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My beautiful Bride found these for sale at Square One Farmer's Market. A little expensive, but good for its curiosity factor (I would like to see if I can grow hazelnuts in Ontario myself, and I've read you can) and for freshness and taste. Tasting them, they have a strong hazelnut flavour. Excellent! Too bad they were there only one week, guess it's a short season, or maybe not a good year.
Hello! My name is Mike, and I live in Hillcrest Village in a city called North York in Ontario, Canada. Besides filberts and chocolate, my interests include movies (>3000 seen and counting), writing, Celtic things, stone circles, music and baking. I also recently got married to a wonderful, sweet, kind and beautiful Thai-Chinese Lady; we have a beautiful young girl. I am German in heritage, Canadian in heart.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Aiello Ciocolady Liquirizia
Liquorice is a favourite flavour of mine; I was definitely most interested in this offering from the Italian chocolatier Aiello. The liquorice flavour comes from liquorice root (from the picture on the packaging), as opposed to anise-flavoured versions. The cacao content of this bar is at 53%, and the ingredient listing looks good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla and liquorice.
How does it taste? This has easily become my favourite of Aiello's bars. I like the chocolate taste, the liquorice flavouring and the crunchiness as you chew it. It reminds me of eating good liquorice candy. I definitely would eat this bar again, and have now several times. The bar cost about $3 on sale.
Aiello Ciocolady Assenzio
Absinthe is a forbidden flavour, as it has been banned in several countries because of supposed psychoactive ingredients, and potential addictive qualities. Because of this, it's not a well known or readily available flavour. Long vilified, it is a flavoured alcohol available in many places, flavoured with wormwood and green anise and florence fennel (though other herbs can be used). This is the first chocolate bar I've seen with this flavour, too. The cacao content of this bar is at 53%, and the ingredient listing looks good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla and absinthe oil.
How does it taste? The chocolate itself is pleasant, like most of Aiello's bars, a good eating chocolate. I was interested in trying this, having read about absinthe, but, to be honest, I was a little disappointed. Not that I didn't like the bar, absinthe has an anise flavour, which I like, it's just that it wasn't fantastic (and maybe it needs a little boosting of flavour). I think that I would eat this bar again given the chance. The bar cost about $3 on sale.
Aiello Ciocolady Fondente
I've tried several of the Italian chocolatier Aiello's offerings, this is one which showcases their chocolate, it has no added flavour. The cacao content of this bar is at 72% (most of their other bars are at 53%), and the ingredient listing looks good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin and vanilla.
How does it taste? The chocolate itself is pleasant, like most of Aiello's bars, a good eating chocolate. This is not a fantastic bar, though, and I don't think I would choose to buy this again. The bar cost about $3 on sale.
Aiello Ciocolady Zenzero
I have had, and enjoyed, many bars with chocolate combined with ginger, but most of them do not have ginger oil (rather, they mostly have candied ginger). The cacao content of this bar from the Italian chocolatier Aiello is at 53%, and the ingredient listing looks good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla and ginger oil.
How does it taste? The chocolate itself is pleasant, a good eating chocolate. The ginger flavour is interesting, it's throughout the chocolate, rather than in small pockets surrounded by chocolate, and the ginger is not overpowering or hot (something I like with most ginger dishes, but I would say it's not something that I would think would appear in a chocolate bar, it may have limited appeal). This is a bar I would choose again to eat. The bar cost about $3 on sale.
Aiello Ciocolady Bergamotto
The Italian chocolatier Aiello makes several interesting flavoured chocolates, this one features a flavour I've never tried before combined with chocolate, bergamot. Bergamot, as I've discovered, comes from the Bergamot orange, and is used in perfumery, but also in flavouring Earl Grey and Lady Grey teas. The cacao content of this bar is at 53%, and the ingredient listing looks good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, vanilla and citrus bergamotto.
How does it taste? The chocolate itself is pleasant, a good eating chocolate, and I must say I've never drunk either of the Grey teas (not liking black tea), so I don't know what bergamot tastes like really, but I find the flavour not citrusy like some of the orange-chocolate combinations, too citrusy even, but not that interesting a flavour to me. It's not a bar I would choose again to eat. The bar cost about $3 on sale.
