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How To Tell A Real Cuban Cigar From The Fakers -
 - Garson Smart (1,603)   Perhaps it's that revolutionary history. Perhaps it's the cultural memories of Ernest Hemingway with a lit stogie, contemplating Havana. More likely, though, it's the tobacco. The area we now know as Cuba was under Spanish control during the eighteenth century, when the Spaniards began producing... ( added 60 days 9 hours ago.) |
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Novelists And Cigars: A Long-Running Romance -
- Garson Smart (1,603) Like coffee, alcohol and other, somewhat more illicit pleasures, cigars have a longtime fascination for certain kinds of creative folks. Perhaps this is especially true of novelists, whose work compels them to sit staring at a page for hours a day, typing, looking for any small pleasure to... ( added 66 days 10 hours ago.) |
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How Does a Murder Mystery Event Work? -
Tony Fox (35)  As you enter into the world of a murder mystery evening, you could be forgiven for having a preconceived idea that you might be about to take part in some kind of amateur dramatics, as nowadays a popular form of inhouse dinner party entertainment is to host a participative murder mystery game for... ( added 68 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Mixing - When Is It Finished? -
Chris Hughes (39) Okay, so you've had your moment of inspiration ; you've written the song, recorded all the parts, finished all the programming and added loads of fancy tricks to your production. There's only one thing left to do - the mix. It shouldn't take too long should it? After all, mixing should simply be... ( added 76 days 7 hours ago.) |
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How to Make it As an Actor in TV and Film -
Scott & Maria Baker (14)  The single most asked question at any personal appearance I made when acting on a soap opera was "How can I become an actor?" If there was an easy answer and I had it, I would have been happy to share, but all I knew was based on my own experience and Star Search wasn't even on the air anymore.... ( added 87 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Video Production- High Definition Technology -
Pat Bedall (49) If you've watched television during prime time recently you no doubt have seen it. The banner line at he bottom of the screen, usually accompanied by some sort of special sound effect, that reads, "This program broadcast in High Definition where available". Media technologists, broadcasters and... ( added 110 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Video Production- Finding the Right Production Company -
Pat Bedall (49) You know what you want, but where do you find it? The hunt for a production company requires the knowledge of where to look; however, the hunt for a great production company involves much more consideration. Disregard your phonebook and go straight to the World Wide Web. Through the continual... ( added 110 days 15 hours ago.) |
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The Elements of Modern Motion Graphics -
Pat Bedall (49) Creating motion graphics is often the synergy of many different applications and skill sets. In addition to a good sense of design, an artist involved in modern motion graphics needs to have knowledge of four major areas: bitmap graphics, vector graphics, 3D graphics and compositing software.... ( added 111 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Video Production- Chroma Key Lighting -
Pat Bedall (49) Lighting a large chroma key drop is not very difficult with a little attention to detail and a few studio multi-source instruments. Chroma keying requires a lot of work and practice to achieve believable results, but the effort is rewarding. With a fundamental chroma key technique and proper... ( added 115 days 15 hours ago.) |
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How to Sing Higher Notes -
Lisa Lopez (122)  Learning how to sing higher notes is very important, if you want to sing like a pro. If you want to be able to sing any song you want, it is important to increase your vocal range (the range of notes you can comfortably sing), after all. It is certainly possible for you to have trouble singing... ( added 126 days 22 hours ago.) |
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Four Famous Fictional Cigar Smokers -
- Garson Smart (1,603) Cigar smoking enjoyed an abrupt, and steep, spike in popularity during the 1990s, after years of decline. Cigar bars and shops sprang up even in midsize towns and cities, while profits experienced heady growth. But during all the years between the industry's heyday and this 1990s revival, these... ( added 130 days 7 hours ago.) |
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How To Build A Cigar Memorabilia Collection -
- Garson Smart (1,603) Many cigar smokers throw out those paper bands encircling their favorite stogies on the way to smoking them. As for the boxes the cigars come in-what about them? Old cigar advertisements, humidors that no longer humidify, and other cigar-related accoutrement are often subject to the same ignoble... ( added 130 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Calvados History -
Boutique Liquors (3) Guide to Calvados When one thinks of Normandy one thinks of a land of orchards planted with apple trees. The apple symbolises the agricultural tradition of Normandy and is used within the flag of the general council of Calvados. Throughout history the apple has been a pillar in the economic... ( added 147 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Are You Really Want to Sing in High Notes? -
