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Friday, June 25, 2010
New Release Spotlight - Day 3!
From Diva Amber:
This month's releases are RIGHT up my alley, as you can probably see with the set we're peeking today! American Hero makes my heart go THUMP every time I see it! The sentiments are so sweet and meaningful, they bring a tear to my eye when I think of everyone deployed, protecting our country. I know the people out there. They are young, they are brave, they are willing, and they do it all for us. I just want to make a whole bunch of cards with this set and send them to every single soldier out there, but I don't have that kind of time, lol!
I think you're going to love this set because it's not only the PERFECT patriotic set, but it can be used for any hero in your life! I went the traditional route!
I stamped the stars in Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy ink on Kraft cardstock and then added some Stardust Stickles. The sentiment is also stamped on Kraft and I used some Enchanted Evening ribbon and some random buttons! I love the rustic feel to this card, I wish I had left the Stickles off, but I really love the sparkle too!
From Diva Charmaine:
The American Hero set has such a whimsical feel to it. I just love that it can be used for a cute and fun card as well as something more vintage. As with all Verve sets, it contains wonderful sentiments. This is a great set to round out (and spice up) your collection of patriotic stamps. I used the Old Glory Collection from We R Memory Keepers for my card as well as the Stars Cuttlebug folder.
From Diva Jackie:
Hi there Verve fans! Are you ready for another great release? Just wait until you see these sets in full.....that's all I'm sayin'! I was thrilled to work with the new American Hero today! This set makes me proud to be an American!!! I can honestly say I will never need another Patriotic set in my stamping arsenal as American Hero covers it all! It's chock full of the most wonderful sentiments and some pretty fabulous images! I chose to work with just one sentiment for my card today, and believe me it was hard to choose! I finally settled on "Thanks For Protecting Our Freedom" I went the traditional red, white and blue route, with a pair of my old denim jeans acting as the blue. I used Star Nestabilities to cut the denim star, added some ruffled red and white gingham ribbon and a blue button. I used the Corner Chomper to round all the corners (a new favorite look of mine) and added some cross-hatch stitching and adhesive gems to finish it off!
From Diva Amy:
I am both honored and proud to show you a peek at American Hero. This set's fabulous mix of powerful sentiments and patriotic imagery had me choked up when I first saw it! Look no further for heartfelt ways to express both your gratitude and your American pride. And check out the super cool font - love it! I chose to feature the sentiment, "Humbled By Your Willingness To Serve," along with one of the three stars in this set. An assortment of Girls' Paperie On Holiday papers carries out a traditional red, white, and blue color combo in a fresh, fun way.
It's not too late to participate in our Release Week Challenges over at the Verve Forum! Complete all of them for a chance to win the ENTIRE VERVE JUNE RELEASE! (You know you want it!) Short on time? Each individual challenge also has a $25 Verve gift certificate for one random participant.
Join us tonight at 9 pm EST at our Release Party. We'll chat it up, share projects made with the new stamps, announce contest winners, and of course reveal the new sets!
Like what you've seen so far? Just leave a comment here on this post before 6 PM Eastern tonight, Friday, June 25th and you'll be put in a drawing to win this set! Winners will be announced during the party. Good luck!
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These patriotic cards are amazing. I adore the sentiments and the sneak peeks are so yummy! Cant't wait to see the reveals tonight!ReplyDelete
These are just stunning. What a beautiful display of patriotism. They make me proud! See you tonight.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful set so fitting to honor all Americans but especially those special service members and veterans in our lives.Thank you so much.Looking forward to seeing more tonight.ReplyDelete
Fabulous samples! Can't wait to see the rest of the set tonight!ReplyDelete
Oh... ya all are killin me!!! I want all these fabulous stamp sets!!! Love the patriotic sentiments! Wish I would have had them last month, as I'm working on 4th of July cards right now! Looking forward to the release!!ReplyDelete
Amazing cards and love this set - how fitting for all our servicepeople around the world!ReplyDelete
WOW. Always an amazing showing at VERVE!!! I am always blown away!ReplyDelete
Having a brother in the Air Force and a sister-in-law just getting accepted into the JAG program, I am definitely in need of good patriotic sets...this looks great!ReplyDelete
The cards are fabulous. I just love this set. I have a nephew and some friends that are serving our country. What a great set to make some cards for them and for others too. Thanks for a chance.ReplyDelete
You have definitely captured everything that we need to say to those that protect us! Great cards for great heros!ReplyDelete
LOVE it....LOVE it...LOVE it!!!!!!!!!! This is a set I will definitely have to have...I love Americana. The cards are just beautiful too.ReplyDelete
Oh do I love this set!! Looking forward to tonight!!ReplyDelete
I am humbled by all of these beautiful patriotic cards - they are just breathtaking! My husband is a decorated Vietnam veteran and I am always loooking for inspirational cards to make for him and his VFW companions. This set would be SO awesome to have. Hoping the planets align and I'm lucky enough to win this set. Thanks ladies for sharing your talents with all of us!ReplyDelete
Love all the cards made-great patriotic theme. Look forward to seeing the set. tfsReplyDelete
LOVE this set!! WIth a deloyed hubby and lots of his deployed friends, this set would get lots of ink in this household. Thanks for making such a beautiful set to honor them.ReplyDelete
such a neat and cool stamp set! I lvoe it!ReplyDelete
These will go down a treat, very patriotic yes, but lots of applications, for both military service and other voluntary services... and of course I love the stars!ReplyDelete
Every card is so unique and fabulous! I love them all. And I love the sentiments too. Can't wait for the reveals.....ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards! I can't wait for tonight!ReplyDelete
Amazing set. Would have loved to have it in time for July 4th, but there's plenty of time before Veterans Day to make good use of it. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Love the patriotic cards. I especially like the ones stamped on kraft paper.ReplyDelete
These samples are just so beautiful. I don't have any patriotic stamps and am loving this set. Thank you so much for the peeks, I'm so excited for tonight.ReplyDelete
Seriously amazing! I really love the first with the stickles. I don't think I would have left them off, looks awesome!ReplyDelete
The stars are fabulous and I love all the sentiments and have thoughts of where I could use them for places other than for patriotic cards. Can't wait until tonight!
