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This is a topic causing a lot of debate in homes in America. When is the right time to gift your children a cell phone. When will they be mature enough to handle it? After September 11, many parents feel that their children will be safer carrying a cell phone. In fact there are many cell phone plans that you can choose specially for your children. Like the prepaid phone plan that start from as low as $50 and limit the amount of calls and texts made.

Cell phone service providers have started launching special cell phone plans for children. Like T-Mobile's family allowance plan that lets you set limits for minutes, messages and downloads on your child's phone. You can also keep track of your child's location by simply logging on to a computer, using Sprint's Family Locator plan or Verizon's Chaperone plan. Cell phones are also a huge distraction during school hours. So you can compare cell phone plans of various service providers and ask them about your ability to shut down phone service for certain hours or keep track of the actual numbers that your child talks to over the phone.

Recognizing the specialty-equipment industry’s commitment to green vehicle products and solutions, SEMA has announced plans to showcase those companies whose involvement in green technologies prove that being environmentally friendly can also be cool. The Making Green Cool Zone will be featured inside the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Centre, Nov 4-7, 2008.

Products, project vehicles and technologies to be featured in the Making Green Cool Zone can be from either exhibiting SEMA-member companies or non-exhibiting companies. The winners will be selected by a panel of experts drawn from relevant automotive fields.

The SEMA industry recognizes that being green extends beyond specific segments of the market. Going green seems to be no longer an option; about 85% of Americans consider themselves environmentalists according to what John Waraniak, SEMA’s vice president of vehicle technology stated.

Greening-up vehicles offer new and exciting business opportunities for SEMA members and the specialty-equipment industry. A lot of green vehicle technologies will be discussed at the SEMA Vehicle Technology Briefing Seminar: “Clean Diesels, Wild Hybrids and Muscle Electrics” to be held on November 5th at the SEMA Show.

Sportsmen inspire us in several ways. While their talent is appreciated worldwide, some of them are so stylish that they become fashion trend-setters. Their dressing-styles and hair-dos become so extensively popular that they’re often imitated by youngsters. Some footballers especially are well-known for their unique hair-styles.

Beckham, Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Ballack, Carlos Valderrama, Edger Davis, Roberto Baggio, Rudd Gullit, and Alex Song are not only famous for their football fervor, but also for their distinctive hair-dos. While for fans, these fashionable hairstyles are inspiring; for these footballers, they’re trademarks that make them stand-out in the playing field!