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If you havent heard this clip from the infamous radio show "Coast to Coast" you should do. Its one of those classic moments in the show which went down in its history, while Art Bell was hosting.
Cloaked in mystery and intrigue, this clip still lives on, being discovered by new seekers in both the alternative and ufo community with relish.
It is kind of scary, so maybe keep your teddybear close by.
My specific query with regards to the clip is why on earth ( no pun intended) does Art Bell say "Discharged" before the radio cuts out?
Is this man a paid actor, genuine, a manchurian candidate, an mkultra victim or what? …. you decide, if you dare…
Shortly after this broadcast Art Bell began winding down his operations at Coast 2 Coast, and wikipedia reports of strange goings on following the broadcast..
*** I've just received this email from an avid listener of C2C at the time of the broadcast, on their request I will keep their identity anonymous ***
"Greetings "Frog"!
I want to take this opportunity to write and clarify some apparent confusions regarding that now "classic" 1997 broadcast and it's aftermath.
I used to be a AVID listener(EVERY NIGHT) before I subscribed to "Streamlink",so was able to catch the initial broadcast AND ALL the subsequent follow-ups too. THIS is what REALLY happened:
1.The caller made that initial call(heard here)which was actually AUDIOTAPED and played SOME years later by Art on the air AT LEAST ONCE. It was only the BROADCAST that was mysteriously interrupted. Art spoke with the caller for MORE than is heard HERE, before he was alerted by the producer that the actual BROADCAST wasn't being received. The COMPLETE conversation I clearly remember listening to some time later. I will discuss THAT a bit later. It was during that initial conversation that Art says the word "discharged". Art was at that time STILL speaking to the caller and was questioning him ABOUT that discharge, evidently expressing DOUBT as to the veracity of the caller's claims and wanting to accentuate this to his LISTENERS, hence Art's PRONOUNCED accent on that particular word just before the broadcast cut off.
2. About a week later, the caller RETURNED, now claiming it was all a HOAX, at which point Art sounded quite RELIEVED.
3. About two years AFTER that initial call, the caller AGAIN returned, now claiming(in great detail)that he had been kidnapped, brainwashed and essentially been made to claim it was all a hoax,by secret agencies inside the govt.
As you would imagine, this totally FREAKED Art(and most of the callers that night).
4.At some point afterward(memory fails me on exactly WHEN)someone CLAIMING to be that caller AGAIN came on the phone with Art, and began a hysterical rant. Art(and most of his listeners)recognised that this caller DIDN'T sound like the same person, and Art-after exchanging a few words with him-promptly HUNG UP.
It was revealed in the audiotape of that complete first call that the responsibility of the "Aliens" entry into our world/dimension rested squarely within the US govt. itself. The caller claimed that secret factions within our military were conducting tests(based on work that had begun with German scientists during WWII)and it was during these "tests" that a portal was opened, allowing their entry. The caller insinuated that communications were made with the "Aliens" for some time PRIOR to their actual ENTRY into OUR dimension, at that PRIOR to their entry,the US govt. was led to believe that the They were NOT a possible threat to national security.
Since these (rightly)classic shows, several factors have come to my attention to make ME believe the caller was GENUINE, not a sham. At least one qualified expert on voice-stress analysis did a reading on that initial call, and declared publicly that he found NOTHING that led him to believe that the caller was making up ANY part of it.
Another factor was the caller's description of those "extra dimensions" in terms that neatly fall into place with what are now called "parallel universes" or the "String Theory", which of course at the time of that broadcast(1997)the general public knew almost NOTHING about. Still ANOTHER reason I believe it's NOT a hoax is the fact that Art Bell has publicly declared he DIDN'T play any part whatsover in it, other than what was heard on-air those nights over that two year period. Art certainly has his faults(I'm NO fan of his "child bride" marriage…especially SO SOON after Ramona's demise)but I sincerely believe in his PROFESSIONAL integrity, and I think most of his listening audience DO TOO!
Warm regards,
PS In regard to later allegations that it was TOM GREEN who was the mystery caller, I would bet the farm that if he made ANY of the calls it was only the FOURTH:where Art and most callers DIDN'T BUY IT, and Art promptly HUNG UP on the guy!" "
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...Obama said the deal now on the table would prevent a tax increase for the overwhelming majority of Americans, extend the child tax and tuition credits for families as well as those for clean-energy companies, and extend unemployment benefits for 2 million people. But even then, he said lawmakers still have to figure out how to mitigate the possible damage from sharp spending cuts that are scheduled to start biting January 2, when the federal government reopens after the New Year's holiday....
Sean Furr~ Aren't these the same Bush tax cuts that the Dems said put an undue burden on the Middle Class? So then, wouldn't it be good for the Middle Class for these tax cuts to expire? As to the "Fiscal Cliff" crap: Wouldn't deep cuts in government spending actually help the economy? Unless of course, you have only read Keynes.
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R. George Dunn~ The burden came from expanding tax revenue by more people making a living. That is our goal, Jobs. But the small hike in taxes can be eliminated by payroll deductions to balance in say April, retroactive to January first.
500 billion from defense and 5000 billion from the rest. It is needed pronto. We must care for the body of the economy the same way we got here. We must do what Obama wants on the tax issue and change it next time. We need the farm bill extended and we need unemployment extension. We don't want full death tax.
take the trillion dollar cut and the $450,000 ceiling on wealth tax. Do remember, most rich people don't have wages. You tax capital gain and you stifle growth. Best get tax out of doing business in America so we can get back to work.
Not Obamacare, but HSA/IRAs, privately owned, local investment option, States' mandated, by choice.

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Poor Amanda Bynes is a joke. For those of you who live under rocks, the 26-year old was once a moderately successful actress, who then exercised some poor judgment, in the form of 2 hit-and-runs, a DUI charge, and driving on a suspended license, all within the span of 6 months. Soon She'll disappear from the public eye, only to pop back up in a few years having found God, methamphetamines and/or a porn career.
It's a shame, because while she was not a good actress, she was cute and twinkly-eyed, and Amanda Bynes without makeup looked adorable. Insanity and legal problems aside, it seems that Amanda experienced the frustration common to many actresses who rise to fame at an early age and are cursed with adorable, round baby-faces. They get sick of being cute, they want the public to recognize how mature and edgy and sexual they are, so they become skanks.
The first photo of Amanda without makeup was published in People Magazine?s May 2009 Most Beautiful People issue. At that time, she had not yet become a laughing stock and was riding on the success of Hairspray, in which she played Tracy Turnblad?s best friend. Photographed without makeup for this photo, she looks really beautiful. She admitted to having skin problems as a teenager, but her complexion is very clear and even here, and her eyes are amazing.
Amanda also looks really lovely in the next photo of her with a clean face.?The natural beauty of her face is very striking. Her eyes are gorgeous, her skin looks great, and?she has a?nice smile. She's just overall very cute. And it's sad. You should have embraced the cuteness, Amanda. You had it, you squandered it, and now you are condemned to being your generation?s Tara Reid. Sorry.


