World’s Largest, Giant Boxing Gloves Ready for Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, NV (ContentDesk) February 22, 2006 -- Big, is what Las Vegas is all about and boxing. After all Las Vegas is the Boxing Capitol of the world and the city of Jumbo shrimp. So, why not a Boxing monument and interactive museum dedicated to boxing and in of all places Las Vegas. Artist / designer Paul-Felix Montez has created both in his new series of monumental sculptural artworks The Las Vegas monuments. In this series his boxing museum and sculpture The Gloves, of two boxing gloves, one cast stainless steel, the other cast bronze, stacked vertically and standing 70 feet tall, will bring a new pop, urbane asthetic to the city. These would also be the worlds most expensive boxing gloves ever, considering thier size and thats pure Vegas, too. Vegas now lives for "Bling" and upscale style with high end condos, designer stores, status shopping and five star dinning now regular fixtures on the New Vegas strip.
These 21st century art works, coupled with mini interactive museums, that instantly show digital film clips of all past, present and future boxers, their greatest bouts, personal backgrounds, and more, on large plasma screens all at the touch of any viewers button.
This sculptures along with the others in his series of five Monuments take the history of Las Vegas, and turn it into new urban icons. Drawing from its past and present each is a giant monument to a different facet in the citys life.
One monumnet is made up of four Dice Sticks, criss-crossing each other at 70 feet tall, another are two large classic performers, 1960s, microphones poised above a reflection pond.
Part Las Vegas history, and definitely new art works, each boldly takes Las Vegas into its future and new urbane lifestyle culture.Mr. Montez studied art and design preat the High School of Art & Design and the Cooper Union School of Art & Architecture.
He has for over 30 years designed, theater, film sets, and special sculptural props, for films such as: Batman Forever, Congo, Indian in the Cupboard ( a 35 foot long boys sneaker and a six foot high baseball, both in 100 percent detail for this film), Showgirls (Volcanic sets), Men in Black, Cable Guy, Armaggedon (An Angry Meteor), and many others. He has also designed for theme parks (Disney and Universal), theme retail stores (Warner Bros, and Universal), and Casinos throughout Los Angeles, Las Vegas and the world..
Ergotron Introduces Industry Changing ?Constant Force?? Technology
Ergotron, Inc., the experts in display mounting solutions,
today introduced Constant Force?(CF) lift and pivot technology and announced CF will be included in all new products going forward. CF? uses a low-cost and reliable conventional spring that converts the spring's linear force curve into a flat, constant force, throughout the entire range of lifting or pivoting motion. This force conversion means that users exert very little effort to adjust their display, and they experience a quiet fluidity to the motion, which was previously unattainable at any cost from any manufacturer."This patented technology is the culmination of many years of intense engineering development and understanding our customers' and the markets' needs," says Harry Sweere, Ergotron's Chairman and Chief Scientist.
"The breakthrough design of CF leapfrogs over conventional gas spring technology commonly used today, at a fraction of the cost.
CF based products eliminate the complexities...
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Increase Sales with Television Style Advertising Playing Inside Your Store
(ContentDesk) December 17, 2004 -- You spend money advertising to get people into your store or business, why not advertise to them and turn them into customers once they've arrived?
Traditionally, point of sales advertising has been done using posters, pictures and still images, but with the advent of inexpensive video monitors such as flat panel LCD screens and plasma displays,
businesses have the opportunity to use high impact television style commercials to turn store browsers into paying customers.
"Imagine the ability to lower the price of an item at the drop of a hat and advertise it to your customers almost immediately, or run ads inside your store that target a demographic based on the time of day or day of the week," says Jay McCarthy Founder and President of the 3rd Bird Media Group based in Northern California. "You can literally create multiple playlist and advertising schedules that play and loop inside your store based on the time of day or...
