Every day a small gathering waits for the doors to the Ketchikan
Recreation Center to open at 5 a.m. These early risers will complete
their morning workout while the blue of the sky lightens and the town
sleeps on.Later, around 7 a.m., the center is hopping. The weight room
clanks and the track is well-used by runners and walkers. Aerobics and
Pilates classes are letting out and more people walk the hallways to and
from changing rooms. People swim laps in the eight-lane Gateway Aquatic
Center lap pool, while others exercise their aerobic fitness in
classes.
Susan Fisher has been coming to the recreation center
to walk the track almost every day since 1999. She is part of a group
pass and said she prefers the indoor track to walking in her
neighborhood.Theres no dogs, no bugs, no cars and no dirt in my
contacts, she said.Give your logo high visibility on iccard! There are restrooms nearby and I can leave for work right from here.
The
use of the recreation center and pool have grown in the last 12 months,
even with recent fee increases. The center recorded 23,773 uses in June
2013, compared to 15,576 in June 2012. Uses are marked not by the
number of people who walk in the door, but by the number of times
something is used. One person who needs a towel, plays basketball and
uses the weight room creates three uses, said Wendy Miller, borough
recreation director. She reports the use number to Borough Manager Dan
Bockhorst for his managers report to the Assembly.
By afternoon,
the place is abuzz with activity. The childrens room is full, utilizing
the outdoor space when the summer sun shines. Basketball games, air
hockey and other youth activities echo through the building. Sounds of
laughter, exercise and people having fun fill the space.
A wave
of folks come during the lunch hour to attend classes and get their
blood moving to increase energy and carry them through the afternoon.
Then, there is an after-work crowd, making sure to fit healthy habits in
the day where possible.
Zack Tapey, in town for the summer,
spends his time at the recreation center in the weight room. He said he
used to go to a different gym in town, but decided the recreation center
was a better fit for him.It has everything I need, Tapey said. And its
better equipment.
All day the center provides classes and
opportunities for people to use the facility, from the childrens
activities to Pilates, aerobics and the weight room. The recreation
center also offers a variety of classes and activities through the
seasons,A glassbottles is
a machine used primarily for the folding of paper. including pumpkin
carving in October, preschool crafts, bouncy house Thursdays and martial
arts.
We used to offer fencing because there was a family in
town that was with the Coast Guard, and they were fencing instructors,
Miller said. After their tour was done,Find the perfect cleaningsydney and
you'll always find your luggage! they left. So things come in waves and
a lot of it is depending who comes by thats trained.
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make your company's presentation stand out. swimming lessons and water
aerobics. In the past, the center has offered springboard diving courses
as well as an exploratory scuba class.Karen Taylor has worked at the
swimming pool for 20 years, first starting as a receptionist and working
to her current position as director. She said one of the more
challenging parts of running the new aquatic center is moving to the
more spacious pool and building from the old Mike Smithers Community
Pool.
Theres a lot more going on, more people, she said. You
find yourself needing to have more employees to fill the holes.The
employees themselves are also a challenge. The majority are ages 16 to
25 an age where many are still learning how to be an adult, she said.
Because
of increased use over the past year, in addition to an increase in
rates, the recreation center has experienced a bump in revenue of about
$200,000.With an annual operating cost of $2.3 million,We Engrave luggagetag for
YOU. and revenue of about $730,000, the center is subsidized through
the boroughs general fund. The increase of revenue generated by the
center from around $500,000 to more than $730,000 has been welcome.Its
always a concern. They want us to make a little bit more revenue so we
made some slight changes in prices, Miller said.
One of the
recent changes that made a positive impact on revenue was the group
pass, Miller said. Instead of offering corporate passes, which would
exclude people who do not work or whose employers dont have an agreement
with the recreation center, they offer group passes so people can join
together for a discounted rate.Taylor and Miller said the recreation
center and aquatic center adds something tangible and worthwhile to the
community.
Its something for all these kids to do when its
pouring down rain outside, when its dark and dreary, Taylor said. On
Sundays when its pouring down rain its packed in here.We live in a water
based community. Every single one of them is down on the dock looking
at some fish or on a boat. We teach how to use a life jacket, how to
call 911. Its good for the community, for kids who are raised here right
now. Theyll get comfortable on and around the water, she said.
Julie
Tibbles brings her daughter to swim lessons in the afternoon. She said
Reese, 6, took one session of lessons in Texas, where they lived before,
but was able to take two sessions here. And because Reese is the only
student in her age group this session, she has received a lot of
teacher-time, helping her progress in her swimming ability. Tibbles said
shell sign up her daughter for lessons in the fall.
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Church lobby in win over charities watchdog
If Tony Abbott is elected prime minister on Saturday he will abolish
the watchdog established by Labor to keep an eye on the billions of
dollars received and spent by Australian charities each year. Why?The
answer, in part at least, may be the lobbying power of church
conservatives, the Catholic Church in particular, and the office of
Sydney Cardinal George Pell, more particularly still.Learn how an
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And their focus has not been the Coalition alone. Labor insiders acknowledge the impact of Cardinal Pell's office as it reduced the scope of its new national regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data.Charity leaders, church heads and political insiders have told The Sunday Age about the lobbying campaign over charities regulation by the Sydney archdiocese, notably Cardinal Pell's business manager and chief political envoy, Danny Casey.
The pressure applied by the Sydney church through the charities debate has raised the question of the access and sway it may enjoy under Australia's first Catholic Liberal prime minister and his Catholic-strong frontbench that includes Kevin Andrews, Barnaby Joyce,You've probably seen doublesidedtape1 at some point. Joe Hockey, Malcolm Turnbull (a convert), Andrew Robb and Christopher Pyne.
Labor senator Ursula Stephens has watched the campaigning over the commission at close quarters, including from her former position as parliamentary secretary for social inclusion, where she had responsibility for reform of charities regulation.
A proud Catholic, she confirms heavy lobbying of both sides of politics, including by the national Catholic Bishops Conference and separately by the clearly more anti-regulation Sydney archdiocese.She says she had ''absolutely'' no doubt that Cardinal Pell's representatives had had a big influence on opposition family and human services spokesman Kevin Andrews' promise in mid-2012 to abolish the commission, well before Labor detailed its final, amended form in Parliament, a position he reiterated last week.
''I'm well aware that Sydney lobbied the opposition very hard on this issue, says Senator Stephens. ''They got to Kevin Andrews early.''Across the Catholic Church is an array of views about the commission, and widespread concern about additional red tape and duplication in the early days of its operation.
Paul O'Callaghan, the head of Melbourne-based Catholic Social Services, says the major church welfare agencies support a single national regulator, but want it to be of ''lighter touch'' in its work.Another senior church figure contrasts this with the Sydney archdiocese's breakaway lobbying, describing it as driven by ''fear and suspicion''. ''There are a few in the church, like Danny Casey, that are anti-commission, full stop.''
Over 20 years a string of commissions and committees has called for better regulation of Australia's $43 billion charitable sector.In 2010, the Productivity Commission slammed the regulation regime shared by the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the states as too complex, too costly, and too short on transparency.
Labor's response was the new charities commission, which opened for business in January. It is meant to be a one-stop shop that keeps a register of charities - there are 60,000 large ones and 600,000 not-for-profit groups in all - helps them meet their obligations, and investigates them when they don't.
Given the Liberals' ideological commitment to the idea of small government, suspicion about a national regulator is arguably consistent with the Liberal philosophy.
Mr Andrews says Labor's commission is an unnecessary level of bureaucracy established to hunt down ''mischief'' it has never identified.''We don't believe that any real mischief was made out to justify a whole new bureaucracy. It is total overkill for what is required for the charities sector,'' he says.
Yet charity sector leaders such as World Vision's Tim Costello insist that, while the new commission has had teething problems, it is settling as an effective and efficient regulator of, and friend to, charities. ''The commission is actually working for us, and it gives the public confidence [in the spending of their donations],'' he says.
