Problem: Article: You can also make your beard look darker by growing a thicker beard. Let your beard grow out for at least four weeks. Many people feel that their beard is patchy, but in most cases you will not know how full your beard can be unless you grow it out fully. Exercising regularly can help to boost testosterone levels, which will promote hair growth. It will also increase blood circulation, making hair grow in thicker and fuller. Try getting at least 30 minutes of exercise daily. Strength training, such as weight lifting is the most beneficial for boosting testosterone. Stress can impact hair growth and quality by constricting blood vessels, making it difficult for nutrients to reach the hair follicles. In order to reduce your stress levels, try meditating for ten minutes each day. Sit in a quiet room and focus on your breathing. This will help you clear your mind and relax. Sleep can help to rejuvenate testosterone levels, which can help you grow a fuller beard. This is especially true if you are able to get a minimum of eight hours of sleep each night. Less than five hours of sleep can reduce your testosterone levels by up to 15% and may result in the development of a patchy beard. Eating a healthy vitamin and protein rich diet can also help to increase testosterone levels. For example, make sure that you eat a variety of vegetables and proteins. Try adding kale, Brazil nuts, and eggs to your diet to help thicken your beard.
Summary: Grow out your beard for four weeks. Exercise regularly. Reduce stress. Sleep for eight hours each night. Eat a healthy diet.

Problem: Article: ” The Peripherals window will display on-screen. ” ” HUI stands for Human User Interface, and is a type of MIDI mapping protocol you’ll be using in Pro Tools with your MIDI keyboard.  ” Your MIDI keyboard will now be connected to and recognized by Pro Tools.
Summary: Connect the MIDI keyboard to your computer using a USB / MIDI adapter. Verify that your keyboard is powered on and ready for use. Launch Pro Tools on your Windows or Mac computer. Click on “Setup” at the top of your Pro Tools session and select “Peripherals. Click on the tab labeled “MIDI Controllers. Click on the “Type” dropdown menu and select “HUI. Select the name of your keyboard from the “Receive From” and “Send To” dropdown menus. Click on “OK.

Problem: Article: This technique will create a muscle memory for words that are more difficult to memorize. Just as you write words on paper, writing them in your hand can be a useful trigger to recall spelling when you are confronted them with during a competition. This technique is especially useful because you are allowed to spell words into your hand while onstage at an actual spelling bee. Etymology is incredibly important to understanding how words work in the English language. If you don’t know a word, you can often make an educated guess about its spelling depending on what root word(s) it may contain.  If you don’t know the word “antebellum,” for instance, you might be able to recognize the common root of “ante,” in the beginning of the word, and guess the rest. “Ante” means “before,” and “bellum” means war. So, while you may not have known “bellum,” you could piece together that antebellum mean pre-something—pre-war, in this case. Asking the origin of a word here is important. It can give you a clue to what root the word is derived from - unless it's an eponym. This may sound daunting, but reading the dictionary as if it were a novel is useful for recognizing how root words transform as you progress alphabetically. You will also have maximum exposure to unknown words by reading the dictionary.  Pick one, five-page section at a time to read, at random. Watch as words build off of words that have come before them, and notice how spelling is comprised of a connection of words, and their roots. Pick three words from a random page and try using them in a sentence, after spelling them. This will make those words memorable to you. This exercise can also be done with the words on your word list. Reading the dictionary can be more useful than pleasure reading because your brain will be focused solely on learning words and their definitions, rather than complex or literary concepts. Diacritics are the small symbols above words in the dictionary. Learning these will help you hear how a word should be officially pronounced. In the English language, words are often pronounced differently than they look on the page. So, you may have the spelling of a word memorized, but if the bee announcer pronounces it differently than you would, you may not think you know that word. ”Diacritic,” for example, will be written two other ways in the dictionary. The first shows its syllables: di·a·crit·ic. The second shows its pronunciation: /dīəˈkridik/. These symbols tell you to emphasize the first three letters, with the most emphasis going on the “i” that has a small, horizontal line above it. The written “a” in diacritic will sound more like an “uh,” according to this chart. Read the dictionary, recite words aloud to yourself, and write words out on your own. This way, you’ll foster your own learning experience unfettered by other people’s ideas and associations. Ultimately, you will be on the spelling bee stage by yourself, so it’s a good idea to practice techniques that will best serve you when gearing up for the big day. Try to use the words in your everyday vocabulary, instead of just memorizing them, which will help both on the short term and the long term. You can still read for pleasure as you study for a spelling bee, but it must be an active reading practice. That means looking up the pronunciation, context, and definition of words you don’t know, even if they aren’t on your spelling list. Once a week, remove words that you have successfully learned from your word list. This will allow you to add new words to your list, and avoid wasting study time on those words that are already safely in your mind. The more you see a word, the more it will stick in your brain. Change Post-It notes out once you have had them up for a week. Practice spelling the word out loud whenever you look at the note.
Summary:
Pretend to write words into the palm of your hand. Learn root words. Read the dictionary. Learn diacritics for pronunciation. Read, recite, and write alone. Look up words you don’t know when you read for pleasure. Keep your word list up to date. Post notes with difficult words written on them throughout your house.