgot the face of the little girl in the woods that day.
After they parted ways, Hickman grew up, became a man and thought about trying to track down the little girl.
Though he tried for a long time to find any source of her, all his efforts came up short. Though he was on the verge of giving up, Hickman decided to give it one last shot. He reached out to John Catey, the retired sheriff of Wayne County in Indiana, to help him out with his search. With Catey on the case, the search sped up significantly—and found a promising lead in just two weeks.
After a short phone call, Hickman had a phone number and a name to write down.
The name Hickman got was Mary Allen Suey—and as it turns out, she was the baby he'd found so many years ago.
Suey had been adopted so many years before by a loving couple, she'd been told her origin story and always wondered who the teenage boy was who had rescued her so many years ago. After Hickman discovered her identity, he called her right away. Still, it was hard to contain his emotions even over the phone. "I said, 'My name is Dave Hickman,' he said. "And then I lost it."
Eventually, the two got together in person—reuniting after a staggering 58 years apart.
Even though Suey and Hickman had never really known each other, they still shared a kinship when they met each other. "It's kind of like Dave's a big brother I never knew I had," Suey said. For his part, Hickman still can't get past that initial day, finding Suey laying defenseless and wounded in the woods. "I see that image of her laying in the weeds and me standing on top of the fence every day of my life," he said. "At least now I know there's a happy ending."
Despite everything, Suey says that she's not upset at her biological parents—though she's happy that she and Hickman finally got together.
While the details of this story are absolutely incredible, it still serves as a reminder of the power of family. Even though Hickman and Suey aren't actually related, the two of them are as close as any two people could be. Because of Hickman's chance discovery that one day in the woods, Suey's life was saved and the two of them would never be the same. It also reminds us all just how much we have to be grateful for.
Above all, congratulations to Suey and Hickman for finally reuniting after so many years!
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Improving your mental health
I am a firm believer that the mental health of a person is just as important as their physical health. I guess I believe this so strongly because I have seen the affects of someone not caring about the state of their mental health. By mental health I am not referring to the serious mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, or any of the other very serious issues people often face.
By mental health I'm simply referring to the state of our minds and the ways that our thinking affects our lives. I'm talking about caring for our minds in the same ways that we care for our physical bodies. One of the biggest ways to promote mental health is to take rest. Just like our physical bodies need sleep in order to be restored with energy, so our minds need time to just relax and reflect upon life and regain perspective. You can rest your mind in a variety of ways, it is simply important that you take the time to rest. For one person, guarding their mental health may mean setting aside time each day to meditate or reflect upon the good things in life. For another, mental health might be best maintained by reading a good book, writing in a journal, or listening to soothing music. And still another person may need to get outside and exercise in order to refresh their health mentally.
Learn yourself. Know the things that stress you out and know how to relax and refresh yourself as well. The state of your mind is much too important to be ignored, so do whatever it takes to keep your mind at rest and at peace. I guarentee that ignoring problems will only numb your mind for a little while at best. As the stresses of life have increased in the past few years, I have learned that one of the main things I need in order to guard my mental health is time alone. No matter what my schedule looks like each day, I always block out at least twenty minutes just to be alone. During that time I do a variety of things that help renew my perspective and keep me on track. Somedays I go for a brisk walk and other days I sit in a coffeeshop with a latte and a newspaper. The important thing is not so much what I do, but simply that I take time to be alone and recharge my mental health.
Take time starting today to guard the state of your mental health. Take time to enjoy the small things in life and to remember all there is to be grateful for.
How do you recharge your mind?
4 easy health and fitness tips
The US has seen an enormous increase in the mumber of people considered obese by the medical community. In fact many call it an obesity epidemic. To combat this we find all sorts of pharamceutical companies selling the "quick fix" pills, powders, and lotions that do nothing to actually help people take the fat off and keep it off.
Of course the same could be said of the diet industry as well. There are so many different diets going around now you could pick one a month and in a years time still have more to choose from.
What is truely needed are some sensible proven weight loss tips that people can implement no matter what their present physical condition is. That said let's dive right in.
#1 Drink more water. All too often Americans are borderline dehydrated and so their bodies are working on the water starvation reflex and not flushing the toxins and junk out.
#2 Eat more often. I bet you thought I was going to say eat less. While it is true that to lose weight you need to eat less calories than you expend...you need to eat more often to get the metabolic furnace stoked up and burning right. Get it out of starvation mode. So start the day off with breakfast. Even an instant breakfast drink and a piece of fruit as we head out the door in the morning.
#3 Move more. Depending on your physical condition you need to be moving more. Use the stairs rather than the elevator, park farther out from the office or the store, go for a walk around the block, go dancing, play with your kids. Make it fun. Running is not the only way to burn more calories.
#4 Finally, determine your "Why". Decide why you want to discard fat. Make your reason big enough to motivate you through the slumps that invariably happen.
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I can say, out of respect to the thousands of peers surrounding me, that we've survived. Us, whom chose to stand up and arise from different rooftops to scream from the top of our longues that we're alive.
It's nothing to be alive, it's everything to feel alive. I didn't understand that until I reached adulthood.
I thought feeling alive was somehow linked to how many parties you crashed, how much money you make, how many beers you can drink or how many people have seen you naked to the fullest extent. But it's none of those things.
Life teaches us that once you have the most respect for yourself, you won't desert or try to desert how you feel or who you feel you are, inside. When I turned eighteen, everything needed to be fast.
Pills, parties, needed to last until the next one came. Boys, girls, needed to be a physical representation of a ghost. I didn't need to see or hear them unless I called on them.
Fitting in, always was my biggest flaw. I've learned not to try, to proof who I am. I'd rather let my personality speak for itself.
In the highest of battles I might not win, but I keep reminding myself that even when I do, it's about going not about getting there. I've been speaking to a lot of artists, some up and coming, some already at a certain goal they've set for themselves.
