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On the last day of the millennium, sassy Faith Bass Darling, the richest old lady in Bass, Texas, decides to have a garage sale. With help from a couple of neighborhood boys, Faith lugs her priceless Louis XV elephant clock, countless Tiffany lamps, and everything else from her nineteenth-century mansion out onto her long, sloping lawn. Why is a recluse of twenty years suddenly selling off her dearest possessions? Becasue God told her to. As the townspeople grab up five generations of heirlooms, everyone drawn to the sale--including Faith's lon-lost daughter--finds that the antiques not only hold family secrets but also inspire some of life's most imponderable questions: Do our possessions possess us? What are we without our memories? Is there life after death or second chances here on earth? And is Faith really selling that Tiffany lamp for $1? READERS GUIDE INCLUDED |
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Talented singer-songwriter, tremendous performer, Northwest gal and Bend fave Brandi Carlile returns to town tonight for not one but two shows at the Tower Theatre.
And get this: They are "very special" Christmas shows! Brandi and Christmas! What? Were cute, fuzzy puppies not available as an opening act?
Anyway, it'll be great, surely, to hear Carlile and her crack band play holiday tunes in their rootsy meets poppy style. As of Thursday morning, tickets were nearly sold out, so move fast if you want one.
Brandi Carlile; 6 and 9:30 tonight, doors open 30 minutes before showtime; $43 plus fees in advance, $48 at the door, tickets available through the venue; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; www.tower theatre.org or 541-317-0700.


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New Macon County High School football coach Nathan Wilson is organizing a new support club for the team, after the disbanding of the longstanding Macon County Football Booster Club just last month.
A football support club has several functions: fundraising, organization of team activities along with food prep and planning, and general support/pep. This is what the old booster club did, along with the Quarterback Club, which was taken over by the booster club a few years ago.
"A support organization like this is so necessary," said Wilson. "Running a good football program costs so much." The old booster club donated all its leftover funds for the purchase of new shoulderpads and helmets. Wilson said he plans to have all the players in good gear this year.
There will be a meeting on Thursday, February 7 at 6 p.m. in the MCHS cafeteria to organize the new club, which will be called the Macon County Tiger Club. Items on the agenda: memberships will be taken, the bylaws will be read, and officers will be elected.
"Before, it was a case of just a few people in the club doing a bulk of the work," said Wilson. "I want anyone who wants to be involved to come out. I feel we could really put a good club together, and keep everybody connected. Let everybody that wants to be, be a part of the football program. Whether they're a parent, fan, or family member of a player—they can help give the kids the support they need."
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Some of those sites sold counterfeit products from a local company, Hochul said.
"Five of those 15 websites sold counterfeit merchandise which is manufactured by a company headquartered right here in Western New York, and that of course is New Era Cap," Hochul said.
One such website -- newerasonlinesshop.com -- was easy to spot as a fake because one screen displayed the name of the company "New Era" as "New Ear," as indicated in the photo with the article.
The websites offered counterfeit merchandise from the Buffalo Bills, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, and Detroit Tigers, including caps and jersey, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Robinson said in a news release.
The affidavit in support of the seizure warrants indicates some of the websites sold caps allegedly sold by New Era Cap, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
"As we remind consumers, buying knockoffs doesn't pay off," James Spero, special agent in charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Buffalo, said in the news release. "Those who sell counterfeit merchandise are robbing from the legitimate companies, many of them U.S.-based, that make these products. And perhaps most important, they're hurting the men and women who depend on those companies for their livelihood. Intellectual property theft amounts to economic sabotage, which is why HSI will continue to aggressively pursue product counterfeiters and those who sell counterfeit products."
And it wasn't just sports merchandise counterfeits that were being sold.
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Holley, N.Y. -- Protesters visited Holley Village Hall on Friday in a last ditch effort to convince local leaders to put an end to the now controversial squirrel hunting fundraiser. The "7th Annual Hazzard County Squirrel Slam" has been targeted by activists in recent weeks that have flooded local leaders with e-mails, phone calls, and letters.
"People were just outraged and in disbelief that a fire department could have such a disgusting scheme as a fundraiser that draws in children and rewards them for killing," Edita Birnkrant the New York Director of Friends of Animals said.
The event abides by all New York State hunting rules and regulations; that includes children as young as 12 with a valid junior hunting license. Participants enter up to five squirrels for weighing at the end of the day on Saturday and prizes are given out based on that weight. Prizes include some guns, which is another source of controversy for some.
"There's no place in a civilized society anymore to have these kinds of contests anymore and it makes it especially disgusting that they're drawing children in," Birnkrant said.
In fact, Friends for Animals is among those groups now lobbying some New York State lawmakers to pass a ban on all competitive hunting events.
"What we really want also as a part of this is to ban these kinds of killing contests in New York State," said Birnkrant. "They are banned in Colorado, a New Mexico state rep recently introduced a bill to ban to ban killing contests in his state because there was an awful coyote killing contest, these kinds of things need to be phased out."
"I would support a state level and certainly a federal level ban on competitive hunting as well as other policies regarding animals," Joel Helfrich of Rochester said. "I think quite honestly there are a lot of hunters that disagree with competitive hunting I think that quite honestly there's a lot of firemen that disagree with this policy."
Yet speak to many who call the Village of Holley or the surrounding area home and you get quite a different viewpoint on this event.
"It's a way of life around here, some people don't realize the squirrels do, do some damage," Ed Merritt of Holley said.
"The squirrels are a nuisance they do more damage than…they are fuzzy tailed rodents," Alfred Pulcino of Holley said.
Some are also not welcoming to the protesters who arrived in town on Friday from the New York City area.
"People around here they do kill these animals but they eat them, they use their pelts, they're not going to waste and as far as these people? They can go back home where they come from," said Urb Bennett of Kendall. "We don't go to their community and protest. All we want to do is come out here and be left alone."
Holley Police are planning to address the media at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. They're expected to explain how they plan to accommodate protesters while not disrupting the squirrel hunt event.
"Not everyone likes everything that goes on in the world and you're entitled to your opinions," Jody Forrest of Holley stated. "It is what it is, that's why we are what we are everyone has their opinion."