A survey last month of 1500 not-for-profit groups by online not-for-profit information agency Pro Bono Australia found 80 per cent supported the commission.And the Victorian and Tasmanian-based Churches of Christ Community Care has begun an online petition to save the commission, warning that the Coalition alternative would be ''an advisory body with no teeth''. That,Browse our oilpaintingsforsales collection from the granitetrade.net! say critics, appears to be the point.
In an interview with The Sunday Age, Danny Casey acknowledges active lobbying of both sides of politics, but stresses that throughout, the church's main concern with Labor's commission has been additional red tape and duplication; not, as critics allege, the church's wish to avoid scrutiny of its finances.
He stopped short of endorsing the Coalition's policy over Labor's. ''The one that gets support is the one that is able to reduce waste and red tape the fastest.''Last week, Mr Andrews reiterated his intention to abolish the commission,This is a universal black magic bestgranitecountertops. to return to the old system of state and Tax Office regulation plus the establishment of a new centre for excellence for charities.
Politicians usually have ''stakeholders'' primed to support such bold moves. But when asked to identify the major agencies that support the Coalition's policy, Mr Andrews was unwilling to do so.On Friday Catholic Education Melbourne issued a statement of support for the Coalition's policy. It was sent to The Sunday Age by Cardinal Pell's Sydney office.
But if Mr Andrews has enjoyed some spiritual guidance in his policymaking from Cardinal Pell, he is not alone.After its initial tabling in mid-2012, the charities legislation was repeatedly amended, with some of its more demanding reporting requirements removed, especially for churches.
Notable among the changes was a watering-down of clauses requiring small religious bodies - local parishes - to account for their income.Another was to remove the onus on organisations to prove they work in the public interest.The Sunday Age is aware of frustration among some Labor insiders that some of the amendments allowed the churches greater cover when, arguably, they should be facing more, not less, scrutiny.Senator Stephens says that, as Labor shaped its charities bill, the Catholic Church in particular pressed hard for modification in countless meetings with Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury.
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And their focus has not been the Coalition alone. Labor insiders acknowledge the impact of Cardinal Pell's office as it reduced the scope of its new national regulator, the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission.Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data.Charity leaders, church heads and political insiders have told The Sunday Age about the lobbying campaign over charities regulation by the Sydney archdiocese, notably Cardinal Pell's business manager and chief political envoy, Danny Casey.
The pressure applied by the Sydney church through the charities debate has raised the question of the access and sway it may enjoy under Australia's first Catholic Liberal prime minister and his Catholic-strong frontbench that includes Kevin Andrews, Barnaby Joyce,You've probably seen doublesidedtape1 at some point. Joe Hockey, Malcolm Turnbull (a convert), Andrew Robb and Christopher Pyne.
Labor senator Ursula Stephens has watched the campaigning over the commission at close quarters, including from her former position as parliamentary secretary for social inclusion, where she had responsibility for reform of charities regulation.
A proud Catholic, she confirms heavy lobbying of both sides of politics, including by the national Catholic Bishops Conference and separately by the clearly more anti-regulation Sydney archdiocese.She says she had ''absolutely'' no doubt that Cardinal Pell's representatives had had a big influence on opposition family and human services spokesman Kevin Andrews' promise in mid-2012 to abolish the commission, well before Labor detailed its final, amended form in Parliament, a position he reiterated last week.
''I'm well aware that Sydney lobbied the opposition very hard on this issue, says Senator Stephens. ''They got to Kevin Andrews early.''Across the Catholic Church is an array of views about the commission, and widespread concern about additional red tape and duplication in the early days of its operation.
Paul O'Callaghan, the head of Melbourne-based Catholic Social Services, says the major church welfare agencies support a single national regulator, but want it to be of ''lighter touch'' in its work.Another senior church figure contrasts this with the Sydney archdiocese's breakaway lobbying, describing it as driven by ''fear and suspicion''. ''There are a few in the church, like Danny Casey, that are anti-commission, full stop.''
Over 20 years a string of commissions and committees has called for better regulation of Australia's $43 billion charitable sector.In 2010, the Productivity Commission slammed the regulation regime shared by the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the states as too complex, too costly, and too short on transparency.
Labor's response was the new charities commission, which opened for business in January. It is meant to be a one-stop shop that keeps a register of charities - there are 60,000 large ones and 600,000 not-for-profit groups in all - helps them meet their obligations, and investigates them when they don't.
Given the Liberals' ideological commitment to the idea of small government, suspicion about a national regulator is arguably consistent with the Liberal philosophy.
Mr Andrews says Labor's commission is an unnecessary level of bureaucracy established to hunt down ''mischief'' it has never identified.''We don't believe that any real mischief was made out to justify a whole new bureaucracy. It is total overkill for what is required for the charities sector,'' he says.
Yet charity sector leaders such as World Vision's Tim Costello insist that, while the new commission has had teething problems, it is settling as an effective and efficient regulator of, and friend to, charities. ''The commission is actually working for us, and it gives the public confidence [in the spending of their donations],'' he says.
A survey last month of 1500 not-for-profit groups by online not-for-profit information agency Pro Bono Australia found 80 per cent supported the commission.And the Victorian and Tasmanian-based Churches of Christ Community Care has begun an online petition to save the commission, warning that the Coalition alternative would be ''an advisory body with no teeth''. That,Browse our oilpaintingsforsales collection from the granitetrade.net! say critics, appears to be the point.
In an interview with The Sunday Age, Danny Casey acknowledges active lobbying of both sides of politics, but stresses that throughout, the church's main concern with Labor's commission has been additional red tape and duplication; not, as critics allege, the church's wish to avoid scrutiny of its finances.
He stopped short of endorsing the Coalition's policy over Labor's. ''The one that gets support is the one that is able to reduce waste and red tape the fastest.''Last week, Mr Andrews reiterated his intention to abolish the commission,This is a universal black magic bestgranitecountertops. to return to the old system of state and Tax Office regulation plus the establishment of a new centre for excellence for charities.
Politicians usually have ''stakeholders'' primed to support such bold moves. But when asked to identify the major agencies that support the Coalition's policy, Mr Andrews was unwilling to do so.On Friday Catholic Education Melbourne issued a statement of support for the Coalition's policy. It was sent to The Sunday Age by Cardinal Pell's Sydney office.
But if Mr Andrews has enjoyed some spiritual guidance in his policymaking from Cardinal Pell, he is not alone.After its initial tabling in mid-2012, the charities legislation was repeatedly amended, with some of its more demanding reporting requirements removed, especially for churches.
Notable among the changes was a watering-down of clauses requiring small religious bodies - local parishes - to account for their income.Another was to remove the onus on organisations to prove they work in the public interest.The Sunday Age is aware of frustration among some Labor insiders that some of the amendments allowed the churches greater cover when, arguably, they should be facing more, not less, scrutiny.Senator Stephens says that, as Labor shaped its charities bill, the Catholic Church in particular pressed hard for modification in countless meetings with Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury.
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Despite snake and deer attacks
The Pasadena Daily News ran stories about Pasadenans at seaside and
mountain resorts in August, 1909. It gave the paper the opportunity to
print lots of local names and perhaps gain more readers.
It is surprising how many mountain resorts were filled, one of which was Strains Camp near Mt. Wilson, pictured here.The paper wrote, Indian Day, one of the most unique events on the mountains, will be celebrated next Thursday on Mt. Wilson, when the guests of the hotel and Strainss and Sturdevants camps will join the celebration and become Indians for the time being. The guests will all doff civilians garb for the blankets, moccasins, beads and finery of the noble red men of the forest and plains.
The paper listed names of all the arrivals at the camps. Some we recognize were Miss Alice Coleman [the musician] and her mother, Mrs. Theodore Coleman. Also from Duarte, my relatives, Miss Ida May Shrode, and her sister, Miss Mary Ellen Shrode.How to change your dash lights to doublesidedtape this is how I have done mine.The guests of Switzers camp are living off the fat of the land. Yesterday, they had venison prepared in many ways as a result of the skill of Guy Bisbee of Pasadena, who brought down a 120-pound buck in the West Fork of the San Gabriel.
