Walt Disney`s Horror Movie
By Stephen Schochet - 4/3/2009
In 1934, when Walt Disney called for a meeting among his artists, a rumor had spread that he was going to shut the studio down and they would all be left unemployed during the great depression. Instead he personally told them in his own spellbinding way the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, ...
Africa
By Chime Hilary - 4/3/2009
AFRICA
(to africans in diaspora) africa here i come, africa
africa of the black soul
the soul of an ancient culture
the culture of your timid tribes. its your voice i hear africa
your voice of the talking drums
your beaded drums and the royal trumpeter
the metal gong o...
Lucky...
By Danielle Hollister - 4/3/2009
You make me smile
like I`ve seldom done before
You give me a reason
to want more and more... Of you - of us
any time - any where
It doesn`t matter
as long as you`re there... In your heart and in your soul
as much as in mine
We have a connection
that escapes time... And probably logic
as some people ...
Golf Swing Training The Right Way
By Mike Pedersen - 4/3/2009
Golf swing training is a critical area in the improvement of any golfer?s game. Yet not all golf swing training programs are the same. The truth of the matter is that there are some that are better and more effective than others. In this article, I will examine the aspects that make for a good golf ...
After Rocky Start, Sky is the Limit for Bomar
By Josh Cline - 4/3/2009
The career of QB Rhett Bomar started a bit rough, to say the least. He committed to OU, expecting to have a clear line to the job as a true freshman. True, Paul Thompson was there, but with competition, Bomar knew that he could step it up and try to win the job. Then Jason White did the unexpected?t...
The Solo Musician`s Tool Box
By Patrick Brown - 4/3/2009
If you are a solo musician, there are tools that you should know about, and have in your tool box. It is best to be prepared for whatever comes your way in the form of gigs, and musical opportunities. In this article I will go over some of the general things in the form of gear, hardware, and softwa...
Private Investigators on TV - The Rockford Files
By Michael Russell - 4/3/2009
Jim Rockford, played by James Gardner, spent five years in prison for an armed robbery which he didn`t commit and for which, he was later pardoned. In 1974 Rockford arrived on our TV screens, negating our preconceived ideas that PIs were suave, debonair and earned a lot of money. Rockford was not ve...
Zuma Deluxe Style Games Evolution
By Denis Snow - 4/3/2009
As I think most of gamers who play in shareware games know game called Zuma Deluxe. This game was extremly popular some time ago and still popular now. It`s now a classic game! Long time nobody in game industry try to make a game with Zuma gameplay. It was a fear of fail - as someone can know big p...
How to Write Your Op-Ed Piece
By Matthew Keegan - 4/3/2009
Op-ed articles, also known as opinion/editorial articles, are a great way for aspiring writers to publicize their work and, in exchange, receive an amazing amount of publicity for free. You can write an op-ed piece and get it publicized provided you follow these simple rules. Before you begin to wri...
Training to Increase Throwing Velocity
By Steve Zawrotny - 4/3/2009
I`m often asked how to help players to throw better or harder. My private lessons usually involve this aspect of training. My advice in this regard is the same: 1) First, improve throwing mechanics. Throwing properly by itself can improve velocity. 2) Train the body core in particular for strength a...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (NY)
By Cy Yablonsky - 4/3/2009
It was discovered, last Monday, that a tree has grown in Brooklyn, NY. Amazed residents stared dumbfounded at the three-year-old sapling. Two girls discovered the North American Honey Birch (Honeyus Bircheus) on the way to school. "At first I thought, like, it was just a tall weed," Melissa Hanes, 1...
Baseball Jackets ? What a Cool Emblem!
By Ken Austin - 4/3/2009
All you need to do to make your hubby or son puff up with pride is to give either of them a baseball jacket. Or even both of them, why not? Make certain you pick a baseball jacket that carries the insignia of the baseball team he is cheering for. Because to the owner of a baseball jacket, possessin...
Bird by Bird
By Kelly O`Brien - 4/3/2009
It?s easy to feel overwhelmed by marketing. First, there?s so much to learn: What works? What?s a waste of your time? Where should you invest your energy and money? Then you have to prioritize: Where should you start? What?s the ONE THING that, if you don?t do anything else for a while, is your best...
