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17:30 Traveling to Knin
18:00 Legend about King Zvonimir
19:00 Tourist guide and all about fortress
20:00 Dinner in the restaurant Tvrđava – in the fortress with flares
In the town of Tenen, there lived a lovely maid Tena, whose beauty was known all across the country. In a cave on top of a hill, a dragon called Zmajpaša dwelled, and he assumed a human appearance to deceive people. He and fairy Zlosutnica were after the lovely Tena who was to marry prince Radovan, the son of king Zvonimir and queen Jelena.
Tena would only be safe if she stayed in the fortress which was located on the sacred ground. But Zmajpaša and Zlosutnica forged a plan to lure and capture her and when Radovan comes to save her they would kill him.
Tena escaped from the lair of Zmajpaša and returned to the fortress Spas where she waited for Radovan who did not appear for months. She was engrossed in sadness, as she thought Radovan was dead. Radovan wandered through the maze of the dragon's lair and looked for a way out. After he found it, he killed Zmajpaša who just before he was killed, flew into the air, lifted the fortress high above and then collapsed under it.
He has been under the fortress of Knin ever since.
Source: Various legends. Tena is an invented character created to complement this story. The legend is associated with the event "Days of Zvonimir".
08:00-09:00 Marta's pit cave, filming the Legend
09:30- 11:00 Filming the "Nakić wedding" legend, story about haiduks
11:00-11:55 From Vinovo Gornje (Nakić wedding) to Drniš, then from Drniš to Oklaja – 10 minutes and then to Nečven town, 15 minutes by foot to Bogočin
In a village near Drniš there was a girl in love with a village boy whom she wanted to marry. However, one of the haiducs, Maleta, set his eyes on this girl. As the girl did not wish to marry a haiduc, he forged a devious plan with his fellow haiducs. They attacked the wedding procession and planned to abduct the bride, hence getting his revenge for her refusal to marry him. The wedding procession was slain, and the bride boldly decided to ask the best man to decapitate her to save her from misery.
12:00-12:15 On the road to Primošten
12:15- 13:00 First filming of the wooden boats and rowing
13:00- 14:00 Filming the Legend about Queen Neda and gold coins
14:00- 14:45 On the boat to Primošten
15:00- 17:00 Lunch
18:00-20:00 Pirates on the boat, Press conference and party
Queen Neda, the daughter of Petar Krešimir the 4th, who ruled in the 11th century, was a danger for all plotters who schemed and fought for the future king of Croatia, Zvonimir. To place him upon the throne, Neda had to be imprisoned in a dungeon cell. Jelena, the wife of Zvonimir, took her in secrecy to the island of Maslinovik from which she managed to escape once but was caught and again imprisoned in the tower of the castle in Bihać. At that time, Zvonimir became king.
At the end of the 19th century, people from Primošten went to the island of Maslinovik to collect grass for the cattle. Grass was scarce as vineyards and olive groves were clear-cut. One day, an old woman named Old Bene was collecting grass. She dug out gold coins for which it is believed that they belonged to Queen Neda. Secretly, she filled a bag with coins and left the island to see a fortune-teller who told her that if she went back to Maslinovik, she would again find gold coins but she would not live very long after that. Old Bene chose life and she never set foot in Maslinovik again. Local people, who heard what happened, ran off to the island to find gold coins but no one except for Old Bene ever succeeded in finding them.
08:00- 09:00 Legend about Dragon's Eye
09:00- 10:00 Story about Cross
10:00- 10:15 On the road Rt Planka
10:15- 11:10 Legend about John of Trogir, miraculously saved sailors by walking on the water – filming
After the death of their parents, three brothers were to share the land. One of them was blind, but not foolish, and he knew quite well that the other two wished to trick him. In a fervent discussion and with tumultuous feelings the blind man cursed his brothers saying:
"If you tricked me, the land will turn into a lake and a dragon will surface and swallow you." The lake from which the dragon emerged is known as the Dragon's Eye.
An old fisherman was at sea catching fish when all of a sudden he noticed an unusual light. It was a painting of Our Lady which he took home after fishing. However, the next morning, the painting was not there. He went fishing again and the same light took him by surprise, but this time he took the painting to the priest. The painting seemed every time to mysteriously find its way back to the sea where it would then be found by someone.
On this exact location, the chapel of the Lady of Chapel was erected and this is where we will film the story.
In the oldest part of the Croatian coast, Cape Planka, there is a natural dividing line between the Adriatic's winds and currents which makes the sea dangerous for ships. Of course, this was not beneficial for the sailors who sailed the sea but in spite of that, on one occasion, during a shipwreck, a miracle occurred. Whilst walking across the waters, St John of Trogir saved the sailors and all the cargo on the ship, and they happily landed on the coast. As a sign of gratitude, a chapel was later erected at that exact location.
08:00- 09:00 Debeljak Hill – Madonna's apparition
09:30- 10:30 Sv. Nikola's Fortress – Legend about witches
11:30- 12:30 Famous legend – Dražen Petrović, Sport Center
13:00- 15:00 Legend about Johnny Restaurant Peškarija in the yard, while having lunch – Association ŠUM, actors
15:00- 15:45 On the road to Čikola canyon fom Ključica, Filming Čikola canyon
Dobra was married to Jurko who had a mistress, but she was not innocent either, so she seduced a nobleman who fell head over heels in love with her. The talk of the town was that Mrna, her mother and Dobra were scheming with the devil to cast a spell on this nobleman.
They were to be punished for this mischief and subjected to an inquisition from Church for which friar John of Trogir was summoned. The mother and her daughter managed to flee from the dungeon and have been untraceable ever since.
With his friend Marinko, who drove him as his personal chauffeur, he often welcomed foreign ladies at the airport and railway station and seduced them with his charms. Then he would eat and drink at their expense, and would stay long into the night in their hotels. At the end, he would simply disappear and the ladies would pay for everything.
Johnny, the Casanova from Šibenik, a charming lover whose passion for women was oozing already in his young age, succeeded in winning over the heart of every damsel he set his eyes on.
Eternally unemployed; rich in the summer, poor in the winter, ready for adventures and silly scheming, tradesman, surveyor or something else, he lived his entire life making a legend the town of Šibenik still talks about.
In 1936, a boy named Stipura, a do-gooder by nature, tended his sheep. While he was chatting with his shepherd friends, he did not notice that his sheep vanished. However, as this was the first time such a thing had happened, he hoped he would find them by climbing the mount Debeljak from top of which the whole valley seemed like a stone's throw away. While he was climbing, he would turn around every now and then to check if his sheep were behind him. When he came close to a cave at the very top of the hill, he thought he saw something strange in there. A white light was dazzling from inside and Stipur entered to take a closer look. What he saw was stunning. A young woman all dressed in white was sitting on a stone holding a child in her arms. Such a beauty, Stipura thought, had never been seen before. Yet, he was frightened. He fled and returned after a few minutes with his friend. Of course, no one was there anymore.
11:55-12:55 Filming the Legend about Bogočin town
12:55-13:45 Little bit walking to Nečven and then filming the towers and short story about Nečven
14:30- 17:30 Lunch at stari Mlin
17:30- 18:30 Old village at Roški slap, filming neanderthals and the Legend about Breathness tower
18:30- 19:30 Visovac Monastery, filming a wedding from the Legend about The Tower of SighsAs – Asociation ŠUM, actors
20:00 Dinner at Solaris
The Tower of Sighs was occupied by the Turks (15th century) and was ruled by Mehmet Bey. Paul and Stana were a young couple but Mehmet Bey was spellbound by Stana. One day, he sent spie to eavesdrop on Paul and Stana, but unfortunately he was killed. Having learnt of this event, Mehmet Bey blamed Paul for the misfortune, imprisoned him in the Tower of Sighs in which he spent years alone sighing, which is why it was named the Tower of Sighs. One day, Mehmet's wife showed mercy and set all prisoners free. Paul married Stana and Mehmet Bey died in anger and despair.
Martha, a mother of a boy, had a lover whom no one was to know about. Unfortunately, her son found out. Martha wanted at all costs to prevent her son from sharing her love secret with others. So one day she lured him to a pit and pushed him. While he was falling, he grabbed her by her hair and dragged her down the abyss with him.
At that time, the scarps leaning over Krka were adorned with two towers (which are still there to this day) – Nečven and Trošenj – preserving a sad secret. The legend says that the ruler of the town of Bogočin, knyaz Bogoje, lost his son and his ill-fated daughter-in-law on their wedding day, as a terrible dragon flew from the scarps, grabbed bride Miljeva and dived into a lake with her. Trying to rescue her, the son drowned in the lake. The unfortunate father, driven by his sadness, imprisoned two village girls in the two towers and they wept in memory of the lost son. He also had a bridge erected on the Roški waterfall which the travellers could only cross if they paid an unusual price – two tears.
Since that time, the town of Bogočin has been known as the Town of Fairies, the area between the river of Krka and the river of Čikola as Miljevci – named after the girl, Miljeva – and the river of Poljšica has been known as Čikola – named after the mother of MIljeva, Čika.
