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Many amateurs have bowled good games and thought, “I just bowled a better score than the pros did on TV this week—I should become a pro bowler.” It’s not nearly that simple, but it is possible. Before you can even consider applying for membership, you must fulfill at least one of three qualifications: Average 200 or better, with a minimum of 36 games bowled, in your most recent league season. Average 190 or better in a sports league sanctioned by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC)....

ISFJ is one of 16 personality types that are reported by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a personality inventory. Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers developed the MBTI based on psychiatrist Carl Jung’s theory of personality. When you know your personality type, you can use it to help you find a suitable career. Career development specialists believe that if an individual chooses a career that is a good match for his or her personality type and other factors including interests, work-related values, and aptitudes, the chance of being satisfied with it is substantially increased....

Mercury in Libra guys and gals are flip floppers. They’re often heard saying, “On the other hand….” This can make them seem indecisive. But, it’s also a gift, because they synthesize things, and are able to walk in others’ shoes. They might not change their minds as much as fellow airy Mercury Gemini, but when they do, it’s often simply part of their process. They swing this way and that, and try on ideas, and then see which one feels right....

Whether or not you were a fan of the self-proclaimed “King of Pop”, you can’t dismiss Michael Jackson’s ability to do things right. Even on his earliest recordings, Jackson’s albums featured the best musicians money could buy. Although the album credits on even his last releases still read like a who’s who of top session musicians, Jackson’s philosophy of choosing guitarists to work with changed post-Thriller. More specifically, Jackson’s approach became: identify the most popular guitarists on the face of the planet, and hire them to play on your record....

Mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls have replaced traditional concrete retaining walls over the last 20 years providing a way to create earth retaining walls. Mechanically stabilized earth walls have plenty of advantages when compared to conventional reinforced concrete walls mostly because they are installed easily and because of the time it takes to assemble these walls. These walls consist of granular soil used as backfill, reinforcing mesh or strips, and a precast concrete block that will be assembled on top of each other forming an interlocking gravity earth retaining wall....

The belief that there’s another life awaiting us after our mortal existence ends is widely held and predates recorded history. While cultures such as the ancient Egyptians believed existence continued in “the Land of the Dead,” modern Christian beliefs offer an afterlife in Heaven as a reward—or in Hell as a punishment. More recent afterlife theories suggest that life might continue in another dimension or plane of existence—perhaps even on another planet....

If you think New York is a state with lots of laws on the books, you’re right. So it’s no surprise that its salvage title laws for used cars are so thorough, governing not only the age a vehicle must be to qualify for a salvage title but also what components—like airbags—can legally be removed or must remain. Whether you are a buyer or a seller of a salvage vehicle, you should familiarize yourself with the laws governing these kinds of vehicles in the State of New York....

Pitch notation is a way to identify frequencies—notably, piano octave numbers—using letters, numbers, and/or symbols, allowing for the quick reference of a specific pitch. This lets you avoid having to explain a note by its position on the staff, or by its relative location on the keyboard. For example, instead of saying or writing “the C two octaves below middle C,” you would use the notation C2. Pitch Notation Systems...

Even if some music critics and self-styled connoisseurs persist in contending that ’80s music introduced little if any original, valuable content to the musical landscape, the era perfected one song style beyond the reach of practically any argument. An outgrowth of ’70s stadium rock and a factor in boosting the popularity of hard rock, the ’80s power ballad was all about maximizing appeal. To do so, it combined the thundering guitars and drums of hard rock with the keyboards, orchestration and tender lyrics of soft rock, finding its most perfect vessels in the popular ’80s styles arena rock and pop metal....

Prince Rogers Nelson was born on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died on April 21, 2016, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The eclectic ’80s pop artist known exclusively as Prince during his peak commercial and artistic period released an amazing total of eight studio albums during that decade, not even including his 1989 Batman film soundtrack. But the singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist was more than merely busy during this time, churning out high-quality music inspired directly by funk and R&B but also laced with inflections of guitar rock, pop, psychedelia, and dance music, to name just a few forms....

