Inline Skating Technique -- The T-Stop
By Jim Safianuk - 1/4/2008
Advanced skaters sometimes prefer to use the T-stop as a quick way to slow down. However, excessive use of this means of stopping can prematurely wear out the inside edges and the profile of your wheels. If this isn?t a major concern for you, by all means use the T-stop when it?s to your advantage t...
The Enigma of a Movie Poster
By Mark McCallister - 1/4/2008
Have you ever noticed how movie posters make heads turn, especially when they are not displayed at a movie theater? Do you feel that movie posters somehow connect you to a certain period of your life when that movie was shown in the theaters? Movie posters have always had a certain magnetism around ...
Progressive Jackpot Odds and Probabilities
By Chuck Flick - 1/4/2008
Calculating odds and probabilities for classic slot machine games with 3 reels with 10 symbols on each reel is simplicity itself. You simply multiply the chances of hitting the correct symbol on each real times the chances of hitting it on the other 2 reels. The formula looks like this in fact: 1/10...
How To Improve Your Golf Swing Timing
By Mike Pedersen - 1/4/2008
Golf swing timing is a key factor in being able to repeat a mechanically sound swing for 18 holes. In fact it is true to say that correct timing is everything. This is the main reason why golfers need to concentrate when taking a shot. Golf swing timing has to do with the way the golfer controls the...
What Can A Single Digit Handicap Golfer Do That You Can`t?
By Susan Hill - 1/4/2008
Chances are that if you?re an avid golfer, you?d love to be a single digit handicap golfer. So what do these golfers have that you don?t? You may be thinking they?re simply ?better golfers,? and they may be true, but odds are they are also more in tune with how their level of fitness affects their...
Valentine`s Day for Dummies
By Charlie Hatton - 1/4/2008
Saint Valentine`s Day rolls around just once a year. And if you`ve been married as long as I have, your chances for sex don`t come much more often. `There`s always next year` is a fine mantra for a Cubs fan or a Libertarian, but not for a lover. So don`t miss your amorous opportunity t...
The Lunchbox [NOW! in Spanish and English]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
The Lunchbox
[1954-1957] We couldn?t always afford the hot lunches at St. Louis school [in St. Paul, Minnesota] during my elementary [formative] years, so my mother bought me a lunchbox, a Lone Ranger designed lunchbox, and I was proud to own it: yes, I suppose, if kids had heroes, and not absor...
Poker Cheats: Beware of Pot Clipping and The Stacked Deck
By John Finney - 1/4/2008
Poker cheats come in all shapes and sizes, from the business professional to the much loved grandmother. Poker cheaters are also always coming up with new and innovative ways to try and cheat players out of their money. One of the ways cheaters try to win is with a move called clipping the pot. This...
Bob Ross - Art Teacher Extraordinare!
By Edward Weiss - 1/4/2008
For those of you who don`t know, Bob Ross is a painter who specializes in showing people how to paint complete landscape scenes in about a half-hour. I`ve never really painted before, but I`ve always loved watching this man paint on TV - (he hosted a PBS special for many years.) The thing about him ...
BygoneTV
By Vernon Stent - 1/4/2008
Are you fascinated by old TV shows from 50`s and 60`s? In its infancy, TV was
a cross between music-hall entertainment and a picture version of radio. Lot`s
of tv shows came and went - a few stuck around for quite some time.
These old tv shows are becoming modern day antiques. Let`s not let them b...
First Undrafted Quarterback to be Elected into the Hall of Fame
By Cathy Jones - 1/4/2008
Warren Moon kept himself a busy schedule after high school he played at a junior college in Los Angeles and in the Canadian Football League before reaching the NFL. Based on his history, Moon knew better than to expect selection into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Fo...
Black Bubble [Part One]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
Black Bubble
[The Dread of the Yukon] 1
The Decision
And the Journey The Witch Speaketh: Once witches danced
To plenilunal magic
With weak souls to molest?;
Ah! Yes?way back when?
When?witches robbed men
Of virtue and piousness. [July, AD 1909] I?m over fifty, and Sh...