PÜR Pomegranate Mint Gum
Having tried the eXcitemint version, I thought to try their Pomegranate Mint flavoured gum. This is a sugarfree, xylitol-sweetened gum. The mint in this one is much more mellow (which I prefer), and the pomegranate is interesting, though the flavour disappears quickly, leaving just the mint. I find this gum to be quite stiff compared to the Spry brand ones, not as chewable. Overall, I think the Spry ones are much superior.
Aiello Ciocolady Peperoncino
This chocolate comes from an Italian chocolatier, though I can't find much information about it; I found this bar and others of theirs on sale at Whole Foods. The ingredient listing is good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin and chili pepper oil (2%). The cacao content is at 53%.
How does it taste? I've had other peperoncino bars, essentially chili pepper and chocolate, a good combination normally; this one is deceptive, in that when you first eat it, you don't get the heat, you get it in the aftertaste. Even so, it's not too hot. The chocolate itself is good but not great, overall a pleasant eating bar. This bar cost me $4; normally $5.
Pacari Raw Chocolate
The chocolatier Pacari makes chocolate bars from cacao beans sourced from Peru; they select small, independent growers who follow organic and equitable trade practices. The ingredient listing is short, cacao beans, evaporated cane juice and sunflower lecithin. The big thing about this particular bar, is that all the ingredients are minimally processed and kept at low temperatures, to make a Raw product.
How does it taste? This is a very good bar, and another fine example of their chocolate. The rawness, its minimal processing, did not make it end up tasting like eating ground raw cacao beans, the chocolate was very smooth and melted well. The only thing I don't like about this, is that it is such a small bar. I would definitely buy this bar again (and do, when I see them on sale).
Cachet Peru
The Belgian chocolatier Kim's Chocolates has a line of Limited Selection chocolates, featuring cacao beans from a particular country (this one features beans from Peru); these are of varietal criollo and trinitario. The ingredient listing is good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla (natural flavour). The cacao content is at 64%.
How does it taste? I have enjoyed chocolate made from beans from Peru before, these are similar in taste, and quite good. I preferred the Costa Rica one much more, but I would definitely buy and eat this again.
Cachet Costa Rica
The Belgian chocolatier Kim's Chocolates has a line of Limited Origin Selection chocolates, featuring cacao beans from a particular country (this one features beans from Costa Rica). The beans are also certified by the Rainforest Alliance, which ensures that production and farming methods are balanced against the needs of the local ecosystem and that these protect its soil, rivers and wildlife; cocoa workers also have access to proper housing, education, medical and safe working conditions. The ingredient listing is good, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter and vanilla (natural flavour). The cacao content is at 71%.
How does it taste? I enjoyed this bar very much, the chocolate was very smooth and melted very well, and had almost a mousse-like texture and taste. I have not been able to locate this again (I bought it in a Chinese Supermarket) but would definitely buy and eat this again.
PÜR eXcitemint Gum
I've enjoyed and use xylitol gum these days, xylitol is a natural sweetener that promotes dental health. I've seen this brand before, and thought to try it finally. This is the mint version (eXcitemint), a combination of Spearmint and Wintergreen, which are flavours I don't care for (they also have separate Spearmint and Peppermint versions, the only other one I might like is Pomegranate). The ingredients look good, a short list, xylitol, gum base, natural flavors, gum arabic, white tea extract, carnauba wax, tocopherols. Overall, this gum's flavour lasted longer than other xylitol (that would be good if I really liked the flavour), and it chewed well. My mouth felt fresh and clean, similar to other xylitol gums. Think I might try the Pomegranate.
Maison Fossier Charles VII Au Chocolat Noir Craquant
These biscuits come from the oldest biscuiterie in France, established in Reims in 1756. This features dark chocolate, and is made in the traditional method. The ingredient listing is good, for a cookie, wheat flour, dark chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, soy lecithin), sugar, concentrated butter (milk), eggs, dextrose, salt, baking powder and flavour.
