December 2008
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Political Stuff25 Dec 2008 01:40 am
Increasing Evaporation in Ocean to Defeat Droughts
One way to increase evaporation in the ocean might be to use a frequency wave, which can change the molecular bonding or to align water molecules for faster evaporation rates. Such systems have been used in high tech water filtration. There appears to be more evaporation in the ocean in times when the water is more violent in its movement.
A thought therefore would be to have the white capes of the waves that reach a certain height or point to be hit with a high-powered sound wave or perhaps a laser. The ocean spray from the crests would therefore have re-aligned water molecules and thus the bonding between water and salt would be gone. This would have to be done during normally hot sunny days with choppy seas to easily evaporate the water mist, thus providing instant clouds from normal evaporation principles, the clouds flow as normal from relative winds aloft and onshore air flows. On days for non-temperature inversions these clouds would make it over mountain ranges near the coasts. These clouds with high moisture content would make it to areas where we need rain. Where? Well how about the Nevada desert, Central Valley CA, High Desert Areas, AZ or Mono Lake during non rainy times of year when water supplies are low? The desert tortoise would thank you.
Now then let us take a hostile country which is at war with the United States or our allies. Sending in the heavy laiden moisture and thunder clouds into the region where you wish to force your political in advance of a first reciprocol response would serve us well, would it not? Weather control definitely has it’s advantages in the future of warfare?
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Weblogs24 Dec 2008 06:30 pm
Splogging - How Not to Promote Your Site
Splogging is the creation of spam blogs, either automatically or manually. Spam is spam regardless of how it’s done. The main idea behind splogging is to create as many websites as possible and fill them with links to a particular site that sells some product. As I was reading this description, I thought that this is what many people are doing with their blogs, site promotion. The difference between a splog and a legitimate blog used for site promotion is that splogs have no real content, generally no articles are written by the author of the splog, and splogs are created en masse. This means you will find the same content on several blogs if not hundreds to thousands of blogs. All of them filled with the same uninteresting useless content, but links and comments to the same sites. Their only purpose is to create backlinks. What they achieve is useless information in the search engines.
Sites like Blogger are aware of splogs and their use. Recently they have started deleting spam blogs in their system and have implemented ways to prevent automatic post submissions and comment submission for those sites that have splog properties. Since identifying splog properties on a blog is an automatic process, don’t worry if you are targeted. Blogger has implemented ways for legitimate sites to have their blog looked at by a real person in order to change the splog status. Other groups are actually going to the extent of having splogs and the websites they point to banned from search engines.
The best way not to get your blog banned is not to participate in splogging and be wary of the programs you participate in. If they sound too good to be true, they probably are and they will probably get your site and your blog banned without recourse. In addition, you may also have adsense or any other advertising program you participate in discontinued permanently.
The author runs the website Opinedmind.com writing articles on computing and financial issues.
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Bikes + Bits23 Dec 2008 03:12 pm
Klein Mountain Bikes - Sleek And Strong In Every Biking Detail
Klein mountain bikes have always been a showcase for innovation, and attention to detail.
If you believe that the little things in life can make a huge difference, you’ll understand the philosophy and strategy at the Klein company.
The detail apparent in any Klein mountain bike, is the reason this name lives up to - and surpasses - all expectations.
The superior welds on a Klein mountain bike are a case in point. They have developed a proprietary welding process which results in smooth, void free welds. These not only look better than anything else on the market, but are also stronger.
Testing has proven that the welds have to endure most of the stress on a mountain bike frame. As a result, the welds on a Klein mountain bike, receive most of the attention! The goal is to get rid of the typical bumps and pits in normal welding.
Another area benefiting from the Klein eye for detail, is cable routing. The internal cable routing system, with “dimples” in strategic places, is said to improve the aerodynamics of the Klein mountain bike frame. This touch also helps to disperse stress on the frame through additional flexibility.