Multiplying Sales As A Writer
By L C Peterson - 4/3/2009
Often, time is an enemy of writers. Sales seem slow and
checks too small. How does one make the most of their
effort? Here are some tips that will multiply your sales. 1. Companies accepting manuscripts from freelancers offer
copies of their writing guidelines and sample copies.
Assume there`s a ...
Can a Golf Handicap Tracker Really Improve Your Game?
By Patrick Forbes - 4/3/2009
You?ve probably got a well-documented handicap if you?re a professional golfer. But for golfers who are something less than pros, your handicap may be a simple piece of paperwork. So why not turn to technology for help and consider using a golf handicap tracker if you`re not already doing so. Many t...
Read with Skill and Comprehension
By Harriet Silkwood - 4/3/2009
Learning to write depends largely on how well you?ve learned to read. When readers read a story, they bring along their own experiences and understanding. The author tries to guide the responses, but inevitably each reader will perceive it in their own individual way. Ethnic background, educati...
California Wildfires Are Bush Administrations Fault
By Lance Winslow - 4/3/2009
We see California Wildfires today? Where is FEMA, they should have known there might be fires in California in the future. Obviously FEMA has no crystal ball and the Bush Administration did not put in a requisition for a crystal ball or put together a team of psychics, as per Jesse Jackson`s plan; w...
Pairs/Groups Of Words Often Confused - Part 5 of 6
By Laraine Anne Barker - 4/3/2009
PASSED, PAST Passed is the past tense of pass. Past means a time that has gone. "Time passed and we all forgot the incident." "In times past it was the custom for women to wear hats in church." PEACE, PIECE Peace means the absence of war (or even noise); piece is a portion of somet...
Coping With Information Overload
By Jim Edwards - 4/3/2009
It`s been said that the average New York Times Sunday
edition contains more information than a person in 15th
century England was exposed to during their entire
lifetime. In the information age, our minds get bombarded daily with
so much data that we start filtering it out as a self-
defense mechani...
Why Golf Tips Work Better For The Woman Golfer
By Mike Pedersen - 4/3/2009
Gone are the days when a woman would feel intimidated standing on the same golf course to receive a golf tip side by side with a man. That?s because golf exercise programs have proven that anybody can build enough golf strength to perform extremely well on the course. In fact on many occasions golf ...
My Final Defeat - Fixed Competition
By Danielle Hollister - 4/3/2009
She probably can`t remember
and I know I can never forget...
the first time I saw her like that
I was only nine years-old
not naive by any stretch
having seen my share of tragedy-
my parent`s bitter battles in my first five years of life
then the inevitable end of their marria...
A Niche is Forming...Run Ahead, Get in Front, and Write e-Books for its Members !!
By Gladys Williams - 4/3/2009
I`m nosy...have become more so since I began to use the Net. Search engines really do allow you to look behind and under. I regularly use three or more search engines. The top ones in my view are www.Alexa.com, www.Google.com, www.CopernicMetaSearch.com, www.AltaVida.com, and www.Trackengine.com....
A Plan to Succeed
By John Peter Pero - 4/3/2009
If it`s so easy to coach youth baseball and do it well, why do you see so many poor coaches? In my years as a player and as a coach, I can tell you that my opinion of poor coaching can be simply boiled down to: A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND A LACK OF PREPARATION! Simply stated... NO Game Plan! The great n...
Karate and Learning Diabilites
By Mike Levy - 4/3/2009
In the 80?s I was a short, skinny eight-year old. You know the type. Always picked on but never picked for the team. When I started high school, things didn?t get much better. We had just moved to central New Jersey and I was the new kid on the block with no friends. My grades dipped. My guidance co...
Aikido Philosophy: An Oriental Concept of Energy, Self, and Mind
By Charlie Badenhop - 4/3/2009
Preface There are many different ways to understand Aikido philosophy and perceive, utilize, and benefit from energy. What I offer here is one of many ways. Indeed when I do other kinds of activities I perceive of and work with energy in quite a different manner. What follows is my experience of ene...
