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All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire
Toni Davis's Christmas wish list:
1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward.
2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins.
3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive.
This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni. Her best friend's been locked up in a mental hospital ever since she told the police she was attacked by vampires, and the only way for Toni to get her out is to prove that bloodsuckers really do exist. So she's taken a job as a bodyguard for the Undead, but she gets more than she bargained for, especially when she meets Ian MacPhie, a Scottish rascal looking for Ms. Right. Although Ian's nearly five centuries old, he looks and acts like a 27-year-old hunk. How can a dead man be so damn sexy? Could Mr. Wrong be Mr. Right? One forbidden kiss could lead to an eternity of passion, and all it takes is one moment under the mistletoe....
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- clare
- 29-04-15
Brilliant book
Loving the series
Writing is superb
Apart from the Narrators,
Who are a load of rubbish,
Each one so far in series,
- Amy
- 28-11-12
Always cute
What made the experience of listening to All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire the most enjoyable?
This was a cute and sweet book, one of her best so far. I loved Ian and his struggle for acceptance. Here is a man willing to induing and struggle to find his one true love. Plus I listened to it around Christmas and that made it all the sweeter.
What other book might you compare All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire to and why?
This book had the humerus quality's of the first book in the series, the laugh out loud sort of book. Most enjoyable
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- Noirbear
- 08-09-12
Yes all there is a Santa
And his name is Ian. I loved this story and would agree by far it is the best in the series. It had everything. Bad guys on the chase. A strong female heroine and a sexy scottish hero in Ian. The interaction with all the other characters from the agency and interplay between couples just sizzles. You won't want to wait until Christmas to open this gift from K.Sparks.
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- AllisonAngier
- 30-11-11
Best narration of the series so far
This series just keeps getting better and better as our beautiful, sexy vampires find their true loves and the family grows. This installment contained some delightful laugh-out-loud passages: 314 messages from women (and a couple of men!) who think Ian is HAWT after his profile goes up on an internet dating site, so funny. And, Ian gets an unexpected side effect from the stay-awake medicine, yum.
The writing gets better and better too, with just the perfect balance of madcap comedy, blooming romance, and violent peril. One of my favorite things about this series is the careful attention of the secondary characters. Even the children are endearing instead of annoying, a tricky feat to pull off. Dr. Fang? OHHH Yeah. This book introduces a new sidekick who is also completely charming...and the shapeshifters are finding a role too.
To make this listening experience perfect was the narration by Coleen Marlo. Not only does she have a lovely voice, but she reads prose and dialect with flawless rhythm, and delivers credible accents to the Scots, the Italian, the Russians, the Texan, and more. I wish she had been hired to narrate the entire series, it could have vastly improved a couple of the earlier installments. Thank you and great luck Coleen, you were born to read audiobooks.
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- The Wife
- 23-08-12
The best in the series to this point
Can I just say that I want THIS vampire for Christmas? I was so excited that this go around was the character Ian, who I was hoping would get his H.E.A. The online dating site stuff is really amusing, and I just really enjoyed the story. The narrator did a passable job, so I was happy about that. For sure, my favorite so far.
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- Jennifer
- 09-11-13
Fun & Sexy PNR Listen
Rating: B
Narration: B-
All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire is a fun and sexy paranormal listen.
The narrator, Coleen Marlo did a pretty good job with the narration but I found her accents for the male character slip from time to time. A Scottish brogue would change to something that sounded Russian then back to Scottish. And I didn't care for her voice for Phineas I thought it was cheesy and a little racist or stereotyping of a black man, which changed my narration rating from a B to a B-. I think this book/series would be a great fit for Robert Petkoff, who narrates Kresely Cole's IAD series. If he had narrated I could easily see my rating for the narration go to an A.
All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire was a fun paranormal romance listen with just enough touches of the holiday season to put me in the mood for my very own Scottish Vampire for Christmas. The plot and characters are you typical PNR series format. Couple meets and there's a push and pull with the romance to finally end in a HEA. Sparks weaves humor and just enough action/danger to the romance. This is the 1st series where I didn't start with the 1st book in the series but like most PNR series I was fine. I was not lost in the plot since it was about one couple. I'm sure the other couples mentioned are in the earlier books of the series so I will go back and start from the beginning and I'm bet I'll see Ian, the yummy Scot vamp before he grows a few inches (LOL).
While I was not a huge fan of the narration of some of the characters, I enjoyed All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire and I will be listening to the earlier books in the series. Each book has a different narrator so it will be interesting to see which ones I like and which ones I don't.
Will I continue this series? Yes. I will continue this series by starting with the 1st book.
Would I read this author again? Yes. Sparks does a great job of mixing sexy and humor.
Similar Books/Series: Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole
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- C. McNeil
- 07-11-12
Oooh La La
What made the experience of listening to All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire the most enjoyable?
I love the Scottish accent and own all of Kerrelyn Sparks book and now buying them in audio form.
What other book might you compare All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire to and why?
All of Kerrelyn Sparks series
Which scene was your favorite?
The romantic scenes and the ending.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
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- LaTisha
- 17-02-20
so intense itll burn a hole in you with its heat!
i was given this book at 17 i have loved reading it over the years. the performance may not be exactly what i pictured in my head when reading but it did this book justice! if you like mythical stories and especially love vampires its a great read.. more importantly its an intense romantic read that could burn a hole in your chest with all its heat.
- Heather
- 27-12-17
Great book
What made the experience of listening to All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire the most enjoyable?
I have read the book and I loved it. Having it read to you is so much better i can take it with me in my car and its just nice to have that option.
What other book might you compare All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire to and why?
I would say you can read anything that is from Kerrelyn Sparks or Lynsay Sands. If you are looking for good books that have vampires in them that are romance ones.
Which scene was your favorite?
I love when they all realize that Carlos is a panther. Its so funny.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No I was listening to it at work so i had to do it in 2 days but you could do it in one day. You really don't want to stop listening to it once you started.
- Lorijem
- 09-12-16
Not so good at first but redeems itself in end.
I had difficulty getting into the characters at first. The characters and story line developed at a slow pace initially. The relationship between Tony and Ian developed immediately. But then I did start with book 5 of the series just because of the season. The book contained the right balance of action packed battle with the sultry sizzling steam of romance. And in the end I found I enjoyed the story more than I initially expected. Would buy more from this Author in future. Narration was fantastic.
- Felicia The Geeky Blogger
- 01-01-15
Love it!
Listened for Fun (Audible)
Overall Rating: 4.50
Story Rating: 4.50
Character Rating: 4.50
Audio Rating: 3.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Part of my 25 Books for the Holidays for 2012
How All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire put me in the Holiday spirit: I absolutely loved this book! It made me laugh, cry, and cheer for love. Sort of makes you want your very own Scottish Vampire for Christmas :)
What I thought of the story/characters: All I Want for Christmas is a Vampire is filled with wonderful characters that will make you want to read each of their stories. I will admit this is my first K. Sparks book (yes I know I read out of order) but she just landed on my series to read list for next year. I want to know all about this group of vampires and shifters. I want to know how their lives turn out and how they each find love. The story of Ian and Toni was sweet. I love when it is the guy who is looking for forever romance and love. It is such a unique twist. I loved that Toni was looking to help her friend. They were just suited for each other from the beginning. Maybe it is the season but I am sucker for a HEA that is meant to be.
