Daniel Boyd, a West Virginian, has degrees in Communications (West Virginia University) and Filmmaking (University of Arkansas).
Beginning his filmmaking career making documentaries, Boyd’s early projects took him from the hobo “jungles” of the U.S. (HOMELESS BROTHER) to the war-torn mountains of Guatemala (MARCOS DE SAN MARCOS).
Several of Boyd’s short narrative films were featured on regional and national television in the early and mid-eighties.
His first feature film, CHILLERS, was released in 1988. Currently in international video and television distribution, this horror feature was awarded the Silver Scroll for excellence from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in Los Angeles.
Boyd’s second feature, a science fiction/comedy, STRANGEST DREAMS, premiered on the USA Network in 1991. It is currently in domestic and international video and television distribution.
Boyd’s third feature film, PARADISE PARK, a dramatic-fantasy, received Gold Awards at the Houston International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected for the Breckenridge Festival of Film and the American Film Institute’s American Independents series. It is currently distributed by Vintage Home Entertainment as HEROES OF THE HEART.
A professor of communications at West Virginia State University since 1985, Boyd has actively involved his filmmaking students in his professional projects. In 1994, Boyd established the Paradise Film Institute at WVSU for the purpose of supporting filmmaking in the state through resource services, production support, foreign exchanges and continuing education. PFI has had travel/study/production exchange partnerships with film schools in Tanzania (School of Fine & Performing Arts, University of Dar Es Salaam), Russia (The AllRussian State Institute of Cinema), the Czech Republic (Film Academy of Performing Arts), Venezuela (Escuela de Cine y Television) and Belize (Ministry of Culture).
As a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Boyd taught the first filmmaking and screenwriting classes at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during the 98-99 academic year in East Africa.
Recipient of a 2002 Fulbright Alumni Award, Boyd partnered with the
University of Dar es Salaam on the pilot program TeleDrum (teaching
filmmaking to American and African students while producing films for
international aid organizations), resulting in the award-winning films,
DUARA and SOUND THE DRUM.
After life-threatening encounters while filming MAKUTANO on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2004, Boyd decided to take a break from filmmaking and move more into publishing. Returning to his still photography roots, Boyd and fellow professor, adventurer wife, Robin Boyd, formed VentureMedia. Boyd did the photography for Robin's book MOUNTAIN BIKER'S GUIDE TO WEST VIRGINIA (Quarrier Press), and since has written and/or photographed dozens of articles on adventure travel and extreme sports for numerous publications. The Boyds’ 2nd book with Quarrier Press, CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO WEST VIRGINIA RAIL-TRAILS, is due out in 2008.
While researching an article in the fall of 2004, Boyd was able to experience a life-long dream of working in professional wrestling. Three years-plus later, the article has evolved into a book in progress on working inside the world of independent pro wrestling. Since forming the tag team of "The Grapes of Wrath," Boyd (Professor Danger) and fellow middle-aged wrestler, Death Falcon Zero, have worked well over 100 matches, for nearly a dozen federations. Boyd also worked for Rings of Europe in Austria in the spring of 07.
A former National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, Boyd has also won awards in documentary, horror, comedy and dramatic filmmaking, as well as screenwriting. He was named, "Filmmaker of the Year" by the WV Filmmakers Festival in 2003. Two of Boyd's archeology documentaries, RED SALT & REYNOLDS (04) and GHOSTS OF GREEN BOTTOM (05), won national Telly awards, and both were regional Emmy nominees. In 2006, Boyd was inducted into the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame for his contributions to the music genre through his film work.
Beginning his filmmaking career making documentaries, Boyd’s early projects took him from the hobo “jungles” of the U.S. (HOMELESS BROTHER) to the war-torn mountains of Guatemala (MARCOS DE SAN MARCOS).
Several of Boyd’s short narrative films were featured on regional and national television in the early and mid-eighties.
His first feature film, CHILLERS, was released in 1988. Currently in international video and television distribution, this horror feature was awarded the Silver Scroll for excellence from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films in Los Angeles.
Boyd’s second feature, a science fiction/comedy, STRANGEST DREAMS, premiered on the USA Network in 1991. It is currently in domestic and international video and television distribution.