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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 10 May 2006, 07:44 Resident Soviet Quote: Evidence? I mean, every word here requires proof. Disastrous? Stalin has industrialized an agrarian country with 70% peasantry in 10 years - 1931-1941. This saved our lives in the Great Patriotic War - all european slavs and "lower races" were deemed for extinction. And how were his policies any more brutal? He at least gave most citizens in the state the right to labour. The salaries were high (thousands of roubles IIRC), the goods were cheap. Quote: 150 - 143. Quote: Really? And what number is that, care to tell? Because so far I know that there were less dead in Stalin's time that you could directly blame on him (death in prisons and summary execution combined would not even begin to yield 7 million). Quote: Most of the investigators of the famine think that the famine was similar in nature to famines in India, Tsarist Russia, etc. - it was party caused by natural circumstances (poor harvest) and partly by the lack of information in the communist party tops - the reports from Ukraine were producing unreliable figures, which forced the top brass to think that Ukraine's harvest is better than it really was. In that way, leading researchers like T.S.Ellman, S.Wheatcroft, Tauber conclude that the famines in Stalin's time could no more be blamed on Stalin than the famines of India and Tsarist Russia could be blamed on the then-existing governments. Sure, that's still a heavy accusation, but at least Stalin was developing such powerful agriculture so that the Soviet citizens would never have to hunger again. Quote: Do you think that ideological prisoners contributed to the majority of imprisoned? On the contrary, they were the minority. The majority were real criminals. And I don't see an outrage because the US keeps as many people incarcerated as the total population of Stalin's gulags in the 30's. Quote: Capitalism forces you to think a certain way too. I have been the witness of this change of mentality. People no longer plan their life in terms of work, family, etc. - they plan it in terms of career, money and possible ascendance to the capitalist class. Even from the very schoolboards the children are indocrinated into capitalism. Quote: And you think that the fact wealth in capitalism concentrates in the "golden billion" and requires a constant exploit of the periphery is going to vindicate capitalism? The global system of capitalism is designed in such a fashion - people would be willing to be capitalists more than workers, people want to be in the US more than to be citizens of their own countries. If you have the illusion that wealth somehow will come to places which are unprofitale for the capitalist to maintain... you're wrong. Russia is one of such places, it's an unprofitable place for investment and this is why capital is always running out of Russia, not concentrating there for the good of Russians. Stalin at least kept the investment _in Russia_. Now people are dying because all the capital is leaving Russia and pauperising it. Vile, pro-terrorist piece of neo-Marxist, left-wing propaganda filled with radical sexual politics and nasty attacks on religion and Christianity Quote: You can't compare life under Stalinism to life in the modern United States, the ground realities prevailing were WAY different. During Stalin's crucial years, in WWII, you had panzer divisions streamroll onto your territories, with the intent of taking over your capital in a few months. Within the first week, 90% of your airforce is destroyed. I mean, those are tough times requiring tough measures. Stalin had to relocate his ENTIRE ECONOMY deeper east. This would surely take a HUGE toll on human life, especially if you're facing a marauding rampaging mechanised army right at your backdoor. Also, the brunt of WWII was borne by the Stalin's USSR. After the war itself, the physical infrastructure of America was untouched. And the USSR's was pretty much in bad shape was choked to hardcore kick start its industry to compete w/ the US, which it managed to do. Stalin managed to steer a heavily damaged war torn economy into a superpower and as a counterbalance to unipolarism. The US could profit from WWII because they didn't suffer any damage to industrial infra. The same can't be said about the USSR, who had a much uglier fate. If you do think about it, today, in the US, they're fighting a war on terror. And a war on drugs. And who knows what the hell else. There are no enemy infantry divisions attacking America's borders. Neither are there reece flights over its airspace. Yet, despite the fact that the war on terror is fought outside US borders, they've used that same war to plunder almost every single democratic right in the book. I.E. Power to wiretap mails, power to indefinitely detain, power to arrest on suspicion etc., etc. Can you imagine what kind of hellhole it would be if the US was faced w/ the same ground reality as Stalin's USSR? And the "Western" economies that got hit badly got bailed by the US, whose infra was unharmed during the war. The USSR had to bail itself out as well as bail its allies out, despite suffering heavy damage during WWII. This is a very difficult- and certainly messy- job. I don't believe the Western / American capitalist economys woulda been any "better" given the ground realities Stalin's USSR faced.
China is just being more faithful to its own traditional foundation than relying on Western ideologies. I can see that China had been in a very terrible state from the 19th century to the late 1970s when Deng showed up.
Combining the two ideas above, we can see the today's Chinese society trying to be very stability-obsessed, facing the dynamic world. Last edited by somestudent on 12 Jan 2009, 02:13, edited 1 time in total.
I still hope that China is just going through a NEP.
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Mabool wrote: It isn't. Lenin described the NEP as a step away from socialism and partcial restoration of capitalism. Fidel called the Special Period a move for survival. Where China is dead wrong is that they believe these reforms are a step forward; whereas, past socialism countries have correctly described the restoration of capitalism as a step backward. "Don't hate on me bro" - Loz
Oh God. These bastards.
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 16 Feb 2005, 02:51 Party Bureaucrat Quote: ==I am not sure how you can call it a step "backward" since the socialist mode of production has never been achieved anywhere.
There has never been a case where the means of production and distribution are owned collectively?
The moment one accepts the notion of 'totalitarianism', one is firmly locked within the liberal-democratic horizon. - Slavoj Žižek
I think collectively is a very difficult to pin down term. Is a state bureaucracy sinonymous with collective ownership? I'd say that depends on the state, and on the type of bureaucracy. Ultimately it's disputable.
Under the NEP, the vast majority of industrial enterprises were still state property, the state held a monopoly on all foreign trade, and the workers still had the right to go on strike. The market reforms were directed towards agricultural sector(which made up the majority of the economy) in order to maintain the alliance with the peasantry and help the economy recover from the war, not to industrialize.
