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Hotspots for Football in Pangasinan

October 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
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If you are fond and love to play football as the Europeans call the sport soccer, then you should learn to know where the best football fields that you can visit and play. There are many football spots in outside Metro Manila which are not familiar to football players and fanatics. If you would like to know some of the football hotbeds in Northern Luzon, here is some of my research which you may find helpful. The Pangasinan State University Football Club is delighted to share to you the places where you can visit and play.

Outside Metro Manila…

PANGASINAN FOOTBALL FIELDS (Soon to organize Pangasinan Football Association)

1.    PSU Football Field
Pangasinan State University
Alvear Street
Lingayen, Pangasinan

Contact Info:
Website: http://www.psufc.com
Email: webmaster@psufc.com
Mobile: 639294100631
Telephone: 63 075 542 2274

Accepting friendly games and invitations.

2.    Narciso Sports Complex
Lingayen, Pangasinan

3.    Pangasinan Provincial Police Office
Airport Road, Libsong
Lingayen, Pangasinan

4.    Sual National Highschool
Sual, Pangasinan

5.    Infanta National Highschool
Infanta, Pangasinan

BAGUIO-BENGUET FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
1)Baguio City - Melvin Jones Football Field, Burnham Park
Practice Sessions: Friday, Saturday, Sunday (3-6pm)

Active Club # 1: Baguio United Football Club (40 Active/inactive members)
Contact Person : Atty. Homer ALinsug
Contact Info. : (+63)9176246637

Active Club # 2: Baguio Tigers FC (20 Active/Inactive members)
Contact Person : Jurgen G.
Contact Info. : 09097396636

Active Club # 3: Baguio Football Club (Kids & Teens Division - 30+ members)
Contact Person : Carl Belo

2) La Trinidad, Benguet - BSU Football Field (More than 30 members)
Practice Session/s: During Saturdays & Sundays

Active Club # 1 : The Sunday Club
Contact Person : Aries Bocalan

La Union – DMMSU, Agoo

Try Paint Ball War Game

October 4th, 2008 | No Comments »
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An amateur sport now taken a professional look, paintball is a game of strategy and there is no correct or incorrect way to win it. The game is played by hitting other players with paintballs or gelatin balls those are filled with paint. Well, there are few basic skills that should be considered before you head out to face the opponents. Due to the fun involved in the game, it has become popular across the United States and whole world. Around 5 million people do paintballing every year with almost 2 million people playing 15 paintball games each year. To make the fun sport work, players eliminate other players by making sure that other person is visibly hit by a paint ball. The hits are only valid if player hits the clothes, torso, gear or anything a player is wearing like backpack. First and the most important thing is to make sure that you are using the right paintball gun in the play. Gun buyers will get ample number of equipment options in online stores. You just need to choose the gun that fit your budget and options you are looking for. Finding paintball guns on sale is just the right time for you to buy the equipment without giving it a second thought.

Paintball game is played in many ways but two major games played are straight elimination game and another one in which one has the objective of capturing other team’s flag. While playing a straight elimination game, there will be several players who are in charge for the offense while other players stay back. It is the mark of a good paintballing team that it will have many players whose main job will be to eliminate as many players as possible. Player is supposed to put himself into danger so that others will be able to move quickly and have good accuracy. More points are scored for capturing the flag in comparison to what you score by eliminating players.

Paint ball being a team game demands that everyone in the team should have a particular mission. Some players have offensive while others play defensive role. Working together makes it easy for the team to eliminate opponents quickly.

Mostly paintballing is done in parks with varied themes like historical battlefields, jungle and more. Major events are played at stadiums, military bases and fairgrounds. There are certain websites available on internet providing facility to organize gaming sessions by their own.

Author: Kevin J Smith

Our party was a success with InflatableAdventures.com, they helped with all the Event Planning and Party Planning

August 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
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Games are fun when you are in a party, Christmas party always has a game even birthday party and corporate events to make it more enjoyable for more fun and laughter. But planning is so stressful when you don’t have the right party or event trainer beside you. There’s a site that offer party planning service, Inflatableadventure.com can help you plan your party or events and serve you with lots and lots of their inflatable party rentals to choose from.

Last Christmas our party was a success with InflatableAdventures.com, they helped with all the Event Planning and Party Planning. It was different and the greatest party from the past Christmas party we have when inflatableadventure.com helped us. They also offer a lot of services for your event and party like live entertainers, themes, decor and catering, tents, tables and chairs, fireworks and confetti, team building and picnics, and concert production.

You can count on Inflatablesadventures.com in your birthday parties too. They can make a unique party you’ll ever see. They have a lot of inflatable party rentals like water slides, mechanical bull, euro bungy monkey motion, rock wall and many more to make a perfect party just for you.

Visit their site, if you are ready to make a plan for your event just request for their free estimate.

