Serving in his capacity as honorary chairman, Capp made public appearances on its behalf for years, contributed free artwork for its annual fund-raising appeals, and entertained crippled and paraplegic children in children's hospitals with inspirational pep talks, humorous stories and sketches.

However, many " free " BBSes also maintained close knit communities, and some even had annual or bi-annual events where users would travel great distances to meet face-to-face with their on-line friends.

In order to avert having to conduct a war on two fronts, Domitian agreed to terms of peace with Decebalus, negotiating free access of Roman troops through the Dacian region while granting Decebalus an annual subsidy of 8 million sesterces.

It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the Chief Executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.

Melburnians were celebrating the annual Moomba Festival, a free community festival, and many thousands were enjoying other attractions but are included in the crowd estimate.

He had been providing his services free until recently when the Christchurch City Council granted him a modest annual honorarium.

* Thursday Night Live: An annual summer series of free, public concerts held in Cheapside Park every Thursday evening from 4: 30pm – 7: 30pm in from May – October.

Many thousands of Australians also experienced the work of their national opera company through television, radio, video, compact disc, DVD, and the annual free performance of opera in the Domain in Sydney.

For an annual registration fee of £ 10, local residents are entitled to 50 free crossings and additional crossings at 20p.

* Lobsterfest is an annual free concert hosted by Ohio U's All Campus Radio Network.

Many festivals are held in Sydney, including the Sydney Festival, a celebration of free performances throughout January ; the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras ( see below ); the Sydney Royal Easter Show, which unites rural and urban communities together in 1 annual event at Homebush ; the Sydney Film Festival and many smaller festivals such as Tropfest.

It has two generals, a federal council with proportional representation of members and an annual assembly of all free citizens.

Company Week, an annual week-long free improvisational festival organised by Bailey, ran until 1994.

In addition to bringing the Orchestra to new virtuosic heights, the highlights of his tenure included a series of free Memorial Day Concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and annual concert tours abroad that included the orchestra's first trip to mainland China.

The annual Seymour Apple Festival, established in 1973, has grown to one of Missouri's largest free celebrations, with estimated crowds of more than 30, 000 congregating on the Seymour public square each second weekend of September.

Other annual events in town include the Valley of Vapors Festival, free Hot Springs Jazz Festival in September, the free Hot Springs Blues Festival in September, the downtown Bathtub Races in the spring, the Big Barbecue Cook off in Spring and Fall, the World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade every March 17, and the outdoor skating rink November through January.

2008 also saw the opening of the " Sun Valley Pavilion ", built in partnership with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony as a permanent home for the orchestra's annual three-and-a-half week series of free concerts.

The town hosts an annual festival called Bean Days which typically involves a parade, a pageant, and a rodeo, as well as a free ham and bean dinner.

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Membership to Historic Scotland is promoted by the organisation, with benefits such as free entry to all their properties free of charge for the duration of the annual membership, as well as entry to properties in England ( under the care of English Heritage ) and Wales ( under the care of Cadw ) for half price in their first year and free for subsequent years.

* Every August the residents of Sleepy Eye host the annual " Corn Days " event, where free buttered corn is provided, as well as live music, a flea market, parade, and various other events.

The symphony also holds a free annual July 4 outdoor concert at Tupelo's Ballard Park, which draws thousands of fans.

IKEA publishes an annual catalogue, first published in Swedish in 1951.

Clues to the locations of letterboxes are published by the " 100 Club " in an annual catalogue.

* annual calendar catalogue, or menaion ( in Greek, menaios means " month ") ( biographies of the saints to be read at sermons );

An annual catalogue featuring all of the current items is available for free at toystores that carry Playmobil toys.

More than 2, 000 new book titles ; and the annual printing volume reached to 19 million copies ; a total catalogue of 14, 000 titles out of which 400 more were licensed for local production by publishers in Mainland China.

The association also ran regular bookfairs at which members could sell their books and published an annual catalogue of publications that was available to the public, libraries and academic institutions.

Her annual rose catalogue was widely known and respected both for its information and elegant writing ; and she also designed many gardens.

After touring overseas electronic stores to study modern merchandising methods, Smith introduced self-serve shopping and produced a mail-order annual catalogue with a substantial data section.

The company was promoted through the annual catalogue, wacky ads ( e. g. the " Electronic Dick ") and publicity stunts.

Jaycar Electronics publishes an annual catalogue, covering a range of products aimed at the electronics enthusiast and professional.