08:00-09:00 Marta's pit cave, filming the Legend
09:30- 11:00 Filming the "Nakić wedding" legend, story about haiduks
11:00-11:55 From Vinovo Gornje (Nakić wedding) to Drniš, then from Drniš to Oklaja – 10 minutes and then to Nečven town, 15 minutes by foot to Bogočin
11:55-12:55 Filming the Legend about Bogočin town
12:55-13:45 Little bit walking to Nečven and then filming the towers and short story about Nečven
14:30- 17:30 Lunch at stari Mlin
17:30- 18:30 Old village at Roški slap, filming neanderthals and the Legend about Breathness tower
18:30- 19:30 Visovac Monastery, filming a wedding from the Legend about The Tower of SighsAs – Asociation ŠUM, actors
20:00 Dinner at Solaris
The Tower of Sighs was occupied by the Turks (15th century) and was ruled by Mehmet Bey. Paul and Stana were a young couple but Mehmet Bey was spellbound by Stana. One day, he sent spie to eavesdrop on Paul and Stana, but unfortunately he was killed. Having learnt of this event, Mehmet Bey blamed Paul for the misfortune, imprisoned him in the Tower of Sighs in which he spent years alone sighing, which is why it was named the Tower of Sighs. One day, Mehmet's wife showed mercy and set all prisoners free. Paul married Stana and Mehmet Bey died in anger and despair.
Martha, a mother of a boy, had a lover whom no one was to know about. Unfortunately, her son found out. Martha wanted at all costs to prevent her son from sharing her love secret with others. So one day she lured him to a pit and pushed him. While he was falling, he grabbed her by her hair and dragged her down the abyss with him.
In a village near Drniš there was a girl in love with a village boy whom she wanted to marry. However, one of the haiducs, Maleta, set his eyes on this girl. As the girl did not wish to marry a haiduc, he forged a devious plan with his fellow haiducs. They attacked the wedding procession and planned to abduct the bride, hence getting his revenge for her refusal to marry him. The wedding procession was slain, and the bride boldly decided to ask the best man to decapitate her to save her from misery.
14:00 Lunch at Konoba "Kod ribara"
16:00-16:20 Viewpoint Sv. Costantine
16:20-17:00 Filming the Legend about Malaria
17:00-18:00 Legends about fairies
18:00- 19:00 Filming Cultural Arts Society on the Murtaric cliff, and legend about mermaids
20:30 Check-in to Solaris
On the mount of Kružak there is a church of St. Constance. Its erection was assisted by the young diseased inhabitants of the town of Lakes; they climbed the mount carrying heavy stones for the construction of the church and the surrounding wall. And so at high summer temperatures, wearing winter clothes and carrying heavy stones, as they would reach the top, they would get well. The temperature created at such efforts would make it impossible for the malaria virus to survive. Ever since, the legend says that St. Constance helped the diseased suffering from malaria to get well.
8:00-9:00 On the boat to Murter
9:00-12:00 Kornati by boat and Filming the Legend about love
12:30 Filming Colentum manifestation – Romans
The remains of the Roman settlement Colentum, the ruins of mansions, mosaics and frescoes, which can still be seen on land and under the sea. The remains of the antique town of Colentum are nowadays largely covered by the sea; they can be found at the bottom of the mount of Gradina, on the northern side of the cove of Hramina. It is believed that Colentum was savaged and looted by the pirates in the beginning of the 2nd century but there are indications that it was struck by an earthquake.
On the island of Murter, when asking for a girl's hand in marriage it was a tradition to plant 50 olive trees. All young men who truly wanted to show their love would do this with no difficulty. However, not every father was ready to give his daughter's hand in marriage, so one young man was compelled to make substantial efforts to prove his love. The task he received involved planting 365 olive trees on one of the islands of Kornati.
His pertinacity paid well; olive trees were planted and although it took him an entire year, the maid became his wife.
In the archipelago of Šibenik, there are some ten shipwrecks of which two were discovered near the island of Žirje.
09:00-10:00 On the boat around Žirje, with Mediterraneo Sub, filming
10:00-11:00 Story about Amphoras – Filming
11:00-12:00 Big Game Fishing – Filming
13:30- 15:30 Lunch at Tratinska Restaurant
16:00 Story about Tower Gradina
00:00 Walking through Žirje island with the tourist guide
21:00 Tratinska apartments
In the archipelago of Šibenik, there are some ten shipwrecks of which two were discovered near the island of Žirje. The second shipwreck site dates back to the 1st or the 2nd century B.C. but no research was conducted on its remnants; instead, nets were placed under the sea to protect them from looters. According to the shape of the amphorae, it is assumed their origins are Mediterranean.
It was built at the time of the byzantine emperor Justinian, above the cove of Velika stupica. After the end of his reign, the fortress was pillaged and burnt and only some parts have been preserved to this day.
07:00 Elite Travel boat, Touristar flag and bags
08:30-10:30 From Orebic to Dubrovnik by
10:30- 11:30 Dubrovnik city walls from the boat
11:30-12:30 Legend about St. Vlaho and Richard the Lion Heart
12:30-14:00 * SURPRISE – Acting, since we're looking at it, we can do it by ourselves, Cursed Island – Lokrum – We will act
According to the legend, Dubrovnik selected St. Vlaho for its patron saint after the event of 971 when the Venetian fleet sailed into the waters of Dubrovnik. Before coming to Dubrovnik, the Venetians defeated the people of Neretva and intended to use trickery to defeat Dubrovnik: they told them they were sailing towards Greece. The people of Dubrovnik were unaware of their intentions and they welcomed them with open arms. In the cathedral of St. Stephen, which was later demolished after an earthquake, the pious Don Stojko prayed long into the night. Suddenly, as he was praying, he saw the church fill with armed men and among them was a grey-bearded old man with a stick in his hand. He said he was a bishop, a martyr called St. Vlaho, who was sent from above to safeguard Dubrovnik. The heavenly soldiers fought with him the whole night to defend the city walls from the Venetians. The next day, the Venetian fleet set their sails in haste and the caring hand of St. Vlaho has been protecting Dubrovnik for more than a thousand years now.
A general of the French army decided to close the Benedictine monastery on the island of Lokrum and he banished all Benedictines from there. Astonished by his decision, the monks did everything they could to remain there where their order lived for centuries. When nothing seemed to help anymore, one night they went to the Church of St. Mary, they held their last church service on the island, put their monk cowls on and went, one by one, at a slow pace to patrol the island. As a sign of curse they turned the lit candles towards the earth so that the flame burnt from below and the wax dripped along the pathway they treaded on. They crossed the entire island three times and the whole time they solemnly pronounced the ominous words of the curse: "Let every person who reaches for Lokrum for their own pleasure and enjoyment be cursed!" At dawn, they left the island and never set foot on it again. Lokrum was thereafter cursed and the curse began to come true. All owners after that time died either tragically or under unexplained circumstances.
The chronicles from Dubrovnik and England noted down that Anglo-Norman king Richard the Lionheart came to Dubrovnik in autumn of 1192 after returning from the Crusades. He ended up in a storm and then vowed to build a church on the location where he found rescue. He was stranded on the island of Lokrum but the authorities of Dubrovnik persuaded him to build the Cathedral of the Assumption within the walls of the Town for which, according to the stories of the folks, he gave 100 000 ducats. This cathedral was demolished by the earthquake of 1667.
13:30 Lunch at Konoba
15:30-16:30 Legend about King Norin
18:00-19:00 Museum Vid
20:00 Dinner at Villa Antonio
King Norin was so ugly that he hid his appearance from the world and let no one see him. Being a freak with an odd face and hairy body, he ordered a barber to come once a week and take the hair off his body after which he would decapitate the barber. Great sadness engrossed the town which was robbed of young men. The last man was summoned by the king and his mother thought of making a loaf of bread and blessed it with her milk.
When the young man finished shaving the king, he wished to eat his last meal. Watching him eat with such enjoyment, Norin asked to be given a slice of bread to taste and having done so, he was thrilled. The young man said the bread had been made of mother's milk and the king made a decision not to kill him as they were brothers now. He let him go provided he told nothing and if he desired to do so, he could only tell it to the dark earth and the hole he dug in it. As the hole was sited near water, sedge sprouted from it. A shepherd made a flute using this sedge and it poured out a melody of the song of the ugly King.
07:00 Filming the hotel
09:00 About the Wall of Ston, Story about Salt
In the first thirty years of its existence, a defence wall was built, the longest in Europe, extending from one side of the peninsula to the other, and then as per the single project design, two fortified towns were erected: Ston on the southern side and Mali Ston on the northern side, with the aim of assembling people to protect borders and to work in salterns which were the source of high revenue for the state.
According to the tradition of the people from Dubrovnik, when fortification of the walls was carried out in Ston, no old walls were torn down but only new ones were added, so Ston today boasts some preserved parts of the walls from the first half of the 14th century. And yet, everything was so well developed and adapted that, if these fortresses were entirely preserved to this day, as they were in 1874, they could very much rival the famous Carcassone in France.
07:00 Filming the hotel before breakfast, sunrise
08:00-8:30 On the boat to Odissey's cave
08:30-9:30 Filming from the sea and inside
9:30-10:30 Legend about St. Paul
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Big Lake, Rt Coral
16:55- 18:35 Fairy Polače – Dubrovnik
18:35- 20:35 Going to Villa Antonio, Orebić
21:00 Dinner – room with the balcony and sea view
After the shipwreck, Odyssey was washed on the sea shore of the island of Ogygia where nymph Calypso lived. Dazzled by her beauty and spellbound, he spent seven years on the island.
After seven years, gods decided it was time Calypso let him go. Urged by Athena, Zeus sent Hermes to tell this to the nymph. Odyssey then left on a raft, with supplies of food, water and wine.
