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![]() ![]() Any breeder who claims that her breed has no health or genetic problems is either lying or is not knowledgeable about the breed. What You Need to Know About Maine Coon HealthĪll cats have the potential to develop genetic health problems, just as all people have the potential to inherit diseases. They are built for cold outdoor living, but it’s safer to keep them inside so they don’t get hit by cars or run the risk of disease spread by other cats. Maine Coons can adapt to any type of home in any climate. A Maine Coon will give you a nice head butt to let you know just how special you are to him. In addition to the all-purpose meows and purrs, you will hear them cheep, chirp and trill, incongruous sounds coming from a gentle giant. Maine Coons communicate with a variety of sounds. When you’re not home with him, keep your Maine Coon entertained with puzzle toys, a bird feeder he can watch from the window and a water bowl he can splash in. He enjoys playing fetch and is willing to learn to walk on a leash, making him a great choice for anyone who travels frequently and would like to bring a feline companion along. This is one of those cats who gets along with everyone, including dogs and other cats. ![]() ![]() He’ll follow you around and show an interest in what you’re doing, and if you’d like to give him some lap time, he’s happy to oblige. He is a sociable cat who loves his family but isn’t demanding of attention. The Maine Coon is sweet and friendly, with the typically curious cat nature. They rank third among the breeds registered by the Cat Fanciers Association. Today, Maine Coons are among the most popular pedigreed cats. In 1895, a brown tabby Maine Coon named Cosie won Best Cat at the Madison Square Garden Show. It wasn’t unusual to see Maine Coons at the then-new and popular events called cat shows held in Boston and New York. The first mention of a cat called a Maine Coon occurred in 1861, in reference to a black and white specimen named Captain Jenks of the Horse Marines. Wherever they came from, the cats were viewed as household and farm workers, highly valued for their mousing talent. Some even say the Vikings might have brought longhaired cats with them when they touched the shores of America a thousand years ago, and indeed there is a resemblance between the Maine Coon and the Norwegian Forest Cat. More likely, the cats descend from meet-ups between shorthaired domestic cats already in this country and dashing longhaired foreign cats brought home as souvenirs by New England sailors. Lots of myths surround the origin of the Maine Coon, from the belief that he’s the result of a cross between a cat and a raccoon - biologically impossible - to the fanciful notion that he descends from French cats sent to Maine by Marie Antoinette in anticipation of her intended escape from France. The Maine Coon coat comes in an amazing variety of colors and patterns, including a wide range of solids, tortoise shells, tabbies, tabby with white, and parti-color (two colors).The Maine Coon has a long, beautiful coat, but it usually doesn’t mat and requires only weekly combing.Maine Coons are friendly and get along with everyone, including children, dogs and other cats.Keep them indoors to protect them from cars, diseases spread by other cats and attacks from other animals. They are well suited to any home with people who will love them and give their gorgeous coat a weekly combing. Maine Coons communicate with a chirping trill rather than a meow, an incongruous sound coming from a gentle giant. He’ll follow you around and show an interest in what you’re doing, and if you’d like to give him some lap time, well, he’s all in favor of that, too. He loves his family but isn’t demanding of attention. You may have heard tell of 30-pound behemoths, but any Maine Coon that reaches that size is probably grossly overweight. ![]() He has a muscular, big-boned body and weighs 9 to 18 pounds. This plus-size cat, adorned with a beautiful neck ruff, dainty britches, tufted feet that resemble snowshoes and a big, bushy tail that he can wrap around himself when he naps is likely the oldest cat breed native to America. The official state cat of Maine is - you guessed it - the Maine Coon. ![]() ![]() ![]() HELP & SUPPORT: Get a hold of the Monster-Handlers by visiting or contacting us in the app by going to Options > Support. ![]() Join the My Singing Monsters community:įacebook (/mysingingmonsters) Burn the Rope was a puzzle game in which the player has a board of intertwined ropes, and must rotate their mobile device in order to burn away the rope. Follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation process. Tap on the Install button to begin the installation process. Search for the My Singing Monster Mod app and tap on it to open the page. Open the Google Play store on your device. PLEASE support the Monster-Handlers by rating the game after you update!