Laser Rangefinder Overview - Selecting the Right Model
By Richard Davis - 4/3/2009
Laser rangefinders determine distance to targeted objects by sending out a laser emission and measuring the time for the reflected emission to return to the detector housed in the rangefinder unit. They are primarily used by golfers and hunters to determine distance to potential prey. In addition, m...
The Troy Burroghs Adventures in: Old Man Rice [And the Tri-Told-Tales]
By Dennis Siluk - 4/3/2009
I was reading the newspaper at the Barns & Noble Deli in Roseville Minnesota yesterday, I should have started this story out with, this is me, you know, Troy baby, Mr. Burroghs to those who are under 21. Anyways, as I was saying I was reading the newspaper yesterday, drinking my 4-shot Latte. Tha...
It`s a Joke, But Nobody`s Laughing
By Brandon Reese - 4/3/2009
So I was wrong. I?m willing to admit it. This makes twice. The first time, I was wrong about being wrong. But this time, I was wrong. The Big 12 Championship Game is a complete joke, and does more harm than good. Any conference championship game for that matter is nothing more than an extra game, wi...
How A Head Cold Got Me Married
By Karen Peralta - 4/3/2009
Now that I?m really settled down for bad or good, I can?t help but reflect on my lengthy past as a happy-go-lucky single. How can I forget the many bizarre, crazy, and benighted times I?ve misled myself into a man?s twin loving arms, and how very much I miss loving every minute of it? How? Why, I ...
Zambezi Sharks Under Threat at Protea Banks
By Melt Du Plooy - 4/3/2009
Sharklife.co.za has been fighting an ongoing for the protection of the Zambezi shark on Protea Banks but has been informed that a fishing charter is still trophy fishing for these sharks. Sensational Fishing Charters is the only charter in the area to actively advertise and promote shark trophy fish...
Heavy Duty Jig N Pig Fishing
By Craig DeFronzo - 4/3/2009
Before I get into this, lets just understand that I consider any jig 1/4oz or larger to be heavy. Catch 10,000 bass or so on a 1/16, 1/8 and 3/16oz jigs and you would also. When fishing heavy jigs, I abandon the realm of spinning tackle and move up to stout bait casting gear. This is necessary to tr...
Football Playoffs
By Anthony LeMaire - 4/3/2009
Football Playoffs season is full of entertainment. This is the time in the year when things start getting hot on NFL football. Teams are training hard their strategy and people will start to get more relax and enthusiastic. During football playoffs the betting activity also increases. Offshore Sport...
Darkroom Heating for the Chemicals and the Photographer
By Laurie McArthur - 4/3/2009
I suppose we all know that the chemicals for processing B&W Photographic prints should be used at 20°C. The manufacturers of the various papers and chemicals say so. On a cold winter night, with the darkroom in a tin shed and the outside temperature down to -2°C this is not so easy to achieve. Cold ...
Samurai Sword Facts
By Nick Johnson - 4/3/2009
The first samurai swords we`re actually straight bladed, single edged weapons imported from Korea and China known as chokuto, which were later replaced with the curved blade variety at the end of the 8th Century. The name of the curved blade swords which replaced them was Tachi. The reason for this ...
Make Money with Your Music ? the Top 5 Ways
By Brian Cook - 4/3/2009
Songwriters dream of making their living by writing, and sometimes performing, their songs. But until that day comes they`ve got to make a living somehow! Sound familiar? With a little imagination, you can probably find a way to convert your love for music and songwriting into a means of making mon...
Reality Shows We`ll (Hopefully) Never See
By Charlie Hatton - 4/3/2009
Just when it seems reality TV has hit rock bottom, a new and ever-more demeaning show emerges to set the bar even lower. Here are a few of the offerings that don`t exist yet -- but just wait until the suits at FOX and UPN get wind of these ideas. Ambush Boobjob: In this exciting makeover extr...
Why A Consistent Professional Golf Swing Is So Elusive
By Mike Pedersen - 4/3/2009
It is the dream and deep desire of every golfer to be able to consistently execute a professional golf swing every time they play almost at will. Indeed many spend a lot of time practicing hours on end to perfect their professional golf swing. Still, success remains elusive despite the hours spent i...
