Kristin Royce

How to Become a Bodyguard

High-profile individuals rely on professional bodyguards for their security and protection. A bodyguard is not a security guard. At the same time, a security guard is not a bodyguard. They are two different professions. A security guard carry out "low ... Read >

Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010

Last October 28, President Obama signed into law the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010, giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a 44 billion dollar budget for the fiscal year 2010. The Act also allotted $338.4M to the Office of the ... Read >

The Moogseum

Talks are in place for the designing of the Moogseum. The Moogseum, which promises to be a unique and creative hands-on museum and Exploratorium, will demonstrate the combination of science and music. The Moogseum, which the Bob Moog Foundation hopes t... Read >

Southern California Drum Circle

Looking for an Orange County drumming event? You can find one once a month in Laguna Beach. For those musically inclined Southern Californians, LaVida Laguna hosts a monthly Laguna Beach Full Moon Drum Circle. The Laguna Beach Full Moon Drum Circle has be... Read >

Dealing with Burnout

Imagine spending every day of your life knowing that you're holding people's lives in your hands. For a nurse, that is every day. Day in, day out, nurses deal with the humane side of healthcare, thrown headfirst into pain, death and grieving with every pa... Read >

How to Treat Jellyfish Stings

Jellyfish are gelatinous invertebrate ocean dwellers, covered in venomous nematocysts that can be dangerous to humans. Jellyfish stings can range from harmless to deadly. The waters around Australia and Indonesia are home to some of the most deadly jel... Read >

Djembe Construction

Traditionally, only artists should be entrusted with the building of a djembe. The construction of the drum prizes spiritual entanglement between builder and product, and every element needs to be chosen carefully to create a better sound. The shape of... Read >

Flamenco Music

The flamenco is a time honored musical and dance genre that originated in Spain. Flamenco developed in Andalusia due to the interaction between Arabic, Andalusian, Sephardic and Gypsy cultures in the area in the 19th century, although forms of the music a... Read >

Is the Nursing Shortage Affecting HealthCare?

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has made notice of a shortage of Registered Nurses in today's hospitals, with this gap expected to grow in coming years as baby boomers grow older and health care is needed more than ever. While nursing scho... Read >

Labor Department Provides Millions for Health Care Training

As the health care industry grows, due to the aging of the baby boomers, funding has been proposed in order to decrease the effect of health care worker and nursing shortages. The United States Labor Secretary, Hilda Stolis, has declared the government's ... Read >

The Visitor: Bringing Movie Fans to Music Stores

Oscar nominated film, The Visitor, tells the story of an elderly Economics professor from Connecticut who returns to his New York apartment to find that in his absence a pair of djembe-playing illegal immigrants have moved in. He had been trying to lea... Read >

Top Drum Circle Groups in the U.S.

Drum circles are becoming increasingly popular. They offer social outlets, while at the same time, supporting a worthwhile hobby. The emphasis on individual drum circles can vary, from ethnic events, like those that focus on samba music, to therapeutic gr... Read >

Pregnancy and Music: How Music Stimulates Baby Development

There have numerous studies on the effects of music on the fetus during pregnancy. Parents wonder if there is a prescription for the right amount of music or the perfect musical genre that will make their baby smarter or more musical. All studies so far a... Read >

How to Play the Didgeridoo

The didgeridoo is one of the most exotic and interesting woodwind instruments being used today. The native population of Australia, the Aboriginals, developed it, but no one knows how old it is. The Aboriginals believed that the didgeridoo was an importan... Read >

Cajon Drum: History and Playing Instruction

Cajon drums are drums presently crafted out of wood, but the Cajon drums of yesteryear were in the form of simplistic boxes, tiny drawers from dressers or crates for fish. The actual term "Cajon" is derived from the Spanish language and when translated m... Read >