What I thought of the audio: Narrated by Coleen Marlo and she did a pretty good job. There were more male than female voices though. I thought this book would have been better suited for a male narrator. The pacing was excellent and she did as well as can be expected with so many male voices. I think I will be reading the rest of the series though instead of continuing on audio.


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Last year I posted a list of sports scenes from movies that were so patently absurd I felt they needed to be ranked to determine which was indeed the most unrealistic of all.
Little did I know, the article would go viral.
It seems people really like watching terrible movie depictions of athletic contests. And it seems people like to get really mad when a movie they like is included on such a list.
After revisiting the comments section of that article, I realized (with the help of you, the reader) that there are just too many great scenes that I left out. I still stand by my original 10, but I decided to make a second list – a sequel, if you will – to shed light on some more awful sports scenes.
Ground Rules
Before you get started on this list, there are two things I need you to do.
First, read/watch my original post – The 10 Most Unrealistic Sports Scenes in Movie History.
Next, take the time to read the following self-imposed ground rules for the list. This will help you understand why, theoretically, Talladega Nights cannot be included but Days of Thunder can.
- I have not seen every movie ever made. I've seen a bunch, and what follows is my list. I would love to hear your opinions in the comments below, because I've surely missed some really good ones.
- I am purposely leaving out intentionally absurd moments, such as Michael J. Fox morphing into a werewolf and dominating his high school basketball games, or Andre 3000 playing a Darryl Dawkins/Julius Erving hybrid in Semi-Pro and somehow having a 65'' vertical.
- Comedies are disqualified unless their sports scenes are supposed to be realistic. For example, Major League is a ridiculous movie, but the baseball scenes are intended to mimic real-life baseball, so theoretically it could count.
- The scenes don't necessarily have to come from a sports movie. The idea here is to highlight any sporting moment in any film that could never in a million years happen in real life.
- I have taken into account the context of the scene as well as the actual achievement. For example, when Kevin Costner holes out from 235 yards in Tin Cup, it is unrealistic because he had a chance at the U.S. Open riding on him sinking that exact shot and he had already splashed several balls in the water attempting the same shot.
- There are a few scenes which I'm aware of for which I simply couldn't find video. A post about movie scenes without videos is no fun, so I eschewed those.
Now that we have that out of the way, let's check out the list!
10. Top Gun – Volleyball Scene
Tom Cruise is short. Volleyball players, especially the best ones, are usually tall. You can see where I'm going here.
I'm a big fan of Top Gun, but it has never ceased to amaze me that the volleyball scene is in this movie. I guess it just was an excuse to show Maverick, Iceman, and Slider with their shirts off (poor Goose), but goodness is it terrible. It may also have been an attempt to show us how truly badass Maverick was by having him be a dominant beach volleyball player.
Watch Cruise's many spikes and pay close attention to his vertical. That net has to be at least a foot under the regulation height of approximately 8 feet. Bonus points for Goose's knuckle set too. That takes skill.
9. Escape From L.A. – Basketball Scene
Snake Plissken is going to be executed unless he can score 10 points – all baskets count as 2, with no 3's – while being given 10 seconds per shot. His shot attempts get more and more difficult, culminating in a full court heave he has to sink to live.
If this doesn't qualify as unrealistic, I don't know what does.
I realize that this borders on being intentionally ridiculous, but I included it because it is hilarious and Kurt Russell is one of my favorite actors.
8. The Replacements – Final Play
Whether it's as Shane Falco or Johnny Utah, Keanu Reeves is an unconvincing quarterback.
Here he manages to lead his team to victory by throwing a deep touchdown pass to his deaf tight end who has somehow managed to be wide open behind the entire defense. Wouldn't the defense be in a total prevent situation here, knowing that only a touchdown can beat them?
Also, there certainly should have been a delay of game penalty called, because Falco takes about 1:30 to get the play off. The huddle dialogue is so goofy and poorly delivered, too.
7. Vision Quest – Swain vs. Shute
Vision Quest is a good movie about a young man coming of age and learning all sorts of tough lessons about being a man.
It is also terribly unrealistic as a sports movie, especially at the end.
We are led to believe that Louden Swain lost 22 pounds to drop two weight classes and have his shot at Shute, the defending state champion. When we see Shute, we realize he is a huge, hulking beast of a wrestler, so there is no way that Swain was that much heavier than Shute.
Also, Swain is only in his second year of competitive wrestling, so the chances of him taking down the juggernaut Shute are unlikely at best.
Good movie, but a ridiculous ending. Long clip alert:
6. The Legend of Bagger Vance – The Woods
I actually liked The Legend of Bagger Vance. This scene is just too much, though.
I would be okay with him getting out of the woods, but blindly sticking it 5 feet from the hole? This scene is the golf equivalent to the old McDonald's H.O.R.S.E. commercials with MJ and Larry Bird.
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- Joe Pesci's basketball skills
- Jean-Claude Van Damme being unintentionally hilarious
- A 27-K perfect game
- Rocky. Oh, Rocky…


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This Module shows a list of Articles that are related to the current Article being viewed by the user (for example, a Article Layout or a Blog or List layout where the user has clicked on an Article link). Articles are considered to be related to each other if they share at least one Keyword in the Article's Metadata Information. Article Keywords are entered in the Metadata Information section of the Article Manager - New/Edit screen.
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Graduate Student Receives Boren Fellowship to Study in Ukraine
Boren Fellowship winner Brian Couzelis will be immersed in the Ukrainian language at Lugansk University, while completing his master's degree through online courses at UT Dallas.
With a few years of Peace Corps service under his belt and a desire to return overseas, Brian Couzelis found the perfect graduate program at UT Dallas.
A master's degree in international political economy, he figured, would give him a solid background in both politics and economics, and also enable him to study policy and development issues related to different geographic regions.
"I liked living overseas, and really want to do economic and social development work. I came to UT Dallas to consolidate what I'd learned," said Couzelis.
His perseverance and accomplishments have been recognized with a David L. Boren Fellowship from the National Security Education Program. The year-long fellowships provide up to $24,000 for graduate study in areas of the world that are critical to U.S. interests, including Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Couzelis is the second Boren Fellowship winner from UT Dallas. In 2005, Sarah Islam received the fellowship.
"I'm deeply appreciative of all the staff and professors at UT Dallas who were extremely supportive throughout the whole process," said Couzelis.