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Chie Arimura's win last week means that Sun-Ju Ahn has not yet clinched her 2nd-straight JLPGA money-list title and Player of the Year award. With Ji-Hee Lee playing steady but not spectacular golf and Sakura Yokomine struggling by her lofty standards, the most likely showdown for this year's top spot will be between Ahn and Arimura. Ahn, who has 4 wins, 2 runner-ups (both coming in her last 4 starts), 8 top 5s, and 11 top 10s in only 17 JLPGA starts in 2011, is coming off a rest week and looking to improve on her T18 finish here last year (10 shots behind Shin and 1 shot behind Arimura). Arimura, meanwhile, has 3 wins, a silver, 2 bronzes, 7 top 5s, and 13 top 10s in 21 JLPGA starts--and perhaps even more important has also played great in her LPGA starts this year, with a near-win at the HSBC Women's Champions and a T7 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship (to go with an uncharacteristic missed cut at the Wegmans LPGA Championship and surprising no-shows at the Evian and Ricoh Women's British Open). However, before last week's win she had endured her longest run without a top 10 finish all year, most likely caused by a wrist injury that lead to her actually having to miss an event.
So if Arimura doesn't step it up this week, who from the JLPGA is most likely to instead? Yokomine (who has a gold, a silver, 4 bronzes, 8 top 5s, and 14 top 10s in 24 JLPGA starts but has finished outside the top 20 7 times, is coming off 2 straight starts in which she failed to crack the top 30, and hasn't made the top 10 in the Mizuno in the last 3 years) is actually something of a long shot, despite the fact that she's also coming in rested. Lee (with a gold,
Which is my cue to finally bring up Shanshan Feng. I held off on mentioning the #10 player on the money list, the winner of the Meiji and Miyagi events this year, the runner-up in the Konica Minolta Cup (a JLPGA major), and a T3 finisher last week because she belongs in a discussion of the dual LPGA-JLPGA members in the Mizuno field. While her rookie season on the JLPGA hasn't been quite as impressive as Inbee Park's last year (she had 2 wins and 6 runner-up finishes in 14 starts), a Feng win here would certainly make me rethink that judgment. Park, meanwhile, has done little to follow up her season-opening win on the JLPGA, but even in the midst of a mini-sophomore jinx, it's hard not to be high on someone who finished T8 and T5 at the Mizuno the last 2 years. The crazy thing is, however, that the rest of the dual members are actually fighting to keep their JLPGA cards. 2007 Mizuno champion Momoko Ueda has 4 top 10s in 12 JLPGA starts this year, but she's missed the cut a shocking 5 times and failed to crack the top 40 twice, so she's actually lucky to be #44 on the money list right now (the top 50 keep their cards; the rest go to the final stage of Q-School to compete against the qualifiers from this week's 2nd stage). Even 2-time Mizuno champion Ji-Yai Shin has been struggling on the JLPGA for the 1st time in her career--not only is she #54 on the money list, but she also needs a win this week to qualify for the season-ending Ricoh Cup and get the 7th start she needs to meet the tour's minimum appearance requirement. Ai Miyazato is in the exact same boat, except she's even lower on the money list (at #69), while even if Meena Lee (#103) were to win, she definitely hasn't played enough on tour to keep her card without going back to Q-School. And Harukyo Nomura, who's fighting to finish high enough on both tours' money lists to keep her dual membership in 2012 (she's #94 on the LPGA and #73 on the JLPGA), didn't even qualify for the Mizuno. That leaves Hee Young Park, who's #91 on the money list in 6 starts. Can the 2010 Q-School champion make enough money in her 7th start of 2011 to avoid a return to Q-School?
Here's my best guess as to how things will shake out this week for my entry in the PakPicker competition at Seoul Sisters.com:
1. Miyazato Mika
2. Choi Na Yeon
3. Arimura
4. Oyama
5. Feng
6. Park Hee Young
7. Shin Ji-Yai
8. Miyazato Ai
9. Park Inbee
10. Lewis
11. Ahn
12. Jeon
Alts: Munoz; Kim In-Kyung; Baba
The pairings for Friday's opening round are already out. Here's a baker's dozen of the ones I'm most excited about:
1st tee, 9:50 am: Na Yeon Choi, Ai Miyazato, Chie Arimura
1st tee, 9:30 am: Karrie Webb, Mika Miyazato, Hee Kyung Seo
1st tee, 10:00 am: Ji-Yai Shin, Sun-Ju Ahn, Azahara Munoz
10th tee, 9:20 am: Hee Young Park, Candie Kung, Tiffany Joh
1st tee, 9:40 am: Stacy Lewis, Sakura Yokomine, Beatriz Recari
10th tee, 9:40 am: Mi Hyun Kim, Hee-Won Han, Meena Lee
1st tee, 9:20 am: Inbee Park, Eun-Hee Ji, Ryann O'Toole
10th tee, 9:30 am: Shanshan Feng, Catriona Matthew, Chella Choi
10th tee, 10:00 am: In-Kyung Kim, Jimin Kang, Mindy Kim
10th tee, 8:30 am: Mi-Jeong Jeon, Yukari Baba, Miki Saiki
10th tee, 8:50 am: Na-Ri Kim, Pornanong Phatlum, Cindy LaCrosse
1st tee, 9:10 am: Momoko Ueda, Mayu Hattori, Paige Mackenzie
10th tee, 9:50 am: Song-Hee Kim, Vicky Hurst, Amy Hung
I'm sadly not surprised that Golf Channel couldn't afford to buy TV rights from the JLPGA and Japanese TV. I'm too busy at work to try to find an online feed, but I will go back to doing round-by-round reports as early as possible. Stay tuned!
[Update 1 (5:42 am): Here's a photo of Tiger with Miho Koga, Shinobu Moromizato, and Rui Kitada at their charity outing yesterday. And here's Ward Clayton's latest Stats and Stuff post from LPGA.com.]