- Lori H (loricabo)June 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM
Loved the amazing samples with this set. The sentiments are wonderful, and I can't wait to see the rest of the set.ReplyDelete
I see this is going to be another 'must have' set! The samples are gorgeous and the sentiments are so special!ReplyDelete
I love these cards that you ladies have made. They are so patriotic, and beautifully made ! Cant wait for tonight I am dying to see what the rest of the sets look like =)ReplyDelete
What an awesome patriotic set! I LOVE the sample cards!!! So inspirational girls!ReplyDelete
- Vickie ZJune 25, 2010 at 8:30 AM
These cards are awesome!! Wonderful patriotic set.ReplyDelete
Love these! There is a definite lack of patriotic images available. Thank you for making a set to help fill that gap! Can't wait to see the whole set!ReplyDelete
Wow! These are all amazing! Love, LOVE this new set!!ReplyDelete
what a lovely set that I could even use here in Canada for our soldiers and people in the military....so beautiful with heartfelt sentiments :)ReplyDelete
- Mary (Happy Now)June 25, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Stunning set and samples!ReplyDelete
I love this set! I can't wait for the release party tonight! Thanks for the chance to win!!ReplyDelete
Fabulous cards with some fabulous sentiments! A wonderful tribute to those who serve :DReplyDelete
Oh this is a must have set for me! My birthday is the 4th of July and I guess that makes me somewhat partial to our nation's independence! I am so proud to be an American and whenever I see a service person in uniform- I go up to them and thank them for their seervice. What a fabulous set!ReplyDelete
Oh, my gosh...this set is right up my alley especially with my 18 year old heading to basic training in 17 days. I will HAVE to have this set!ReplyDelete
Such a fabulous set! What a way to show our thanks for those who serve our country.ReplyDelete
Great set! I love those stars! :)ReplyDelete
Wow! Loving these cards! Can hardly wait to see the stamps!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a great set! I am so excited to see what else is in store for us during the previews. These cards are superb.ReplyDelete
looks like a wonderful set.ReplyDelete
Wow, this set would be great for sending cards to the troops, love the sentiments! Amazing diva samples, as always!ReplyDelete
OMG - with so many of our family men in the military, this set is one I must have(winning it would be even better!) I love the samples, and can't wait to see the entire set. Thank you for such a much needed set.ReplyDelete
Fabulous samples with a must have stamp set!ReplyDelete
Wonderful samples, and I can't wait to see the rest of this set!ReplyDelete
what fabulous projects from the dt! this set looks so cool!ReplyDelete
These are awesome! Love all the cards! :)ReplyDelete
Wow!!!....wonderful cards as usual ladies!!!.....What a great wat to honor those serving in the armed forces. See you all tonight at the party!ReplyDelete
Such awesome samples!! Love the sentiments...can't wait to see the whole set! :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful cards! I love stars, but have a hard time deciding how to use them - these are great ideas!ReplyDelete
This is such a great patriotic set! Just in time for 4th of July too!ReplyDelete
These cards are fabulous! How wonderful to have a patriotic stamp set... the sentiments are beautiful! Can't wait to see more!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 25, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Honestly, Verve has outdone itself again. Fabulous.ReplyDelete
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Great set to have ~ fantastic work by the DT!ReplyDelete
I love this patriotic set! The samples are great - I love the stickles on Amber's card. Great star design and sentiments, as always :)ReplyDelete
Perfectly patriotic and I love your cards!ReplyDelete
Amazing cards for such a heartwarming set. I can't wait to see all the stamps in each setReplyDelete
- Naomi DJune 25, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Even as a Canadian I can see these cards are lovely!ReplyDelete
Wonderful cards!ReplyDelete
WOW! Wonderful cards. Love the colors.ReplyDelete


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The Trump Bump has arrived.
After wrapping up an acutely fractious primary in which Donald Trump and his opponents lobbed scores of personal, playground insults at one another, the presumptive GOP nominee has quickly unified the vast majority of Republican voters around one goal: defeating Hillary Clinton, his prospective Democratic opponent.
Entering the general election trailing by about 7 points, Trump has rapidly erased most of that gap: As of Friday, Clinton's advantage was down to roughly 2 points, according to the HuffPost Pollster average. And some polls, like a Fox News survey out on Wednesday, show Trump inching ahead of Clinton.
The main reason for Trump's surge over the past few weeks? He is earning increasingly larger shares of the Republican vote — even as some prominent GOP leaders, like House Speaker Paul Ryan, haven't yet committed to supporting their party's apparent nominee. But rank-and-file Republican voters are lining up behind Trump in large numbers, closing the gap with Clinton's support among Democrats, which had been higher during earlier stages of the campaign.
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What a difference 161 years makes.
This charming old farmhouse isn't in rural Vermont but on what is now the Upper West Side. And the rutted dirt path in front of the white picket fence, which once was called Bloomingdale Road, is now better known as Broadway.
The half-plate daguerreotype dating from 1848 is the oldest known photographic image of uptown Manhattan. It's expected to fetch as much as $70,000 at a Sotheby's auction on Monday.
A handful of street-scene photos from lower Manhattan from the same period do exist, but this is the only one known to depict the sparsely populated countryside north of 42nd Street before the Civil War era.
"These were country homes," said Denise Bethel, Sotheby's photo director. "You might have had your business in the city, you might have your row house in the city, but you might have your estate up in the cool breezes of the river."
While its exact location is unknown, experts were able to put the house in Manhattan by a note in the frame describing the country road as "a continuation of Broadway."
At the time, 14th Street was considered the upper limits of Manhattan, but the island was rapidly filling up.
