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Start-up messages
Seishun Gakuen
Echizen Ryoma
"Nn, nnn… ah, good morning. It'll be nice if today is a good day too, huh?"
"Hey, is it all right if we spend a little time together?"
"Good work today. It seems like you did your best today too, huh? You managed pretty well."
"Isn't it bad if you don't go to sleep soon? You still have a lot to work on."
Tezuka Kunimitsu
"Ahh, it's you? Good morning, hurry and wash your face."
"You came at a good time. I wanted to hear your voice."
"Good work today. It's good to do your best, but don't worry me so much."
"It's about time to go to sleep. Good night."
Fuji Shuusuke
"Ah, you woke up, good morning. You were making such a cute face as you slept."
"I always want to be with and speak with you."
"Good work today. Do you want me to help you relax?"
"It's about time to say good night. Or should we sleep together for a little while?"
Oishi Shuichirou
"Good morning, hey, hurry and get up. Let's go out together."
"You were here. I wanted to see you, so I was looking around for you."
"Hey, good work today. If you're tired, should I give you a foot massage?"
"Hey now, you should sleep already. Good night, and I'll see you tomorrow."
Kikumaru Eiji
"Good morning~. Fuu, I'm still sleepy~ Just a little longer~"
"Being with you is a lot of fun. Let's play together again."
"Yahho~! Ah, you seem tired, nya. Come on, smile, smile!"
"Eh, it's bad if we don't sleep soon? But I want to be with you a little more."
Kawamura Takashi
"Hey, good morning. It seems like today will also be a good day."
"Um, I want to talk with you. Is it okay?"
"Good work today. Do your best again tomorrow."
"It's that time already. You should also go to sleep soon. Good night."
Inui Sadaharu
"Good morning. That I would be able to meet you in the morning is just as expected."
"Based on the data, the probability that you're going to play this game is 100%."
"Good work. Want a cup? With this drink, your exhaustion will instantly lessen."
"If you sleep now, the probability that you'll have good dreams is 89%. Then, good night."
Momoshiro Takeshi
"Good morning! Well then, are you going to make breakfast immediately!"
"Being with you is fun. Treat me well from now on too."
"Ou, good work! If you rest properly, you'll get your energy back."
"You shouldn't stay up late, it just won't do. Hurry and go to sleep, good night."
Kaidou Kaoru
"Good morning. Well, I'm going on an early-morning run."
"When I'm with you, I'm not bored. It would be nice if we can be together a little longer."
"You seem tired today. Don't push yourself too hard."
"I'm going to sleep now. You should sleep soon too. Good night."
Rikkai Dai Fuzoku
Sanada Gen'ichirou
"It's already morning. Aren't you going to get up quickly? Tarundoru!"
"When I'm near you, my heart is calmed. It's mysterious."
"Your efforts are appreciated. You did very well. Rest properly."
"It's already bedtime. Aren't you going to hurry and sleep?"
Kirihara Akaya
"Fuaa~ N… Let me sleep ten more minutes, please… zzz…"
"I'm glad I was able to meet you. Thank you."
"Good work. But aren't you trying too hard? Look after yourself."
"Ee!? It's already this late? This is bad, I won't get that much sleep again! Good night!"
Yanagi Renji
"Good morning. By my estimation, today will also be a good day."
"Won't you talk for a little while? I want to know more about you."
"Good work. It seems like you're always doing your best, but don't push yourself."
"According to the data, it seems you haven't been getting enough sleep lately. I think it would be better if you slept earlier."
Yagyuu Hiroshi
"Good morning. It's a nice morning. Shall we take a stroll together?
"I'm grateful that I was able to meet you. What about you?"
"Good work. Please do your best without going overboard."
"If you don't go to bed soon, you won't be able to get enough sleep. Well then, good night."
Marui Bunta
"Gooood morning! I'm hungry. Let's make breakfast!"
"Hey, do you have a little more time? I want to be with you."
"Good work! It seems hard. If you eat something sweet, you'll get your energy back!"
"I'm going to sleep now. Let's talk a lot more again tomorrow."
Niou Masaharu
"Morning, your half-asleep face is cute too."
"Sorry. I wanted to hear your voice and I ended up coming here."
"Good work. I'll give you a massage, so come here."
"It's about time to go to sleep. We'll be sleeping together, so good night and rest well."
Yukimura Seiichi
"Good morning. Fuu, I wonder if you're still half-asleep."
"I wonder if we can be together for a little longer. When I'm with you, my heart is at peace."
"Good work. It's wonderful to do your best, but don't push yourself too hard."
"It won't do for you to stay awake any longer. Let's do this again tomorrow. Good night."
Rokkaku Chuu
Saeki Koujirou
"Good morning. It's a nice morning, isn't it? And I saw your cute sleeping face."
"If it's possible, I want you to look at and think of only me. I wonder if that's too much."
"Really, good work. But pushing yourself too hard is taboo."
"It's late already, so hurry and go to sleep. Because surely you'll have good dreams."
Amane Hikaru
"It's morning, get up. After all, there's clam miso soup in the morning. …pfft."
"Your laughter refreshes me. Thank you."
"Good work. Please listen to my puns and get your energy back."
"It's about time to sleep. If you can't sleep, do you want to listen to some of my puns?"
Kurobane Harukaze
"Get up, it's already morning. It seems like fun things will happen today too."
"You're really a fun person. You're my best partner."
"Ou, good work! Do your best energetically today too!"
"Fuaaa. It's already that time? I'm going to sleep first, good night."
Hyoutei Gakuen
Atobe Keigo
"It's already morning. Get up. If you're only half-awake… I'll kiss you."
"Being with you, just the two of us, isn't bad at all."
"Thanks for your effort. Fu… you're doing well. I don't dislike people like that."
"Finish up and go to bed soon. …because I want to be near you until you sleep."
Oshitari Yuushi
"Good morning. It's already morning? Miss Oversleeper."
"You're really cute, young lady. Is it all right if we're together for a little longer?"
"Good work, hurry back and rest properly."
"A promise before we go to sleep. Tonight, dream of me."
Mukahi Gakuto
"Good morning. It's a nice morning. Hurry and get up."
"Oh. You came at a good time. I wanted to see you."
"Good work. It seems like you did your best."
"Dammit, dammit. It's already time to sleep. We didn't get to play enough."
Shishido Ryou
"Get up, it's morning! I guess there's no other choice, I'll make you get up! Hey!"
"Stay by me forever, …isn't that kind of selfish?"
"Aah, good work. You're doing your best, huh? My opinion of you has improved."
"What's this, are you already tired? Do you want to pillow your head on my arms?"
Ootori Choutarou
"Hey, good morning. It's the kind of morning that makes one feel good."
"When I'm with you, how do I say it… it's really fun."
"Good work, you're doing your best, aren't you? But you shouldn't push yourself."
"If you don't sleep soon, it'll be hard for you in the morning. Hurry and rest, good night."
Hiyoshi Wakashi
"Oi, get up. How long are you planning to sleep? …honestly, though, your sleeping face is cute."
"You are mine alone. I won't forgive you if you object."
"You recklessly worked too hard. Do you really want to make me worry?"
"Isn't it about time to sleep? …in that case, good night."
Akutagawa Jirou
"Eh~ It's already morning~? I'm still sleepy~…"
"Going on a date with you and stuff like that makes me really happy~!!"
"Good work~. If you're tired, let's have an afternoon nap together~"
"Good night~. …you should go to sleep soon too~"
Tachibana Kippei
"Good morning. Hurry and get ready. We're gonna be late."
"You were here, huh? No, it's just that I kind of wanted to talk to you."
"Good work today. Are you going to make dinner soon?"
"It's already time, so go to sleep soon. Well, good night."
Kamio Akira
"Good morning. Today too, I'm riding the rhythm from the morning!"
"Somehow, when I'm with you I can ride a good rhythm. Thank you."
"Good work today. Do your best again tomorrow too."
"It's already time. You should sleep soon. I'll also change my rhythm."
Ibu Shinji
"Good morning. It's already morning. Did you wash your face?"
"It's nothing really. I just wanted to be together."
"Good work today. But don't try too hard. I'll worry about you.""
"Good night. Are you already stopping and going to sleep?"
Yamabuki Chuu
Sengoku Kiyosumi
"Good morning. I wanted to look at your cute sleeping face a little more."
"I'm really lucky to have met you."
"Good work today. Show me your best smile tomorrow too."
"It's already time to sleep? Too bad. Well then, good night."
Akutsu Jin
"How long are you planning to sleep! Get up already! Isn't that boring!"