Ĭome sing with us. To install the My Singing Monster Mod, follow these steps: 1. Crafting recipes for COLLECTIBLE items in the world of Dawn of Fire.Checklist and FAVORITE toggles for the Monster pages you use the most.BREEDING combinations for Special Monsters… officially revealed for the first time!.An interactive guide for EVERY known species of Singing Monster.Join the ranks of the Monster-Handlers and learn the secrets of the Monster World, all in one handy, easy-to-use place.Įver wondered how to breed a Ghazt? Or how many Coins an adult Furcorn produces on Space Island? How about how to wake up the Wublins? This is the app for you - download today! valuable dental memories branch rings bands earn singing lifestyle lesson. My Singing Monsters: Official Guide is the comprehensive companion to My Singing Monsters and My Singing Monsters: Dawn of Fire. all will an my can they nt do he more if one has so about new what his. ![]() ![]() ![]() I felt torn apart, wanting to be a good husband and father, but in severe torment about needing to be a woman. With weekly travel away from home, I easily indulged in cross-dressing, fueling the desire to be a woman.īy the time I was 40, I couldn’t take the pressure of living two separate lives. We say at least because too often these stories go unreported - or misreported.In my work life I was successful, but the girl persona still occupied my thoughts. The Human Rights campaign reported last year, “Sadly, 2019 has already seen at least 26 transgender or gender non-conforming people fatally shot or killed by other violent means. Thanks to everyone who helped answer this week’s question! Cis Ally, I hope you’ll take the advice of these trans folks about how they’d like to be treated because a life could literally be on the line. As someone who’s been outed by (ex) friends as though it’s a deep dark secret, I can’t fully express the pit of depression and lack of self-worth that formed in me. But yeah, never anyone’s job to out anyone else. ![]() I don’t know how everyone goes about it of course, but a lot of 20-30 year old trans friends that I know (mostly women) will disclose that info immediately as to avoid danger and/or a letdown after more emotional investment. If the person they’re being outed to doesn’t take the news very well (read: they’re a hateful bigot), it’s possible the trans friend could be attacked. It might also be worth noting that outing the friend could potentially put the friend in physical danger. Luken suggested, discussing what to do in this scenario first is the important thing. No matter what, they should not out their trans friend. It’s literally never a cis person’s job to out a trans person, and I don’t for a fucking second believe the ‘I’m just concerned’ angle. Kasen Meek, who writes a trans life column for Yes Louisville: /author/kasen-meek Sexuality is fluid and your fear or phobia may lead you to miss out on someone and something really incredible. ![]() No one should ever out anyone else, unless they have consent to do so.Īnd a side note for those people that might be hung up on dating a trans person… Get to know us as a human before worrying about things in the bedroom. Some trans folk are really open about who they are and others are terrified to be outed. Luken’s point that the trans person decides what can and can’t be said about them. (And if you think your friend would be in danger, then you should maybe rethink the company you keep.) Unless their trans friend would be in danger, what does it matter if they are trans? If anything, we tend to be better partners because of our experience navigating the world as female and male.
![]() ![]() ![]() is the parent company for several financial services related businesses and employs more than 4,000 team members. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit About Rock Holdings Inc: The company last August moved its headquarters and 1,700 of its 3,700 full-time team members to downtown Detroit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in the Detroit Free Press’ ‘Top Workplaces of 2010’ List. The company also has been named to FORTUNE magazine’s list of the country’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” eight consecutive years, ranking as high as #2, and named in the Top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for seven years in a row. “” has been named “Best of the Web” by Forbes and Money magazines. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Michigan as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans employs approximately 3,700 team members and generates loan production from five web centers located in Michigan, Ohio and Arizona. The company closed a record $29 billion in retail home loan volume across all 50 states in 2010, and recently closed its 1 millionth loan. is the nation’s largest online retail mortgage lender and among the five largest overall retail home lenders in the United States. ![]() Quicken Loans clients will need a MyQL login to access the app’s features. MyQL Mobile can be downloaded for free by visiting Quicken Loans. Please visit MyQL Mobile to view a video demonstration of MyQL Mobile by Quicken Loans. MyQL Mobile by Quicken Loans combines a simple, easy to understand user interface with the efficiency of providing clients with an amazing mobile experience for the processing of their home loan. Now, with our new mortgage app, we become the first to offer the easiest and most efficient mortgage process ever available to consumers.” “We became the first mortgage provider to offer home loans in all 50 states from centralized online web centers, as well as the first to adopt e-signature technology. “MyQL Mobile is a milestone in our history,” continued Emerson. “At a time when consumers expect to have instant access and visibility to all of their purchasing decisions, it only makes sense that we offer our clients a new window into one of the most important purchasing decisions they will make to reach their financial goals,” said Bill Emerson, Quicken Loans CEO. Whether clients need a mortgage to purchase their dream home or are looking to refinance and lock-in lower monthly payments, MyQL Mobile provides an easier path to closing a home loan. Clients can conveniently submit these loan documents by taking a picture of them with their iPhone 4. MyQL Mobile by Quicken Loans simplifies the complicated mortgage process by providing real-time home loan status updates, immediate access to a home loan expert with the touch of a button, and an interactive list of all loan documents needed to begin the home loan process. ![]() – J– Quicken Loans Inc., the nation’s largest online home lender, today became the first mortgage provider to offer a mobile app that enables clients to apply for a home loan from the palm of their hand with the launch of “MyQL Mobile.” The app, available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, guides clients from their initial application to the closing table, all part of the company’s mission to provide a home loan experience that is “Engineered to Amaze.” Nation’s largest online lender takes mortgage process mobile to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad platformsĭETROIT, MICH. ![]() ![]() You don't even have to actually follow the trail you can just proceed to the end, which is the Old North Church. Remember it's a pedestrian path, so it never goes up on-ramps to highways, or passes under them, and you shouldn't have too much trouble - although you will travel through some very dangerous areas. It's easier said than done, of course, as it often disappears under detritus. All you have to do is follow the red line, which has been painted in where necessary. Luckily, the answer is simple: the Freedom Trail is a tourist path indicated by red tiles on the pavement, leading away down the street near the sign. After that, you're on your own, told only to follow the Freedom Trail. ![]() There's a hand-painted sign indicating the start of the Freedom Trail and urging you to look for the lantern at trail's end. The initial quest marker for Road to Freedom is in Boston Commons, near Park Street Station and the Swan Pond (watch out for the Swan). This quest can be triggered in a number of ways, but if it hasn't already slid into your quest log, try hanging around outside Nick Valentine's detective agency the NPC's that frequent this location will often chat about the Railroad, which will give you the first step. Let's talk it through.įor some people, the pertinent question may be "how to start Road to Freedom". Joining the Railroad allows you to recruit Deacon as your companion to get the awesome Deliverer weapon and to mod clothing. To join the Railroad, you need to trigger a hidden quest, finish the quest despite its refusal to give you any clues, and then complete an initiation mission. There are four factions in Fallout 4 (and Fallout 4 VR), and it's surprisingly not the shadowy Institute that is hardest to make friends with. ![]() Recruit Deacon, mod clothing and get the Deliverer, one of Fallout 4's best guns.Ĭheck out our full Fallout 4 guide for all sorts of information ![]() ![]() ![]() Many women may even consider wearing yoga pants an expression of their femininity, sexuality and personal style. Of course, some women wear yoga pants because it serves as a mild sort of exhibitionism. Women don't just wear such tight clothing in public because they want guys to stare at them it is just accidental when a certain guy happens to catch a glimpse of what lies beneath her semi-see-through yoga bottoms. Although the apparel was specifically created for yoga, many yoginis wear it outside of exercising too. Yoga pants were originally designed for women who practice yoga to help them stretch and breathe easily during their workouts. The truth is, girls wear yoga pants because they are comfortable. Do girls wear yoga pants to attract guys? That's why yoga pants (in a majority of cases) attract the attention of men like no other piece of clothing. ![]() Being skintight, they hug a woman's figure, showing off the shape of her body including her hips, butt and legs.