The island where Odyssey was washed by the sea reminds in many things of Mljet: the island has a cave, it is located in the Southern Adriatic, it has four springs and the rock named Ogiran, which all resembles the island of Ogygia where Odyssey was shipwrecked. Locals nurture a legend according to which the owner of the island used to be a woman who lived like a queen, which also recalls Calypso.
According to various sources which mention the travels of St. Paul, during his sail across the Adriatic he was shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted, wooded and unknown island full of snakes – Melita.
The ship was marooned on a small sea rock, which the natives of Mljet call the Rock of St. Paul. Fishermen still believe that they must pass through the strait of St. Paul before going fishing in order to have a good catch.
In the area of Crkvine, there are excavations of unknown stone wall for which people believe it is the foundation of the Church of St. Paul. (See Discover Croatia video on the island of Mljet.)
8:00- 9:00 Filming Korkyra Hotel and checking out
09:00-10:00 Filming Korčula from boat
10:00-11:00 Legends about Crnomir Brothers, Čari village
11:00- 12:00 Argonaut legend in the magical wood with fairies
12:30-14:30 Lunch at Kanavelića dvori and story about it
14:30-17:00 Filming hotels and checking out
19:00 Fairy Korčula – Orebić
19:20-20:20 On the road to Prapratno
20:30 Fairy Prapratno – Sobra (Mljet)
After a storm at sea threw them into the channels of Pelješac and Korčula, making them delay their quest for Golden Fleece and destroying their ship Argosy, the Argonauts found their way through the valleys of Boguša to Kočje.
It was a moonlit night and they were off to find some water. Suddenly, at a lea near the rocks they spotted fairies dancing in circle and they remained dazzled by the sight. They approached them and asked for some water, or even better, for some drops of dew. However, this was not possible, as fairies were born in dew, they lived in dew and could not renounce on dew even though they wished to give the thirsty castaways some to drink. Then, one of the fairies took her magic wand made of sorb tree, scraped it against the rock and a spring opened up. (The sorb tree has always been deemed having wondrous powers by the locals). Then some of the Argonauts fell hopelessly in love with the fairies and decided to terminate their journey (Jason, Heracles, Hylas, Orpheus); they remained in Kočje to wait for the dew and their fairies.
Headed by the brothers and their sister Crnomiri in the 11st century, Čarani fought the knyaz of Venice for they did not wish to hand him over fertile land with vineyards where today the largest production of pošip (wine) is located. The story, which has been carried across generations, begins when the Venetian knyaz summoned local heads on the island of Korčula to take their land as a levy.
Čara was represented by Petar Crnomira, one of nine brothers who belonged to a mighty family of this village. Upon the knyaz's request to hand him over fertile vineyards, Petar refused under the excuse that the village was poor. Being put under enormous pressure, Petar caved in and offered the peak of a gradient and a tiny part of the field where land was pervious to storm water cursing him that not a single vine would bear fruit on this gradient.
The knyaz was unhappy with the offer and the head of Čara was very angry; he turned his back on the knyaz, farted loudly and said: "If you think little was offered to you, take this as well!" He ran immediately but was soon captured and killed. When they found out about this, his brothers decided to avenge him. One day, from an ambush, they attacked the knyaz while he was visiting his vineyards. They murdered him and buried on a location known today as Knesev greb (The tomb of the knyaz).
The Venetians gathered their army and entered Čara, slaying many villagers and two Cronomiris and taking the rest of the brothers to the galleys.
The archives contain no documents to confirm this legend but it shows how people of Korčula have appreciated and defended their fertile land with vineyards since ancient times.
15:00- 17:00 Lunch at Konoba Zaratak
17:30- 18:30 Making a traditional cake and filming the Legend about it
18:30- 19:30 Legend about Battle on Giča
19:30 On the road to hotel Korkyra, Filming in the two hotels, filming sunset
The story that accompanies the ritual of making lumblia tells the tale of love between two young people who were compelled to be apart – the love between a French soldier-baker and young Blajka. When the French army left, the soldier-baker had to leave too. At leave-taking he gave his beloved one a cake saying "n'oublie pas" (do not forget me).
The soldier left, the French ruling ended and young Blajka and her name drowned in numerous love stories. However, the cake "lumblia" remained as a memory to this tale. The words pronounced "n'oublie pas" sounded to the girl like "lumblia", but the message was clear.
Since that time, lumblia has been made of special ingredients which are first prepared and collected in the summer…
The Turks entered Blato and enslaved women and children. The men of Blato formed Kumpanija, a national army; they defeated the Turks on Giča and set their people free. It is this army's tradition that developed a knight's dance called Kumpanjija, which is preserved today by the Knight's Association Kumpanija.
11:30-12:00 On the road to Vela Luka
12:00- 14:30 Vela spila, filming Neanderthals, Tourist guide talking about Vela spila
Many thousands of years ago, at a time before the great flood, when our world was still young and shackled by snow and ice, there was a group of huntsmen who lived in a cave on a hillside called Pinski rat. They survived by hunting animals. That year, hunting luck was not on their side; it had been weeks since their last prey, children were starving and the elderly were losing strength. The group was threatened by death and extinction. There was no place to run; great frozen mountains were waiting on the north, a dry waterless valley lurked on the south, and somewhere in the distance was a large salt lake which the elderly called the sea. Their leader was a young handsome huntsman whose name vanished in the fickle layers of time; he had the biggest responsibility – to find solution and procure food.
In a grove at the bottom of the valley there lived a longhaired nymph; the protector of animals, nature and harmony. A fair-coloured roe with tender round eyes was particularly attached to her. Some said that the roe was the nymph herself who could change her form if she wished. Her father was the very Creator, the one who breathes life into all living beings, the one who looks after all beings being born again in an unbroken circle of life.
The huntsman, although skilled and daring, was ill-tempered, with no humbleness, modesty or respect. One cold and windy day (at that time, almost all days were cold and windy), he was chasing after the swift roe. Although it seemed as if he would catch her, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, a beautiful girl appeared in front of him. The bewildered huntsman stopped, wandering if this was reality or magic. "Please do not hunt the roe, she is mine, she asked me to protect her, to save her life", the girl told him. The huntsman, thinking of his hungry parents, friends, children…ignored her plea and continued his chase. He reached and pierced the roe with his spear. Just as the roe was falling down, she turned into a girl – the blond nymph, protector of animals.
Her father, desperate and sad, restored the image of the roe to the girl and placed her among the stars in the sky. He did the same to the huntsman who has been hunting his nymph in the welkin ever since. Angry and sad, the Creator decided to punish all men, to elevate the sea level and flood the entire valley where his beloved daughter detached from life, erasing hence the place of sadness. The sea entered deep into the bay and formed what is today known as Vela Luka. The stars in the sky are the only reminder of the times when the bay was a peaceful valley.
This is the story I heard from my grandfather and he heard it from his; now I have told it to you so that you can tell it to your children.
08:00-9:00 Story about beautiful sea girl Nera and Antonio
9:00-11:00 Legend about Vilin Dol
One morning old Jakov went to the field, a little valley where he was cleaning the pathway towards the grape vine. His wife prepared him a meal, he loaded the donkey and left. As he was reaching the valley, he spotted a girl, an astounding beauty, and he thought this could not be a human being. The girl was sleeping in the sun and he decided to make her some shade. Afterwards, he continued to work in the field until noon and, then, thinking of the maid who had surely woken up by that time, he got weary and fell asleep. He dreamt of her and her lovely companion fairies dancing around the water. He woke up in the late afternoon and went home. On his way, the same beauty appeared in front of him and thanked him by saying: "I shall give you a gift as a token of gratitude for having saved me from the sun, my skin would have burnt in the sun. Just make sure you do not open it until you get home."
But the old man, curious as a child, opened the bags which were now full, not giving a second thought to what the fairy had said. He was deeply disappointed and grew angry as he realized the misfortune had befallen him, as there were no more gifts in the bags.
He arrived home and told his wife what had happened. She began to empty the bags. Only several gold coins fell out, along with lop and grass. This was the only fortune they were left with.
Ominous news spread. In a while, the Turkish pirates, the Catalans, landed on the shore nearby, fierce enemies sowing death, looting, enslaving and burning. The village and the islanders were terrified. Men were preparing for defence and women with children and the elderly were getting ready to flee to the mountain refuges.
A Prophet came to the village, all dressed in black. Slowly and sluggishly she approached the stone altar, first from one side, then from the other. She bowed and raised her hands high in prayer. After the ritual of bowing, she spoke to the assembled crowd. Her voice roared like a thunder while she pronounced the prophecy on the battle with the Turks. The battle was ferocious but in the end the Turks were defeated.
In Smokvica, there lived a young man called Antonio, who was so handsome that all girls had their eyes on him. However, he cared little for this; he had his mind set only on work, and every day, on his way back from Ledine, he walked down to the cove to enjoy the sea.
On the seashore, Antonio met Nera, the sea-maid, the daughter of the king of the seas. The young man and the girl fell desperately in love with one another and they met whenever she emerged to the surface. But one day, her mother and her sisters followed and ordered her to go back to her old life, as her hand had been promised in marriage to the king of the Greek seas.
Despite her mother's order, Nera decided to become a woman of Earth and renounce her life to be with Antonio. When the king of the seas heard of this, he emerged from the water and threatened to turn them into stone if they insisted on their love. Nera, who was immensely in love with Antonio, obeyed her father's order, plunged into the water and never surfaced again in order to save Antonio's life.