"I'm busy. Don't come here…. Che, whatever. Do what you want."
"Don't make tired faces in front of me. Your usual expression is fine."
"It's already time. I'm going to sleep. You go to sleep soon too. Don't take up my time."
Dan Taiichi
"Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
"I'm hungry. Won't you eat bento together with me?"
"Good work today. You're doing your best, huh? I also have to turn something into strength."
"Fuwaaa. Let's talk… just a little…. long..er… zzz."
Saint Rudolph Academy
Mizuki Hajime
"Good morning. Nfu, it's a nice morning."
"The time I spend with you is precious to me."
"Good work today. How about some tea for a change of atmosphere?"
"It's too bad, but it's already time to go to bed. Good night."
Fuji Yuuta
"Good morning. Hm? You look kind of sleepy. Get ahold of yourself!"
"It's fun being with you! Thank you."
"Good work! Be energetic and work hard tomorrow too!"
"Huh, it's already time to sleep? How boring, I wanted to talk to you more."
Akazawa Yoshirou
"Huh, it's morning. Good morning, get up!"
"This year I want to go to the beach. With you."
"Good work today. Rest for a while."
"Huh, it's already this late? You should go to sleep soon too, good night."
Shiraishi Kuranosuke
"Good morning. Your sleeping face looked happy."
"You really are cute. It's okay to be embarrassed."
"Good work today. It was really tough, huh? You should rest for a while."
"Sleeping so late is bad for your skin, you know? So good night."
Tooyama Kintarou
"Good morning. It's a nice morning! Where should we hang out today?"
"I want to be with you more, so don't leave!"
"You look tired. But you're with me, so you should cheer up."
"I shouldn't stay awake longer? I want to play with you more~"
Chitose Senri
"Good morning. If you feel like it, it's a nice morning, so let's go for a walk."
"Won't you go for a walk with me? I want it to be just the two of us."
"Good work today. Since you're working hard, just make sure you don't hurt yourself."
"It's already late, so hurry and go to sleep. Well then, good night."
Birthday Greetings
Seishun Gakuen
Echizen Ryoma: "Do you remember what day it is today? …that's right, happy birthday."
Tezuka Kunimitsu: "Happy birthday. I'm glad I was able to see you smile."
Fuji Shuusuke: "Here's a present from the bottom of my heart. Happy birthday."
Oishi Shuuichirou: "Today's your birthday, right? Congratulations."
Kikumaru Eiji: "Coooongratulations! Huh? It's your birthday. You should remember it!"
Kawamura Takashi: "Here's one line from me to you. Happy birthday."
Inui Sadaharu: "According to my data on you, it's today. Happy birthday."
Momoshiro Takeshi: "Yo, today's your birthday, right? So happy birthday."
Kaidou Kaoru: "Today's an important day for you. Happy birthday."
Rikkai Dai Fuzoku
Sanada Gen'ichirou: "Happy birthday! Fu… did you think I would forget your birthday?"
Kirihara Akaya: "Hehhehe, I remember what today is. Happy birthday."
Yanagi Renji: "I know everything about you. Today's your birthday. Congratulations."
Yagyuu Hiroshi: "Happy birthday. I congratulate you wholeheartedly."
Marui Bunta: "Happy birthday! Let's spend a fun day today!"
Niou Masaharu: "Happy birthday. It'll be great if we can spend today, just the two of us."
Yukimura Seiichi: "I know what day it is today. Happy birthday."
Rokkaku Chuu
Saeki Koujirou: "Happy birthday. That's right, today is our special day."
Amane Hikaru: "I won't make many puns today. Happy birthday."
Kurobane Harukaze: "Happy birthday! Let's spend some time together having fun!"
Hyoutei Gakuen
Atobe Keigo:"Fu, here's a present from me. Happy birthday."
Oshitari Yuushi: "Happy birthday. If I see your smile, it makes me happy too."
Mukahi Gakuto: "I know what day it is today. Happy birthday."
Shishido Ryou: "Happy birthday. Your smile really is the best!"
Ootori Choutarou: "Here's a token of my thanks. Happy birthday."
Hiyoshi Wakashi: "It's your birthday today, right? Happy birthday. What are you smiling about?"
Akutagawa Jirou: "Nee, it's your birthday today, right!? Happy birthday!!"
Tachibana Kippei: "Happy birthday. These are my feelings for you; please accept them."
Kamio Akira: "I remembered properly. Happy birthday."
Ibu Shinji: "Congratulations. Birthday, right? It's yours. …I didn't forget."
Yamabuki Chuu
Sengoku Kiyosumi: "Happy birthday. I'm lucky to be able to congratulate you on your birthday."
Akutsu Jin: "Birthday's today, right… Yours is… Congratulations… Geh, don't be so happy about it."
Dan Taichi: "These are my feelings for you. Happy birthday."
Saint Rudolph Academy
Mizuki Hajime: "Happy birthday. I remember, you know. Nfu."
Fuji Yuuta: "I remember what day it is today, you know. Happy birthday."
Azazawa Yoshirou: "Happy birthday! That you're happy is more important than anything."
Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "Happy birthday. Let's make today a perfect day!"
Tooyama Kintarou: "Today's your birthday, right, nee-chan? Happy birthday!"
Chitose Senri: "I remember, you know. Happy birthday."
Ringtone Messages
Seishun Gakuen
Echizen Ryoma: "Seems like you've got a call."
Tezuka Kunimitsu: "Your phone is ringing. You should hurry and answer."
Fuji Shuusuke: "Phone call. I don't care if you pick up or leave it."
Oishi Shuuichirou: "Your phone's ringing. I wonder if it's from Eiji."
Kikumaru Eiji: "O~i! Phone call, nyan."
Kawamura Takashi: "Buuuuurning! Phone call, greeaaaaaat!"
Inui Sadaharu: "It seems you have a phone call. I wonder if I can guess who it is."
Momoshiro Takeshi: "O~I, phone call. But you know, I'm hungry."
Kaidou Kaoru: "Y-your phone is ringing!!"
Rikkai Dai Fuzoku
Sanada Gen'ichirou: "It seems your phone is ringing."
Kirihara Akaya: "P-phone call, it definitely can't be Jackal-senpai, right?"
Yanagi Renji: "It seems you have a phone call. I wonder if I can guess who it is."
Yagyuu Hiroshi: "It's your phone. When your call is over, please talk to me next."
Marui Bunta: "Hello! Helloooo~! Huh, they can't hear me. The answer button is probably this one."
Niou Masaharu: "Fu, it's your phone. When you're done, let's enjoy a game of darts."
Yukimura Seiichi: "Your phone is ringing."
Rokkaku Chuu
Saeki Koujirou: "Ah, a phone call. I wonder if it's from Ojii? Haha, there's no way, right?"
Amane Hikaru: "A phone call…. An electric conversation on your phone… pfft."
Kurobane Harukaze: "Phone call. When you're done, please come with me on some errands."
Hyoutei Gakuen
Atobe Keigo: "Ahn? Isn't your phone ringing, even though I told you to turn off your phone when you're with me."
Oshitari Yuushi: "Your phone is ringing, aren't you going to answer? I'm not going anywhere, so go ahead and pick up."
Mukahi Gakuto: "Oi! Your phone's ringing!"
Shishido Ryou: "Phone call! If you're in the middle of something, want me to pick up for you?"
Ootori Choutarou: "It seems like your cell phone is ringing."
Hiyoshi Wakashi: "Phone call. Phone."
Akutagawa Jirou: "Nn? Nnnn? Phone call, fuwaaaaa…"
Tachibana Kippei: "Phone call. Who's it from… ah, no, it doesn't matter, anyway, phone call."
Kamio Akira: "Whoops, phone call, phone call!"
Ibu Shinji: "Phone call. I wonder who it is at this time. Isn't it usually better if they have more manners?"
Yamabuki Chuu:
Sengoku Kiyosumi: "Whoops, phone call! Though I asked you on a date first!"
Akutsu Jin: "Oi! Phone call! You didn't give me your phone number…hurry and pick up!"
Dan Taichi: "Aaaaaah, your phone is ringing desu!"
Saint Rudolph Academy
Mizuki Hajime: "You have a phone call. Nfu, I know who it's from."
Fuji Yuuta: "Uwah, phone call… if it's from Aniki, please tell him I'm not here."
Akazawa Yoshirou: "Seems like you have a phone call. You should pick up quickly."
Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "Seems like you have a phone call. Is it all right if I answer?"
Tooyama Kintarou: "Looks like you have a phone call~! If you don't hurry and answer it'll hang up~!!"
Chitose Senri: "Your phone is ringing."