A year after he was catapulted over nine officers senior to him and made commandant of the Marine Corps, General David M. Shoup delivered a peppery annual report in the form of a `` happy, warless New Year '' greeting to his Pentagon staff.

The American Screenwriters Association gives out an annual David Angell Humanitarian Award, in honor of Angell.

In April 1977 the Young Liberals ' annual conference unanimously passed a motion to call on the Liberal leader ( David Steel ) to move for the impeachment of Ronald King Murray QC, the Lord Advocate.

More recently, the Egyptologist Rosalie David maintains that Osiris originally " personified the annual rebirth of the trees and plants after the inundation.

Before Hurricane David, annual output had reached about 7, 500 cu m ( 265, 000 cu ft ).

More unusual committees abound at the collegiate level ; for instance, a college conference may simulate the Greco-Persian Wars via a committee of the Greek poleis, have a committee simulating the National Football League's annual owners meeting, as held at George Mason University MUN in 2009, or even have a committee simulating President David Palmer's cabinet from the TV show 24, simulated by the University of Pennsylvania Model UN Conference in 2007 .< ref >

The discovery of Kennewick Man was accidental ; a pair of spectators ( Will Thomas and David Deacy ) found his skull while attending the annual hydroplane races.

The annual San Pedro Valley Fair has been held at the St. David High School since 1934.

Each August Lawrenceburg hosts the annual " David Crockett Days " celebration at the David Crockett State Park.

In 2005, record producer David Foster, his daughter Amy Foster-Gillies and Knowles wrote " Stand Up for Love " as the anthem to the World Children's Day, an annual worldwide event to raise awareness and funds for children causes.

In 2011, some 250 public figures ( head of state or government, cabinet ministers, ambassadors, heads or senior officials of international organization ) attended the annual meeting, including: Felipe Calderón, Robert B. Zoellick, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon, Angela Merkel, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Ferenc Gyurcsany, François Fillon, Morgan Tsvangirai, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Min Zhu, Paul Kagame, Queen Rania of Jordan, Dmitry Medvedev, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Kevin Rudd, Barney Frank, Kofi Annan, Werner Faymann, Leonel Fernández, Jacob Zuma, Naoto Kan, Jean-Claude Trichet and Zeng Peiyan.

The result was the annual John Hersey Lecture, the first of which was delivered March 22, 1993, by historian and Yale graduate David McCullough, who noted Hersey's contributions to Yale but reserved his strongest praise for the former magazine writer's prose.

2004 REMAX World Long Drive Champion, David Mobley, is an annual celebrity guest.

The annual High Trips were led by accomplished mountaineers ( some of them Sierra Club directors ), such as Francis P. Farquhar, Joseph Nisbet LeConte, Norman Clyde, Walter A. Starr, Jr., Jules Eichorn, Glen Dawson, Ansel Adams, and David R. Brower.

Beginning in 2005, film director David Lynch began hosting an annual " David Lynch Weekend for World Peace and Meditation " at MUM.

The 4th annual David Lynch Weekend of November 2009 featured Donovan, MUM professor John Hagelin, and the American debut of James McCartney, who performed at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center.

Despite pleas from former mayor David Crombie, urban planner / activist Jane Jacobs and Harbourfront residents, the TPA plan was supported by then-mayor Mel Lastman, who argued that the estimated $ 190 million of annual economic benefit the airport would create, was too good to pass up.

There was criticism of McGuinty and calls for Health Minister David Caplan to resign after it was revealed that eHealth Ontario CEO Sarah Kramer had approved about $ 4. 8 million in no-bid contracts during the first four months of the agency's operation, while also spending, argued that the McGuinty government spent five years and $ 647 million on the Smart Systems for Health Agency, which used 15 per cent of its $ 225-million annual budget on consultants despite employing 166 people with annual salaries exceeding $ 100000, before the project was shut down and restarted as eHealth Ontario.

This strong growth, ( which supporters say is at least in part likely correlated with the favourable economic impact of cuts in marginal tax rates ) allowed Harris to eliminate for a while the $ 11 billion annual deficit he had inherited from previous Premiers David Peterson and Bob Rae.

They made a surprise reappearance in the 2012 annual, drawn by David Sutherland, along with a reprint in the weekly comic's Retro Beano section in issue 3597, dated 6 August 2011.

Highlighting the 2007 event is the second annual SPAM Fritters eating competition, with 2006 Champion David " Processed Meat Paws " Stauber returning to defend his title mark of 856 fritters ().

There is now an annual Hugo Young lecture, which has been delivered by political figures such as David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Alex Salmond.