Guests from Switzers camp had a narrow escape when they shot a large buck. The wounded buck prepared to charge them with its antlers arrayed until a Miss Greta Kessler fired another shot that dropped the animal.Here's a complete list of granitecountertops for the beginning oil painter. This one weighed about 160 pounds.This is a basic background on chinabeads.
Harry Meyers of Pasadena and a friend were hiking in Bear Canyon when a coiled rattlesnake struck at him without warning. They killed the snake and discovered its rattles were missing.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. Later, a Ranger told them that someone else had stunned the snake and cut off the rattles but the snake had revived and attacked Meyers.
A tennis tournament was held at Sturdevants camp. Also at Sturdevants, The regular weekly hop will be held and several 500 and euchre parties are also planned. One of the largest groups was Rev. and Mrs. Charles Kent of Monrovia who were chaperoning thirty members of the Epworth league of the Monrovia Methodist Church.
Jaquays, the 20-year-old daughter of Laurie Jaquays-Semo of Taberg and Mike Jaquays of Sherrill and a class of 2011 graduate of the Camden High School, heard there was a study abroad opportunity in Turkey as a freshmen at Niagara University. The possibility of the trip intrigued her.
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Initially, the cost of the trip appeared prohibitive. Thanks to a contribution by grandparents Allen and Irma Jaquays of Sherrill she was able to fund her travels, and her Aunt Laura Fawley of Taberg added to her spending money fund by holding a candy bar sale fundraiser. But before Jaquays could head out on her adventure, she first had to spend a semester in the classroom learning about Turkey, in a history 390 Topics: Istanbul class taught by Turkish national Dr. Mustafa Gokcek at Niagara University.
She wrote a research paper on Turkeys involvement in World War II, and the class was visited by another Turkish professor, who taught them some of the language. They also had to attend four events outside the classroom, and Jaquays went to the nearby Turkish Cultural Center in Buffalo for a cooking class and a coffee night, saw the movie Turkish Passport about the countrys role during the Holocaust, and went to a lecture by a speaker who had written a paper on Sufi religious practices in rural Turkey.
Clintons gifts from King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz C which included a necklace, bracelet, earrings and a ring C were by far the most expensive items among the hundreds of gifts given to US officials in 2012.
A complete list of the gifts received last year, as well as a couple dozen from previous years, were disclosed by the State Department on Thursday.
The gift-giving continues a long-held tradition of international diplomacy, in which dignitaries show their appreciation for one another by exchanging artwork, jewelry, electronics and other presents.
Most of the items are required to be donated to the national archives, though a few may be bought by the recipients. The Hill newspaper first reported on the gifts.
In addition to her jewels from Saudi Arabia, Clinton also received wine from Algeria; a two-piece bronze sculpture of a red chili pepper from Singapore; a cuff bracelet, necklace and earrings from Kazakhstan; caviar and a wool carpet from Azerbaijan; Cognac from Russia; and gold, sapphire and diamond jewelry worth $58,000 from Brunei.
Among President Obamas gifts were: Christmas mugs, coffee, and steak knives from Brunei; a basketball autographed by Chinese President Xi Jinping; a silver figure representing [an] oversized coffee bean from Colombia; a leather wallet and tote bag from France; a porcelain vase decorated with images of the White House and Kremlin from Russia; a chest of liquor and a Coca-Cola bottle decorated with beads from Mexico; and a 41-inch saber from Mongolia.
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It is surprising how many mountain resorts were filled, one of which was Strains Camp near Mt. Wilson, pictured here.The paper wrote, Indian Day, one of the most unique events on the mountains, will be celebrated next Thursday on Mt. Wilson, when the guests of the hotel and Strainss and Sturdevants camps will join the celebration and become Indians for the time being. The guests will all doff civilians garb for the blankets, moccasins, beads and finery of the noble red men of the forest and plains.
The paper listed names of all the arrivals at the camps. Some we recognize were Miss Alice Coleman [the musician] and her mother, Mrs. Theodore Coleman. Also from Duarte, my relatives, Miss Ida May Shrode, and her sister, Miss Mary Ellen Shrode.How to change your dash lights to doublesidedtape this is how I have done mine.The guests of Switzers camp are living off the fat of the land. Yesterday, they had venison prepared in many ways as a result of the skill of Guy Bisbee of Pasadena, who brought down a 120-pound buck in the West Fork of the San Gabriel.
Guests from Switzers camp had a narrow escape when they shot a large buck. The wounded buck prepared to charge them with its antlers arrayed until a Miss Greta Kessler fired another shot that dropped the animal.Here's a complete list of granitecountertops for the beginning oil painter. This one weighed about 160 pounds.This is a basic background on chinabeads.
Harry Meyers of Pasadena and a friend were hiking in Bear Canyon when a coiled rattlesnake struck at him without warning. They killed the snake and discovered its rattles were missing.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. Later, a Ranger told them that someone else had stunned the snake and cut off the rattles but the snake had revived and attacked Meyers.
A tennis tournament was held at Sturdevants camp. Also at Sturdevants, The regular weekly hop will be held and several 500 and euchre parties are also planned. One of the largest groups was Rev. and Mrs. Charles Kent of Monrovia who were chaperoning thirty members of the Epworth league of the Monrovia Methodist Church.
Jaquays, the 20-year-old daughter of Laurie Jaquays-Semo of Taberg and Mike Jaquays of Sherrill and a class of 2011 graduate of the Camden High School, heard there was a study abroad opportunity in Turkey as a freshmen at Niagara University. The possibility of the trip intrigued her.
I have always been interested in different cultures in the world, and I thought the trip would help me blossom and expand my openmindedness about other places,Most modern headlight designs include tmj. she said.
Initially, the cost of the trip appeared prohibitive. Thanks to a contribution by grandparents Allen and Irma Jaquays of Sherrill she was able to fund her travels, and her Aunt Laura Fawley of Taberg added to her spending money fund by holding a candy bar sale fundraiser. But before Jaquays could head out on her adventure, she first had to spend a semester in the classroom learning about Turkey, in a history 390 Topics: Istanbul class taught by Turkish national Dr. Mustafa Gokcek at Niagara University.
She wrote a research paper on Turkeys involvement in World War II, and the class was visited by another Turkish professor, who taught them some of the language. They also had to attend four events outside the classroom, and Jaquays went to the nearby Turkish Cultural Center in Buffalo for a cooking class and a coffee night, saw the movie Turkish Passport about the countrys role during the Holocaust, and went to a lecture by a speaker who had written a paper on Sufi religious practices in rural Turkey.
Clintons gifts from King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz C which included a necklace, bracelet, earrings and a ring C were by far the most expensive items among the hundreds of gifts given to US officials in 2012.
A complete list of the gifts received last year, as well as a couple dozen from previous years, were disclosed by the State Department on Thursday.
The gift-giving continues a long-held tradition of international diplomacy, in which dignitaries show their appreciation for one another by exchanging artwork, jewelry, electronics and other presents.
Most of the items are required to be donated to the national archives, though a few may be bought by the recipients. The Hill newspaper first reported on the gifts.
In addition to her jewels from Saudi Arabia, Clinton also received wine from Algeria; a two-piece bronze sculpture of a red chili pepper from Singapore; a cuff bracelet, necklace and earrings from Kazakhstan; caviar and a wool carpet from Azerbaijan; Cognac from Russia; and gold, sapphire and diamond jewelry worth $58,000 from Brunei.
Among President Obamas gifts were: Christmas mugs, coffee, and steak knives from Brunei; a basketball autographed by Chinese President Xi Jinping; a silver figure representing [an] oversized coffee bean from Colombia; a leather wallet and tote bag from France; a porcelain vase decorated with images of the White House and Kremlin from Russia; a chest of liquor and a Coca-Cola bottle decorated with beads from Mexico; and a 41-inch saber from Mongolia.
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Plants Vs Zombies 2 Achieves Killer
Plants Vs. Zombies 2 is doing rather well, grabbing the attention of
quite a considerable number of gamers. According to Popcap, the video
games creators, the defense tower-esque game has ramped up an impressive
25 million downloads in just two weeks, far surpassing the number of
units sold for the original games entire lifespan. But, could these
killer download numbers reflect badly on the game publishers future
business model?