Īn attractive woman wearing a tight pair of yoga pants signals to men (as well as other women) that they are fit, healthy and fertile. Yoga pants accentuate this low waist to hip ratio incredibly well. Think women who have a low waist to hip ratio.Īccording to Jerry Coyne, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Chicago, "women with hourglass figures-with relatively small waists and large hips-tend to have high levels of certain hormones necessary for fertility." Scientists suggest that men are subconsciously looking for women who are more likely to have fit and healthy children. The answer can be summed up in one single word: biology. ![]() Why are men so attracted to women in yoga pants? ![]() ![]() ![]() Observing the trends in the results, it was suspected that increasing the test power by testing a larger sample size of naïve listeners would yield significant results in favour of the hypothesis. Although the results were statistically not substantial, a graphical demonstration comparing the test scores of the three groups indicated that bilinguals and multilinguals have better critical listening abilities than monolinguals. A series of T-tests indicated that gender, age, listener experience, and whether or not an individual plays an instrument significantly affect critical listening abilities This further led to testing the hypothesis on only the naïve group of listeners. Initial statistical results seemed unable to find any statistical difference between the three groups. Using a bundle of listening tests, this approach was then utilised to compare the critical listening abilities of 31 monolinguals, 16 bilinguals and 50 multilinguals. Due to numerous definitions and a general lack of set procedures to objectively measure an individual's critical listening ability, this paper begins with defining critical listening and further establishing a set of auditory tests which collectively evaluate critical listening. This research tries to answer whether one of the benefits of language acquisition could be heightened critical listening abilities. Although additional languages are acquired to communicate cross-culturally in the diverse world that we live in, research reveals that it has other positive benefits. Today most of the world constitutes more bilinguals and multilinguals than their monolingual companions. Beyond a direct benefit to pedagogues, it is hoped that this review of the literature can provide a starting point for research in critical listening education. A range of specific instructional activities, such as technical ear training, is also explored, thus providing insights into training in this field. Moreover this paper uncovers pedagogical best practice for training sequence and the use of sounds/sight within instruction. Consequently a range of common curriculum topics is advanced as the focus areas in current practice. ![]() To provide a basis for the development of curriculum and training, this paper investigates both academic and non-academic work in the field. Furthermore audio engineering textbooks often view critical listening as secondary to technical concepts. Broadly speaking, academic research in this field is often limited to qualitative descriptions of curriculum and studies on the effectiveness of technical ear training. This paper reviews the literature on critical listening education. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you know that you're ready to lose a few pounds and you have some experience counting calories or tracking macros, select "lose weight." This will give you a target that is usually 200-700 calories below maintenance, depending on your activity level, and a 40/40/20 macronutrient breakdown of carbs, protein, and fats. Many nutritionists say before you start cutting or adding calories or tweaking your macros, you should spend some time at maintenance level and get more comfortable with tracking your foods and portion sizes. ![]() WHICH GOAL AND ACTIVITY LEVEL SHOULD I CHOOSE? MAINTAIN CURRENT WEIGHTįirst time tracking macros? Or not sure which goal is right for you? Then start with "maintenance." In theory, this is where you will eat the same number of calories that you burn and maintain your current weight. And if you'd like to use the calculator to determine your targets for the macros of your choice-say, you're starting a ketogenic diet and want to know how many grams of fats make up 80 percent of your calories-click Customize My Macros to dial in your personalized numbers! You can find in-depth