pieonies, Zumba uses Latin inspired music. IMO, the music is a little more universally danceable than some other music types. The music also kind of inspires the dancing, and you don't count, etc. Like I mentioned, I think the music is suppose to have rapid and calm periods for your heart rate to go up and down... other aerobic workouts seem to stay more consistant. Also, there usually aren't vocal cues (or counts), you just visually follow the instructor. I've had 4 different instructors and only one would I really consider a good instructor. Problem is, I think you can get certified in an afternoon; so it's kind of easy to become an instructor compared to some other exercise certifications. From what I've experienced, the key is really being able to keep doing it long term --not having any joint or physical problems so you can handle a hard workout long term-- well, because if you quit, just like a diet, you'll probably just gain your weight back. The other important thing is finding a really good instructor who knows what she is doing, knows what music to use when, and one who is able to teach students of all levels and have them all really enjoy the class.

Alisande We had our old 8mm home movies from the 50's & 60's converted to DVD and VHS last year. In total there was about 1000 feet and the cost was about $200 however it was a worthwhile investment that I'm sorry we waited so long for as some of the film had began to deteriorate. If you check in your yellow pages under audio-visual you will probably find a local company who can do this for you saving you the angst of mailing the valuable films. That's how we found the place to do ours. The place we had ours done also had a pricing structure that dropped with the more feet of film you had reprocessed so ask about that.

In comment to this training method I would advise people to fully differentiate between opinion and supportable fact. As many state; the dog world and its experts are totally unregulated therefore we deal much more with opinion that truthfully researched and supportable facts. This training method can and obviously does work but it only works if you follow the proper protocol. As far as a quick fix or miracle, or other such buzz words that attract attention and sell products they should not be used to judge the product itself. Lets face it, they have to sell their product before it can help anyone. The astonishing facts of the minimal amount of time most humans spend in meaningful interaction with their dogs (interaction that provides the opportunity for the dog to learn) By correlating this to an 80 percentile application it is actually less thank 5 minutes a day. In order to properly understand the "quick" method of training you need to first identify the two processes that occur to result in what an average person would identify as a trained dog. 1.Teaching- all dogs can learn you average obedience commands such as sit, stay, heel, down, ect. As well as begin extinquishment of many improper behaviors such as pulling on the leash, jumping up, digging, ect in a focused process of 5 minutes or less. 2.Conditioning- this is the consistent repetition of a learned behavior (resulting from the teaching) that eventually creates an immediate or almost subconscious reaction to a command or situation (Conditioned Response) Now recognizing these two steps as individual elements of achieving the status of a trained dog allow you to see how "Quick, Instant, Secret, " or other such words are, although misleading, still truthful. So can you teach a dog in a matter of a couple minutes? Absolutely Will the results be a "Trained" dog? No, it will result in a dog that understand what you are asking but still needs to be conditioned through consistent repetition to achieve what would be recognized as "Trained". When choosing a training program you need to choose one that fits you and your beliefs. The program needs to be followed exactly down to the simplest element. It is usually the simplest elements that are the very essence of why the program works. Dogs are simple and their mind does not work like ours and this misunderstanding is what complicates the training process from the human perspective.

Behind our TV is an electrical outlet and a cable outlet (the one with the little round cable thing that you screw the cord onto. The tv is plugged into both. The cable outlet runs into the closet on the left side of the photo. That is where all of our things are hooked up. The cable is screwed into a box, in the closet, which is made for remote sensors. There are "outlets" on the box, which you use to connect your dvd/vcr/satellite/surround sound into. The remote sensor is installed near the bottom left of the fireplace. But you can also get a sensor that just peeks out from your tv...very small and not noticeable. There is a basic cable wire (very cheap) that runs from the sensor on the wall, into the closet and also plugs into that same box as everything else. Then there are small sensors that you place on your dvd player/satellite receiver/surround sound. They just stick on the front of them. Now you can control all of your items even though you can't see them, via the remote sensor. I'm sure this sounds completely confusing, because I'm not good at explaining things like this. All of our wires do run through the walls, but you can also run them through the attic if you need to, or just do small holes, or even just "hide" the necessary cords. We have just one cable cord that goes from the box behind the tv into the closet, and then one cable cord that goes from the remote sensor on the wall into the closet. So we only really ran 2 cable cords. We purchased our supplies from smarthome.com. The whole setup was under $100.