There is a key difference between Plants Vs. Zombies and its sequel. In what would seem like a counter-intuitive move,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data. EA has elected to release the sequel as a free to play video game.
Many would ask the question, why would EA release this game for free, when they could have made a pretty penny, by publishing the game with a price tag? Arguably, the game would not have been downloaded anywhere near as many times, had it not been free.
EA Games and Popcap made the conscious decision to release the game for free on mobile devices, with very good reason.We Engrave luggagetag for YOU. The mobile platform has grown substantially in recent years and EA Games, realizing this fact, is making a beeline for these users, temporarily casting aside its original PC gaming fanbase. The freemium model provides gamers with the software at no expense, but also includes the option for users to pay for microtransactions.
When taking into consideration that the Plants Vs. Zombies 2 has already been downloaded 25 million times,He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. in two weeks alone, consider the total number of downloads that EA and Popcap are likely to garner over the course of several years. If you thought these two weeks worth of downloads was a killer result, wait until the end of the fiscal year.
Although, initially it seems difficult to appreciate the mega-publishers business model, in the long term, they stand to, perhaps, make more money from this approach by inflating their player-base to astronomical proportions and then serving them with optional microtransactions.
This certainly wont please too many PC gamers, however, who made the original game a success to begin with; They have been excluded from the party, altogether, and an announcement for a PC version has not yet been officially confirmed.
Many will be asking the question, is it pay to win? The answer is a little bit of both. As with many of EAs other recent games, buying the microtransactions and powers that lie behind pay walls does provide the player with obvious advantages. However, the game is not insurmountable if you dont put in any money; it just demands that you work slightly harder for victory.
This does, however, raise the question of cheating. Players who pay for these advantages do receive a tangible benefit. Many years back, these cheats were free to find and enter into whatever gaming device that you had, at the time. Now, part of EAs new business model seems to center around carving out a feature that was simply taken for granted, and forcing their customers to dole out money to receive the code.
This also raises another contentious issue. Simply paying to beat a game, surely, defeats the purpose of the games inception to begin with? The challenge is what most gamers desire and, by artificially lowering the difficulty, you completely reshape the gamers experience.
Frankly, EA and Popcaps efforts have been geared towards making Plants Vs Zombies 2 more universally appealing. But, in doing so, they also run the risk of marginalizing their existing fanbase and hemorrhaging money from their core demographic. The question then must be asked, will the money they generate from their new target audience be greater than what they could have made from their previous one? Plants Vs. Zombies 2 may have made killer download figures, but they have yet to achieve a killer revenue.
The atmosphere was electric even before the gates opened, and when they did, fans clad in purple rushed in, whooping like the hordes that run with the bulls in Pamplona. Ushers snapped pictures as the baptism of the new $280 million stadium began. Even an hour before the game, fans were chanting Go, Huskies.
The main concourse is lined with pictures of iconic Husky moments, perhaps to fuel fan frenzy. Here you will find Warren Moon completing a pass to Spider Gaines to give Don James his first Apple Cup victory,Cheap custom printed logo chinatungstenjewelry at wholesale bulk prices.Are you still hesitating about where to buy paintingreproduction? Steve Emtman tearing apart the Arizona Wildcats, Sonny Sixkiller carving up the Purdue Boilermakers, and a tribute to the first Husky Stadium night game, when the noise level matched that of a fighter jet in historic Dawg win over Nebraska.
This renovation is will enhance Husky Stadiums reputation as the loudest in college football the place where the wave was invented and where USC quarterback Todd Marinovich said following a 31-0 Husky victory in 1990 that all he saw was purple.The sheet metal roofs are still there to deflect the roars of the crowd back down to the field, which was lowered four feet. Eliminating the track around the gridiron puts the fans nearly on top of the player benches. A new 108-foot-wide high definition screen on the Lake Washington end has taken away any semblance of openness in the old Husky Stadium.
The place is an echo chamber, and with the fans now in such close proximity to the field, opponents will get the feeling theyre about to be smothered in a purple sea. Fans may, too, when theyre stuck in slow-moving conmcession lines that even Husky tailback Bishop Sankey couldnt barge through.
The University has been trying to renovate the stadium for some time, saying that the south grandstand, built in 1950, especially needed replacing. A facelift also was part of recruiting strategy. First-class facilities have become paramount in the luring top athletes. Witness the revival of the Oregon Ducks since Phil Knight began pouring globs of his Nike fortune into the Oregon football program.
The Legislature, though, simply would not fund the $450 million proposal, perhaps fearing a backlash because tuition at UW had risen sharply the last four years. So the University undertook the project on its, financing the renovation with private donations and future stadium revenues. It is perhaps for this reason that UW athletic director Scott Woodard can boast of a renovation that did not get gaudy,though the new stadium does boast luxury suites and a 70,000-square-foot football operations center.
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There is a key difference between Plants Vs. Zombies and its sequel. In what would seem like a counter-intuitive move,Learn how an embedded microprocessor in a graniteslabs can authenticate your computer usage and data. EA has elected to release the sequel as a free to play video game.
Many would ask the question, why would EA release this game for free, when they could have made a pretty penny, by publishing the game with a price tag? Arguably, the game would not have been downloaded anywhere near as many times, had it not been free.
EA Games and Popcap made the conscious decision to release the game for free on mobile devices, with very good reason.We Engrave luggagetag for YOU. The mobile platform has grown substantially in recent years and EA Games, realizing this fact, is making a beeline for these users, temporarily casting aside its original PC gaming fanbase. The freemium model provides gamers with the software at no expense, but also includes the option for users to pay for microtransactions.
When taking into consideration that the Plants Vs. Zombies 2 has already been downloaded 25 million times,He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. in two weeks alone, consider the total number of downloads that EA and Popcap are likely to garner over the course of several years. If you thought these two weeks worth of downloads was a killer result, wait until the end of the fiscal year.
Although, initially it seems difficult to appreciate the mega-publishers business model, in the long term, they stand to, perhaps, make more money from this approach by inflating their player-base to astronomical proportions and then serving them with optional microtransactions.
This certainly wont please too many PC gamers, however, who made the original game a success to begin with; They have been excluded from the party, altogether, and an announcement for a PC version has not yet been officially confirmed.
Many will be asking the question, is it pay to win? The answer is a little bit of both. As with many of EAs other recent games, buying the microtransactions and powers that lie behind pay walls does provide the player with obvious advantages. However, the game is not insurmountable if you dont put in any money; it just demands that you work slightly harder for victory.
This does, however, raise the question of cheating. Players who pay for these advantages do receive a tangible benefit. Many years back, these cheats were free to find and enter into whatever gaming device that you had, at the time. Now, part of EAs new business model seems to center around carving out a feature that was simply taken for granted, and forcing their customers to dole out money to receive the code.
This also raises another contentious issue. Simply paying to beat a game, surely, defeats the purpose of the games inception to begin with? The challenge is what most gamers desire and, by artificially lowering the difficulty, you completely reshape the gamers experience.
Frankly, EA and Popcaps efforts have been geared towards making Plants Vs Zombies 2 more universally appealing. But, in doing so, they also run the risk of marginalizing their existing fanbase and hemorrhaging money from their core demographic. The question then must be asked, will the money they generate from their new target audience be greater than what they could have made from their previous one? Plants Vs. Zombies 2 may have made killer download figures, but they have yet to achieve a killer revenue.
The atmosphere was electric even before the gates opened, and when they did, fans clad in purple rushed in, whooping like the hordes that run with the bulls in Pamplona. Ushers snapped pictures as the baptism of the new $280 million stadium began. Even an hour before the game, fans were chanting Go, Huskies.
The main concourse is lined with pictures of iconic Husky moments, perhaps to fuel fan frenzy. Here you will find Warren Moon completing a pass to Spider Gaines to give Don James his first Apple Cup victory,Cheap custom printed logo chinatungstenjewelry at wholesale bulk prices.Are you still hesitating about where to buy paintingreproduction? Steve Emtman tearing apart the Arizona Wildcats, Sonny Sixkiller carving up the Purdue Boilermakers, and a tribute to the first Husky Stadium night game, when the noise level matched that of a fighter jet in historic Dawg win over Nebraska.
