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Editor’s Note Dream It - Believe It - Live It
Editor’s Note
What a season to start a new thing, explore new ideas and improve our life with the right beat ! These definitely make summer in Seattle the most unforgettable and the most wanted time in a year.
Eddie Amintohir Just as the changing weather would glorify each season down to minutes of details, thus our company would provide our community of big dreamers with the right tools, the right directions and sources which would enable them to achieve their dreams. The way our magazine works is just like Global Positioning System for your dream : you won’t get lost and it warns you of any obstacles and it will also help you to anticipate for each sharp turn – YOU WILL NOT GET LOST ! Initially, three of us* did not dare to have dreams or dream about our f inish line until we found the GPS on each of us.Now, each of us h a s e m b ra c e d t h e g i a n t dreams which escalate our lives way beyond the boundaries of our limitations.
As we walk along the sea shore under the shimmering sun, we would feel a refreshing oceanic breeze. Or, simply lay down on the park and tranquil your mind by relaxing grassy scents.As we gaze beyond the earth boundaries, thinking outside school and work demands, we found “Vuelto” which literally means “Change.” A change that gives new element to a mundane daily routine, a change that takes out a mediocre and average lifestyle, a change that could be shared. Of course we had made thousands or even millions of mistakes to come to this point but that will not stop us from pushing forward towards our dreams. Now we are on the way to the top of the highest possibilities and excitement that people could ever imagine – Are you coming with us? You would be amazed how we are going to take you off the ground and untie your boundaries which may have been with you for decades. All of us only have one time to live a life that we want and a dream we want to achieve : don’t let your thoughts limit you for what you are actually capable of.
*The founding members of t h e c o m p a n y : A n d re a s Immanuel, Eddie Amintohir, Timothy Tandiokusuma.
Vuelto 1st Edition
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Coffee has become the most frequently ingested drink worldwide
Education
400,000 people unemployed and Greece showing signs of a weaken economy.
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Often the things that we’re looking for are just around the corner. The earth that grows our food, the sun that provides us with warmth and winds that regulates our weather.
Sandals That Change Lives
Considering the amount of sunlight the Pacific Northwest gets
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HEALTH
Beneficial or Detrimental? Coffee has become the most frequently ingested drink worldwide, it is consumed for its energizing and revitalizing effect. One-third of the world’s population is coffee consumer. The total amount these people consumed is larger than any other beverage.” According to the World Resources Institute’s estimates, the average Amer-
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et’s talk about the good stuff in the beans. So what are the potential health benefits of coffee?
ican downed 416 8-ounce cups of coffee in 2009. So what does this cup of Joy do to your body? Studies show that coffee have a few important bioactivities but could also have some adverse effects. By : Michelle Tan
In brewed coffee extracts, there are heterocyclic compounds and phenolic compounds found in the roasted beans which show significant antioxidant activity. Due to the activity, coffee is known to show a protective effect on cancer such as liver cancer. Antioxidants also prevent or postpone the onset of degenerative diseases like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Coffee also contains minerals like magnesium and chromium, which helps the body produce insulin that would control glucose in diabetes patients. There have also been studies of coffee linked to lower risks of stroke and heart rhythm disturbances.
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A great benefit of coffee is how it enhances alertness and concentration especially on those late nights of cramming before finals or being awake during the early hours of morning lecture.
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n the other hand, there’s the possibility that coffee is carcinogenic as it’s roasted (National Institutes of Health). Some detriments do occur, such as “temporary hypertension, an increase in blood pressure, due to a period of abstinence from coffee drinking. In addition there is also a modest decrease in heart rate.” In general, though, these drawbacks are relatively minimal. Based on extensive epidemiological studies, there is no correlation between coffee ingestion and certain risk factors like long term hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, gout or cancer diseases.
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By the way, how will coffee affect us?
n important factor that can determine how coffee will affect your body is the method of brewing your cup of Joe. Filtered coffee may be better than boiled coffee, which may “increase the serum (plasma) cholesterol level in your body due to the presence of diterpenes, cafestol and kaweol.” The secret? The oils containing diterpenes are absorbed by the paper filter.
