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| Monday, 16-Jan-2012 06:49 |
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Why choose an inflatable pool slide
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There are some concerns about the durability of an inflatable pool slide . These are softer than conventional materials like fiberglass or hard plastic but inflatable slides are designed to last for years. Materials are UV resistant and these have specific load or weight capacity.
inflatable pool slide slides may cost up to $400 or even $500 but when compared to other slides made of rigid materials, prices are significantly less.
inflatable pool slide slides continue to gain more popularity as awareness on child safety is a major concern. These are soft enough to absorb impact caused by bouncing, jumping and tumbling, thus preventing injuries. Such activities on a fiberglass slide can give you bruises and bumps. While fiberglass and plastic slides can still offer fun and excitement in the pool, there is a totally different feel to an inflatable swimming pool slide.
Setting up an inflatable pool slideslide is easy. The first step is to fill the slide with air using either a hand pump or electric pump. Some models have tie-downs, making it easier to hold in place while others have anchors that need to be filled up with water. The slide has a water jet that has to be connected to a water line, typically a water hose. Most of the inflatable swimming pool slides are made of polyvinylchloride (PVC) material, a hard plastic that is specially built to withstand extremely warm weather conditions. This guarantees endless summers of fun at home with family and friends.
Some models are anchored to the pool side. Access to this type of inflatable pool slide is from outside of the pool. The other type of inflatable slide is set in the pool water, no longer requiring you to step out of the pool to climb it.
Who says the fun stops in winter season? Some of these inflatable pool slides can even be used during winter. Children especially have more fun in the snow with these inflatable slides.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 08:08 |
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Buying Pearl Jewelry Without Being Ripped Off
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As long as pearl jewelry have been known to people, they have been a highly sought commodity for their beauty. It's only in recent times however that the industry has taken the hunt for the perfect pearl to a whole different level. Today, the shiny orbs that we see on in display in jewelry stores have actually almost always been grown in farms.
That's a far cry from the dangerous extraction and collection methods used before the invention of modern technology. In the past, not more than 100 years ago, the only way to retrieve pearls was by diving in lakes, floods and the ocean to pick them up, one at the time. The unfortunate divers who'se job it was to do this, were often poor and lured by the relative large sums they could get. The diver would sometimes have to dive as deep as 100 feet on one single breath of air. In order to preserve air and to stay submerged the longest, the divers would hold on to heavy stones on the way down.
Naturally, this dangerous activity was reserved for the desperate or the powerless - in many cases slaves or extremely poor peasents. Today, this method is all but obsolete in most places of the world. The cheaper cultured pearls have become popular and are many times the only pearls available to the consumer.
There are however still a few isolated areas that practice this old art of pearl diving. Some of the finest natural pearl speciments come from the gulf of Bahrain. Here, divers still risk their health to retrieve what are considered the top of the crop in the world. In fact, Bahrain wants no part of the sale of cultured pearls, banned from trade. Bahrain is one of the few places on earth that does an active job in trying to preserve the natural habitat and waters from pollution.
It's an interesting story and one that continues to fascinate buyers around the world. Somehow, the beauty of the pearl grows when it's been retrieved from the depth of the ocean.
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| Saturday, 13-Nov-2010 08:05 |
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Buying Pearl Jewelry Without Being Ripped Off
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Buying pearl jewelry can be fun, exciting and confusing. Whether you're considering a gift of pearl jewelry for someone special or as a treat for yourself, take some time to learn the terms used in the industry. Here's some information to help you get the best quality pearl jewelry for your money, whether you're shopping in a traditional brick and mortar store or online.
Pearls
Natural or real pearls are made by oysters and other mollusks. Cultured pearls also are grown by mollusks, but with human intervention; that is, an irritant introduced into the shells causes a pearl to grow. Imitation pearls are man-made with glass, plastic, or organic materials.
Because natural pearls are very rare, most pearls used in jewelry are either cultured or imitation pearls. Cultured pearls, because they are made by oysters or mollusks, usually are more expensive than imitation pears. A cultured pearl's value is largely based on its size, usually stated in millimeters, and the quality of its nacre coating, which give it luster. Jewelers should tell your if the pearls are cultured or imitation. Some black, bronze, gold, purple, blue and orange pearls, whether natural or cultured, occur that way in nature; some, however, are dyed through various processes. Jewelers should tell you whether the colored pearls are naturally colored, dyed or irradiated.