14:30-16:20 Lunch in Lanterna Restaurant
16:20-16:50 Boat to Mlini-Cavtat
16:50-17:10 On the way to Cavtat cave, Legend about St. Ilar
17:10-18:10 Filming the cave
18:10-18:30 On the way to the boat
18:30-19:30 Filming the burning dragon on the beach in Mlini
19:30 Back to Karaka and filming Pirates attack, Goodbye party and dinner
According to the legend, there was a dragon named Voaz, who dwelled in this area, in the cave of Cavtat called Šipun. The dragon was evil and the local people prayed to St. Ilar to free them from this misery. St. Ilar went to the cave Šipun and by the power of God's will he ordered the dragon to leave with him. He raised his hand and a path opened up through the sea so he took the dragon across dry land towards Mlini. He ordered to the people of the town of Mlini to make a large bonfire on the coast on which he burnt the dragon. To thank him, the people erected a church on the location where St. Ilar burnt the dragon, making him thus the patron saint of Mlini. The large church tower bell dedicated to him bears an inscription saying: "I tell to the people that you, St. Ilar, destroyed the dragon of paganism. MCMXXV".
Royals are psychopaths. And they're as vain as a Kardashian. It's said that the Emperor Sha Jahan ordered his guards to cut off the hands and gouge out the eyes of the architect of the Taj Mahal.
Royals are psychopaths. And they're as vain as a Kardashian. It's said that the Emperor Sha Jahan ordered his guards to cut off the hands and gouge out the eyes of the architect of the Taj Mahal. His mausoleum would then be unique. And myth has it that a Castilian Spanish king, with a speech impediment ordered all his courtiers to lisp so he'd never be the odd one out – which is why Barcelona is 'Barthelona' to this day.
In Metkovic – under the rule of a Roman puppet king, royal barbers had their heads cut off after shaving and pampering their king. Thus the hoy poloy could never learn of their monarch's extraordinary ugliness.
Villages and towns were emptied of young men, until one final boy barber asked for a final pre-execution wish – to share a loaf with the king. The bread had been blessed with mother's milk. According to local lore the boy and the king were therefore brothers – they had shared milk from the same teat – and unlike most of his European counterparts, the Croatian king was loathe to decapitate a sibling.
It was a close shave, but the boy was saved, and freed on the promise of never spilling the beans about his ruler's unspeakable appearance. But the truth will out, and soon the whole kingdom knew.
We filmed the story on what has been the only ugly day in Croatia so far. The sky was heavy with black clouds and bursting with sporadic thunder. Rain forced us indoors – around a smoky little fire in a forgotten village hut where the stone houses were built with blocks of masonry from ruined Roman temples. And inside the magnificent Mektkovic museum, built over the site of such a temple. You can still see the original mosaics, and a parade of Roman statues, all of them fittingly decapitated. The British we learnt stole one of the heads, and have it hidden in a box in a dusty museum in Oxford.
It was on the mosaic floor, surrounded by headless statues and bits of column and pediment that we shot the story's principal scene – the shaving of the king's beard. And ugly he sure was – dressed in a shocking pink papier mache pig mask, wispy with horsehair.
Thankfully times have moved on. There wasn't even a threat of monarchical violence and the only decapitation was the removal of the pig mask, to reveal a handsome, bashfully grinning local after which the motley crew and company (dressed as Roman courtiers in togas and sandals) left the museum for a local restaurant not to break bread blessed in mother's milk but to eat the current local dish a la mode – zablji batci – frog's legs.


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With the right singers and musicians, opera doesn't need sets and costumes to be convincing.
British baritone Simon Keenlyside, soprano Angela Denoke and London's Philharmonia orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen gave a searing concert version of Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" last Monday night at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.
The cast wore simple clothes, mostly black with some white, that would not have been out of place had they been listeners in the auditorium. The only props were a few bottles. There was no need to depict houses, streets and woods.
These singers acted with such conviction that the 90-minute, three-act performance was riveting from start to finish. Keenlyside, who completed a run Saturday as Prospero in Thomas Ades' "The Tempest" at the Metropolitan Opera, commanded the stage.
Among those in the seats participating in the huge ovation at the end were baritone Thomas Hampson and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung.
"Wozzeck," one of the great 20th-century operas, is based on Georg Buechner's play and depicts a tale of a soldier's alienation and descent into madness that culminates in the murder of his faithless girlfriend Marie.
With dark red suspenders, his shoulders slightly hunched, Keenlyside resembled Len Cariou's Sweeney Todd. His voice, inflection and movement combined to create an indelible portrayal, his mannerisms becoming increasingly agitated as the taunting from the blustery Captain (tenor Peter Hoare) and nasty Doctor (bass Tijl Faveyts) took its total. By the time he saw Marie dancing with Drum Major (tenor Hubert Francis), Wozzeck's rage seemed to be a natural byproduct.
Instead of stabbing Marie to death, he hugged the life out of her -- and Denoke walked offstage as if a ghost.
Denoke's voice had a slightly steely edge to it, which was appropriate for Marie, herself a target of condemnation after she had a child with Wozzeck out of wedlock. Hoare's voice soared and Faveyts' deep voice was imposing -- and he had the best outfit, all in black except for a bright red tie. Also in the outstanding cast were Anna Burford (Marie's neighbor Margret) and Joshua Ellicott (Wozzeck's friend Andres).
Salonen drew shimmering sounds from the Philharmonia, making his way through the thick, complicated score with color, light and space. He had conducted three previous performances of the work in Germany and California in recent weeks with Johan Reuter in the title role.
The Westminster Choir and The American Boychoir provided the brief choral parts, and members of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra sat alongside the Philharmonia players.
During the pair of one-minute pauses after each act, several well-dressed attendees walked up the aisle and out. There was a Lincoln Center Chairman's Council green room dinner.
They missed quite a performance.
�Ronald Blum, Associated Press
'Wozzeck' a riveting opera
With the right singers and musicians, opera doesn't need sets and costumes to be convincing.

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Swiss Travel System
The public transport system in Switzerland, the trains especially, mean something very special. It's no coincidence that the Swiss are world champions when it comes to rail travel.
The Swiss Travel System includes an impressive network of 20,000 train, bus and boat kilometers and an attractive range of tickets which enables visitors from abroad to travel in comfort within Switzerland. Leave your car behind, you won't need it anyway. The motto is "the journey is the destination", so lean back, relax and enjoy the trip when it starts right at the airport and brings you as far as the highest railway station in Europe.
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Eclipse Barn Scene Being FilmedAug 20th, 2009 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
The Twilight Examiner has a report on some pictures taken by Robert Pattinson Online of a supposed barn set being filmed!
"The consensus seems to be that the scene beign shot involves two vampires in some sort of dream sequence. Most agree that this is probably related to Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) and his experience with the character Maria (which has been cast with Catalina Sandino Moreno)."


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I came to your temple seeking your help,
With heart full of hurts and with bitterness overwhelmed,
With no strength in my bones, I reached at your gate,
You are a merciful God, who never shuns the lame.
With riches of your glory and love, you saved me from death,
Hands of scars lifted my life from the hell,
Cursed life was made new with your blessings and Holy Spirit,
In Jesus alone, I find my hope for living.
He will never turn his back from the one who seek him
Jesus is the morning star of those whose hope have become dim,
Take courage, take one step towards him in his name,
Look he will come running towards you, with love and grace
Bless the Lord, you who sinners made saint,
Proclaim his deeds all the days that you live,
For his love, what in return can we give,
Our life is the only best thing that we can give back to him.
- K. Maria Lobo, Mumbai
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The life which we have received with great toil,
We may lose it with our words spoken, within no time,
Let us guard our lips and recall his holy name in our mind.
And this hour of temptation will pass like cloud in the sky.
The relationship with God and our neighbor is so precious,
But we do not know,we can lose them only because of our words,
Let us mind our tongue and we will stand firm,
With balanced words, let us show them honour and love.
Silence is the strongest weapon in this world,
But this world perceives it as weak and low,
But Almighty God is the one who loves peace and love,
Let us remain silent and he will fight our war.
Let our mouth only speak about Jesus,
Let our mind always count his blessings.
Let our heart always feel his love and mercy,
All our life let us adore the one who Yahweh the Almighty.
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Liu Qianping was visiting his 24-year-old granddaughter in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou recently when the women's clothes the aspiring fashion entrepreneur was packing into boxes caught his eye.
His visit came as the model that granddaughter Lu Ting and four friends had booked for a photo shoot to promote their online fashion business suddenly cancelled, dealing a setback to their new venture.
But Liu, a 72-year-old former farmer visiting to escape the chilly winter of central Hunan province, stepped in to help.
"I walked into the room and saw them packing up some clothes and I thought they looked quite interesting and quite cute," Liu told Reuters.
"So I tried on a jacket and they found it really funny, and I thought it was quite funny. So they asked if they could take pictures of me and post them on the Internet to sell the clothes. And I said, 'why not?'"
It was at that time two weeks ago that a star was born.
Liu, known affectionately as "MaDiGaGa" - funny elderly - is now one of China's most recognised models.
Delighted with his new fame, Liu says he now sometimes looks at fashion programmes on television for ideas on how to pose but generally relies on Ting's team for direction.
He does, however, have his own opinions on styling.
"He will tell us which items should be stronger and what should be improved," Ting said.
"He really likes bright, contrasting colours while I prefer more tone-on-tone combinations. So he gives lots of advice when we try different combinations, so we have some very different styles."
Since her grandfather became involved, visits to their online site have increased four-fold and continue to rise.
Liu, who travelled to Shanghai with his daughter for the first time last week after they were invited to appear on television, said he had been approached by other companies to model for them but had turned them down.