Gary Klein’s experiments with aluminum frames started in 1973. Klein mountain bikes now sport a proprietary alloy with improved strength. This allows for thinner tube walls, and has lowered frame weight by 15 percent.
In fact, Klein holds eighteen patents on bicycle design improvements. This helps them to keep their rides are smoother and lighter than many a competitor!
Not the least of Klein’s attention goes to the painting process. Craftspeople paint every Klein mountain bike its signature color by hand, and again with a lot of attention to detail. Even the graphics are embedded into the frame’s finish!
If this sounds like the kind of quality and craftsmanship you should be looking into, there are a number of Klein mountain bikes to try out!
One example is the Klein Attitude XX hardtail, with Shimano components for confident shifting and braking. This bike, with immediate steering and precise handling, can successfully tackle almost any terrain. It’s light, stiff, and strong ZR9000 aluminum frameset will help you retain positive control at all times. Bontrager wheels and tires will carry you over the roughest terrain.
Also take a look at the full-suspension Palomino XV. This Klein mountain bike is designed to maximize traction and power to the rear wheel, and to conquer just about any type of terrain you care to go for! For premier fork performance, you don’t have to look further than the Fox F100 RLT. The Palomino features Bontrager Race disc tubeless wheels.
With a Klein mountain bike you will find that no detail has been left to chance. When you and your Klein tackle the trail, you may very well discover that the mountain has mysteriously turned into a mole hill…
For more information visit Best-Mountain-Biking.com
Rika Susan of Article-Alert.com researches, writes, and publishes full-time on the Web.
Copyright of this article: 2006 Rika Susan. This article may be reprinted if the resource box and hyperlinks are left intact.
Love Of Music23 Dec 2008 01:25 am
How to fake being a better guitarist in five simple steps PART 1 of 2
You spend five hours a day playing your guitar. You run your scales, master your legato, your two hand tapping would make EVH blush. So why is it that every time you see a band playing at a bar with a guitarist with only a smidgen of your technical ability he is the centre of attention, garnering the praise of all the punters in the crowd?
Wait a minute. Isn’t that the band that you tried out for the other week? The same band that said “don’t call us, we’ll call you”? The same band that was witness to your smoking 32nd note Lydian masterpiece solo?
Yeah it is, and you got smoked because the guitarist on stage knows how to fake being better than they actually are.
It’s not a hard thing to do. I should know, I’ve done it for years. I’m the first to admit to being an “average” guitarist (actually, I’ve been practicing a lot lately and now would call myself an “above average” player, but that is another column in the works). Despite being average, I would get a lot of people, drunken punters, other musicians, women, all approach me after shows proclaiming how good I am. Like most of my ex-girlfriends, I’ve been faking it all along. And now I am going to teach you how to do the same.
Over the next two weeks, I will share with you my five secret tips to help you Fake Being A Better Guitarist. We’ll start today with tip #1 an #2.
1. Decent equipment is a must and look professional
Sorry boys and girls, it’s time to spend some money. A picture is worth a thousand words, and when it comes to music your image is worth a thousand notes. There is nothing quite as satisfying showing up to a guitarist cattle call with your Marshall half stack on a trolley as you pass all the little Peavey Bandit combos and the like. Straight away you give the impression that you know what you are doing.
But this is not just about your amp. Guitars, effects, leads, the whole lot. This means guitar cases, if you have multiple effects a decent pedal board system set up and ready to just plug in. You need to look somewhat professional without looking like a complete tosser.
It’s even more important on stage. Standing on stage with a nice looking guitar and a cool backline is confidence building to say the least. Plus it makes you look damn sexy to boot.
This doesn’t mean spending a fortune though. I have an amazing sounding Fender Twin, but it stays at home while my Marshall AVT150 half stack hits the road with me. The half stack with my Epiphone Les Paul with classic tri-tone sunburst finish and some decent threads make me look the business.