This renovation is will enhance Husky Stadiums reputation as the loudest in college football the place where the wave was invented and where USC quarterback Todd Marinovich said following a 31-0 Husky victory in 1990 that all he saw was purple.The sheet metal roofs are still there to deflect the roars of the crowd back down to the field, which was lowered four feet. Eliminating the track around the gridiron puts the fans nearly on top of the player benches. A new 108-foot-wide high definition screen on the Lake Washington end has taken away any semblance of openness in the old Husky Stadium.
The place is an echo chamber, and with the fans now in such close proximity to the field, opponents will get the feeling theyre about to be smothered in a purple sea. Fans may, too, when theyre stuck in slow-moving conmcession lines that even Husky tailback Bishop Sankey couldnt barge through.
The University has been trying to renovate the stadium for some time, saying that the south grandstand, built in 1950, especially needed replacing. A facelift also was part of recruiting strategy. First-class facilities have become paramount in the luring top athletes. Witness the revival of the Oregon Ducks since Phil Knight began pouring globs of his Nike fortune into the Oregon football program.
The Legislature, though, simply would not fund the $450 million proposal, perhaps fearing a backlash because tuition at UW had risen sharply the last four years. So the University undertook the project on its, financing the renovation with private donations and future stadium revenues. It is perhaps for this reason that UW athletic director Scott Woodard can boast of a renovation that did not get gaudy,though the new stadium does boast luxury suites and a 70,000-square-foot football operations center.
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2013年8月30日 星期五
Fliers for caps and gowns
I knew my wife and I would be facing a lot of special senior moments
this year. Im not talking about forgetting things. Unfortunately, as
people in our 40s, we already do those things quite regularly.
Im talking about those senior moments that come with having a 17-year-old daughter in her final year of high school. The problem for me is the school year just started, but were already dealing with those reminders that her time at home is about to come to a close.
For example,You benefit from buying oilpaintingreproduction ex-factory and directly from a LED manufacturer: this week, the flier came home explaining about caps and gowns for graduation. It also talked about class of 2014 jewelry, shirts and graduation announcements. There was a catalog with tassels, hoodies, shirts, stationary and other goodies.Did I mention the school year just started? I mean, come on! Shouldnt parents get a chance to work up to this kind of stuff?
Apparently not. And I understand why. First of all, Jostens has to stay in business. These folks have totally cornered the market on all things graduation. Whomever in that organization decided to get into that business was a genius. Not only did we have to put down a height to ensure our daughters gown will be the right size, we also had to select a kind of jewelry that comes with her graduation pack, with each one tastefully displaying 2014, of course. And it all costs plenty of money well worth it, of course.
I know its been a long time since I went through that process, but I dont remember getting this kind of info short of the class ring solicitation this early in the year.Leavenworth High School circa 1990 didnt have special T-shirts for us to order until the very end of the year. I dont remember having to pick a piece of jewelry masculine-looking or otherwise. And I dont think we even filled out anything related to our caps and gowns until after Christmas break.
I could be wrong. Like I said, it was a long, long time ago. But this does seem pretty early. Heck, with some of the people in my school, my guess is they waited until after Christmas so the administrators would have a better idea of to whom they didnt have to give the paperwork because, well, graduation simply wasnt happening for some of my classmates.
Theres still a long way to go this year. There are dances to fret over, friends to hang out with and a whole basketball season to play. Along the way, there are college applications to fill out, more scholarships to apply for and myriad other details to tend to as the calendar marches forward.
Turquoise jewelry is far from a new trend. Closely associated Native American culture, this beautiful stone has been used is jewelry and other accessories for centuries. And although the American Southwest may not be known for haute couture like the Paris and Milans of the world, turquoise is a very real contribution to high fashion from this region.The term 'beststeelearring control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. And right now,Design and order your own custom rfidtag with personalized message and artwork. turquoise is moving back into the limelight.
Whether youre a department store shopper or a salvager, turquoise is at your fingertips. With designers like Ippolita, Dannijo and John Hardy showing an insistence on this stone in their most recent collections, all you have to do is hit ship now and this trend will arrive at your front door. But as someone who has brought raw turquoise back form Seville, Mexico and turned it into a bold necklace, sometimes the hunt can be more fun. Find your local antique stores, youll be surprised by how many of these amazing stones you find. And get creative, find a stone you love in a cheap setting, take it to your local jeweler and youll have a custom piece!
Many of the more mainstream jewelry designers tend to use the genuinely turquoise colored stones with few imperfections or veining. Truthfully, the more transparent the stone looks, the higher the quality it is likely to be. But turquoise comes in many forms and hues. As a turquoise lover,I personally really like these mini tungstenbracelet for my iPhone. I have found that imperfections can be beautiful as well. Varying from translucent, sky blues to greenish hues with black and white veins, turquoise comes as refined or as raw as your personal style.
With SoLux simulated daylight, customers have been reporting increases in sales ranging in industry from clothing retailers, jewelers, and even surfboard shops. A landmark study conducted by the Heschong Mahone Group found 40% higher sales with the addition of natural daylight in a retail environment. This was found with 99% statistical certainty regardless of the items sold.
In a recent interview, Vic Bannayan, owner of Burke and Bannayan Jewelers stated, SoLux is true daylight. SoLux is very comfortable on the eye, it makes the jewelry pop. It shows everything very sharp and clear. I show my diamonds, rubies, pearls, all under the same light, SoLux. I used SoLux in my previous shop and when I opened this new shop, I made sure to order more SoLux lights. Ive been using them for 10 years.New and used commercial plasticmoulds sales, rentals, and service. I wouldnt use any other light source. We love SoLux.
Retail giants like J.C. Penny, Macys, and Sears could increase their sales by an average of 40% by simply changing their lighting, according to Phil Bradfield, Vice President of Sales at Tailored Lighting, inventors of the SoLux bulb. Bradfield states that consumers that make the journey to malls and outlet stores want to see and feel what they are buying rather than see a 2D picture of it online. The current lighting in most stores doesnt represent colors and textures the way they look outdoors or in a consumers home.
Energy efficient lights tend to mute and distort colors by emitting only a few colors visible to the eye in the attempt to save on the electric bill. In fact, light sources like SoLux that emit some heat actually save money in over 90% of retail establishments in the US where more energy is spent heating than cooling indoor spaces.
Chris Rule, owner of the Surfindian Surf Shop in San Diego, CA recently reported that theyve been extremely pleased with the use of SoLux in their art gallery and the performance of the bulbs and fixtures. They also decided to invest in SoLux for the surf shop to boast their surfboards and feature them in the best light possible.
Retailers that are using SoLux are giving their customers a HD experience and are capturing more walk-in sales, states Kevin McGuire, President of Tailored Lighting and inventor of the SoLux Daylight Bulb. The use of anything less than SoLux to display goods is like an electronics store using basic cable service to demonstrate their high definition TVs.
The SoLux bulb is acknowledged as producing the most accurate simulation of natural daylight rendering colors to near perfection. SoLux is also the most specified bulb in the museum and art industry illuminating more famous works of art than any other single brand of light source.
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Im talking about those senior moments that come with having a 17-year-old daughter in her final year of high school. The problem for me is the school year just started, but were already dealing with those reminders that her time at home is about to come to a close.
For example,You benefit from buying oilpaintingreproduction ex-factory and directly from a LED manufacturer: this week, the flier came home explaining about caps and gowns for graduation. It also talked about class of 2014 jewelry, shirts and graduation announcements. There was a catalog with tassels, hoodies, shirts, stationary and other goodies.Did I mention the school year just started? I mean, come on! Shouldnt parents get a chance to work up to this kind of stuff?
Apparently not. And I understand why. First of all, Jostens has to stay in business. These folks have totally cornered the market on all things graduation. Whomever in that organization decided to get into that business was a genius. Not only did we have to put down a height to ensure our daughters gown will be the right size, we also had to select a kind of jewelry that comes with her graduation pack, with each one tastefully displaying 2014, of course. And it all costs plenty of money well worth it, of course.