Chess Facts

July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted by soulreaver under Gaming, Hobbies

Because the chess game is being one of the oldest games created there are many interesting facts surrounding this game? Many researchers say that chess originates from India, due to its similarities to a Hindu game called Chaturanga that has been around just as long. However, there are some that believe it originates from China, 2nd century BC and the word ‘checkmate’ actually derives from a Persian phrase ‘shah mat,’ translating into ‘the king is defeated.’ The game is so lost in its antiquity that no-one really knows where its origins lay. Chess originated in India in the 6th century. It was called “chaturanga”, which means literary “four divisions of the military”. Another theory is that is started in China around the 2nd century BC. Chess reached Europe and Russia around the 10th century. What we do know is that today Chess Games are held any where, in homes, at clubs, online and by mail either for recreation or in a competition or tournament. The most important aim of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king! Most chess players, who evolved into masters, became students at an early age. World chess champion Jose Capablanca began to play chess at the age of four after watching his father, Anatoly Karpov was taught the moves of chess also at four years old and then went on to become a grandmaster and world champion, and Boris Spassky learned the strategies of the game at the age of five. International grandmaster is one of the highest titles you can receive, Judit Polgar achieved this at 15 years old and Bobby Fischer was awarded the title of international master at 14 years old. Of course chess isn’t only for the very young; it’s popular with all ages. Gyorgy Negyesy who died in 1992, just before his 99th birthday, was the longest living master chess player.  Chess games can last hours or minutes depending on the skill of the players or even their fortune. It is unbelievable but there have been games which involved only 1 move, amazing! A famous game like this was held between Rogoff and Huber in 1972. But the longest game ever recorded was between Nikolic and Arsovic, held in Yugoslavia in 1989. This chess game involved 269 moves and took over 20 hours and no one won. Not only men but women regularly win championships and claim world titles as well. Nona Gaprindashvili was the first woman to win a men’s chess tournament in 1977. Here she tied for first place and after this went on to achieve men’s international grandmaster status in 1978. Maia Chiburdanidze who was 17 years old was the youngest women’s world champion of all when she won the women’s title in 1978. The first woman in history to qualify for the men’s world championship was Susan Polgar in the year 1986. Again is does not matter what age you are because Edith Price was 76 when she won the British ladies championship in 1946. Not satisfied with a ‘normal’ game of chess, some players like to set themselves a challenge and that’s exactly what George Koltanowski did when he played 56 consecutive games in 1960. In 1977, Czechoslovakian Vlastimil Hort played 550 opponents, 201 of them simultaneously. He won all but 10 games in just over thirty hours. He won 50 and drew the other 6. He also played blindfolded! In 1997, Dimitrije Bjelica played 312 games simultaneously, winning 219, losing 1 and drawing 92. Not everyone is a winner of course as was proved when Austrian master Josef Krejcik played 25 games simultaneously in 1910 and lost every one. Chess sets are not only simple and practical, many of them are beautifully hand crafted. A unique chess set was discovered in 1170. Carved from walrus tusks, each of the characters is shown in a bad mood, ranging from anger to depression. If you are looking for unique chess pieces, Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali’s did an amazing job with a design that exchanged the traditional chessmen with fingers and thumbs made of silver based on his own digits. Interested in the game of chess now? All you need to do is purchase yourself a basic chess set and you can start learning how to play chess today. OhFree Reprint Articles, and you will need a willing partner of course! Or if you already know how to play why not treat yourself and upgrade your chess board and chess pieces with a quality set?

Classical Guitarist Story

July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Julian Bream is one of the most famous classical guitarists of the twentieth century and he has achieved worldwide fame not only for the guitar but also for his work with the Renaissance Lute.  He is considered to be one of the most important ambassadors of the classical guitar and has formed a solid bridge between the music of the past with the technology of today.  He helped usher the classical guitar into the modern age.

He was born in 1933 and took up the classical guitar on his eleventh birthday when he received one as a present.  He was already an accomplished musician having studied piano and cello but with the classical guitar and lute he excelled.

Significant Contributions

In 1960 he formed a group called the Julian Bream Consort. It was an Elizabethan period ensemble for which Bream played the lute. This Consort brought about a revival in interest of the Elizabethan era which is considered to be a period of time that was the absolute pinnacle of the English Renaissance.  His work with this group earned him a Grammy award for best chamber music performance.  This award would be the first of many awards which include three more Grammy awards.

One of the most important contributions he made to the world of the classical guitar was his development of a complete repertoire for performance. His transcriptions of works for guitar and lute span five centuries and he has particularly focused on lute works from the Elizabethan era and Spanish guitar works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  He has also had many composers create works specifically for him.

Ambassador to the media of the Twentieth Century

Bream has embraced television and radio and used these media to bring classical guitar and lute to a mass audience. His 2003 DVD video profile Julian Bream: My Life in Music, which is a three hour long pieceBusiness Management Articles, includes interviews and performances and is considered to be one of the finest contributions ever made to the world of Classical Guitar. He has also created a British television series entitled Guitarra! It charts a musical journey across Spain.

Learn More about Him

If you are looking to read more about him there is a newly published book called The Art of Julian Bream.  If you are looking to experience some of his music you might want to start with his collaborative work with John Williams. They are a two volume set entitled Together and Together Again.  If you want a more encompassing view of his music as it spans the decades he has a two volume CD set called The Ultimate Guitar Collection. The first CD is a compilation of many of his transcriptions and the second CD focuses on his works for Spanish guitar.