Guitar lesson: The E F G of Learning To Play Guitar Sheet Music
By Peter Edvinsson - 1/4/2008
Is it really possible to conquer the guitar fretboard? Do you find the notes you want to find? Is tabulature cheating? Let me invite you to the guitar fretboard! I suggest that you right now start to take command over your guitar. Usually when you are playing your first guitar sheet music melodies y...
Curse of the Abyss Worm [Chapter 23 & 24]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
23 Curse of the Viper?s
[Mr. Dick Earnest Reviews with Anna in Person] Anna, slender, petite with her long black hair, sat attentively in Dick Earnest?s office, --today, among all days, was her day; she?d get the rest of the story. She had received 21-tapes, now for the conclusion, but yet as she s...
Be Entertained! Win Jackpots with Online Poker
By Elizabeth Sherry - 1/4/2008
Have you ever experienced poker download? Have you ever played poker online? Do you ever think why people play poker online? Then do one thing, give online poker a try! When you play poker online, you will certainly say that you have caught the excitement and jackpots right on your computer and from...
Rickenbacker 4003 Electric Bass Guitar
By Jeremy Hier - 1/4/2008
The Rickenbacker 4003 electric bass guitar is one
of the few electric basses to have earned the accolade
"classic" as a title for itself. The Rickenbacker 4000
Series guitar is attributed for creating new dimensions
of bass playing capabilities. Basses by Rickenbacker
are made by hand in America, u...
Los Andes Space Observatory (Part II ((to `Project: Space Tomb`))
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
[July 16, 2126 AD] The engineering of the Space Tomb was simple, it was like a comet, it drew its energy from the sun, and the Tomb gave energy to its occupants. It had a cooling system, and when farthest away from a star or sun it?when it got coldest?as space can be 250 Fahrenheit, below zero?(an...
It`s Not a Matter of Who is Right
By Carl Cestari - 1/4/2008
"People here may belittle sports arts...." Who? Almost EVERY "combatives" man of any note CAME from a combative sports background. Boxing, wrestling, judo. WEF and O`Neill (SIXTH DAN-Kodokan Judo-personal student of Uchijima Sensei, a NEWAZA LEGEND) are PRIME examples of this. But HERE`S a BETTER co...
How Many Songs Are In Your Pocket?
By Rick David - 1/4/2008
The portable MP3 player continues to be the hot item for those who want music on the go. I was talking to a teen the other day wearing a wristwatch MP3 player she takes on her walks. She showed me how it stores & plays about 60 songs and does everything but tell time. ?Cool?, I said, ?That?s a lot o...
Exercise Bikes - Recumbent or Stationary?
By Andre Best - 1/4/2008
Exercise bikes are a wonderful way to get a low-impact exercise workout. Of course today`s bikes like those from Sportsart, Tunturi, Nordictrack, Schwinn, and Pro Form are a far cry from the bikes offered many years ago. You know the ones - the lightweight plastic flywheel, the tiny seat, and no sta...
Motorhead "Inferno"
By Les Lewellyn - 1/4/2008
Motorhead-"Inferno"-Review by Les Lewellyn
When David Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters fame release the sens...
Poetry in a Nutshell
By Gary Hess - 1/4/2008
Poetry is more than just rhyming and prose that is in meters and verse. It is an art form. It is something that can not be judged by its cover and can not be criticized to the point where it just "sucks." Poetry is about expression. Poetry expresses the way we feel on a certain subject through image...
May The Force Be With You
By Reg Hardy - 1/4/2008
I am a believer in Willie Mosconi`s edict, there are two types of shots in billiards, soft and softer, but there are times when you need "The Force". Specifically, the Force Follow Draw can be used to apply the benefits of a draw stroke. But this one will "dig into" the object ball more and as a res...
Drew Rosenhaus: Bad for the NFL?
By Vikas Paruchuri - 1/4/2008
Is Drew Rosenhaus bad for the NFL? The way I see it he is no different than the hundreds of other NFL agents that ply their trade without media recognition. Sure, he is more aggressive, but the techniques he uses have been around for years. The holdout is nothing new; many players hold out each y...
How New Authors Can Keep Their Manuscripts Coherent
By Marvin Cloud - 1/4/2008
In large publishing houses, many manuscripts penned by first-time authors, never make it past the "first reader" who for all practical purposes is a gatekeeper of sorts. This person`s job is to weed out manuscripts that do not fit certain established submission criteria. However, many never make it ...