According to wiki, agriculture in China only makes up 10% of the economy, and the majority of industrial & service sectors are private. They trade openly with countries all over the world, although the government does put limits so it's not completely free. China has 146 billionaires, making it the country with the largest amount of billionaires after United States. The "Princelings", the thousands of wealthy relatives of old party officials, are loathed by the people as a symbol of cronyism and nepotism. And above all, workers have very limitied rights, including not allowed to go on strike. I think there is little doubt as to what the nature of the People's Republic of China and it's policy of "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" is. "Neither Maoist, nor internationalist, nor a movement" - heiss93 on the MIM
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 30 Oct 2007, 23:49 Ideology: Social Democracy Komsomol
Didn't Turkey at one point also try an NEP style system?
China is alot more free than the usa, europe, canada, and australia. China has also not invaded any countries to steal their resources, like usa, europe, canada, and australia has. ive been to alot of different countries, and so far China is the best. it's hard to really explain why China without spending several days. when you enter China, they don't question you the same way they do in fascist places such as the usa, europe, canada, and australia. if you want fascist, then take a look at the usa, where they scan your eyes, and fingerprints. the usa also checks the credit card, and email accounts of all travelers entering the usa from europe. the usa engages in false flag terrorism, and just terrorism in general. afterwards, they sell anti terror equipment, such as body scanners, and xrays and make huge amounts of money. the usa also has 6 times more prisoners than China. italy finger prints their own citizens, the roma. france pays their immigrants to go back to their country. australia locks up asylum seekers. the canadian govt pays trolls to go online to spread imperialist propaganda. japan dumped 3 million gallons of nuclear waste into the pacific ocean. in contrast, China treats its minorities with respect, and dignity. if you look at the Chinese money, you will see photos of minorities printed on it. i doubt you will see this in any of these western "democracies". the cost to see a doctor in China is 15rmb. what is it in the usa? mainland China may not be communist anymore, but it's still a hell of a lot better than usa, europe, canada, australia, japan, south korea, hong kong, taiwan.
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 12 May 2010, 07:43 Ideology: Other Leftist Politburo Quote: Um, they have started scanning fingerprints in recent years, but scanning eyes is something that I've never heard of. I don't know what it's like to enter the US from Europe, but neither I nor my parents have ever had our credit cards or email accounts checked, and we're not US citizens. It's also illegal for the US government to check people's email accounts for no reason, and if they do it, people can sue. It's called due process, and the US government, despite the PATRIOT Act has not done away with this completely. Quote: I don't think it's necessarily a conspiracy by capitalists to make more money. It's a result of poor decisions in foreign policies, but to be honest, I'd rather see more of these "anti terror" equipment floating around and decrease my chances of getting killed. Of course, it would be great if the US stopped doing stupid shit to piss off people in other countries and inciting anti-Americanism altogether. Quote: This I can agree with. I haven't been to Europe or Australia, but Chinese customs agents are a lot more relaxed. "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals" - Mark Twain
I've been to China, and it is just an ordinary capitalist country.
To Raskolnikov, what do you define as Stalinism? Are you aware that per year, 14 million people die of starvation, mostly in countries like India, parts of Africa etc.? Are you aware that at its worst, during the 1990s famine, North Korean rate of malnutrition was about the same as in modern day India? Do you know that 50 percents of children in India are malnourished, and 15 percents are severely malnourished (read - emaciated to the bone)? Are you aware that Stalin's USSR had only 2 famines, the 1932 one and the 1948 one? Do you know that the conditions in India kill cca 80 million people per decade from poverty and hunger? Apparently, mass death from hunger is only called "famine" when it occurs in regimes that are an enemy to the West. Also, how do you define "Stalinism"? Do you include East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, post-Stalin USSR etc... in it? If so then your claim are totally nonsensical. I live in Slovakia, which was Czechoslovakia once, actually, it was one of the more "Stalinist" states of the Eastern Bloc. My parents and gradparents and many older acquitances and friends lived in it. None have ever experienced hunger or starvation. The country was the 8. in the world in calorie consumption http://elections.thinkaboutit.eu/wp-con ... efacts.gif . Far from starvation, there was an obesity problem in many Eastern Bloc countries. North Korea - it was well fed from the 1950s till 1992. The starvation in the 1990s was caused by the fact that USSR was no longer around, and could no longer sell oil at 1/10 its market value to North Korea. This meant that there was nothing to fuel the tractors and other agricultural machinery with. If your North American and Western European "capitalist paradises" experienced such an oil shortage, you'd all die of starvation because you wouldn't be able to go back to animal based agriculture. If your wonderful morally superior countries were suddenly dependent on oxen to till the land, you'd be poor like North Koreans too. It has nothing to do with "evil dictators". Yes, Kim Jong Il is a corrupt asshole who eats caviar. You think that his few grams of caviar would feed entire North Korea if he gave it to his people? Plus, DPRK is not in a famine situation anymore. There is a member who has travelled DPRK extensively, zaruka, and he can tell you that while there are nutritional imbalances in DPRK, there is almost zero actual starvation in DPRK now. Considering the country has almost zero oil, this is quite an achievement.
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 13 Feb 2008, 15:25 Ideology: Other Leftist Politburo Quote: Where within though? Beijing? Shanghai? There's a lot more to China than just the bits Westerners usually visit. If it's just "an ordinary Capitalist country" it certainly doesn't fit the Western model of an ordinary Capitalist country. Statements like this and another one I read recently , calling China "the most capitalist country in the world" show a profound ignorance of the nation, it's history, and it's people. Quote: Yes,China is also the impoverished rural areas where hundreds of millions people don't have healthcare,education or (relatively) clean environment or certain basic rights. Quote: It fits the model of a developing capitalist country quite nicely,with certain reservations. Quote: Yeah? How come? Fellow Comrade wrote: I'm not a Westerner (Slovakia is a post-communist country - not third world but not "Western" either) and a typical Capitalist country is a developing one. I admit I visited mostly the major cities, but even there you can see a lot of poverty, disabled beggars etc. . I am not claiming that it is the "most capitalist country in the world", it is a cheap labor country like most third world countries, but with a lot of state ownership in the economy. I was there with my dad and he knows how a socialist country looks like, he has lived in one after all, and China is not one. I am not condemning China through, they are much better than places like India, Somalia, Colombia etc...