For his fellowship year, Couzelis will return to his former Peace Corps turf in Eastern Ukraine, this time with his wife and 5-month-old son. He will be immersed in the Ukrainian language at Lugansk University near the Russian border and will continue studying Russian with a tutor, all the while completing his master's degree through online courses at UT Dallas.
"Brian is just a perfect candidate for the Boren Fellowship. He will be able to absorb the culture and language, and also see the strategic picture of an area."
Dr. Jennifer Holmes, head of the Public Policy and Political Economy Department at UT Dallas
Couzelis said his affinity for travel began early. He recalled being influenced by missionaries who visited his church. His first trip overseas involved four months of teaching English at a missionary-run orphanage in Arequipa, Peru.
His father, a business developer for Lockheed Martin who spent part of his career in the Middle East, also contributed to the wanderlust by taking Couzelis on trips to Greece and Egypt.
But he really began honing in on Eastern Europe while helping Bosnian refugees in his hometown. Though Utica, N.Y., has a population of only 60,000, it is a destination city for international refugees. Some 40 languages are spoken in the local school district.
Couzelis is glad to be heading back to Ukraine. He said the villagers there may take a while to warm up to visitors, but they eventually tend to be very loyal friends.
"When they don't know you, no one talks or smiles. There's no chitchat. But when you get to know them, you'd better be ready to sit down and have coffee. They are your friends for life," Couzelis said.
Boren Fellowship
Since 2005, two UT Dallas students have received David L. Boren Fellowships from the National Security Education Program. They are:
Sarah Islam
Brian Couzelis
After completing the fellowship, Couzelis will work a year for the federal government, probably with the Department of Defense or the State Department. That's where he hopes to end up someday, or maybe pursue a career with a nonprofit organization overseas.
Dr. Jennifer Holmes, head of the Public Policy and Political Economy Department at the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, was not surprised that Couzelis received the award.
"Brian is just a perfect candidate for the Boren Fellowship. He will be able to absorb the culture and language, and also see the strategic picture of an area. He has the language background and a proven stability with overseas experiences. He thrives in a new environment, and this will give him so many opportunities," said Holmes.
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Caught in Between
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As people live longer and start families later, thousands of them are caring for children and elderly parents simultaneously. Here are the stories of kamaaina who are caught in the middle and how they cope. Some of the biggest challenges are financial, so we've spoken to experts on ways this Sandwich Generation can still protect its own financial goals.
Among the 169,000 unpaid family caregivers in Hawaii are thousands of baby boomers who find themselves sandwiched between two generations of family members that simultaneously need their help. Chances are good that you know a caregiver, are a caregiver or will become one.
Just ask Kalowena Komeiji. While standing in line at Longs pharmacy, the 51-year-old regularly runs into baby-boomer friends who are also there to fill prescriptions for their aging parents. Nancy Azeri thinks of caring for her mom as so common, she calls it "a daughter's rite of passage." Indeed, the typical caregiver in Hawaii is a 46-year-old woman who works full time and spends 20 hours a week providing care to a loved one.
There are plenty of sons stepping up, too. Dexter Suzuki and Steve Tam both left full-time careers for the more-than-full-time job of caring for family members. Many in the Sandwich Generation are either retrofitting their homes for aging family members or moving in with them, as Beth Yos did when she relocated with her husband and four children from Kaimuk-ı into her father's home in Kailua.
Kalowena Komeiji enjoys a light moment with her dad, Ernest Ching, and her daughter's boyfriend, Ali Sek.
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Silver Tsunami
Thanks to the marvels of medical science, people are living longer than ever before (adults over age 80 are the fastest growing segment of the population), and most will spend years dependent on others for their most basic needs. The challenge is magnified in Hawaii, where the number of older adults has grown twice as fast as the national average over the past decade. Twenty years from now, one of every four people living here will be over 65. Before the baby boomers become the ones who need help, they are the ones providing it—often at great cost to their families, their careers, their savings and their own health.
While the median cost for a Medicare-certified home health aide in Honolulu is around $24 an hour, and assisted living costs a median of $42,000 a year, nursing-home costs in Honolulu can top $300 a day, climbing into six-figure territory per year, according to the Genworth Financial Cost of Care Survey released in April 2009.
Being In Two Places At One Time
Suzuki was a pretty busy guy in 2008, with a full-time job, two young sons and a wife based in Los Angeles as a flight attendant. But when his 83-year-old mother with dementia fell and broke her hip, the responsibility fell to Dexter, an only child, to manage more and more of her life. He spent a year trying to do so while working. On some days, he'd get phone calls from his mother 15 minutes apart; worse were the days when none came. That uneasy feeling is an ever-present state of mind for members of the Sandwich Generation.
"The phone rings, and you get nervous," says Komeiji, who juggles a job at Hawaii Community Foundation and caring for her 88-year-old dad. Her 23-year-old daughter moved back home with her boyfriend to help her. For Azeri, executive assistant to the COO of Halek-ulani Hotel, her "other job" includes helping with a special-needs granddaughter and with her 85-year-old mom, who moved here to be close to her daughter. "There seems to be a different issue to deal with nearly every day," said Azeri, whose routine for a time was to call her mother twice daily and stop by every night after work.
The challenge of staying fully focused at work is affecting one in four employees in the United States, where productivity lost to caregiving is estimated to cost businesses up to $29 billion a year. No wonder savvy employers are looking into flex time, flex place and on-site adult daycare.


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In many rural areas, the only doctor on call for emergency room visits may be a general practitioner, not an emergency care doctor, but a long-distance service using Skype to connect ER doctors with remote hospitals is now helping local doctors treat their patients.
Small-town hospitals may not have adequate critical care personnel for emergencies, but Avera Health Network is supporting doctors to care for emergency room patients by attending to them virtually, via Skype. According to The Atlantic, Avera is the only long distance ER care center in the U.S., and their "telemedical" services use hi-def video conferencing software from Skype to connect their critical care experts with the doctors on the ground in rural locations.
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For residents of some rural areas, an emergency trip to a large hospital may entail a long drive (200 miles, for some areas), which may further endanger the patient, so this remote doctoring service can have the potential for life-saving and timely treatment for critical care patients.
Doctors attending to patients via this virtual intensive care service are able to make assessments, view X-rays and other diagnostic tests, administer prescriptions, and even view patients in their rooms with remote video cameras. Avera says that by using the long-distance service, rural hospitals have seen an 18 percent decrease in transfers to major hospitals, for a savings of about $6.6 million.
The eMergency services from Avera are now available in 62 hospitals across the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, and, according to Avera, have enabled the remote treatment of more than 4,200 patients so far. Avera was recently awarded a Most Wired Innovator Award from Hospitals & Health Networks magazine for these services.
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New Forest
"Nobody told us it was a National Park"
"Come any closer with that camera and I'll rip your fucking head off"
"Are we nearly there yet?"