Special Bromide Set 17, good morning messages
Seishun Gakuen
Echizen Ryoma:
"Good morning, why are you making that face? Are you keeping a secret from me?"
"Hey, are you up yet? For some reason, I feel like something good will happen today."
Tezuka Kunimitsu: "Good morning. Let's make a promise. Make today a special day. For just the two of us."
Fuji Shuusuke: "Fu, good morning. Today is an especially beautiful morning. It looks like the entire world is shining."
Kikumaru Eiji: "Good morning~ For some reason I woke up early today. I won-der why~?"
Atobe Keigo:
"Hurry up and wash your face. We'll make today a special day for you and me."
"Hurry and get up, Princess. The king has come to meet you."
Oshitari Yuushi: "Milady, it's time to wake up. Why am I embarrassed too?"
Shishido Ryou: "It's already morning. Don't make a bother of yourself today. What, why are you making that face?"
Mukahi Gakuto: "Hurry and get up! The day's going to end. I don't want that to happen!"
Sanada Gen'ichirou:
"Good morning. Today will be a special day. Don't disappoint me."
"Mm, that's right. It might be good if it's that sort of day."
Kirihara Akaya
"Good morning; hehe, for some reason being able to meet you today is embarrassing."
"Good morning, you look really good today. I wonder why?"
Yagyuu Hiroshi and Niou Masaharu
Niou: "Isn't it a nice morning? I remember the morning I first met you."
Yagyuu: "That's right. It feels like every morning since that day has been beautiful."
Yukimura Seiichi: "A girl who'll sleep in on such a beautiful day must not go unpunished, right?"
Yamabuki Chuu
Sengoku Kiyosumi: "Good morning! Today will be a special lucky day. Right?"
Shiraishi Kuranosuke: "Good morning. I'm really excited today for some reason. What about you?"
Tooyama Kintarou: "Good… morning. Hey, nee-chan, is there something on my face?"
Special Bromide Set 18, good night messages – none listed on site I used as source.
Others (MoaPuri-related)
Atobe: "Ahn, doesn't it suit you guys pretty well?"
Tezuka: "It would be nice if we could do this with everyone once in a while."
Ryoma: "Somehow, it's hard to move."
Sengoku: "Nn, are we all going to enter the entertainment office?"
Oshitari: "As expected of Atobe, the suits fit well. Somehow wearing it alone gives off a different feel."
Fuji: "Fufu, this photo, hasn't the price become good?"


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"Incredible," headlined the French sports daily L'Equipe.
"Historic German slaughter of Brazil," wrote Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.
The Heute tabloid in Austria: "Historic! Germany humble Brazil 7:1."
If this were foreign policy – the press responding to a German military intervention or a victory in the halls of Brussels – Germans would be squirming from the praise and attention lavished on it from across Europe. But it's soccer, so they know how to revel – to a point.
The German team's historic 7-1 rout of the Brazilians in the World Cup semi-finals last night was nothing short of stunning, with five goals scored within the first 30 minutes of the game, four of them in a six-minute span. The photo of German model Heidi Klum, donning a black t-shirt that read Deutschland, her hand covering her eyes in disbelief in front of a television set airing the game, sums up the incredulity in living rooms, bars, and city plazas across the world. It's been called the most surprising game in World Cup history.
Germany, is of course, rejoicing. "Without Words," wrote Germany's daily Bild. The daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, piped in with "Seven One – is that really true?"
But typical of Germans, who are the first to call themselves modest and restrained, there is also some discomfort.
Haunted by the crimes of World War II, German leaders have continuously shied away from hegemony in any form. They've angered allies when they back out of military intervention. They say it is only with hesitance that they've taken the lead role, as the sole economic powerhouse of the European Union, in the bloc's debt crisis.
As one woman at a pub in Berlin told The New York Times: "We don't want to overdo it."
Yet overdo it they did, leading Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to declare after the match, "that it was the worst day of my life."
The game goes down as Brazil's biggest defeat in World Cup finals history. Now Germany claims the title of highest scoring team in any World Cup, reaching 223 goals last night. When German striker Miroslav Klose scored in the 23rd minute, he also became the competition's record individual scorer – surpassing Brazilian player Ronaldo. And all of this on Brazil's home turf. Fans broke into tears.
A German friend in Cologne described the mood on the other side of the Atlantic last night, among friends watching the game. She said there was celebration, of course, but no small dose of uneasiness. "Instead of celebrating success we, especially women, were embarrassed about how badly Brazil lost. I felt sorry for them more than I was proud of the good football the German team played," she says. "I think it is right that Germans are modest and restrained."
The German "slaughter" of Brazil brought with it the predictable bad (and often tasteless) jokes across social media, with caricatures of Hitler and references to World War II. English comedian Ricky Gervais' Facebook comment, in reference to the Nazis who sought refuge in Brazil, went viral: "This won't be the first time that thousands of Germans will have to lie low in Brazil for a while for their own safety."
But when it comes to soccer, Brazil is the global hegemon, and many soccer fans across the world today are reveling in their defeat. In fact, it's probably the Germans who are most willing to show the Brazilians the most compassion today.

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The little mermaid sighed, and looked sorrowfully
at her fish's tail. "I know what you want," said the sea witch;
"It is very stupid of you, but you shall have your way,
and it will bring you to sorrow, my pretty princess."
This is an Illustration based on the Fairy Tale
"The Little Mermaid" in her own vision
The original story is by Hans Christian Anderson.
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We didn't talk a lot about genealogy stuff a lot when I was a kid. Both of my parents had experiences as kids that they didn't like to talk about and I think that relates to them not wanting to talk about the past. I remember doing a family tree and it was hard to get information from my parents. They didn't seem to know anybody's real nationality.View Story
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My father's family is primarily from Northern Europe, in particular Belgium and if you go back before 1830 that means the Netherlands because that's when Belgium won its independence. My father's grandparents came. His grandmother was German and his grandfather was Belgian.View Story
Before the US, we're from Sweden, Germany, England, and Ireland. I don't have a clue on the history. My family's been here a while. My girls are half that and half Guianese. Their dad's mother came over to the US when she was 18. On the transfer over, their last name got a typo and they just kept it. The girls do all the traditions. Their father's family is very traditional. Their grandma was actually an arranged marriage. – Katy & her girlsView Story
My mom's family is the product of 2 German families immigrating around the same time. They came over to be farmers. I'm not sure why; I think it was just a good opportunity. There was cheap, fertile land. I'm the descendant of working Germans.View Story
The very interesting story is about my great-grandfather who came over on the boat from Germany. They started out the trip with 10 children and the 2 parents but only 3 of the children made it to America. One of them was my great-grandfather.View Story
My grandma is 100% German/French. They were in the French Huguenots. They started changing their last names leading up into World War I. My grandma's grandparents came from France to Newark and were working in the factories. My grandma's dad was born in Newark but moved back to Germany because he didn't like the conditions.View Story
My family is from Scotland. Grandpa Christie had a store in town here. When they remodeled the town they put facade over it. Later on they took off the facades and went back to natural. I was always proud of that sign. Grandpa had three sons. Evidently, he was quite rich. He gave each of his sons a farm. My dad was the youngest so he got the homestead. – Helen, on her 90th birthdayView Story
I don't know if you're aware but for an immigrant to practice medicine in America you have to take licensing examinations which is 4 parts in English. Each of them is a big hurdle especially for someone who doesn't know the language. I didn't know any English when I started college. I took courses, my books were in English, I forced myself to read in English, to learn new words, etc.View Story
My great-great-grandfather came from Scotland. We have mixed, probably Dutch, English and Scottish. I'm told my maiden name is Irish. When I lived in New York, where everybody pegs you for what your nationality, they thought I was Polish but I'm not.View Story
My family's Swedish. We came destitute to America and moved to Minnesota. It wasn't safe to be a Swedish person, we didn't outwardly say our names because we didn't want to give away that we were immigrants. So when my great-great-grandparents put my great-grandparents into school, the 2nd grade teacher offered us a more Americanized spelling of our last name. That way if they hid their accents better they could be considered for jobs that would make a living wage.View Story
My family is from India. My mom came here first when she was around 12. They just came for a better life. My grandpa wanted to be a professor. He taught math and science. My grandma became a researcher for IBM. It was a big deal at the time.