"I never dreamed of lucky things like these happening to me. Now, my name has spread to everywhere in the country," he said.
Ting has been criticised on the Internet and accused of using her grandfather, but he insists the experience has put a spring in his step and she says they are now closer than ever.
"We have no firm plans on how long we will continue, it depends on my grandfather," Ting said. "If he is happy and his health is fine, we will keep using him as our model."


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CoreyB brauchte ein neues WordPress-Theme Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 34 Designs von 6 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Nagelberg Bernard Law Group
We are a Personal Injury Law Firm that specialize in helping people fight back again Insurance Companies that try to take advantage of their situation. We also help accident victims recover their lost wages, medical bills, and gain compensation for any pain and suffering their accident may have caused.
We want to convey that we are experts with 30 years experience. We've helped over 10,000 clients and recovered over $250,000,000 for our clients (with a 98.4% success rate)
We also want to trigger that we are with the times (modern, hence the web 2.0ish feel) and understand what people are going through. Clean design, easy to navigate, easy to convey the lead generation process.
We are targeting those that are searching for Personal Injury Lawyers, car accident lawyers, wrongful death attorneys, etc.
The demographic is wide-spread, but they want someone who has experience (we have over 30 years), who can get results (We have helped over 10,000 clients), who has integrity (we've stood up for our clients and have recovered $250 Million, with a 98.4% success rate.)
Our clients have been hurt in an accident and want help. They want answers. They want to know they've found the best attorney around.
Many of the lawyer websites have so much information that it gets overwhelming. So we want to convey a clean, clear message to make their website visit as effortless as possible.
We want a clear, modern design. With a slight web 2.0 feel :: rounded corners, depth of field (so the page doesn't feel flat).
- Clean Straight forward navigation
- We want a website and a blog (see our existing site :: http://www.4injured-losangeles.com )
- We want a header that is informative, but not too large.
- We want an opt-in box above the fold (we are currently using aweber for our email management, so it has to work with that) (maybe tie the opt-in form into the header on the right hand side of the site)
- We would like the ability to have video integrated into the site easily (from YouTube or Viddler, etc.)
- Must be integrated into FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.
- Must be designed to get people to sign up for the "Free Case Evaluation"
- Must have the ability to add tags
Here are some sites that we like, but they are not quite "modern" enough:
We would like the most of the same navigation elements as:
(We do not expect to change this structure too much so please ensure your submissions will fit into the different page requirements.)
We would like the upper left of the header to read "Bernard Law Group" in a smaller text. and the main focus of the header to read, "Nagelberg & Bernard Law Group" (centered)
We would like to have 3 ways they can contact us laid out above the fold from left to right:
"3 ways you can get help now...
1. Call us at 1.800.232.7070
2. Email us by clicking here
3. Fill out the contact form to the right"


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Tim5 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 67 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Big City Frappe
Add 2oz of Big City Frappe mix to 6oz of ice cold milk and 12-14oz of ice, blend together, and you have a great tasting and refreshing pick me up treat. Great flavors like Mocha, Toffee, Vanilla and Carmel. Our goal is to develop the Big City Frappe brand franchise so that it becomes a value added offering at any coffee stand. "We proudly serve Big City Frappe here". The logo will be an important part of the marketing strategy, and needs to be easily recognizable. The label / logo will serve as one of the primary brand's sales persons.
Big City Frappe mix primary target market will be Small Business Owners (coffee stands, coffee shops, restaurants) who purchase the raw materials for their business at either wholesale clubs, or cash and carry outlets. Secondary market will be for at home use so the logo must be eye catching to stand out on the shelves of traditional retail outlets.
Big City Frappe mix will be available in multiple flavors so the logo will need to look good in multiple colors.
Not looking for anything cartoonish.
You folks are much more creative than me. I don't want to put too many constraints as to stifle a great idea.
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Jun 03, 2013 01:57 PM EDT
(Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc (2353.TW) expects up to 80 percent of its products to use touch-screen technology by next year or the year after, hoping new tablets and touch-notebook computers will revive its sales in a PC market where quarterly shipments are at their lowest in nearly four years.
Touch-screen models are expected to rise to 30-35 percent of total notebook PC sales at the world's No.4 PC vendor by the end of this year, up from 25 percent this quarter, Acer Chairman J.T. Wang told Reuters in an interview. The company shipped 1.2 million tablets in the January-March quarter and has a target of 5 million to 10 million for the whole year.
"Price and supply for touch panels provide some constraints now but that will ease and boost the penetration of touch devices," Wang, also Acer's chief executive, said on Monday ahead of the opening of Taiwan's annual Computex trade fair.
Research firm IHS has forecast that shipments of touch-enabled mobile PCs would grow rapidly starting this year, rising to about 25 percent of all notebooks by 2016, as prices fall and Intel Corp (INTC.O) makes a major push in the technology.
In smartphones, Acer on Monday introduced a 5.7-inch phablet running on Android that allows multitasking. Wang said its strategy would focus on phablets with more data-processing capability.
Wang expects the PC industry as a whole to see a decline in shipments this year but the notebook and tablet PC segments combined to grow 10 to 15 percent.
Market researcher Gartner said global PC Shipments in the first quarter dropped to their lowest since the second quarter of 2009. Barclays Capital forecast second-quarter notebook PC growth would be muted and might be the worst in 12 years, as the industry shifts to new products.
(Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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5 restaurants, numerous shops coming in 1939 landmark complex
View the photo gallery: Renovation of old SD police headquarters
After 26 years in a deep sleep, the former San Diego Police Department headquarters at the downtown waterfront is waking up.
Heavy equipment operators, carpenters, painters, utility workers and many others since last summer have been readying the 100,000-square-foot landmark on Pacific Highway for a second life.
Located just north of Seaport Village, "The Headquarters at Seaport District" will become a restaurant mecca, complemented by trendy shops, all expected to open by year's end.
Terramar Retail Centers of Carlsbad is the managing partner for the Seaport Village and Headquarters development.
"You might have visited Seaport Village when your family was in town," said Alex Liftis, senior vice president for development. "We'd like (local) people to come for more frequent visits."
View the Video Old San Diego Police HQ
Annette Dahl, real estate manager at the San Diego Unified Port District, welcomed the activity at the long-dormant site.
"It's exciting to have it finally available to the public to come and enjoy," Dahl said.
The Headquarters at Seaport District
Location: 789 W. Harbor Drive
Description: 100,000-square-foot 1939 former headquarters of the San Diego Police Department adaptively reused about 30 shops and restaurants.
Developer: Terramar Retail Centers
Architect: Quayle Bros. (1939); renovation architect, Carrier Johnson; historic architecture consultant, Heritage Architecture and Planning.
Contractor: Legacy Building Services
Status: Demolition and restoration due for completion in May; opening in fourth quarter of 2013.
The port took back the property when the police department moved to new quarters in 1987 and toyed with a variety of options before giving Terramar a 40-year lease in 2012. Terramar will pay no rent for the first 10 years as it recoups its $40 million development costs and then pay 5 percent of rental income, a rate that will escalate to 10 percent by year No. 30.
• Liftis led a hardhat tour of the construction site earlier this week, where a few relics of the building's past remain as workers after $10 million so far in demolition and structural and exterior repairs.
• Eight jail cells have been preserved where shoppers and diners can pose for photos. They're roughly 32 square feet in size and housed two inmates, a bunkbed, toilet and sink.
• Twenty skylights are being opened up again for the first time in decades.
• The central courtyard fountain is being recreated.
• Decorative features, like decorative ceramic wall tiles, ironwork, rustic doors and architectural motifs, are being restored. About 27,500 clay tiles have been removed for roof repair and will be reinstalled.
• The building will be painted a sandy beige.
Terramar plans to complete its prep work by May 1 and then give up to 30 shops and eateries about six months to complete their tenant improvements for an opening somewhere between
So far, five restaurants have reserved spaces in the project. Two have signed leases — Pizzeria Mozza, a collaboration of celebrity restaurateurs Mario Batali, Joe Bastianich and Nancy Silverton, and Puesto from La Jolla. Others reportedly headed to The Headquarters are The
Eric Adler, 29, was only 3 years old when the building closed down in 1987, and he recalls visiting Seaport Village as a youngster. Now he and his brothers and a cousin are moving forward with opening their second Puesto, a Mexican restaurant known for its special tacos.
""When we first walked in, we fell in love," he said, citing the location, architecture and heritage. "I think a lot of San Diegans consider so many parts of San Diego as a 'staycation' — it's so vast."
The selling point for the Batali and Bastianich Hospitality Group was the Spanish-style architecture and central courtyard that seems reminiscent of an Italian villa, said Alex Munoz-Suarez, vice president of operations and new business development for the group's Pacific division. San Diego will be the fourth location for Pizzeria Mozza, which originated in Los Angeles and is also located in Newport Beach and Singapore.
"The location is great, but this space really felt like a little bit of Italy transplanted in San Diego," he said. "This is a hipper part of San Diego, and coming from New York where everything's walkable, this felt very New York to us, and the vibe is right."
The two-level Pizzeria Mozza, expected to seat as many as 160, should be ready to open by September or October," Munoz-Suarez said. The restaurant group expects to spend between $1.5 million and $2 million on building out the space, he added.
Retail users have not been identified so far, but Terramar officials said they will likely include boutiques, gifts, apparel and toys.
So far, the demolition work and reconstruction have not turned up any secret getaway routes — though there is a vast utility tunnel system running through the property.
