Enjoy Your Favorite Book on an MP3 Player By Pat Lowe

If you're one of those people who are always on the go, you probably don't have a lot of time to spare for reading a book. But maybe you wish you could stay current with the latest bestsellers or simply spend some time savoring the classics. Well, you're in luck, because there's a perfect solution. An MP3 audio book gives you an opportunity to listen to your favorite author or get yourself up to date on an important subject at just about any time during your busy day.

Instead of the traditional method of reading a book, why not make use of the latest technology. It's easy to listen to that recent best seller while you go about your day. In fact, your MP3 player might just prove to be one of the best ways to enjoy a good book. It's a convenient way to take your "reading" with you everywhere you go and listen to it whenever you have some down time.

These days, the audio book is replacing the more traditional forms of reading material such as books and magazines and even reference materials. Of course, books on tape have been around for a while, first on tape and then on CD. But with the increasing popularity of iPods and other portable electronic devices, it was inevitable that recordings would become available in this format as well. In fact, they're more popular than ever because of these gadgets.

MP3 audio books are widely available on the internet, and they're easy to download first to your computer and then to your music player. Once it's on your player, you can listen to it anywhere, at any time. It's perfect for long drives, long walks or workouts. Of course, you can also listen to your book from your laptop, PDA or cell phone. Or any other device that can play this file format, like a gaming system or a DVD player.

Digital books aren't just entertaining, they can also be educational. For example, studies have shown that children often forget the lessons they are taught in a classroom. However, by regularly listening to the same information on a portable audio device, they will greatly improve their ability to recall what they have learned.

So why not try out an MP3 audio book. Not only is it a convenient way to catch up on your reading, it's also more portable than a book. And you might even remember more of what you read!

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Find Out If Your Baby is Ready For Modeling By Kelly Keenan

There are many reasons to consider getting your baby into modeling. It's fun, it can help start your child's college fund or another special savings account, and it helps create wonderful memories.

However, modeling isn't for all babies - or their parents. Before you determine whether you want to introduce your baby to the world of child modeling, consider the following factors that go into it.

Consider Your Baby's Physical Appearance

All babies are cute - they're babies, after all! Some babies seem to have a universal look, suited for various kinds of photos and commercials, but remember that it's often the case not every baby's look is the right for every baby modeling assignment.

A certain print advertisement might call for small babies, or a particular commercial might want babies of various ethnicities. You might run into casting calls for babies with dark hair, or you might meet an art director who needs babies with blue eyes. Keep in mind that this isn't something you should take personally, nor is it something that should stop you from keeping your eyes open for future casting calls.

Understand Your Baby's Personality, Disposition, and Behavior

Babies are babies, and can't be held responsible for controlling their developing personalities, often ever-changing dispositions, and unpredictable behavior; yet, if your baby seems to love attention, feel happy, and smiles more often than not, he might be well suited for baby modeling.

Of course, you have to keep your baby's usual disposition and behavior in mind when it comes to other people and child models on the set. It's easier for others to perform and get work done in a peaceful, relaxing environment. Fussy babies don't lend themselves to creating that kind of environment, and you might need to wait a bit longer before trying to introduce your baby to modeling.

Consider Your Baby's Talent

If your baby is very young, it's generally more a question of whether his personality, disposition, and behavior are suited for baby modeling than it is whether your baby has talent. Young babies who are just learning to sit up and stand on their own don't have much more room left for thinking about developing "talent," right?

However, if your baby is old enough to take lightweight direction, it becomes a question of whether he is able to - or wants to - take that direction. Can your baby listen and respond to a wrangler's, art director's, or photographer's direction? If he can, does it seem like he wants to?

Think About Your Baby's Availability

Aside from time spent eating, sleeping, playing, and overall just being a loveable baby, your baby's availability depends largely on your availability.

Does your job allow you time to take your baby to casting calls and photo shoots? Do you have a spouse, family member, or trusted friend who can help out when you're unable to get away? How far away from the sets do you live, and if it's a significant distance are you able to travel with your baby to get there? These are the kinds of things you must think about when considering how available your child is for baby modeling.

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Art Prints - Claude Monet By Seth Luca

Claude Monet was a French painter considered to be the initiator and foremost supporter of the Impressionist Movement in painting in 19th century France. The artist's style is best known for capturing pigmented "impressions" of nature and everyday middle class life known painted in "plein-air" or painting outdoors. Monet's works garnered much negative criticism from the classically realist and romantic school of painters of the French Ecole de Beaux Arts. Moving to Argenteuil, on the Seine river near Paris, Monet together with other French painters; Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet and Camille Pizzaro established the height of the Impressionist movement by organizing an independent exhibition of the Impressionists. His painting, "Impression":Sunrise, 1872 gave the group their name.

His work and influence reached a very wide scale and was instrumental in spreading modernism in Europe and in the United States. His artistry influenced the work of post-impressionists and avant garde artists including Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh; Fauvist painter, Henri Matisse; and French painter Paul Cezanne. His radical departure from the classical tradition resurfaced in the United States to be manifested in the abstract expressionist paintings of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

Mone't best works leave much to be argued but some of his works are better known than others due to their reproductions as poster prints. Some of his most popular prints include:

• Le Pont Japonais a Giverny, The Japanese FootBridge, 1922- is a painting of Monet's famous Japanese footbridge. The bridge is located in the garden he constructed at his Giverny home towards the latter part of his life. Online versions of this painting can be found at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Poster prints onlinecan be ordered at 24x36" or at custom sizes.

• Impression, Sunrise, 1872- is the iconic painting that gained the Impressionist movement its exposure and popularity in France. Online poster printing offer to print this in 24x36" or custom sizes.

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