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May 10, 2008: 1:07 am: adminEvents + Entertainment

Launched in 1994 by General Motors, Direct TV is the largest
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Direct TV is ranked #2 in customer satisfaction among satellite
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To receive Direct TV programming you need a Direct TV satellite
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Thanks to the competition between Direct TV dealers, you can now
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* A free direct TV satellite TV dish. * Up to four free
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Direct TV Satellite TV Service

Here’s what you get with Direct TV service:

* More than 225 program channels to choose from. * All-digital
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* DVR (digital video recording) so you can record your favorite
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channels with digital picture and sound. * Thirty-one
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Direct TV Satellite TV Programming

Direct TV programming packages, which include your local
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Here are the Direct TV programming packages currently available:

* Total Choice–135 program channels (includes 31 music
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The representative will take your order, schedule your
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May 3, 2008: 5:09 pm: adminEvents + Entertainment

Do you know what a didgeridoo is? There are so many things in this life that are unknown to us. I bet you could find out about something outside your normal sphere of vision and experience everyday for the rest of your life and still not get close to knowing about everything out there. Not to mention the number of things we don’t know about our own internal selves-physical, emotional, spiritual and mental realities that are still unaware to us. That’s another story however, let’s stick to the external in this article.

I play the didgeridoo. It’s a sacred Australian Aborigine instrument, arguably one of the oldest instruments in humankind’s long history. If you type didgeridoo into your search engine you will see hundreds of sites about this thing that you’ve never even heard of. You don’t know how many people I’ve mentioned it to around the world that never have even heard the word.
One site I found to be quite thorough and useful was: http://www.echotree.com.au/index.htm

This retail site explains in detail how a didgeridoo is made (it is a termite-hollowed branch or tree trunk), how to choose the right one for you, and of course instruction on how to play. It explains how to recognize a quality piece and they say that they can even custom make one to your desires. Each didj has a key or root note, and they can be made of several types of wood, some better than others. Placed on the mouthpiece is bee’s wax which makes for an airtight seal against the face as well as protecting one’s mouth from getting cut by sharp edges.

To give you an idea of the incredible feat it was for the first Aborigines to make this music 40-60,000 years ago I’ll give you a perspective on how it is played. You place your mouth in the whole at the top of the hollowed wood upon the bees wax coating. Then you vibrate your lips against the edge of the wood, filling your cheeks with air at the same time to keep the sound constant. The sound never stops and this is because you circular breathe-in through the nose and out through your mouth at the same time. Sounds difficult, and it is for some like myself, it took me 9 months to get my mind around it. A friend of mine however did it in a couple of days, and babies breathe this way naturally! Pretty cool.

On this site as others you can look at a gallery of instruments, clicking on the ones that interest you. They are all individual (like snowflakes and humans) and characteristics such as key, wood type, length and artist are given. Echo Tree specifically mentions that all their artwork is individually hand-painted by Aborigine artists and no two are alike. So unlike many Western musical instruments that are ubiquitously constructed, you can have one that is different to all others.

The didgeridoo is just another example of how the Internet or World Wide Web can be the medium of discovery in our lives. It is a collective source for all the ideas, creations and beliefs in our world. Anyone that connects can add to the rich melting pot of consciousness. This ‘virtual’ space that we all feed and digest from is truly the next step in the evolution of humanity. Do you want to do or learn something different? You know where to go.

By Jesse S. Somer
M6.Net
http://www.m6.net
Jesse S. Somer is a sacred didgeridoo player learning more about life everyday. Send him a message at www.thepowerofeverythingthatis.com

March 28, 2008: 7:02 am: adminEvents + Entertainment

As a creator of an online mafia game, I know the winning
strategy very well and I want to share these with you. In most
online games there are 2 categories of characters in game. 1-
Producers 2- Attackers/Defenders .

In my game KVGAME, It is like
that too. Also there are resources which makes these characters
happy and more strong. When you are in the first steps of the
game, just build producers and some attackers to increase the
growth. When you have a good number of producers now start to
make attackers and power these with available buildings and
defensive bases. As you reach a good point in this strategy, now
it is time to be the 1st. To be the first you need some extras.
In most of these game and my game KVGAME, players start
with some reserve turns and they can buy some credits for money.
Dont use your reserves or credits until you reach the previous
step. As you reach this step, start using these extra turns and
build attackers and producers at the same time. By the way, dont
forget to buy or produce the resources. Otherwise, your
characters will start to die. As you become in first 3 of the
game now your aim is to make your enemies far so just attack the
nearest enemy and make him far. Important thing is that never
buy any powerfull weapons until you receive a good position in
the game. Invest that money into attackers instead of weapons.
Buy only the cheapest weapons only to make your attackers happy.
By this strategy you can easily win the game especially in my
game KVGAME.

Other important techniques:

1-Use your turns no more than 11. Because all these games use
random periods so when you enter 50-60 turns your risk is too
much to get low but you dont have any chance to get very much.

2-When you can afford a building related to your productors,
just buy it.

3-When you are attacking a guy, dont use invasion mode, but use
drive-by mode. Invasion is just a loss for attacker. Drive-by is
very advantagefull for attacker. But you need some vehicles for
this too.

NOTE: By these techniques you can be successful in most online
games. Especially my game Online Mafia Game KVGAME.