The New Forest is a notorious patch of wasteland next to the popular car park for imported Japanese vehicles, known as Southampton. In 2006 it was voted the Unlovliest National Park in Europe by an international panel of experts as it had nothing of any interest at all. Not even a hill. Their report stated that the most remarkable thing about the area was that it was neither new, nor a forest, the trees having been largely chopped down in the 16th Century. Despite not having any hills, trees, interesting geology, or unusual wildlife it does have a rather lovely Exxon Mobil oil refinery and a distinguished power station, which scores of misled Londoners try to omit from their holiday snaps. A dome of pollution ensures a mild yet shady climate. In recent years, it has become one of the best places in Southern England to form part of a crowd, and is home to over a hundred of shops selling equipment for use in the 'Great Outdoors' to people who have never been there..
Henry VIII's Bridge[edit]
The New Forest was planted by wedding-enthusiast, Henry VIII to provide the wood to build a great bridge to link the Island of Great Britian to mainland Europe. The bridge still stands, but the Sneaky French have been painting it greyish-blue for years so you can't see it. After the Death of Henry VIII, his daughter, the notoriously heterosexual Queen Elizabeth I was crowned. Not sharing her fathers passion for marrying foreign girls, Liz, ordered the Forest and its cross-channel bridge to be boarded up. It was promptly forgotten by the English and on the orders of the xenophobic Queen, it was omitted from maps.
The Dark Ages of the New Forest[edit]
During this period, the sneaky French, who had already eaten every horse in their own country, organised raiding parties over the bridge, before establishing a permanent pony-rustling colony at Beaulieu. Ponies proliferated behind Elizabeths enormous fence, and for centuries, the immigrant settlers had a good life, occasionaly stealing new breeding stock and living off young foals. To aid in their pony-deportation trips, enterprising french established a patisserie (see picture) which was established in 1940 to celebrate France's surrender over Communist Germany.
Into the present[edit]
In 1961, much to the surprise of the people of Hampshire, the New Forest was rediscovered by the Caravan club of Great Britain, who claimed it as the Independant Republic of Caravania, before having a surprised group of French people burned on a big campfire. The last of the forests trees were burned as kindling, and at last, those Sneaky French were eradicated from British Soil. Unchecked, the ponies were free to multiply further, and ran amok behind the fence causing widespread destruction wherever they went. In 1970, speculating Oil Tycoons from the USA were delighted to have found such a large un-used patch of land in South East England and had the monsterous Fawley Oil refinery built. Twenty seven Certified Caravan Club sites were destroyed to make way for the development. Only one such campsite, known locally as Hythe survived the shock and awe tactics employed by Esso to rid the waterside of happy campers forever. The New Forest was designated a National Park in 2006 for no other reason than that there wasn't one yet in the South East and 99% of Southerners have an inherent fear of going through The Midlands. The reason for this particular area being selected as "The New Forest" was because nothing of use could possibly be grown on it. The name "New Forest" may seem bizarre since it is neither a 'forest' a 'wood' or even a 'tree', nor is it 'new' since the land itself is either 13.7 billion years old or 5000 years old depending on your personal views or proximity to Cranborne. The name is, however a hopeful statement that by prevent Esso from building another refinery, the land may finally become lush, verdant and wild once more (by growing a sodding birch tree at the very least).
Walking past a stream of stationary vehicles on any given bank holiday you can hear the familiar 'Laverly ain'it!' call emitting from within. Well, yes, in comparisson to the rest of the South East, maybe it is. Compared to the rest of England however, it is at best, average. So what is it that brings so many unimaginitive, travel-shy southern types to the New Forest? A number of leisure pusuits are available for the Visitor to enjoy.
Pony Bashing[edit]
Pony Bashing Tours are operated from Southampton. As there are no trees in the New Forest, there was never any wood to build fences, hence, the descendants of centuries of rustled ponies are free to stand in the middle of busy roads with hilarious consequences.
Participants choose the imported Japanese vehicle of their choice at Southampton docks and drive it into the New Forest, whereupon, they aim it into crowds of ponies in the hope one or more of them will die. Points are awarded for style, damage and agression. Some insist this is a cruel bloodsport, and should be outlawed, but ponybashers maintain that it is a necessary form of population control, citing evidence that only the old or sick ponies are unable to outrun a pack of Mitsubishi's. The Pro-Bashing lobby reamins defiant of new legislation curbing the bashing of ponies with mistubishi's and have decreed that cityfolk should stop meddling in rural affairs.
The second most popular leisure activity in the New Forest is of course, queuing. As the rest of South East England is made of concrete, greenery-thirsty Southerners flock to the New Forest and make themselves feel right at home by overpopulating it.
Since its rediscovery, and subsequent declaration as an Independant Nation for Caravan Enthusiasts, Caravanning has become one of the New Forests most practiced arts. This masochistic activity, which traces it's origins to an archaic form of torture, involves leaving your perfectly adequate house on a crowded estate in Woking, attatching a white box on to the back of your volvo, and then parking it six feet from another white box in a crowded field in Hampshire. Whilst caravaning, you can also enjoy the thrills of shitting in a bucket, getting damp, and not being able to stand up properly.
Pony Snapping[edit]
This may sound like another cruel pastime, however, harm to the ponies is rare. Essentialy you have to drive along a New Forest road as slowly as possible until a long stream of traffic builds behind you. Then, upon seeing a pony doing something hilarious or amazing, like having a poo or eating grass - you know - pony stuff, you brake as sharply and suddenly as possible, causing a multiple car pile up behind. Leaning out of your window, ignoring the carnage you have caused, you point a camera at the pony, and take a picture. Be quick though, because it will bite your head off if you linger too long. New Forest ponies have exceedingly sharp teeth and a taste for blood.
There are a number of towns in the New Forest, but none are any good.
As there was nothing much there until 1961, Lyndhurst, like most New Forest towns, is a New Town. It grew up around a particularly popular campsite shop, selling bottles of suncream, rubber dingies and calor gas to optimistic caravanners. It was built in the victorian reproduction style with a road layout cleverly masterminded in order to trap caravans and other motorists, often for decades at a time. Originally called 'The New Forest Camping Shop' It was renamed in honour of Nicholas Lyndhurst, the british actor who disappeared here during a particularly nasty tailback in the mid 1990's. Hopes that this once-great stalwart of british comedy may one day emerge from the chaos onto the A35 near Southamtpon have been dismissed as sentimental and unrealistic. If he ever got out of the traffic queue and wandered off onto the heath, he was more than likely eaten by ponies soon afterwards.
"Ha ha ha. No thanks."
Totton fights very hard to be recognised as being part of the New Forest as it has no other redeeming features. Sadly for the Tottonians, it just isn't. Listed in the Domesday book as 'Tottyton' it's name is derived from the Anglo Saxon word 'Totty' - meaning attractive young lady, and the suffix '-ton' meaning a settlement. It is thought that the town may have been used as a camp for young European noblewomen, marched over the bridge to satisfy Henry VIII's legendary Libido (see section on history), and is in no way related to the attractiveness of today's locals, who are generally as hideous as the town they inhabit.