Lisa Lopez (122) Do you love to sing, but find yourself constantly having trouble singing high notes? Well, there is an easy way to improve your vocal range. All you need to do is learn the best singing techniques by doing vocal exercises. If you do the proper vocal exercises, you can improve your vocal range... ( added 153 days 5 hours ago.) |
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Blue Ridge Parkway Motorcycle Road Trip -
David Reichman (132) The Blue Ridge Parkways is the longest rural parkway in the United States. It runs 469 miles, connecting the Great Smoky Mountains in southern North Carolina to Shenandoah National Park in northern Virginia and stretches across the southern Appalachian Mountains. That fact alone promises a very... ( added 173 days 6 hours ago.) |
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One Hour - Every Day - At Four O'Clock -
Veronica Hay (48) Every day at four o'clock, I stop whatever it is I am doing to watch my favorite soap opera. I take the phone off the hook, lock the door, sit with a cup of freshly brewed coffee, and escape. It has become an addiction. One that I like having. Almost every time I do this, I am astounded at how... ( added 173 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Lalibela: The Ethiopian Jerusalem -
Jacob Lumbroso (389) In the 1980s Ethiopia was known abroad for the tragic famine that occurred in 1984 and the first exodus of Ethiopian Jews to Israel that occurred the same year. Ethiopia is known most significantly however, for its historic place in early Christianity. The town of Lalibela is among Ethiopia's... ( added 185 days 12 hours ago.) |
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Proof UFO's Really Do Exist -
Ceci Valenzuela (22) There is an ongoing debate whether or not unidentified flying objects, more commonly referred to as UFO's, really exist. One thing cannot be argued about though, is the fact that there are thousands of Arizonans who have claimed to have seen an Arizona UFO. Thousands of others from around the... ( added 192 days 5 hours ago.) |
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Don't Get Taken By A Counterfeit Cuban -
Garson Smart (1,603) Great cigars can be made anywhere, of course. But just as Detroit makes us think of cars and Hollywood reminds us of movies, cigar smokers often think of Cuba as the apex of cigar-making. Why Cuba? As with so much of history, the answer has to do with colonialism. Tobacco smoking took off in... ( added 211 days 7 hours ago.) |
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Fine Cigars from Bahamas, Brazil, Dominican Republic and Greece -
Garson Smart (1,603) Cigars come from all over the world. Why, then, do cigar aficionados so often limit themselves to a handful (literally) of well-regarded smokes from a few highly-regarded companies or regions? Perhaps like a passionate music fan visiting the "International" section of a CD store for the first... ( added 211 days 8 hours ago.) |
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Film review: Darjeeling Limited, a Journey to India and Within (Satis Shroff, Freiburg) -
- Satis Shroff (566)   Satis Shroff  Darjeeling Limited is a road movie with three different protagonists, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman, who we are told are brothers. One looks like a Hawk-nosed Italian (Adrien Brody) with fine features and a heavily pregnant wife he's left behind, the other a heavily bandaged... ( added 224 days 18 hours ago.) |
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History and Popularity of Cigars -
Garson Smart (1,603) Who smoked the first cigar? We'll never know, of course, but archeological finds suggest an early date indeed. A ceramic vessel unearthed at Uaxactun, Guatemala, dating from as early as the tenth century, depicts a cigar-smoking man, which suggests that indigenous Mesoamericans smoked cigars at... ( added 226 days 14 hours ago.) |
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Famous Modern Male Icons Who Enjoy Cigars -
Garson Smart (1,603) After years of decline, cigar smoking abruptly returned to popularity in America in the 1990s, with cigar bars and shops springing up even in smaller towns and cities. Some of America's great male icons of sports and entertainment were quick to pick up the habit, while others had been closet... ( added 226 days 15 hours ago.) |
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Making Music Special On Today's Net -
David Kershenbaum (3) The desperate search by the label for the "elusive" hit record has been at the forefront of marketing and selling their records for the past four decades. In it's heyday, when Radio was still breaking artists, a 3:30 minute track with two verses, three choruses, etc. was the expected standard but... ( added 235 days 10 hours ago.) |
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Does Corporate America Need “Magic” to Thrive? -
Walt Anthony (0)  Walt Anthony  Corporate Event Entertainment and Keynote Speaking is a fascinating industry to work in, and I find I share with my professional colleagues a love for being part of these invigorating business ventures. An entertainer may participate in a meeting or conference as an after banquet performer... ( added 261 days 15 hours ago.) |
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