"The city is moving uptown. There is development as high as 42nd Street around this time," said historian Kenneth Jackson, a Columbia professor and editor of "The Encyclopedia of New York City."
"While there would have been very little up that way, the wealthy were beginning to move uptown."
The house itself was probably built in the 1770s or 1780s, Bethel said, but given the northward expansion of the city, it "may not have had many more years to go before it was mowed down."
The year of the photo, 1848, was also when tycoon John Jacob Astor said on his deathbed that had he known earlier in life what was to happen, he would have "bought every square inch of Manhattan."
Gotham had already surpassed Philadelphia as the most important city in the United States, and the first great wave of immigration Irish peasants fleeing the potato famine was pouring in.


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LOS ANGELES — MCA Records has become the largest record company to announce it would refuse to put warning labels on records with explicit or controversial lyrics. MCA Records joined A&M, Geffen, Island, IRS, Windham Hill and Tommy Boy in taking the tough stance in response to the efforts of several organizations asking for warning stickers or other restrictions on albums.
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Google's Answer to 'Entertainment Tonight': Poptub
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Google is mounting another experiment in content distribution that might be even more ambitious than its recent launch of original animation from "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane.
The Internet giant quietly launched a video series September 8 on its YouTube property called "Poptub" with Embassy Row, the production company run by "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" creator Michael Davies, and Pepsi.
As it did with MacFarlane's "Cartoon Cavalcade of Comedy," which became an instant hit on YouTube, Google plans to distribute "Poptub" on its Google Content Network (GCN), an ad network that provides the additional reach of hundreds of thousands of Web sites beyond YouTube.
But while "Cavalcade" is simply a collection of 50 shortform episodes, "Poptub" is intended as an "Entertainment Tonight" for the YouTube set that will yield thousands of episodes, not to mention a more curated point of entry to YouTube, which it has been criticized for lacking.
"For Seth, it's about launching episodes on a weekly basis," said Alexandra Levy, director of branded entertainment at Google. "With 'Poptub,' we're creating an organic destination on YouTube meant to live there for a longer period."
Both "Cavalcade" and "Poptub" are employing Google's branded entertainment program, which allows content providers to bring in an advertiser to finance programing that gets distributed over what Google calls its "hub and spoke" model. The hub is a channel on YouTube, and the spokes are in GCN, the countless selection of Web publishers that can be demographically targeted.
GCN embeds the video on these Web pages in Google Gadgets, applications that allow viewers who sample an episode to link back to the "hub" channel, where they can sample more programing and marketing messages from the sponsor.
Combining GCN and YouTube provides a one-two punch for knocking out the primary concern advertisers have about funding content online: guaranteed reach. "Poptub" alone pledges to deliver 3 billion impressions by year's end.
Beyond satisfying advertisers, Google's branded entertainment program could also entice more programmers to try online by offering monetizable distribution with the scale of TV or film while retaining ownership of intellectual property.
"It allows a content creator like Seth MacFarlane to do what he does best and forgo the traditional network model, connect with an audience of similar size and turn a profit," said George Strompolos, manager of content partnerships at YouTube.
That said, Google is not about to load up on new content additions. Despite strong sampling for "Cavalcade," the company is being selective about admitting partners to the branded entertainment program. Earlier experiments with GCN, which previously delivered ads in strictly text or static images, did not do as well as "Cavalcade," including a 2006 trial with MTV Networks.
"Poptub" is the follow-up to "Cavalcade" but with a somewhat altered strategy. Rather than distributing on both YouTube and GCN at full blast as it did with "Cavalcade," "Poptub" deliberately was kept under the radar so that it could build a following on YouTube before broadening its exposure on GCN. While there's been a trickle of "Poptub" ads on GCN, Google and Embassy Row are waiting until there's more momentum on YouTube before going wider.
After a month in operation, "Poptub" has more than 100 content segments produced, with several released each day. The programing mix ranges from cheeky interviews with YouTube-bred sensations such as Obama Girl and "What the Buck" host Michael Buckley to more conventional red-carpet coverage of Hollywood releases including "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist." There's also a weekly ratings report that ticks down the top draws on YouTube.
"Poptub" is something of a reconstituted version of "The 9," a daily Web series Embassy Row produced that Yahoo hosted exclusively until cancelling it in April after a successful 18-month run. Leftovers from "9" include sponsor Pepsi and on-air host Maria Sansone, but "Poptub" differs from its predecessor in one crucial regard: Its coverage of pop culture is heavily weighted in favor of the home-grown personalities popular on YouTube rather than the typical Hollywood household names.
"In our world, Michael Buckley is just as important as the stars of 'Entourage' because on YouTube they're as big as each other," Davies said. "Buckley may be even bigger."
As of October 13, "Poptub" had a modest 3,594 subscribers on YouTube. That number could climb when its GCN component begins. But for all the reach Google's advertising network has, there are critics who contend that it doesn't deliver in another crucial Madison Avenue metric: engagement.
As ubiquitous as GCN is, it's still just an ad window on a Web page a person clicks on with the intention of consuming other content. And though a Google Gadget is an interactive application, some say it doesn't enable enough interactivity with the content.
"It's the old way of doing content syndication," said Jennifer Cooper, CEO of social media company Mixercast and the former director of a similar ad network at Yahoo.
Dan Goodman, president of the digital division at Media Rights Capitalwhich brought together MacFarlane, sponsor Burger King and Google for "Cavalcade"begs to differ. He credits GCN for driving much of the traffic to YouTube, where more than 112,000 people who watched "Cavalcade" programing signed up as subscribers to the SethComedy channel.
"One of the things we've been extremely surprised about is the community that has built around the show on YouTube," he said.
In its first three weeks, "Cavalcade" drew 14 million streams across its YouTube channel, GCN and SethComedy.com. The bulk of them are believed to have come from YouTube, but none of the parties involved would specify usage patterns beyond the 14 million figure.