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Physical therapy has been a passion of mine for some time now; since I was in the 11th grade actually.
I went to St. Martin's for my Bachelors of Science degree in Biology, and had plans of going to Physical Therapy school to get my Doctorate. However, my plans changed slightly, as I wasn't accepted to the program after graduation.
I then put my plans on temporary hold, as Josh and I bought our house. I also wasn't sure I could commit to three years that the program takes- and be off of work that entire time. It was a scary thought to give up working!
I then started looking into a physical therapist assistant program, which would only be 2 years, and slightly less intense. Only a few schools in WA have a program, and most of them are traditional, Monday-Friday, in person programs. I didn't know how to make that work while still keeping my job that I love.
I finally found Whatcom Community College, and their Physical Therapist Assistant Online-Hybrid program. The course is designed for students with lives outside of school. So, the majority of the coursework is online, and there are in-person labs every month over a weekend. This seemed like the perfect fit for me!
So, I applied for the program starting Spring of 2011. And didn't get in. However, this was because the community college I did my associate degree through didn't send my transcripts to Whatcom, even though I had paid for them to be sent. I was heartbroken, and really unsure if I wanted to apply again. I felt like I was getting to the point where I either needed to be in school, or move on. I wanted to get on with my life, and was tired of living in limbo.
Just a few months after I found out I wasn't accepted, we found out we were expecting Lane! Josh made me promise to apply to school one last time, and if I didn't get accepted this time, we would move on and rearrange.
Fast forward to October of 2011, and our little man was less than a month old when I submitted my school application. I was so nervous about how we would make it all work if I was accepted- the time committment, paying for tuition and books, guilt over less time spent with Lane, etc. But I promised Josh I would apply, so I did.
In January, I was starting to wonder where my letter was informing me of either my acceptance or rejection. I finally got the nerve to call, and left a message for the Program Director, Margaret. A few hours later, Margaret called to tell me that letters had indeed been mailed out, and that she was so happy to inform me I was accepted! I would be starting school in April!
It was such a relief to know that I would finally be able to start my career. But, it was also scary!
In between January and April, we figured out student loans, ordered books, and Josh bought my a new computer for my birthday.
And so, ever since April 3rd, I've been working on my first quarter of classes at Whatcom CC for my Physical Therapist Assistant program. I had my first lab last weekend, and it was so neat to practice hands-on material that we're learning in our books. The program is 9 quarters long, meaning I'll graduate in June 2014. It can be a real struggle to prioritize my time and keep up with everything, but we're slowly settling into more of a routine.
I love school!
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12 years ago, after Pantera released their last major label album 'Reinventing The Steel' (March 13, 2000), everyone was caught by surprise due to the musicality displayed by the Pantera boys. Perhaps not their heaviest album (even though it is heavy as hell), on 'Reinventing The Steel' Pantera took their music into yet another level and many say that this album gave birth to the NuMetal movement.
As we all know, Pantera started as a glam band and it was 'Cowboys From Hell' (released on July 3, 1990) they clearly left shaped up their signature sound. But if there is one factor that was kept intact by the band, was that their live shows only got better and better. Here is full concert footage of Pantera's last gig ever in Korea during the "Extreme Steel Tour". Crank it up and watch it go!
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
SYTYCD Top 10
All right, I missed the first solo and the first partner dance.
I'm still voting for Sara and Pasha, because I think it's kind of unfair that their solo is not in their style, while it obviously is for other people. I can't really say much because I didn't know they were all doing the same solo (I eventually caught on) and was confused as to why Sara and Pasha chose that as their solos, and spent the whole time going, whaaaaaaaa? (It dawned on me halfway through Pasha's solo that I was watching the exact same thing.)
Lauren KILLED that solo, but then she is a contemporary dancer. I mean it, her movement, her lines, the crispness of her performance. If people don't vote for her then America is stupider then I thought (we've all ready seen that it's stupid by past voting patterns).
Sabra did very well too, but, again, she's a contemporary dancer.
Kameron was passionate, but that didn't make up for the quality of his movements, which felt very rough, especially in comparison to the other dancers, and definitely apparent when they're all doing the same solos. It was not up memorable especially seeing as that's his genre. There have been some great contemporary male dancers that have been let go. He's only still here because of Lacey, I'm sure. It makes me sad to see him in his element, especially because his first contemporary dance was beautiful and moving. Sad that we had to say goodbye to others, but then I kept hoping that he and Lacey would be in the bottom three because I thought that he deserved to go home. Sad, because I like him. But then again, it was better then his partner dance by light years.
Lacey: Pretty good. Nothing much to say.
Danny: What can I say, he's what angels would dance like if their were angels. I could watch him dance for hours and hours and hours. He's amazing. I'd call him a gift from god if I believed in god. He's definitely a gift to dance, no doubt about that. Wow. I'm swooning over his dancing. I want to marry it (not him, the dancing) and have lots of beautiful dancelets. *sigh*
Sabra and Kameron:
I agree with the judges. Sabra looked extraordinary. Beautiful lines and extension, really feeling the music and moving with it. Kameron, what I said about his solo still applies.
Lacey and Danny:
Yes, the samba is the hardest latin dance, because while most latin dances have the same type of hip, foot, and leg action, with one knee bent at a time, some samba moves have that, but they also have moves and steps where you are bending both knees. (I can get more detailed, but this is boiling it down a lot for non-samba dancers.)
Jaimie and Dominic:
First I need to say I LOVE the choreography. Brilliant, blody brilliant. I want to be in something Toni choreographs with every fibre of my being now. Unfortunately the judges were right. Jaimie had good lines, but the technique was not there at all. It was a beautiful routine, badly executed. I wish it wasn't the case. Sadly I have to agree with the judges that Dominic looked like a characture of a dancer. :(
Sara and Neil:
Damn, that flip. Disco is perfect for them. Seriously. Crisp, great lines and extension. They hit everything well. Funny and really entertaining. Makes me want to vote for Neil.
Update tommorrow for the results show.
6 comments:
- Tony said...
I'm predicting Dominic and Jamie, although it may be Kameron. It's starting to get tough, and the girls have it all over the guys this year. And I wouldn't get your hopes up about Danny. He may dance like and angel, but he has the personality of a Q-tip.
- 26/7/07 14:40
- lost clown said...
*fingers crossed*
I don't care, he's simply amazing and if America cared who was the best dancer he'd definitely be in the running.
- 26/7/07 14:43
- Tony said...
I was a bit surprised that Lauren fell below Sara, but other than that, it was about what I expected. As you said, Kameron would have been gone a while ago were it not for Lacey.
Who gets offended by hopes for peace? What's wrong with these people?
- 26/7/07 19:03
- lost clown said...
I was surprised that Lauren was in the bottom 2, but noe surprised that Jamie went home. Good bye Kameron. America's not so stupid.
New rule: no results talk until after 10 pm Pacific time. ;)
- 26/7/07 22:38
- lost clown said...
Oh, and YAY Danny!!! *swoon* (dancing)
- 26/7/07 22:38
- Tony said...
Oops. I am so sorry. I didn't even think about that, but I'll remember never to do it again.
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This 1967 ice cold revenge flick starring Lee Marvin, Dean Wormer and even Carrol O'Connor really caught me by surprise. Watched it last night and it hit me like one of the many pistol whips dished out by Marvin. Point Blank is a brutal, barbaric and wildly entertaining tale of revenge with camera and editing work decades ahead of its time. If you thought Marvin's trademark movie was The Dirty Dozen (which also came out in '67, damn that was a good year for ol' Lee), then you'll be knocked on your ass from 'Point Blank' just as I was.
At its core, 'Point Blank' is a tale of the meanest sonofabitch criminal out to get the money that was stolen from him by a huge criminal syndicate. But thanks to the work of Marvin, some of the best editing of its era and a bold undercurrent to the story from director John Boorman, 'Point Blank' is a timeless classic It's not that they don't make 'em like 'Point Blank' any more, in fact they do (The Limey could be considered a modern re-telling and Mel Gibson's Payback was a straight-up, halfway decent remake), it's just that even with all the brutal violence and political incorrectness, 'Point Blank' contains a subtel secondary plot that would be too tempting for today's filmmakers to center the whole movie around.
Okay, I've alluded to this secondary plot twice now, but I'll hold off on explaining it until later, okay?
'Point Blank' finds Marvin's character 'Walker' in one of his many flashbacks to a robbery gone wrong on Alcatraz, when his partner Mal Reese stole his share of the money, ran off with his wife and also shot him twice in the gut for good measure. Walker was left for dead on The Rock, but somehow survived, and now he's back to get what's his, namely the $93,000 owed him and just maybe the lives of everyone who stands in his way.
Driven by a mysterious man named Yost who would also like to see a few choice middlemen in the syndicate taken down, Walker heads to Los Angeles for answers. Marvin masters the role of Walker, making his every movement and word as robotic as his emotionless violence. The best example of this is when he goes to his wife Lynne's house, where she is living with Reese. He throws open the door, covers her mouth, scouts out the area, and then rushes upstairs to fire four shots from his Magnum into the spot of his bed where he used to sleep, the spot that Reese has taken.
But Lynne is of no use to Walker, so he grabs her sister Chris and uses her beauty to infiltrate the syndicate and get closer to the men who have his money. Walker shakes 'em down, and when they can't help him, say goodbye. The way that Walker kills his way up the criminal corporate ladder is almost video game-like, with each department head acting as a boss at the end of a level. There's a great performance by Lloyd Bochner ('Twilight Zone' fans will instantly recognize him as the lead character from To Serve Man), who is tricked by Walker into walking into his own deadly trap. The idea of corporate runaround ('I can't get you your money!') was probably a new concept in 1967, but of course it's a much-parodied subject now, making 'Point Blank' all the more relavent now.
Throughout Walker's emotionless violence is his twisted relationship with Chris, who he still has some use for. Even though he is incapable of expressing any passion, he sees her as a way to get back at his wife and maybe an outlet of rare enjoyment. But whenever he gets close to her, all he can see are his enemies who slept with her as well. For Chris, being with Walker tears her apart since he somehow convinced her to sleep with a man she despises so Walker could slip past his guards, but he offers her the only protection from the criminals out to get her. This relationship is illustrated beautifully in a scene where Chris is so frustrated she starts hitting Walker as hard and as fast as she can. As Chris flails on Walker, he stands there not even blinking, taking every hit until she collapses from exhaustion.
When Walker works his way to the top of the syndicate, he finds himself at a familiar location to get his money: Alcatraz. But when the money is there and Yost reveals his agenda, Walker seems to disappear into the shadows of the place where he probably should have died. Although there is no spoken lines that would allude to Walker being a ghost of some kind (thankfully), the cryptic ending gives it some credence, as does the original Alcatraz scene where he takes two shots at point blank (I knew I would end up typing that!) range.
It's an elite revenge movie made timeless by Marvin's acting and presented with revolutionary jump cut flashbacks that would not become commonplace for another decade. Do yourself a favor and pick up 'Point Blank.'


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Back in the day, we used to see ads like these every Sunday tucked into the newspaper along with the Parade magazine and the TV listings. You'd also see them in the backs of comic books and damn near any print publication.
Wow! 13 albums for a dollar!
The bane of many parents, including mine. The Columbia House Record Club was the Hotel California of mail order services. "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave…"
The genius behind it was, once you joined and got your 13 albums for 1$, you had to
Odysseus had an easier time with The Scylla and Charybdis than I had extracting myself from the iron grip of the CHRC. I joined several times. The lure of 11 records for $1! was soooo enticing.
I always had that dollar.
It was all the additional dollars it took to FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT that I had trouble with.
The dark side of the CHRC was the notorious Selection of the Month. The SotM was sent automatically whether you wanted it or not. You had 10 days to send it back or be charged for it at "Special Club Pricing". If you moved too slow, it was yours forever. Many of us ended up with copies of records we never wanted as a result of the SotM. I never wanted the Rocky Motion Picture Soundtrack, but it was mine by default.
The brighter side was that once in a while, they sent something good. By virtue of the SotM I discovered music I might not have otherwise latched on to.
In a previous post, I mentioned that I would become a fan of bands whose music I had never heard, by virtue of reading about them in music mags. An article about an unusual hard rock band from of all places, Canada, had really stuck with me. The writer painted a vivid and complex picture of a hard rocking, cerebral power trio that was something like Led Zeppelin crossed with Hawkwind. Hmmm…. my mind raced with the possibilities.
A month or so later, the mailman brought me my Selection of the Month.
It was this album:
A little light went on. Hey! it's those guys from Canada!
I tore that sucker open, snapped it into my little boom box, and was rendered mute. Gobsmacked. Transported. I wanted to throw myself out a window because I was sure this was the most amazing thing I'd ever heard and everything after would be a let down. My father described his brief exposure to RUSH as "a knife though my skull" . That was all the endorsement I needed. Thus began a bromance with a band that persists to this day. Anyone who knows me, knows my love and devotion for this band, through almost 40 years of highs and lows. For most of my life, when asked about my favorite band, these guys were the answer. Its likely that I would have discovered them by some other means, but I still think of the old CHRC every time I hear this record.
Back on the day, this song was my first ever taste of their music.


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- Acapellas: Justin Timberlake - Suit And Tie
- Instrumental: Daft Punk - Around The World (Drop Out City Rockers International Track Remix)
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DJ Rudec has a substantial music background. In his early days he learnt to play the piano, guitar and bass. On the age of 14 had his first band but only at 17 was when he started to create music, soon to be found "famous" by one of Portugal's music magazines where he released his first song.
At the age of 21, started to play in Pubs and Discos and became resident in "Lemon", a Disco in Montijo (Portugal). The quality of his work was again confirmed when he was asked to do a music clip for 2 radio comercials for the Disco "Bolina" in Sesimbra (Portugal).
From there, DJ Rudec has been around the country doing Sets and kept producing originals and remixes. In 2008 started listening to 2 Many DJs and found his love for Mashups, which he stared doing in 2010.
This page is a compilation of his latest productions, showing his musical history through Pop, Rock and Electronic Music..


