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It is a dream of many animal lovers to do something dramatic like start an animal sanctuary, or stop the whole world eating meat (I wish), but sometimes it is the small things that count. Here are 10 things you can do right away to help animals and make a difference.

1. Go Vegan - Choosing a vegan diet is the ultimate form of activism. You are leading by example and sending a clear message that you will not stand for animal cruelty (not to mention environmental destruction). Not only will you help animals by not contributing to their abuse, but you will become healthier and have a clear conscience. That’s a great start if ever I’ve heard of one. You don’t have to live a life of denial to be a vegan. There is an amazing array of vegan food and if you cook you can create beautiful dishes that will wow your family and friends. You can make vegan versions of most meat dishes with a little thought and creativity. Go on, give it a try.

2. Volunteer – If you love animals and want to help in a hands on way, look up some local animal shelters in the Yellow Pages/online and give them a call to see whether you can volunteer. Volunteering with animals, or even in the office of an animal rights organization is an incredibly rewarding experience and a great help.

3. Leafleting - Contact your local animals rights organization or go online to sites like PETA or Animals Australia and order some leaflets on an animal rights issue you care about. If you have a decent printer, you can download literature straight away. Once your leaflets arrive you can walk around your local area and post them in letter boxes. You could also leaflet in public areas like shopping centres or universities. College students are often very open to change.  Read more...

by mark sebastian

Music has been a bridge connecting people of all religions, races and cultures.  It fosters well-being, gives joy, and researchers have documented the physical and psychological benefits of listening to music.

Music is commonly used in medical therapy to promote wellness, manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory, improve communication, and promote physical rehabilitation.

Music can also help heal one’s spirit by connecting listeners with consciousness…a place within the heart where one’s contemplative nature is activated.

Healing is how many listeners are describing a new CD, ‘Sacred Love’ from Shambhu who crafted his music as an expression of beauty.

“Creating a heartfelt feeling of love was fundamental to composing and performing the music of Sacred Love,” said Shambhu. “If people can feel love in music, then this can nurture them into a more productive, healing space.”

“Tremendous tenderness and love has gone into the making of this CD,” said music reviewer and industry veteran Bette Timm.

D. Brian A. Aberger, D.C., says, “As a health care professional, I would truly recommend this CD to any of my patients or friends that just want to unwind and escape.  It is indeed just what the doctor ordered.”

Here are 4 Key Benefits of Healing Music.

The sound of healing music can calm brainwave activity and lift up one’s soulful presence. Countless studies prove that music impacts brainwave activity and can have a calming effect. Sacred Love composer and guitarist Shambhu has created music like a meditation…the notes are a magic carpet ride into deeper consciousness and personal presence.  “It is open, spacious music with room for personal reflection,” adds Shambhu.  Read more...

There are a lot of exciting things happening with TV right now. New developments in the ways we watch TV can be very beneficial, but they also take some effort to figure out. Fortunately if you categorize the different kinds of TV technology into a few categories that are easily understood, they can be a lot easier to use.

The three types of TV that you’re likely to come across from a TV service provider are standard definition television, high definition television, and video on demand. Standard definition television is the type of TV that we’re all used to because it has been around since the beginning of broadcast TV, although it’s in the process of conversion from analog transmission to digital transmission. Standard definition TV, which is also sometimes called SDTV for short, is primarily defined by the fact that it has a screen resolution of 480i which represents the number of lines of resolution that make up the picture and how they’re scanned onto the screen. A larger number indicates a more detailed picture and 480 is the minimum number of lines of resolution of the various television formats. SDTV often has a boxy 4:3 aspect ratio, but it can also appear in the wider 16:9 aspect ratio and can come with a variety of different sound formats.

High definition television, HDTV, or simply HD, is a more recent and much more advanced TV format. HDTV can come in a variety of resolutions- 720p, 1080i, or 1080p- but it only comes in the 16:9 aspect ratio and it’s minimum native sound format is Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. All of these properties combine to make HDTV a good way to get the big movie theater experience when you’re at home. The differences between HDTV and SDTV require HDTV programming to be transmitted over its own channels. HDTV channels can deliver SDTV programming, but SDTV channels don’t have enough bandwidth to deliver the more data intensive format of HDTV programming.  Read more...

Animal cruelty is common everywhere, even in places where it’s prohibited.  Although there may be laws on animal cruelty, its not highly implemented. Thus every year, there are several animals, including pets like cats and dogs, and wild animals, that are maltreated.

Animal cruelty can come in various forms.  You could have observed someone physically hurting an animal.  Animal cruelty can also be in the form of malnutrition when animal owners don’t feed their pets properly.  Generally, what causes injury and suffering to an animal can be considered animal cruelty.

One way of fighting animal abuse is to report it as soon as it is spotted.  Here are some things you can do to prevent animal cruelty.

Be Aware

Keep your eyes and ears open.  Your local humane society or animal shelter wouldn’t know several instances of animal abuse without those concerned citizens who report cruelty in their neighborhood through phone calls.  So, do your part and be on the look out for animals in your own neighborhood.   This could be a possible indicator of neglect or abuse.

Learn to Distinguish Animal Cruelty

Signs and Symptoms – There are signs and symptoms observed in most abused animals.  Watch out for wounds on the body, patches of missing hair, extremely thin and starving animals, limping and tick or flea infestations.  An owner who is physically abusing an animal is abusive.  Dogs left chained in the yard and without access to food and water is a neglectful act.  Animals hit by a car and not taken to a veterinarian is also a neglectful act.  These are all forms of animal cruelty.

Report Animal Cruelty

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Most music teachers consider teaching music to their dear students both their profession and passion. Most of them have the heart for arts and music – making each student love learning music and music as a whole. With this kind of outlook and disposition in teaching music, the inspired and motivated music teacher tends to begin his search for consistent improvement in his teaching strategies as well as his effort for personal and professional growth.

Indeed, there is a wide variety of creative music teachers resources that students can certainly enjoy and get excited working on with. According to studies, the integration of audio and video recording in music education has been an effective technique to catch the attention and grab the interest of the learners. This is believed to be an effective tool in raising the level of interest and motivation among music learners.

Current practice in music teaching favors a practical and a hands-on approach in emphasizing performance and composition. The use of recorded music as a teaching resource has tended to take a back seat. However, recordings are the predominant vehicle of musical experience today. As the students are expert listeners to recorded sound, major developments in the access to and presentation of recorded music are opening up new educational possibilities to most of them.

Targeted to be implemented in most music classrooms, the production and engineering aspects of recorded sound to online music libraries and teachers’ experiences of using recordings in the classroom have been randomly practiced and taken into consideration.  Read more...