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Permanent Cosmetics
Through a procedure called intradermal pigmentation, it is now possible to have pigments set under the skin almost like a tattoo. These pigments come in two forms - iron oxide that may fade away and the more permanent organic pigments that are also less likely to lead to an allergy. If you can endure the little bit of pain from a local anesthetic you can permanently enjoy a set of luscious full lips with lip liner, eyeliner, as well as arched eyebrows. There are some precautions prescribed for those who wish to undergo permanent cosmetics procedures. You should not take blood-thinning medications for 48 hours before the procedure and you should stop the use of products that contain substances like Retin-A, Alpha or Beta Hydroxy.
The procedure itself takes about two to three hours, and it could take between three to five days for recovery, depending on the procedure so as to assuage any swelling or plasma seepage. Of course, because it's an intradermal procedure,...
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The Hottest Billiard Halls in America
Playing billiards is an extremely popular pastime, both in America and abroad.
Although the game has been with us for a very long time, there has been an incredible resurgence in interest surrounding the game in recent years.
The pool halls of today are markedly different from those of yesteryear, due mainly to the increasing popularity of the game.
Pool players today demand a different sort of pool hall.
Gone are the days of smoky pool halls filled with shady characters and shifty crooks.
The pool hall owners of today are making valiant efforts to meet the needs of their new found customers.
The billiard aficionados of today have a higher set of expectations, and many pool hall owners have made great strides to get with the times.
It is not uncommon to find a restaurant or a martini bar inside the modern pool hall.
Slate is one such example.
After receiving a much-anticipated renovation back...
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New Research Reveals: Anti-Oxidants Key to Anti-Aging
Dublin, CA (ContentDesk) June 1, 2005 -- We all seek the fountain of youth, but the fountains location has proven elusive. New research reveals it resides within your own body. The good news? Some believe you can drink from it right now.Cynthia Kenyon - Herbert Boyer Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered that certain genes in the body appear capable of drastically slowing the aging process and avoiding the accompanying physical decrepitude.In an article recently posted in the San Francisco Chronicle (5/29 issue, David Duncan, Author), Dr. Kenyon is quoted as saying- "Some of the (longevity) genes function as antioxidants -- they stop the damage done to worm cells by free radicals." The article goes on to say- "Free radicals are chemical by-products of cell metabolism, mostly created by the burning of oxygen, that wreak havoc on a cell's mitochondria, DNA, proteins and enzymes" Furthermore, "The daf-2 (gene)...
New Research Reveals: Anti-Oxidants Key to Anti-Aging
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Airfare - Not Always Fair
Need a vacation but don~t want to stay around town? Want to go somewhere exotic, somewhere different? Want to fly but worried about the airfare? Sourcing the cheapest airfare available has been made easier with competition growing between travel agencies as people realize that a vacation need not be all that expensive. Airfare can be a hindrance to the best of vacation plans but it need not be. With so many travel companies vying for your business - securing cheaper airfare is a given! The airline...
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How Can I Tell The Differences Between All Of The Home Loans On Offer?
There are literally hundreds of home loans available but lets just look at the three main categories.
- There are the Purchase Home Loans, where you are looking at buying a new home.
- You have the Refinance Home Loans where you could already be in a home but want to find a better deal.
- And you have the Home Equity Home Loans, where you want to tap into the equity you have sitting in your home that you can use for something else.
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HEPA Vacuum Cleaners ? The Healthiest Clean for Your Home
HEPA Vacuum Cleaners offer the extra protection that our families need in today's modern world. As the amount of chemicals used in the everyday cleaners and other products we encounter makes us more sensitive to the presence of allergens, the importance of HEPA vacuum cleaners is only set to increase. For your family's protection, HEPA filter vacuum cleaners are a necessity in the modern home.
While we might sometimes think that the daily vacuum chore might be the death of us,...
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Free Credit Report And Score
A credit report is document that contains the record of a person's credit payment history. A credit report typically contains four kinds of information: identifying information (your name, your current and previous addresses, your social security number, your year of birth, your current and previous employers, if you're married, your spouse's name), credit information (with banks, retailers, credit card companies and other lenders), public record information (bankruptcies, tax liens and monetary...
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