Being a Lymingtonian is not always a fun past time. These people have the look on their faces as if the sky's about to fall in. This could be in part to the bleak future that appears before their eyes: scavenging a job working for 41p a month in a touristy shop for only half the year and finding time to look after seventeen children and the extended family. A typical Lymington extended family consists of most of Lower Buckland Road and the Marsh Lane estate with a few cousins scattered around the shanty-town of Pennington. As the saying goes: "everyone knows everyone around here".
However, if you are so fortunate as to be able to afford a mansion on the southside of the steepy-inclined high street, be very warned. The land around Lymington is marshy and, due to climate change, your property might just sink. Either that or you will have your tree stumps nicked by some forest folk who will prompty sell it as a designer table to some retarded tourist.
Despite its high proportion of white chavs, ethnic groups in Lymington never suffer from racial attacks. This is because when a Lymingtonian encounters someone of a different nationality, they will pester them with a load of incomprehensible questions then have a panic attack, go cross-eyed and get a nosebleed.
A typical night out in Lymington consists of being thrown out of every pub you go to because you're not a tourist, you don't have much money, you're under eight and looking to buy alcohol for your younger siblings, you go to Priestlands school (officially named second worst school in existence after Jihad Primary in Baghdad - the Priestlanders, annoyed at this, would've obliterated their rivals if they knew that anything existed beyond Southampton) and/or your surname is Sanger. Hence some Lymingtonians have began to branch out into the wider world, discovering new places like Winchester and New Milton. They view the world with a child-like wonder and also with a child-like fear. Places like Bournemouth scare them and, added to the lack of decent public transport, you will often find herds of bewildered Lymingtonians staggering around fields near Highcliffe, trying to find the Dorset boarder as if it were a line on the ground.
Translation into Lymingtonian:
Bin a'Lymin'onyan's no' alwwayz a'fun pas toime. Theez par' gridders'ave looks on them faices as'if the sky's abou' a'fallin. This cud bin par' to the bleak fu'ure tha'ppears beforre theirr eyeses: scavengin themselves a job workin ferr eigh' bob 'n' unpunce a monf in a grockle shop ferr ownly 'alf the yurr 'n' findin time a'look af'err seven'een li'luns 'n' theirrs stended famly. A typicalw Lym'non stended famly consiss ov mos' ov Lowrr Bucklan Roaw 'n' Marrsh Lane estae wiv a couppla couzurrns sca'ered rouwn the shan'y-town ov Penn'on. As the sayin goews: "evr'one knowz evr'one round ere".
'owever, if you be so forr'una'e to be able to ford a prroperr job goo' 'ouse on sahfside ov the bi' skew-whiff 'igh stree', be vrrey warrned. The land round Lym'non's marrshy 'n', due to tha' fing them therre peoples gurrn on 'bout on the 'aunted fishtank, yourr prroperrty migh' jus' sink. Ivvor tha urr yourl 'ave yourr tree stumps nabbed by surm cacker ooll prerrmly pass i' erff as a prroperr job table to surm narky grockle.
Despi' them 'igh prroporrssions ov whi' townies/chavs/them lot frerm Bournemouff, effnic groups in Lym'non nerr sufferr frerm racialw tacks. Thisus coz when a Lymin'onyan coun'errs sermwone ov a diffren' nashnali'y, them'ull pesterr him or she wiv a shed-loa' ov misunnerrstannin quessions then 'ave a funny five minz, go cross-eye n get a jippy nowse.
A typ'calw nigh' ou' in Lym'non consiss ov bin frowwn owt arff evry wa'rin 'ole you go to coz yerr no'a grockle, yerr don't 'ave much nickerr 'lastic, yerr knee tallw to'a grarrs-'opperr 'n' lookin to buy zliderr ferr yerr lil'luns, yerr go to Priestlands prisurn (offishly named second wors' schoolw in sisurnce af'urr Ji'ad Prim'ry in tha'urn place - the pikeys, 'noyed a' this, would've 'bli'erra'ed thems rivalws theirselves if they knew tha' anyfink sis'sed beyon' So'urrn) 'n'/urr yurr tha' diddicai Sanger urr 'is misses. 'ence surm Lymin'onyans 'ave begurn to brranch ou' innur the widerr worwl, 'scovering new places likes ov Winchy 'n' New Mil'on. They looks a' the worwl wiv lil'lun wonderrs 'n' 'so wiva kiddly fearr. Places like Burrnemouff scareum 'n', added to the lack ov decen' public transpor', yerrll offern find 'erds ov bewilderred Lymin'onyans stagg'rin round fielws nerr 'ighcliffe, trryinerr find the Dahrrse' boarerr as if i' werr a line on the grouwn'.
The Oldest town in the New Forest, and the biggest in the UK not to have anywhere to go after 5pm, still bears its French name from the time of the Pony Rustlers. At low tide it smells of rotting seaweed, and is home to the National Duck Collection (closes daily at 1700h). At the last count they had forty seven different ducks. Quite an achievement, considering that, less than half a century ago, French people were force feeding them until their livers exploded to make tasty Pâté to complement their diet of horseflesh and bracken croissants.
New Milton[edit]
New Milton is barely a town. It is more of a concentration camp for the elderly. Surrounded by forest and sea, it is the ideal location for the Forest Elderly Concentration Klan (FECK). It is not without its flaws. In 1956 Willie Anis set up the Willie Anis Nocturnal Klan Endorsing Retrospective Treatment In Towns For Ugly Child Killings (WANKERTITFUCK) where Willie and a group of several New Miltonors would snipe children who were out later than 7pm without there mummys and blame it on yob hoody people. New Milton still hosts the largest amount of OAPASBOS in the UK and the town has set up the Government Initiative Viewing Encouraging Measures Ending Aspects For Ugly Child Killings (GIVEMEAFUCK)
Reports state that the more militant and able-bodied New Miltonians, desperate for an escape route from the rural hell of the retirement ghetto flats and bungalow stalags of New Milton, have cunningly managed to alter the route of the E9 footpath from Portugal to Estonia by bribing officials with Real Ale and venison steaks from culled New Forest deer. The deviated E9 footpath now runs over the camouflaged New Forest Link Bridge from France, through a maximum security New Milton bungalow settlement, linking up with the Coastal Path running the width of Southern England, back through an underground tunnel to the Isle of Wight thus avoiding the watch towers, and thereafter across Europe to Estonia. Leaked Police Reports state that escapee OAP's form strings of electric invalid buggies driving in all roads at 0.5 mph thus creating diversions by blocking police car pursuit. This effectively cuts New Milton off from outside traffic, causing gridlock throughout the town. Other teams of geriatric hoodies drive their turbo-powered hot-rod buggies along the E9 Footpath and smuggle back erotic Estonian knitted shawl patterns which are circulated and then exchanged for weapons to further the covert activities of the Ugly Child Killers. Tourists are strongly advised to avoid the entire area.