Yet all of them tell me that they're unhappy. Writers, poets, singers, rappers, dancers, all equally unhappy. When I asked them why, they asked me where I get the most inspiration to do something different and then I realized it. My pain, is my muse.
The thing they've got in common, although some less then others. Is that they rather be a rainbow than just some shade of grey.
Proving to me that life has brought me to a point where I can choose to either follow the path others have paved for me or to form something entirely new.
I might not be the brightest shining star at the moment, but that itself is outrageous to ask from someone who has always dimmed his light so others could shine. I might need some time to heal, but then again don't we all? Life is weird because at some point in time you're living.
Just letting everything slowly pass you by and the next it's faster than ever, you feel alive. New, loved.
We are, stronger from every scar. Brighter than any star. Hollow moments might come in which we rejoice that at some point the good will follow.
We, eventually, can't bow down to darkness. Because the toughest and darkest we had to face, was our own.
Living most of my days from an outcast perspective, I understand how you might feel. Sitting in the front row because you want someone to notice your intelligence. Sitting in the back row because you're lost in your world of writing and drawing. I've talked a lot about fear these last few weeks, because I felt like September was a month you were still allowed to be afraid. The world changes around us so much at that moment. But we've all risen above that. We've all surpassed that point of being sorry for ourselves.
It's time we stand up and do what we're supposed to do. Instead of what the world wants us to do.
Believe in yourself.
Caffiene in green tea
Caffeine in Green Tea
How true is it that one disadvantage of green tea is insomnia because of its caffeine content? You may put it as a "disadvantage" but people who works on a night shift will disagree. True, green tea contains caffeine but compared to coffee and other tea, it has a lesser level but has a very incredible amount of antioxidants.
What is caffeine?
It is a kind of drug that acts as a stimuli that basically stimulates the central nervous system and the heart. A person having caffeine in his system can instantly increase his blood pressure but not having any evidence of definitive long-term effects in the blood pressure itself. Long term increase of blood pressure are still taking excessive amounts of green tea.
Caffeine content in green tea stays unless it is decaffeinated. According to studies, green tea is more likely to be higher than coffee but with preparation, a person can greatly reduce the caffeine that the body takes in. how? Through the infusion length of hot water and how many times you have used the leaves.
Surprisingly, caffeine in green tea is more beneficial than the caffeine taken from coffee. It works through the body in a slighter difference than coffee. Aside from caffeine, green tea has other constituents that work perfectly with caffeine namely vitamins, oils and tannin.
Caffeine difference
As mentioned, compared to coffee, the caffeine content in green tea can have a different approach in the human body. By its own substance, it doesn't have to trigger increase heart rate and blood pressure unlike what caffeine can instantly do. Typically, green tea is more applicable to drink for those who wanted to lose weight but are caffeine sensitive.
Lose weight with caffeine
Base on studies, caffeine has the capacity to increase metabolism inside the body which results to helping out the body in burning excess calories. Caffeine content in green tea is undoubtedly more prominent than other beverages but you can lessen it based on the kind of green tea that you have chosen to drink. Contrary to what other people know, oxidation doesn't have the capacity to raise the caffeine content in the body. Truth is, some studies were made and is found out that the longer the oxidation is, the lower the content of caffeine will be present.
Green tea without caffeine
For medicinal purposes, green tea is sometimes made caffeine free. Green tea that is decaffeinated has a more pleasant taste and has an impressive antioxidant activity. It is very effective in the prevention and even treatment of cancer, decreasing cholesterol levels, collagen formation, decreasing triglyceride levels and preventing arteriosclerosis.
Therefore, with caffeine present in green tea, it can decrease the metabolic processes going significantly inside our body but not having any effect on blood pressure and heart rate.
Caffeine content
Compared to the caffeine found in black tea, green tea is only composed by the half of it. And compared to coffee, green tea only has quarter amounts thus, making it the perfect beverage you can include in your meals. But there are precautions that should be followed. One which is the moderate amount of green tea that should be consumed within a day. It should only be at least 4 cups. More than that will generate negative reactions that is felt inside the body.
6 powerful tips to help you sleep
Many People are having difficulties falling asleep at night. Instead of sleeping and dreaming they roll around in their beds trying to fall asleep. The result usually is people not rested enough in the morning and tired all day. This results in stress and less performance on the job or at home. I have developed a list of 6 powerful tips that have helped me to achieve better sleep.
1) Room temperature: Keeping the temperature in your bedroom at 70 degrees Fahrenheit or below is recommended. Too often an overheated bedroom is causing sleep problems. Scientific studies show that the body can better relax with temperatures at 70 degrees or slightly below.
2) Reduce caffeine. A recent study showed that caffeine is not metabolized efficiently and fast enough at night. The effects of caffeine last much longer than most people expect. The result is difficulty falling asleep. Studies have shown better sleeping patterns if no more caffeine is consumed after 6.00 PM.
3) Avoid alcohol. Alcohol will keeps the body from reaching the deeper stages of sleep, where the body does most of its healing and resting. The result of drinking can be a very light sleep or difficulty falling asleep in general.
4) Beds are for sleeping. If you are used to watch TV in bed or even work while being in bed, you may find it much harder to relax and to fall asleep. Remove the TV and do not work in bed. Sleep requires your brain to slowly shutdown and any distraction will cause sleeping problems.
5) Go to bed at around the same time every day. Don't change your bedtime back and forth. Having a certain schedule developed it will be easier to fall asleep pretty much at the same time every day. A recurring schedule will help your body to get into a sleep pattern and make it easier to fall asleep.
6) Remove the alarm clock from your view. Starring at the time will only create the feeling that you have to sleep, but you are not. These worries will make things even worse. Losing the feeling for time by not seeing the actual and how long you have been awake has shown to improve healthy sleep.
What helps you sleep?
Why do people snore?
