I am trying to lose weight, and I want to do some yoga, but I want to do some more active yoga then I do. I do plank and sunsalutes, things like that. Any suggestions? I take yoga at the Y, but what are some websites that have a few active yoga moves I could do at home, all I have is a mat.
All I have is a mat, too, and a box that is about the size of a yoga block. 
A great website with FREE 1 hr classes (nothing to buy, ever!) is http://www.yogatoday.com
You can select from a choice of 7 different classes per week, and do them as many times as you like. The video is live streaming though, so you will need to be able to do yoga wherever your computer is.
Some of the workouts really do make you work up a sweat, and you might also end up a little sore afterwards, but not too sore. You will also learn to focus on your muscles and your form even more.
I love the site because it has all kinds of yoga, including kundalini, hatha, vinyasa flow and ashtanga.
If you really want to burn calories while doing yoga and can afford to take some hot yoga classes, that’s the way to go. The room temperature is cranked up to about 110 degrees (which sounds hotter than it feels) and you do Bikram or a modified Bikram set for an hour and a half. It is awesome for burning calories, and the heat helps you go much more deeply into the poses, and you end up less sore afterwards.
Hope this helped!
I naturally have no artistic ability, but I would like to learn to draw basic sketches that look halfway decent. Is there a way I could learn to draw? If so, what resources will help me learn to draw better?
It is my experience that talent makes the learning process easier. Nobody is born with an innate ability to draw (or act, sing, or write for that matter), though talent expedites learning. The most important trait, however, is persistence. Anybody who is not developmentally disabled can learn anything, if you are willing to invest serious time and effort. I have no talent for drawing, but I have gotten to be pretty good by just working at it for a long time.
I have been trying to look for anime costumes that are at least under $100, but every costume I like that I look at costs more than $130! I was wondering where I can find a costume at a low price. Either in a store or on the internet will be fine. I hope this question helps me!
http://astore.amazon.com/cheap-halloween-costumes-20/search/103-1920565-0435068?node=1&keywords=anime+costumes&preview=&x=12&y=11
Hope this helps
Good luck!
So, I’m in the running for the most fantastic steal of an apartment.
I need to get it.
What can I say or do to make me stand out from the competition?
Aside from stellar credit and great income, come being very clean and presentable, and make sure your car is too. I always take a peak at the car, you can tell a lot about someones cleanliness by their car.
In Latin, what is the difference between active and passive?
For example, how would you translate these two words?:
Amabam
Amabar
Thanks
1. Amabam – I loved/ I used to love
2. amabar – I was loved/ I used to be loved
The difference is the same as in all other Indo-European languages, including English
In the first case the subject of the sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb > active.
Verbs are called " transitive" if they can have an accusative object – "Puellam formosam amabam". Only transitive verbs can form a passive.
In English: "I see" (something) is transitive,
"I look (well)" is intransitive.
" I am seen." is a gramatically well formed sentence, but "I am looked" makes no sense.
In the second the subject is the person or thing the action is performed upon, the one that "suffers" the action, thefore "passive" from the deponent verb pati, (patior, passus sum) – to suffer.
The "actor" in the passive voice is described by the preposition "a, ab" + ablative:
"A puella formosa (ablative) amabar"
I know most people start looking in early October, but sometimes it can be hard to find a good costume because there are so many people. Is looking for a costume in November too early?
november is after october so halloween will be over by then!!!!!
(but usually i sart looking for a costume in late september or early october)
I’m doing a Senior Seminar paper on Vietnam and the music of time. My prof said I should focus on how the younger college age generation used the music to express themselves and just how they used the music in general. Anyone know any good books or sources for this?
You might consider using lyrics of the time as opposed to books and websites.
You can watch the ‘general’ cold war evolve into Vietnam in the lyrics by Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, [some] Kingston trio, Dave Van Ronk and others of the cusp time when Vietnam was just tuning up. As the worm turned you see CW splitting as a direct result of the war, Folk fading to be replaced by predominantly anti-war lyrics, political lyrics, or ‘civil rights issue’ lyrics.
Merle Haggard, "Okie From Muskogee" and "You’re Walking on the Fighting Side of Me" emerged as a battle flag for the pro-Vietnam War factions, along with a song by an ex-Special Forces guy [name escapes me] "Silver Wings upon His Chest" about the Special Forces.
These songs were countered on the other side by "**shole From El Paso" by Kinky Friedman, "Your Flag Decal won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine, songs by Steve Goodman, Kris Kristofferson, many others were openly anti-Vietnam War and made it into poplularity
The troops had their own obliquely anti-war preferences in music. We Gotta Get Out of this Place is an example. The song from the broadway musical hair, "Happy Birthday Abey Baby" became fairly popular and reflects the racial side of things. The haunting sound of "We Will All Go Down Together" by Billy Joel, sounds of helicopters in the background maybe covers the whole waterfront.
Jesse Winchester left to avoid the draft during the "Love it or Leave It" stage of things. Later he released a great album, "Learn to Love It" that’s worth a listen.
VIETNAM ERA ANTI WAR MUSIC
http://www.jwsrockgarden.com/jw02vvaw.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4498011.stm
http://folkmusic.about.com/od/toptens/tp/Top10Protest.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_era_music
We are trying to find a song that has meaningful lyrics, but that is not the cliche ‘Shania Twain’ sort of song!!
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Hi friends…This problem has really gave me a headache. I want to know how the chromosomes in the anaphase during mitosis moves towards the opposite poles. I have gone through some of the hypothesis, but those were quite old ones! Really I want to know what the recent studies in the field of Cell Cycle what to say on this matter…Please provide me with any web links or thoughts on this matter
ANY HELP WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED!
They are moved by spindle fibers made of micro-tubules. The spindles are prepared in interphase.
I have wanted to play the guitar all my life. My parents got me a guitar a couple years ago, and some books. I have tried maybe three different forms of lessons, all start off at different places. Where is the best place to start when learning to play? Also, got some money now, any advice on some good software or book (idiot proof) to teach me how to play? I really do want to learn this, I’m just kinda overwhelmed. Any other advice welcome please.
Thanks!
Everyone has given you great advice, but I’d like to add one very important aspect that often gets ignored…
Play well with others!
You will improve 10 times as fast playing and practicing with another, then you will sitting at home in your room alone.
Try to find someone who’s a better guitarist, if they can put up with you, and get together to sing songs, write music..etc..at least once a week.
It’s also very important that you FORCE yourself to sit down everyday with the express purpose of practicing.
Some days you may not feel up to it, but if you force yourself..if only for 15 minutes a day, you’ll find the time stretching into an hour or more.
Learn a minimum of 3-4 different ways to play each chord. This will involve partial or whole bar chords up and down the neck, but will give you a great understanding of the fret board.
For example, if someone is playing the standard G chord 3-2-0-0-0-3 realize that you can play a little 3 string G chord up at the 7th fret, that’s shaped like the normal D chord
x-x-x-7-8-7
I know this sounds boring, but learn the Pentatonic Blues scale, and finally…find someway to record yourself…this is an invaluable tool for hearing areas of your playing that need more work.
Best of luck..guitarist of over 40 years