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When watching the videoes I thought that for the amount of time that everyone had to prepare we all did good at introducing ourselves and showing the skills that we were presenting. I decided to explain how to perform a push pass and a bounce pass in basketball. Personally some of the things that I need to work on is projecting my voice and keep my hands out of my pockets. I thought seeing yourself on the screen was an effective way to see yourself teach. It enabled me to see that I need to speak up so that I can effectively explain the drill to the class. I also realized that I forget to mention how to be ready when recieving the basketball which is an important factor in the skill. This introductory helped to see the little flaws that everyone needs to work on.
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- Take an inventory of unnecessary pots and pans and take them to a charity.
- Take an inventory of towels and linens, put away old ones to be taken to a charity.
- Go through the closets, put away winter stuff and bring out seasonal items. Clean up the closets.
- Go through the books and decide which will be given away, which will be kept.
- Go through work-related material and toss away what is not needed.
- Re-organize the medicine drawer
- Re-organize underwear and sock drawers
- Organize the china cabinet
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[Fancams & Pics] Wonder Girls & 2AM at Moore Theatre
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A friend of mines attended this awesome concert which was held on 30th June. She took some pics and kindly allowed me to post it here. I've also included some other fancams from another person here. Credits to those can be found at the bottom of this post. So here you go! Enjoy the eye-candy. ;) Click on the thumbnails for bigger view on the pics. :)
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
This is Halloween
Crandall style. We decided to be lumber jacks this year. I was inspired when I saw my beautiful flannel dress in a thrift shop. We pulled this look together for only $20. Complete with matching felt beards. We didn't hit any parties except for our ward's and my parents trunk or treat. And sadly we didn't get one trick or treater last night. But we had fun eating in-n-out, eating Halloween candy and watching "the dark night." It was a good weekend.
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- London said...
cute costumes!!!! we miss you guys!!
- November 1, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- Michelle said...
You're so cute with your manly beard!
I love that you have pictures of Davis & Braeden on here, too. It was good to see you that night.
Oh, and I didn't think your house could look any more amazing, but it does. I love the new rug. And what a great idea to use books as a side table.
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Boo Hiss
I dreamed of arresting children for slapping each other in the schoolyard, of filling out five-page reports about a five minute conversation. I longed for the time I would be allowed to generate reams of paperwork covering a 13-year-old boy's "disappearance" to go out drinking with his mates. I aspired to achieve the highest detection rates for my force, to tick the greatest number of victim satisfaction check-boxes, to attend community meetings about dog mess and to prevent children playing on every street corner. I also hoped very much to learn lots of new legislation to make illegal stuff even more illegal.
Somehow, in the last ten years, somebody has persuaded the British public that police officers grew up aspiring to all this. That we didn't join the job just hoping to catch baddies and lock them up. That we somehow agree with the mass of legislation, policies and Home Office targets that has been inflicted on us over the years.
Do our Chiefs and senior officers take some responsibility for that - for silently accepting the burden and casting it downwards? Do frontline officers take some responsibility, for not speaking out loudly enough for what we believe in?
Well now the Federation is butting heads with the Home Secretary over pay. Since it has failed to bother over legislation, policies and targets, I doubt the public will have much sympathy with this particular fight, however justified it is (and it is).
When I grow up, I hope I don't stop standing up for things, and not just when they affect my pay packet.
Quote of the week
Jan Berry: "Home Secretary, what is it Mr Balls has but you do not?"
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A male undergoing female opperations, not yet female looking (Transexual) who acts as a "DIVA". Also knonw as "Drag Queen". ex Dressing up, Lipstick, fake eyelashes,and atending drag queen bars.
"Is that really a chick dude, or is it a man?!"
"No man. Its a DIVA-DILL"
"No man. Its a DIVA-DILL"
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Latitude Consolidated Limited (ASX:LCD) is an ASX-listed Perth-based resources company with a focus on exploring and developing high grade gold projects within the Mt Ida region. Latitude has recently expanded its land-holding in the region to 312km2 and it is continuing to review acquisitions in the area as part of its strategy to consolidate a significant gold inventory.
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On 28 February 2017, The Company completed a Share Purchase Plan and top-up placement to raise approximately $1.2m.


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Well done to Paul Pearson for persisting in find out about this camera - remeber the vast majority of speed cameras are all about the money!
We have flagged up this particular camera before and it should be removed.
And it's nice to see a FoI request being refused by these people and then overturned. They had no right to refuse.
£500k a year. Blimey! Do you think they will remove this camera?
There's absolutely no chance whatsoever.
Captain Gatso
Read the story in the Telegraph
A motorway speed camera blamed for causing accidents generates up to half a million pounds a year in fines.
Crashes have risen by almost a quarter and casualties have almost doubled since the camera was installed on a busy stretch of the M11 in Essex, in 2000.
Now, details revealed under Freedom of Information legislation, show that the device results in up to 9,000 speeding tickets a year, enough to raise around £500,000.
Campaigners have accused the authorities of refusing to remove the camera, despite it being linked to accidents, because of the revenue it brings them.
Paul Pearson, who runs motoring website penaltychargenotice.co.uk, said: "No wonder they haven't removed the camera that is causing these accidents. It is just raising too much money and they clearly want to keep it there."
Essex Police, which runs the camera together with Essex Council and the Highways Agency, had initially refused a Freedom of Information request by Mr Pearson for details about the speeding tickets issued by the machine.
But after a ruling by the Information Commissioner, the police have been forced to disclose that in 2003 alone the M11 camera was responsible for 9,639 fines and a further 8,451 in 2004. The following year 9,047 motorists were caught by the camera and in 2006 a total of 7,801 were sent fines. In 2007, the number fell to 3,305. There are no complete figures for 2008, but in the year up to May 2009, the number of fines had risen to 6,445.
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I love, love, love this outfit.
Wow – I like this bag from Céline. So cool.
I really like the mix of this casual sporty jacket with jeans. And her hair. And her watch.
One of my favourite stores where I always pop in when I'm in Spain or Brussels etc is Uterqüe. This store is within the same corporate grup – Intermix – as Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka and so on. The prices are a bit higher than Zara but the quality and materials are usually better.
The products are even better IRL than on the website. Here are some of my favourite picks for the moment.


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New York Yankees At Boston Red Sox...Games 10, 11, 12...***THE RETURN OF BIG PAPI***
Fenway Park will be in a festive and slightly combative mood Friday night as the Yankees, who are only three games in back of Boston and Tampa Bay, invade the old ballpark that is the home of the world champion Boston Red Sox. And the Red Sox will have a familiar bat in the lineup for the first time in what seems like ages. His name is David Ortiz, but we know him better as Big Papi. OUR Big Papi. What an ovation he'll get when he strides to the plate in the bottom of the first inning. In fact, I'll be standing too, hands banging together with a huge smile on my face! His teammate, JD Drew, had this to say about Big Papi's return...
"It's like getting a huge trade at the deadline," Drew said. "It's David Ortiz. You're not going to take that for granted for sure."
"We're in a fighting position without one of the two biggest pieces of the lineup," he said.
The timing couldn't be any better for a big bat and a huge personality to return for the rest of the season and (hopefully) post-season. When he was sidelined, Boston was a game behind the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays. Now there is a virtual tie for the top spot as the Rays were soundly beaten by the KC Royals last night. The Yankees are in third place, three games back. These ball games are big, and they come on the heels of strong rumors that the pinstriped ones are seriously considering adding Barry Bonds to their depleted outfield. I say go for it...I'd love to see him play at Fenway Park. He'll be an easy out most of the time. I hope I don't have to eat those words, though.
Here are the all-important pitching pairings. Tonight's matchup is particularly intriguing. It's no secret that big, outspoken Joba Chamberlain is, for some reason, mad at Kevin Youkilis, as are most of the pinstriped fans. I hope Youk hits a bomb off him, maybe two. (More??)
Joba Chamberlain (2-3, 2.52 ERA) vs. Josh Beckett (9-6, 3.98), 7 p.m., Ch. 20 (in CT), NESN, NESNHD (coverage begins at 5:30pm EDT, NESN & NESNHD only)
Andy Pettitte (11-7, 3.86) vs. Tim Wakefield (6-7, 3.69) , 3:55 p.m., FOX, FOXHD
Sidney Ponson (6-1, 4.02) vs. Jon Lester (8-3, 3.20), 8 p.m., ESPN, ESPNHD
There you have it. The weather should be just fine Friday and Saturday, with the humidity lessening as the hours dwindle to first-pitch time shortly after 7pm EDT. Sunday might feature some sort of showers, but it's hard to tell right now. There will not be any game postponing type of rain - that I promise you. Have a great Friday and a sweet weekend, and when you get home late this afternoon, fire up the grill, crack open a chillingly cold beverage (or three) and tune your television to NESN or, even better, NESNHD. It should be fun, a lot of fun. And Josh Beckett is due for one of his patented effortless eight inning gems. Paps can take it from there. Click on the title for more on this series from the New York point of view. It's always great to see what the other side, the dark side, has to say. And remember, always and forever, BE WELL.