W hat now?
Even though there has been countless studies and research on the correlation between coffee and disease the evidence is limited and inconsistent. Most studies are the results of coffee drinkers’ habits not from researchers asking people to drink coffee to study the effects of the Java. Future studies need to be done before coming to the real conclusion of how the components of coffee work biologically and chemically. Mechanisms
involved in such processes are still unclear, so further research needs to be done. Such as how coffee can decrease the likelihood of developingdementia and Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, lowering the risk of liver cancer, protection against type 2 diabetes, just to name a few.
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Having an extra hand for your work By Eddie Amintohir The first time you get your iPad, you might wonder what your iPad could give you, how it could help improve your productivity, and worth your money. There are three main functions that could help simplify your daily works and increase your productivity. Calendar synchronization, RSS Feeder, and Computer remote. These 3 easily applicable apps are helpful to people to make them to never miss a meeting again, get up to date with news that they want, have their file wherever they go.
First, it is the calendar synchronization. Why paid extra money to synchronize your iPad calendar, used google calendar which enables autosync and universally applicable on all gadgets. Go to www.google.com/calendar/iphoneselect to sync your computer calendar with your iPhone your iPad.
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Second, it is the RSS feeder . Stop checking news every 15 minutes, spending hours to find what happened around the world. Subscribe in any RSS feeder as it would gather all necessary news for you which could be reviewed for less than 30 minutes a day.
Third, go ease on yourself, why bring a big laptop and charger if you could have it in your iPad. Take a look of free edition of “log me in� app. You could control your computer using your iPad whenever you have a wifi acess, with the combination of dropbox to transfers files, it is as if you have your laptop on our iPad.
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Greece showing signs of a weakening economy By: Daxi Tang
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ith the recession still looming along around the world and people are struggling to make ends meet. In the United States alone there are nearly 400,000 people unemployed and Greece showing signs of a weaken economy that might cause the world going into another financial turmoil. To make matter worse, it is around the time of graduation and students are looking for jobs to pay off their student loans. However, Federal Government does not seem to be as altruistic about the failing economy. The Federal Government is in the midst of dilemma to raise the interest rates of the Stafford student loans; raising the interest rates from 3.4% to 6.8% for their unsubsidized student loans. With already a weaken economy and newly graduated students are experiencing difficulty looking for a job. If the Federal Government does decide to double the interest rates of the student loans, the American Dream will become a distant relic of the past for the graduating students. However, President Barack Obama is trying to stop this cupidity of the legislation. But is that truly enough to curb the endless battles of rising education cost?
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With the United States ever growing debt reaching nearly $16 trillion dollars; that means each taxpayer has an estimated debt burden of about $138,000. There are so much debts circulating in the United States economy and that forces the Federal government to cut spending in many imperative areas of the country’s growth; such as freezing Federal employees’ salary, education and many more. President Obama once said that education is a necessity to maintain a strong educated work force in the United States. In spite of the high unemployment in the nation’s workforce, most Americans feel discouraged to return back to school to upgrade their skills because of the high rising tuition cost. In addition, with the Federal Government considering to raise the interest rates of the Stafford student loans, that further defers more people from pursuing an higher education.
Second, another great way to counter the cost of higher education, people could start learning from online classes; recently Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford has started offering online classes to the general public without any payment. That means anybody whom has access to the internet could start taking classes from professors teaching at MIT or Stanford. According to Forbes, a Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun offered his “Instruction to Artificial Intelligence” course online without charge. There were as many as 160,000 people signed up for that course. The professor also mentioned that the people could probably get the same quality of education for just 1 to 2 percent of the cost. (Ronald Trowbridge, 2012)
So, what could be done to combat such difficult times? There are many ways to combat such hindrance. First, people whom are graduating from high school could consider studying at a community college and transfer to a 4 year institution after their initial 2 year. The community colleges are vastly cheaper than most universities; students usually pay less than half of what their counter parts would be paying at a university and students could save on living expenses by living at home. In addition, community college is a great way to get your feet wet about college life, because the classes in community colleges usually have a smaller student pool size than university classes; that would mean that the professors have more time to commit to each student and students could have a better learning curve studying at a community college.
