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Author :: Dani Martin  |
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| Article Title :: The History of Poker Chips |
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Gaming chips have been made from a wide range of materials in
an almost infinite variety of styles since the birth of gambling
and the need to keep track of winnings.
The most common material types used today in the manufacture of
modern poker chips are plastic, clay composite, and acrylic
composite. Clay chips, the oldest of the bunch, have been
manufactured in America since the late 1800s.
Back in the 1800s, poker players seemed to use any small
valuable object imaginable. Early poker players sometimes used
jagged gold pieces as well as chips – primarily made of wood and
clay. By the 20th century, poker chip designs began to play a
greater prominence, and the smooth edges of older c (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Rick Blythe |
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| Article Title :: Opinion on the Casio Exilim EX-Z750 |
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Yesterday I bought my third digital camera, the Casio Exilim EX-Z750. I
needed a pocketable camera as the Sony DSC-F717 and the Nikon
D70 are a bit large to carry around in certain situations. At
least, that's how I spun it to my wife.
I thought I'd post a few thoughts I have on the camera here.
First of all the size is striking. So much funtionality in such
a small package, Casio are masters at this sort of thing. I am
also amazed at the battery life from such a teenie battery,
again kudos to Casio. There enough Scene modes included in this
digicam to cover any situation possible, possibly too many
modes. The firmware in this digicam is the best I have seen,
ever. I can even tell this ca (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Fion Lim |
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| Article Title :: Scrapbooking Yourself as an Individual, Homemaker, Worker and
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>From age 25 onwards, our grand adventure has just unfolded as we
embrace adulthood.
Here's where you experienced first-hand the lessons of life and
be prodded along to grow up in the face of challenges.
By scrapbooking about yourself as an adult, you'll have
scrapbook pages reminding you on how far you've come and the
important aspects of your life.
Not only will your scrapbooks offer clarifying thoughts on where
your goals are, you'll also become more certain of yourself as
an individual.
Then as you flip through these scrapbooks about you, you'll
fondly recall once again the journey you've traveled. And these
scrapbooks could well offer invaluable insights and lessons to
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Fion Lim |
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| Article Title :: Scrapbooking Yourself as a Girl, Youth and Your College Days |
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Now that you grasp the importance of scrapbooking yourself and
see how it can add value to your life, you've decided to go
ahead and do it.
The next question would be, "What's there to scrapbook about me?
I don't have a fabulous or most interesting life like Rosanne. I
didn't live my life as a grand adventure like Judy."
If you really didn't, then by all means scrapbook your life as
one big adventure.
It's a matter of looking for interesting angles under all the
trapped layers of self-inhibiting thoughts.
There's in fact too many themes you can scrapbook about yourself
to cover in one short article like this.
So for starters, here's some tips and prompts as you scrapbook
about your (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Your Family Legacy |
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| Article Title :: Heritage Scrapbook Album Themes |
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Creating heritage scrapbook
albums, or telling your family story, can seem impossible.
Often the difficulty may be in thinking that you have to start
at the beginning, and methodically tell the whole chronology of
your family. Instead, try thinking of your heritage from a theme
standpoint. You can create many albums, with each centered
around a specific theme as it pertains to your family. What do
we mean by themes? Here are some examples.
Military: Create a tribute album of all the men & women
in your family who served in the armed forces. This can be
especially moving if you have ancestors who served in early wars
and family who have served in recent times. Tell a brief history
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Kathy Burns-Millyard |
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| Article Title :: 4 Steps to an Enjoyable Hike |
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Some people have fought many years of their lives to preserve
the rich heritage of the outdoors and nature we now enjoy. That
dedication and effort has been rewarded by fantastic hiking
opportunities in our local, state, and national park systems. In
honor of their efforts, let's break out of our winter
hibernation and venture into the crisp, clean outdoor air and
hit some of those dirt trails. Let's Go Hiking!
Here are 4 steps to having an enjoyable hike, no matter
where your feet decide to take you.
1. Know the area you will be hiking in to. Although many states,
like California, Colorado, or Wyoming have exceptional hiking
hot spots, even your local park will have some k (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Paul Smith |
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| Article Title :: Macro Photography Inspirations, Tips and Tricks |
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You won’t have to look hr to find close-up ideas – even everyday
household objets can make fantastic subjects Once You’ve trained
your eye to look for macro photo opportunities, you’ll find them
almost anywhere, even in objects such as stamps, coins, paper
clips, drawing pins and so on. The fact that you’re capturing
them from an unusual viewpoint makes shot of ‘found’ objects
interesting in themselves.
Macro tips
If your camera focuses poorly at close range, use the telephoto
setting to increase magnification. However, remember that this
will further reduce depth of field.
Attach a close up lens that screws (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Fion Lim |
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| Article Title :: Pump Up Your Life with Scrapbook Pages of Certainty |
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If you can voice enthusiastically that scrapbooking is your
passion, could you say the same thing about how you feel towards
yourself?
Yes, can you tell others without turning all red in the face
that you are passionate about yourself and about who you are?
Are you thinking what a Weird remark to make to others? Could
anyone ever be passionate about themselves?
But why not?
Do you really want to wait a lifetime for that someone to tell
you that they're passionate about you, while you can't say the
same thing about yourself?
As scrapbookers, you might deliberately or unknowingly be
consumed with the business of scrapbooking your kids’ or your
loved ones’ lives. And all these tim (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Nigel Patterson |
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| Article Title :: Scrapbook Photographs -- How A Picture Can Be Worth A Thousand
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For many people, photos are at the heart of their scrapbooks --
and for a very good reason. We all treasure photgraphs of
friends and loved ones, and many of us carry some with us
wherever we go in a wallet or locket or keep photos on our desk
at work. And if disaster were to strike and you had to evacuate
your house, many people say they would save their photo albums
before any other possessions!
So most scrapbooks will contain photographs. Even the most
disinterested reader of your scrapbook will look at them. A
picture really is worth a thousand words. Therefore, it is
important to choose photographs that are of good quality and
clearly illustrate your scrapbook theme.
Any photograph c (read full article) |
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| Category :: Hobbies Articles |
Author :: Michelle Steel |
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| Article Title :: How to run a quilt swap |
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Lots of quilters enjoy participating in a swap. The main aim of
a swap is to get more of the particular object that you are
swapping. Considering we are talking to quilters here, the
things that they like to swap include, charm squares, completed
blocks or pieces of fabric. To organise a swap you’ll need
participants firstly. These are easily recruited through your
own quilt groups. You must have a theme to the swap that entices
more people to join. Keep the rules simple so that people
understand what they are doing. Rules for swaps include the
size, shape, design or colour of the fabric/block to be swapped.
For instance, you could organise a swap of blue and white, 6.5"
nine patches. You (read full article) |
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