Julian Bream is one of the greatest classical of the modern day.  His tireless performance and work with the guitar has spanned many decades of personal performance and many centuries of music. He has bridged the gap between the past and the future by giving us an enormous repertoire of music in just about every modern mode of media from CD to television and film.  And it is his particular gift for transcription and interpretation that has enabled him to bring five centuries of plucked instrument music into the modern world.

5 Best Latin Bands Today

July 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
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There are so many choices in music today. With cultures crossing more than ever, and the US being the ultimate melting pot that it is, it is no wonder that Latin music is hitting an all time high. It is not easy hitting the charts with Latin music though. Critics are tough and you have to be able to cross cultural boundaries now more than ever to be heard and kept. These top 5 latin music bands and artists have proven they have a sound worth hearing and rhythms guaranteed to lift you off your seat.

Spanish Harlem Orquestra

Since their arrival in 2000, Spanish Harlem Orquestra (SHO) has established itself at a standard bearer of comtemporary Latin music. Directed by world-renowned pianist, arranger and producer Oscar Hernandez, the thirteen-member all-star ensemble has reintroduced the Classic sounds of New York City Salsa to music lovers worldwide. Their performances are filled with energy rhythmic fire and passion. Simply impossible to remain seated during one of their shows.

Son De Cali

Son De Cali, is regarded as one of the most promising and dynamic music groups on the music scene. Consisting of ex-Grupo Niche singers Javier Vazques and Willie Garcia.

Son De Cali delivers an explosive mix of tropical music rooted in traditional Colombian sounds.

Tiempo Libre:

Two-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre is one the hottest young Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs and dance venues, the members of the Miami-based band are true modern heirs to the rich tradition of the music of their native Cuba.

Tiempo Libre’s members were all classically trained in Cuba’s premiere conservatories at a time when it was illegal to listen to American songs on the radio. Now, the group is a hit in the U.S. and abroad, celebrated for its incendiary, joyful performances of timba, an irresistible, dance-inducing mix of high-voltage Latin jazz and the seductive rhythms of son.

Charlie Cruz:

Charlie Cruz, who today divides his time between Puerto Rico and Tampa, grew up in the small town of Naguabo. His love of salsa began as a 10 year old, when he became a backup singer in the orchestra of his father, Fonzy Cruz. The more he was exposed to music, the more he loved it. As he gained stage experience and worked with established salsa hit makers, Cruz realized how much he truly loved the genre. His life changed drastically when he was invited to perform at a concert and share the stage with top acts like Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle and Tito Nieves. As a result of this performance, he was signed by Sir George Records. Under this label, he produced such hits as “Bombon de Azucar” and “Amarte es un problema.” “Dejala que Baile,” the first single off Mas de mi, features an upbeat, catchy flavor that will have every salsa fan swinging their hips on the dance floor.

Aventura (bachata)

Aventura is one of the most unique and innovative artists on the scene today. After more than ten years of sparring in the music business, these four young, dynamic guys with a seldom-seen chemistry continue to auto-produce soulful, original music that gleams with excellence. They are the first “Bachata-boy band,” the first band to fuse the essence of bachata with R & B, hip hop and other American pop styles; the first Bachata band to perform in English, Spanish and “Spanglish.” When Aventura performs its songsBusiness Management Articles, Dominican/Caribbean culture fuses with the vivid tapestry of New York’s dynamic melting pot.

Team Building Games at InflatableAdventures.com

June 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
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To be able to work as a team, the leader should have good communication skills with his or her team members. He or she should be commanding in a manner that is not offensive to his or her subordinates so that they could follow with no bad feelings. Each team member should also develop in themselves, good relationship with each other so that they could achieve their team and corporation goals.

Team building is one of the most recommended activities to develop good relationship within a group. This could be a factor that could make your company or organization succeed. If they work as a team, you could be more confident of the employees that you have. There are so many games that could enhance a group in problem solving and that could be easily given to you by the experts on inflatable games.

Team Building Games and activities with InflatableAdventures.com will help train your corporation in group problem solving. They could provide you the best games like no other company can. They are California and Nevada’s event rental party planner.

If your company is in need of having a team building events, you know where to find Inflatable Adventures. Their website is at www.inflatableadventures.com.

Experience Free Dating Sites

June 5th, 2008 | No Comments »
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I would rather forget the worst experiences I have had in dating. I was once so embarrassed because of blind dates and I do not want to go to those memories again. Now I am doing well in one of my free accounts in free dating sites on the internet. This is the place where I have established my self-confidence and have developed better views in searching for the right person to be with in the future.

I still believe in love and the magic it could bring to my life. With one of the adult dating sites, I have seen myself being more open-minded. The worst is over and do not have blind dates anymore. I am so sure that I would find better singles by being online.

At first, I was not so comfortable with this idea but after reading a free dating advice, I was enlightened and decided to create a free account with them. Now I am more ready to discover and explore online dating.

You too can change your idea in dating because of this. Visit www.freedatingusa.com to know what free dating site to choose. Since they have already provided an in depth review, you can create a free account easy and quick through their site.

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