The Life and Music of Beatle George Harrison
By Rosana Hart - 1/4/2008
Propelled into fame as one of the Beatles, along with Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr, George Harrison was known as the "quiet one" of the group, and also as the "spiritual one." He was the lead guitarist. He happened to meet Ravi Shankar at a dinner in the sixties, and Shankar offered ...
The Wild Dove (a Sonnet to Elvis)
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
The wild-Dove
(a Sonnet to Elvis) I saw now, a wild-dove with no mate Pass me by, as I walked my path of life; So high, so high he flew, in the sky?s light,
Boundless and quick, unblocked and elate,
Happy, I thought?He must be, knowing his fate; For he, like Solomon, had sipped life?s lusts; (fo...
Review: Samurai Jack -- Code of the Samurai
By Kristin Johnson - 1/4/2008
Fans of Genndy Tartakovsky`s "Samurai Jack," which wrapped last year on the Cartoon Network, enjoy the quirky storytelling and stunning visuals, also the martial arts sequences. Naturally, it was only a matter of time before the online gaming industry turned the time-traveling samurai`s adventures ...
Songs Await Singer
By Russ Miles - 1/4/2008
I Want To Grow Old With You (C) Chorus: I want to grow old with you...
I want to still be there
Someday, to share
These things that we go through...
We?ll sit and rock
And get to talk
Of crazy things we did
?When I was young and you were just a kid?... Sometimes, I know...
Directional Afterburners for Tighter Turns, Vertical Flight and Agility
By Lance Winslow - 1/4/2008
Directional Thrusters can increase the maneuverability of just about any modern jet fighter. http://www.f-16.net/modules.php?op=modload...artid=56&page=1 . Directional thrusters and thrust vectoring can be used to control flight at slow speeds, Orbitor and Space Shuttle Re-entry and vertical take of...
How to Get Your CD Mastered for Free
By Thomas Morva - 1/4/2008
Finding free CD mastering services is difficult, but possible. There are several ways of getting CDs mastered for free. For one, it is often possible to download free trial CD mastering software from websites. In addition, many talent shows and competitions offer free recording and mastering serv...
Online Sports Betting Sites: Top 7 Signs of a Fake
By Proloy Bhattacharyya - 1/4/2008
Most of the sports fans I know that have wanted to gamble online have always worried about the safety and security of the sportsbooks they bet at. In fact, there have been cases of many fraudulent online sports betting sites that existed only to take the customer`s money and absolutely no signs of p...
Piano Playing is Easier than You Think When You Understand Musical Form
By Duane Shinn - 1/4/2008
Form is the key that unlocks the musical map of a song or a musical compostition. Like a house has rooms, so a song has rooms or sections. Chord progressions come in sections, like one room in a house. You can put several different rooms together to make a big house, or you can live in a one room ho...
Dancing With Whales
By David Stanley - 1/4/2008
We`ve all heard about whalewatching from boats or shore, and a few companies are now offering the possibility of actually swimming and snorkeling with whales in the wild. Is this a good thing? Some whalewatching operators in the Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific islands, advertise the possibility of s...
Private Investigators on TV - Randall and Hopkirk (Diseased)
By Michael Russell - 1/4/2008
This 1969 British TV series, Randall and Hopkirk (Diseased), introduced the rather bizarre concept of one half of a private detective team being a ghost, having died in a hit and run accident, during a routine divorce investigation. Rather extreme for divorce, you might think - and thereby hangs a ...
Beauty of Nature Talent of Man, a New Ancient Art Form
By Peter Lewitin - 1/4/2008
Since Mankind first stood erect and developed a consciousness of the world in which he lived; Nature has been a place of many dangers. Violence and death, the need to survive, and the biological urge to reproduce, and to nurture ourselves and our offspring has always been a prime motivational factor...
Pump New Life into Miss America
By David Holmes - 1/4/2008
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". ? Albert Einstein Clearly, The Miss American Pageant is guilty of doing the same thing repeatedly to a degree broaching the ridiculous. How many years has this little event targeted the same au...