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Sascha Funke es un innovador dentro de la música techno. Como diría él:
"a kind of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale – hence immediacy, which is what sascha funke is all about."
Canciones energéticas, vitales, con acordes perpetuos de fastuosa elegancia... casi rozando el minimalismo.
Esta es la música que deberían poner en los after. Ritmos sencillos, digeribles, sin martillazos, con una cadencia sinuosa y una evolución cuasi perfecta.
A mí me gusta, y mientras escucho los temas de su último disco (Mango) puedo sentir la quietud que me transmiten estos temas.
sascha listens to a lot of euro-dance-pop as a twelve year-old his first purchased record after the fall of the wall was "technotronic mega mix".
first contact with techno and house is thanks to marusha's radio show "rave satellite;" sascha buys his first techno record "the seawolf" (underground resistance/ ur).
he visits the legendary berlin club walfisch for the first time as a raver; he organizes parties in youth clubs in the east berlin section lichtenberg and thus encounters his first dj experiences with trance.
sascha goes out with passion and visits clubs like the e-werk or the matrix.
sascha begins his dj career in berlin clubs like discount or so36.
he attempts first steps as a producer with borrowed equipment and the help of his soon to-be label partner paul kalkbrenner in their collective studio.
sascha splits his studio and runs a new studio with djoker daan in the side rooms of the berlin club casino.
sascha's musical home becomes bpitch control, dj's at the ostgut, wmf, maria, tresor. releases also on kompakt (köln).
remix fun, like for mitte karaoke, internship at the newspaper de-bug, further solo releases.
bpitch control "gemeinsam-tour 2002", studio work on his first album.
his debut-album "bravo" / BPC075 appears in september 2003. bravo-tour around the world.
participation with the soccer team of bpitch at the magnet mitte soccer cup - drop out at preliminary round,
best party: bpitch new year eve at maria/berlin
participation with the soccer team of bpitch at the magnet mitte soccer cup - drop out at the semi finale,
more remixes for a. kowalski and kompakt 100,
best party: wmf summer camp and melt
no participation at the magnet mitte soccer cup due to an injury,
more remixes for ada and anja schneider,
got over his fear of flying,
started working for the wepshop of bpitch,
best party: wmf summer camp and sonar
moving back with his studio into the bpitch house,
finished the second "boogy bytes" mix cd,
iis currently working on his new album and is looking forward to the world soccer cup!
moves temporarily to aix-en-provence in order to escape the grey berlin winter
produces in aix-en-provence an exclusive track for bpc's label compilation "camping vol.3" (bpc148+149) as well as tracks for a new ep - "auf aix" (bpc144)"
Grupo: Sascha Funke
Disco: Mango
Año: 2008
Web oficial: http://www.myspace.com/saschafunke
Canciones destacadas: Mango y Double Checked


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Seve Ballesteros will be remembered as one of the most inventive shot makers in the history of the game.
Much of that is credited to the fact that as a child Ballesteros learned to play with a single club, a rusted 3-iron he turned into a magic wand.
"He could get it up and down out of a garbage can," Jack Nicklaus once said.
Paul Azinger was witness to so many of the great recovery shots Ballesteros became famous for over the years.
"Seve had this ability to be so creative," Azinger said. "If you gave Seve a 5-iron and said, `Ok, you have to shoot under par for nine holes in order to be allowed to turn pro,' he would have done it, with one club.
"People act like Seve wasn't a good ball striker, that he hit it all over the place. He might have hit some wild shots, but so does Tom Watson and so does Fred Couples. But those three guys never missed the sweet spot. They just don't miss. Seve might have hit it off line, but he hit the sweet spot. He got confused late in his career, and it wasn't as good, we'll just say that. He didn't always hit it as solid at the very end, but when Seve was winning, maybe he wasn't the most accurate player, but he hit it on the sweet spot."
Ballesteros hit so many impressive recovery shots in his time that it's difficult to name his best.
There was his famed escape with a 3-wood from under the lip of a fairway bunker at the 18th hole at PGA National at the Ryder Cup in 1983, a shot he muscled 245 yards to the green to gain an improbable halve against Fuzzy Zoeller.
"Greatest shot I've ever seen," Nicklaus once said.
There was the delicate 9-iron bump and run to 4 feet at the final hole of the British Open at Royal Birkdale in 1976, a shot that Ballesteros described as one of the most important of his life, securing the 19-year-old a second-place tie with Nicklaus. The sheer audacity of the shot made Lee Trevino laugh out loud watching it from his home.
"He could do anything he wanted with the ball," Trevino said.
There was Ballesteros' famous final-round escape from the parking lot aside the 16th fairway when he won his first British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Anne's in 1979. He missed the fairway by 60 yards to the right, got a free drop in the parking lot and ended up making birdie.
"I remember a shot he hit against me in a Shell's Wonderful World of Golf match in 1995," Azinger said of their match at the Old Course at St. Andrews. "He hit a 9-iron out of a fairway bunker on the third, fourth or fifth hole, I think. It was the greatest shot I've ever seen. I couldn't have gotten a sand wedge out of that bunker."
Just about every round Ballesteros played featured some inventive shot.


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Daily Mail & General Trust saw continued revenue growth in the five months to February, the UK media group said on Monday, but it warned of "continued uncertainty" over the medium-term outlook.
Turnover rose 2 per cent year on year, and 5 per cent on an underlying basis, driven by an 11 per cent increase in revenue at DMGT's business-to-business operations. Income from events management rose particularly strongly, helped by growth in events serving the energy and digital marketing sectors.
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Friday, October 16, 2009
The Other Unloved Color
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Well they are beautiful rooms. I love the colors and moodiness they create. But I still couldn't live with them. I can't say you didn't try though!ReplyDelete
I used to live in a purple room lol...I loved it but I got my fill :0) Have a great weekend!ReplyDelete
They feel like museum pieces; well appointed, stylish, but not really livable.ReplyDelete
This is a beautiful shade of purple and I guess with the right furnishings I just might could live if it a bit! :) Now the orange I don't know about. I have seen quite a few orange kitchens though, and they surprised me with their cuteness.ReplyDelete
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;0
I've recently fallen in love with purple and in fact painted my master bedroom purple grape(!) It's very intense but I love it. I've spent most of my adult life surrounded by very muted colours and have just grown so sick of it. Though I am keeping our main living areas a light sandy brown as a sort of neutral between the bright, intense bedrooms. Sort of like a pallette cleanser.ReplyDelete
I love the pop of orange or purple, just not too much, so I guess I am won over just alittleReplyDelete
* V-girl, I a*d*o*r*e that pic w/ purple walls n' hot pink n' what, I think it was an orange chair?? FABULOUS (!), as is ANYTHING Greet would share!ReplyDelete
Am sending you a pic of our DR when we FIRST moved in, and yes, I had "Picasso" paint it PURPLE... we loved it, but then again, I wasn't too sure..... hmmm.... I STILL rather MISS IT, to be honest!!!
Big hugs n' XO,
Linda (How are the floors coming along?)
Purple power is what alot of people say about purple in mid Kansas.ReplyDelete
I liked the color before moving to this part of the state 10 years ago. I really like lavender!
Have a great week-end,
It just struck me reading your post that in my teens we moved to a house and my bedroom had a bright orange wall (with orange/green floral wallpaper on the other three walls). I lived with that for about 3 years and then when I was tired of it, I had my mother paint my room purple. LOL.ReplyDelete
We have purple in our living room but it's a very unique shade. The accent wall (bay window) is Benjamin Moore's Cinnamon Slate and the rest of the walls are several shades down that same chip (porcelein) which is really a soft lilac. But then the furniture is dark cherry wood with brown leather chairs and a soft green (eventually to be caramel) sofa and chair and the pak persian rug has purple and teal and red and caramel and brown and cream and green in it so I pull accents from there to go more purple or get a punch of red etc. I tell you -- purple is a very soothing color when it's done right.
Wow. I'm amazed how good purple looks in the kitchen. I had no idea.ReplyDelete
I really have always loved ALL colors! It's my opinion that you can work with ANY color, and still end up with something breathtaking! ~tinaReplyDelete
I love, love, love your purple room! It's not an ugly purple, but a rich, elegant one. Why, I have a lavender wall in my living room. I love it so much that I won't hang one thing on it. It's also a special case in that in my apartment, you step up from the dining room into the living room, so the wall itself is a piece of art. I didn't go through the rest of your blog because I was so attracted to this room and surprised to see your readers' reactions because it is truly lovely, appealing and interesting! StanReplyDelete
So happy to answer this question. 10 years ago I married a man who left the country when his decorated "re-did" the house. Girls, hot pink & purple??? For a bachelor!! The kitchen had stainless steel appliances, but the cabinets were purple, done in this very extravagant hand-applied sorta Santa Fe style blobs. He wouldn't allow me to change it. My solution was to paint everything (BFK,Family Room, Entry,etc) this stainless steel gray color, & upholster the furniture with shiny silver silk, all with red accents. Drop Dead Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Who'd have thought? The hot pink is another story.
I'm a color girl. Don't think I ever met a color I didn't like!ReplyDelete
I like them both :)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous rooms, very elegant!
I always said, "if I was just starting fresh, I would decorate in purple". Like blue, it can be very soothing. NOT COLD Ms. Vicky.....ReplyDelete
SMILES -Brenda-
I think a bright purple or orange room is way too intense for my liking. However a subtle hue of either color as you show in the pictures above can be beautiful.ReplyDelete
These images are drop dead gorgeous!! I could sit, entertain, play cards, read etc. all day in that fabulous room with the orange chair. It is wow, elegant, classy, chic and traditional all in one!! My center island is styled now in an orange chic siecle tray from Paris with hints of purple , it is fabulous!! (remember though...Miles Redd is my favorite designer after all...I love color and fabulousness...thats why I love your blog)ReplyDelete
That is a wonderful shade of purple and the orange chair really looks right. It helps that the rest of the room is so perfectly arranged and the furniture is so beautiful. I love Greet's blog. Hugs, Cindy S.ReplyDelete
I love the color purple - anyplace. The eggplant hue you have shared with us is so lovely. The orange chair, though I don't normally like orange (too much red in my complexion) ... looks great against it.ReplyDelete
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So sorry that I just had seen this post! I was so busy these days! Wonderful and thank you so much to mention me in this post!
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I love these rooms. So, I guess I'm a convert. I missed the orange post. And that would have been an interesting one, as I've been so hooked on that color lately. I carry an orange purse, wrap my neck in orange, don a orange sweater . . . not all at the same time, mind you (smile). When I was working on my beach house, I wanted orange. Somehow it didn't turn out that way. It went blue and green. One day though!! Maybe. Nevertheless, I love this dark brooding purple. cheers -sReplyDelete
I adore that orange velvet chair~! I just visited with a friend recently, who just got this really great hooked wool rug in orange, brown and reds, it is gorgeous, she has auburn hair, freckles and luminous caramel colored eyes, the colors fit her to a "T"! When we decorate from the heart it will always look good, even if everyone else hates it! :) Loved your post!ReplyDelete
While I am not a big fan of purple I adore orange. It's my favorite color. You have to be careful with it though.ReplyDelete
I have recently redecorated my master bedroom in purple, eggplant and lavender with chocolate walls and taupe and brown as accents. I love the combination, especially when my husband who is from Norway states is looks like a Swiss Chocolatier.ReplyDelete
I use to despise orange, I truly did. No real reason, I think I just misunderstood this color. Now I think it's making it's way to a favorite as that pop of color to make the room sizzle but still cozy.
Thanks for posting these. Gorgeous.ReplyDelete
I painted my guest room a lovely dusky lavender and have received nothing but praise for it. Both male and female guests have remarked on how inviting and relaxing it is. I've accented it with white and silvery-grey.