Digital Wedding Photography: Myth Vs. Reality
By Juan Carlos Torres - 4/3/2009
1. Myth: Digital photos are pixilated or fuzzy.
Reality: most people that say that have never seen a photo produced by a professional grade digital camera. The quality of modern digital cameras is equal of greater than film cameras. 2. Myth: Digital photos don`t last they will fade in a couple of ye...
Buying A Guitar
By Trevor Maurice - 4/3/2009
There are many things to consider when buying a new classical guitar. For instance, whether or not you are a beginner or seasoned professional will determine just what you are looking for and how much you are willing to spend. If you`re a beginner to intermediate player there are many excellent onli...
Truths about Putting
By Lanny Johnson - 4/3/2009
"Golf clubs do not play golf" The following information was learned along the way during the development of our line of putters. The following observations became the premises for the design, materials and manufacture of the Prescription Putting putters and methods. These observations are not origin...
Keeping a Good Poker Face
By Adel Awwad - 4/3/2009
Winning at poker can be a tricky achievement that requires a combination of different skills: not only must you fully understand the rules of the game, and have a little luck on your side, but you must also develop a strong poker face to stop other players taking advantage of you. A good poker face ...
League Two Betting Review - 5 February 2006
By David Walker - 4/3/2009
Carlisle United overtook Wycombe at the top of League Two with an emphatic 5-0 demolition of Chester City. The Cumbrians were 4/6 before kick-off and Adam Murray set Carlisle on the way with a goal after 14 minutes. Goals from Michael Bridges, Chris Lusmdon, Karl Hawley and Glenn Murray ensured Paul...
Writing Is Not About Skill!
By Dr. Gary S. Goodman - 4/3/2009
I realize there are zillions of lousy writers out there. They can?t string together coherent sentences, or they ramble, or their ideas are silly or unenlightened. But please believe me, they can still make it. They can become GREAT authors; there?s hope for them. How can I say this, especially at a ...
Angelina of Glastonbury: And the Cart of Heads [IV]
By Dennis Siluk - 4/3/2009
[The Green Night] IV [A.D. 1192-1199] The Green Knight Introduction: It was an ongoing dispatched war, like no other; it lasted 200-years, and six crusades, from 1096, on ward. Whatever their ultimate plan was, if indeed they had a plan were not sure. In any case, this story of Angelina?s husband i...
Land Casinos Vs. Online Casinos
By Adel Awwad - 5/2/2008
Since the emergence of a few online casinos in 1996, the growth and popularity of the online gambling industry has skyrocketed at a phenomenal rate. There are currently thousands of online casinos generating an estimated annual revenue of over USD $7,000,000,000. If this figure is divided by 365 day...
Poker Bankroll Requirements
By Wes Young - 4/30/2008
Your bankroll is the amount of money you have set aside to play poker with. Some players can easily add to their bankroll from outside sources while others have no way to add if they lose theirs. If you fall into the latter category, it is very important to not play at limits that exceed your bankro...
Karate Principles
By Owen Johnston - 4/29/2008
"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants."
- Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan Karate
The underlying principles of karate-do (Way of the Empty Hand) include not only self-defense, but a system of learning that ...
Wreck Diving in Thistlegorm
By Jakob Jelling - 4/23/2008
Thislegorm is among the top ten dives of the world and maybe occupies the first place in wreck diving. It is so amazing that divers need to dive many times and observe its different areas once a time in order to completely explore it. This amazing wreck is one of the most recommendable places to vis...
Elliptical Exerciser
By Gary Gresham - 4/19/2008
Several years ago elliptical exercisers were introduced to the fitness world and have since become very popular and very sophisticated. Over 6 million people now use elliptical exercisers as part of their regular routine.
Elliptical exerciser technology is relatively new. The word elliptical mea...
The Need For Speed In Soccer
By Neil Travers - 4/25/2007
You only have to watch a senior professional game of football to recognise the importance that speed has in the game. But there is more to speed than meets the eye.
Soccer players are athletes, but unlike a 100m runner where there is explosive speed for 10 seconds in a straight line, there are ma...
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