3/9/2023 0 Comments Game golf out of business![]() Young people, who were supposed to keep those courses humming, became more interested in technology than trotting around a grassy field all day. The workplace became tougher and people became more entrepreneurial, which meant they had different priorities and less time. At the same time, fees went up and up to pay for ever increasing costs of land, creating a time-and-money vice that slowly throttled the game.īut I believe what really put golfing on the downslope was shifting habits and personal living styles. But population growth at the same time meant most of the new courses were farther and farther away and, increasingly, golfers had to navigate gridlocked roads to get in a game.Ĭombine long travel times with ever-slowing rounds (due to overuse), and today, a golf game can easily take six to eight hours. Over the past 20 years, golf courses were the ticket to riches and developers couldn’t build them fast enough. Simply, playing golf became too difficult and too expensive. Golf is now a good game that has been spoiled. ![]() Why am I not surprised? This is a classic case of an industry overshooting itself at a time when buyers' priorities shifted to other things. Others are even talking about selling out to today’s great fad - condominium developments. Many owners of courses, which exploded over the past 20 years to meet demand, are now scrambling to bring out duffers in the familiar numbers. Something about young people (read, anyone under baby boomer age) not taking up the game the way they used to. The golf course industry in the Lower Mainland isn’t playing too well these days as money and memberships shrink. Now, if someone asks me if I play golf, I laugh: “What, are you kidding? Who has the time for that?”Īpparently, I’m not alone in this thinking. That all petered out when golf courses began filling up, meaning playing a round took longer and longer. But it was a pleasant pastime, good exercise and I got to spend some time outdoors. Not that I was that great at it - I broke 90 sometimes, and once, by some miracle (a sudden gust of wind, I suspect), won a long-drive contest. I laughed at that anonymous (No, it wasn’t Mark Twain) quote that “Golf is a good walk spoiled”. I worked afternoons so a couple of times a week I would hit the local links early for a quick round. The industry is spiraling downwards as competition for a dwindling customer base increases.Ī long time ago, I was a golfer. Shifting consumer habits, population growth and high costs have hit the golf industry hard. ![]() While developing golf courses around the Lower Mainland used to be the ticket to riches, the local links have fallen out of favour.
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![]() ![]() Whereas Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom was an Action RPG deviated from the main Action RTS stream of Kingdom Under Fire Series, this sequel version will be a true inheritor of the world acclaimed Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders in the truest sense with promises to deliver a unique game play and story line where the plot is filled with drama between game characters, who will all contribute to raise suspense and intensity of combat. With next-gen quality of graphic and rich game play, it will truly be an unheralded gift in a pleasant way to both gamers and gaming industry. Moreover, it will support a single offline mode and an online mode where thousands of gamers can join in a server to pit their skills against each other. Kingdom Under Fire II will not only inherit all the merits of the previous Action RTS series that numerous fans have raved about but also feature much enhanced game system that will allow gamers to experience vastly immense tactical game play and intense action in unprecedented scale of battlefield. Named as "Kingdom Under Fire II", the new version of Kingdom Under Fire is aiming for 2009 release and will be available worldwide on both PC and console platforms. The first revealed real-time screenshots off a work-in-progress build.īLUESIDE globally announced that they will team up with PHANTAGRAM and co-develop a true sequel to the award-winning Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders and Kingdom Under Fire: Heroes, well known for their innovative pioneering of a new genre called Action RTS and highly lauded by worldwide audiences as the first ever hybrid game of action and real-time strategy.Pioneering a new genre, MMOARTS (Massively Multiplayer Online Action RTS) for multi-platforms.True Action RTS sequel heir to the world acclaimed Kingdom Under Fire series. 3/9/2023 0 Comments Franz joseph![]() Take a look at what we are already doing today for tomorrow. Located on the western coast of the countrys South Island, not far from the town that shares its name, the glacier stretches for more than 7 miles across Westland Tai Poutini National Park. ![]() Sustainability and environmental protection are very important to us. One of New Zealands most popular adventure destinations is Franz Josef Glacier. Your tranquil oasis will serve as the starting point for all sightseeing excursions. If you want to explore, our temporary stay apartments in Vienna are less than 15 minutes from the heart of the city. You’ll find the peace and quiet you need to organize your daily life. Our comfortable hotel rooms and serviced apartments in Vienna are the perfect place to switch off and relax after a hard day’s work or a busy day of sightseeing. You can take in spectacular views of Vienna from the vineyards of the charming nearby district of Grinzing, with its traditional wine taverns, while the view of the leafy surroundings from the balcony of your room is also not to be missed. Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary from 1848 until 1916. Franz Joseph I is considered the longest-serving King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria and the third-ruling monarch of any country in the history of Europe. He was also the German Confederation’s president from 1850 to 1866. Live and work in the leafy 19th district, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Francis Joseph I, popularly known as Franz Joseph I, was the King of Hungary and Bohemia, an Emperor of Austria, as well as a monarch of several other states of the Astro-Hungarian Empire from 1848 to 1916. We’re pioneers of temporary living in Vienna – our apartment hotel in Vienna is in a truly idyllic setting in the Austrian capital. We are the elegant, modern alternative to a classic inner city hotel. 