2. Learn to sing
I can’t stress this enough. An average guitarist who is an average singer will get more gigs than an awesome guitarist who sounds like a dying dolphin. It makes you are more versatile, worthwhile musician for any band if you can step up to the mic and sing as well. It makes you look like a musician, rather than just a guitarist. It’s also a hell of a lot of fun.
Of course, some people just cannot sing, and this is you then don’t try to. Be honest with yourself on this one. If you can’t sing and you try to then you just look like a fool. And looking like a fool will not make you look like a good guitarist.
A good way to improve your singing is start singing along with your favourite artists. It’s a cliché, but start in the shower / bathroom with a small stereo cranking out some of you favourite songs. The natural reverb will make your voice sound better and give you some confidence (it’s an old studio trick to feed a wet mix back to the singer as they are recording). Then progress to the car while you’re driving. It’s private and you can just belt it out while you are in between your normal routine. Then the hard part comes. Listen to some music with harmonies and try to sing the different parts. I found Alice In Chains is especially good for doing this. And finally add harmonies to songs that don’t have them.
When you are confident you can do that, then, and only then, try to sing when you are playing. When you can do that (and that will take a while) you can start to think about doing it with your band.
Wrap Up
So there are the first two tips, looking the part and learning to sing. These two things alone will make you look more like a real musician and come across as a real guitarist. Remember that being a guitarist is more than just playing well, it is a persona, a way of being. By rounding out these other facets of your guitarist personality, the way others will perceive you skills will rise dramatically. Next week I’ll look at the next three tips and by then you’ll be able to fake it just like that guitarist on the stage.
Products21 Dec 2008 02:38 pm
Digital Audio Recorders
Digital audio recorders are devices capable of recording audio for a long time without using magnetic tapes. Digital audio recorders come with a telephone adapter, lapel microphone and a program package. In order to record any type of sound, digital audio recorders use multi channels. The multi channel facility provides top quality sound with less noise. These types of recorders can store recordings on a computer also. They are much more useful than tape audio recorders.
Some of the common features of digital audio recorders are dual speed recording, voice activation, tie clip microphone and portable in size. Additional features include earphones, re-recording cable and a standard telephone recording control. Most of the digital audio recorders provide liquid crystal display (LCD) that gives clear information about the recording status and record time.
Popular models of digital audio recorders include micro dot digital audio recorders, diasonic DDR-5100 series, nine-hour covert wristwatch digital audio recorders, EDIC, PenTek, and 32 or 64 hour ultra power digital audio recorders.
Micro dot digital audio recorders are very small, high grade recorders. They offer up to 37 hours of recording time. You can download MP3 music files using nine-hour covert wristwatch digital audio recorders. The smallest digital audio recorder in the world is EDIC. This top quality recorder offers a recording time of up to 18.6 hours. The all-new diasonic DDR-5100 series audio recorder allows voice activation. In most cases, digital audio recorders come with a 1-year limited warranty. You must check whether the company offers a warranty when buying the product.
Digital Recorders provides detailed information on Digital Recorders, Digital Video Recorders, Digital Voice Recorders, Digital Audio Recorders and more. Digital Recorders is affiliated with Cheap DVD Recorders.
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Uncategorized21 Dec 2008 08:44 am
Understand RTTL (Ring Tone Transfer Language)
You can easily create your own customized free mobile ringtones with the help of RTTL Ring tone transfer language. As the name suggests, it is a simple text based language that enables you to create ringtones notes that you can upload into your mobile phones via various uploading techniques. It is quite easy to learn and use.
RTTL string is divided into three sections that are separated by colons:
For example: fifth:d=4,o=5,b=63:8P,8G5,8G5,8G5,2D#5
In the above case which is the Beethoven’s fifth example, the first section (fifth) is known as RTTL melody. The second section (d=4,o=5,b=63) defines the default value of the music files. The third section (8P,8G5,8G5,8G5,2D#5) defines the RTTL melody.
