CarTown-EX Japan Adventure is well underway. I hope everyone is doing well against the local drivers in this event, I've lost 1 race so far due to the lagging and dragging in mine or the pages system. Regardless of losing the race I have still managed to gain 2 CarTown Blue Points during the Japan Challenge. In this journey so far I have also acquired a lantern. At the time of typing this I am around the 70th checkpoint in the game, fairly close to the first level prize, it's highly decorated truck. I personalty don't have much use for the truck but I do want to reach the end and get the little Mazda. The Mazda starts out its rating at over 800, so I know it can be made quicker.
Also about halfway through the weekly challenge, this weeks theme is "Most Money Earned". I enjoy the "Most Money" challenges, I tend to do well on them. Remember everything you have in your garage and storage counts towards your "Garage Value", while money in your "Bank" does not. Don't hesitate to grab a salvaged truck of any kind they sell for 500 or 600 coins but they add more value to you overall value.

Tie Dye Friendship Bracelet

Tie Dye Friendship Bracelet
By: When Creativity Knocks
I came across this craft today and the Hippy in me had to share it on my blog. As the article says, yoys and girls alike will love these awesome Tie Dye Bracelets from When Creativity Knocks. There easy to make with simple white tee shirts and easy tie dye techniques, the colorful bracelets are great for parties, classrooms, or just a weekend craft time.

Read more at http://www.favecrafts.com/Bracelets/Tie-Dye-Friendship-Bracelet/ml/1#tKFO9lSz8vyKhEJj.99

Photos and videos of Russian meteorite blast.

A meteorite exploded over central Russia on Friday, injuring some 1,000 and leaving many buildings badly damaged. As authorities work to treat the victims and repair the damage, people who witnessed the explosion have uploaded video and photos to the Web. No fatalities have been reported at this point.

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King Hostiles Top 5 Missing You Songs - TubeSnack

King Hostiles Top 5 Missing You Songs - TubeSnack:
This post is primarily done just to try out the NEW Snack Tools TubeSnack maker.

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Amber Alerts

I recently added the Amber Alerts ticker to this site because I feel this is one of the very important, yet overlooked service that is in place today. On average, 2,185 children under the age of 18 are reported missing each day. That'smore than 797,500 children per year. Of those, almost  204,000 about 25 percent, were family abductions. An estimated 58,200 were abducted by someone other than a family member. Of those, 115 were taken by strangers and kept for a period or killed. At least 322 children had been recovered safely through the AMBER Alert program. 

50 things about you.

This is just a quick survey for fun and to get to know each other.
50 Things About You.

Win a FREE outfit and accessories

Win a FREE outfit and accessories - picked specifically for our winner! 2011/2012 - Copyright Vinyl Lollipops 

Please tell them King Hostile sent you.

Please submit ONE, full body shot for this contest. All entries will be posted on February 21st, a Tuesday. The winner will be announced on February 24th, the following Friday. To enter, submit your name, age, permission (from you & the photographer) to post your photo. Please title your entry as: Vinyl Lollipops FREE Contest. Don't forget to attach your photo! Email your entries to laura@vinyllollipops.com *By entering, you allow Vinyl Lollipops to use your photo for promotional advertising. The winner will be determined by how many likes are received by February 24th @ 9PM, CST.* Records do not have to be present in your photo to win. Tip: Think "Flirty Fashion". GOOD LUCK! ♥ 

Be sure to visit  Vinyl Lollipops on Face Book to enter.  

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Yoville

Yeah, it was me, sorry.
I have in the last couple of years become very addicted to a game from Zynga, the game is Yoville. I don't know if many of you play this game ir have played it but it has turned out to be one of my favorite passtimes when I have free time. I have found many sites and blogs devoted to Yoville and the players. I have joined a few of the groups along the way but, a few have turned out to be scams. I have become very skeptical towards any new Yoville groups that are being formed now just simply because they all seem to offer the same things yet very few ever deliver any of what they promise.I do however really like the YOVILLE NEIGHBOURS UNITED group this particular group has helped me grow my gaming network to awesome proportions.

Offensive and highly disturbing photos on Face Book.

In regards to the recent posting of offensive and highly disturbing photos appearing on many of our walls. I see many of us are disturbed by these photos if you wish them to go away we need to stop commenting on them, each comment placed on one of these pieces of garbage raises it higher in your feed and gives it more importance in the feed. Try your best to ignore these posts if possible. If you must vent and leave a comment go back to where the photo originates, make your comment and report it from there. These spammers are using our own dislike for these photos to spread them around, please let's not help them anymore

YouTube, Getting Started

You will need to begin by securing a gmail account from google if you do not already have one. Gmail is a great mail system already and having the google account allows you to have access to many useful tools and information. Once you have your Gmail account go to YouTube and make an account there. Be sure to make all your settings public in order to reach the largest audience.

What to share.
Depending on what you intend to share, you would be best served by starting with a simple introductory video. This particular video would need to include a short introduction of yourself and a basic inventory of the needed supplies for the various projects you will be sharing.
It seems from my observations shorter videos are better received than the longer full 10 minutes that YouTube offers. A lot of the audience your searching for will seek out a shorter video and try to get just the one piece of information they need. If your videos are too long you could bore your audience completely away from your site and product or service.

Finding an audience
 I would suggest looking at some of the other channels targeting the same audiences as you intend to target. Leave your videos as comments on the videos that closely relate to your own and add the others that have commented as friends. Try to find the common threads that apply to your particular style and use them. The comments below the videos could offer more insight into what other individuals are trying to learn, more so than the videos themselves. Finding that one good piece of information that has very little coverage is where you will find your best success. Check the Google and Yahoo trends and build a plan of attack based on what you have learned from  what others are searching for. There is a lot of good information to direct you once you have become even slightly knowledgeable about how to follow and predict certain trends.