3/9/2023 0 Comments Bitcoin expert apple![]() The first time Coinbase occupied the ranking was in December 2017 when Bitcoin soared beyond $17,000, leading to a spike in the number of customers on the exchange. Square’s Cash App currently occupies 5th place while is placed as the 7th most popular app on the list. His tweet included a photo of an early version of the exchange from 2012 and another picture of the app rankings with Coinbase at the top. The resurgence of the application sees it leapfrog Instagram, Youtube, and Instagram to become the most popular application in the store.Ĭoinbase’s co-founder, Fred Ehrsam, took to Twitter to celebrate the latest milestone with a tweet. The Top Of The ListĪfter months of playing second fiddle to other apps, Coinbase tied its laces and climbed to the top of the US Apple App Store. Shiba Inu’s blistering run may have a central role to play in the app’s drive to the top. The app had occupied the top spot on several occasions in the past and it is interesting to see just how long the dominance would continue.Ĭoinbase’s mobile app has left competing applications in the dust as its popularity soared in recent days. ![]() ![]() The mobile app of the cryptocurrency exchange surpassed popular apps like TikTok and Twitter to clinch first place.Coinbase has risen to the top of Apple’s app store as the most popular app on the platform. 3/9/2023 0 Comments Livescribe desktop review![]() ![]() It connects to the app via Bluetooth, so you’ll only need the USB cable to charge the pen after two hours of use and not to transfer data. You can either watch your progress on the app ( iOS and Android) or store everything in the pen’s memory and sync it with the app later. Those dots are the reason the Smartpen works only with this special paper: The pen recognizes the pattern of dots, and a small camera in the pen’s tip records what you’re writing. The pen comes with a 3.2-inch-by-5.8-inch nCode notebook, which is filled with 50 lined pages covered in tiny, difficult-to-see dots. The silver-bodied version has a white cap, tip, and bottom, while the black is all one color, minus its silver clip and button and a turquoise-y band toward the bottom. Still, if your co-worker was using one to scribble notes during a meeting, it’s likely you wouldn’t immediately recognize it as a digital pen. Its slightly triangular shape is comfortable in hand, and if you hold a 0.1-ounce Bic right before picking it up, you might notice its 0.8-ounce weight. In handĪt 6.1 inches long and 0.46 inches wide, the Neo Smartpen is a little longer and thicker than a Sharpie Ultra Fine. I happen to think I have decent handwriting, and I was curious to see how it holds up with the Neo Smartpen N2, a digital pen that uploads everything you write and draw in its special notebooks to an app. I’ve experimented with styluses and a few other methods of electronic handwriting but often the transcription programs find me illegible. I’m one of them when it comes to taking notes, but having to go back and translate my scrawls into type means twice the work. But for now, there are weirdos who actually prefer to scratch things out with pen and paper instead of typing on a computer. Fitbit Versa 3ĭoom-and-gloomers fret that we may one day live in a world without handwriting at all kids won’t learn printing or cursive and will do all their communication through their screens. 3/9/2023 0 Comments Groove agent one cubase 8![]() Piano keys (Intended to be used as a decorative element with an adjustable keyboard range. Push Encoder (similar to the Knob element, but has an additional parameter to set the “Push Value” message) ![]() Wheel X/Y Pad, X/Y Joystick (requires a couple of X and Y axis messages, which can be easily select using the MIDI Monitor pop-up window.) The following additional elements are now available in the Elements list on the left side and have the appropriate properties: Pitch Bend ![]() This can be useful if your hardware MIDI controller tends to send erroneous messages that break the MIDI learning procedure.Īlmost all parameters of placed elements can now be edited in the “Properties” section. In the toolbar, you can bypass the MIDI Learn feature. This can be used to receive a specific incoming MIDI message, and helps for hardware controls that can send multiple messages to controls. Message fields now allow you to open the MIDI Monitor popup window. Use the “+” button in the top/right corner of an added item to place it without having to learn incoming MIDI messages.Īfter that, use the “Properties” section to configure the message manually. Surfaces created this way cannot receive messages back, so the Send to Hardware option in the Properties section for elements will not be available.Įlement placement, MIDI learning and propertiesĮlement placement is now possible without having to first learn the incoming MIDI messages. When adding a new MIDI controller surface, it is no longer necessary to select a MIDI output port. The Surface Editor now allows you to create surfaces that can visually more closely resemble your actual MIDI Remote Controller hardware. Most of the features were already available when writing a MIDI Remote script via the MIDI Remote API. We have improved the MIDI Remote Surface Editor in general and added some additional elements. We have added new MIDI Remote Factory Scripts for Akai MIDI Controllers: We have improved the following features and functions: The update is immediately available for download via the Steinberg Download Assistant. The Cubase 12.0.50 maintenance update is now available and we are very excited to introduce new features for MIDI Remote integration as well as many improvements to existing features, user interface, and overall stability and performance.