The manager interview questions you ask, and the interview question answers your applicant supplies, are crucial to your assessment of the candidate’s knowledge, experience, and potential cultural fit within your organization. Hiring a manager or supervisor presents a special challenge. Ideally, you want a prospective employee who has both management skill and subject matter knowledge about the area he or she will supervise. The subject matter expertise is easier to assess by looking at the candidate’s past jobs, accomplishments, and degrees....

Most young anglers began fishing in a freshwater lake, river, creek or pond. In fact, small rural farm ponds can be excellent places to learn and perfect vital angling techniques like increasing your casting distance and proper lure or bait presentation. For many avid anglers, though, the sea holds a special allure. Those who give saltwater fishing a try often find themselves hooked on pursuing the wide variety of species that are available when fishing the salt....

The legendary trait of the Gemini—having two minds—has a dark side. This version of Gemini is an evil genius with many mercurial gifts. Who hasn’t known a Gemini that keeps them in stitches? Yet there are extremes when the ultra-active Gemini mind is disturbed, going as far as paranoia and sociopathic traits. Sociopathic Traits Dictionary.com describes a sociopath as “a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience....

Born October 7, 1967, in Severn, Maryland, Toni Braxton has won seven Grammys, nine Billboard Music Awards and seven American Music Awards. Her 1993 self-titled debut studio album sold over 10 million copies and earned her a Grammy for Best New Artist. Her 1996 second album, Secrets, sold over 15 million copies featuring the number one hits “You’re Makin’ Me High” and “Un-Break My Heart.” She has sold 70 million records during her career....

Though punk rock’s first wave was a strictly ’70s phenomenon, the form most certainly bled into the ’80s, primarily on America’s West Coast, where scores of bands forged a more concentrated, speedy and aggressive form of punk called hardcore. Many bands used punk as an inspiration to create their own unique post-punk blends, but these 10 artists best and most faithfully raised the punk rock flag and held it aloft for a new generation....

Well, now the proverbial jazz cat is out of the proverbial jazz bag. Less than a week since first posting this list of the Top 10 Oldest Living Jazz Musicians, I’ve received dozens of emails with lists and lists of people I’ve missed. Clark Terry now drops to #3 behind 102-year old Lionel Ferbos and 95-year old Gerald Wilson and our original #2, Jimmy Heath, has plummeted to #18 (a drop similar to Tony Bennett, who cascaded from #3 to #20)....

You spent three years in law school, suffered through the bar exam, secured a job as a lawyer…only to find that you’re miserable and hate being a lawyer. What now? Given the level of law school debt, it’s unlikely that most unhappy attorneys can simply walk away with nothing else lined up. But there are steps you can take, starting today, to put yourself on a path to greater career satisfaction....

Exposing your kids to world music is as simple as popping a CD in the player every so often, but there’s really nothing quite like the fun of an impromptu, child-led jam session. Spontaneous musical play has lots of benefits, and for young children, instruments can be as simple as pots and pans and old oatmeal drums and other homemade things. Once they get a bit older, though, they might think it’s pretty great to have some real musical instruments around, both rhythmic and melodic, and these affordable, easy-to-play instruments from around the world would make up a fantastic home collection....

If you’ve had an experience that you think is a manifestation of a ghost, you may wonder whether it could be a good or playful spirit. Bad ghosts are the basis of many a scary movie, but are ghosts typically something to fear? Harmless Ghosts Rather than being malicious, most ghost and haunting activity are completely harmless. Ghost stories in literature and on film often focus on evil ghosts as that produces the best plot....

Selecting the perfect wedding date is one of the most complicated and time-sensitive tasks on a bridal to-do list. From location availability to special occasions to desired season, so many factors play a role in the decision that your original 365 choices quickly dwindle. Snagging your desired weekend wedding date is even tougher. Chinese couples consult a fortune-teller to help them choose the luckiest wedding date. The 5,000-year tradition is so ingrained in the culture that couples may hasten or postpone their wedding plans to escape an ill-fated day....