Mount Kenya ? Up High at God?s Mountain
By Andrew Muigai - 1/4/2008
Mount Kenya is Africa`s second highest mountain, after Kilimanjaro. It is estimated to be 2.5 million years old, and Kilimanjaro at 750,00 years of age is really an upstart. Time has really taken its toll, and the peak is thought to have dropped from 6,500 m those millions of years ago to 5,199 m to...
Wanted! Adventurous Guests Looking For a New Experience on a Royal Caribbean Cruise
By William Lezubski - 1/4/2008
Wanted! Adventurous guests looking for a new experience on a Royal Caribbean Cruise! Royal Caribbean Cruise line is known to be a leading, innovative cruise vacation company that offers new experiences, a wide array of choices, and great vacation value for active singles, couples and entire families...
To Make and Break!
By HPriya Sivan - 1/4/2008
"What is your New Year Resolution?" This was perhaps the nth time I was asked this question. Considering the progress we make every year on these resolutions, what kind of. People look at me as if I am some strange creature when I say I do not frame any resolutions. Let us take them as it comes, I f...
Learning the Piano and Playing the Piano
By Edward Weiss - 1/4/2008
Many piano students spend much time learning how to play the piano. Years upon years of study time devoted to perfecting technique, tone, dynamics, etc. All the while, many of these same students have never really played the piano. That is, they have spent their time practicing in preparation for th...
Ole Bulky Jeeps & Paper, Ink and Rain [two Peoms]
By Dennis Siluk - 1/4/2008
Ole Bulky Jeeps Through late summer?s heat
These bulky shaped jeeps
Ride by house and farm
City and barn?Hungry for
Spring?again, hoping to avoid
The Slipping and sliding
Of winter?s ice and wind?[s] Their weighty legs are dirty
From moving dust and rain
(Here and th...
Horse Racing`s Premature Obituary
By C Wayne - 1/4/2008
Ok folks, it`s time to break out the shovels to bury horse racing, again! We came across an article on ESPN.com written by Bill Finley entitled "2005 was a lousy year for horse racing." In his article Mr. Finley cites 9 reasons why 2005 was such a bad year for horse racing in America. Although we ...
Horseback Riding in Renewal
By Anthony Hallan - 1/4/2008
Horseback riding has been popular for centuries for a variety of reasons. In the beginning, horses were primarily used for fighting and hunting. The speed of the horse gave people a great advantage. Later, horseback riding became a primary mode of travel. With the advent of wagons and carriages, peo...
Cleveland Indians: 2005 Title Contenders or Pretenders?
By Proloy Bhattacharyya - 1/4/2008
I lived in Cleveland for two summers not too long ago. My second year there was when they had their fire sale. Jim Thome was one of the last to go. Their argument to him was that it would take a long time before they start to contend again so that it was best to part ways. Well, the Indians are cont...
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...
A Closer Look at Violin Sheet Music
By Richard Romando - 1/4/2008
Nearly all violinists are well versed in reading sheet music. There are literally thousands, if not millions of musical pieces for violinists to play. Violin sheet music is available for a wide range of classical music, including pieces written by composers like Beethoven and Mozart to contemporary ...
Basketball History
By Lee Dobbins - 1/4/2008
The father of basketball, Dr. James Naismith came up with the game in 1892 and the first game was played in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania on April 8 1893 between the New Brighton YMCA and the Geneva College.
The game was very popular and by 1914 as many as 360 colleges boasted basketball teams. In ...
Why I Write Horror
By David Silva - 1/4/2008
These are some of the snapshots I carry with me:
My father coming up to visit me after first being diagnosed with leukemia. The visit was a surprise, and he brought a new computer with him. As he carried it into the house, he said, "This isn`t yours, but I`m going to let you use it." Later th...
The Need For Speed In Soccer
By Neil Travers - 1/4/2008
Soccer players are athletes, but unlike a 100m runner where there is explosive speed for 10 seconds in a straight line, there are many other abilities that soccer players need to develop. Here are 5 key soccer related speed abilities that you should develop in your players. #1 - Speed of thought Soc...
