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That day is over. The next step is social networking is called Keek, and it’s built around the idea of updating your network via video updates rather than text updates. Most people have webcams or digital video cameras now (either included in your phone or as a separate device), so the accessibility should not be a problem for most people. All you have to do is record your status update and then upload it to your account on the site. You can do this on your personal computer or laptop or on your mobile phone, tablet, or music player using the Keek iPhone or Android app. Then Josh Richardson 76ers Jersey , when you upload your own status, or read a status from your friends, everyone will know exactly what everyone means! We can finally mean what we say and say what we mean again, without any confusion from our hearers.
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Each keek can be a total of thirty six seconds, which seems to be about the average length of video that most cell phones can take at once. Of course, if you need to say more than thirty six seconds’ worth, you can just Keek in parts. Post one update and then post the rest of what you wanted to say immediately after it.
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Be sure to check out Keek Inc to learn more about this new tool!
The Benefits to Children Who Learn String Instruments
by lastringplayer · February 16, 2019
Music study can lead to a rewarding career. But simply learning how to play a violin (or tuba or oboe) can positively affect development in many ways.
We go to a concert hall and see virtuoso musicians performing some of the most adored musical compositions on some of the finest violins and cellos and pianos ever made. It is difficult to imagine that at one point, these violinists and pianists – and flautists and bassists – were once novice players, taking lessons as children Tobias Harris 76ers Jersey , and setting the timer to assure at least one hour of practice per day. But that鈥檚 how a great number of performers begin.
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One of the leaders in this research and reporting is Chris Boyd Brewer, whose 1995 book Music and Learning continues to be a reference source on the power of childhood music lessons. She quotes Beethoven: 鈥淢usic is the electrical soil in which the spirit lives, thinks Ben Simmons Authentic Jersey , and invents.鈥?p>
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Musical training helps in all kinds of mental and even social development as well. How so? Brewer lists 16 benefits, including the following:
Change brain wave states – Research from the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto shows that fine movements made to create a sound, done with an unfamiliar instrument (a Tibetan singing bowl) created audio-induced brain waves that improved connectivity between auditory and sensorimotor areas of the brain. (Producing the same sound in this study from simply pressing computer keys didn鈥檛 have the same effect on brain waves.)
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