I know its been a long time since I went through that process, but I dont remember getting this kind of info short of the class ring solicitation this early in the year.Leavenworth High School circa 1990 didnt have special T-shirts for us to order until the very end of the year. I dont remember having to pick a piece of jewelry masculine-looking or otherwise. And I dont think we even filled out anything related to our caps and gowns until after Christmas break.
I could be wrong. Like I said, it was a long, long time ago. But this does seem pretty early. Heck, with some of the people in my school, my guess is they waited until after Christmas so the administrators would have a better idea of to whom they didnt have to give the paperwork because, well, graduation simply wasnt happening for some of my classmates.
Theres still a long way to go this year. There are dances to fret over, friends to hang out with and a whole basketball season to play. Along the way, there are college applications to fill out, more scholarships to apply for and myriad other details to tend to as the calendar marches forward.
Turquoise jewelry is far from a new trend. Closely associated Native American culture, this beautiful stone has been used is jewelry and other accessories for centuries. And although the American Southwest may not be known for haute couture like the Paris and Milans of the world, turquoise is a very real contribution to high fashion from this region.The term 'beststeelearring control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. And right now,Design and order your own custom rfidtag with personalized message and artwork. turquoise is moving back into the limelight.
Whether youre a department store shopper or a salvager, turquoise is at your fingertips. With designers like Ippolita, Dannijo and John Hardy showing an insistence on this stone in their most recent collections, all you have to do is hit ship now and this trend will arrive at your front door. But as someone who has brought raw turquoise back form Seville, Mexico and turned it into a bold necklace, sometimes the hunt can be more fun. Find your local antique stores, youll be surprised by how many of these amazing stones you find. And get creative, find a stone you love in a cheap setting, take it to your local jeweler and youll have a custom piece!
Many of the more mainstream jewelry designers tend to use the genuinely turquoise colored stones with few imperfections or veining. Truthfully, the more transparent the stone looks, the higher the quality it is likely to be. But turquoise comes in many forms and hues. As a turquoise lover,I personally really like these mini tungstenbracelet for my iPhone. I have found that imperfections can be beautiful as well. Varying from translucent, sky blues to greenish hues with black and white veins, turquoise comes as refined or as raw as your personal style.
With SoLux simulated daylight, customers have been reporting increases in sales ranging in industry from clothing retailers, jewelers, and even surfboard shops. A landmark study conducted by the Heschong Mahone Group found 40% higher sales with the addition of natural daylight in a retail environment. This was found with 99% statistical certainty regardless of the items sold.
In a recent interview, Vic Bannayan, owner of Burke and Bannayan Jewelers stated, SoLux is true daylight. SoLux is very comfortable on the eye, it makes the jewelry pop. It shows everything very sharp and clear. I show my diamonds, rubies, pearls, all under the same light, SoLux. I used SoLux in my previous shop and when I opened this new shop, I made sure to order more SoLux lights. Ive been using them for 10 years.New and used commercial plasticmoulds sales, rentals, and service. I wouldnt use any other light source. We love SoLux.
Retail giants like J.C. Penny, Macys, and Sears could increase their sales by an average of 40% by simply changing their lighting, according to Phil Bradfield, Vice President of Sales at Tailored Lighting, inventors of the SoLux bulb. Bradfield states that consumers that make the journey to malls and outlet stores want to see and feel what they are buying rather than see a 2D picture of it online. The current lighting in most stores doesnt represent colors and textures the way they look outdoors or in a consumers home.
Energy efficient lights tend to mute and distort colors by emitting only a few colors visible to the eye in the attempt to save on the electric bill. In fact, light sources like SoLux that emit some heat actually save money in over 90% of retail establishments in the US where more energy is spent heating than cooling indoor spaces.
Chris Rule, owner of the Surfindian Surf Shop in San Diego, CA recently reported that theyve been extremely pleased with the use of SoLux in their art gallery and the performance of the bulbs and fixtures. They also decided to invest in SoLux for the surf shop to boast their surfboards and feature them in the best light possible.
Retailers that are using SoLux are giving their customers a HD experience and are capturing more walk-in sales, states Kevin McGuire, President of Tailored Lighting and inventor of the SoLux Daylight Bulb. The use of anything less than SoLux to display goods is like an electronics store using basic cable service to demonstrate their high definition TVs.
The SoLux bulb is acknowledged as producing the most accurate simulation of natural daylight rendering colors to near perfection. SoLux is also the most specified bulb in the museum and art industry illuminating more famous works of art than any other single brand of light source.
Click on their website http://www.ecived.com/en/!
History made interesting
In the early 1870s, the wedding of Don Eulalio Villavicencio and his
niece Gliceria Marella was likened to the merger of two big
corporations. Both hailed from Taals wealthiest families, with
businesses in shipping and sugar.In the 19th century, Batangas sugar was
considered one of the best in the country. At the end of the milling
season, boats came loaded with money in sacks.
People would bring the sacks to the house and lay them out on a mat. It would take them two weeks to count the money and roll them up. Whoever came to the house was asked to help out.The rich didnt have to work, says Martin Tinio, co-author of the coffee-table book Philippine Ancestral Houses. There were fiestas every month in every town. The well-to-do attended nine-day novenas, went to picnics, danced, rested. That was the life of the haciendero.
For his young bride, he built a house next door which was connected to his parents house by a bridgeway. Built in 1872, the new house was called Casa Regalo de Boda or the Wedding Gift Housewhich has now been restored by Tinio.The Villavicencios are mentioned in history books for having helped finance the Philippine Revolution. Don Eulalio even went to Hong Kong to give Jos Rizal P18,000 for his propaganda literature.
He came back with banned publications and was later charged with sedition. He fell ill at Fort Santiago where he was imprisoned.A famous account says the Spaniards offered to release Don Eulalio in exchange for information about the Katipunan. His wife, Do?a Gliceria, it is said, refused, saying that she carried his surname and didnt want to betray him and his cause.
After two years, Don Eulalio was released. But his condition worsened since he had contracted tuberculosis. He died at home after three months.Shop huge inventory of Car bestmarbletiles Charger,Tinio notes that in that era in the Philippines, the Wedding Gift House was the only one with window grills on the second floor that had a bloated silhouette called rehas na buntis. The balconies were also shaped like a squash.
A sign of wealth was the variety of colors and patterns. The facade stood out for its yellow ochre and indigo tones. When one looked at the stenciled patterns dominating the interiors, one could only imagine the enormous amount of paint used. But that didnt matter to the wealthy owners.The ground floor, or entresuelo, featured patterned tiles from Spain. When the house was renovated six years ago, the tiles were reproduced by Mariwasa.
The tindalo staircase led to the caida or antesala,We offer the biggest collection of old masters that can be turned into hand painted cleanersydney on canvas. the transition space to the living room. It was called caida, which meant to drop, because when women climbed the stairs, they had to hold up their skirts and dropped them only upon reaching the caida.A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand.In renovating the house, Tinio derived the curlicues and floral patterns for the stenciled walls from a pattern book published in the 1870s. In some parts of the house, the patterns were inspired by an old church and convent.
The caida now has Art Nouveau furniture with carved faces by sculptor and decorator Emilio Alvero. It is also decked with sillas Americanas, or American chairs.At the turn of the 20th century, these chairs were assembled in the same way the Ikea chair is put together today. The sillas Americanas were considered the Monobloc chairs of their time, given their ubiquitous presence, says Tinio.
For the comedor, or formal dining room, Tinio had the narra chairs drawn from the turn-of-the-20th-century designs of sculptor Isabelo Tampinco. The carvings of cashews, bananas and guavas on the crests were appropriate for this room, he says.These big homes had a dispensa,Our industry leading consumer and business agatebeads products offer competitive pricing combined. or pantry. If you were rich, you didnt shop. When the shipment arrived, you would get the first choice before the goods were displayed in the shops. There was a selection of wines, chorizos, turrones, walnuts, jamon. These foods were locked up in the dispensa, says Tinio.