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Looking for the best anti wrinkle cream is tedious. There are hundreds of websites, review boards, and blogs all touting that one product or another is the best. Which one is the top wrinkle cream? It's difficult to know without actually trying them all yourself for a set period of time to gage results. The next best thing is to read as many wrinkle cream reviews as you can to get a sense of what makes these products different from one another, what ingredients make the changes occur, and what products aren't worth while.
That's what I want to provide you with here at TheWrinkleReport.com. I'm not a cosmetic surgeon, cosmetician, or trained in any form of skin care. What I am is a researcher that likes to uncover the facts about products and the anti aging market fascinates me.


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The Black Cat.
Actress / stuntwoman Linda Turner fought crime in a skimpy costume from 1940 to 1951, then in reprints from the late '50s to early '60s and from 1989-1995, when an updated version of the character was produced.
What was hoped to be the first issue of an ongoing series turned out to be a one-shot due to poor distribution.
It's a shame, the talent involved included writer Mark Evanier, legendary artist Murphy Anderson, the late Mike Wieringo, and the Brothers Hildebrandt (Tim & Greg), and the series was both a loving tribute to the Golden Age material, and a chance to continue in a PG / PG-13 cheesecake style matching the classic comics without being "too adult-oriented"!
The publishers have graciously posted online both the story from the sole published issue and the art from the unpublished second issue here.
Enjoy! (I did!)
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Credible Candor from Iraq
OT, but it's one of the best expressions anywhere. It's an e-mail to Andrew Sullivan concerning his criticism of a U.S. Marine Corps [?] tank in Iraq with "New Testament" written on the tube.
E-Mail of the Day, from a soldier in Iraq:
I would hope to see you over here in theater running your pie-hole about your calls to remove Marines from their post for the 'New Testament' inscription on the main battle tank. You would be buried with your insurgent 'friends' that you support, through your criticism of our men and women dying for this mission with a bulldozer.
For your safety, I would not even be around soldiers, airmen, or marines. Treason is a high crime and misdemeanor and the price is quite high. Your actions border on treason. You could not survive the long days, enemy in-direct and direct fire, and high demands that our soldiers today execute in 100 degree weather. You would have to have a rucksack full of Vagisil for your clam pal to make it a week here.
Most of us are Christians and will continue to support our faith in any way we see fit. Do the right thing: support us or STFU !!!!!!!!!!
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'It was as if the moon came closer than it ever had before; there was a breath of air as it approached, and as it passed it lightly brushed the surface of the earth. And what had seemed familiar when distant was now close and strange...'
Two love affairs - between a man and a woman, and man and the moon; the action takes place between the time the first astronauts land on the moon and the premature cancellation of the Apollo programme. An extended visual metaphor in which the moon is filmed with the intensity one normally reserves for photographing the face, and the human body is filmed as if it were landscape or moonscape.
'A poetic essay on the subject of exploration drawing visual analogies between the first moon landing and a remembered love affair. Planets and lovers gravely circle each other and the young man's body is explored as though it was the surface of the moon...quirky, subtly erotic and moving by turns' - Bob Phillips
'Bush updates the traditional association of love with the moon through a subtle and visually fascinating exploration of, on the one hand, the physicality of the lunar object and on the other, a young couple's relationship in which their excitement, discovery, joy, consummation and inevitable separation is paralleled by the American moon programme's similar history' - Michael O'Pray
'Transposing high romanticism into the idiom and medium of the space age' - Peter Wollen
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CHL Initial Training Class 12-15-13
Joe Woolley
Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 8:15 AM to 5:30 PM (CST)
Event Details
Initial CHL Class $99.00 / Registration
- You do not have to have your paperwork completed from the state before you take the class.
- The proficiency certificate is good for 6 months following the class. We no longer provide fingerprint or photographic services.
- MorphoTrust USA is the only state authorized vendor for fingerprints
- DPS will now use your driver's license photo if at all possible
- Please review the following site before attending: www.forttexas.us
Payment is to be made the morning of the class in the Rifle & Pistol pro shop or any time before.
When & Where
American Shooting Centers
16500 Westheimer Pkwy
Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 8:15 AM to 5:30 PM (CST)
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Each venue easily accommodates the individual as well as large groups, tournament events and/or business meetings with dining and entertainment. No group is too large or too small for ASC's professional staff.


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Gold Falls as Stocks Drop, Low Summer Demand Faces Record Scrap-Supply
THE PRICE OF GOLD fell 1.1% to a 7-session low Monday lunchtime in London, dropping to $945 an ounce as European stock markets slipped back from Friday's new 10-month highs.
The US Dollar held flat on the currency markets, while crude oil traded down towards $70 per barrel.
Eurozone bond prices rose, pushing yields lower. Silver dropped 1.3% to $14.50 an ounce.
"Physical demand for gold may be heading for an improvement," says the latest Commodities Monthly from Standard Bank here in London, while "recent activity suggests that the Dollar may have more downside yet."
Noting how the US Treasury's most recent auctions of new government debt "were not really very encouraging", Standard also points to "a fuzzy Fed policy" towards ending its policy of Quantitative Easing.
"This uncertainty is likely to help to support Dollar-denominated Gold Prices," says the bank's commodity note, "and the $970 level should therefore be expected to give way eventually."
The Bank of England last week increased its program of quantitative easing from £125 billion to £175bn. The US Federal Reserve meets tomorrow and Wednesday to decide its monetary policy for the coming month.
Meantime however, "The gold market has certainly entered the quiet summer period," says one London dealer. "The industrial sector is on an extended holiday and demand is not expected to return until the end of August."
Traders acting for commercial gold-industry firms cut their bullish position in US Gold Futures to barely one long contract for every three bearish bets last week, new data showed late on Friday.
Speculative traders continued to extend their bullish position, in contrast, matching almost exactly the last month's 5% rise in US Dollar Gold Prices. As a group, hedge funds and other non-industry players ended last Tuesday holding more than 11 long bets on the gold market for every short contract they owned - a 17-month record in the bullish position held by Large Speculators.
On the supply side of the physical Gold Bullion market, "It's difficult to see how another record year for [gold] scrap can be avoided," says Philip Klapwijk, chairman of the GFMS consultancy. "But quite whether it reaches levels big enough to derail any price rally is a hard one to call.
"We could see a bit of a lull over the rest of the summer, but that still leaves us with plenty of potential for a fresh surge in scrap should the Gold Price start to get exciting again."
Over in the official sector, meanwhile - where 19 central banks on Friday renewed their Central Bank Gold Agreement to declare and limit annual sales for a further five years - gold lending continues to contract, GFMS says in a separate report, thanks both to falling demand for borrowed gold from the Gold Mining industry and also thanks to concerns over the solvency of potential borrowers.
Looking ahead, "The improving health of commercial banks should eventually lead to some greater willingness to lend on the part of central banks," says the research consultancy. "On the other hand, published leasing interest rates have dropped back to very unattractive levels."
The new Central Bank Gold Agreement - which states once again that "Gold remains an important element of global monetary reserves" and also offers to accommodate planned sales of 403 tonnes by the International Monetary Fund, recently approved by the US Congress - cuts the annual ceiling for gold sales by European states to 400 tonnes, the same limit as the original CBGA of September 1999.
The 2004 ceiling was set at 500 tonnes, but CBGA sales so far in the current year (ending Sept. 26) have totaled barely 140 tonnes. The April to July period saw "modest net purchases overall" by central banks worldwide according to analysis from Société Générale and GFMS.
"Gold's usefulness in [large investment] portfolios fluctuates according to the prevailing macroeconomic environment," says a detailed report from Swiss banking giant UBS.
"Gold has performed best when inflation, risk aversion and interest rates were rising and when the Dollar was depreciating in trend fashion. Gold returns were poor when economic and financial conditions were broadly stable."
The report from UBS - which has lost more than $34 billion since the global credit crisis began two years ago this month - suggests an "optimal long-term gold weight" of only 1% in large multi-asset portfolios.