My dad was born in Africa. Surprise!View Story
Google Capt. George Wellington Streeter. – Wayne
His wife: He was a shyster.View Story
My maternal grandmother was born in Konigsberg, it was Poland at the time. She came over she was 5 years old. There's a picture downstairs of her just before she left with her grandparents. They knew she was going to leave with her parents and they took this picture knowing they were never going to see her again. They never did see one another again.View Story
I suspect my relatives came here for the very same reason other people are now: because they wanted more for their families They wanted a better way of life and America was that place at that time just like it is for some people now.View Story
Most of my great-great-grandparents were immigrants: Hungary and Sweden. My great-grandmother had ancestors that go back to the American Revolution. Beyond that, her mom's parents were immigrants from Hungary, they owned the first cab company in Gary, IN. So there's a fun fact. But really my dad gets all the bragging rights with ancestry to Dvorak and Sir Isaac Newton. – AaronView Story
My mother is part Irish and French. My dad was German and French. I like the French heritage, anything French is awesome. They were French Canadian. I've always been drawn to French things. It might be my grandfather's influence. He was a very cool guy. My mom would use some French words. Everybody was proud of being French, even if it was French Canadian.View Story
My parents are both from Jamaica. My dad initially left Jamaica when he was 16 and he went to New York to join my grandma who was working as a nurse there and sending money home to raise the kids. My parents actually maintained a long distance relationship. They broke up at first, they met at like 13 years old, but they would write letters. My dad had sent my mom an engagement ring by mail when she was still in Jamaica.View Story
My dad's grandma was actually born here but her parents brought her two brothers over from Hungary. Every Christmas we still make a nut pastry called Nut Rolls, or kiffles in Hungarian. My dad's father was English but he was born here. They moved to Alberta, Canada and the winters were so harsh that his dad actually lost his leg from frost bite.View Story
Mom and Dad grew up in the same neighborhood, actually rode the same horse to school once in awhile. They go way back in this area. My mom's dad was a hobo; he rode the rail and died before I was born. So I've got a hobo for a grandpa, don't know where he was from. Mom always preached to us that we're mutts. Heinz 57 she would say. We're Scotch, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and Indian.View Story
My dream was to come here to study and work because it was really hard in my country to go to college. Even though I love my Colombia, my family, I had a dream to make my life bigger.
It is not how I pictured it. I was naive. I was sheltered. I really didn't know much about life. I was crushed when I got here.
1958 my grandmother came over from Italy and settled in the Philadelphia area, it was a Little Italy. So she settled with a bunch of Italians but did learn English and became a citizen. I later found out she was a mistress. Apparently, my grandmother moved here pregnant with my mom. Her real father was this architect that she had met in Naples. And he had her in a little apartment like something out of the Sopranos and she was the other woman.View Story
My father was born in Liverpool, England. He was orphaned at an early age because his parents died of Tuberculosis. Everybody was dying of Tuberculosis back then. His family was Catholic so they sent him to a Catholic orphanage. When he was about 13, he was sent to Canada because that's where they sent the orphans. They sent him to a Catholic, French-Canadian family near Ottawa. They were sort of like indentured servants.View Story
My maternal grandmother and grandfather came from Poland when they were a young married couple. She already had a child, a boy, and lost a child en route in the ship. They went on to have 7 children and my mother was right in the middle. My grandfather was a mason and carpenter and my grandmother took in laundry.View Story
My dad's family was French. That's where my last name came from. It used to be spelled Campeau, but when they moved over here for some reason they dropped the 'e' which gives it the true French spelling. That's why no one can pronounce my last name.View Story
My grandparents' parents came over from Czechoslovakia so that's where I'm from, half of me at least! They like to Polka dance. Frank will throw it down! – OliviaView Story
My mother's father's side, they came from a combination of Ireland and Great Britain because my great-grandfather was a rent collector for a British land owner who owned land in Ireland. One of his tenants was named Mary and they fell in love. He decided that Mary and the rest of the Irish were getting the shaft from the British, which they were,View Story
I have a very blended family. My dad's from Lebanon, my mom's from Indonesia and my step-dad's from Trinidad. It's almost every continent. When my family gets together, no two people look the same. I feel like that's so American.
Every single one of my parents came over for school. My parents met at Wayne State and got married there.View Story
My mother is from Caracas, Venezuela and my dad is from Bueno Aires, Argentina. My father came to America with his family in the 70's. My mother ended up coming to study English when she was 19 and then never left. They met because my dad's best friend was dating my mom's cousin and so they met on a blind date. My mom was not interested, at all. My dad was just persistent and won her over eventually.View Story
My dad's side is really interesting because his dad, my paternal grandpa, is a naturalized citizen from Mexico. He got his green card and was a painter for the University of Texas. Then he became a citizen so he had his own painter company.
My great paternal grandpa came from Italy or so I was told. His last name was LaFranco but then I heard later that he was actually French and his last name was LeFrancais but they changed it when he came over during WWII.
On my mom's side, they're from Texas for as long as I can remember. We were in Texas before it was even Texas. – JasminView Story
I'm a quarter French, Irish, German and Lebanese. My mom's father was first generation but his family was originally from Serhal, Lebanon. I've always considered myself a quarter Lebanese but that town was originally part of Syria. Today it is part of Lebanon. My mom always said growing up that it was bad to say they were from Syrian.
My grandma's family were the first French settlers that settled Detroit. That's pretty cool. – LoriView Story
My mom was probably only a quarter Polish but her mom was always proud of her Polish heritage because she taught herself the language. Her husband was right from Poland. His last name was spelled with lots of y's and k's. Her favorite story was she'd see him sitting in the chair reading the newspaper from Poland and he's laughing laughing, she goes, what's so funny old man? He'd say, if you're so smart girl American girl, you read it you figure out yourself! So she taught herself Polish with the help of the neighbors.View Story
My last name is Scottish. The further back you research the purer the ancestry but as you get closer to yourself it's more mixed. We come from all different ancestries especially in this country. We're such a melting pot. We're not perfect. But we integrate, we meet people from other ancestry. They marry and by the time you go down a few generations, you're from everywhere!View Story
Grandma's family was very wealthy and powerful. So when the Japanese invaded China, they took Grandma's parents' house as their house and forced them to live in the gatekeeper house at the front of the property. Sometimes they would hide under the hospital beds so when the Japanese went through and did checks they wouldn't know they were there.View Story
My grandmother came over as a kid from Scotland. She was 1 of 4 sisters and they used to all sing together as they cleaned up at the end of a meal. Apparently they had amazing voices. Her family was split by 2 feuding clans, Bruce and Wallace. It was sort of like Romeo and Juliet whoever ended up getting together because they were not supposed to mix but it was a while ago. – KatieView Story
Grandma and Grandpa came over in 1907 when they were first married. My grandpa wanted to leave Czechoslovakia to avoid the Austrian military. His brother hadn't gotten any papers yet, so he used his brother's ID to get through Ellis Island. In 1919, he became a citizen and he was a good patriotic American but he came illegally. I'm a couple generations removed so I don't think they'll try to get rid of me but if ICE comes to the door I'm hiding under the bed. – JanView Story
I know there's Polish and I know there's Hungarian. On my mom's side of the family we have stuffed cabbage around the holidays and it's really good. On my dad's side we used to go once a year to a Polish restaurant in Bay City that is super traditional. They have stuff that you've never heard of.