"Cavalcade" is coming to the end of the 10 episodes that Burger King signed on to sponsor, but MRC is not revealing which brands will sponsor the other 40. While Goodman said those deals already are in place, the next sponsors might not show up until January. That said, "Cavalcade" will stay fresh in the meantime by releasing a few episodes sans advertiser, a convenient way of releasing a few MacFarlane creations deemed too risque to get any brand on board.
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Style Me Pretty is the ultimate in inspiration. And I figure that they are doing such a wonderful job that I don't usually bother highlighting one of their weddings. But, this morning I stumbled across these images and just had to share. I was totally blown away by the utter gorgeousness. So simple and so stunning! The couple picked a bright tangerine color and just let it pop against the white backdrop. Plus, I love that this inspiration is something that is achievable for lots of budgets.
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Villa Castelletta is set in the countryside, near a quiet 'white' road, just 2km from the small village of Troviggiano that has a small supermarket, butchers, post office and pharmacy. Cingoli 9km away, has 2 supermarkets and many small shops, restaurants and bars. An information pack containing details of the local towns, restaurants, bars and amenities is available in the apartment. Share our knowledge of the place we love and have made our home. Discover and enjoy tranquil, unspoilt and affordable Italy. Keep cool and have fun in our outside pool with its panoramic views. Relax in the shade of the Mulberry trees, orchard and vineyard. Experience 'la Dolce Vita' dining outside on balmy evenings. Sleep well in our spacious, well equipped apartment.
We are a semi-retired professional couple who have
dreamt of living in Italy for over twenty years and finally realised our dream by buying Villa Castelletta in 2007. We have converted the Ground Floor of our Casa Colonica, a traditional Le Marche farmhouse, into a self-contained apartment, whilst we live on the top two floors. Now we are in the happy position to share our love of Italy and its lifestyle with our guests.
Linda Smith purchased this apartment in 2007
Lying on the eastern side of Central Italy between the Apennines and the Adriatic, Le Marche (pronounced 'markay'), is becoming the destination for holidaymakers seeking out the real Italy.
Where else can you admire masterpieces of renaissance art and architecture, trek over picturesque mountains, search out simple yet delicious food and wine or relax on fine beaches. Le Marche has all of these without the hassle of mass tourism and is blessed with local people who welcome stranieri (foreigners).
With a daily direct flight to Ancona from Stansted with Ryanair there has never been a better time to discover Italy's best kept secret.
The owners live on site and are available to help with local information, advice on places to visit, recommending and booking restaurants and are available in case of an emergency.
We were so impressed by the villa and the owners that we have booked to go back next year!
The villa is well equipped with the all important wifi (which you can plug in outside to get teenagers out of the house and into the pool area). Villa is located in a peaceful area with picturesque mountain topped villages nearby.
Linda and Antony are perfect hosts, in hand if you need anything but not intrusive.
Pool is great with plenty of sun loungers and umbrellas, there is a selection of inflatables you can use too.
Cant wait until next year!
On the whole, we do not generally leave feedback but in this case we feel we can share our views so that others can go and experience it as well. As a family of 5, we can collectively say we all thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Whilst finding it peaceful and restful there was always something we could do and the facilities provided at the apartment were excellent. In short it ticked all our boxes, whilst my husband and I were generally relaxing around and sometimes in the pool, my 3 sons, 16, 18 and 21 yrs, were entertaining themselves enjoying the variety of equipment provided, exclusive use of the pool or taking advantage of the extensive range of DVD's and Wifi. Even the 'welcome basket' surpassed expectations and Linda's home made carrot cake is to die for. You could not wish for better 'hosts' than Linda and Tony, always at hand if help or advice was needed, like booking a restaurant but never intrusively so. As the apartment is tucked away in the middle of the countryside it is safe to say that if you are looking for a busy, active holiday with plenty of nightlife, this is probably not for you. However, Le Marche has its fair share of beauty be it in the form of rolling hillside or historical walled towns and villages perched on the top of those rolling hills, so there is plenty to see. Thoroughly recommended, we would definitely go again.
This is the third time we have stayed at Villa Castelletta, and it seems to get better every time. I can't emphasise how tranquil and beautiful this place is. The region is full of hidden treasures and really demonstrates the best of forgotten Italy.
The appartment is great and generous for four people. The garden and pool are sheer bliss. Tony and Linda remain generous and welcoming hosts, who just offer help as requested.
We visited Urbino in the north which was truly wonderful - packed with Renaissance art and history. We also had fun geocaching in random local villages. All in all a great holiday.
The house was immaculate with everything you could want. The welcome pack including home made bread and cake was fantastic. The grounds were well kept and the pool was lovely and clean. Tony and Linda couldn't have been more helpful and were friendly yet discreet. We had car trouble and they helped us out no end. The area is interesting, particularly Cingoli, which we loved. All in all a great stay and highly recommended!
Our first family holiday in Italy and we couldn't have chosen a better place. The house is ideal and we all really loved the pool (especially our girls of 11 & 9). We found it so relaxing just lounging around, surrounded by sunflower fields and enjoying the lovely weather. The girls loved exploring the onsite vineyard too,
The house has everything you need for 4, including 2 showers (a definite bonus)... as well as a very comfortable sofa bed that was used when the parents came over for a week (flying into Ancona, 1 hr drive).
The owners Linda and Tony were so friendly and welcoming - as well as being able to recommend everything from restaurants to local shops. They live in the top apartment and it was actually very nice to have them onsite for a chat and some advice.
They will be able to advise on places to go, but if you've got kids don't miss the waterpark (less than 10mins away) - it's brilliant, the girls really enjoyed.
It's a long drive down to Marche but well worth it.. this is authentic Italy (we saw one English car the entire time) and we can't recommend this property highly enough.