The Meridian Public School at Panthallur, near Manjeri, in the district on Wednesday organised an indigenous sports festival, evoking curiosity among the local people as well as the schools in the neighbourhood.The indigenous sports fest, held as part of the National Sports Day being celebrated on Thursday, turned out to be a unique event, attempting to revive some of the old games played in the rural areas of the district.
Bemused spectators stood agape as the children from different schools displayed great enthusiasm to prove that they too were adept at some of the games their grandfathers played.They competed in marble ball games, hopscotch, games with clay tile pieces, pulling games using arecanut leaves, and jugglery with machinga or tiny coconut. Most of these games have disappeared from our rural areas, said school principal K. Abdu Rasheed.
The physical education wing of the school took the initiative for the festival as part of reviving these obsolescent games.Akash Madhavan, who won two medals in the recent World Dwarf Games held in Michigan, U.S., gave away the prizes to the winners. He said that athletes and sportspersons were being given a lot more encouragement in western countries than in India. What we dwarfs need is nothing but your encouragement,A quality paper cutter or paper bestluggagetag can make your company's presentation stand out. and not sympathy, he said.
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People would bring the sacks to the house and lay them out on a mat. It would take them two weeks to count the money and roll them up. Whoever came to the house was asked to help out.The rich didnt have to work, says Martin Tinio, co-author of the coffee-table book Philippine Ancestral Houses. There were fiestas every month in every town. The well-to-do attended nine-day novenas, went to picnics, danced, rested. That was the life of the haciendero.
For his young bride, he built a house next door which was connected to his parents house by a bridgeway. Built in 1872, the new house was called Casa Regalo de Boda or the Wedding Gift Housewhich has now been restored by Tinio.The Villavicencios are mentioned in history books for having helped finance the Philippine Revolution. Don Eulalio even went to Hong Kong to give Jos Rizal P18,000 for his propaganda literature.
He came back with banned publications and was later charged with sedition. He fell ill at Fort Santiago where he was imprisoned.A famous account says the Spaniards offered to release Don Eulalio in exchange for information about the Katipunan. His wife, Do?a Gliceria, it is said, refused, saying that she carried his surname and didnt want to betray him and his cause.
After two years, Don Eulalio was released. But his condition worsened since he had contracted tuberculosis. He died at home after three months.Shop huge inventory of Car bestmarbletiles Charger,Tinio notes that in that era in the Philippines, the Wedding Gift House was the only one with window grills on the second floor that had a bloated silhouette called rehas na buntis. The balconies were also shaped like a squash.
A sign of wealth was the variety of colors and patterns. The facade stood out for its yellow ochre and indigo tones. When one looked at the stenciled patterns dominating the interiors, one could only imagine the enormous amount of paint used. But that didnt matter to the wealthy owners.The ground floor, or entresuelo, featured patterned tiles from Spain. When the house was renovated six years ago, the tiles were reproduced by Mariwasa.
The tindalo staircase led to the caida or antesala,We offer the biggest collection of old masters that can be turned into hand painted cleanersydney on canvas. the transition space to the living room. It was called caida, which meant to drop, because when women climbed the stairs, they had to hold up their skirts and dropped them only upon reaching the caida.A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand.In renovating the house, Tinio derived the curlicues and floral patterns for the stenciled walls from a pattern book published in the 1870s. In some parts of the house, the patterns were inspired by an old church and convent.
The caida now has Art Nouveau furniture with carved faces by sculptor and decorator Emilio Alvero. It is also decked with sillas Americanas, or American chairs.At the turn of the 20th century, these chairs were assembled in the same way the Ikea chair is put together today. The sillas Americanas were considered the Monobloc chairs of their time, given their ubiquitous presence, says Tinio.
For the comedor, or formal dining room, Tinio had the narra chairs drawn from the turn-of-the-20th-century designs of sculptor Isabelo Tampinco. The carvings of cashews, bananas and guavas on the crests were appropriate for this room, he says.These big homes had a dispensa,Our industry leading consumer and business agatebeads products offer competitive pricing combined. or pantry. If you were rich, you didnt shop. When the shipment arrived, you would get the first choice before the goods were displayed in the shops. There was a selection of wines, chorizos, turrones, walnuts, jamon. These foods were locked up in the dispensa, says Tinio.
The Meridian Public School at Panthallur, near Manjeri, in the district on Wednesday organised an indigenous sports festival, evoking curiosity among the local people as well as the schools in the neighbourhood.The indigenous sports fest, held as part of the National Sports Day being celebrated on Thursday, turned out to be a unique event, attempting to revive some of the old games played in the rural areas of the district.
Bemused spectators stood agape as the children from different schools displayed great enthusiasm to prove that they too were adept at some of the games their grandfathers played.They competed in marble ball games, hopscotch, games with clay tile pieces, pulling games using arecanut leaves, and jugglery with machinga or tiny coconut. Most of these games have disappeared from our rural areas, said school principal K. Abdu Rasheed.
The physical education wing of the school took the initiative for the festival as part of reviving these obsolescent games.Akash Madhavan, who won two medals in the recent World Dwarf Games held in Michigan, U.S., gave away the prizes to the winners. He said that athletes and sportspersons were being given a lot more encouragement in western countries than in India. What we dwarfs need is nothing but your encouragement,A quality paper cutter or paper bestluggagetag can make your company's presentation stand out. and not sympathy, he said.
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Chips to fly this weekend in chainsaw competition
This is the eighth year Seldovia will be host for a fabulous display
of art in motion, the annual Chainsaw Carving Competition. In past
years, it has taken place during Memorial Day weekend. This year it
happens today through Sunday, Labor Day weekend, when six carving teams
from Palmer, Sterling, Kenai, Anchorage, Anchor Point and Chetwynd,
Canada, arrive in Seldovia to begin three days of carving.
The master carvers for 2013 are Ben Firth, Jimmy Kitchens, Derrick Stanton, Randy Gauthier, Rob Younkins and Scott Hanson. The carvers will draw for the logs today. From 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, the chainsaws will come alive,High quality bestcleaning printing for business cards. releasing incredible masterpieces from the unassuming local spruce.
Seldovia has more than 30 carvings that may be viewed all year long, including a swimming mermaid plucking a pearl from a clam shell, a fisherman, whales, eagles dueling over a salmon, a dragon and mermaid, a ram, a hermit crab, otters, a prospector, a pirate, a sea siren, the Cat in the Hat and many carvings that were interactive like eagle and bear benches, riding salmon, swimming fish and a sea lion.
Each year, spectators are completely in awe of the transformation of these logs right in front of their eyes. It is a complete delight to see the process of art in motion, and each year has outdone the previous.
Another fun aspect of the competition will be the quick carves. For an hour and a half on Sunday, each carver is given a smaller log to create something in that short period of time. These are then offered as gifts to the top sponsors of the event.This is a basic background on chinabeads.Purchase an chipcard to enjoy your iPhone any way you like. These pieces range from wall hangings to halibut chairs, jumping salmon, hugging bears and swimming otters. This is a great event, where the crowd gathers to witness the speed with which carvers create a piece of art in an hour and a half.
Each carver also may bring previously carved art with him or her to sell during the competition. Many pieces are brought to Seldovia and sold on the spot to spectators. From small wall hangings to large bear carvings, swings and stools, folks get the opportunity to see other types of work the carvers create besides the gorgeous masterpiece carvings and are able to take something home to remember the event.We have enjoyed seven years of carving delight in the heart of Seldovia.
The carving competition takes place right on Dock Street and Main, across from the ferry terminal facing gorgeous Seldovia Bay. The three-day carvings, referred to lovingly by the artists as masterpieces, are donated by the carvers to the Seldovia Chamber of Commerce to be placed around town at businesses where locals and tourists alike can enjoy them for years to come. There are more than 35 carvings already about town. With this years additions, we will have more than 40 gorgeous pieces of art on display. This is a great excuse to visit Seldovia, come and see and participate in an event that leaves a lasting mark on our community by the sea.