Tiptoe is what many have deemed to have been built upon a shortcut between New Milton and Sway. This being said the small Hamlet does not disappoint. Its sheer lack of magnitude is bested only by the lack of interesting things to do there. There was once a post office, but it was demolished in order to make a heap of rubble which was, by all accounts, more interesting. The current buisness total stands at a Pub, a Garage and several churches. Its residents have a glazed look, as if they have lost the will to live long ago and many of the older residents hark back to Tiptoes only exciting day: Known lovingly as 'The Day of the Traffic Jam". Currently the only day in the history of Tiptoe that more than six cars were consecutively queuing.


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In this image by Charlie Layton, the costumed characters from both DC and Marvel decided to blow off some steam at the same bar when Captain America accidentally interfered with DC's pool game.
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Using Nineteenth Century Novels as Genealogy Resources
|Oliver Twist Image Creative Commons
Recently, on a trip to the USA to visit my new grand daughter, I was reminded of the importance of an often undervalued genealogical resource. As a genealogist, I am never content to simply add names and dates to a family tree. It is important for me to understand the historical context in which my ancestors lived. Researching the the social, economic and political circumstances in which our forebears lived is an extraordinary path to understanding what their lives were like.
There exists a wide and varied range of historical resources available for such research. Most of these resources are written by historians looking back on the past. They are extremely valuable secondary sources of information. Primary documents such as census records and land valuations, military records, occupational records , court and criminal records, school records, asylum records, ships passenger records and so many more, also help us to build up a picture of our ancestors' lives.
Importantly, a sometimes overlooked and first hand glimpse into the past and the real world in which our ancestors lived can be found in the writings of novelists whose roles as authors was that of social commentators. Social commentary was one of the most significant themes of the influential novelists of the nineteenth century and cannot be overlooked as a valuable resource for genealogists. Social discourse was not restricted to the nineteenth century nor to America and England, however I am focusing on this period since most of us can trace our family trees at least to the 1800's. This period of history is particularly relevant for many family historians, and most recently, I was reminded of the vital role which nineteenth century novelists can play in understanding the historical context of my own English ancestors.
Importantly, a sometimes overlooked and first hand glimpse into the past and the real world in which our ancestors lived can be found in the writings of novelists whose roles as authors was that of social commentators. Social commentary was one of the most significant themes of the influential novelists of the nineteenth century and cannot be overlooked as a valuable resource for genealogists. Social discourse was not restricted to the nineteenth century nor to America and England, however I am focusing on this period since most of us can trace our family trees at least to the 1800's. This period of history is particularly relevant for many family historians, and most recently, I was reminded of the vital role which nineteenth century novelists can play in understanding the historical context of my own English ancestors.
The writings, opinions and first hand commentaries of authors such as Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Anne Bronte, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Henry James and George Elliot allow us to relate to the lives of our ancestors in a way which is explicit but more importantly, easily understood. Nineteenth century novels are possibly a significantly under appreciated primary source of historical information for genealogists.
Whilst in New York only a few weeks ago, I planned a trip to Hyde Park which is a town located in the north west area of Duchess County, NY, north of the city of Poughkeepsie.
My trip involved a three hour bus ride leaving from the Port of Authority Terminal near Times Square in New York.
[ That I left on the wrong bus, one which terminated at the Woodbury Shopping Outlet an hour out of New York( a place which I am certain would have been a most pleasant, if not expensive day, had I not an had exceptional reason to visit Hyde Park) and have another Bus radioed to come out of its way to pick me up and take me ( a big thank you to Shortline Coaches) to Hyde Park, is a story for another time! Our genealogical journeys are often fraught with detours although, usually my detours are of the internet kind and do not leave me stranded in a strange place on my own. But, I did make it safely, in the end, to Hyde Park.]
Hyde Park is best known as the home town of President Franklin D Roosevelt and began its life known as Stoutenburgh. My journey to this destination was for the purpose of visiting the Vanderbilt Mansion, built by Frederick Vanderbilt (1856-1938) on the bank of the Hudson River, as a 'summer retreat'. The mansion was built between the years 1895 and 1898 in what has become known in American history, as the Gilded Age. I have no family connections with the wealthy Vanderbilt family, however, my great Uncle Rex Morley Hoyes, purchased a large steam yacht in the mid 1930's, which Frederick Vanderbilt had commissioned to be built at Troon in 1901. Somewhere, I had read that there was a marble model of the yacht in the vestibule of the Vanderbilt home at Hyde Park and I was eager to see it. I had been researching the Warrior's history for some years alongside several researchers in England. During WW11, the Warrior had been recommissioned by the Royal British Navy whilst under the ownership of my great uncle, renamed Warrior 11, and was subsequently sunk in the English Channel, off Portsmouth, on July 11, 1940 by German bombers.
One of the people researching the grand yacht was Alan Dunster, a professional diver who had discovered the wreck of the Warrior lying at a depth of about 57 metres beneath the Channel. For several years Alan and I researched Warrior's history together with a regular exchange of information. Sadly, last year Alan passed away diving on the wreck of the Warrior. I felt that to visit the place where the opulent steam yacht began its journey was a fitting tribute to my friend Alan.
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As I sat reading, a National Parks Ranger, named Mike, to whom I had been earlier chatting about the model of the Warrior, came to me and invited me on an unprecedented private visit to the bedroom of Frederick Vanderbilt. The public is never permitted inside the rooms of this mansion, all of which which are roped off from the hallways, however there was considerable interest in my knowledge of the the yacht and where it had gone after Frederick Vanderbilt's cousin, who inherited it, sold it. I was escorted into the room and allowed to take photographs of the model by torchlight. (There was no electricity in the room as it was undergoing renovations.)
|A room in the Vanderbilt's mansion - The Gilded Age Image S White©
Even after reading only several chapters of Mark Twain's novel, 'The Gilded Age', my breath was taken away by the sheer opulence inside the house. When I entered Frederick's bedroom, I was amazed to find that the model was not made of marble as I had read. It was a skilfully crafted timber replica of the Warrior. It sat in pride of place, in a large glass case, at the foot of Frederick Vanderbilt's bed.
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I intend to write in more detail about the Warrior in another blog, however, I must add that Mark Twain's first hand insightful commentary on the period of American history known as the Gilded Age permitted me a glimpse into the opulent world of the Vanderbilts and handed me the first chapter of the Warrior's story.
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I have mentioned other novelists of the nineteenth century whose writing focused on social commentary. If one wishes to understand the way in which nineteenth century English aristocracy lived, one only needs to read the literary works of Jane Austen, although they are perhaps a touch romantically enhanced. Perhaps one of the most widely read of these authors who possessed a deep social conscience was Charles Dickens. Dickens' novels "Hard Times" and "Oliver Twist" amongst many others are well known and well loved. Dickens was not the first novelist to attempt to provoke a public social conscience through his writing but perhaps one of the most successful. His abhorrence of the terrible living conditions of the poor in Victorian England was vividly apparent through his descriptions of poverty, cruelty, madness, the injustices of the legal system, poor laws and deeply flawed health and mental institutions.