"It's been pretty much as expected," Liftis said, "no treasures or escape equipment."
For retired police officers who return to their old home, the place will be like
Twinkle lights will be strung across the courtyard.
Diners will sip cocktails on outdoor patios or sample wines in private dining rooms, formerly occupied by the chief of police or police court justice.
"It will be a special environment, an oasis from the massive development downtown," Liftis said.
The two-story gym, where cops lifted weights and shot baskets, will be an art gallery space, if the leading major tenant is signed.
Jails and police stations have been adapted for new uses in other cities, but a complex as comprehensive as this one may be unprecedented.
"Projects of this size are few and far between," Liftis said.
It's the first time Terramar has turned a historic building into a retail center.
Seaport Village, which opened 33 years ago and is nearing 40-year historic landmark status, is due for a makeover as well. Terramar is negotiating with the port to renew its lease and introduce a new design, a hotel and other features. Details are expected later this year.
Vonn Marie May, who spent eight years fighting against earlier plans to demolish the police headquarters, got the property added to the National Register of Historic Places and is looking forward to its reopening.
"It was a down and dirty fight," she said. "So many people got caught up in it."
To put it into perspective, her grandson Ben was in fourth grade at the outset of the preservation battle, and now he's a 24-year-old banker in Colorado.
"He keeps asking about the headquarters," she said.
David Marshall, the historic architectural consultant on the police headquarters, said its adaptive reuse means that many of the public will have access to the landmark for the first time.
"You're getting what has been a vacant building for (nearly) 30 years not only restored and brought closer to its original period (look), you're getting it occupied and giving the public a chance to see it," Marshall said, "unless you were paying a ticket or getting arrested for drunk driving."
A building with a storied past
-Design: The Quayle Brothers architectural firm and A.O. Treganza employed a stripped-down Spanish Colonial revival style, one of the last before the onset of World War II and switch to modernism. Morley H. Golden was the contractor.
-Features: The 68-foot tower is purely decorative, but during World War II, lookouts with rifles were posted there to search the horizon for possible enemy submarine attacks, said Vonn Marie May, who got the property added the National Register of Historic Places.
-Funding: The project's $400,000 funding came in part from federal Depression-era public works funds, $166,500 from Washington, the rest from local sources.
-Controversy: As with so many San Diego civic projects, the location was mired in controversy when City Manager Robert Flack proposed the project in 1935.
The city's 1926 master plan by John Nolen called for siting civic buildings along a mall, linking the waterfront County Administration Center with Balboa Park. But members of the public worried about having drunks and pickpockets booked and released on the mall.
The solution was to build farther south on dredged and vacant tidelands at a site Nolen earmarked for a park. It was just north of the San Diego-Coronado ferry landing.
"So the architects made the rear of the jail on what later was Harbor Drive look as much unlike a jail as possible, with a high wall to shield it from view," said Pliny Castanian in his 1993 history of the police department. "Rising on four square blocks of reclaimed tidelands was a police headquarters building and jail unlike any police headquarters in the United States. It combined exterior beauty with interior efficiency."
Courts/rooms: There were five municipal courts, although only one was ever occupied. The jail capacity opened with room for 188, increased to 288 by the time it closed in 1974. One of the six cell blocks was for women.
"We can promise the prisoners exclusiveness but we don't recommend the cells as places to spend a comfortable vacation," Flack joked when plans were completed in 1936.
While the building was originally located out of the way in an industrial zone, things began to change on the South Embarcadero in recent decades.
First came the 1969 opening of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and the closing of the ferry landing. Seaport Village opened at the ferry site in 1980.
Harbor Drive and Navy Field were relocated in the 1970s and the Hotel Inter-Continental (now the Marriott Marquis & Marina) in 1984, the first phase of the San Diego Convention Center in 1989 and its 2001 expansion and more hotels, surrounding condo towers, the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum and, most recently, the "The Kiss" statue in bronze.
Staff writer Lori Weisberg contributed to this story.


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Char Dham
Char Dham is a group of four sacred sites in India.
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Char Dham (Devanagari: चार धाम) (literally: 'the four abodes/seats') are the names of four pilgrimage places in India that are widely revered by Hindus. They are: Badrinath, Dwarka, Jagannath Puri, and Rameshwaram.
The Char Dham defined by Adi Shankaracharya consists of two Vaishnavite, one Shaivite, and one mixed site. Earlier known as Chota Char Dham or 'Little' Char Dham to differentiate them from the bigger circuit of Char Dham sites, after the mid-20th century they themselves started being called the Char Dham. Today, the term "Char Dham" usually refers to the all-denomination Himalayan Char Dham.
The Char Dham are often considered the most revered sites for Hindus that have to be visited in one's lifetime.
The great 8th century reformer and philosopher Shankaracharya (Adi Sankara) was prominently involved in reviving the Hindu Dharma in India (Bharat). He travelled throughout the country and grouped the four sacred places Badrinath, Rameshwaram, Puri and Dwarka as the Char Dham which are dedicated to the Vishnu Avatars (incarnations). Geographically speaking the char dham make a perfect square with Badrinath and Rameswaram falling on same longitude and Dwarka(old) and Puri on same latitude, representing the farthest north east west and south points of India( at that time, before coastlines changed).
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Sea Buckthorn Oil
What: Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae L.) are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae (Wiki). Sea buckthorn (or Seaberry) bushes yield orange berries which are high in Vitamin C, lending a vibrant orange hue to the berries. Sea buckthorn berries also contain vitamins A and E, as well as amino acids and antioxidants.
Sea buckthorn berries have been used historically to treat colds, fevers, gastric disorders, and canker sores. Cosmetic uses of Sea buckthorn are healing and restorative, as well as anti-bacterial, making it a popular choice for a natural preservative. Mainly, Sea buckthorn is used as a moisturizing ingredient and also an anti-aging ingredient due to its high levels of antioxidants. The berries also carry a slight orange scent.
Origin: Sea buckthorn berries are pressed, the cream and fats being used for cosmetic purposes. (Wiki).
Products Found In: Sea buckthorn offers light, non- greasy hydration with an hint of color from the orange hue. Products commonly containing Sea buckthorn oil are facial moisturizers, treatments, anti-aging skincare, eye creams, sunscreens, facial cleansers, redness/rosacea treaments, hand creams, after-sun products. (EWG).
Alternative Names: Hippophae Rhamnoides Oil, Seabuckthorn Seabuckthorn (Hippophae Rhamnoides) Oil, Seabuckthorn Oils, Sea Buckthorn Oil. (EWG).
Toxicity: Sea Buckthorn Oil (Hippophae Rhamnoides) is generally classified as non-toxic or harmful. (EWG).


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Singapore Stories: Soya Beancurd (Soy Pudding)
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For those of you drink soy milk, I wonder if you started out the way I did: Sips of chocolate soy, then vanilla soy. After a few years, when the vanilla became too sweet for me, I finally moved to unsweetened. A glass of whole milk tastes like cream to me know, and low-fat milk seems sour. I can't even imagine what fresh-made soy milk tastes like. Some day I'll give it a go, but if you want to do it before me, try our own Serious Eats recipe for Homemade Soy Milk.
Soy milk tastes incredibly fresh and clean, and there is a dessert that makes the most of it: soya beancurd, or dou hua (soy bean curd dessert in Mandarin), tau huay in Hokkien, or simply soy pudding. Soy pudding is nothing more than soy milk which has been gelled just enough to barely hold it together. It's delicate, with a creamy melt-in-your-mouth texture. Served well-chilled, it's one of my favorite ways to crush the sticky-hot Singapore heat. And Singapore is crazy for it, with folks queuing up just to get a taste of this simple, clean flavored sweet. Mr. Bean, Lao Ban, and QQ Soya Bean are just a few of the many, many, places to slurp it, whether in a hawker center, grocery store, or dessert shop. Even 7-Eleven sells soya beancurd!
Competition is fierce. I've seen soya stalls pop up right next to another, and within a few months the loser is packing up their beans. Check out this post on The Bean Curd Wars.
Flavors are basic, and the pudding is eaten unadorned (no whipped cream, no jimmies). The lightly sweetened original flavor (my favorite), almond, and chocolate seem to be the most popular. Mango, strawberry, coffee, green tea, and durian are others. Recipes vary between shops, with the differences in texture and flavor—some firmer than others, some sweet—resulting in a fan base for each business.
Because it's so easy to make your own pudding, I couldn't resist posting a simple recipe for an original flavor (plain) soya beancurd. Soy milk and gelatin—that's it. There are recipes that are based on powdered soy milk (I suspect some shops do this because of the super light consistency of the pudding), and some recipes incorporate powdered creamer for richness, but I chose to stick with simple, liquid soymilk, with a touch of vanilla. I used just enough gelatin to achieve a perfectly wobbly consistency. After 4 hours in the fridge, good and cold, it'll not only cool away the beads of sweat on your forehead but it's the perfect light, sweet ending you crave after ingesting a ginormous Sichuan meal.
About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore working on her new baking cookbook, and as a recipe developer for HungryGoWhere Singapore. Check out her blog: shophousecook.com . Follow Yvonne on Twitter.
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George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, Knox County, Indiana
"Great things have been affected by a few men well conducted"
At 10 a.m., February 25, 1779, the British garrison at Fort Sackville surrendered to American Colonel George Rogers Clark and his force of approximately 170 Americans and Frenchmen. The fort's capture assured American claims to the frontier, an area nearly as large as the original 13 states.