Oh wow, I forgot the nut rolls. They're literally called Hungarian Nut Rolls. – CraigView Story
My grandpa is literally from Scotland; we have a family crest. But we haven't kept anything traditionally Scottish, except my beard. His family followed his father to Canada for work. My grandpa was a preacher. He got his first church when he finished school, he was 21. Can you imagine being 21 years old and being the religious leader for people of all ages?View Story
My husband, his whole background is Irish and his mom is directly from Poland. She came over when she was 4 years old. When I married into their family, nobody hugged. I was the one that started the hugging tradition. I remember hugging my sister-in-law and she just looked at me and said, we don't do that, and I said, well I do. It's something so basic, you think everybody does it, but his family really didn't! – DoreenView Story
My yiayia, grandmother in Greek, came here when she was a teenager from Greece. My papou, that's grandfather, came when he was in his early twenties to start a business. There wasn't as many opportunities in Greece. He just wanted to come to America. Yiayia and Papou only spoke English to my dad and his sisters because they were very proud to be Americans and they wanted them to have the full American experience. – AngelaView Story
My dad's from Southern Germany and my mom's from Canada. She moved here when they got married. It was a conscience decision on her part not to become a citizen. But my dad's a citizen, he became a citizen when I was in 3rd or 4th grade. I remember helping him study for the test, things that I was learning in school he had to learn too. You know, when you're 9 that's kind of exciting, teaching your dad something.View Story
My parents are immigrants. They immigrated from the Netherlands in 1953. They had gotten married in the Netherlands and my dad could not find employment there. He had a brother that was living in Michigan at the time and I don't know how it all came to be but his brother hooked him up with a job at Bil Mar, a turkey processing plant. Anyway they came by boat in February and my mother was pregnant with my oldest sister. Her claim to fame is she says she's the only one on the boat that wasn't sick.View Story
It initially started with my grandparents' grandparents that came to America from the Netherlands. They came over on a ship at Ellis Island. With my dad's side of the family, since he's African American, his family has been here since the, I want to say, early 1800's. But as my mom did more and more research she found out that her ancestors were slave traiters and built ships that went to West Africa which is where we think my father's family is from. It is extremely probable that my mother's ancestors brought my father's ancestors to America which is real weird.View Story
I need to ask my sister, Swede I want to say? We're just like down home Southern people. My dad married my mom and immediately came to Michigan with his two brothers to get jobs at General Motors. They all three shared a little apartment until they could all get jobs at GM. While my dad was up here my oldest sister was born. She'd already been born and while my mom was in hospital with her the town flooded. The whole first floor of the hospital was underwater. My dad paid a guy in a rowboat to take him to the hospital. He climbed through a window to see my sister for the first time.View Story
We thought my grandma was Puerto Rican but then after doing some research we found out that her parents were actually born in Spain and then moved to Puerto Rico and had their children then. So then my grandma moved here, it was kind of funny, she really played that ditzy housewife of the era that she grew up in. She spoke Spanish, French and English. She was a very smart womanView Story
My father is German mainly and some Irish, my mother is Polish 100% and then my husband is French so my girls are the melting pot. Stir the pot, be the pot. – MonicaView Story
My grandfather came from Canada and he walked or road his bike from there down to Detroit. There he worked his way up to be a cop. He was a bicycle cop, not a motorcycle cop, and he was chasing speeding cars on Belle Isle that was his whole job. He stayed with the police all his life and ended up as Deputy Police Commissioner. – JamesView Story
According to my grandfather, Jacques Cartier is a direct descendant of ours. My grandpa, his name was 'Frenchie', that was his nickname, he was French. He was a character. – MichaelView Story
My father came as a diplomat from what was then Pakistan. We went to Washington D.C. My parents went back relatively soon and I stayed back just to finish up the last few months of 10th grade and I'm still here. When I finished 10th grade, then I said 'I'm going to try to accelerate and finish high school'.View Story
On my mom's side, I know that they're all Irish, like full blood Irish except for my grandma I guess she's Polish. Anyway they're from Ireland like Irish Irish. Their last name's Moran. That's about as Irish as it gets unless they had a Mc in front of it. It's kind of funny when people are like, 'oh my God, what ethnicity are you?' I'm definitely more than a quarter Irish.View Story
My family is from Nottinghamshire, England. My great-great-grandma got pregnant when she was 16 which back then was super frowned upon. Her family decided, when the child was born, they would ship her to America. So that's where my great-grandma came from.View Story
They're from Quebec, my mom was born there. She's still Canadian, she's not an American citizen. Her sisters all got their American citizenship but she didn't want to.View Story
Part of us were Native Americans, mom's grandparents were Indian so they probably came when God made the…We are Scotch, Welsh, Dutch, Irish, and Indian. We are mutts. We have Indian blood in us and I think that's where I get my high cheek bones, and why mom's hair didn't go grey. Her grandma was an Indian. We are the Blackfoot Tribe of Northern Michigan, but my feet are not black, I'm just saying. – HelenView Story
My grandpa, the Jamaican one, he was born there obviously. He came to the U.S. for work because he didn't want to be stuck in Jamaica. He knew that if he stayed there he would not have a good life and growing up he knew that all the well off people of Jamaica moved to New York. They worked for a really long time and then they moved back to their homeland so that's exactly what he did. He actually worked on the Twin Towers.View Story
Wellington, NZ, WWII, my father was a wounded American sailor out walking with a friend. They saw a couple of girls approaching and (he) said see that one on the right, I'm going to marry her. So he said, 'excuse me, do you know what time it is?' and here we are. That was a love story.
Natalie: My husband's parents are straight off the boat from Italy…they owned a business for 42 years, like a pizza place…let's order Domino's-yeah right, we can make anything better than that stuff and when we do eat that stuff it's crap you know? So we can never go out to eat at an Italian restaurant because it's all gross. It's for real.View Story
My mom's family is from Sicily my great-grandparents came over here and got married and lived in Chicago and had a candy store. – JulieView Story
My great-great grandpa came to here from the Netherlands and he bounced all over the country from what I understand. My (other) grandpa was born in Canada but I think his family came from Germany. Interesting thing, my grandpa was born there in Canada he was 3 and a half pounds or something they put him in a shoebox next to the wood stove to keep him warm the doctors all said he should have died. – LukeView Story
I don't know anything about my family's heritage really besides when my brother and I were curious and we looked it up and the heritage of my last name is Welsh. – ChelseaView Story


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Over the next few months a boom is expected in the number of people taking their pensions early as they rush to beat a change in the minimum age. Next April, the age at which you can draw on a private pension will rise from 50 to 55, which is likely to prompt many people to try to beat the deadline.
"We've had quite a few asking about it," says Laith Khalaf, pensions analyst at the independent financial adviser Hargreaves Lansdown.
While Legal & General usually sells about 13% of its annuities to under-55s, this year that proportion has grown to 16%, and could rise further if this age group decides to take the plunge before the deadline.
Many pensions savers aged between 50 and 55 who are unaware of the rule change could miss out. According to research last week from the risk and benefits management firm Aon Consulting, only a quarter of UK workers are aware of the new rule.
Drawing a pension so early, however, would be impractical for many. "For most people it is not affordable to start drawing a pension in your fifties," says Khalaf, though the argument for early retirement can be powerful.
"If the amounts are acceptable, there is a good argument for starting [to draw it] sooner rather than later," says Edinburgh-based actuary Ronnie Sloan. There's a widespread assumption annuity rates for fiftysomethings are not great - in fact, they are relatively good. A 50-year-old single woman who doesn't smoke, with £100,000 to spend on an annuity, would get £451 a month on the best flat-rate annuity (from Aegon Scottish Equitable) flagged up on the Financial Services Authority's comparison tables (www.fsa.gov.uk). She would have to live to 69 to get her £100,000 back.
If her 55-year-old sister started a similar annuity, she would get £474 a month, and would have to live to 72 to recover her £100,000. Their 70-year-old sister would get the higher monthly sum of £630 but would have to draw it to the age of 83 to break even.
The attraction of the youngest sister's option is that 25% of a pension fund can usually be taken as a tax-free lump sum. Some people will use that to pay off their mortgage or invest in their business and then try to save as much of the annuity income as possible.
Deciding on the type of annuity is difficult - while 90% of people opt for flat-rate annuities, Stuart Bayliss of Annuity Direct thinks that more people should consider escalating, or inflation-linked annuities. "Inflation is going to come back in a year or two and, potentially, with a bit of a vengeance," he says.
If the youngest sister opted for an RPI-linked annuity now, she would start on £212 a year, according to the FSA tables. Even if she opted for a 3% escalator, she would only start on £274.
For those not wanting to take an annuity, there is also the option of a drawdown pension - allowing you to postpone taking an annuity, keep the bulk of your pension invested but take up to 25% of your fund as tax-free cash. Some providers set minimum sums on drawdowns and with-profits annuities.
People taking these decisions may feel they are gambling with their future. They'd be right: they are being forced to guess what will happen on investment returns, inflation, general mortality rates and their own life expectancy. But some may feel it is worth the risk.


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Toronto's Gourmet Food & Wine Expo keeps growing annually and has become one of my favourite events of the year. A wide range of vendors offers a variety of foods, condiments and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to sample for a reasonable price, while seminars held throughout the four-day event enable folks to learn more about subjects of particular interest to them.
Beer has always been of particular interest to me, so chatting with various breweries and beer distributors is how I spent most of my two days at the expo. I didn't taste anything horrible, but there were a number of average products and, luckily, some excellent ones as well.
Here's what caught my attention at the 19th annual Gourmet Food & Wine Expo:
Six Pints Black Lager
This style is based on Germany's Schwarzbier. It's colour befits its name and it pours with a small head. It's five-per-cent alcohol and rates a 23 IBU on the bitterness scale. Espresso and bitter chocolate are the predominant flavours in this medium-hopped brew that some people may be able to drink more of in one sitting than a heavier porter or stout.