I have read, over the years, quite a number of novels written by Charles Dickens, the most recent, a re read of "Great Expectations". Just this week, while researching the life of my third great uncle Henry Charles Weston I discovered an unexpected connection to Charles Dickens' novel "Oliver Twist" and was once again reminded of the great value in reading nineteenth century novels as a source of information about the lives of ancestors.
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As I traced the sad life of poverty of my third great uncle Henry Charles Weston I researched the history of the workhouses in which he resided. I felt saddened that the son of a surgeon had spent so many years of their lives living and working in workhouses for the poor. I set out to discover as much as possible about what his life would have been like. As I gathered information about workhouses - daily routines, work, medical help, punishment, rules, and clothing worn by inmates, I began to build up a sad picture of great Uncle Henry's life.
|The workshop in a London Workhouse Image Wikimedia Commons
Whilst researching the Strand Union Workhouse where great (x3) uncle Henry Charles Weston died, I discovered several interesting facts. This workhouse, also known as the Cleveland Street Workhouse was originally built in 1778 for the care of London's sick and poor under the Old Poor Law. When I googled the Strand Union, or Cleveland Street Workhouse, I came upon a BBC news item dated March 14, 2011, entitled "Oliver Twist" Strand Union Workhouse gets listing. The Georgian building had been saved from demolition and given a grade 11 heritage listing because of a super sleuth historian's research. The next item of interest I found was a book entitled, "Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor" written by Ruth Richardson. From this I learned that as a young man, Charles Dickens had lived but a few doors from the Strand Union Workhouse. This fact when discovered, fuelled speculation and then determination that Oliver Twist's workhouse had been discovered. Ruth Richardson was the historian who began the campaign to save the workhouse which inspired Charles Dickens famous novel "Oliver Twist". The building was saved from destruction for its social and cultural heritage more than for its architectural heritage.
|The Cleveland Street Workhouse where Henry Weston Died in 1902 Image Wikimedia Commons
What was exciting for me was that although Charles Dickens published his novel "Oliver Twist" in 1838, and although it was a comment on the 1834 New Poor Law which Dickens believed failed to alleviate the depraved living conditions of London's poor, the novel still represented the system of workhouses designed to deal with London's problems of unemployment and poverty. Both of these factors had forced my great uncle Henry Charles Weston into residing for more than two decades in workhouses for the poor. That he died in the Strand Union Workhouse was for me at the same time, both sad and exciting. Because of this particular workhouses' connection to Charles Dickens I have at my disposal a wealth of information both from historians and from Charles Dickens' own first hand social commentary in his novel "Oliver Twist". The unforgettable images which Dickens painted in his novel " Oliver Twist" have offered me a window into my own family's past and enabled me to reconstruct a realistic picture of my third great uncle Henry Charles Weston's life.
After writing this blog I discovered that Henry Charles Weston's older sister, Ann Manton Weston was also living and working at the St Marylebone Workhouse at the time of the 1891 census. Sadly, both sister and brother were there at the same time. The 1901 census shows my third great aunt to be an inmate at the St Joseph's House for the aged and poor in Portabello Road, Nottinghill. She died at St Joseph's workhouse in 1916. I cannot help but wonder why Henry and Ann did not emigrate with their sister in law Mary Ann Weston on board the Flying Cloud which took her to a new and better life in Australia in 1871.
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"Oliver Twist" Charles Dickens
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Welcome to TNA Bound for Glory coverage here on PWInsider.com!
The PPV opened with the usual great video package you'd expect.
Mike Tenay and Taz talked about the "big show atmosphere" in the building and reviewed the top matches for the show.
TNA X-Division champ Zema Ion vs. Rob Van Dam
TNA has the old school WCW ramp to the ring.
They noted this was the biggest test to date for Ion.
The crowd was super hot for Van Dam, chanting for him. The building looked pretty damn full too.
RVD and Ion each went for waistlock takedowns but reversed each other. Ion was tossed to the mat and argued with the referee. Van Dan nailed several kicks, sending him to the floor. He teased a dive but Ion scampered away. The crowd began chanting for Ion again.
When he returned to the ring, Ion locked on a side headlock but was shot into the ropes. Van Dam split as he dropped down and Ion ran over, then caught him with a kick. Ion nailed a nice spinning leap off the ropes into a leg lariat for a two count. He mocked RVD's mannerisms on the ropes, so Rob crotched him on the ropes and nailed the Ryder Kick off the top rope. Ion went to the floor.
Ion returned to the apron and shoulderblocked RVD several times. He came off the ropes with a spiked DDT and scored a pair of two counts. Van Dam fought back and went to the top but was shoved off the top into a guard rail. Ion hit a tope con hilo to the outside on RVD.
Ion tossed Van Dam back into the ring and scored several near falls. Ion choked him against the ropes. He worked over Van Dam's back in the corner, then nailed several chops. Van Dam reversed a whip into the corner and went for a monkey flip but Ion dropped down and smashed RVD into the buckles. Ion came off with a nice looking missile dropkick for a two count.
Ion grabbed an abdominal stretch in the center of the ring. RVD escaped and battled back and forth with shots. Van Dam sent Ion into the air and dropkicked him in the chest as he came down. RVD nailed Rolling Thunder and the Five Star Frog Splash.
Your winner and new X-Division champion Rob Van Dam!
Decent opener with some nice physical and athletic moves. Very surprised to see a title change here. Nothing that stood out as a match but there were some nice spots.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Magnus. He said it was the biggest night of the year for everyone and his chance to become the new TV champion. He said he's broken out of political prison and asked Samoa Joe how he was going to recover from the most humiliating loss of his career?
TNA TV champion Samoa Joe vs. Magnus
Fans were doing the "Joe is gonna kill you" chants.
They had some feeling out early on. Magnus has really improved as a personality in the last year. Joe sent him into the corner for a back splash and an enziguiri. Joe drilled him with a series of right hands, which the referee admonished him for. That allowed Magnus to nail him unaware. Joe cut him off with a chop but Magnus caught him with a clothesline as he rebounded off the ropes.
Magnus choked Joe against the ropes and drilled him with a running elbow to the back for a two count. He worked over Joe until Joe cut him off. Joe nailed a back senton splash for a two count. Out of nowhere, Magnus caught him with a snap powerslam for a two count. Magnus was caught and powerbombed, then turned into an STF.
Magnus tried to crawl towards the ropes. He almost made it, so Joe grabbed his arms and turned it into a double arm submission. Magnus finally scampered and used his leg to drape the ropes.
Joe placed him on the top for the muscle buster. Magnus nailed him but Joe returned. Magnus knocked him to the apron but Magnus caught him with a leaping knee to knock him off the buckles to the mat. He came off with a flying elbow but Joe kicked up at the last second. Magnus argued with the referee on that one.