We stayed at Villa Castaletta for 10 days and we had a wonderful holiday. The appartment is spacious and well-equipped. In the kitchen you find everything you can possibly think of. The whole house is very clean and well-maintained. Outside terrace is perfect too, with a lovely view on sunflowers and the rolling hills. The pool is absolutely fantastic, very big, clean and with all the inflatables you need. The garden is soooo beautiful with the fruit trees, the flowers, the vineyard, the big tree providing shade when you want to read or have a nap outside. There's sun beds with parasols if you like to go sunbathing. All is in perfect order. We had two teenage girls with us and we had a super time, despite the heatwave with very high temperatures (even for the locals). Tony and Linda are just fantastic, so welcoming, helpful, discreet. When you arrive, you will find essentials cooled in the fridge (very welcome after a long trip in the car), a freshly baked bread. And they even remembered my birthday and Linda baked a delicious chocolate cake. Thanks again, Linda. There's loads to see if you want to drive, but for us it was just too hot. We enjoyed staying at the house with our books and have the occasional plonge in the pool ;-). The information pack is very handy and elaborate. Therefore a well-derserved five star rating ! One small point of advice maybe for Tony and Linda. You might want to consider one or two fans to put in the bedrooms. Give the cats Carina and Sienna a big cuddle !
The Adriatic Coast has many large resorts with vast expanses of beaches. Monte Conero and its beaches Sirolo and Portonuova however are untypical Le Marche bathing resorts (40km). Nestling under the high Monte Conero are beautiful rocky coves and limestone cliffs unlike any other stretch of the Adriatic coast.
The daily direct flight to Ancona (40km from the villa) from London Stansted with Ryanair combined with car hire (essential) opens up our area and allows you to relax at our Villa and explore Le Marche at your leisure. Full instructions of how to find us will be provided with your booking confirmation. There are also flights from Nottingham East Midlands to Rimini (approximately one and a half hours drive). The Rome airports are four hours drive away.
Troviggiano di Cingoli (2km), Cingoli (9km), Lake Cingoli (14km), Verde-Azurro Aqua park (5km), Treia (15km), Macerata (25km), Frasassi Caves (50km), Monti Sibillini (56km), Loreto (43km).
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We dreamt of living in Italy for over twenty years and finally realised our dream by buying Villa Castelletta in 2007. We have converted the ground floor of our Casa Colonica, a traditional Le Marche farmhouse, into a self-contained apartment, whilst we live on the top two floors. Now we are in the happy position to share our love of Italy and its lifestyle with our guests.
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Secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) measured in saliva, an index of mucosal immunity, has repeatedly been shown to be sensitive to psychological variables. Chronic stress is downregulatory whereas an acute psychological challenge induces mobilisation. We examined whether an acute manipulation of mood to induce negative hedonic tone would be downregulatory, as in the chronic stress paradigm and further, whether induction of positive mood might have opposite effects. Two separate experiments were conducted. In the first, mood manipulation was by mental recall and in the second by music. For both sIgA concentration and sIgA secretion rate there was a significant elevation in response to the mood manipulation by recall regardless of hedonic tone. There was some evidence that for sIgA secretion rate the response was more pronounced for positive mood. Mood induction by music also resulted in significant elevations in sIgA concentration and secretion rate and responses were not distinguished by mood valence. None of the mood induction procedures was associated with changes in free cortisol. In these studies, we found no evidence that transient lowering of mood was downregulatory for salivary sIgA. The predominant finding was of sIgA mobilisation.
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'Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century' Might Get It's Own Disney Channel Series!
One of the most popular classic DCOMs could be getting its own original series, according to Disney exec Gary Walsh!
Gary explained that the 1999 flick Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century has been in talks to get a series for ages!
"I want to say it's one of our great frustrations, but it's unusual that none of them have ever turned into series. I have no good reason why. Some things just have a life of their own and live in a certain space. The ones that had staying power, from a storytelling perspective, we created sequels and threequels," Gary explained to EW about why there has yet to be a movie turned into a program.
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The cross is not a magic wand.
Someone said that the meaning of grace comes in three parts: "Grace means you don't do anything; you don't do anything; you don't do anything."
Grace is God's free gift and not something we can achieve (Ephesians 2:8-9). The old hymn says, "Jesus paid it all." We talk about the sufficiency of Jesus' suffering on the cross. His suffering and death atoned for sin and brings us to God. For Christians this is a settled point. Jesus suffered judgment to redeem his people.
And then we come to Colossians 1:24:
"Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church."
"Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church."
Is Paul really saying what he seems to be saying? What could Paul possibly mean that he's filling up what's lacking in the suffering of Christ? Did Paul think Jesus didn't do enough?
Let me set you at ease: Paul thought Jesus did enough.
Yet Paul suffered — apparently Paul had to suffer for the sake of the Church. And Christians through ages have suffered for the sake of the Church. And I believe that you and I suffer — or at least we can suffer — for the sake of the Church as well.
Since we're not good at talking about suffering, let me begin with more familiar ground: evangelism.
A friend called me excitedly. "I had lunch with someone I recently met and I led him to Christ right there in the restaurant." We talk that way: "I led my friend to Christ." We understand what that means knowing, I hope, that it's inaccurate language.
You have never led anyone to Christ. Not your friend, not your sister, not your children, not your parents. But don't feel badly about it. Billy Graham has never led anyone to Christ either. In fact the only one who leads people to Christ is God the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit opening people's eyes to their need for Christ and their ears to the Gospel, no one would ever be converted.
St. Paul knew that too. And yet he wrote, "We proclaim [Jesus], admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:28-29). He labored and struggled so that people might know Christ while believing all along that it is the Holy Spirit who converts. This is an example of Francis Schaeffer's notion that while God is sovereign, you and I are not zeros. We make a difference.
So while only the Holy Spirit leads people to Christ, we have a share in that work that is 100 percent His. God's Word of redemption and life rides on our words thus making us partners in the work that is entirely God's.
Does that sound like a mystery? It deepens when we turn to suffering.