Red Horse Beer
This extra strong lager is brewed in Manilla, Philippines by San Miguel Brewery. It's pale and poured with a little head. It's seven-per-cent alcohol and had a hint of tinniness even though it came from a bottle. There was a slight sense of the higher alcohol content in the aroma and flavour, but it went down relatively easy. The booth had a DJ and energetic servers, and San Miguel was generously making a donation for each bottle finished (it had other brands aside from Red Horse available) to support relief efforts from Typhoon Haiyan.
Mill Street Distillery Ale
This dark copper-coloured brew is fermented with English Ale yeast to give it a mild aroma and a hint of pear and apricot in the flavour. It's 5.8-per-cent alcohol, somewhat malty from caramel and chocolate malts and, while it's easy drinking, it lacks a distinct character.
Mill Street Weizenbock
This pours with a grey head that doesn't last long, but it offers a nice fruity bouquet. This unfiltered wheat bock is somewhat sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. The 7.5-per-cent alcohol content isn't evident in the flavour, and it leaves you with a very nice finish.
Mill Street Vanilla Porter
This brown/ruby red porter pours with an effervescent head and provides a distinctive vanilla bouquet. It offers rich vanilla and coffee flavours and a smooth and creamy body. The lovely lingering after-taste makes you want to take another sip almost immediately. I can see myself drinking this five-per-cent porter all night. This was my favourite beer of the expo and, even better, I was given a coupon that I could redeem for a free can at the LCBO.
Nickel Brook Bolshevik Bastard
This imperial stout is black and pours with a grey head. I'd previously tried the brewery's Kentucky Bastard, which is the same brew but aged in bourbon barrels. It's made with a blend of roasted barley, chocolate and amber malt, has a mild bouquet and the taste offers hints of chocolate and coffee. It's surprisingly smooth for a nine-per-cent beer, while providing some crispness and an easy finish. This is another one worth recommending.
Maisel's Weisse Original
This traditional Bavarian-made weissbier is pumpkin-coloured and presents a fruity and spicy aroma. It's a very full-bodied, 5.4-per-cent alcohol beer with banana and bubble gum flavours and a very good finish. Wheat beer drinkers should like this.
Maisel's Weisse Dunkel
The sibling of the beer above is copper-coloured and produces a nice head and pleasant aroma of banana and cloves. This 4.9-per-cent beer is brewed with a blend of wheat and gently roasted, caramelized malt and makes a great spring or fall beer, as it has more body than a more summer-oriented weissbier but isn't as heavy as the weizenbocks preferred by some in the winter.
Maredsous 8 Brune
The 8 in the name is the alcohol volume of this Belgian dubbel. The brown, bottle-conditioned ale is top-fermented and brewed according to Benedictine tradition, and then refermented in the bottle and conditioned for two months. I'm generally not the biggest fan of this style, but enjoyed this. It pours with a rich head and has a very fruity aroma. Dark berries are a major part of the pleasantly sweet flavour before a slightly bitter aftertaste takes over.
Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA
This six-per-cent alcohol IPA is brewed with a dry-hopped blend of German, English and American hops from regions located to close to 48 degrees latitude. The hops are evident in the aroma of this dark copper-coloured beer along with a touch of citrus. It's not overly hopped and the malt adds a hint of sweetness, which makes it a good option for folks who find west coast IPAs a little too much.
Royal Jamaican Ginger Beer
I've heard this described as the best alcoholic ginger beer in the world, and I can't argue with that. This beer is brewed in Kingston, Jamaica with Cascade hops, Jamaican ginger and cane sugar, and Royal Jamaican new crop rum. The ginger dominates the aroma and flavour and gives this a very crisp quality. It's spicy, but not overpoweringly so. And with just 4.4-per-cent alcohol, you can drink quite a few without getting too tipsy.
Spearhead Jamaican Fire
This dark, eight-per-cent stout has a 35 IBU rating on the bitterness scale and is brewed with coffee, oranges, sugar cane and scotch bonnet peppers -- with that last ingredient giving the taste and bouquet a definite kick. It's spicy but it won't knock you on your butt.
Spearhead Belgian Stout
This six-per-cent alcohol stout is made with six types of malt, three types of hops, trappist ale yeast and demerara sugar, Curacao orange peel and coriander. This creamy, unfiltered stout pours with a decent head and has a delicate, peppery introduction and a dry finish.
Moosehead Boundary Ale
This medium-bodied, copper-coloured ale is a cross between American- and British-styled pale ales that's made with four types of hops and seven different malts. The 5.3-per-cent alcohol beer has a very mild sweetness and was better than I anticipated, since I'm not a fan of its better known lager.
Pistonhead Kustom Lager
This Swedish beer features a flaming skull on the can and was being promoted by scantily-clad women with tattoos at the expo, so it will obviously trying to promote itself as a beer with edge when it arrives in Ontario beer stores in December. It pours gold with a mildly hoppy aroma from Spalter Select, Magnum and Perle hops and some nice maltiness from Munchener and Pilsener malts. It's an easy-drinking, 4.6-per-cent alcohol beer that seems better suited for summer, so I'm not sure that it's launching at the best time and the image seems incongruent with the product.
Ciuc Premium
I believe this is the first Romanian beer I've ever had. It's a pale gold and reasonably crisp pilsner with a hint of hoppiness. It's five-per-cent alcohol and would work best as a summer sipper.
Lake of Bays Top Shelf Classic Lager
The most noteworthy thing about this 4.5-per-cent alcohol beer is that it's the official beer of the NHL Alumni Association. It's an American-style pale lager that would be best suited for summer.
Niagara Oast House Brewers Saison
This Niagara-on-the-Lake brewery was my favourite discovery of the festival, and this 6.5-per-cent alcohol farmhouse ale was my favourite of its three beers that I sampled. It comes in a corked 750-millilitre bottle and is unfiltered and bottle-seasoned, which accounts for its slightly cloudy appearance. It has a fruity yeast aroma and some spicy citrus in the flavour. Excellent.
Niagara Oast House Brewers Barn Raiser Country Ale
This gold-coloured, five-per-cent alcohol ale is excellent as well. It poured with a decent head and had a citrus aroma and flavour. It's well-hopped, but not enough to scare away non-hop heads.
Niagara Oast House Brewers Pitchfork Porter
This dark brown porter pours with a rich head. It's fairly malty and robust and has a slight smokiness about it. Dark chocolate with a bit of nuttiness are the predominant flavours.
Sawdust City Gate Way Golden Ale
This Gravenhurst, Ont. brewery makes a lot of creatively named and flavoured beers, but this Kolsch-style lagered ale is the entry point for less adventurous drinkers. It's an easy-drinking, pale gold brew made with pilsner and wheat malt and spalter and magnum hops. It's both reasonably crisp and slightly sweet and is a sessional five-per-cent alcohol.
Sawdust City Red Rocket Stout
Red Rocket coffee beans, vanilla beans and cayenne pepper are added to Sawdust City's Skinny Dipping Stout to create this black product. The coffee and cayenne are highly evident in the bouquet and flavour, but neither overpower and gives this stout a surprisingly well-balanced taste.
Niagara College Brewmaster Wheat
This is the favourite beer I've tasted from the college. This unfiltered, 4.6-per-cent alcohol, wheat-based ale is light gold and features banana and cloves in the bouquet. There's a hint of banana in the flavour and it has quite a pleasant finish.
Railway City Black Coal Stout
The St. Thomas, Ont. brewery has produced a six-per-cent alcohol stout that has a 43 IBU rating on the bitterness scale. It's black and has a coffee aroma, while coffee, dark chocolate, smoke and oatmeal are the prime components of the flavour profile. It's okay, but nothing exceptional.
Ciders, Wines, Liquors and Cocktails
When I'd exhausted the new beers that I hadn't tried before, I moved on to this mix of other beverages:
Pommies Dry Cider
Despite the name, this five-per-cent alcohol cider made in Caledon with Ontario apples isn't excessively dry. The name is there more to differentiate it from sweeter ciders. It has a mild apple aroma and is bright, refreshing and reasonably crisp. It's gluten-free and not made from concentrate.
White Owl Whisky
It's a secret how this 40-per-cent alcohol spirit is distilled and filtered to make it clear. It looked just like vodka when it was poured over ice. It originated with a grain spirit that was aged for years in charred oak barrels, but that's all I can tell you about the process. The taste isn't as distinctive as with most Canadian whiskies, so this one is definitely intended more for cocktail use than for straight-up sipping by brown liquor aficionados.
Salvador's Original Margarita and Salvador's Mojito
I liked the Mojito better, but could drink both of these open and pour cocktails during those times when I'm too lazy to make my own -- which in the case of the Mojito is always since I don't keep fresh mint around the house.