Everything from special pillows to nose strips and even surgery are said to cure snoring, but what really works? And, more importantly, why do people snore?
This is the million dollar question on the minds of sufferers worldwide. With so many things promising to cure this nighttime nuisance, it is difficult to know which product will help sufferers stop snoring and which ones are simply a hoax.
One of the main reasons why people snow is said to be obesity. The excess fatty tissue found in the throat can make it difficult to breath by blocking air passages during sleep, which is said to be a leading reason why people snore.
In fact, various throat problems are said to be among the most commonly accepted reasons why people snore, including an irregular uvula. The uvula is the small skin that dangles in the back of the mouth and is easily visible. At night, it often rests in the back of the throat and causes restricted breathing. When this happens, the individual is said to begin snoring because of the restriction.
If enlarged, tonsils are also thought to be among the reasons why people snore. Basically, anything that causes air passages to be blocked may lead to snoring. Allergies, colds, sinus infections and other similar problems often cause the nasal passages to become blocked and snoring often results.
The aging process is inevitable and with age often comes new problems. Studies show that snoring is more common with age because the skin in the throat begins to lose it's elasticity, along with the skin on other parts of the body. Another common reason why people snore is the fact that many individuals sleep on their back.
It is believed that those who sleep on their back tend to snore more than individuals who are side or stomach sleepers. The reason being that, by sleeping on their back, individuals allow the fatty tissue and other parts of the throat to rest in the back of the throat and block air passages.
In addition to these common reasons why people snore, there may also be a more serious problem present and snoring may be just a warning sign.
People who suffer from sleep apnea are at a higher risk for developing major health problems, including those relating to the heart, circulation and more. Snoring may or may not be as simple as allergies or sleeping on the back instead of the side, but it may also be an indication that a medical condition is developing.
This article is intended for informational purposes only. It should not be used as, or in place of, professional medical advice. Before beginning any treatment for snoring, please consult a doctor for a proper diagnosis and remedy.
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workout from home
We know that using free weights and machines is the fastest and most efficient way there is to improve your metabolism and strength, but for many reasons these may not be convenient or readily accessible to you.
You may also have no access to a commercial gym, home gym or are on business trip, but there can be a solution, a strength-training workout without the need of expensive machines.
As with any exercise, whether you are using your own body weight, machines or free weights, if the resistance doesn't increase, your muscles won't be worked to their maximum capacity and the stimulus these fibres need to grow will be missing.
Exercises done correctly will build the lean muscle and increase your metabolism in the same way as performing exercises at a gym, but without the time constraints and associated costs.
These exercises can be easily done in a bedroom, hotel room, a park, school yard, ceiling rafters in a garage or in a doorway and all you have to do is use your imagination. There will always be a way to add more resistance to your workouts.
Please remember: It doesn't matter where you are working out — at home, a hotel, or a park — always warm up properly before beginning your session, and cool down and stretch when you are finished.
Leg Exercises
Squats -
They build muscle in the thighs, shape the buttocks and improve endurance. Position your feet about 13 to 17 inches apart or at shoulder width, keeping the back straight and your head up. If you want you can use something that will give you some support, i.e. a desk, bookcase, sink etc.
Now squat down to where the tops of the thighs are parallel to the floor, hold for a second and then stand up, but don't bounce at the bottom of the movement, use a nice fluid motion. Always exhale your breath as you stand up.
Lunges –
Stand straight in correct posture; now stand with one leg forward and one leg back. Keeping your abdominal muscles tight and chest up, lower your upper body down, bending your leg (don't step out too far).
You should have about one to two feet between your feet at this stage, the further forward you step, and the more your gluteus and hamstring muscles will have to work.
Do not allow your knee to go forward beyond your toes as you come down and stop where your feel comfortable (try not to let your back come forward) then push directly back up. Do all your reps on one leg then switch legs and do all your reps on the other leg.
Back Exercises
Chin-ups -
Chin-ups are a great upper body workout, particularly targeting your biceps, deltoid and lat muscles. Use a doorway chin-up bar, ceiling rafters in a garage or grab the moulding of your door frame, position your hands with an under hand grip and hang down stretching the lats, slowly raise your body until your chin reaches the bar level.
Pause a moment before slowly lowering yourself back to the starting position. Don't swing or use momentum to get your body to the top, just use the target muscles. Doorway chinning bars remove from the doorway when you are not using them and can be put up and taken down in seconds.
Bent Over Row -
Take up a position with your right hand and right knee braced on a sturdy bed or some other flat surface that will provide a good support. Now pick up a dumbbell or something heavy that you can hold onto with your left hand.
Visualize your arms as hooks and slowly bring the dumbbell or object up to the side of your chest, keeping your back straight, then lower the weight back down to arms length, no lower, on extremes, safe form only please. Concentrate on your back muscles. Reverse the whole procedure and do the exercise now with your right arm.
Chest Exercises
Push-Up -
The push up is used for building chest, shoulders and arms. Lie face down on the floor with your hands about shoulder width apart and keeping your palms turned slightly inward. Now push-up until your arms are straight, lower and repeat for repetitions.
To make it more difficult elevate your feet. Try placing the toes of your feet on a stable, elevated surface such as a bench, chair or a stair. Straightening your body, position your hands on the floor at shoulder width, lower your body until your chest touches the floor at the bottom, and then return to the starting position in a nice fluid motion.
Dips -
This exercise can be done between two sturdy chairs or other surfaces that provide stability. The dip is another great upper body exercise. It's a compound movement as well and involves working all the muscles that the push up works.
Keep your head up and body as vertical as possible. For the beginning of the movement, start at the top (arms fully extended) and lower yourself until your upper arms are parallel to the seat of the chairs, hold and then push up to the top of the movement until your arms are fully extended again. Keep looking straight ahead and don't bounce at the bottom of the movement.
