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Author :: Hege Crowton  |
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| Article Title :: UFO's, Reality Or Fiction? |
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Do you believe in life on other planets or have you perhaps seen
something you can not explain? Are you among those who claim to
have seen a UFO and strongly believe that something alien did
crash in Roswell all those years ago? Well if so you are not
alone because it is unbelievable how many people in this world
have seen something unidentified flying across the sky.
What are these things and where do they come from? Have
different governments around the world actually been able to
catch alien beings and if that is the case why are they keeping
it a secret? All of these are questions people living today may
never get an answer to. Why? Maybe because there really is
nothing to answer too (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Phyllis Wasserman |
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| Article Title :: The Ping Golf Club |
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The Ping Golf Club: An Overview
For a golfer, one of the most important things that he should
examine is his golf club because according to experts, it is one
of the main reasons why they do not hit the ball. This is the
exact reason why the Ping golf club was born.
Karsten Solheim was the one who invented the ping golf club with
different intentions. The story has it that Karsten was
practicing golf but he could not hit the ball so he started to
practice up to the time that he began to design and experiment
his very own putter so that he could play better through it. He
thought of designing his own putter without a figment of a
though that it would be known worldwide. By the year 1959, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Natalie Goyette |
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| Article Title :: Making Money Marketing Your Crafts |
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Your marketing materials are a valuable and necessary part of
your craft business. They create a consistent and professional
image that causes an initial as well as lasting impression of
both you and your craft creation. If you've ever heard the term
"branding," you'll understand the need to create a look that is
your business identity. You may need to hire a graphic designer
to create a logo and typestyle for your business name. Once you
have your look, use it everywhere--on your stationery, business
cards, brochures, displays, hangtags and anything that has to do
with your business.
Most crafters know that their most critical marketing piece is
their hangtag or price tag as sometimes, th (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Still disappointed with your images. |
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| Article Title :: Get the perfect exposure...Part 2 |
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If you are still unsure about getting the correct exposure,
there is a cheap but very effective device called an 18% grey
card that can limit your frustration, if used correctly.
When light falls upon a certain object; if the object is too
dark your camera or meter will automatically give you an
over-exposed reading. This also happens when we take a reading
from something that is too bright - the meter gives us an
under-exposed reading.
We need to find a mid-tone object for our meters to read the
proper exposure.
Sometimes if we are taking pictures in a high contract scene a
mid-tone object is impossible to find. 18 % grey is the mid-tone
between pure white and pure black.
An 18% gr (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Bruce Bird |
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| Article Title :: RC Model Airplanes - 2 stroke engine tuning |
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The most common way to power an RC model airplane is with a
2-Stroke engine. These engines are easy to maintain, have
relatively few parts, and can be tuned in just a few minutes. A
RC model airplane engine that is not correctly tuned can turn
your favorite RC aircraft into a pile of toothpicks very
quickly. Knowing how to adjust the needle valves on your engine
is an easy task that gets easier with experience.
Standard 2-stoke RC model airplane engine carburetors have two
valves on them. These valves regulate the mixture of fuel and
air that flow into the engine. If the valves are set correctly,
the mixture will have just enough fuel and air to allow the
engine to run at peak performan (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Heather Peters |
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| Article Title :: Shining the Light on Beaded Curtains |
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Beaded Curtains and door beads are very cool in certain
situations. They seem to be used most by college students in
their dorm rooms and those with an eclectic sense of style,
especially those looking for a more retro decor.Â
They were commonly used in the 60's and 70's and still have a
strong following today, mostly because of a rise in the
popularity of feng-shui decorating. Beaded curtains can be a
wide variety of styles and colors. They can come in wood,
plastic and bamboo as well as a few other styles. You can even
have patterns and images appear with the beading. A lot of
people find that making their own beaded curtains is relaxing
and fun, some even turn it into a money mak (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Charles Kassotis |
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| Article Title :: Things to Consider When Choosing a Gift Clock |
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Tick-tock, tick-tock, a clock sounds like a heartbeat, doesn't
it? Maybe that's one of the reasons that so many people enjoy
collecting clocks, showcasing them at home, or buying them as
presents for others. If you're not a devoted fan of clocks, you
may wonder what all the excitement is about. After all, a clock
just tells time, right? Everyone has the same amount of time to
spend, just 24 hours a day. Yet, for some, time is the essence
of all things. An extra minute here or there can make life a
little more enjoyable. That's why some people really prize their
clocks and make efforts to stay aware of time all around them.
To buy a clock as a gift, you will first want to be sure the
reci (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: David Arnold Livingston |
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| Article Title :: Lamps - Flourescent, Incandescent, LED, HID or Oil? |
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Could you imagine not having lamps at home? - no fluorescent
lamps, study lamps, ceiling lamps? I guess not. Lamps or bulbs
are so much a part of our society that we seldom give them much
notice. However, we cannot imagine living without them.
Lamp comes from the Greek word "lampas", meaning torch, lamp, or
beacon. Any equipment that gives off light for some duration to
be used for lighting is called a lamp.
In the modern world, lamps are defined as the replaceable part
of a luminaire. This contraption transforms electrical energy to
both visible and non-visible electromagnetic energy.
The first thing man had to develop was fire. After developing
fire, he must have thought, "Hey, I have (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: James Monahan |
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| Article Title :: Pottery Is The Eyes Of The Beholder |
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In the days of ancient Egypt, when the pharaohs rule the Nile
and Osiris lorded over them, and before the age of the Maoist
communism in China way back in the age of great dynasties and
divided kingdoms there was one distinct craft that was
considered the toast of kings and queens.
In those times the streets are filled and lined up with all
sorts of creations by different master that acclaim for
themselves the right to be called "master potter."
>From days of long ago when the art of pottery was considered to
be the greatest career anyone could ever venture and the pottery
techniques are solely-owned by one family.
Just like martial arts in some parts of the Asian region where
they pa (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: James Monahan |
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| Article Title :: Memorabilia Mania |
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Passionate collector? Start your own memorabilia collection!
Are you a passionate movie fan? Do you have an original E.T. or
Star Wars promotional poster tucked on your bedroom wall?
Do you keep a scrapbook full of movie tickets and other souvenir
items? Then you must love to collect pieces of movie
memorabilia. But what is memorabilia and how is it different
from souvenirs? Why the special name?
The term souvenir came from the French word for memory.
Souvenirs items are objects that have special memories connected
to them. A person who travels to different places may bring home
souvenir items from the places he visited.
He remembers the places he went to when he sees the souvenir
ite (read full article) |
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