Influence of Television on a Person
By Tyler Benson - 1/4/2008
In the twenty first century technology is developing very fast. Advanced technological wonders still surprise us and make us wanting more and more comfort that they create. One of them is television that became popular all over the world now and there is no country, region or village where people do...
Distractions: Irritants to Writers
By Joy Cagil - 1/4/2008
You need to write; you are eager to write; you sit down to write. The phone rings; your neighbor comes to your door with her personal problems; your children fight. These types of distractions happen to all the writers, even when they plan their writing session according to the times when they are l...
Adam to Windsor ? What?s That?
By Murray Hughes - 1/4/2008
In Depression Glass parlance, ?from Adam to Windsor? refers
to the alphabetical order in which collector?s guides
typically list all the patterns of the seven largest glass
companies that produced this now-collectible glassware.
Some of these companies made the lucky (or smart) decision
to re-tool w...
The Struggle
By Charles Goulet - 1/4/2008
Sometime one must coax the words out. Each day is a struggle to sit before the computer and produce?produce words that are appropriate, produce sentences that are logical, produce paragraphs that are focused, and produce a page that is relevant to the project?whether it is a poem, a short story, an ...
Valentino Rossi In A Ferrari At Last
By Mark Flanighan - 1/4/2008
Valentino Rossi the 7 times world champion on a motorbike has completed his first public showing in a F1 car in Valencia Spain. He has signed for Ferrari, who looks upon him as a possible replacement for Schumacher when he retires. If his first showing is to go by, he looks certain to prove any scep...
Troy Burroghs: Water [Now in: English and Spanish]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
I was watching TV a few days ago and it just come to my mind, one of them flashbacks you hear about I suppose?you know, PTS: those Post Traumatic Stress flashes. Anyways, the guy was talking on TV, calm like, mildly well dressed in his early ?30s style attire, representing an insurance company. Ma...
The Great Caddis Hatch
By Bill Edrington - 1/4/2008
In my opinion, "The Mother" of all Mother?s Day Caddis hatches occurs on the Arkansas. It begins in the Canon City area around April 15, and gradually moves upstream and past Salida until runoff blows it away around 30 days later. The irony is, however, that by Mother?s Day the fish have seen so m...
How To Create Better Shoulder Stability For Golf
By Susan Hill - 1/4/2008
Shoulder stability is essential to packing a powerful golf swing. Without stability, flexibility and strength in your shoulders your swing is not going to be as efficient or effective as it could be. In fact, you can wind up with shoulder injuries that not only hurt your swing, but literally hurt ...
Why We Play Games, Part 3
By Steve Hall - 1/4/2008
In part 2 of this series we took a look at Creative Expression and Escapism, two significant motivators of the common gamer. The week before that, we covered Challenge and Competition. This week we have a look at Socialization and try to tie it all together. Social interaction is a subject on which ...
Writing Resources: 7 Books For Improving Your Manuscript
By Britt Gillette - 1/4/2008
Whether a crawling novice or polished professional, writers from every walk of life have room for improvement in their work. An endless array of rules and techniques must be kept in mind when writing ? punctuation, grammar, transition, show don?t tell, etc. As a result, it?s extremely important to...
The Mayfly Nypmh
By Cameron Larsen - 1/4/2008
Their names roll off the fly fisherman?s tongue like the names of lost loves. Making the angler drool almost as much as the fish (if fish could drool). Hendricksons, Green Drakes, Pale Morning Dun. Just saying these names can do more to lower a fly fisherman?s blood pressure than a month of yoga....
Don`t Get Ripped Off On Golf Vacations
By Keith Jennison - 1/4/2008
Whether it?s a quick weekend getaway or a 10 day golf adventure to the Caribbean, there is one thing in common with all golf trips and vacations? rip-offs are common. Here are a few things to be careful of when booking your next golf trip. 1. Cart Fees. Many courses will require you to rent a cart, ...