Adding Weight
Although the simple weight of your own body is enough resistance to provide an effective workout we need progressive overload (added resistance) to become stronger.
So all we need to do is add some weight wherever we can find some. Because there are no metal plates and fancy machines to use it doesn't matter because the body doesn't care where it is as long as it's receiving resistance of some kind.
You can use heavy books clasped in your hands. You can buy some cheap weighted dumbbells or ankle weights. A weighted vest will also allow you to add resistance for both chin-ups and push-ups. Try to buy one that will let you remove and add weight as you see fit. Also a backpack filled with books can be perfect for most of the exercises and is a cheap alternative.
How about a couple of buckets and fill them with a certain level of water? As you get stronger fill them with more water. This is perfect because depending on the exercise, all you need to do is to increase or decrease the amount of water in the buckets for the required amount of resistance.
To wrap things up…
We know that using free weights and machines are the fastest and most efficient way there is to gain lean muscle and strength, but by performing the exercises in this article you'll find that they will provide you with the same benefits as going to a gym but without the ongoing costs and time constraints.
7 tips to manage your time
Life is short, so it makes sense that one of the most common problems that we face each and every day is time management. we live our lives surrounded by constant distractions that leads us off course from what really matters. Here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your productive day.
1. Schedule time for interruptions. Plan time to be pulled away from what you're doing. Take, for instance, the concept of having "office hours." Isn't "office hours" another way of saying "planned interruptions?"
2. Take the first 30 minutes of every day to plan your day. Don't start your day until you complete your time plan. The most important time of your day is the time you schedule to schedule time.
3. Take five minutes before every call and task to decide what result you want to attain. This will help you know what success looks like before you start. And it will also slow time down. Take five minutes after each call and activity to determine whether your desired result was achieved. If not, what was missing? How do you put what's missing in your next call or activity?
4. Put up a "do not disturb" sign when you really need to get work done so that know one will distract you.
5. Try an App. There are many mobile applications that help plan out your day and manage your precious time.
6. Block out other distractions like Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media unless you use these tools for your business.
7. Get an early start. we are more likely to procrastinate and get distracted in the evening so take some time to work on your most important task first thing in the morning.
Remember, there is always a way to get things done. If you do not have enough time in a day to get everything done then carry on to the next day.
Comment below if you liked this post and let me know how you manage your time!
The buzz around energy drinks
If you look at beverage-related news, you'll frequently see questions arising about the rising use of energy drinks, particularly by children and teenagers. Given that the energy drink market has increased by over 75 percent in the past year, and the non-energy carbonated drink market has actually declined for the first time in 20 years, it's clear that more and more people are consuming these beverages, which raises questions both for those who enjoy energy drinks and for parents of kids or teens who may be fans of Red Bull, Rockstar, Jolt, or one of many others.
As you likely know, energy drinks are typically a cocktail of sugars, caffeine, amino acids and herbal supplements such as ginseng and gurana. They aren't to be confused with something like Gatorade, which is intended as a fluid replacement and to help replenish an athlete's electrolytes. Energy drinks on the other hand are intended for a short-term burst of energy and alertness, the "caffeine rush" that has fuelled many programmers, truck drivers, and college students working late into the night or beyond their accustomed sleep schedule.
Some health professionals express concern at the fact that the effects of caffeine on young people are not as well known as its effects on adults, as well as the fact that clinical studies of some of the exotic ingredients such as ginseng, gurana, and taurine are sorely lacking. Others point out that their only major concern is that people recognize the potential of these drinks and make use of them in moderation – in fact, many of the manufacturers of these drinks indicate on their packaging that they are not intended as fluid replacements and that there is a maximum advisable consumption per day. However, the American Food and Drug Administration has given caffeine a GRAS (Generally Regarded as Safe) rating, and it does not specify a maximum allowable daily intake of these types of beverages.
The general consensus is that energy drinks are not health drinks, but that they pose no threat to a healthy adult when consumed in moderation. Since so little is known about caffeine's effects on children, the simple comparison is to coffee – 1-2 cups of coffee per day represent a caffeine intake no greater than that present 1-2 of most leading energy drinks – if you're concerned about your son or daughter's intake of energy drinks, examine the ingredients and ensure that they understand the type of beverage that they are drinking, but be sure to compare it to their (or your) present coffee intake in making any decisions.
Excessive caffeine intake is generally believed to be undesirable but clinical studies have shown effects ranging from no harm to demonstrable positive effects on circulation, metabolism, and mental alertness. As with any food or drink, it is most important for an individual to know their own body and their own limits. Energy drinks can be a perfectly healthy alternative to coffee or other caffeinated beverages, but it's very important to take care of your body and consume a proper diet – many energy drinks do feel magical, but the manufacturers agree that they are no substitute for proper exercise, rest and good nutrition.
The mind-body connection
Okay, so you made the decision to improve your health. You're taking your vitamins, you've given up smoking and junk food, and you've decided to buy a juicer to take advantage of the health benefits of juicing. All good things. And, according to the latest studies, these are all things that may help in cancer treatment and prevention, as well as the treatment and prevention of a host of other ailments, including heart disease, asthma, allergies and high blood pressure. But, don't overlook one important element in helping your body stay healthy. Your mind
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What are the dimensions of casino playing cards?
I have a job as a trainee in a casino and they said its ideal to practice at home.
I know i need 100% plastic cards like in the casino, but what is the size of offical playing cards in UK casinos?
I should of asked at work but forgot and im on a few days off now and I want to buy some before i go back.
Any suggestions of what type of shops in a city centre will sell them will be helpful.
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Each day, educators make decisions about how to structure student learning. But when it comes to reading practice, are we making the right decisions to maximize student growth?
To be truly effective, reading practice must be deliberate. In fact, K. Anders Ericsson, the leading authority on developing expertise, calls deliberate practice "the most powerful approach to learning that has yet been discovered." The challenge, as author Geoff Colvin remarks, is that deliberate practice "isn't what most of us do when we're 'practicing'".