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Yeah ok mate. I wasn't really directing my annoyance at you personally. I get a bit pissed off at the anti-China bias and ignorance a lot of Leftists have. At least you've travelled there and hopefully talked to some of the locals. You're right to say that China is not a Socialist country, but I don't think Capitalism is a good description of its economic system either. It is a mixed economy in the literal sense. Many of the socialist policies from the Mao era still exist despite of the market reforms. Five year plans still exist for instance and they remain quite important to the overall direction the country takes. And in the political arena, there is simply no comparison between China and nations without a Socialist history. The government still maintains overall control rather than Capitalists as a class. All it takes is for the left faction of the CPC to regain dominance, and the market reforms would begin to be reversed. There would be nothing Capitalists could do about it short of starting a civil war, unlike in the West.
China just doesn't fit most Western models for comparison. It is too different, culturally, economically, and politically. Not to sound like a nationalist, but China does things the Chinese way. Quote: What is it then? A country can be capitalist or socialist,there's no "third way". Quote: Yes,so is pretty much every European state.Mixed economy is a term that doesn't have anything to do with class. Quote: Like? Quote: Many capitalist countries also had five(or 4 or...) year plans. But i highly doubt that the Chinese 5 year plans serve as anything more than indication mechanisms.I could be wrong of course. Besides,a planned economy doesn't make a country socialist anyway. Quote: What exactly does this mean? Quote: Sure,although it seems to be gripping less and less tight.How's that different from governments in most West European countries anyway? Quote: Except that it won't happen.Not with all those billionaires "greasing up" everyone,including the Army. Quote: Yeah and Americans do it the American way,the Japanese do it the Japanese way and the Norwegians do it the Norwegian way.What's the class nature of all these countries? Capitalism of course.
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Friday, May 4, 2012
20 comments:
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
BaaaaaaaaaaWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh NOODLES... you just Crack me up!!!
May the Fourth... hehehheh - May 4, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Meredith LeBlanc said...
Noodles, you're nutty!
Meredith & Scarlet - May 4, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- PugSlope.com said...
Lovin' your new 'do, Noodles. :)
Don't look so worried, though - it's finally the weekend!
Sid. - May 4, 2012 at 12:28 PM
- Andrea said...
That little wig becomes you Noodles. Where have you been hiding that one. We haven;t had hot here yet. Warm, yes, but still more cold. I don't know if I am looking forward to hot or not ... there are a lot of fun thing we do when it is hot, but ... it is still HOT!... Glad your Mom found a way to cool you off.
Izzi @ From The Sol - May 4, 2012 at 12:35 PM
- Kitty+Coco said...
Haha!!!!! Your buns are very becoming.
Kitty+Coco - May 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM
- dw said...
And May the 4th be with you as well!!
- May 4, 2012 at 1:06 PM
- MochiMachoMarshmallow said...
You just made my day. Thank You
M'3 mommy
Yumee - May 4, 2012 at 2:06 PM
- Frank The Tank said...
In a Pug Galaxy far far away.... Love, Licks and Hugs from your Friend Frank x x x x x x
- May 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Wilma said...
Oh Noodles, you crack me up!
- May 4, 2012 at 6:54 PM
- Casey said...
Oh my, that hairstyle is really you, isn't it?
- May 4, 2012 at 7:36 PM
- KSO said...
Noodles you are too cute!
- May 4, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Tweedles -- that's me said...
Noodles I love your new hair doooo!
tweedles - May 4, 2012 at 9:22 PM
- Southern Fried Pugs said...
Nice do!
- May 5, 2012 at 6:12 AM
- Chicco said...
Aahah! I love it, Noodles!
Have a nice weekend.
Woof, woof,
Chicco - May 5, 2012 at 12:58 PM
- Brad said...
Aha, just got it , Noodles as Princess Leah. I think the force is with you & Noodles for your great senses of humor!
- May 5, 2012 at 1:15 PM
- Stewey said...
BOL, Noodles :)
Stewey - May 5, 2012 at 4:28 PM
- Shane Kent Louis said...
A BIG hello to you Noodles! That's a really stylish hairstyle. I so love it. :D
Dog Fence - May 7, 2012 at 1:29 AM
- Kippy Marrie said...
Voce é muito engraçado.
Claro que pode participar do quadro em meu blog qualquer amiguinho, aqui ou que já passou a "ponte do arco íris", ok??
Somos todos amigos e quero fazer uma homenagem a todos.
Fico feliz com suas visitas.
Ótima semana amiguinho...
Fique com o Papai do Céu.
Aus 1000 e Beijos 1000 com amor das amigas do Brasil...
KIPPY & LILLY - May 7, 2012 at 4:16 PM
- Keith Andrea said...
.,wow what a nice and new hairstyle.,you look good...lol
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First a disclaimer. I do not work for the FDA, I'm not evaluated by the FDA and wouldn't even know where to begin if I wanted to be. I am not a herbalist or a naturpath and the only degree I hold is a marketing degree, so please do not assume by any means I'm an expert in this. This is just something I've concocted through my own need for something to help my son's eczema and the research I've found through various sources.
Now, here's a list of base ingredients for you and why I used them.
1. Calendula (aka pot marigold).
This is the most mild and super moisturizing herb I could find when I researched the heck out of it. I use it constantly in everything from soaps to salves for us around here. Heck, I even made it into herb shampoo. So, yes, I believe highly in this herb :).
2. Comfrey
One of the most powerful topical healers out there, Comfrey has been known to do everything from help to knit bones to heal bruises faster. It's a big one found in a lot of natural healing products. I was sort of skeptical about it's healing properties, to tell the truth, until I used it to make a combo salve with Calendula. Within a day my son's eczema patches were literally flaking off of his skin that was now healthy underneath. The one drawback to just a comfrey/calendula salve was that the skin was healing TOO fast and making him itch almost as bad as the eczema did (although, honestly, he did look better without those cracked bleeding patches on him).