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Located along the American-Canadian border and the Continental Divide. While many types of buildings were constructed in Glacier National Park, and subsequently listed in the National Register of Historic Places for their historic significance and cultural integrity, the fire lookouts, cabins, and ranger stations stand out as important contributions in the history of Glacier National Park. Glacier National Park contains National Historic Landmarks:
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Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is America's first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world's most extraordinary geysers and hot springs. This is also the location where the only President of the United States of America, who once worked as a park ranger, served—Gerald R. Ford, America's 38th President.
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Valley Forge National Historical Park, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Valley Forge stands as an important place in American history, conveying the suffering, sacrifice and eventual triumph of the small American army under General George Washington in the bitter winter of 1777-1778.
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Located in north-central Colorado, the Rocky Mountain National Park straddles the Continental Divide and encompasses the Front Range and Mummy range. The boundaries of the park enclose a surprising concentration of peaks, with elevations ranging from 8,000 feet in the west, grassy valleys to 14,259 feet at the weather-ravaged top of Longs Peak, providing visitors with opportunities for countless breathtaking experiences and adventures.
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Say it ain't so, Mo.
What is it about San Diego that could give birth to two gifted golden girls, two athletic Maureens who rocked the world but, in the end, seem cursed?
What are the chances of one city giving birth to two shooting stars whom besotted headline writers loved to call Mo?
This moby line of succession begins with Maureen Connolly, the best female tennis player ever to wear white. Three years running, in the early '50s, "Little Mo" was voted the world's top female athlete by The Associated Press.
Raised and coached on San Diego's public hard courts, primarily Morley Field, she was the first woman to win the Grand Slam, all four major championships in one calendar year.
Little Mo was the city's postwar symbol of youth, vitality, optimism. The world knew her — and loved her like crazy. And then, at age 19, it was all but over. A horseback accident in San Diego shattered her leg. As a player, she was done. She married and moved to Texas, but the Mo story, already tragic, gets worse. At age 34, she died. Cancer. The year: 1969.
In relative obscurity, another young athlete, a swimmer, was preparing for an unlikely star turn on the political stage.
In 1971, this Maureen the Second, a 25-year-old P.E. teacher at a Catholic school, one of 13 rambunctious O'Connor children, stunned San Diego by winning a seat on the City Council, the youngest member ever elected. She'd go on to run for mayor against Roger Hedgecock, lose, but then win in a special 1986 election.
For six years in office, "Mayor Mo" was the most mercurial, most frustrating public official imaginable, a freewheeling paradox the likes of which we'll never see again.
She'd frequently take off from work in the middle of the day and go to the movies.
She was the Down and Out Mayor, spending the night incognito as a homeless person, and yet she was probably the wealthiest mayor San Diego ever, having married the much older Robert Peterson, the Republican co-founder of Jack in the Box whose holdings exceeded the dreams of avarice.
And yet, despite this rocket rise, she always had the common ballsy touch — and a touch of luck.
She went into the roughest neighborhoods during the L.A. riots to tamp down the racial rage. It was so Mo.
She rejected mandatory water rationing during a drought. In what was widely called the "Mo Miracle," the rains came, seemingly at her divine command. So Mo.
But she spent an inordinate amount of political capital on a glitzy Soviet art exhibit that many saw as too rich for the city's blood. She proposed a "storybook" downtown library at Lane Field, a harbinger of the grand civic monument taking shape today.
And then, just like that, she was gone from the San Diego stage, handing the torch to another young woman, Republican Susan Golding, who also had married an older, wealthy, politically connected husband in Dick Silberman.
In the past 20 years, you'd see O'Connor around La Jolla. I recall watching her brush by at La Jolla's Harry's Coffee Shop as I interviewed a political candidate. She was aloof, imperial, above knowing or caring about a pol on the rise or a newspaperman.
Today, Mo's mojo has swirled down the drain. A frail woman with a cane who looks older than her 66 years, she's been exposed as a compulsive gambler who drowned her personal sorrows in video poker.
It may be that O'Connor's addiction was triggered, or fueled, by a brain tumor recently removed. It is not an outlandish theory. (Think of how our view of Junior Seau has shifted since the autopsy of his brain.)
But however this cautionary (and medical) tale plays out, the fact is this: O'Connor looted her dead husband's foundation, which was created to help the sick and the old, the very constituents Mo once charmed as their champion,
The golden girl, the daughter of a boxer who pulled herself up against all the odds, is neck-deep in debt and disgrace.
And Irish eyes are not smiling.
For the Record: In a Feb. 12 column, I stated that an M-16 had been confiscated along with other firearms from the home of the 12-year-old Poway boy who threatened to kill a teacher and many students. The boy mentioned an M-16 in his emailed threat, but as Rick Tous of Vista points out, automatic M-16 assault rifles are illegal for civilian use in California. The Sheriff's Department has indicated that the boy's father owned legal weapons.
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Concealing Hatred
We're wronged. Should we confront the perpetrator or turn the other cheek?
We're wronged. Should we confront the perpetrator or turn the other cheek?
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(2) Bob Burg, August 30, 2005 12:00 AM
Excellent Lesson
Thank you, Rabbi, for sharing that excellent teaching. You are so right; we assume so quickly and easily and, unless we are eventually able to communicate with that person and understand the situation from his paradigm, an otherwise wonderful friendship, working relationsip, family relationship, etc. can be all but destroyed.
And, as you point out, the key is to do so tactfully (my Dad defines "Tact" as "The language of strength") in order to allow the person to not feel defensive but instead feel comfortable with the approach and communication.
Thank you again for sharing.
(1) A. Link, August 28, 2005 12:00 AM
'HELP' not "DEMAND"
Dear Rabbi Berkowitz
An extremely brief comment about "conceiling HATRED" ----- Rather than "demand" an explanation from the person you feel you are at logger-heads
with, would it not be far more productive to ASK or APPEAL(without any hint of aggression/authority/hauteur---traits we Jews are sometimes said by
others to be over-endowed with) for 'HELP in understanding what may be upsetting or troubling our friendship?'
Alby Link


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Nimble Quest, the latest from NimbleBit, starts off with an immediate nod to its direct influence, Snake. Before mobile games exploded, everyone enjoyed Snake on a Nokia mobile phone, because what else was there to do besides play Snake? So, immediately, it seems like there may not be much to this at all.
Nope. Nimble Quest takes that simple concept and makes it deeper and more fun than it has any right to be.
It starts by adding a bit of strategy to the standard Snake gameplay of turning left and right, avoiding walls and enemies. See, players control a character that has a special attack ability that triggers when near enemies, and they use that to take out enemies. Other heroes can be collected as drops from enemies that form parts of the snake, and can use their own individual attacks. Now, enemies can attack as well, so it becomes about staying out of danger, as the heroes have health bars that will quickly diminish, and if the lead hero dies, it's game over. So, there's a strategy to approaching the enemies, one that is about taking as little damage as possible.
Now, this is where the free-to-play elements start to be exposed in the design, but in the traditional non-intrusive NimbleBit way. See, the maximum number of heroes that can be used in a chain is equal to the number of heroes that are unlocked. Naturally, it gets easier to progress further as more heroes are available. The characters can be unlocked by reaching certain level milestones in the game, or by buying them via IAP. Boosts can be bought by spending tokens, earned through random drops, or by spending 1,000 gems, the common currency. Both can be bought via IAP as well. Gems are used for powerup upgrades along with character upgrades.
All this talk about the IAP obfuscates the fact that it's perfectly possible to enjoy the game at its core. It's simple to pick up, and can be enjoyed with one hand, and in any orientation desired. While there is a definite sense of progression, of getting better, that can be accelerated by spending money, it's still possible to play the game without spending money. NimbleBit tests without having IAP enabled, and it shows - this is a game that is free to have fun with, though there's plenty of reward for spending. It's a great balance that works in the way that free-to-play absolutely should be. Unlocking everything will take a while, along with just trying to get high scores for each character, but there's also a guild mode where players compete for their team to raise their total score. Join guild #148Apps and let's take on the world!
Nimble Quest is another winner from NimbleBit. In a world where free-to-play can be annoying and exploitative of players, they're showing that it's possible to do it right.


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STRATHAM –The New Hampshire SPCA has been receiving an unusually high number of calls pertaining to dogs left outside without shelter during the recent extremely cold weather.
Pet owners should be advised that pets left outside in extreme temperatures without food, water and shelter are at risk of hypothermia, frostbite and even death. Furthermore, it is the law.
Dogs and cats feel the effects of winter weather as much as we do and are too often cast outside to weather the storm due to misconceptions that the fur on their backs will insulate them from suffering. Short haired dogs are particularly at risk and should never be left outside without supervision. It is extremely important for people to bring their pets indoors when the temperatures drop to extreme cold.
Additionally, NH State law requires domestic animals being left outside to be provided adequate shelter. Pet owners can face cruelty charges if their animals are left to suffer and/or die from being left out in the cold.
Shelter is described under RSA 644:8 as "a natural or artificial area which provides protection from the direct sunlight and adequate air circulation when that sunlight is likely to cause heat exhaustion or a dog tied or caged outside. Shelter from the weather shall allow the dog to remain clean and dry. The shelter shall be structurally sound and have an area within to afford the dog the ability to stand up, turn around, and lie down and be of proportionate size as to allow the dog to retain its body heat" The last part is the most important in winter months.
One common misconception is that leaving a garage door open about a foot or so to allow the dog to go inside is adequate. While the garage would allow the dog to get out of the wind and snow it is not of proportionate size for the dog to retain its body heat in a garage. Therefore, an open garage is not adequate shelter and puts a dog at risk.