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Our First "Adventure"…
Our blogging has been sporadic over the past four and a half weeks. We took the first two weeks to get settled in and get to know our teaching colleagues and the school. The next two weeks were spent with us just trying to survive this thing called teaching. I finally am able to plan for more than one day in advance. I'm up to a three day lead on my teaching, but as all teachers know things come up and things change so what you plan doesn't always happen as it should.
A blurry picture of my first day of school
I was being bombarded with beautiful flowers!
But this week has been better. Although we're still up until 9 or 9:30 working I seem to feel more on top of things. I know a bit more of what I'm supposed to be doing (I'm finding this to be a HUGE learning curve!!)
So yeah, teaching is getting "easier" (as in I can do this instead of I can't do this!) every day. Of course, life is always exciting, and even more so when you live in a developing country where you don't speak the language and you're still trying to figure out what's going on! So our most recent (perhaps only so far…) adventure happened last night. We were out with Megan and Jonny and Colin doing some grocery shopping at a fruit stand just outside of the grocery store/market. We had just stopped to pick up some (mini and delicious) nectarines after completing our grocery shopping trip. I had my backpack on my back – first mistake. Usually I carry it on my front, but we had just stopped for a minute and I must have been tired… Needless to say I was bumped into. When I lived in Korea people bumped into me like crazy. I would get so agitated when at the grocery store because people would drive their carts into my calves, or hip check me into a display. So, when I was lightly bumped here I was a bit upset, but didn't think much of it – second mistake. Jeff was standing behind me and asked me if I had my wallet. He noticed that my bag was (now) open and figured that perhaps that light bump had been a pick-pocket. I checked my bag, and my wallet was gone. (Mistake number three – I left my wallet at the top of my bag, dumb move on my part…) Jeff took off after the guy and caught up to him. He looked rather harmless (unlike the drug-addict pick pocket that we had a run in with in Zanzibar, but that's a story for another day!) and after repeated threats muttered by Jeff (he seems to get rather protective around me and my stuff) the guy handed over my wallet. I didn't have that much money in it, but I spent a long time looking for a wallet that I liked when I was in Korea (they were VERY few and far between!) and I would have been sad to have lost it. I had no cards in it and only about $30 cash, but it still kind of shook me up to know that I could be violated like that. One of our other friends here lost her whole bag (camera, wallet, emergency supply of tobasco sauce…) to a pick pocket. So this was my warning, my one freebie. From now on I have to keep my wits about me and make sure that I keep and eye on my stuff. Thankfully it ended (mostly) well.
Counting his money by the coveted Lazy Susie
The only thing that added to the mini-stress of the evening occurred after "the incident" when we stopped off for (delicious and cheap) Chinese food (it even had a lazy Susanne for Jonny!) for dinner. I pulled out my camera to take a picture of Jeff marking math tests at the dinner table and discovered that my screen was cracked. My (fairly) new (1.5 years old…) camera (my first digital camera) still works, but I can't change the settings and I can't view my pictures… I think that the cracking occurred when I set my bag down (the lentils and pesto sauce and replacement Tobasco sauce were heavy!!) My camera was at the bottom… alas.
Jeff hard at work marking tests before dinner arrived.
But, no one was hurt and a lesson was learned. And so begins our adventures in Ulaanbaatar!


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Bartolome Island:
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Española Island:
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Fernandina Island:
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Genovesa Island:
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Floreana Island:
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Isabela Island:
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North Seymour Island:
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Rabida Island:
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San Cristobal Island:
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Santa Cruz Island:
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Santiago Island:
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Sombrero Chino Island:
Featuring a primeval landscape of volcanic rubble and lava tubes. The "land" is made of a few adjacent craters and old, fragile pahoehoe lava flows. Vegetation is just starting to take hold, including colorful carpetweed plants. Enjoy a Zodiac ride and swim.
South Plaza Island:
At only 426 feet wide, South Plaza is one of the smallest islands in the archipelago. Look for yellow land iguanas as you walk through among a forest of prickly-pear cactus. Or enjoy a Zodiac ride watching for swallow-tailed gulls, red-billed tropicbirds and blue-footed boobies.
Disembark the ship and transfer to the airport. Fly to Guayaquil (not included), with time to relax at your included hotel—Hotel Oro Verde.
After breakfast, board independent flights home.
This itinerary is subject to change. ExpeditionTrips is not responsible for itinerary changes.
One pre-cruise and one post-cruise hotel night in Guayaquil; arrival/departure transfers if on the group flight; shipboard accommodations; kayaking; gear on loan (snorkeling gear, wetsuit); all meals onboard ship; soft drinks onboard ship. Subject to change without notice.
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International airfare; airfare to/from Galapagos Islands; Galapagos National Park entrance fee; Galapagos Transit Card; items of a personal nature such as alcoholic beverages; passport and visa expenses; travel insurance; gratuities to ship staff and crew are left to the discretion of the passenger; fuel surcharge may apply.
Airfare between Quito/Guayaquil and the Galapagos Islands:
The flights between mainland Ecuador (Quito or Guayaquil) and the Galapagos Islands are an additional cost. To secure your seats on often overbooked flights, ExpeditionTrips must reserve these flights for you at the time of cruise booking. Approximate cost (including service fee): $500-$700 per adult; $350-$450 per child under 12 (copy of passport required).
Photos: © International Expeditions
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Image courtesy of McKinsey & Company
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What's been the most effective intervention for developing leaders in your business or organisation?
What's the one thing that challenges your leadership teams the most?
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Date: 1-6-18
AO- Silverfox at Alderman Elementary
Pax: Busted Grill, Dino, Rx, Heisenberg, Niles, Snickers, Stiffler, Tom Sawyer, and Wreckit Ralph
Snowmageddon is still here. The roads are still terrible, and it is still COLD. YHC noted that the truck read 11 degrees. Hmmm…..Could we get more pax than degrees? Well, the answer is Nope – but we came close. At 0655 the pax started rolling in.