Canyon Creek Pumpkin Martini
This isn't a martini at all, but you'll like it if you like pumpkin pie. It's made with Captain Morgan's spiced and dark rums, cream, pumpkin and maple vanilla syrups, and is garnished with ground nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.
College Street Bar Whiskey Sour
It's more sweet than sour, but nice nonetheless.
Real Sports Pimm's Garden
You can't go wrong with Pimm's No. 1 Cup, lemonade and fresh fruit.
Ogier Cotes du Ventoux Rose
I wasn't particularly fond of this extra dry, 13.3-per-cent alcohol, 2012 French rose from Caves Des Papes.
Mionetto Mo Prosecco
This light, fruity and slightly dry Italian sparkling wine had a clean finish and 11 per-cent alcohol.
Deinhard Dry Riesling
This German Riesling was a little sweeter than I would have liked, but was still okay with a hint of green apple and citrus. It was reasonably light and had a 12.4-per-cent alcohol content.
Bird Label Riesling
This off-dry and mildly fruity wine from Pfalz, Germany's Lingenfelder Estate had elements of lime and apple and a lower alcohol content of 10.5 per-cent.
Mosel Gold Riesling
This pale straw-coloured wine from Mosel, Germany's H. Schmitt Soehne is even lighter in alcohol content with 9.5 per cent and is reasonably dry with flavours of apple, peach and pear.
Beringer California Collection White Zinfandel
This 2010 vintage rose is made for casual drinking and carries a 9.5-per-cent alcohol content. It's light, with a fruity aroma and flavour.


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Lets have a talk today as I really feel like to integrate maths and daily life. My maths teachers always say that "in order to speed up we should practise and apply maths in daily life so that we learn how to relate the formulas while taking tests."
So my integration method is a bit ridiculous today and I really dont know where did it come to my mind. I know it is awkward and nonsense maybe but I really wanted to share as sometimes I doubt if I am schizophrenic :DDDD
First of all I need to explain some terms and their values:
a: my childhood neighbour 1year younger than me
x: my downstair neighbour for 16 years and 10 years younger than my mom
y: my front door neighbour for 16 years at the same age with my mom
m: stupid neighbour around my age
n: m's stupid sister around her 15s
t: m and n's liar and shouting father
U: sometimes resultant sometimes my ex apartment neighbour for 10 years and far way older than me but far way younger than my mom too
p1: common shared stupid iron mailbox standing inside of the apartmant 1meter close to apartment entrance door.
e: elevator XD
b: me [hahahahah]
PS. "U" just moved to an another apartment that is close here (thanx god but she is everytime here or calling)
I will show it at the end of page.
-NEIGH: Sometimes I really wanna call my neighbours as horse(bad meaning) because they make me sick enough so neigh neigh neeeigh sound is onomatopoeia that refers to horse. ( I love pun [playing on words] by the way)
-BRRR: the sound comes from my mouth when x, y, U end up with our door early in the morning and doorbell wakes me up.
- EAR: direct implication as "y" is all ears 24/7 like a clock.
- IN MOURN: my situation whole through the life if I dont move away [haha]
Notice: My apartment has 5 floors and each floor has 4 doors so there are 23 doors in our apartment LOL you will ask how but 2 doors are on ground floor and 1 door is the main entrance door of the apartment. Now we deal?? Yeah we do.
Okay then lets start ^^
From 10:00 pm to 7:30 am/ equation is:
(x-a)U(x+3y).[-t(m+n)]= {0}
my childhood friend "a" is at university in another city, "x" is not home, "y" wanted to ring the bell 3 times but then changed her mind, "u" is planning to visit us at her home. So the formula briefly means nobody rang the bell yet and {0} symbol shows that I am really happy and sleeping peacefully. :DDDD
After 7:30 am/ equation and their meanings:
IF (u)= 1; she came alone
(u+x) = 2 ; we have 2 visitors as "x" returned home from outside and paid short visit to us
(u+y) = 2/2 ; "y" just opened her door and trying to guess whose shoes are standing front of my door [hahaha]
(u+x+y) = 3,14~ ; "y" is just dying to know who are the two persons in my house as she opened her door approximately more than 14 times to figure out whose shoes are staying in front of my door that long [I dont check her door but I hear her opening her door or lock sound from my kitchen as she is too noisy]
(u+x+y)= 3 ; we have 3 visitors as in the end "y" couldnt bear and came in to check who are our visitors as she couldnt really guess from the shoes
(a+b+y)-(x-u) = 2/15; my neighbour "a" came for holiday from school and at night we two are talking some stuff, "u" came in the morning and left in the afternoon, "x" even didnt pay short visit and "y" is all ears active for participation in her own house [ #$@¿¡]
(y) = ~ ; damn bad news as "y" left her front door full open
***So you can figure out that "u" comes here everyday with the excuse that she loves mom and me a lot and "y" never leaves us alone for a while.
Some days when I go out/equation
IF (m+n)U(p1) = m+n ; probably our letters either thorn apart or read by the stupid sisters
t(e+m+n).(-m-n+b)÷2 = 1 ; I saw "m" and "n" around outside but I came in apartment then I am in elevator with their father and my life is in danger.
So mostly I am in my bedroom and shouting mom like that whenever the doorbell rings ...
"Mommmm open the door as for 999999999999~% sure, my step mother "y" is waiting at the door."
"Mommmm open the door as probably my step sister "u" is at the door."
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We enjoyed reading this article published by an infrastructure engineer from Quora, Angela Zhang. It presents project phases, focusing on the right way to do project scoping, in a realistic and efficient manner.
As we enable teams to deliver products to market faster, efficiency is key. We facilitate delivery in multiple markets without having to incur the costs and time delays in ramping up permanent organizations. Subsequently, have learned hands-on how to speed up the R&D process and reduce time to revenue, as well as reduce burn rate. Indeed, developing a realistic and revised version of the project plan is important.
The article we recommend talks about a few best practices in the field. It is concise and it provides a good insight view. To quote just a couple of paragraphs:
De-risk the project as soon as possible. Two common ways of de-risking a project include (1) working on the riskiest parts upfront, and (2) prototyping the riskiest parts using dummy data and/or scaffolding. Whenever a new open-source system or external service is used, that usually represents a big risk.
Define measurable milestones to get to the project goal. Schedule each with a specific calendar date representing when you expect this milestone to be reached. Then, establish some sort of external accountability on these milestones by, for example, committing them to your manager and setting up milestone checkins.
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From Isaac Mao
"The whole universe shares", my talk at Ars Electronica,2010
It is not the Unified Theory itself, instead, it's the beginning of series thoughts. The idea/term was a whim during Wikimania 2007 in Taipei. Later Isaac develops it into a system of thinking, including the holistic philosophy, and some concrete methodologies ( It's why RT matters). Sharism, if perceived as the view of information exchange, can help us explores the origin of life, intelligence, social structure, and even probably down to the behaviors of quantum(s), and universe(s).
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Z11 and I have been doing a little scrapbooking recently and looking at her baby pictures. I was discussing with her how children go through phases where their looks change. It was hard for her to understand my meaning when I said there were days she was precious and days where… well, not so much. So, I whipped out the picture of her in which she bears a striking resemblance to Edward G. Robinson looking as if he has just smelled something pretty rank. She was not amused.
'Fess up moms! There were times when you looked down at your baby and thought, "Dear Lord, I've given birth to Buddy Ebsen." That's because most babies look like old men.
I was at a store when a woman came up and said to me, "what a cute little boy! What's his name?" Well, lady, I realize my baby looks like a short, fat man from a 1930's gangster flick, (and oh how I have cried over that!) but HER name is Z and I would think you might have been tipped off to that fact that SHE is a GIRL by the pink overalls and the bow on her head. Sheesh!
Let's face it, no one looks good after they've been in a womb for 9 months. But, for a new mother who is riddled with hormones, anxiety and depression there is a special hell in wondering if your child is forever going to look like they've just been claimed from the uterus. You don't voice your fears to everyone because they're all telling you how gorgeous the baby is, even though you know they are wondering the same thing.
And, of course, the babies plump up, lose the red tint, grow some hair and become so darn cute you just want to eat 'em up. When my daughter was a baby, I remember reading an article that said that children's facial structure sets sometime between 6 and 7 years. I just kept praying she would be in one of her cute phases when it did.