Boyd’s third feature film, PARADISE PARK, a dramatic-fantasy, received Gold Awards at the Houston International Film Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival, and was selected for the Breckenridge Festival of Film and the American Film Institute’s American Independents series. It is currently distributed by Vintage Home Entertainment as HEROES OF THE HEART.
A professor of communications at West Virginia State University since 1985, Boyd has actively involved his filmmaking students in his professional projects. In 1994, Boyd established the Paradise Film Institute at WVSU for the purpose of supporting filmmaking in the state through resource services, production support, foreign exchanges and continuing education. PFI has had travel/study/production exchange partnerships with film schools in Tanzania (School of Fine & Performing Arts, University of Dar Es Salaam), Russia (The AllRussian State Institute of Cinema), the Czech Republic (Film Academy of Performing Arts), Venezuela (Escuela de Cine y Television) and Belize (Ministry of Culture).
As a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Boyd taught the first filmmaking and screenwriting classes at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, during the 98-99 academic year in East Africa.
Recipient of a 2002 Fulbright Alumni Award, Boyd partnered with the
University of Dar es Salaam on the pilot program TeleDrum (teaching
filmmaking to American and African students while producing films for
international aid organizations), resulting in the award-winning films,
DUARA and SOUND THE DRUM.
After life-threatening encounters while filming MAKUTANO on Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2004, Boyd decided to take a break from filmmaking and move more into publishing. Returning to his still photography roots, Boyd and fellow professor, adventurer wife, Robin Boyd, formed VentureMedia. Boyd did the photography for Robin's book MOUNTAIN BIKER'S GUIDE TO WEST VIRGINIA (Quarrier Press), and since has written and/or photographed dozens of articles on adventure travel and extreme sports for numerous publications. The Boyds’ 2nd book with Quarrier Press, CYCLIST'S GUIDE TO WEST VIRGINIA RAIL-TRAILS, is due out in 2008.
While researching an article in the fall of 2004, Boyd was able to experience a life-long dream of working in professional wrestling. Three years-plus later, the article has evolved into a book in progress on working inside the world of independent pro wrestling. Since forming the tag team of "The Grapes of Wrath," Boyd (Professor Danger) and fellow middle-aged wrestler, Death Falcon Zero, have worked well over 100 matches, for nearly a dozen federations. Boyd also worked for Rings of Europe in Austria in the spring of 07.
A former National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, Boyd has also won awards in documentary, horror, comedy and dramatic filmmaking, as well as screenwriting. He was named, "Filmmaker of the Year" by the WV Filmmakers Festival in 2003. Two of Boyd's archeology documentaries, RED SALT & REYNOLDS (04) and GHOSTS OF GREEN BOTTOM (05), won national Telly awards, and both were regional Emmy nominees. In 2006, Boyd was inducted into the West Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame for his contributions to the music genre through his film work.
Finetune is an online music recommendation service based on the Adobe Flash platform. Finetune streams tracks from the user's favorite artists, and lets the user create and share playlists online. Finetune playlists have a minimum of 45 songs in them. If the user's playlist does not have enough songs, Finetune will add songs similar to ones the user listens to.
There are several limitations. For example, the user can only include three songs by any one artist in any given playlist. Also, the songs play randomly in the playlists and the user cannot return to tracks previously played during the session, or skip more than four or five tracks in a row.
Finetune allows users of the site to share their playlists by generating URLs that link to a playlist, and allowing users to send the URLs to other people. Also, Finetune provides HTML code to embed flash mini-players into sites such as MySpace.
Finetune has also released Finetune Desktop, a desktop player utilizing the Adobe Integrated Runtime.
Finetune has also released a Finetune Wii Player, which lets users stream music from their favorite artists, playlists, or tags on the Wii game system.
Finetune Service
Finetune is a free (as in beer) music service started in 2000. According to their website, it is operated by people that came from early Napster, Gigabeat, and Listen.com. It is owned by NetRadio Solutions. Finetune lets users create their own playlists of songs they select. However, there are certain limitations to this. For instance, a user can only have 3 songs per artist, the playlist must contain a minimum of 45 tracks, and the songs play back in a randomized order, by no consent of the user. However, once a playlist is made, it can be listened to indefinitely. Another feature of the Finetune service is the ability to play Tag Radio. The finetune service lets users tag their favorite artists, albums, and playlists by a certain word. This word is then listed in the user's tag page. Clicking on the link will show a list of everything the user has tagged using that term. When a tag has a minimum of 10 artists, finetune can create a playlist based off the artists, albums, and playlists within the tag. Songs played using this generally is more focused on various songs from the albums based off the contents of the tag.