Finally, people shouldn’t be burden by the cost of rising education. Education is an important aspect of society and it helps to maintain a strong workforce that will eventually attract more investors to invest in United States because of the strong educated workforce. In the long run, cutting education isn’t the right way to reduce government spending, it will probably cost more harm than good. However, the government could consider looking to cut spending somewhere else; such as military spending or even do a tax reform. With so many lives would be stake, the government should take a serious consideration about raising the Stafford student loan or cutting spending in education.
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By Eddie Amintohir
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t the beginning of the year, people often write their New Year resolutions. Some people stick to them, but the majority would forget their New Year resolutions. It is necessary to keep track of our goals to know whether we are making progress or not. Goals need to be evaluated and their development may not exist unless a written progress, journal, or checklist is used. Summer would be more meaningful when you add self-development activities into your vacation list.
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Make cash + progress Don’t just look for extra cash; but also work for the things that draw you closer to your dream. Often, business or work demand deviates us away from what is actually important. Nowadays, people are more focused on earning a living, rather than building a fortune. If one’s focus is on making cash to fulfill one’s desire, one would find one’s self working all the time, with miniscule change in one’s income. Promotions and opportunity comes with the growth of your self-value. Spend at least 15-30 minutes a day to read books; do self-evaluation; and listen to motivational speakers. It could be any kind of activities that would increase one’s self value. Just for 30 minutes a day, it would benefit you and your future.
Often business and work demands have deviate one away from what is actually important. People are more and more focus on earning a living, rather than building a fortune. If one’s focus is on making cash to fulfill one’s desire, one would found one’s self to work all the time, with miniscule change in one’s income. Promotions and opportunity comes with the growth of your self-value. Spend at least 15-30 minutes a day to read books, do self-evaluation, listening to encouraging speaker. It could be any kind of activity that would increase one’s self value. It would benefit yourself in the future just for 30 minutes/day time.
Vacation + Connection Vacation is a fun time to relieve yourself from pressure and intense feeling in the workplace. Why wouldn’t you make it more purposeful by creating more social connections? The majority of the world’s population wants to be connected; no one likes being by themselves for a long period of time.
The reason Facebook, Youtube, Amazon, and other social media sites had tremendous growth rate in the last decade is because of the need of people to be connected. Think of getting connected to people like being refreshed; adding new juice of creativity to your mind ; and providing alternatives to your perspective.
“Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.” – Anonymous
ning of a new season. When many people are using summer to spend money, some others use it to add their overall life-value. Which of these are you?
There may be only enough time to make our lives count such that it cannot be wasted unplanned. Summer is a transitive period to a begin-
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YOU + EARTH = By : Michelle Tan
Often the things that we’re looking for are just around the corner. The earth that grows our food, the sun that provides us with warmth and winds that regulates our weather. Just like season would only exist with variety, so life would be completed with health. Summer is just around the corner, what are your plans? There are many places to go and things to do, but have you considered going to places that would help your own health? Trails, parks, and recreation centers are available all around the city to for you to reap the benefits. With increasing rise of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, throughout the nation, there must be change. If there is a will to change these statistics, then there must be a way. There are two kinds of benefits that if sown, you can reap. The first aspect is health, both your physical and mental. Through recreational activities, physical activities themselves become fun plus it encourages you to continue these habits. Thus, in turn will reduce obesity and lower risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis. Other health benefits in-
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clude boosts in the immune system and longer life expectancy. Mentally, these activities also reduce stress and depression, thus improving the quality of life. Along with health, is the social aspect. When you do these activities with other people such as friends, families, and others in the communities, your relationships with them will grow and strengthen social bonds. There are a numerous amount of activities you can participate in from biking, running, hiking, swimming, basketball, tennis, just to list a few. So go out there and enjoy what the earth can offer you, by taking part in activities at trails, parks, and other centers.