Integrate Fun and Learning With PC Games
By Natalie Aranda - 1/4/2008
Educational software for children generally comes in the form of computer tutorials related to different school subjects and other areas of learning such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference books, etc., but when all this knowledge integrates fun, a new exciting and rewarding experience comes t...
An Introduction to the Trampoline
By Jason Gluckman - 1/4/2008
The sport of trampolining reflects man`s age-old desire to defy gravity. The trampoline in its current form (a mat mounted on a steel frame) dates back to the early 1800, if newspaper reports are to be believed, when a circus in London displayed what it called the ?trampoline jump.? Since then, the ...
The Poker Chip
By Giancarlo Casio - 1/4/2008
To write this article saddens me greatly. It is a story of great heart break and pain. And all because of a poker chip. Many years ago when I left my village and traveled to the new world I vowed that I would work hard, save my money and send for my father. My father was a very proud man who loved l...
Painting with Sound
By Edward Weiss - 1/4/2008
Whenever I go to a Borders bookstore here in San Diego, I make it a point to look at the art instruction books. I`m not a visual artist, but I`ve always enjoyed the step-by-step approach authors of the better books take to teach students how to create a finished painting. You get to see it all demon...
Dog Breeds : Akita
By Dorian Regester - 1/4/2008
Named for a town on the northern Japanese island of Honshu, the Akita was a sporting dog of the noble houses. Each Shogun kept a kennel of the big dogs to hunt deer, bear and boar. It was forbidden to speak to the dogs or about them except in a special language called "dog words". Good examples of t...
"She Walks In Beauty," A Discussion of the Poem by Lord Byron
By Garry Gamber - 1/4/2008
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that`s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow`d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair`d the ...
Twisted Sisters
By Nathan Tyree - 1/4/2008
I tried not to lean against anything. Leaning, I Feared, would give the wrong impression. It could seem too casual. Sitting was also not an option. I also did my level best not to make eye contact. This was harder than it sounds. When you are surrounded by people with dentition that resembles broken...
Why I`d Rather Be A Slugger
By Aron Wallad - 1/4/2008
During the last NLCS, I asked Brandon Backe of the Astros what the hardest thing was for him in making the conversion from outfielder to pitcher in the minors. He said it was "not playing every day." That is why I would rather be a slugger, to answer your question. I`d want my mind and body to be in...
Things To Know When Shopping For A Guitar Amplifier
By Michael Casamento - 1/4/2008
Guitar amplifiers are a major part of your tone. Some amps can do many things well, while others excel at producing specific tonal qualities. When shopping for a guitar amplifier, you will have to choose between a Tube or Solid-State model, and whether you want a combo, or separate head and speaker ...
Writing Business Letters That Get The Job Done
By Shaun Fawcett - 1/4/2008
Despite the widespread use of e-mail in commerce today,
traditional business letters are still the main way
that the majority of businesses officially communicate
with their customers and other businesses. This is especially true when businesses want to formalize
an agreement or an understanding. S...
Plotting Problems - Episodic Writing
By Marg McAlister - 1/4/2008
The rejection letter says: "Your story, on the surface, appears to be well-told and has appealing characters. However, the writing is episodic; the story lacks direction." You frown. Huh? The story lacks direction? How could it? Your main character is on a quest; how much more of a dir...
A Series of Articles on Autobiography
By Ron Price - 1/4/2008
ESSAYS ON AUTOBIOGRAPHY: NUMBER 1 Preamble: Nearly seven years ago I wrote my first essay on the nature of autobiography. It was some two years after completing my initial draft, the first edition of my own autobiography. I am now working on the 5th edition of that autobiography some twenty years a...
Buying a Piano - Get the FAQs!
By Cynthia VanLandingham - 1/4/2008
As a piano teacher I want to be a resource for parents when they have questions. The most frequently asked questions I get from parents are about buying a piano. Read this article to learn how to choose the piano that?s right for your family. I want to enroll my child in piano lessons. When sh...