There are several limitations. For example, the user can only include three songs by any one artist in any given playlist. Also, the songs play randomly in the playlists and the user cannot return to tracks previously played during the session, or skip more than four or five tracks in a row.
Finetune allows users of the site to share their playlists by generating URLs that link to a playlist, and allowing users to send the URLs to other people. Also, Finetune provides HTML code to embed flash mini-players into sites such as MySpace.
Finetune has also released Finetune Desktop, a desktop player utilizing the Adobe Integrated Runtime.
Finetune has also released a Finetune Wii Player, which lets users stream music from their favorite artists, playlists, or tags on the Wii game system.
Finetune Service
Finetune is a free (as in beer) music service started in 2000. According to their website, it is operated by people that came from early Napster, Gigabeat, and Listen.com. It is owned by NetRadio Solutions. Finetune lets users create their own playlists of songs they select. However, there are certain limitations to this. For instance, a user can only have 3 songs per artist, the playlist must contain a minimum of 45 tracks, and the songs play back in a randomized order, by no consent of the user. However, once a playlist is made, it can be listened to indefinitely. Another feature of the Finetune service is the ability to play Tag Radio. The finetune service lets users tag their favorite artists, albums, and playlists by a certain word. This word is then listed in the user's tag page. Clicking on the link will show a list of everything the user has tagged using that term. When a tag has a minimum of 10 artists, finetune can create a playlist based off the artists, albums, and playlists within the tag. Songs played using this generally is more focused on various songs from the albums based off the contents of the tag.
Daniel Lloyd-Weston, born on 17 August, 1991 in Manchester, England, is a goalkeeper who currently plays for West Bromwich Albion U-18s Academy team and a product of the long-term investment in youth systems, as part of the development of Football Association Football Academies in England. He was a former pupil at Alsager School, in Cheshire, England.
Lloyd-Weston started his football career at Crewe Alexandra Football Club at the age of eight years old, leaving in 2003 and went on to Liverpool FC playing in the prestigious Unicef-sponsored Torneo Internazionale tournament in Italy for the U-13s team, but later that year he joined Stoke City Football Club being coached by former goalkeeper Ronnie Sinclair.
At the end of season 2006-2007, Lloyd-Weston was released by Stoke City and immediately went on trial at Manchester United FC. A number of other clubs in England and Wales offered him scholarship terms at their respective youth teams, but he joined West Bromwich Albion in June 2007 after playing several trial games. He has since played several games for the U-18s Academy team and selected for the Baggies reserve team, which includes first team regulars on a number of occasions in season 2007-2008.
Lloyd-Weston started his football career at Crewe Alexandra Football Club at the age of eight years old, leaving in 2003 and went on to Liverpool FC playing in the prestigious Unicef-sponsored Torneo Internazionale tournament in Italy for the U-13s team, but later that year he joined Stoke City Football Club being coached by former goalkeeper Ronnie Sinclair.
At the end of season 2006-2007, Lloyd-Weston was released by Stoke City and immediately went on trial at Manchester United FC. A number of other clubs in England and Wales offered him scholarship terms at their respective youth teams, but he joined West Bromwich Albion in June 2007 after playing several trial games. He has since played several games for the U-18s Academy team and selected for the Baggies reserve team, which includes first team regulars on a number of occasions in season 2007-2008.
The Verado Outboard is made by Mercury Marine.
The Verado is an inline 6 cylinder four-stroke supercharged outboard motor.
Sizes range from 135hp to the new 320hp Verado
Unlike most four-stroke outboards the Verado has a supercharger.
The supercharger allows the Verado to perform like a powerful two-stroke.
The Verado uses the DTS (Digital Throttle and Shift System).
The DTS does away with old style mechanical shift and throttle cables.
The Verado also has Power Steering.
The Verado is an inline 6 cylinder four-stroke supercharged outboard motor.
Sizes range from 135hp to the new 320hp Verado
Unlike most four-stroke outboards the Verado has a supercharger.
The supercharger allows the Verado to perform like a powerful two-stroke.
The Verado uses the DTS (Digital Throttle and Shift System).
The DTS does away with old style mechanical shift and throttle cables.
The Verado also has Power Steering.