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Moenia’s Spa collection comprises products made with a contribution not only from the designer, but from the artisans and the materials themselves. Using natural materials allows freedom to explore; the surface qualities of the material become part of the design. For example, when dying a natural material, like Lampakanay (a grass similar to Abaca), tonal variations come through and add character to the piece. Using woven materials on a metal framework creates endless opportunities for exploration that more rigid materials just don’t allow. Many of Moenia Design’s new products take advantage of this opportunity resulting in a fresh contemporary look seldom seen in woven furnishings. In addition to Lampakanay, Moenia uses a range of materials from Rattan to Nito, Bamboo, and varieties of Abaca combined with metal and wood to create products that range from traditional to modern styles. Customers will find something to suit any environment. Availability: Moenia Design’s Spa collection and other product offerings will be available at the Las Vegas Market July 25th-28th, 2006, in the Las Vegas Convention Center Design Gallery, Booth #S60704, South Hall 1 (One), in the contemporary furniture section near the Design Gallery. You can also shop our web site: www.moeniadesign.com, catalog, and showrooms in San Francisco, Calif. and High Point, NC.
For Contract and Hospitality sales: Please email sales @ moeniadesign.com or call 415-240-4540.
Tipp City, OH (PRWEB) July 11, 2006 -- Virgil's Fine Soaps will help Lance Armstrong, Donald Trump, Stone Phillips, Ray Romano and Marcus Allen clean up at The 17th Annual Tahoe Celebrity Golf Week at Edgewood Tahoe.
As always, every handpoured bar features Virgil's signature scrubbing pumice, loofah, Viatmin E and Aloe blend to exfoliate, moisturize and protect dry skin. It's a spa treatment for men without the fuss or heavy perfumes.
Banff, AB (PRWEB) July 12, 2006 -- For the first time in its 14-year history, the annual TELUS Skins Tournament will be hosted in Alberta, and Canadian Mountain Experience—a specialist in Western Canadian golf excursions—is offering four tickets to the sold-out tournament.
The Banff TELUS Skins Tournament 2006 is the first time five generations of golf’s greatest players are competing against one another including Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Stephen Ames, John Daly, and Sergio Garcia. One of Canada’s favorite tournaments, TELUS Skins values the first 6 holes at $15,000 each, $20,000 for the following 6 holes, and on holes 13 through 18 $25,000 per hole. Contest entries are available at www.cmegolf.com
For those who desire to golf the Canadian Rockies and then venture into the Columbia Valley, a seven night Canadian Heritage Golf Package is available including play at Fernie Golf and Country Club, Trickle Creek Golf Course, Eagle Ranch at Invermere, Greywolf at Panorama, Radium Resort (Springs Course), and a choice of Silvertip Golf Resort or Stewart Creek Golf Course.
For more information, contact: Hugh Tafel - Director Canadian Mountain Experience Ph: 403-609-3535
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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