Swimming is also one of the best ways to improve your health. It is the second most popular sport in America, and people report that they enjoy water-based exercised compared to exercising on land. This is due to the ability to exercise longer without increased effort on joint or muscle pain;especially with those who have arthritis. Water-based exercise not only helps those with chronic illness, but also with mental health by improving mood. In addition, postmenopausal women can improve and maintain their bone health.
YOU + WATER
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VS. Postgraduate Degrees By : Vina Hadyanto
Graduation season is over. Some people have given thoughts of what to do, either to continuing their studies to graduate degrees or getting work experience.
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level is not enough. Rising tuition rates and unemployment rates could give students more reasons to choose between work and study, and to set their priorities.
Which path should I take: continue my studies or get work experience? Depending on your field of interest, certain jobs require postgraduate degrees, such as law, dentistry, medicine and pharmacy. Many companies nowadays are demanding for candidates with postgraduate degrees, which mean that people without it might not be able to get jobs that they want. However, having work experience can make you more competitive in getting your job since some companies may demand a more practical approach (for example, a company might be searching for someone who has prior experience in working with the elders, or prior experience in working as a manager). Studying Master’s degrees would widen your knowledge and expertise in a certain field. Granted, continuing studies to attain postgraduate studies might be a lot of work,
But it’s worthwhile when you have a dream to achieve. Keep in mind that some skills can’t be taught in classroom, but rather through experience in real world. You’d have to learn the skills that you need for your job from work experience, and companies would be looking out for those skills. Master’s degree and work experience go hand-in hand in job searching as some companies demand people with experience in both. So, whether you choose to continue your studies or get work experience, it will be beneficial for you as it can make you stand out among others. In the end, your decision will depend on your degree of passion within your field of interest.
If you’re thin king of conti nuing your require you studies up to to have a ma PhD, some ster’s degre applicants to majors e. Typically, have a Bach PhD program elor’s and/or not intereste s require Master’s deg d in researc ree. Howeve h work or an and analyzin r, you’re ything dealin g, you’re no g with collec t required to ting data have a Maste r’s degree.
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Here Comes Summer Time to put aside all those outerwear, dark colours, and winter accessories‌ and celebrate the season with colours, sheerness and sandals!
Considering the amount of sunlight the Pacific Northwest gets, it is no wonder that the bright warm sun is one of the most anticipated elements here. This means that it is time to put aside all those outerwear, dark colours, and winter accessories… and switch to light, colourful, and cute accessories that can be showcased without being covered by layers and layers of clothes. Let’s face it ladies, with the constant perspiration and fewer layers to mix-and-match, a substantial amount of money would need to be invested to keep your wardrobe fresh. Not if you invest in versatile pieces? You got it. What if you know that there is a sandal out there that can be transformed into more than 100 styles?
{ Sseko Designs }
Now you do – meet the Sseko sandals; sandals that can be made into as many styles as your creativity takes you. The beautiful thing is: there are not just regular sandals. The money you spent on these Sseko sandals are going to help fund a Ugandan women achieve a further education. Sseko Designs also employs qualified graduates to work within the company. In addition to providing women with employments, they also partner with a non -profit organization in Uganda that works with women that have been saved from the sex industry.
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Fashion with a cause? Yes please! Get yours at: Dream 3427 Fremont Place North Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 547-1211
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As much as we love summer; let’s face it ladies, with the constant perspiration and fewer layers to mix-and-match, a substantial amount of money would need to be invested to keep your wardrobe fresh. Not if you invest in versatile pieces? You got it. What if you know a sandal out there that can be transformed into more than 100 styles? Well, there is! Meet the Sseko sandals; these sandals can be made into as many styles as your creativity takes you. The beautiful thing is: there are not just regular sandals. The money you spent on these Sseko sandals can help fund a Ugandan women in achieving a further education.
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Get yours at: Dream 3427 Fremont Place North Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 547-1211 Find our more at: ssekodesigns.com
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