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Crawford County deputies are notifying the public about two level four sex offenders who have moved into the area.
Paul McGill, 28, and Robert Ward, 55, are considered "sexually dangerous offenders," according to the Arkansas sex offender registry. Both are living in the same home in the 1300 block of Oak Grove Road between Van Buren and Kibler.
The men will be monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by the Arkansas Support Network, Sgt. Ken Howard said.
The Arkansas Support Network is a Springdale-based company that provides assistance to individuals with disabilities and their families. Howard said the company has a Fort Smith location.
Deputies are passing out flyers, notifying neighbors that McGill and Ward have moved into the area, Howard said.
Ward was convicted of sexual solicitation and sexual indecency with a child in 2006 in Benton County, according to court documents.
McGill pleaded guilty of one count of sexual indecency with a child and terroristic threatening in Craighead County last year. The charges stemmed from offenses that occurred in 2011, according to court documents.
"A level 4 sex offender is a sexually violent offender at this time that is most likely to re-offend," said Chief Deputy Jimmy Damante.
Damante said Ward also has a documented history of attempted kidnapping.
Authorities say the two men are to be escorted by employees of the Arkansas Support Network anytime they leave their house.
The sheriff`s department says it has no authority over deciding where registered sex offenders can live in the county.


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Thursday, April 02, 2015
Tacos Kokopelli in Tijuana, Mexico
Alas, I made it to an outlet of Kokopelli. And it wasn't that far of a walk from Telefónica Gastro Park, being just over in Zona Rio instead (Cuauhtémoc Sur Poniente 2133). The first thing that I had to get was the Kraken: octopus in some kind of a pesto-like marinade. Yeah, it was pretty much as good as I had imagined it to be, especially when complemented with that array of hot sauces there. I was also delighted to find that they served pulque, a milky alcohol that I saw on a Bourdain episode. It wasn't anywhere as slimy as it seemed on his show, and was actually really refreshing in the various cherry and cinnamon rice variants that they had.
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Quote of the day:
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. -Bertrand Russell
Current Listen: Otis Redding -These Arms of Mine
Great stories indeed. Neat little vacation house tooReplyDelete
Lovely news thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Great stories, but not sure I like the house.ReplyDelete
Wow! The stories are amazing especially the first and second. Thoughtful post. I wish U a blessed weekend!
I like the Bertrand Russell quote for the day. Worth thinking about. Thank you.ReplyDelete
Inspiring, the quote as well!ReplyDelete
Oh, the story with the bride is wonderful!
I am ready for Halloween after watching Psycho on television this evening, the music of Bernard Herrmann, the screeching violin, devilishly inspiring!ReplyDelete
I loveeee this kind of posts!
Thanks so much for share!
Good works indeed. Something to go to bed on after watching the horrors of the world news.....:)ReplyDelete
Those are very inspirational stories! I love your blog!
Hope blooms! Thank You for being a part of it. I want to invite you to visit my blog on Sunday for a major life announcement that will change everything.
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appreciate your inspiration.ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing these wonderful stories, the second one touched my heart very deeply :)ReplyDelete
It must have been very emotional for both the bride and the donor. Wonderful stories!!ReplyDelete
Touching story of the donor and the bride. Have a happy weekend!ReplyDelete
Greta's story is very touching, and it is good to see that there are people like the teenager out there who do something for others without wanting something in return.ReplyDelete
the second story is so touching
Luv your inspiration for good living. Have a nice weekend
Much love...
Love the quote and what great stories! Hope this weekend is stellar for you!ReplyDelete
So wonderfully inspiring, "B"...thank you so much! :))ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning house, lots of window, good for window washer!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed this inspiring post, Blogoratti, and your previous one on challenging yourself. I keep wanting to go back and study French which was misery for me in high school and university; thanks for the reminder to do it! Have a happy weekend!ReplyDelete
A very warmth world indeed.ReplyDelete
Being in need of hearing aids myself, I am particularly pleased with the hearing aid program. I am thankful that my loss only occurred in middle age and beyond and that I have been able to mitigate the loss with hearing aids. This will be a blessing for those kids.ReplyDelete
Love the last one. <3ReplyDelete
That's an interesting vacation house. Those first two items are heartwarming.ReplyDelete
Great choice ...
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Great choice ...
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Wonderful and positive stories!ReplyDelete
Beautiful house and inspiring stories.
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Monday, June 09, 2008
Fog Linen Work
Some of my favourite pieces from Fog Linen Work, a Japanese company specializing in exquisite linen clothes and home wares. The photographs are quite lovely, too. I'm very tempted to order their international catalogue ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
nutty's 1000th blog!
this blog will be a record of how many times i hear "dancing queen" by abba, before i die.
because i don't think i've heard it played enough...
i'll add a counter to keep track.
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Hedge Funds Monaco Summit
Hedge Fund Managers "Cautious" As Monaco Summit BeginsI am acting as the opening day Chairman and a speaker on capital raising, for more information on this event see this previous post.
Bosses such as Man Group (EMG.L) CEO Peter Clarke, whose firm is finally enjoying clients inflows, Centaurus chairman Bernard Oppetit and commodity manager Armajaro's co-founder Anthony Ward will discuss how to get the industry back on track.
Hedge funds lost 1.2 percent in last month's commodities rout with big-name funds such as Aspect Capital's Diversified fund and Crispin Odey's European fund losing more while many funds, wary of further losses, are keeping their bets small.
"The last couple of months have been difficult. May wasn't a catastrophe, but it was a difficult month," Chris Barrow, global head of sales for prime services at HSBC, told Reuters.
"From the hedge fund managers we talk to, many have low levels of conviction. There's still a lot of uncertainty about where and how to make money."
Barrow says leverage, a key measure of risk-taking, is between 1 and 1.3 times -- below levels seen recent years for equity long-short funds.
While hedge funds posted double-digit returns in 2009 and 2010, many are still scarred by 2008's losses of nearly 20 percent and the memory of investors pulling out nearly $300 billion (185 billion pounds) during the crisis, according to Hedge Fund Research. Source