3. Plantain
The best anti-itching herb I've found to date. This stuff is used as topical application to help itching from things like poison ivy and poison oak, so I figured it was hopefully strong enough to combat the surface itching with eczema. And it does. So well so that I'm currently letting a 2 cup batch of plantain oil cure and I'm going to add it to a misting bottle to coat my kiddo when he flares.
4. St. John's Wort
A good anti-inflammatory herb, I added this in to help with the terrible red irritated spots that just needed something to help reduce inflammation. And it seems to work, so it's staying in the salve for now :).
And now here's the process to make it...
Step 1: Make your oils. Take 1/4 cup of your herb and place in a mason jar and add in 1/2 cup of olive oil to the jar. Let steep for two weeks, turning a couple of times a week (be sure to label your oils so that you know what they are).
Step 2: Once your oils are done, strain them through a wire mesh strainer (in the case of comfrey and plantain I'd definitely suggest using some cheese cloth to strain out any tiny bits too). I then add the now herb infused oils to pint sized mason jars and relabel them so that I have them labeled for later use and be sure to label the BOTTLE and not the top of the jar...if you get your lids confused it can lead to bad things...not that I'd know anything about that or anything *looks off to side and whistles innocently*. And now we're ready to rock with the actual recipe.
Note: The recipe calls for a small portion of unrefined shea butter. This is NOT shea butter lotion or something from the store. It's like a hard butter consistency. You can order it through Country Soap Shack on Etsy or other places I'm sure, such as E-bay. You can also use any butter really...mango butter, cocoa butter (although this would make your salve smell sort of like chocolate), etc. You can also find a lot of supplies, such as Calendula at All About Herbs, so don't think you have to order this all online if you don't want to.
Eczema Healing Salve/Creme
- 1/4 cup Calendula Oil
- 1/4 cup Comfrey Oil
- 1/8 cup St. John's Wort Oil
- 1/8 Cup Plantain Oil
- 1 1/2 TBSP Beeswax pellets or 2 TBSP grated beeswax (I use high quality beeswax bead thingies from Country Soap Shack, so I went with a tablespoon PLUS a little bit extra and that was it for mine. It resulted in a soft salve once I mixed it up after cooled).
- 1/2 teaspoon (about I just broke off a small chunk that LOOKED to be about 1/2 teaspoon) chunk of shea butter
- 5 to 10 drops lavender essential oil, depending on preference (honestly I go with MAX 5 drops of lavender oil in my salves just because I find it's got a strong scent).
- 2, 1/4 Pint Canning Jars (at least the stuff I made filled up two of them without any extra)
This is some cool stuff. It goes on super soft and the shea butter makes the salve just have this soft after-effect on the skin. I love how it makes my son's skin feels after I apply it and the salve heals the eczema outbreaks super fast. Now I just need to make an anti-itching tincture to counteract the internal effects of the eczema and I'll be set :).
Here's a picture of my son's foot and ankle 24 hours after I started using this stuff. Picture the "before" picture being the same leg, but with scabs and some open bleeding from him scratching the skin off the top of his foot...
Even after a severely nasty flair up the last few days, his skin is already doing better and the nasty skin is flaking off. I'm not easily impressed with salves and cremes, but this stuff, so far anyway, rocks the Casbah!
Wondering where I buy my herbs and stuff so you can make your own? Well here you go...
- Calendula: You can purchase this by the pound, but only the full flowers (least that I found) at All About Herbs in Palmer and Wasilla. The last time I was in there it was 13.00 for a lb bag. I order mine online through Jen's Enchanted Garden on Etsy right now. I love that she goes by weight, not volume, so even 1/4 lb is a REALLY nice amount of calendula petals. AND it's the petals, not the full flower, so you end up with more petals that way :).
- Comfrey, Plantain, St. John's Wort: I ordered mine through The Bulk Herb Store. Love that place :). By the way, 1/2 lb of Plantain? Will last you forever. Awesomely huge amount :).
- Shea Butter, Beeswax beads: Country Soap Shack on Etsy, but I know you can find them other places as well. I know for sure that the Bulk Herb Store also carries the beeswax. Country Soap Shack, I've found, just has great quality products and their beeswax is pretty darn cheap (1 lb of the stuff cost me 12.00 shipped and that'll be enough Beeswax to last me a long time :).
- Lavender Essential Oil: Cheapest place I've found essential oils, now that Fred Meyer stopped carrying them (I miss the sales on those oils *sniff*) is Amazon.com. In SOME cases, such as Sweet Orange Oil, it seems like All About Herbs isn't too bad, but I've found that even through Marketplace sellers on Amazon AFTER shipping the oils are many times much cheaper than buying them through All About Herbs.
EDIT: Just a couple of answer to some quick questions I've gotten from people about the instructions.
1) The olive oil used is just good old olive oil you buy at the store...nothing special about it. I just buy mine at Costco or Three Bears in the big mondo jug as it's more cost effective. Olive oil is used because it's like the only oil that naturally doesn't go rancid on you, thus is good for making health and beauty products out of. It gives you a long shelf life.
2) When I say, "turn the jar a couple of times a week" I don't mean to turn it over and leave it. Sorry about that. If you do that you're going to end up with oil all over your counter as mason jars do NOT vacuum seal unless you can them. Just swish the contents in the jar enough to get the herbs and oil moving around and then put it right back on the shelf to steep some more :).
3) YES, if you lose track of time you can steep the herbs and oil indefinitely. Some people were concerned with the 2 week thing. That's just a minimum amount of time you're going to want to steep your oils for so that they're effective. Honestly the St. John's Wort oil and the Calendula oil I'm using right now *coughs* got strained at about a month because I didn't need them right away and lost track of time. I, like you, am human, so don't sweat it :).
4) You can mix the salve with metal or wood utensils, yes, but NOT plastic ones unless you want one heck of a oily coating on them. I use the chop stick to mix because it gets into tight areas without issue and trust me you make salves a couple of times you'll learn to love the chop stick (once you try to stick a teaspoon into a thing of newly formed salve to mush it up and you'll quickly see what I mean :). Just pick up some throw away sets at your store's sushi counter or ask for a couple of extra pairs the next time you get chinese food. They come in very handy.