Crash Course on Wedding Crashing
By Hanif Khaki - 1/4/2008
What you`re about to read is a `labor of love`. Hours and hours of learning and research went into gaining this experience and compiling it in a form you can benefit from. This article was meant to be a useful, educational and instructive resource for anyone interested in this topic. Enjoy it - and...
Best Space Themed Games - Part I
By Denis Snow - 1/4/2008
Space? How much we can place where? Incredible words, unknown planets, fantastic creatures. But now I want to tell you about some space themed computer shareware games, and want you to play it ? I choose only best 19 games from about 200! Here you can find 10 shooters with each of it?s own unique ga...
Planning Time To Write
By Karen Bianchi - 1/4/2008
In his book, "Achieving Financial Independence as a Freelance Writer," Ray Dreyfack, a full-time freelancer for 30 years, suggests that writers "ease" into full-time writing while maintaining their day jobs. If you`re following this advice, either by choice or by necessity, you know that it`s not al...
4 Essential Elements of Golf Fitness
By Susan Hill - 1/4/2008
Are you ready to take your golf game to a new level? Golf fitness and a whole body approach to your golf game may be the answer. Many of you have spent hours on the driving range sharpening your golf skills. You?ve invested a small fortune in new equipment, golf lessons, and accessories, yet you hav...
Clown Fears - How to Prevent Clowns from being Scary
By Tom Raymond - 1/4/2008
No true clown wants to scare a child. However, some children can and do grow up with a Fear Of Clowns-- the clinical name for this is coulraphobia. The question is, how can professional clowns prevent children from being scared? Before even discussing make-up, let`s look at some basics. Remember whe...
Everyone Watches TV
By Dale Davidson - 1/4/2008
DLP: Digital Light Processing. the semiconductor that changed everything
At the heart of DLP? technology is the Digital Micromirror Device, (DMD), a semiconductor-based ?light switch? array of thousands of individually addressable, tiltable, mirror-pixels. Light or dark pixels are created, when an a...
Indie Music Artists Meet Clear Channel Execs
By Scott G (The G-Man) - 2/12/2007
"What does it cost to get a record on the charts?" The question was directed to Mike McVay, programming consultant to about 400 radio stations owned by media giant Clear Channel.
A hush fell over the audience, as this was a piece of information that could determine the fate of independent artists ...
Online Gambling
By S Baker - 2/12/2007
Online gambling is hot. In fact there are websites popping up everywhere with new gambling options. Living near a gambling casino is no longer important if for individuals who wish to gamble a lot of money or just a little. You can feel safe in most of these places as well. And, with all of this com...
Lottery, More Than Just Gambling
By Bruce Bay - 1/30/2007
A lottery is a popular form of gambling which involves the drawing of lots for a prize. There are some states where lottery is forbidden but others endorse it to the extend of organizing a national lottery. Lotteries date back to the period of Romans. And it was common for emperors to give their din...
More Money for Muscles?
By Sherri L Dodd - 1/21/2007
American Council of Exercise teamed with Consumer Reports to find the most effective exercise equipment. While they had plenty to say about weight equipment and cardio machines, abdominal, butt and inner thigh devices barely received a nod. In fact, the words used were ?None worth considering.?
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Speed Kills
By Paul Wilson - 1/16/2007
Would you say you have a fast looking swing or a slow swing? (If you don?t have a fast swing show this article to a playing partner who does). You would think that a recreational golfer?s fast swing would hit a golf ball a long way wouldn?t you? After all, it looks fast! Yet the ball doesn?t go ...
Countdown to Armegeddon
By Gary Whittaker - 2/1/2006
`Tis the season to be jolly! Why? Simple. King George II, owing his re-election in large part to the American Christian Right Wing, will certainly not defoul the regions surrounding the holy land by launching any more full-scale attacks, in this, a time of celebration for the birth of baby Jesus. Wh...
Houston Astros: Next Year is Here
By Garret Tupa Jr - 1/30/2006
Every year the Astros say next year, will its next year, and the Astros and the fans are ready. This year the Astros look ready to fight for it all. What will really happen this year? Injuries can be a key factor for them this year. Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio will have to step up to the challenge...
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