The NHSPCA would like to provide pet owners with the following tips on keeping their pets healthy and safe during extreme temperatures. They are recommendations, but are not required by State law as it is currently written.
-- Keeping your dog inside is the best tip of all. If your dog spends a lot of time outside, protect them from the winter weather. Give them a clean, dry, draft free place to go. The floor should be raised up off the ground and shavings or bedding can be added to provide additional warmth and comfort.
-- Make sure they get plenty of water and food. Pets kept outdoors need extra food and water due to the depletion of energy caused by working to keep warm.
-- Short haired breeds should use a sweater or coat with a high collar or turtle neck that covers from the base of the tail to the belly.
-- Dogs should not be left outside for extended periods or left to lie down in the snow or on cold asphalt driveways or porches.
-- Animals are our companions and belong in our homes and in our lives. Just because you have a back yard doesn't mean your pet should be restricted to it. Take the time to teach them house manners and socialize them to the world of your property. You will discover you have the best possible companion.
If you see a dog or horse outdoors without shelter this time of year, please make a call to your local animal control officer, police department or humane society.
State laws pertaining to shelter:
NH Laws for Shelter can be found in RSA 644:8 of the Criminal Codes.
NH Chapter 435 can be found on line for the proper care and treatment of horses in NH.
The New Hampshire SPCA is a community resource center that provides animal adoption, education, investigation and sheltering services in a professional and compassionate way. The Adoption Center is open from 11 am – 5pm on Monday, Friday, and Saturday, Sunday, 11am-4pm, 11 am – 7pm on Tuesday and Thursday, and closed on Wednesday. For more information about the NHSPCA, visit www.nhspca.org.


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Mount Pleasant Cemetery ( Wabash )
Indiana : Flag of State
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a place of kind Cemetery belonging to the County of ( Wabash ).
The closest populated place is that of Pioneer that is2.13 miles far from Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is also 12.48 miles far from the closest airport or heliport, the Wabash Municipal Airport .
The weather forecasting are available for the town of Somerset , that is 11.59 miles far from Mount Pleasant Cemetery .
The Zip Code of Mount Pleasant Cemetery is 46984.
Besides Mount Pleasant Cemetery in the County of ( Wabash ) there are the following places of kind Cemetery . These are reported in what follows in alphabetical order:
Abshire Cemetery - Algers Cemetery - America Cemetery - Center Grove Cemetery - Foster Cemetery - Friends Cemetery - Gamble Cemetery - Gardner Cemetery - Glenwood Cemetery - Hale Cemetery - Harper Cemetery - Hebrew Cemetery - Huff Cemetery - Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery - Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery - Jack Cemetery - Krisher Cemetery - Laketon Cemetery - Leedy Cemetery - Long Cemetery - Martin Luther Cemetery - Matlock Cemetery - Memorial Lawns Cemetery - Mississinewa Memorial Cemetery - Moyer Cemetery - North Union Cemetery - Oaklawn Cemetery - Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Reeds Cemetery - Renicker Cemetery - Rennaker Cemetery - Richvalley Cemetery - Saint Patrick Cemetery - Shiloh Cemetery - Slocum Cemetery - Speicher Cemetery - Stone Cemetery - Swank Cemetery - Union Cemetery - Waggoner Cemetery - Wallace Cemetery .
Where to stay: Hotels and other Accommodation Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Please find in what follows the full listing of the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation available in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
A lot of pictures and fully detailed descriptions are available for the Hotels, Bed & Breakfasts and other accommodation, along with the ratings assigned by the guest of the same Hotels. The ratings are divided by age, sex and much more.
Indiana : Emblem of State
- Capital : Indianapolis
- Inhabitants : Indianian (Hoosier, Indianan, Indianer)
- State's Motto : The crossroads of America
- English translation : The crossroads of America
Map and road map of Mount Pleasant Cemetery
View the interactive maps of Mount Pleasant Cemetery and get road maps, satellite maps and much more. The maps cover a wide area centered on Mount Pleasant Cemetery .
On each map are available: a selector scale, on the bottom right of the map,a menu for choosing different views of the same map, placed in the upper left corner of the map, a free text search field for locating any business activity within the map itself, placed at the top center of the map.
The videos about Mount Pleasant Cemetery
It is proposed a first video: clicking on the PLAY button the video will start. Inside the video window there are several commands and a Playlist button. Press the Playlist button to access the complete listing of available videos, along with their titles. It will be sufficient to scroll through the list using the cursor to select any of the videos. You can use the << and >> keys to scroll through the videos. Each video can be displayed in full screen.


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Loop11 Marketing brauchte ein neues Print oder Verpackung Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 49 Designs von 15 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Loop11 is an online website usability testing tool. It works a bit like an online survey tool, except instead of just asking questions, you can ask users to try and complete tasks on any website. Loop11 then provides usability statistics.
Loop11 Features:
- Completely online tool
- Test wireframes and prototypes
- Identify usability and navigational issues before you launch
- Test early in the development stage
- Test-as-you build
- Perfect for Agile Testing
- No downloads or coding required
- Test any website, including competitors
- Completely self-service and DYI
- User Experience and Usability Professionals
- Web Managers
- Web Designers and Developers
- Internet Professionals
Loop11 Unique Selling Points:
- Simple yet powerful Usability Testing.
- Remote Usability Testing. Simple. Powerful.
- Powerful Usability Testing Made Simple
We require a 1/3 page magazine advertisement. 5" x 4.5" (inches) for UX Magazine. It is an American magazine.
Size: 5" x 4.5" (inches)
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Format: editable and layered pdf, or photoshop psd or eps.
The psd needs to be layered and editable as we may make copy changes in the future.
Don't worry too much about the details of the copy, as we will make sure it's accurate. However we are hoping to find a strong design that focuses on how SIMPLE & POWERFUL Loop11 is.
We have provided our logo. The ad needs to be branded.


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It found that one in seven new mobiles had problems, 70% of which occurred in the first six months.
Twenty-seven percent of mobile owners with problems were not happy with the help they received either, said Which?
Video phone operator 3 had the poorest record, with one in three handsets on its network having problems.
Which? said that this could be down to "teething problems" with third generation mobile technology.
"They're newer and they are more sophisticated so it is reasonable to think they might have more teething problems," Abigail Waraker, assistant editor of Which? told the BBC News website.
Rachel Channing from 3 told the BBC News website that it was unrealistic to try and compare 3G technology, which is complex and new, to GSM technology.
Downloading full-length music videos, making video calls and so on is relatively novel for many people, so there was more chance of things going wrong.
"The sample they picked out was only 50 customers. We have three million. It was only 16 who had experienced problems, so we don't think it is a representative sample," she said.
She added that the problems reported related to its oldest 3G handset model, released about two years ago.
"The technology is evolving so rapidly and the performance as you release them improves every time.
"Those handsets have been superseded by ones that perform much better on the network," she said.
The survey revealed a whole range of problems, from faulty keypads, failure to connect to the network, or problems in storing phone book entries, for instance.
By law, if a mobile has a fault within six months and the store cannot show it was the customer's fault, the shop must sort it out.
'Not good enough'
The report did not make distinctions between what was a handset fault, or a network fault because people would not necessarily know themselves the reason for a fault.
What it highlighted though was a big problem that new mobile owners experience when there is an issue.
"People get passed from pillar to post," Pete Tynan, the report's author told the BBC News website.
"In fact is it is up to the place you bought it from to sort it out. Don't let them fob you off," he said.
Even if the problem was that the SIM card was not connecting to the network, for instance, it is still legally the retailer's responsibility to solve the problem as they sold the package in the first instance.
"A one-in-seven chance your phone's going to develop a fault is way too high," said Malcolm Coles, editor of Which?.
"Not only that, but retailers who should be bending over backwards to help customers who've already suffered the inconvenience of a fault, aren't giving people the help they need when they complain."
The survey of more than 5,000 people on Which?'s online consumer panel also found that certain handset brands were more likely to experience faults than others.
Motorola and Sony Ericsson handsets proved most likely to have technical hitches, with 20% of people reporting problems with them.
Nokia and Samsung scored better, with one in 10 owners experiencing faults.
Mobiles are fast becoming the most common consumer electronic devices in the world, according to analysts.
By the end of 2009, 2.6 billion mobiles will be in use around the world, according to Gartner analysts.


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Issues To Consider When Selecting and Administering Feedback Activities
What to think about when deciding the activities to use
- Which of the feedback activities interest me and why?
- Which of the feedback activities seem most conducive to my teaching style and my students' style? Why?
- How will I incorporate these into my courses?
- How will I discuss the results with students such that I am comfortable?
- How can I assure students I am open to listening to their feedback?
In order for feedback to lead to improvement, it should...
- tell you something you didn't know.
- be of value to you so that you want to improve.
- include how to improve.
Initially, Students may be reluctant to give feedback...
- for fear of retribution.
- because they are not accustomed to being asked for their input on a regular basis.
- because it may conflict with how they perceive their role in class.
More to consider
- Ownership increases acceptance, therefore, when instructors are involved in designing the feedback tool, they are more likely to improve their teaching to enhance learning.
- Multiple perspectives or sources increase the credibility of the feedback.
- The more evidence collected, the more likely common themes will emerge.
- Do not ask for feedback before or after a midterm/final exam, unless it is regarding the exam.
Huba, M.E, and J.E. Freed. Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning. Needham Heights: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. Print.
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