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The Centre will also ask the Uttar Pradesh government to sign agreements under which the state would help acquire land to facilitate central road projects, sources said. (Agencies) Latest News from India News Desk
Gadkari, who undertook a state-wise review of the national highways projects, analysed targets and achievements of these projects and underscored the need for effective black spot (death traps) management to ensure road safety, an official release said.
The Minister voiced "his serious concern over the tardy progress in completion of National Highways in different parts of the country and called for urgent measures to overcome prolonged delays which were causing immense hardships to the people", it added.
Meanwhile, sources said the Centre would soon ask UP government to resolve issues relating to highways development and ink pacts under 'Umbrella State Support Agreement (USSA)' under which the state is supposed to help acquire land to facilitate central road projects.
The development comes in the wake of a review meeting of highways projects here in which Gadkari was briefed by officials that UP government was raising issues of "conflict of interest" and was reluctant on signing USSA for projects.
"The issue of not readily signing the state support agreements by Uttar Pradesh and also problems in land acquisition came up during the review meeting. Gadkari said he will write a letter to the UP Chief Minister on all such related issues requesting him to resolve them," a source said.
UP has already registered its protests against creation of a parallel network of national highways that would impact UP's toll collections and is reluctant to sign pacts. The issue was earlier raised before the Planning Commission as well.
Meanwhile, the national highways in the disaster-hit Uttarakhand came in for a special review and the Minister "expressed his displeasure over the progress in restoring and repairing roads in these vital border areas which also connect pilgrimage centres in the hill region," the release added.
Gadkari ordered a performance audit of the Border Road Organisation (BRO) which is responsible for building and maintaining strategic roads in this area. He suggested a special session to review the projects being handled by BRO.
Also, he called for regular monitoring of the progress in all prominent highway projects including Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Dehradun, Delhi-Chandigarh, Delhi-Punjab, and highways in Uttar Pradesh, J&K, Haryana, Himachal, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, the release said.
"The Minister took to task some of the concessionaires managing highway projects in some states and warned them that they would not be allowed to charge toll unless the highways were fully operational. The contractors failing to meet deadlines may face serious consequences he warned," the release said.
Gadkari was briefed about the bottlenecks in the way of speedy completion of the highways which included problems relating to land acquisition, environmental and forest department clearances and cash crunch facing the contractors, it said.
He assured all possible assistance to the concerned agencies and hoped the state governments too will co-operate.
The meeting Chaired by Gadkari was attended by the Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Krishan Pal Gujjar, Secretary Vijay Chhibber, other senior ministry officials, among others.
Meanwhile, as per a Road Ministry official the problem of delay in cutting trees on the forest lands also arose during the meeting and Gadkari "asked that a new system of uprooting the trees with a huge machine using the latest technologies to re-plant them again should be adopted as suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
Gadkari in the meeting said such a system was also adopted in Gujarat earlier.
The Centre will also ask the Uttar Pradesh government to sign agreements under which the state would help acquire land to facilitate central road projects, sources said.
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FC Basel 2-2 (4-4) Spurs - Basel win on penalties - report from St Jakob Park...
Our European dreams ended in the most agonising fashion on a night of real drama in Basel, losing in a penalty shoot-out after the two sides couldn't be separated at the end of 210 high-octane minutes of football.
Two goals from Clint Dempsey and strikes from Mohamed Salah and Aleksandar Dragovic ensured the game ended 2-2 at the end of 90 minutes, as it did at the Lane a week ago, and with no further goals in the extra half hour, a shoot-out was required to decide the outcome.
And it was the hosts who came out on top, winning the shoot-out 4-1 after Tom Huddlestone saw his effort saved and Emmanuel Adebayor fired his penalty over the bar. Gylfi Sigurdsson was our sole goalscorer.
Andre made two changes to the side which drew 2-2 with Everton in league action at the Lane on Sunday, with Brad Friedel replacing Hugo Lloris once again between the sticks in European competition, while Kyle Naughton came in for Steven Caulker in defence.
Despite the importance of the occasion and the fantastic atmosphere inside St Jakob's Park, it was a fairly tame start to the match with both sides trying a series of long-range efforts to break the deadlock, little indication of the drama to come.
First it was Fabian Schar who tried his luck for the home side, but his 22-yard free-kick was always drifting past the upright. Then Dempsey fired a shot well wide, Salah volleyed high over the crossbar from Philipp Degen's cross, before Sigurdsson was a long way off target with his 25-yard right-foot effort.
Then, almost out of the blue, came our opening goal on 23 minutes and there was some good fortune in its construction. Jan Vertonghen's throughball straight down the middle was meant for Dempsey, defender Schar slid in to intercept but the ball slipped under his leg and in to the USA striker, who made light work of rounding Yann Sommer and rolling it into the empty net.
That was the first goal Basel had conceded at their home ground since beating Servette 3-2 in a Swiss league match on October 7 last year.
But just four minutes later the home side were level. Mousa Dembele's pass was intercepted inside our half, the loose ball fell to Marco Streller who laid it into the path of Salah coming in off the right and he poked his shot inside Friedel's near post for the equaliser.
The game was well and truly alight by this stage and Salah was in again on 29 minutes, but this time Kyle Walker was alert to the danger, coming across to block his path and Friedel gathered the loose ball.
We responded well to the setback though and had the better of the chances as the half wore on. Dempsey's header from Sigurdsson's corner was saved comfortably by Sommer before the Swiss keeper made a magnificent stop to deny Dembele's curling effort from Dempsey's lay-off and Sigurdsson just failed to reach the rebound. From the next phase of play Adebayor found himself in space from Holtby's reverse pass but Sommer easily gathered his shot.
Basel were certainly a threat going forward without seriously testing Friedel, while Sommer was being frequently called into action, saving again from Kyle Naughton in the final minute of the half as it ended 1-1 at the interval.
That scoreline was altered just four minutes into the second half though as Basel took the lead for the first time on the night. Valentin Stocker's corner was flicked on by Schar, Friedel could only parry and Dragovic was on hand to fire the loose ball home.
And after Adebayor had drilled a shot into the side-netting from a tight angle, Dragovic went close again for Basel, flicking a header from Fabian Frei's free-kick just past the post.
In truth, the goal didn't change our requirements in the match as we still needed a second goal to cancel out Basel's second at the Lane and we enjoyed a good spell of possession, unfortunately without really creating a clear cut chance.
Mohammed Elneny tested Friedel from 30 yards but the keeper saved the effort well with Dawson clearing up the rebound, but we were the team more on the front foot and went close to the crucial second goal on 73 minutes.
Parker's shot was deflected for a corner and from Sigurdsson's set-piece, Michael Dawson rose highest to power his header goalwards but Sommer saved well and gathered at the second attempt.
We changed to a more attacking formation in the closing minutes, with Huddlestone and Benoit Assou-Ekotto coming on for Scott Parker and Kyle Naughton, with Huddlestone joining Dawson and Vertonghen in a back three.
And as we dominated possession, the reward came. With eight minutes remaining, Huddlestone floated a free-kick into the Basel area, Dempsey controlled on his chest and poked a shot goalwards which Sommer looked to have saved, but the ball went through his arms and nestled in the back of the net.
Friedel then made a smart diving save to keep out Streller's header from Markus Steinhofer's cross and we so nearly grabbed a dramatic winner when Walker played a lovely one-two with Tom Carroll, his cross from the byline deflected off Park Joo Ho and just flicked across the face of the goal with no-one on hand to add the final touch.
As the game entered its final minute of normal time, we were reduced to 10 men when Vertonghen upended Streller as the Swiss striker was through on goal. And with no further change to the scoreline, the game went into extra time as we were all square on the night and 4-4 on aggregate.
The loss of Vertonghen forced another switch in formation as went 4-4-1, with Adebayor playing up top on his own. And naturally Basel enjoyed the lion's share of possession with the extra man, going close to adding a third when Elneny's fierce 30-yard drive flicked off the outside of Friedel's post on 98 minutes. Despite dominating possession, Basel were being restricted to long range shots only though and substitute Marcelo Diaz was next to have a go, firing just wide from the right-hand edge of the area.
The game turned into a real cat and mouse affair in the second period of extra time, Basel having the possession while we sat with two banks of four and asked the question as to whether they could break us down. They almost did on 112 minutes but Dawson produced an outstanding block to deny Alexander Frei and when Steinhofer sent over an inviting cross, Streller just couldn't convert and Friedel pounced on the loose ball.
And so to penalties...our first in European competition since visiting PSV Eindhoven in the UEFA Cup in 2008.
Schar was first up for Basel and scored, Huddlestone stepped up for our first but Sommer saved, diving to his right. Streller converted for 2-0, Sigurdsson got us on the board with a fine strike, and then Fabian Frei slotted his kick for 3-1.
Adebayor missed the target with our third, leaving Diaz the task of firing home the winner, which he duly did.
Heartbreak after such a battling, valiant effort.
FC Basel: Sommer; Degen P, Schar, Dragovic, Park Joo Ho; Elneny, Frei F, Serey Die (Diaz 58); Salah (Frei A 111), Streller, Stocker (Steinhofer 70). Substitutes (not used): Vailati, Degen D, Cabral, Sauro.
Spurs: Friedel; Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Naughton (Assou-Ekotto 79); Parker (Huddlestone 78); Dempsey, Holtby, Dembele (Carroll 58), Sigurdsson; Adebayor. Substitutes (not used): Lloris, Caulker, Livermore, Coulthirst.
Goals: Basel – Salah (27), Dragovic (49). Spurs – Dempsey (23, 82)
Yellow Cards: Basel – Serey Die, Streller, Elneny; Spurs – Naughton, Dembele, Dempsey, Dawson, Walker
Red Card: Spurs – Vertonghen.
Referee: Olegario Benquerenca (Portugal)
Attendance: 36,500


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Police officers are looking for witnesses after a lawnmower was stolen in Kettering.
Between 5pm and 5.30pm, on Monday (June 26), the grey and red Honda HRD536QX lawnmower (similar to the one pictured) was stolen.
It was taken from a trailer on the verge next to the allotments on Stamford Road at the junction of Pipe Lane, towards Weekley.
Anyone who has information should contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Discount Shopping Adventures, May 2017
It's been a while since I checked out the local discount chains (in this case Tuesday Morning and Big Lots), so last week I decided to pay them a visit. I took some photos of the toy aisle offerings and thought I'd share them with you guys!
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Diya in the Garden
Last summer I unboxed Carpatina Diya, then the newest doll from Carpatina's slim 18" doll line. Since I'd opened her on a rainy day and then was away from home for nearly 4 months, I never got around to taking some proper outdoor photos of her. So today I decided to remedy that!
Thursday, May 4, 2017
It's May the Fourth...
So it's time for a day of Star Wars puns! Whether they make you smile or make you roll your eyes, I hope you have a good one!
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