Clams, oysters, mussels and many other mollusks with limy shells are known to produce pearls. But very few kinds yield gem pearls of jeweler's quality. The pearl is an abnormal growth of mother-of-pearl, or nacre, imbedded in the soft bodies of these shellfish. It is built up, layer upon layer, in the same way as nacre is added to the lining of the growing shell and always has the same color and luster. For example, over the country, hundreds of good-sized pearls are found each year in the oysters we eat. Unfortunately these have no commercial value regardless of whether they have been cooked or not because they are dull opaque white or purple like the shell of the parent oyster. In recent times almost all pearls of gem quality come from the oriental pearl oyster which has a bright shimmering translucent nacre.
A pearl starts growing when some irritating foreign substance such as a sand grain, bit of mud, parasite or other object becomes lodged in the shell-producing gland called the mantle. Pearls formed in the soft flesh where nacre can be added on all sides are most likely to be spherical and the most highly prized. By far the great majority are flattened or variously distorted and have little value. Size, color, luster and freedom from flaws are other essential qualities. Unlike other gems, such as diamonds, pearls have an average life of only about 50 years. In time the small amount of water in a pearl's make-up is lost and its surface cracks. Because they are mostly lime, necklaces which are worn often are injured by the acid secretions of the human skin.
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| Saturday, 6-Nov-2010 09:02 |
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Buying Pearl Jewelry Without Being Ripped Off
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Buying pearl jewelry can be fun, exciting and confusing. Whether you're considering a gift of pearl jewelry for someone special or as a treat for yourself, take some time to learn the terms used in the industry. Here's some information to help you get the best quality pearl jewelry for your money, whether you're shopping in a traditional brick and mortar store or online.
Pearls
Natural or real pearls are made by oysters and other mollusks. Cultured pearls also are grown by mollusks, but with human intervention; that is, an irritant introduced into the shells causes a pearl to grow. Imitation pearls are man-made with glass, plastic, or organic materials.
Because natural pearls are very rare, most pearls used in jewelry are either cultured or imitation pearls. Cultured pearls, because they are made by oysters or mollusks, usually are more expensive than imitation pears. A cultured pearl's value is largely based on its size, usually stated in millimeters, and the quality of its nacre coating, which give it luster. Jewelers should tell your if the pearls are cultured or imitation. Some black, bronze, gold, purple, blue and orange pearls, whether natural or cultured, occur that way in nature; some, however, are dyed through various processes. Jewelers should tell you whether the colored pearls are naturally colored, dyed or irradiated.
Clams, oysters, mussels and many other mollusks with limy shells are known to produce pearls. But very few kinds yield gem pearls of jeweler's quality. The pearl is an abnormal growth of mother-of-pearl, or nacre, imbedded in the soft bodies of these shellfish. It is built up, layer upon layer, in the same way as nacre is added to the lining of the growing shell and always has the same color and luster. For example, over the country, hundreds of good-sized pearls are found each year in the oysters we eat. Unfortunately these have no commercial value regardless of whether they have been cooked or not because they are dull opaque white or purple like the shell of the parent oyster. In recent times almost all pearls of gem quality come from the oriental pearl oyster which has a bright shimmering translucent nacre.
A pearl starts growing when some irritating foreign substance such as a sand grain, bit of mud, parasite or other object becomes lodged in the shell-producing gland called the mantle. Pearls formed in the soft flesh where nacre can be added on all sides are most likely to be spherical and the most highly prized. By far the great majority are flattened or variously distorted and have little value. Size, color, luster and freedom from flaws are other essential qualities. Unlike other gems, such as diamonds, pearls have an average life of only about 50 years. In time the small amount of water in a pearl's make-up is lost and its surface cracks. Because they are mostly lime, necklaces which are worn often are injured by the acid secretions of the human skin.
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:23 |
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The Dalai Lama inaugurated
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The Dalai Lama inaugurated the Kahndo-Dowa Songma Tawang district hospital and consecrated a Buddhist statue at its entrance.
Later he visited the Yid-Ta-G-Choezin ground where he planted saplings and also distributed some of them freshwater pearl jewelry among the thousands of devotees assembled there.
Addressing the devotees, the 74-year-old Tibetan monk asked the younger generation to join monasteries to carry forward Buddha's message of peace.
"Buddhist culture and tradition freshwater pearl have to be preserved at every cost," he said.
Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Dorjee Kandu urged the people to preserve the Buddhist culture in this part of the country.
The Dalai Lama, who arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit, had rebuffed China for objecting to his trip to pearl earrings Arunachal Pradesh and expressed surprise over its claims to Tawang, a revered seat of Buddhism.