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In preparation for the launch, I have arranged a giveaway in association with Shop BXB to win some amazing beauty products ready for Autumn and up for grabs are the following items:
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Not only that, there will be a huge 75% off sale for 48 hours only from the 2nd November to celebrate the launch. I've been eyeing up a few products from Laura Mercier, Jo Malone, NARS and Guerlain to add to my ever growing collection. With free world wide shipping and a flat rate of $10 shipping for fragrances, Shop BXB is the best way to purchase your favourite brands at low prices.
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It was a cold winter afternoon and we were sitting at one of those elegant, traditional restaurants in Washington, D.C. where you can get a fish and chips and a beer while craning your neck to hear both journalists and diplomats.
Oh, how I hate these forced social gatherings, I thought to myself. Maybe it will come and go quickly.
The occasion was a birthday celebration for a colleague. I didn't know why we had to do these kinds of things, really, but then again socializing at work was never my strong suit. Dutifully I listened to the various remarks, the "hear hears," the heroic tales about muddling through the trenches of red tape, turf battles and general inanity.
It was time for dessert. Mercifully there are no more speeches, I thought but sure enough just then my boss stood up and rattled her thick glass mug with a spoon. "Just one more speech," she said, grinning widely. "Try to tough it out, and maybe I'll release you guys from the staff meeting tomorrow."
Well that sounds good to me, and I almost genuflected with relief and delight that we could be spared yet one more senseless time-wasting session.
My colleague stood up to speak.
"I have only one thing to say," he began. "I hope you don't mind if I speak with candor."
And we grew quiet. The good cheer and the jokes turned into something somber, as we received the fact that something important was coming.
"I am grateful that you all came here to celebrate with me today. There are no better people in the world than those who work for the federal government."
We were even more alert around the table now. That sounded like a run-up to something very significant.
"I will be leaving this agency soon," he said. "I'm getting older now. Florida is calling my name. The wife is ready - and I know you all saw it coming."
We nodded; this was true.
A brief pause, and then he continued, his voice growing louder.
"But that's not my main point. What I really want to say, as someone who has lived on this planet for sixty-three years, is that we live in the finest country in the world."
And then the volume went way up. Now it was lightning and thunder.
"I am so proud to live in a country where every man has the right to call the President an idiot."
Not sure about everybody else, but at this one I let out a little gasp. It's been eight years of Obama this and Obama that, the forced political correctness, the quiet agreement not to say anything, or, if we did say something we would close the door and quietly say to one another, oops they did it again, those arrogant politicals.
My colleague said a little bit more about freedom of speech, how he valued being a citizen of this country and how he appreciated that the federal government protected his rights as an employee.
We walked back in the frigid cold. Nobody went to the staff meeting.
I think about all the federal employees I know, the ones who will give you an earful about how things are worse than ever and the ones who claim it was much, much worse if you remember how it was way back when. The ones who clearly have drunk the Kool-Aid, the ones who have checked out; the ones who laugh and say "Oh, goodness, what are you getting so worked up about?"
The self-help guru Tony Robbins says you should spend three minutes every day being grateful for what you have. Remembering that party, and thinking of the wit and wisdom of my colleagues, makes me so.
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The usually go-to color, black just isn't a good color for mixtes.
We just finished doing a few years of white.
Red and silver? No thanks.
"Wait, how about blue. Blue is a 'safe' color. It's calming. Lots of people like it or at least don't have strong feelings against it. Look at all the people wearing blue jeans." Different versions of this conversation happened while discussing different models.
So we ended up choosing blue for this year's Buena Vista, the ES road frame, the Sandworm fat bike frame and the yet to be unveiled Saga touring frame. Different shades and intensities of blues, but blue nonetheless. So if your favorite color is blue, this is a great year for you to get a Soma.
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I like brownies a lot. So it is rather natural for me to try and make some blondies. It is considered to be the white brownies, right?
recipe adapted from here
6oz. white chocolate (I found a white chocolate bar with Oreos and mixed in)
½ cup sugar
½ cup butter
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
7oz. sweetened evaporated milk
dark chocolate chips
* Preheat oven to 180oC.
* Melt butter and chocolate over low heat until melted and combined.
* Let it cool slightly and then whisk in the eggs lightly beaten and vanilla.
* Then add flour, baking powder, salt.
* Stir until mixture is smooth.
* Pour into a springform pan and bake for 20 minutes.
* As soon as you take it out of the oven, immediately pour the milk all over the blondies.
* Sprinkle the chocolate chips generously and let it cool.
It is so tasty.... Out of this world! Trust me, you have to make it!


text: Castles, sand dunes and epic film locations in North Wales Wales is where Fangirl Quest got started and the country will always hold a special place in our hearts. This year Wales is celebrating the Year of Legends, bringing together storytelling and movie magic with the country's rich history and stunning landscape. Not only is it a perfect theme for our travels but the TV advert stars one of our favourite movie dudes, Luke Evans! In February 2017 we spent a week on the road in Wales, visiting several filming locations and adventuring around the country. Our travels started in North Wales, home to the ruggedly beautiful Snowdonia National Park as well as many other interesting destinations. The walled castle town of Conwy Conwy Castle, North Wales by Fangirl Quest Sometimes referred to as 'The Castle Capital of the World', Wales has hundreds of castles you can visit. Many have been used as filming locations but some are interesting for other reasons. Conwy Castle falls into the latter category. Built in the 13th century, it is remarkably well preserved and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The entire town is walled, so starting from the castle you can walk around the whole of Conwy atop the battlements. You can also purchase awesome King Arthur swords from the gift shop and take dorky 360° photos but maybe that's just us… Sand dunes on Anglesey Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey, North Wales by Fangirl Quest From Conwy we drove on to Anglesey, an island off the north-west coast of Wales. We were headed to the sand dunes of the National Nature Reserve of Newborough Warren. It's a beautiful area for hiking but as we were short on time, we headed straight to Ynys Llanddwyn: a small tidal island that was the filming location for both Clash of the Titans and Half Light. We found the spot from Clash of the Titans and snapped a lovely frame from the movie. The beaches are beautiful, and the view of Snowdonia is quite magnificent, so we hope to go back with more time (and hopefully warmer weather). Snowdonia National Park Snowdonia, North Wales by Fangirl Quest We had lots of plans for Snowdonia. Big plans. We were planning to hike up to Dinorwig Quarry to snap some Clash of the Titans and Willow sceneframes, find the camping ground at Llyn Gwynant that posed as a Chinese village in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and we hoped we might even spot the place at Llyn Trawsfynydd where the legendary Camelot was in the movie First Knight. Unfortunately the weather had other plans. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Snowdonia, North Wales by Fangirl Quest / Warner Bros 2017 We don't despair easily in the face of difficulties when looking for locations, but this time we came pretty close to just giving up. Luckily we didn't though, because towards the evening we finally caught a break! We knew that parts of the new movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword had been filmed in the area around Llyn Ogwen, near our hotel for the next night. The new King Arthur movie isn't even in the theaters yet, it comes out in May 2017, and we had no idea about the exact locations, just the general area where some scenes were filmed. The only pictures we had were a couple of screenshots from the trailer and some promo shots. But sometimes, just sometimes, perseverance pays off and luck is on your side. You can read the whole story of how we managed to find just the right spots and snap some awesome sceneframes from a movie that hasn't even been released yet here. Bouncing around at Zip World Bounce Below, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales by Fangirl Quest Our last destination before leaving the majestic mountains of Snowdonia behind was Zip World, in the historic mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. The old slate mine has been turned into an incredible adventure park, complete with the largest zip zone in Europe, Zip World Titan. Unfortunately for us, the over 2-kilometer long zipline is only open from spring until autumn. Titan is definitely something we want to experience, though, and this is one of those destinations we hope to get back to as soon as possible! The massive zipline is not the only adventure Zip World has to offer. The rest of the activities are hidden inside the old mine. We got to experience Bounce Below, a massive maze of bouncy cargo nets and tube slides. Once we found our footing and got over the fact that the highest nets are REALLY high up in the cave, we had a blast! I can imagine the place is pure heaven for kids but even us (almost) adults enjoyed exploring all the nooks and tunnels of the site and even managed to capture some slow motion video of our bouncing. Enjoy this? Share it with friends Related items Walks in North Wales Explore the soaring mountains and refreshing coastal walks of North Wales. Wild winter in the north Ravens, choughs, baby seals – and hundreds of thousands of wintering birds. North Wales attractions Where to go and what to see during your adventure across the lands and seas of North Wales. North Wales' holy places Your guide to discovering some of the special and sacred places across North Wales. Portmeirion on Film Fangirl Quest explore Portmeirion, the epic location for 1960s cult TV programme The Prisoner Climbing in North Wales If you're new to climbing, the walls and cliffs of North Wales is a great place to learn.


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