5) 1/4 pint mason jars are found at the grocery store. You don't have to order them online or anything. I was in this phase where I thought you needed "lotion" containers and ordered them online. They were double walled plastic deals and were expensive. They're nice containers, don't get me wrong, but I didn't like the cost involved, especially after handing out a couple of jars of salve to relatives and realizing I was going to have to reorder them. I found that you can get 12 1/4 pint mason jars, even in off season pricing, at Fred Meyers for about 10.00, which was a LOT cheaper (I was paying that for 4 of the double walled plastic ones after shipping). And the nice part about the mason jars if that you won't feel badly if you end up giving a couple away for people to try your new salve. Just make sure you label your jars (labels come with the jars) so that you know what is in them as beeswax makes pretty much everything turn yellow, so it all tends to start looking the same.
If you have any other questions, feel free to e-mail me, Facebook the question or post it here (if Blogger will let you :).


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Assess your nest.
Working with a home inspector, public health professional, contractor, or other construction expert as a guide, ask yourself some questions to evaluate your current house or apartment's environmental health:
- Are you free of the "big three?" Radon, mold, and lead are all common home toxins. Radon testing is widely available, and best practices exist in new construction to minimize radon entry into the property. Check for moisture problems that act as hotbeds for mold growth, and look into mold testing if necessary. Finally, lead is present in many older homes' paint and pipes. Call your local public health department for information on testing for and eliminating lead in your home.
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- Does your landscaping contribute to your environmental health? Large lawns traditionally require greater pesticide use, and increase air and noise pollution generated from mowing. Consider planting perennial groundcovers, native foliage, or other low-maintenance landscaping. Even better, landscape with edible plants and devote a portion of your yard to organic vegetable gardening.
Before you rent or begin new construction, consider these additional questions:
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- What is your potential home's proximity to major noisemakers like airports, railroad tracks, or highways?
- What will keep you warm? Although most mainstream commercial insulations are considered safe, check out some healthy alternative insulation, including those made with recycled denim and other cloth, wool, icynene and nanogel.
- How big is your planned home? Small is good. A well-planned home with less square footage uses fewer building and maintenance resources.
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- In your home, radon and mold tend to be the most serious barriers to indoor air quality. Relatively inexpensive tests exist to assess your home's mold and radon levels.
- The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offers guidelines about common workplace air quality complaints, which usually focus on temperature, humidity, lack of outside air ventilation or smoking. Find out more.
- For employees in farming and industrial fields, on-the-job outdoor air quality is also a concern. Each state has a department of environmental health within its main health department that can advise workers and employers on outdoor air quality regulations. To find your state's health department, visit the Centers for Disease Control site.
- If you smoke, stop. If you live with someone who smokes, insist on a strict outdoor smoking policy. Approximately 3,000 American adults die of lung cancer each year due to secondhand smoke exposure. In young children, secondhand smoke increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and asthma.
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Increase your water quality with these tips:
- The longer water has been sitting in pipes, the more lead it may contain. Run or "flush" your tap for up to two minutes, depending upon how long it's been between uses.
- Since hot water is more likely to contain lead, only drink, cook and make baby formula with cold water.
- The only way to be totally certain about your home's water quality is to have it tested. This is especially important for people in high-rise buildings, where "flushing" the pipes may not be as effective. Your local water supplier, health department or university can offer information about credible testing resources.
- Water filters have been shown to increase purity. Filters can range from simple pitcher-based systems to more elaborate reverse-osmosis home units.
- Remember that bottled water is not necessarily of higher quality than regular tap water. And according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, 60 million plastic bottles a day are manufactured, transported and then disposed of in U.S. landfills, compromising your community's environmental health.
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- Mix either vinegar or baking soda with warm water in a spray bottle, and you've got an effective, all-purpose cleansing agent.
- Bypass commercial air deodorizers, many of which contain formaldehyde. Instead, add cinnamon, essential oils, cloves, or any herbs you like to a pan of boiling water, and let the sweet steam deodorize.
- On laundry day, reach for Borax (sodium borate). This natural mineral acts as a stain-remover, bleach alternative and detergent booster. Baking soda can remove stains and deodorizes, and cornstarch absorbs greasy stains and starches your clothing. Lemon juice can also double for bleach.
- Salt (sodium chloride) is a mild abrasive for cleaning bathrooms and kitchens.
- Consider hiring a "green" cleaning service, or ask your traditional housekeeper to use the methods and products you find healthiest.
Increase your chemical awareness.
While it's impractical to try to have no contact with chemicals, you can reduce your chemical exposure in relatively simple ways:
- Some beauty products contain chemicals that are anything but pretty. For example, nail polish, body lotions, and perfumes often contain phthalates, a controversial substance linked to birth defects in animals and possibly humans. Shampoos that attack dandruff might also play havoc on your health; the active ingredient selenium sulfide is a neurotoxin and possible carcinogen. Hair dyes often have coal tar, another chemical linked to cancer. So read labels, and choose a product that will be as lovely for your health as it is for your appearance.
- Don't create toxic trash. If you're tossing old medications, resist flushing them down the toilet, where they can invade water supplies. Also consider calling your local recycler, many of which accept old cleaning products, paint, oil and other chemicals that create even more treacherous landfills.
- Be sure to air out your garments after a trip to the drycleaners. Dry cleaning employs a chemical called perchloroethylene, which is actually toxic to humans. Some environmentally conscious cleaners use methods that do not contain "perc;" seek them out. Better yet, when possible choose clothing that only requires a trip to your laundry room, not a professional cleaner.
- Be mindful of plastic use. Some plastics contain bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen-like chemical potentially linked to cancer. Experts also advise against microwaving food in plastic containers; although research is inconclusive, the heating process is thought to release chemicals from the plastic into your food. Reusing plastic bottles is another source of controversy. Some experts think reuse is safe if you carefully wash and dry the bottles between each use, while others feel that wear and tear on the plastic causes toxic chemical leakage. An always-safe alternative is glass. Finally, you can reduce the amount of plastic produced by recycling. Look at the bottom of your plastic container for a number from 1-7. Items labeled 1 or 2 (usually soft drink, jjuice, water, milk, and detergent containers) are eligible for curbside recycling. Numbers higher than 2 are either unrecyclable or require special drop-off at a recycling center.