explanations of our preferred macros for each goal below. If you're wondering if this approach is right for you, trainer and health coach Sohee Lee provides guidance in her article, "To Macro or Not: Should You Track Your Macro Intake?" If you know you're ready to know your macros, the macro calculator below can help you determine your daily targets for three goals: ![]() As long as you come close to your numbers (how close remains a subject of debate), you have a lot of flexibility on what foods you can use to get there. Also known as "flexible dieting," it turns old-school, calorie-based dieting on its head by focusing instead on the amount of protein, carbohydrates, and fats making up those calories. In recent years, a dietary approach called IIFYM, or "if it fits your macros," has taken the fitness world by storm. Calories | Macronutrients | Lean Body Mass | Basal Metabolic Rate ![]() ![]() ![]() significantly softer than surrounding notes: ( ) (note head in parentheses).slightly softer than surrounding notes: ◡ (breve).Percussion music in particular makes use of anti-accent marks, as follows: Moreover, there exists a set of anti-accent marks to show gradation more specifically. The term ghost note, then, can have various meanings. This produces a subtle 16th-note feel around a strong back beat or certain accents." According to The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, the purpose of a ghost note is to ".be heard under the main sound of the groove. In musical notation, ghost notes are indicated in parenthesis surrounding the note. In drumming, a ghost note is played at very low volume, typically on a snare drum. In other words, while a grace note could be ghosted, the ghosting of notes is a function of volume rather than of duration.ĭrumming: Ghost notes indicated by parentheses, main notes distinguished by accents play ( help A grace note is by definition decidedly shorter in length than the principal note which it 'graces', but in many examples the grace note receives a greater degree of accentuation (emphasis) than the principal itself, even though it is a much shorter note than the principal. However, in such a case as that the ghost notes were clearly audible, while being far less prominent than the unaccented notes which represent the mean degree of emphasis within the example, then a percussionist could be said to create what we might define as ghost notes.Ī frequent misconception is that grace notes and ghost notes are synonymous. Wind instruments, including the human voice, and guitars are examples of instruments generally capable of ghosting notes without making them synonymous with rests, while a pianist or percussionist would have more difficulty in creating this distinction because of the percussive nature of the instruments, which hampers the resolution of the volume gradient as one approaches silence. This can be a very fine distinction, and the ability of an instrumentalist to differentiate between what is a ghost note and what is a rest is governed largely by the acoustic nature of the instrument. In a case in which a ghost note is deemphasized to the point of silence, that note then represents a rhythmic placeholder in much the same way as does a rest. If one further deemphasizes one of these unaccented notes to the same or a similar extent to which the accented notes in the pattern are emphasized, then one has 'ghosted' that note. The unaccented notes in such a pattern as a clave are considered to represent the mean level of emphasis-they are neither absolutely emphasized nor unemphasized. Ghost notes are not simply the unaccented notes in a pattern. In vocal music, this style of notation represents words that are spoken in rhythm rather than sung. Ghost notes are often used by electric bass players and double bass players in a range of popular music and traditional music styles. In popular music drumming, ghost notes are ones played "very softly between the 'main' notes," (off the beat on the sixteenth notes) most often on the snare drum in a drum kit. There is a pitch, to be sure, but its musical value is more rhythmic than melodic or harmonic.they add momentum and drive to any bass line." Occurring in a rhythmic figure, they are purposely deemphasized, often to the point of near silence. "Muted to the point where it is more percussive sounding than obvious and clear in pitch. On stringed instruments, this is played by sounding a muted string. It should not be confused with the X-shaped notation ( ) that raises a note to a double sharp. In musical notation, this is represented by an "X" for a note head instead of an oval, or parentheses around the note head. ![]() In music, a ghost note (or a dead, muted, silenced or false note) is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. Illustration of dead note in musical notation and guitar tablature ![]() |
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