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:22 |
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All the passengers either walked
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All the passengers either walked up to Rajiv Chowk or R K Ashram Marg station. There the passengers were told that the pearl neckalce set services would resume in 15 minutes but the drama continued till 4.50pm.
"There was complete chaos freshwater pearl at R K Ashram station. I was there and it became overcrowded as more and more people entered the station. Moreover, the exit doors also stopped working and many people throwing caution to the wind jumped those gates,'' said Sandhu of Lajpat Nagar. According to eyewitnesses, a couple of female passengers fainted there.
For a long time, chaos prevailed as Metro executives refused to refund the ticket money at the two stations. Aditi Sharma, who boarded the train from Rajiv Chowk to Dwarka, said: "When I asked for freshwater pearl jewelry a refund, they simply refused stating that the service would resume soon. I waited for over 45 minutes but to no avail.''
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:21 |
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India captain Mahendra
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and surprisingly chose to bat first in heavy weather conditions and the side never really recovered from the early jolts to virtually serve the game on a pearl earrings platter to the worlds champions.
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It was a thoroughly professional pearl neckalce set display by the world champions, who first shot out India for 170 in 48 overs with their second-string attack and then chased down the target in 41.5 overs -- losing just four wickets -- to complete a facile win.
On a track where ball turned sharply, Australia rode on Shane Watson's run-a-ball 49 and cameos from Ricky Ponting (25) and Cameron White (25) to inch closer to the target.
Michael Hussey (35 not out) and freshwater pearlAdam Voges (23 not out) then guided them home with 8.1 overs to spare.
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:20 |
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a horror story unfolded
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Earlier, a horror story unfolded after Dhoni's gamble to bat first on a wicket that offered generous movements boomeranged.
India slumped to 27 for five in nine pearl necklace overs and a three digit total looked like a distant possibility at that point.
Fortunately for them, Ravindra Jadeja (57) and Praveen Kumar (54 not out), who slammed his maiden ODI half-century, did not throw in the towel and pushed the score to 170 in 48 overs before the hosts folded.
Doug Bollinger (5/35) and Mitchell Johnson (3/39) shared eight wickets between them to knock the wind out of India's sail in the crucial match.
Both the teams now move to pearl neckalce set Mumbai for the seventh and last ODI on Wednesday.
Earlier, Doug Bollinger (5/35) and Mitchell Johnson (3/39) wreaked havoc with the ball to leave India in tatters pearl earrings before defiant half-centuries from Ravindra Jadeja (57 off 103 balls) and Praveen Kumar (54 not out off 51 balls) lent some semblance of respectability to the score.
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:19 |
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His team in dire straits
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His team in dire straits, Jadeja first added 48 runs with skipper Dhoni (24) and starred in a vital 74-run stand for the eighth wicket with Praveen to save India the blushes.
Dhoni's decision to bat first freshwater pearlbackfired soon with Johnson extracting significant swing and picking up dangermen Virender Sehwag (6) and Gautam Gambhir (0) in the opening over of the innings.
Sehwag, who had dispatched Johnson for a six over the point region of the second ball of the match, lost his stumps to the pearl necklace pacer two balls later.
New man in Gambhir lasted just two balls, the second being a Johnson inswinger that sent the left-hander's off-stump cartwheeling.
Tendulkar (10) looked like pearl neckalce set carrying the golden touch of his previous match but his stay was cut short when Bollinger took a good reflex catch off his own bowling.
Yuvraj Singh (6) too departed soon in an unusual manner when a Bollinger delivery hit him on the pad and looped over his shoulder with the batsman, trying to drag his bat in, inadvertently hitting the ball, helping it knock off the bail.
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| Monday, 9-Nov-2009 07:17 |
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With Suresh Raina too returning
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With Suresh Raina too returning soon, Jadeja showed the sense of responsibility that was missing among his illustrious teammates.
The youngster joined hands with Dhoni, trying to put the house in order but their association was nipped just pearl neckalce set when it had started blooming.
Bollinger trapped Dhoni with a delivery that apparently was missing the off-stump but umpire Shavir Tarapore felt otherwise.
Jadeja finally found an able partner in Praveen, who smashed seven fours and a six in his entertaining knock to freshwater pearl give the Indian bowlers something to bowl at.
After Jadeja's dismissal, caught by White of Bollinger, Praveen ran out of partners with two overs to spare.
Chasing the target, Australian freshwater pearl batsmen found it difficult to cope with the prodigious turn but the meagreness of the victory target made their job easy.
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