If I lose a job I reflexively ask, "What is God teaching me?" If my elderly parents need care I ask, "How is God using this in my life?" If a child is in an automobile accident I want to know, "What is God teaching our family?"
And the Bible encourages us to ask those questions. Hebrews 12:7-8, James 1:2-4, and other texts tell us that God uses our suffering to discipline us. God's discipline then brings about our full salvation which includes holiness. That is, suffering is redemptive in our lives.
And yet, we argue, if Jesus suffered on the cross and paid it all, why should I have to suffer? Couldn't he bring about my full salvation without the suffering part?
I suppose so, but it's a cross, not a magic wand. Whether we like it or not, just as Jesus "learned obedience by what he suffered" (Hebrews 5:8), you and I must learn obedience by what we suffer. While our salvation is entirely the work of God through the suffering of Jesus, our suffering is somehow required as well. God is sovereign, but you and I are not zeros.
This brings me back to Paul's words in Colossians 1:24. Could it be that just as my suffering is required in my own salvation, my suffering is also required in the salvation of others?
Father Damian was a missionary in the 1870s who worked in the leper colony on the Hawaiian Island of Molokai. Week by week, he preached addressing the people as "you lepers." Nothing much happened until the day came when he stood up to preach and began with the words, "We lepers." He had contracted the disfiguring and fatal disease himself.
The beginning of Father Damian's suffering marked the beginning of a great revival in that village of the dying. Father Damian's suffering proved to be redemptive for others. That is because Christian suffering is never suffering in a vacuum. He — and we — suffer with Jesus.
If we offer our suffering to God, that suffering is caught up into Christ's suffering on the cross. It is ennobled. It is made glorious. It becomes like His suffering — a suffering for the salvation of the world.
My friend Peggy lost her only child, a 28-year-old daughter, to cancer. As she mourned and suffered she poured her broken heart out to God. She offered herself and her suffering to Him just as Jesus did on the cross.
That hasn't made her suffering any easier, but now everywhere she goes she meets people who have lost adult children to death. I don't meet those people — or if I do, I don't know about it. Peggy sits next to them on airplanes, meets them in the supermarket, and bumps into them on vacation. She shares their suffering and offers them Christ and His comfort. Her suffering, united with Christ's suffering has meant salvation for many. She's filling up "what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions."
Don't misunderstand me. Nothing, absolutely nothing is missing from Christ's once-and-for-all sacrifice on the cross. Nothing. And yet just as we have to open our mouths and share the message of the cross if others are going to come to know Christ, so apparently our suffering is involved as well. Just as our words in evangelism are a sharing of his Word, so our suffering is a sharing in his suffering, our brokenness a sharing in his brokenness, our deaths a sharing in his death for the salvation of the world.
If we take our suffering and unite it with his — offering our pain to Jesus for His use and His glory even as He offered His pain to the Father — our suffering is transformed and the world around us will be transformed as well. Like Paul's suffering, it will "fill up what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, the Church," completing that which is, paradoxically, complete all by itself.
Richard John Neuhaus wrote in Death on a Friday Afternoon:
It is not that Christ did not do enough, but that he invites us to participate with him in the salvation of the world. When Jesus calls us, he calls us to come and die. We will die anyway. The question is whether we will die senselessly or as companions and coworkers of the crucified and risen Lord.
It is not that Christ did not do enough, but that he invites us to participate with him in the salvation of the world. When Jesus calls us, he calls us to come and die. We will die anyway. The question is whether we will die senselessly or as companions and coworkers of the crucified and risen Lord.
And before we die, we will suffer anyway. It's a fact of life in this broken world. The question is whether we will suffer senselessly or for the salvation of the world as companions and coworkers of the Suffering Servant who is the crucified and risen Lord.
Copyright 2008 Jim Tonkowich. All rights reserved.
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Morning guided sightseeing features a visit to the palatial PRADO MUSEUM and the Plaza de Espana. Also see the Parliament, Cibeles Fountain, Orient Square with the ornate Royal Palace, Parque del Buen Retiro (Park of the Pleasant Retreat), and the Neoclassical Puerta de Alcala monument.
Day 12
Your Local Host can assist you in planning your day. You may wish stroll through Pasajes, one of the best multilingual bookshops in the world.
Day 13
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
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- 88 years old
- Born on October 6, 1927 in Long Island, New York, United States.
- Passed away on September 9, 2016 in Port Charlotte, Florida, United States.
Delzeith , Richard Theodore, passed away on September 9, 2016 surrounded by his
family at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, FL.
Ted was born on October 6,1927 in New York City, NY to Aloysius and Nell (Desnoyer) Delzeith. He graduated from St. Mary's HS in Jackson, MI. Ted served in the US Army in Guam and the Philippines under General MacArthur. Upon his honorable discharge, he used his GI
bill to attend Ferris State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in
Pharmacy. Ted was the charter president of the Gamma Chi chapter of the Kappa Psi
fraternity. Ted spent his career as a pharmacist in Jackson, Blissfield and even after
retirement in FL. Ted was married to his beloved wife, Mildred, for 59 years and was a
proud father, grandfather and Great-Papa. An avid boater, Ted became a Captain in
the Power Squadron and taught classes for many years. He was also an adjunct
professor at the University of Toledo where he mentored many pharmacy interns. He
was an active participant in the Devil's Lake and North Cape Yacht Clubs and enjoyed
nothing more than a day of sailing on the lake. After retiring to Florida, Ted and Mildred
spent many years serving Meals on Wheels to shut-ins. He was also a member of the
Peace River Car Club and the Peace River Boat Club. He was a member of the San
Antonio Catholic Church. Ted and Mildred spent many years traveling in their
Sportsmobile and were active in the Sportsmobile Club. Ted will be remembered for his
commitment and devotion to his family.