Joe began psyching himself up. Joe went for the choke but Magnus turned it into a pinfall combination for a two count. Joe went for the choke again but Magnus dropped down with a jawbuster. Magnus went for a figure four but Joe grabbed him in the choke and choked him out.
Your winner and still TNA TV champion, Samoa Joe!
Real good back and forth match.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Bobby Roode. He said they this has been going on for a year but they've hated each other their entire careers. Roode said that Storm has never beaten him and last time they wrestled, Roode beat Storm at Lockdown and Storm went home. He said that when he wins tonight, he is sending Storm home forever. He warned King Mo not to get in his way. Good promo.
Bobby Roode vs. James Storm with King Mo as the special enforcer - Street Fight
They had a faceoff and then began brawling back and forth. Storm hit a running forearm and began beating Roode from pillar to post, as the cliché goes. He backdropped Roode and then pulled him to the outside, kicking him in the face as his head was extended over the apron.
Storm slammed Roode into the apron. They battled on the floor. Roode argued with a fan and was nailed by Storm. Storm attempted the Eye of the Storm through the announcer's table but Roode slipped out and catapulted Storm into the ringpost. Storm was busted open.
Roode tossed some weapons into the ring, which got a pop. He drilled Storm in the gut with a chair and then slammed it over his back. The crowd chanted for tables. Roode pulled out a kendo stick as Storm returned to the ring. Roode wedged a chair in the corner, allowing Storm to grab the stick and beat Roode with it twice.
Storm placed a trash can between the legs and drilled the can into Roode's nether-regions. That elicited a "TNA" chant. Roode tossed Storm outside on the ramp but Storm recovered and DDT'd Roode on the steel ramp. Roode was now busted open. That spot. ouch. Storm was given a crutch by a fan and nailed Roode with it. They beat each other over the head with trash can lids. Storm drilled Roode with a trash can. The crowd chanted it was awesome.
Storm charged down the ramp at Roode, who caught him with a spinebuster on the ramp. Jesus, these guys are just killing each other. They battled around ringside and back to the announcer's table. Storm slammed Roode into it and placed him atop the glass or plexiboard table. He teased a suplex off but Roode fought out. They battled back and forth and Roode speared him off the table onto another table used by production right next to them. The crowd chanted "Holy sh**."
Roode returned to the ring and covered Storm for a two count. Roode was pissed and grabbed the referee. King Mo rolled in to defend the ref. Roode shoved him. Mo shoved him backwards into Storm, who was recovering and nailed the Backstabber. Storm nailed the Last Call but Roode kicked out at the last second. That was great timing.
Roode sent Storm into the chair in the corner and rolled him up for a two count. Roode was increasingly frustrated by his inability to beat Storm. Roode placed Storm, who was bleeding heavily now, on the top rope and beat him with a series of right hands. Roode went under the ring and retrieved another steel chair. He drilled Storm across the back and shoulder.
Roode poured thumbtacks across the mat. Really?????
Roode went for a superplex but Storm fought him off and Roode took the bump backfirst into the tacks. That is nuts. Storm hit a flying elbow onto Roode and the tacks. Equally freaking nuts! Roode kicked up at two, even after all that.
Roode had tacks embedded in his arm and up and down his back. He went to the outside for a six pack of beer bottles. He went to nail Storm with one but was low blowed (legal due to the stips). Storm grabbed a beer, drank it and smashed a bottle over Roode's head.
Storm pulled an "out of it" Roode to his feet, then nailed the Last Call superkick. Roode took ANOTHER bump into the tacks and was pinned.
Your winner, James Storm!
THAT'S HOW YOU END A FEUD! Holy hell this was a killer brawl. This was a big time throwback to the old double juice brawls of the NWA and World Class with some ECW style weapons shots and even multiple thumbtack bumps. This was completely insane and a hell of an ending to their story. Loved it.
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Calculating your adjusted gross income (AGI) is one of the first steps in determining your taxable income for the year. If you are an experienced tax preparer, this calculation can be easy. However, if you are preparing your tax return for the first time, or you're not an expert, you might find the following tips helpful.
Before Determining Your AGI
Determining your AGI would be a waste of time and resources if you are not required to file a tax return. Therefore, before you calculate your AGI, you should determine whether or not you need to file a tax return for the year. The IRS provides an interactive tax assistant that can be used to help you determine if you need to file a tax return for the year. This can be found on the IRS website. Even if you are not required to file a tax return, the IRS recommends that you do if you are eligible for a tax return which might be the case if you paid income tax, or if you are eligible for certain credits.
How To Calculate AGI For Tax Purposes
Gather Your Income Statements
The starting point for computing your AGI is determining your income for the year. This includes salaries and wages, which are reported on Form W-2, self-employment income, and income reported on 1099 forms, such as proceeds from Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions reported on Form 1099-B, proceeds from Real Estate Transactions reported on Form 1099-S, Form 1099-INT used to report taxable interest and 1099-DIV, which is used to report taxable dividend. You will need to add other taxable income, such as:
- Taxable refunds, credits, or offsets of state and local income taxes
- Alimony
- Business income
- Capital gains or losses
- Other gains or losses
- Distributions from retirement accounts that are taxable
- Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, etc.
- Farm income
- Unemployment compensation, and
- Other income not reported elsewhere on your tax return
The total of these amounts is your "total income."
Subtract Deductions and Expenses
You are allowed to subtract certain amounts from your total income in order to arrive at your AGI. These are:
- Educator expenses, which applies to eligible educators for up to $250
- Certain business expenses of reservists, performing artists, and fee-basis government officials
- Health savings account deduction
- Moving expenses
- Deductible part of self-employment tax
- Self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, and qualified plans
- Self-employed health insurance deduction
- Penalty on early withdrawal of savings. This should not be confused with the 10 percent early distribution penalty that applies to any distributions from a retirement account that occur before you reach age 59 1/2; such amounts are reported as taxable income in the "other taxes" section of your tax return.
- Alimony
- Deduction for contributions made to your traditional IRA
- Student loan interest deduction, and
- Tuition and fees
Be careful when figuring the amounts for these categories, as special requirements must be met for each.
Don't Confuse MAGI With AGI
A common mistake made by inexperienced tax preparers is to use AGI in cases where the modified AGI should be used. While your AGI is used in the calculating done to determine the amount of income tax you owe and certain credits for which you are eligible, your modified AGI is used to determine eligibility for items such as deducting contributions to a traditional IRA, or eligibility to contribute to a Roth IRA.
Work With a Professional
Unless you have the time and aptitude to follow the IRS instructions and conduct any necessary research, it might be more practical to use the services of an experienced tax professional. Professionals' services may cost you, but they may be well worth the time saved and frustration prevented from trying to figure out the rules on your own.
The Bottom Line
Figuring out your AGI may seem like a simple process at first glance. However, even if you use the IRS instructions for completing your tax return, you run the risk of making costly mistakes if you are inexperienced. Even if you complete the process on your own, consider having a tax professional review your results to help ensure accuracy.


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