The first section (fifth) will always have a defined structure of no more than 10 characters.The second section is bit complex as it describes the melody default that is divided into three values, namely duration, octave and beat. RTTL handlers these default values by defining each category with a single character and then assigns a value to that character. In the above example (d=4,o=5,b=63), duration is defined by letter ‘ d’, octave by letter ‘o’ and beat with the letter ‘b’. The above example in lay terms could be said that the default value of the melody is any note played shall have duration of quarter note unless specified, any note identified will be played in the fifth octave and the tempo for this melody will be 63 beats per minute.
Duration
Duration can be referred as a length of musical sound or can be indicated as a length of time like play this note for a second or so.
Octave
Octave is the region that a scale occupies in a musical space. It could also be termed as the interval between one musical note and another with half or double frequency.
Beat
Beat is the pulse on the beat level, or can be said as basic time unit on a piece, when you tap your
foot to music, each tap is a beat. Musically termed, it is measured on a per-minute basis. If a melody is assigned to 60 beats per minute, that means that melody will get one beat per second.
To know more log on to t-mobile-ringtone.info
Olivia Andrews, writer of t-mobile-ringtone.info is a freelance journalist and has written many reviews on subjects such as finance, education, health, entertainment, music, apparels and mobile phones.
Web Of Gardening17 Dec 2008 09:42 pm
Indoor Gardening
Indoor gardening is done on a small scale and the plants need more care than a summer outdoor garden. Fertilization, lighting, pollination, soil, temperature and watering are all factors that needed to be monitored carefully when gardening indoors.Indoor gardening is no more demanding than outdoor gardening and you don’t have to have a lot of plants to make a big difference in your home. Just like outdoor plants those that you keep indoors need some basic things such as lighting water and nutrients.Indoor gardening, or gardening that is done indoors as in offices and residences, has become a popular hobby. Other than its aesthetic appeal, it also provides health benefits such as purification of air. Generally houseplants are grown in indoor gardening. The more popular methods of indoor gardening include organic gardening and container gardening where the use of chemicals is avoided.Indoor gardening is becoming all the rage. There are many reasons driving this. The headlines are replete with various food borne illness scares. Many families desire an organic alternative to the main food supply. Hydroponic gardening provides for an avenue to address this concern while having fun at the same time. With a cloning kit, grow lights and indoor pest control ingredients you can be well on your way. Best of all, the necessary components and ingredients are all now available online.
Weblogs15 Dec 2008 05:12 am
Blogging: Free Internet Marketing Method
It’s been years since blogging has been practiced. But it’s just recently that it has been considered as one of the addicting fads. Many teenagers have resorted to blogging as an outlet for their emotions, a little online nook where they can blurt out whatever just bugs them or whatever makes them feel elated. Savvy marketers have discovered that blogging is one of the best Internet marketing methods that won’t cost you a cent.
What exactly is blogging? Blog is the widely used term that refers to web log. Basically, a blog is an online journal. A blog could be set up to no cost at all, and can be used for just for the fun of it or for business reasons.
Blogging for your Internet business is one surefire way to boost the visibility of your products and services. Here are a few ways to boost your internet advertising with the help of a blog:
1. Make your clients or customers abreast on your website’s alterations. Your new products and affiliate websites could also be announced through your blog.
2. Keep track of your business objectives and plans through open writing. Your blog content can be easily stored through archives. What could be better than searchable information that could be easily accessed by anyone browsing the web, right?
3. Air your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business. Publishing is a very easy process with blogging.
4. Include links that will fetch back links and subsequently improve your ranking on search engines. This could be better executed through putting well-written articles in your website. Affiliate links could also be included in your blog to earn more extra income.
5. Collect response through the ability of blogs to fetch comments from your blog readers. You can learn and improve your products and services through with the feedback from your readers.
6. Connect easily with other bloggers. When other bloggers notice that you have something good in your blog, they will put you in their favorite lists that will automatically link you to their blogs.
So, how do you set up a blog? Here are some of the options you can make use of to take advantage of this fun way to advertise your Internet business.