He is survived by his daughters, Sarah (Ron) Rudland, Anne (Rick) Ryan, Lisa (Mike) Jordon, Becky (Brian) Tejkl. He was grandfather to Will (Mollie), Lauren (Christopher), Eric (Kristin), Brigette (Brian), Austin, Michael, Andrea, Christian (Melinda), MacKenzie (Alex), Meghan, Bailey (Zach), Brody and Braxton. He was also a very proud Great-Papa to Ella, Wyatt, Sophie, Nolan, Ethan, Myla, Cadence and Paul. Ted will also be greatly missed by Katherine
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mildred, son Richard Jr.,
grandsons Tommy, Alexander, Kevin and Trey, sister Jeanne and brother-in-law
The family wishes to thank the many health care providers at Fawcett Memorial
and Tidewell Hospice for their care and compassion. Memorial services will be held at
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It's hard to think that the return of a canned Hi-C drink would send people into tailspin.
But a can of a citrus-flavored fruit drink, believed to be a prototype of Coca-Cola's reboot of a 1980s drink to promote the new "Ghostbusters" movie, has popped up on eBay and is creating quite a frenzy.
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According to an eBay listing, the Ghostbusters Hi-C Ecto-Cooler can is a "super rare item never offered on eBay before."
The eBay seller, Rkv-ent, claims the can belongs to a friend "who used to work for a marketing company" and received the item recently.
The drink was a green-colored sugar concoction that was originally created in 1987 by Coca-Cold as a tie-in for cartoon series "The Real Ghostbusters" –the animated spinoff of the 1984 movie. The show went off the air in 1991, but the drink was so popular, Coca-Cola continued to make it 2001. The character Slimer disappeared from the box in 1997.
The auction for the can—which appears to be devoid of any contents--ends on Sunday, Feb. 21 and so far bids for the drink are over $175.
Speculation over the possibility of Coca-Cola bringing back the retro drink has been rife. In September, the company re-registered the trademark for the citrus drink and fans have continued to buzz about it.
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The action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some real-time strategy games are also considered to be action games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
An adventure game is a video game in which the player assumes the role of protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and puzzle-solving instead of physical (e.g. reflexes) challenge. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media such as literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Nearly all adventure games (text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult.
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Arcade games often have short levels, simple and intuitive control schemes, and rapidly increasing difficulty. This is due to the environment of the Arcade, where the player is essentially renting the game for as long as their in-game avatar can stay alive (or until they run out of tokens). Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Role-playing video games (commonly referred to as role-playing games or RPGs, as well as computer RPGs or CRPGs) are a video game genre where the player controls the actions of a protagonist (or several adventuring party members) immersed in a fictional world. Many role-playing video games have origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games(such as Dungeons & Dragons) and use much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include developed story-telling and narrative elements, player character development, complexity, as well as replayability and immersion. The electronic medium removes the necessity for a gamemaster and increases combat resolution speed. RPGs have evolved from simple text-based console-window games into visually rich 3D experiences. A common criteria for whether a game is an "RPG" is whether the game has a complex storyline, and whether the character goes through different places, fighting bosses and communicating with both friends and enemies. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A simulation video game describes a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate aspects of a real or fictional reality. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Strategy video games is a video game genre that emphasizes skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory. They emphasize strategic, tactical, and sometimes logistical challenges. Many games also offer economic challenges and exploration. These games sometimes incorporate physical challenges, but such challenges can annoy strategically minded players. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
4X games are a genre of strategy video game in which players control an empire and "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate". The term was first coined by Alan Emrich in his September 1993 preview of Master of Orion for Computer Gaming World. Since then, others have adopted the term to describe games of similar scope and design. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
First-person shooter (FPS) games generally provide five degrees of freedom: forwards/backwards, slide left/right, up/down (crouch/lie), yaw (turn left/right), and pitch (look up/down). If the game allows leaning control, then some consider it a sixth DoF; however, this may not be completely accurate, as a lean is a limited partial rotation. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Beat 'em up (also known as brawler) is a video game genre featuring melee combat between the protagonist and an improbably large number of underpowered enemies. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games can be based on pure strategy, chance (e.g. rolling dice), or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal that a player aims to achieve. Early board games represented a battle between two armies, and most current board games are still based on defeating opposing players in terms of counters, winning position, or accrual of points (often expressed as in-game currency).
Bordgames are subgenre of strategy video games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
The primary purpose of Educational games is teaching or self-learning.
Construction and management simulation (CMS) is a type of simulation game in which players build, expand or manage fictional communities or projects with limited resources. Strategy video games sometimes incorporate CMS aspects into their game economy, as players must manage resources while expanding their project. But pure CMS games differ from strategy games in that "the player's goal is not to defeat an enemy, but to build something within the context of an ongoing process.
Construction and management simulation are a subgenre of simulation video games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a vehicle, such as a car, carriage, truck or bus. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Flying / Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A massively multiplayer online game (also called MMO and MMOG) is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting large numbers of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet. Many games have at least one persistent world, however others just have large numbers of players competing at once in one form or another without any lasting effect to the world at all Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A music video game, also commonly known as a music game, is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player's interactions with a musical score or individual songs. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Control watercrafts such as: ships, boats, hovercraft and submarines.
A platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves guiding an avatar to jump between suspended platforms, over obstacles, or both to advance the game. These challenges are known as jumping puzzles or freerunning. The player controls the jumps to avoid letting the avatar fall from platforms or miss necessary jumps. The most common unifying element of games of this genre is the jump button Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Point & Click is a subgenre of adventure video games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A programming game is a computer game where the player has no direct influence on the course of the game. Instead, a computer program or script is written in some domain-specific programming language in order to control the actions of the characters (usually robots, tanks or bacteria, which seek to destroy each other). Most programming games can be considered environments of digital organisms, related to artificial life simulations Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Puzzle video games are a genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles to be solved can test many problem solving skills including logic, strategy, pattern recognition, sequence solving, and word completion Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
The roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing video games, characterized by level randomization, permanent death, and turn-based movement. Most roguelikes feature ASCII graphics, with newer games increasingly offering tile-based graphics. Games are typically dungeon crawls, with many monsters, items, and environmental features. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Shoot 'em up (also known as shmup or STG) is a subgenre of shooter video games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Shooter games are a sub-genre of action games, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Social gaming commonly refers to playing games as a way of social interaction, as opposed to playing games in solitude Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A sports game is a video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, athletics and extreme sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport, whilst others emphasize strategy and organization Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
A stealth game is a video game that rewards the player for using stealth to overcome antagonists. Games in the genre typically allow the player to remain undetected by hiding, using disguises, and/or avoiding noise. Some games allow the player to choose between a stealthy approach or directly attacking antagonists, perhaps rewarding the player for greater levels of stealth. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Interactive fiction games such as Text adventures, Visual novels, Interactive novels or Interactive movies Read the full article at Wikipedia.
A total conversion is a mod of an existing game that (usually) replaces almost all of the artistic assets in the original game, and sometimes core aspects of gameplay, in some cases creating a game in a completely different genre from the original.
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Turn-based gameplay.(usually strategy games)
Orcs, Elves, Witches, Dragons and Co.
Science fiction theme or generally set in the future.
Video games inspired by horror fictions.
The Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
Saloons, Gold rush, Cowboys...
The game supports gamepads or joysticks.
Note: Due the popularity of Windows and Steam this is most likely an Xinput(Xbox)-compatible device
A builtin editor enables the user to edit parts of the game, e.g. maps or levels.
These games are ported with an emulator or compatibility layer
Multiplayer on the same machine, e.g. hotseat, splitscreen, multiple controllers, ...
This game is playable online.
This game has a mode where it can be played alone.
The game tells a story. The player usually follows the storyline completing missions in a linear or self chosen order.
Cooperative gameplay (often abbreviated as co-op gaming) is a feature in video games that allows players to work together as teammates against one or more AI opponents. It is distinct from other multiplayer modes, such as competitive multiplayer modes like player versus player or deathmatch. Playing simultaneously allows players to assist one another in many ways: passing weapons or items, healing, providing covering fire in a firefight, and performing cooperative maneuvers such as boosting a teammate up and over obstacles. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Deathmatch or Player vs All (PvA, also called DM or free-for-all) is a widely used gameplay mode integrated into many shooter and real-time strategy (RTS) video games. Normally the goal of a deathmatch game is to kill (or "frag", from the military term) as many other players as possible until a certain condition or limit is reached, commonly being a frag limit or time limit. Once one of these conditions is met, the match is over and the winner is the player that accumulated the greatest number of frags. It is an evolution of the competitive multiplayer modes found in genres such as fighting games and racing video games Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
There is no determined end to reach or ultimate goal to accomplish.
A place to test and try and investigate.
These games will challenge you - Stay alive as long as possible!
Tower defense is a subgenre of real-time strategy video games. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Point of view
These games make use of a camera that floats behind a character. The player looks over the shoulder or from behind the back of the main character. The main character does not have to be a human, but can be anything ranging from a racing car to an undefined blob.
Isometric etc.
In video games, first-person refers to a graphical perspective rendered from the viewpoint of the player character. In many cases, this may be the viewpoint from the cockpit of a vehicle. Many different genres have made use of first-person perspectives, ranging from adventure games to flight simulators. Perhaps the most notable genre to make use of this device is the first-person shooter, where the graphical perspective has an immense impact on game play. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
side scrollers
In video games, "third-person" refers to a graphical perspective rendered from a fixed distance behind and slightly above the player character. This viewpoint allows players to see a more strongly characterized avatar, and is most common in action games and action adventure games. Games with this perspective often make use of positional audio, where the volume of ambient sounds varies depending on the position of the avatar.
You need to pay for those games
For small amounts of money upgrades can be bought.
These games are free - no extra/optional content can be bought!
Free-to-play (F2P) refers to video games which give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying. There are several kinds of free-to-play games, but the most common is based on the freemium software model. For freemium games, users are granted access to a fully functional game, but must pay microtransactions to access additional content. Free-to-play can be contrasted with pay-to-play, in which payment is required before using a service for the first time. Read the full article at the Wikipedia.
Pay once to play this game.
A monthly/yearly fee is required to play this game.
There has been no work on this game for quite some time or it was left in an unfinished state.
This project is active developed and new features are added regularly. (For commercial games use "Alpha funding" instead)
Early access, alphafunding, or paid-alpha is a funding model in the video game industry by which consumers can pay for a game in the early stages of development and obtain access to playable but unfinished versions of the game, while the developer is able to use those funds to continue work on the game.
This game is considered to be feature complete. However, there might by some smaller updated (bug fixes, etc.) by the developer/maintainer.
There is no playable content for this game at the moment, it is only available for preorder.
Either the code or the artwork for these games is generally closed source and the game is usually released under a proprietary license.
The engine and all game files are released under an open source license.


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15 October | Posted by @Guy Michon
From October 22 to 24 2012, Vortex Solution will attend the World Congress on Information Technology. This year, Montreal will be the host of the 18th edition of the WCIT. Focusing on the theme of ONE vision for Global Digital Society, the congress will count amongst its guests over 100 seasoned speakers and close to 3,000 delegates from around the world. Together, they will make this congress a highly-acclaimed event in which the issue of the digital era will be broken down in several parts. The WCIT draws a diverse crowd that's made up of ICT senior executives, entrepreneurs and business leaders that all share one common goal: to fulfill the promise of the digital age.
As a leader in Information Technology in Quebec, Vortex Solution is thrilled to be a part of the WCIT and is looking forward to having the opportunity to increase its knowledge about this ever-changing industry.
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Funk legends Kool and the Gang are headed back on tour, with new music. On TODAY the band members say they "never left the studio," but have invested time with the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, which provides financial assistance to career musicians in need. Click here to see the video.
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