SSH IC x 50
Imperial walkers IC x 20
Shoulder press IC x 20
Copperhead squats IC x 20
The Thang-
The plan is to keep moving, and stay off of the ice, so we mosey to Fordham Rd where it is clear of ice (mostly). First block, we sprint 1/2 way, then backwards run to stop sign. Snickers goes down in a pothole. Rut Roah… a lot more running to come. He incredibly sucks it up.
At stop sign – Seal claps IC x 30
Karaoke to next block – Merkins IC x 15
High knees and butt kickers to next block – SSH IC x 50 (Niles finally joins us)
Mosey to next block – Invisible box jumps IC x 20
Mosey into Mall entrance over to Wells Fargo.
Find a partner for Dora – W
100 mule kicks on wall
200 shoulder taps
300 mogul jumps over drive thru curb.
Partners alternate running around bank.
Mosey back to big loop of mall. Mosey down center of road like we own it. Stop at each intersection, for a variation of Stack, staying the pax all together.
1st stop – 5 burpees
2nd stop- 5 burpees, 10 merkins.
3rd stop – 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 20 squats.
Rinse and repeat 3 times.
After looping mall, we are back to where we started. 5 more burpees.
Everyone runs back to flag OYO at 1 mile pace. If you get there first, come back to get the 6.
No time for Mary.
CoT – Look who is here! Busted Grill!! Prayers for Ballbearing's MIL and their family. Prayers for Wreckit Ralph's close friend dealing with cancer. It's cold so let's get to coffeeteria!
Mole Skin-
Coffeeteria for Silverfox has been moved to Crepes and More to support and visit with our F3 brother Crepe Face. This tradition will continue.
The typical rule for Silverfox is little running and not to leave the AO. YHC changed it up because it was COLD and the AO was covered in ice. Sorry BG – glad you found us for CoT and 2nd F. Niles arrived on time with our flag, then had to go home to get his car keys? Ask him to explain it to you. Snickers, the workout was planned to avoid injuries. Apparently more planning was required. Sorry brother. Way to push through. Rx, I enjoyed running to Wells Fargo loop with you. Strong work today. Heisenberg, you have been the one and only beast this week. Tclaps to you. Stiffler, I have been watching your work down at Screaming Eagle. Keep pushing and giving it away brother. Thanks for bringing your energy today. Tom Sawyer, you have become a regular. You post today, and you are hooked. I'm glad Les Nesman and I stayed on you. Wreckit Ralph, your attitude towards cold is contagious. I forgot all about the temps 5 minutes after seeing you. Thanks.
Pax, the warmth of the Iron sharpening Iron far exceeded the external temps today. It was an honor and a pleasure.
LETC out


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Constance Benally – Board Member
Constance has been designated a Master Teacher in Arizona by Governor Janet Napolitano. She has been teacher for 9 years and has taught in Sanders, Leupp, Tuba City, and Cameron – all schools within the Navajo Nation. Navajo herself, this is very important to her. She has earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Northern Arizona University. Her Master's is in Education and Counseling. Recently, she has presented at the National Indian Education Conference on the topic: "Teaching Outside the Box." She lives in Flagstaff and in her free time trains quarter horses with her husband, Jim.


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… & I don't mean on presidential candidates' wives. No, friends, for the past month or so, a bunch of writers played a huge cyber-game of tag with the hastag #DescribeYourWIPinThreeWords (WIP = work-in-progress).
I got drawn in by my beloved co-conspirator, Madelyn Rosenberg:
I've had a peek at Mad's "Friends Save Future" middle grade novel, and it's funny and thrilling and really quite lovely. I responded, of course, even though I've been so busy teaching that a work-in-progress is less "in progress" and more "in hiatus until July":
The fun part is seeing all the amazing stuff coming into the world. Here are some WIP's I'm joyfully anticipating:
And here's one that might be true of most manuscripts in the early stages of being:


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If you know me, chances are you've heard me go on about how much I love the new-last-season show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. I caught the first episode, and was immediately hooked. Created by star Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna, the musical-comedy is really funny- and the first season is on Netflix, so you can catch up. (Or you can watch a bunch of the music videos from the show here.) The theme song explains the show's premise nicely.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is also participating in an initiative to bring more balance to the director lineup for the show. TV shows often have a different director from episode to episode, but over 70% of those directors are white men. (Season 1 of CEG included Kenny Ortega, who directed the High School Musical movies, and Joanna Kerns, best known as the mom on Growing Pains.)
This article on Buzzfeed, "The Small Thing One Network Did to Hire Directors Who Aren't White Guys," explains how CBS is taking a very personal approach to getting more women and people and color into the director's chair. They set up a speed-dating style breakfast that paired 15 directors with CBS executives with the explicit goal of "diversifying the director lineup of CBS and CW shows." Participants received coaching from CBS's diversity department beforehand, and get ongoing support from the network:
" All of the participants shadow on CBS shows and receive support and feedback on their reels, how to pitch themselves, and what their websites should look like. They also receive ongoing sponsorship from CBS's diversity department: [Jeanne] Mau [who runs CBS's directing diversity initiative] and her colleagues will follow up with executives at CBS The CW, and other networks if any of their alumni or contacts seem right for a certain show. 'We serve as an in-house agency to some degree in terms of pitching our 'clients,' for lack of a better term,' Mau said."