Three Classic Hikes Abroad
By Kathy Burns-Millyard - 1/4/2008
Paul Scott Mower once said, "There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country?" If you`ve ever contemplated going abroad to find your next trail, here are 3 classic hikes to consider. New Zealand`s Milford Track: The best known "track" through New Zealand`s beautiful fjords, this 32...
Skateboarding - One of the Most Exciting and Skilled Board Sports
By Ben Ruhland - 2/13/2007
If you?re looking to get into a board sport why not try out skateboarding? Let me guess you and your friends go out on weekends looking for something to do but you?re bored stiff. Well I can guarantee you skateboarding is a sport you?ll never be able to give up on once you get into it. It?s a board ...
Thalisha, La Princesa of Reggaeton N`B Remakes Mary J. Blige`s Real Love
By Karen Sears - 2/10/2007
Remaking a classic song that was originally recorded by the Queen of hip-hop and soul takes a great deal of confidence. But to remake the classic in Reggaeton N` B, a new genre of music, requires great talent. This summer, Thalisha, La Princesa of Reggaeton N` B, delivers and shines the spotlight on...
Balance Your Checkbook And Golf Swing
By Sean Cochran - 2/4/2007
We all search for it. Balance in our daily lives. Balance while riding a bike. Politicians are always debating a balanced budget in Washington, and most of us could use a little balance in our checkbooks. Balance is a term used in golf quite often as well. It?s a ?buzzword? and almost a cliché when ...
A Different Kind Of Catch
By Jonathan Green - 2/2/2007
Brought to you by www.discovereronline.com - Educational Research Marine Biology
At 50ft below the surface of the ocean, the blood in the water draws ocean predators to our position. A nurse shark`s synapses are stimulated as blood drifts i...
Legally Download Music and MP3`s
By Charles Oakland - 2/1/2007
Downloading music is one of the greatest things about owning a computer. However, the most popular way to do it is illegal. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is trying to stop anyone from downloading music illegally and have recently been passing out hefty fines to prevent downloa...
How To Change Electric Guitar Strings
By Steve Bishop - 1/30/2007
Did you know that a surprisingly high number of guitar players don?t know how to change electric guitar strings? that is, they can change them, but they don?t do it properly!
Here?s a simple guide to getting it right every time.
1. CHANGE YOUR STRINGS REGULARLY!
Change strings regularly, e...
Shootout Poker Tournaments Develop Stronger, Better Players!
By Joseph Miyamoto - 1/20/2007
What is a multi table tournament shootout structure? A shootout tournament is one in which each table plays down to one to three players. The winners of each single table then advances to the next level.
As an example, say a tournament had 100 entrants consisting of 10 tables of 10 players. The e...
10 Steps to Improving Your Triathlon Swim
By Kevin Koskella - 1/16/2007
As technical as the sport of swimming can be, it is tough to narrow down the answer to the often-asked question, ?what should I concentrate on?? So, I came up with a ?top ten? list of steps to improving your swim for a triathlon. These aren`t necessarily in any order, but should go a long way in hel...
Horse Training For Napping Horses
By Andy Curry - 2/12/2006
If you ever rode a horse that would stop and refuse to go forward then you would know how absolutely annoying it is.
Why do they stop? Because that`s their reaction to a worrisome or unpleasant situation. Even nervous and timid horses can stake themselves to the ground because they are apprehensi...
Trout Species ? Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout
By Brett Fogle - 1/28/2006
Rainbow Trout: Few freshwater fish can match the fighting spirit and beauty of a Rainbow Trout.
The Rainbow Trout is a well-traveled species of fish. Originally, the Rainbow Trout was found in the coastal rivers in the United States on the west coast but today, Rainbow Trout are found throughout t...
Warm Up While Playing The Big Cats at Ocean Ridge
By Allison Woodward - 1/22/2006
Drop those snow boots, grab your golf clubs and forget about winter for a while at Ocean Ridge Plantation in Sunset Beach, N.C.
Unlike its northern neighbors, Sunset Beach boasts a mild climate year-round. The warm weather and pristine natural surroundings make Ocean Ridge Plantation the perfect d...
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