This years first place winner will receive a check for $3,000, second place will get $2,000 and the third place winner will receive $1,000. There also will be a Carvers Choice Award and the Peoples Choice Award. Many great sponsors have made this event possible. This years top sponsors include BP, Mikes Welding, Seldovia Fishing Adventures, Seldovia Fuel & Lube and the Seldovia Bay Ferry.
An addition to this years event happens Sunday after the quick carve and during the Peoples Choice voting: a community potluck barbecue followed by the awards ceremony.This is a basic background on rtls. Bring your chips, potato salad and watermelon and enjoy a chance to meet and eat lunch with the carvers.
The novel issue of imposing a potential cause of action against a texter was raised by lawyer Stephen "Skippy" Weinstein, whose clients Linda and David Kubert both lost their left legs when a teenager hit their motorcycle Sept. 21, 2009. Kyle Best, then 19, was texting and driving in Mine Hill Township, N.J.
The Kuberts settled their lawsuit against Best of Wharton, N.J., but sued then-17-year-old Shannon Colonna of Rockaway, N.J., who was exchanging texts with Best as he drove.
"To summarize our conclusions, we do not hold that someone who texts to a person driving is liable for that person's negligent actions; the driver bears responsibility for obeying the law and maintaining safe control of the vehicle," the appeals court wrote.
"We hold that, when a texter knows or has special reason to know that the intended recipient is driving and is likely to read the text message while driving, the texter has a duty to users of the public roads to refrain from sending the driver a text at that time," two of the three appellate court judges agreed in their opinion.
However, all three judges agreed that a Superior Court judge in Morris County was correct in 2012 when he dismissed lawsuit claims against Colonna, who was accused of "aiding and abetting" motorist Kyle Best by sending him a text that distracted his eyes from the road.
The appeals court found no evidence submitted that Colonna knew Best was driving or would read and respond to her text at the time he crashed into the Kuberts.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. Neither Colonna nor her lawyer, Joseph McGlone, could be reached for comment.
Weinstein said that he and the Kuberts applaud the appeals court for "carving out a new cause of action" against a remote sender of a text who can be perceived as "electronically present" in a vehicle with the recipient. Weinstein acknowledged that the burden would be on the plaintiff to show a texter had special knowledge that a recipient was driving and would read a text while doing so before liability could be found.
He said he is discussing with the Kuberts, who now live in Florida, the possibility of an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court for claims against Colonna to be reinstated.
Best and Colonna were close friends and exchanged 62 text messages on Sept. 21, 2009. Best punched out of work and immediately texted Colonna, who responded. Best had just retexted Colonna when he veered into the opposite side of the street and hit the Kuberts' motorcycle.
"The sender should be able to assume that the recipient will read a text message only when it is safe and legal to do so," the appeals court wrote. "However, if the sender knows that the recipient is both driving and will read the text immediately, then the sender has taken a foreseeable risk in sending a text at that time. The sender has knowingly engaged in distracting conduct, and it is not unfair also to hold the sender responsible for the distraction."
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The master carvers for 2013 are Ben Firth, Jimmy Kitchens, Derrick Stanton, Randy Gauthier, Rob Younkins and Scott Hanson. The carvers will draw for the logs today. From 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday, the chainsaws will come alive,High quality bestcleaning printing for business cards. releasing incredible masterpieces from the unassuming local spruce.
Seldovia has more than 30 carvings that may be viewed all year long, including a swimming mermaid plucking a pearl from a clam shell, a fisherman, whales, eagles dueling over a salmon, a dragon and mermaid, a ram, a hermit crab, otters, a prospector, a pirate, a sea siren, the Cat in the Hat and many carvings that were interactive like eagle and bear benches, riding salmon, swimming fish and a sea lion.
Each year, spectators are completely in awe of the transformation of these logs right in front of their eyes. It is a complete delight to see the process of art in motion, and each year has outdone the previous.
Another fun aspect of the competition will be the quick carves. For an hour and a half on Sunday, each carver is given a smaller log to create something in that short period of time. These are then offered as gifts to the top sponsors of the event.This is a basic background on chinabeads.Purchase an chipcard to enjoy your iPhone any way you like. These pieces range from wall hangings to halibut chairs, jumping salmon, hugging bears and swimming otters. This is a great event, where the crowd gathers to witness the speed with which carvers create a piece of art in an hour and a half.
Each carver also may bring previously carved art with him or her to sell during the competition. Many pieces are brought to Seldovia and sold on the spot to spectators. From small wall hangings to large bear carvings, swings and stools, folks get the opportunity to see other types of work the carvers create besides the gorgeous masterpiece carvings and are able to take something home to remember the event.We have enjoyed seven years of carving delight in the heart of Seldovia.
The carving competition takes place right on Dock Street and Main, across from the ferry terminal facing gorgeous Seldovia Bay. The three-day carvings, referred to lovingly by the artists as masterpieces, are donated by the carvers to the Seldovia Chamber of Commerce to be placed around town at businesses where locals and tourists alike can enjoy them for years to come. There are more than 35 carvings already about town. With this years additions, we will have more than 40 gorgeous pieces of art on display. This is a great excuse to visit Seldovia, come and see and participate in an event that leaves a lasting mark on our community by the sea.
This years first place winner will receive a check for $3,000, second place will get $2,000 and the third place winner will receive $1,000. There also will be a Carvers Choice Award and the Peoples Choice Award. Many great sponsors have made this event possible. This years top sponsors include BP, Mikes Welding, Seldovia Fishing Adventures, Seldovia Fuel & Lube and the Seldovia Bay Ferry.
An addition to this years event happens Sunday after the quick carve and during the Peoples Choice voting: a community potluck barbecue followed by the awards ceremony.This is a basic background on rtls. Bring your chips, potato salad and watermelon and enjoy a chance to meet and eat lunch with the carvers.
The novel issue of imposing a potential cause of action against a texter was raised by lawyer Stephen "Skippy" Weinstein, whose clients Linda and David Kubert both lost their left legs when a teenager hit their motorcycle Sept. 21, 2009. Kyle Best, then 19, was texting and driving in Mine Hill Township, N.J.
The Kuberts settled their lawsuit against Best of Wharton, N.J., but sued then-17-year-old Shannon Colonna of Rockaway, N.J., who was exchanging texts with Best as he drove.
"To summarize our conclusions, we do not hold that someone who texts to a person driving is liable for that person's negligent actions; the driver bears responsibility for obeying the law and maintaining safe control of the vehicle," the appeals court wrote.
"We hold that, when a texter knows or has special reason to know that the intended recipient is driving and is likely to read the text message while driving, the texter has a duty to users of the public roads to refrain from sending the driver a text at that time," two of the three appellate court judges agreed in their opinion.
However, all three judges agreed that a Superior Court judge in Morris County was correct in 2012 when he dismissed lawsuit claims against Colonna, who was accused of "aiding and abetting" motorist Kyle Best by sending him a text that distracted his eyes from the road.
The appeals court found no evidence submitted that Colonna knew Best was driving or would read and respond to her text at the time he crashed into the Kuberts.More than 80 standard commercial and granitetiles exist to quickly and efficiently clean pans. Neither Colonna nor her lawyer, Joseph McGlone, could be reached for comment.
Weinstein said that he and the Kuberts applaud the appeals court for "carving out a new cause of action" against a remote sender of a text who can be perceived as "electronically present" in a vehicle with the recipient. Weinstein acknowledged that the burden would be on the plaintiff to show a texter had special knowledge that a recipient was driving and would read a text while doing so before liability could be found.
He said he is discussing with the Kuberts, who now live in Florida, the possibility of an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court for claims against Colonna to be reinstated.
Best and Colonna were close friends and exchanged 62 text messages on Sept. 21, 2009. Best punched out of work and immediately texted Colonna, who responded. Best had just retexted Colonna when he veered into the opposite side of the street and hit the Kuberts' motorcycle.
"The sender should be able to assume that the recipient will read a text message only when it is safe and legal to do so," the appeals court wrote. "However, if the sender knows that the recipient is both driving and will read the text immediately, then the sender has taken a foreseeable risk in sending a text at that time. The sender has knowingly engaged in distracting conduct, and it is not unfair also to hold the sender responsible for the distraction."
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