The entertainment industry has received increased public and government scrutiny lately over its lack of diversity both in front of the camera and behind it. This program sounds really productive to me for few reasons. 1) It literally makes women and people of color visible to people at the highest levels by putting them face-to-face. I've heard that a common excuse is not knowing people outside the white, male mold, and this initiative negates that. 2) Participants develop the network that helps directors build careers. CBS keeps them in mind and helps them become known to people at their shows. 3) As more women and people of color become part of the mix of directors, or really, any field, their presence will become normal, and the idea of "what a director looks like" will become broader. I think (and hope) this will help create sustainable change.
Tiffany Smith-Anoa'i, the executive vice president of diversity, inclusion, and communications at CBS Entertainment sums up the end-goal of this initiative: "If I got a list back in the day, and there were 13 men on it, that looked normal. Now, what we say, there's no quota, there's no percentage -- I want a balanced list. We all know what the word 'balanced' means."


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We are with Cloudway for last 2 years. We had this last year and now again. Server: AWS medium 80GB app, 8GB Database allowance. Only 1 app. installed and its exact cloned copy. Site is Wordpress / Woocommerce. Nothing really heavy,1500 products, 20 visitors max at any time. Site loads pretty fast for most of times. Now suddenly massive slow down for last 2 days. Support says it must be some of the plugins. There was not any change done on website, apart from usual work regarding changing product prices etc. Im deactivating plugins like crazy trying to figure out what is causing this. Im doing tests and finding out that it takes over 18secs. to get the very first byte of data so clearly something is also wrong on server side not just our plugins. 2 days went by and now all is good, back to normal.
My question is: at what server settings / options are you yourself and how are you satisfied with service? I just find it weird that AWS medium server cannot handle 1 average Woocomerce with 20 visitors at any time. I understand that sometimes plugins can mess things up but if no changes are done for last 2-3 weeks nothing should have happen.
What is your experience with running Woocomerce on Clouways?


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Whole, half and emptying
history needs all its hollows,
pleasure and pain alike
in recesses where dust won't go.
Smooth pockets that make a second
heart for holding sun and silence,
all that fits past clasp and key.
Say the unwritten is unerasable,
not true, never having been
more than out of mind, a sound,
a hint or wish to know
how to cast a jigsaw of the sky.
In the columned quiet
of monuments, tombs and temples,
you wonder what was left unsaid
and why.


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Kite With Me
Friendly staff, nice music, good quality kitesurfing lessons :-)
56 m from hotel
68A Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Dear holiday makers, Sunny greetings from Bamboo Village! As one of the first and leading resorts in Muine, we have been serving tourists since 1998.A 4-star beach resort that brings serene lush tropical gardens, local architecture, indigenous culture and modern luxurious comforts to holiday makers. We look forward to the great pleasure to welcome you to a lay-back vacation by the beach. Sincerely yours, The Resort Management
Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa provides a tropical getaway on Phan Thiet Beach in Mui Ne. It boasts 2 swimming pools, on-site restaurant and a pampering spa. Free parking and WiFi are available.
A guide to great places nearby Bamboo Village Beach Resort & Spa
Friendly staff, nice music, good quality kitesurfing lessons :-)
56 m from hotel
68A Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Super view!! Delicious coffee!!
84 m from hotel
74 Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Эту стильную и удобную безрукавку можно найти в магазине notime2explain. Наш адрес: Nguyen Dinh Chieu street, 74 | Online store: notime2explain.com
90 m from hotel
Nguyen Dinh Chieu, 74
The best Negroni in Vietnam!!!
137 m from hotel
Good place!
295 m from hotel
Sunny beach
12 USD for a drop-in session. 9am and 5pm every day. Killer views and cute instructors!! ))
455 m from hotel
133А, Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Very hospitable place with friendly staff(even Vietnamese)!Goood Mexican cuisine!Passion mojito is excellent!Prices positively surprise!Обязательно посетите!Радушно и вкусно за умеренные деньги!
0.7 km from hotel
139 Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Peaceful environment with great services. It's the second time we came here and I definitely come back again!
0.8 km from hotel
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Mũi Né
Small but good service. Love the pool here...
0.9 km from hotel
Mui-Ne Beach
Obligatory for visiting
1 km from hotel
Nguyen Dinh Cheu 151
Лучшие инструкторы здесь...и не только инструкторы...
1.1 km from hotel
44 Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, Hàm Tiến
Good beach for swimming, sunbathing, playing beach games! Nice sea and sand, too.
1.3 km from hotel


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The Power of Not Knowing by Nicholas Wai
From http://www.downpour.com/i-don-t-know-1
After reading James Clear's blog last month on how to read more by reading just 20 pages per day every day, I was inspired to put this into action and kick started the new habit with Leah Hager Cohen's I Don't Know. At 114 pages it took me a week to finish, for which I am very happy about. Even more so, I took away something which is highly relevant to me as a professional coach.
What would that be, you might ask. Cohen explores one simple question: "Why are we so reluctant to admit our ignorance about something, when we actually don't know?" Using a few examples with explanations based on social and psychological research, she suggested that we were probably conditioned quite early on to behave like this. Imagine there was this little boy, probably at infant school, when a teacher asked a question to the class and he just answered "I don't know" because he genuinely didn't know! What came back was not a response that encourages or acknowledges his honesty, but more likely something like this: "How could you not know the answer to this simple question!!! I bet your younger sister will be able to give me the answer." From that single experience, what do you think would happen to this child, and to the others who didn't answer out loud but also didn't know the answer? He would probably feel embarrassed, may be even ashamed that he didn't know the answer to something even his little sister could answer, or even felt guilty that he hadn't studied harder.
From now on, even when being asked something that he would absolutely have no reason to know the answer to, he would be very reluctant to be the first to shout "I don't know". And for the others, out of fear of being subjected to the same fate, he or she might choose silence over honesty. As this boy becomes an adult and is now working in an organization, he may still react similarly
- in situations where he is facing someone in power and authority, or
- if he is the power and authority, because he thinks he have to maintain an image of know it all (though always in fear of being "found out"), or
- because he just wants to spare the feelings of others (especially family members or close friends) or
- to simply avoid conflict when he actually does not agree with someone (so he pretends to agree or remains silent rather than pointing out that he may not know the whole story)
And these reactions are mostly unconscious. Because of the potential costs and pain, telling the truth becomes an act of courage that requires fighting their automatic instincts.