Reduce the roar.
Decrease sound pollution at home and work with these simple suggestions:
- Employ low-tech solutions like earplugs and heavy curtains to block street noise.
- White noise machines and noise-cancelling headphones also create quiet.
- Double-paned windows reduce outdoor noise, including jet traffic.
- Before you begin new construction projects, communicate with your architect and/or contractor about noise reduction options. Some building materials and methods offer greater sound absorption or masking than others.
- When you are engaged in construction projects, or if you work in construction or another noisy trade, always wear hearing protection on the job.
- Be mindful about your personal noise production. For example, are you really watching your television, or is it simply on as "background noise?" Could you use a push mower instead of a power model, a shovel rather than a snow blower? Could you bike instead of drive? Select "vibrate" rather than the latest ringtone? Even small actions increase the peace.
Raise your EMF awareness.
It is important to note that research on EMF exposure is ongoing. But these easy actions just might improve your wellbeing:
- When possible, use a land line rather than your cell phone.
- Use a hands free device or speaker phone function if using a cell phone.
- Do not stand directly in front of your microwave oven while it's in use, or simply use your conventional oven.
- Limit your computer time.
- Use manual versions of personal care tools: an old-fashioned toothbrush rather than an electric model, or a razor instead of an electric shaver.
- Don't sleep under an electric blanket.
- Sit several feet from your television screen.
Enjoy local and organic foods.
The foods you choose not only impact your health from a nutritional standpoint, but from an environmental angle as well. Think about these fast facts:
- Eating locally grown produce means less transportation is required to get that apple from the tree to your table. This translates to reduced air and noise pollution in your community.
- Organic farming doesn't employ the pesticides often used in non-organic methods. That means that eating organic produce may reduce your ingestion of chemicals, and that pesticides will not leach into local water supplies. Joining a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) food plan might "cleanse" your diet and help your water supply.
- Research indicates that raising livestock increases greenhouse gas emissions, pollutes water supplies, and contributes to land degradation and deforestation. Food for thought next time you're choosing between a steak and a salad.


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Walk into any LAN event and youll surely find computer cases lit up in neon lights, countless monitors neatly lined up, at least one special kid with a funky BO walking around with in his
gear and a whole lot of empty cans and bottles. However, these cans are not the kind that the usual baby-boomer parent would expect: rather colorful, aggressive graphics, overwhelming designs... They are
drinks and are now part of the growing arsenal of the dedicated gamer. The industry is certainly aware of this as its often on the sponsor list of the biggest LAN parties with Bawls energy drinks securing QuakeCon. Even Red Bull, traditionally a supporter of extreme sports and high-profile auto racing events, made a recent foray into the gaming world with its participation in local events such as AdrenaLANrush and Extreme LAN KC.
As the gaming enthusiast transitions from the childhood soda pop to a new kind of fuel, one has to wonder will this make him play longer, if not better?
Since theres a complete void on this virtual life and death matter, this intrepid firingsquad reader risks ALL as he neglects his health, job, and girlfriend and sets out to answer this quasi-existential question for the sake of gaming mankind gamekind.
The Test
The contenders will be judged on taste, effectiveness and other imponderable gaming x-factor(s).
The taste grade will be attributed by 15+ years of training in soda drinking real connaisseur taste buds.
The effectiveness grade is a whole lot trickier to measure. This attribute will be divided into two sections: subjective feel, coming from a profound understanding of ones own body and objective test, result of an incredibly well thought-out scientific experiment. The first part is pretty self-explanatory, but a few words on the second are needed. Obviously, one cant just pour each drink into the DVD-tray, launch 3DMark, collect data and ouput endless graphs What can be done, however, is to drink, play for countless hours, measure any performance discrepancies, and then spit out some totally meaningless chart... And so, without further ado, heres the tool that will help usher gamekinds performance into a new era: HyPeR NRGMark 0.1a.
HyPeR NRGMark 0.1a System Setup
1 human (male, unconfirmed physical condition)
17 steps to the closest bathroom
HyPeR NRGMark 0.1a Methodology
The thought of aligning long uninterrupted gaming sessions for each drink was a bit overwhelming, not to mention such a feat would be impossible to schedule. It would also, in no uncertain terms, end up with a gfs boot-to-my-head move. Therefore, to best mimic the grueling conditions of gamekind, it was decided that the benchmark should be performed at the end of a normal work day. The test conditions are as follow:
9hrs work shift ending at 8PM to ensure a constant state of mental fatigue
Energy drink absorption starts at 11h30PM bottle/can must be empty by 12AM
11h30PM to 3AM 210 minutes of non-stop gaming per drink
But, which game(s)?
Battlefield 2 seemed like the most logical choice. It provides automatically a substantial quantity of data, and, most importantly, the test subjects skill for this particular FPS has peaked (read: I suck, constantly). The average score per hour will be used as the main yard stick for this test.
The contenders
After contacting various suppliers for a free review sample to no avail*, heres what a $10 bill fetched at the local 7-eleven:
1 can of Red Bull energy drink (8.3 oz) A roundup of energy drinks without the granddaddy of them all would be a travesty. Having sold more than 1 billion cans in a single year, Red Bull should be considered the one to beat.
1 can of SoBe No Fear (16fl oz) Since being purchased by Pepsi in 2000, SoBe is getting further away from its origins. Their latest offering comes in an oversized can (NO bottlecap?!) with over-the-top graphics.
1 bottle of BAWLS Guarana (10 oz) Whether its due to its pro-active LAN sponsorships, its distinctive blue bottle or perhaps its gutsy name, BAWLS has all the right reasons to be considered the drink for many gamers. This is ThinkGeek\'s favorite caffeinated beverage, and the choice of most of our customers as well.
To which the following was added:
Double espresso shot (~2.5 oz) This drink is meant to test caffeine effect without the extra sugar.
Brita-filtered tap water (full glass) Probably the most refreshing drink of all.
