If you’ve ever watched ballroom dancers or seen “Dancing With the Stars,” you have probably seen the Rumba in action. This theatrical dance tells a story of love and passion between a strong, male lover and a coy, teasing woman. Full of sensual movements, the Rumba is considered by many to be the sexiest of the ballroom dances. “Rumba” is a term that refers to a variety of dances or a “dance party....
Geneticists can look at your DNA and tell you what you’re made of, where you came from and even what illnesses you might be prone to. In that same way, supply chain professionals can analyze the item masters of your products and figure out: Who your suppliers areWhat raw materials and components you useHow much inventory you should carryWhat your profit margins should be Careful item master management is essential to understanding the overall health of your company....
Contrary to popular opinion, the assembly-line approach of capitalism doesn’t always lead to an inferior musical product - it just means there’s a lot of production, a lot of trial and error in finding the right combination of elements that’ll tickle the fancy of the American public. The Motown label, and its head Berry Gordy, proved that in spades: Gordy used to have his “workers” clock in and out like blue-collar laborers....
Most people know two things about Tiger Woods’ yacht: It’s big, and it is named Privacy. As you would expect from someone who names his boat Privacy, Woods has never revealed much information about his yacht. But we can put together a profile of the yacht based on other sources of public information about it. How Big Is Woods’ Yacht? There are some basics about the Woods’ yacht that are known to be true....
Becoming a big shot, Hollywood screenwriter is a dream for many people, but most never take the necessary steps to become successful because they don’t see the profession as a craft. They see it as a way to get rich. Granted, there are many screenwriters who have made millions of dollars over the courses of their careers. There are even a few “overnight successes” (if you don’t include the months or even years of toiling over their scripts before they became an “overnight success”)....
Watch Now: Will the Rules of Golf Get a Modern Makeover? What’s the Ruling? What does the ban on anchoring permit and prohibit in grips and strokes? My ball landed in a divot hole in the fairway; do I get free relief? What is the ’nearest point of relief’ and how do I find it? My ball hit an overhead power line - do I get to replay the shot? My ball is stuck in a tree - what are my options?...
The Army, Air Force, and Marines have hundreds of enlisted jobs, while the Navy only has a few ratings. It may look that way at a glance, but the reason is that many jobs are classified within the individual ratings. The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) system is how the Navy arranges its jobs (ratings). Understanding the NEC System The NEC system supplements the enlisted rating structure in identifying personnel on active or inactive duty and billets in manpower authorizations....
Afrobeat: The Basics Afrobeat is a modern genre of West African music that incorporates elements of traditional Yoruba music and Ghanaian highlife with the Western sounds of jazz, funk, and soul. Afrobeat bands tend to be large (upwards of 10 members) and include both Western guitars and horns and African rhythm instruments, among others. The beat of the music is heavily polyrhythmic, and the vocals can range from traditional call-and-response and chanting styles to the stylized, wailing melody lines that one would likely associate with funk and soul music, particularly that of James Brown....
Did you know that the automobile is the single most recycled consumer product in the United States? Currently, almost 100 percent of automobiles get recycled in the United States. The US automotive recycling industry is a crucial, market-driven industry with over $32 billion in annual sales. The industry employs more than 140,000 people at over 9000 locations across the country. Recent Auto Recycling Trends People with junk cars take them directly to a scrap auto business or trade them in at an automobile dealership, but eventually, they end up at an auto wrecker for recycling....
You’re watching a Star Wars movie or one of the animated TV shows, and something catches your eye. It’s written text, probably displayed on a sign or some kind of electronic screen. But it’s not like any text you’ve seen before, and it’s certainly not English. The main language spoken in Star Wars may sound like English, but it’s actually called Basic, although sometimes it’s referred to as Galactic Standard. Either way, it’s English they’re speaking....
Body Language and Image in Interviews for Technical Professionals After all your effort in selecting the right role and sending off your brilliant cover letter and resume comes the time for the actual interview. Our industry leading IT Client Managers (recruiters) have already provided you with tips on the Behavioural Event Interviewing (BEI) process on this site. However, this paper discusses the often overlooked and equally vital issues of Body Language and Image in a job interview....
One of the most important entertainment elements to an event is selecting a great keynote speaker and other presenters for the agenda. When hiring an outside speaker to fill the role, event planners may either contract directly with a professional speaker or rely on the expertise of a speakers bureau. Whether it’s an internal executive, industry leader, or a professional speaker, a successful program will identify speakers early in the planning process....
Grab bars are used in bathrooms to help people maintain their balance. Their shape and position are determined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which also provides guidelines for bathrooms themselves. The dimensions of a grab bar depend on the type of bathroom you plan to remodel or build, but grab bars cannot be replaced by towel bars since these are not strong enough. Grab bars are quite strong, however, with the diameter of an ADA-compliant grab bar being 1 ¼ inches or 1 ½ inches....
Those with Mercury in Aries have zero filters and a highly physical mercurial delivery. They pack a punch! Hard-hitting, edgy, brilliant are words to describe you. But so are abrasive, pushy and brash. The fighter in Aries makes this Mercury one that does battle for their ideas or perspective. The Aries “I am” ego is wed to perception, and they identify with them in a big way. So an attack on their thinking can be experienced as a personal attack....
In Pisces, Mercury sees life more like an impressionistic painting than one done in the realistic style. Sounds, images, shapes, memory, psychic impressions, emotional tones - all these are absorbed as part of an overall perception. Mercury in Pisces picks up on subtleties in the atmosphere that others might not pick up. Their outlook is dreamy, and often they appear tuned in to some distant message or inner vision. You have eery links to others, even when you haven’t seen them in years....
The battle between professional and store-bought shampoo has always been a close one. In one corner is your beloved hairstylist, touting the pros of her fancy bottles of premium shampoo. In the other is your best friend with great hair who pays $1.99 for a gallon of shampoo at Walmart. What’s really the difference? Is salon shampoo really worth the price? After all, we’re talking about soap here, right? Is Professional Shampoo Worth It?...
Arguably the greatest and certainly the best-known music artist of the ’80s, pop superstar Madonna released a number of enduring singles and top-notch pop songs during her peak period of activity. These tunes weaved their way into the fabric of all pop music listeners and helped turn the singer into an incomparable legend within her own time. And even though much of her success was derived from image, the best Madonna songs of the ’80s achieved a very high level of pop songcraft....
During her nearly 30 years in the public eye, Whitney Houston sang some of the most popular songs to ever hit the charts. Here is a list of what we think are the top 20 recordings of her career. 20 of 20 ‘I Look To You’ - 2009 Courtesy Arista Written by R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly, “I Look to You” is the title song from Houston’s final studio album. The song was her highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 in eight years, and it broke into the top 40 on the R&B, adult contemporary, and dance charts....
A “green in regulation,” often abbreviated GIR, is a statistical category on the professional golf tours, as well as a popular method for amateurs and recreational players to rate their rounds. A golfer earns a GIR by getting his ball onto the putting green: in one stroke on a par-3 hole; in two (or fewer) strokes on a par-4; or in three (or fewer) strokes on a par-5. Par-6 holes are rare, but getting your ball on the green in four or fewer strokes on a par-6 also counts as a green-in-regulation....
Gymnastics can be a great way for kids to develop a lifelong interest in fitness, but when a child should begin the sport depends on several things parents need to consider carefully. Before Getting Started Gymnastics is a young person’s sport. The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique, which governs international competition, requires athletes to be at least 16 years old in order to compete at events. But that regulation has only been in place since 1997....