Did you see yourself behaving this way in some of the situations you operate in when you were reading the last paragraph? Are you still unconsciously reacting to some ancient experience that protect you from pain and fear? How does this affect your effectiveness as a coach or as a leader? What would be more effective?
One of the most valuable support we can offer our clients is the space to create awareness and explore new behaviours. Just by saying: "I don't know, but I think there is something interesting here. Would you like to explore that?", we are respectfully informing our client that when he/she is ready to give him/herself permission to be uncertain and vulnerable they are being listened to in a confidential and non-judgmental space where they can open the door to new insights and possibilities. Being in the mindset of not knowing and playfully curious, we would also open ourselves up to be more ready for greater understanding and compassion for our clients. As suggested by Cohen, could we honestly say we know exactly how the other feel? We might have a general idea as we're good at being empathetic, but we'd never really know how exactly they felt. If we think we do we are robbing our clients of the opportunity to really spell out and examine their inner feelings, which are quite often hidden or ignored, and will show up in unexpected ways or time. So, in a way, maintaining a state of not knowing should be one of the basic skills of an effective coach.
Food for thoughts:
- Can you think of a time when you should have said "I don't know" rather than remain silence? If you could have relive that moment, what would you choose to do?
- What's the benefits of being always in the know? What's the cost? How would this examination affect your actions in the future?
- If you are to read 20 pages of a book every day, which book would you read? When will you start?


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UR22 MKII Upgraded Recording Package
Lightyear Music
Home Recording Studio Bundle with UR22 MKII
This System Includes
- Steinberg UR22 MKII Audio Interface
- i5 Windows Laptop with installed drivers and Software (Upgrade available at additional cost)
- Cubase 9 Recording Software
- Akai MPK 225 Midi Controller
- Yamaha HS5 Studio Monitors
- AKG K240 Studio Headphones
- AKG P220 Large Diaphragm Condenser
- AKG P170 Small Diaphragm Condenser
- Mic Stands
- Pop Filter
- All Required Cables
- Free Mic Cable Free USB Cable Free 1/4" to XLR Cables for Monitors
- Headphone Extension Cable
- 1000 DJ/Karaoke Songs
- Lifetime Support!
This is a great package for the beginning to intermediate audio engineer. Packed with some of the finest products from Steinberg Yamaha and AKG, this package will allow you to grow your home recording skills and provide hours of entertainment making your own recordings to some of your favorite songs. You can even use the Cubase software to make your own songs!
Steinberg UR22 MKII
Record and compose music in studio quality on your laptop or iPad with the UR22mkII. With outstanding audio and build quality for its price class, the UR22mkII combines choice components with advanced connectivity and flexible I/O options to offer a full-on mobile production platform.
Yamaha HS5
The Yamaha HS5 active studio monitor will help you make better-sounding recordings. Yamaha's nearfield monitors with those iconic white-coned woofers have been ubiquitous in top studios worldwide ever since the original NS-10s hit the scene in the late '70s. Yamaha has continuously developed and perfected their monitors, resulting in HS series monitors with newly designed bi-amplified drivers and scientifically ported enclosures that deliver amazing accuracy and vanishingly low coloration.
Cubase 9 Recording Software
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Akai MPK 225 MIDI Controller
Akai Professional's MPK controller keyboards have become standard equipment in many professional MIDI rigs. The latest MPK225 rocks improvements in every major area, from its new RGB-illuminated MPC-style pads to the superb action of its aftertouch-enabled 25-note keybed. The MPK225 gives you boatloads of workflow-enhancing features such as MPC Note Repeat and an arpeggiator for complex rhythmic and melodic manipulation. With its assignable encoders and buttons, eight performance pads, transport controls, LCD screen, and USB/iOS modes, the MPK225 gives you absolute control over your software.
AKG K240 Studio Headphones
Reliable, comfortable, and totally accurate, it's no wonder AKG K240 Studio headphones have been the top choice of professional engineers and musicians for over 20 years. Their unique semi-open design and highly efficient transducers provide you with extremely wide dynamic range, breathtaking detail, and phenomenal sensitivity. Whether you're in the engineer's chair or on the other side of the glass, we're sure you're going to love the sound, feel, and performance of AKG's K240 Studio headphones.
AKG P220 Large Diaphragm Condenser
The AKG P220 large-diaphragm condenser microphone gives you the kind of versatile performance and reliability you need, whether you're capturing sources in a pro studio, tracking at home, or even going after great live sound. Featuring a cardioid pickup pattern, switchable 20dB attenuation pad, and bass roll-off switch, the P220 has what you need to get great sound anywhere - it's built rugged enough to take the stage, while being sensitive and accurate enough to find a home in any studio mic locker. The P220 comes with an aluminium carrying case and spider shock mount.
AKG P170 Small Diaphragm Condenser
The AKG P170 small-diaphragm condenser mic gives you the kind of quality performance and reliability you expect from AKG products, at an amazing value! The P170 works great for everything from drum overheads to acoustic instruments and ensembles, and at this price, it's easy to pick up a pair for stereo miking applications.


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This course is designed to build upon the foundation of sound editing and sound recording knowledge acquired in the first year and first semester of the second year of the program. The purpose of this course is to teach the foundation of the principles of sound aesthetics, creating sound, and applying them to the sound edit of a film or video.
17 credits of 200-level MOPA
Course Notes
MOPA 217 is equivalent to IDF 217. Duplicate credit will not be granted for this course and IDF 217.
Course Outlines
|Effective Term
|Fall 2018 onwards
|Spring 2017 - Summer 2018