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Wear water shoes down from the hotel room, and keep them on throughout the water park, especially if you head outside where the concrete can be hot.ĩ. We divided up the different things between all three kids so they each got something they wanted.Ĩ. It has so many activities that will end up saving you a lot of money if you buy them separately. One splurge we did make was to get a Paw Pass. At 8 pm on a Wednesday night, we were almost the only people in the water park. The price is lower, and the crowds are much smaller. They even have special ears for the birthday kid! Another free souvenir is the offer in your room for a free Shutterfly photo book. We use those as their souvenir, instead of spending on additional souvenirs. Free Souvenirs! At check in, each kid gets a free pair of wolf ears. I also bring some gallon size ziplock bags to save leftovers in the fridge to heat up in the microwave later.ĥ. It’s much cheaper than the restaurants in the resort. 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We always have a fun-filled family time every time we visit. It’s just the perfect place for a staycation when you’re already in the Dallas / Ft Worth area. This year we were determined to make it to Great Wolf Lodge before the baby arrived. Last year I had to cancel reservations due to my son breaking his leg for the second time in a few months. My 7 year old has been dying to get back to Great Wolf Lodge. We went on a weeknight trip to Great Wolf Lodge to celebrate our 7 year old’s birthday just a little early. Just before our sweet baby Ivy was born, we had a babymoon for the whole family. 3/8/2023 0 Comments Down in bermuda review![]() Some cards become doors that let you glimpse various memories - happy, painful and everything in between. You navigate the world by building and collapsing card houses. Where Cards Fall is a coming-of-age puzzle game that uses cards to convey what it's like to grow up. The patterns are created by artists from around the world. 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A lamp might look like it's floating, but if you tilt the room a certain way, it will suddenly appear to be on an end table. The trick to solving each puzzle is perspective and spatial awareness - you must view the room from different angles. Possessions is a soothing, minimalist puzzle game with a surprisingly in-depth story. In its catalog of over 200 games, Apple Arcade has more than two dozen titles in the puzzle category so far (and new games are added weekly). Dig in and build something in the vast expanse of infinity, see the world from a different perspective, and mend broken treasures and broken hearts. The puzzle games on Apple's $5-a-month gaming service have something for everyone and creatively push the boundaries of puzzle gaming. Jigsaw puzzles with thousands of tiny pieces and Rubik's cubes are fun, but mobile gaming has kicked puzzles up a notch, and Apple Arcade has some great ones. 3/8/2023 0 Comments Waitinglist happy hous![]() Provide drinks of choice and light snacks. For this experience, let employees bring in picnic blankets. If your office has a rooftop or an outdoor space, then take advantage of the environment and host a happy hour picnic. Here is an extensive list of icebreaker questions. For maximum fun, steer toward light-hearted questions and avoid overly sensitive topics. The best happy hour icebreaker questions are fun, funny, and reveal personal facts. If you could take three items to an island, what would they be?.If you could eat one food daily, what would it be?.What song describes your mood right now?.What is the kindest act that you have ever done?.To get the conversation flowing at your happy hour, prepare a few fun talking points. Ice breaker questions can get employees into the mood to socialize. How is the Japanese spirit ‘Sake’ served? (Warm)Īsking team members to prepare trivia questions is also a great way to get a wide variety of interesting and out-of-the-box trivia ideas.Ĭheck out more trivia ideas for adults.Which language is the word ‘Alcohol’ derived from? (Arabic).What is the most transplanted organ from living donors? (Kidney).How many stars does the European flag have? (12).What is the national animal of Canada? (Beaver).What’s the world’s most consumed and oldest alcoholic drink? (Beer).Who wrote Jurassic Park? (Michael Crichton).What is the most consumed beverage aside from water? (Tea).How many balls does a pool ball set have? (16).To prepare this activity, you will need to research and prepare questions. Since trivia often happens in pubs, the game is a natural fit for the event. ![]() ![]() Happy Hour TriviaĪ happy hour trivia is a great way to encourage team interaction and boost workers’ morale. From karaoke competitions to whiskey tastings, here is a list of our best work happy hour ideas, games, and activities. Happy hour activities are effective investments for stronger work partnerships. Here we go! List of work happy hour ideas Happy hours can be a method of improving cooperation in the workplace and having fun with employees at work. These tips are in-person versions of virtual happy hour ideas and online social events. The purpose of these activities is to enable teams to network and bond with co-workers as they unwind from the workday. Examples include paint and sip, name the tune, and truth or dare. Work happy hour ideas are fun methods that you can use to encourage workers’ informal socializing as they sip on the drinks of choice. 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