(Swift kick in the ass, courtesy of the aforementioned gf upon hearing the words video games not included in the benchmark)
Test Results
See chart.
Ballistics Report for Red Bull
Red Bull wouldve fared much better if it wasnt for [HeHe]SuperSniperLOL (real alias withheld for no valid reason). During the run, this player kept on hiding on top of some far away building and sniped his way to the top of the scoreboard. The test subject kept on getting killed in the same area, yet came back repeatedly
Form-factor: When irritated, having something you can crush is rather relieving.
Sweet Taste: Without mixing, Red Bull is akin to drinking sugar. Lots and lots of sugar.
Worst Feel: Theres definitely a jolt, almost a sustained jitter, albeit short-lived in addition to making you feel very thirsty. The sugar crash kicks in hard around the 3h mark and definitely impairs hand-eye coordination.
Poor Performance: This drink scored the lowest even though it was the first to be tested (when test subject was at his freshest). Also doesnt make you any smarter or susceptible to learn from your mistakes.
Ballistics Report for SoBe No Fear
Decent Feel and Performance: This SoBe No Fear can definitely keep you going if you can hold it in.
Monster Size: For $3, it may offer the best value in quantity per dollar, but this definitely does not translate to an advantage for the gamer. Feeling like your bladder is going to explode distracts from the game and ultimately leads to lost playing minutes. Also, crossing your legs at the local LAN party wont help you impress that lone female.
Horrendous Packaging: Its tall, big and ugly. Theres no possibility of saving half for later since theres no bottlecap. This has all the signs for an extremely sticky keyboard and mouse
Ballistics Report for BAWLS
High Performance: BAWLS not only enhances your performance, but turns you into a man-killing machine as evidenced by the highest Combat Score ever seen in the history of this benchmark.
Great Taste: By far the best tasting energy drink among the three. Even though it has a very similar list of ingredients, BAWLS is surprisingly light and well balanced.
Agreeable Feel: Keeps eyes open and the mind sharp with minimal downside.
Availability and Price: BAWLS, despite its popularity among gaming enthusiasts, doesnt seem to enjoy a wide distribution network. Its harder to obtain and, purchased per unit, is also priced a bit higher than the competition (due to the fancy bottle maybe?).
Ballistics Report for Double Espresso
Good Performance: Coming in second, the double espresso constitutes the surprise finish in our test. Also, with the highest Team Score, it seems to positively influence teamwork abilities.
Bathroom X-factor: This is the only drink that wont make anyone rush to the bathroom at the end of a round. Aside from water, its also probably the healthiest among our contenders in the long run because of its low sugar quantity.
Feel: The caffeine buzz is strong; your eyes wont close, but the mind is not completely there.
Practicality: Starbucks is not sponsoring LAN parties as of yet. If gaming outside of your home, theres little chance of obtaining a half-decent espresso.
Final Verdict
Water was included in this benchmark as a way to validate the experiment. By scoring substantially lower than others, it would at least hint that caffeinated drinks DO affect performance. In effect, it scored close to the test subjects lifetime average (which is weighted down by the initial n00b low-scoring hours) and thus confirms what all drinker-gamers instinctively know: caffeine makes a difference in individual gaming performance.
Having said that, which energy drink is best suited for gamekind? Without a doubt, among the three readily available contenders, BAWLS tops the list. Even if one would disregard the results of HyPeR NRGMark 0.1a, it still has the best taste out there**.
Although a bit pricier than its competition, a case of BAWLS, at $40, is probably the gaming investment that provides the most bang for the buck. Next time you are looking at that $500 video card upgrade, consider what that amount of BAWLS can do for your gaming performance. In effect, youll be investing in yourself and still have enough money to shower the girlfriend with guilt-freeing gifts.
*Actually 2 of them were willing to send me samples in a timely fashion (free cans!), but since they are not distributed nationwide, they were not included in the tests. Thank you to HYPE and GURU for still providing me with their drinks. Without them, this article wouldve probably never been possible.
**Lets be honest here, taste is not all that important. Wed all drink a can of ass palm sweat if it meant we could kick Fatal1tys butt in a FPS and not see his name plastered on every accessory.
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looking for some one that can help me pass like all the starters and like 3 other pok ( keldeo , victiny and latios)from my black to my white 2 sorry if there to much but i can give you my genesect and like 3 dwf . plese Help
looking for some one that can help me pass like all the starters and like 3 other pok ( keldeo , victiny and latios)from my black to my white 2 sorry if there to much but i can give you my genesect and like 3 dwf . plese Help
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offering to help anyone shift from any generation to the new b/w2, if you'd like help pm me with your request.
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Hello everyone. As this is my first post in the Serebii forums, please keep me abreast of anything I may be doing wrong.
I would like to request a Transfer of a number of starter Pokemon from my White Version to my White Version 2. The specific Pokemon I would like to transfer are as follows:
In exchange I will offer as many newly-hatched individuals of any of the above Pokemon as you like, and any others from my White 1 or White 2 collections which, though not particularly expansive, may have one or two 'Mons you need.
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I had no problems with the corks and have not come accross a better claret sub £15!
This chateau is highly rated by many wine experts. I found the bouquet a pleasant combination of fruit and vanilla. Taste was rich, powerful with plenty of length. For the money it's a great wine from a great vintage. Enjoy!
No fruit to speak of, tasted like a claret from a poor vintage. Thin, unappealing. I do hope the other clarets I've bought from you revcently are a lot better than this.
"2005 was a great Bordeaux vintage, only eclipsed in recent years by 2009. So I'd rather have a bottle of this claret that is not even of cru classé (or classed growth) quality, than the The Laughing Magpie. Made from two-thirds cabernet, to one-third merlot, with a dash of petit verdot and part-aged in new oak, this overdelivers on every front. I adored its classy, full, fat, gamey, cedary, blackcurranty fruit."
"A cracking vintage and some serious value on offer here. Tobacco and truffle on the nose with a silky, soft palate layered with strata of flavours and a decent spine of tannin to match with a roast or hard cheeses. Reasonably well balanced and will happily age for another five years or more. One of this month's Five Wines to lay down. Score: 89/100"
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