Either you load a blogging software or let a blogging hosting service do it for you. Host services such as LiveJournal and Blogger.com are the most popular in this field. Those hosts will provide you with easy instructions on how to put up your blog.
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Web Of Games14 Dec 2008 03:36 pm
Graphic Tablets and Why They are Becoming so Popular
Graphic Tablets are the hottest trend hitting the computer technology world!
Grahpic Tablets are available in a number of different sizes. Ours come in both a 8″ x 6″ and a 5.5″ x 4″. The smaller has a built in holder for your wireless pen mouse, and the larger has a separate unit for holding your wireless pen mouse.
Wireless pen and mouse is usually included, and most graphic tablets are connected via USB ports for ease of use. The stylus (wireless pen mouse) usually features as much as 1,024 levels of pressure. With it, you can quickly and easily edit, draw, and write. Most Graphic Tablets support Microsoft Handwriting Recognition. Ours also feature hotkeys for launching applications and other functions. Compatible with windows 98/ 2000/ XP.
Use your graphics tablets to create a signature for your emails, or to write a letter to friends and family. Here is an example of a hand written letter you could send to family: http://www.tca-inc.net/graphicstablet. Graphic Tablets, be it Manhattan brand, Wacom, or some other typically feature a number of different applications to help you put your wireless pen mouse to good use. Another popular use is art. Imagine being able to draw in your favorite windows based application using a pen rather than a mouse. The opportunities are endless!
Dustin Twiggs writes articles for one purpose, to help share with others anything he has learned. he does this to repay the wealth of knowledge he has found from others.
Civvies13 Dec 2008 07:32 pm
Tips For Finding The Right Rubber Boot
What is the best rubber boot you can get for the woman in your life? When it came time to find rubber boots for my wife, I was a little lost. There are many options and lots of brands out there, but they all looked the same to me. What I can tell you that may help, though, is that there are definitely a few brands you should consider when it comes time to purchase rubber boots for the woman in your life.
When the skies are gray and the weather is gloomy, there is not better time for your woman to be able to put on a pair of colorful rubber boots to protect her feet from the rain. There are a number of rubber boots for rain protection out there, but some are just a little more fashionable than others. Here are a few options you should consider when you go to purchase rubber boots for the woman in your life.
Gabriella Rocha makes a great waterproof rubber boot for wear in the rain. They are vivid and comfortable according to many. They are offered in shades of purple or brown. These rubber boots even offer an adjustable strap on the top buckle to get that great fit while still looking stylish and keep those feet dry on a rainy day.
Wellington offers rubber boots for the rain that can be described only as funky. With a variety of colors and designs, your woman can really make a fashion statement even in rubber boots. Check out the Wellington website to see their wide selection of rubber boots in all colors and sizes that will surely make a statement on a rainy day.
When it comes to women’s fashion, it seems you can always count on Polo Sport. Polo Sport offers a boot called “Palau.” This is a knee-high rubber boot made for wear in the rain. They are perfect if your woman loves the idea of bright and vivid colors, but doesn’t want a patter. They are available in re, royal blue, or fuschia and really make a statement against the dark clouds of the next rainy day.
Lastly, when it comes time to shop for women’s rubber boots, you may want to take a look at Sorel. Sorel offers their “Chukka” ankle rain boots. These rubber ankle boots are a great way for her to keep her feet dry and comfortable. They offer elastic goring as well as a pull tab on the back to get them off easily. They are simple to get on and are also available in four colors so that she can still make a statement. Get these rubber ankle boots in red, purple, blue, or yellow.
Getting rubber boots may seem like a simple thing to do initially, but your lady wants more than just an old black rubber boot with a red sole. She wants something that will be comfy and fashionable for her. To get what you need, take a look at some of these fashions available at your local shoe store or online. Don’t worry, you can do it.
If would like to find more of my personal articles on rubber boot fashion, please feel free to visit my website on fashion shoes!
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