How do they taste? The biscuit is crispy, a good biscuit, the dark chocolate is fairly sweet but does work well with the biscuits. I think these are pretty good, not great biscuits. From the box, it looks like they might have some with more interesting ingredients, like rose, but I don't have a source for this kind, nor any other kind. The box of 8 biscuits was $6, so a little pricey.
Interesting website on Kombucha
If you are looking for more information on kombucha, its health properties and how to make it yourself, check out Günther W. Frank's website The Kombucha Journal. There's lots of information there, including a free recipe on how to make kombucha, where to get your kombucha starter culture, lots of other information. He sells a book (in several languages), and you can also get a kombucha starter culture -- buying directly from him is definitely cheaper.
German Prune Plums
I've been able to get some of these for a couple of years now at the Square One Farmer's Market. German prune plums are similar to the Italian variety, but are smaller and, in my opinion, have better flavour. Get them if you can.
Fentiman's Dandelion & Burdock
Fentiman's has been making fermented and botanically brewed drinks since 1905; this one features dandelion and burdock roots, both good nutritionally. It also has ginger and aniseed flavour. The sweetness of the "soda" comes from cane sugar, pear juice concentrate and glucose syrup. This tasted interesting, not quite like the burdock root that I've eaten, but similar, the licorice flavour of the aniseed came out strongest. While this is a better soda, I don't think I liked it enough to drink it on a regular basis, and it is more expensive than soda.
Rivi's Guilt Free Cookies - Chocolate
Another of Rivi's Guilt Free Cookies I tried was their chocolate one; the Granola with Dark Chocolate Chunks was fairly hard and difficult to eat — these ones were much softer and better tasting overall. The softness comes from prune puree and apple sauce, other ingredients include untreated flour, cane sugar, cocoa and egg whites. I thought these were much tastier than the Granola ones, they were quite soft yet chewy, and I would enjoy eating these or similar ones.
Rivi's Guilt Free Cookies - Granola with 70% Dark Chocolate Chunks
Rivi's makes cookies that are, well, guilt free, at least free of the "bad" things in cookies, such as butter, margarine and oil; they are low sodium, dairy and nut free; and have no preservatives nor artificial flavouring or colour. They are also made in Canada, in Toronto, and can be found in health food stores and some supermarkets. The granola is made of oats, barley and spelt; the sweetening, and binding, is from honey and brown rice syrup. Throw in 70% dark chocolate chunks, and you have an interesting cookie.
Ok, these might be good for you, and don't have any of the bad stuff, but they are hard — not crunchy, but hard, and a cookie I would not want to eat on a regular basis, and not be concerned about my teeth. Otherwise, they tasted good.
Feodora Grand'or Blutorange
The German chocolatier Feodora Chocolade makes good dark chocolate, at 75% cacao content, with various flavourings added. I was most interested in this one, because blood oranges are one of my favourite fruits. The ingredient listing looks good, cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, natural blood orange flavouring, citric acid and Bourbon vanilla
How does it taste? I was disappointed to see that there was no real blood orange in there, just natural flavouring, and combined with citric acid, there is a sourness and taste and smell of blood oranges, though not that strong. As a lover of blood oranges, this in no way satisfied that craving, thought the chocolate tasted and smelled good. I don't thing I would buy this bar again.
Feodora Grand'or Limette
The German chocolatier Feodora Chocolade, making chocolate since 1910; I've tried their chili-lime one. This is a dark chocolate bar with flavourings added, and has a cocoa content of 75%. The ingredient listing looks good, cocoa beans, sugar, cocoa butter, natural lime flavouring and Bourbon vanilla.
How does it taste? This one smells of lime. The bar snaps well and looks very dark. It melts well in the mouth, and tastes like lime, thought not strong. I found this in a German delicatessen. I don't think I would buy another.
Kullanard Premium Durian Cookies
Kullanard makes several different baked goods featuring foods from Thailand, including mangosteen, and this one made from freeze-dried real durian. The goodness of the durian is offset by the other ingredients not found in health food stores (where we found it), including sugar and margarine. These cookies were crunchy, with the good taste and smell of durian. Not something I would eat on a regular basis, don't know that durian really works in a cookie.
Kullanard Premium Durian Wafers
These wafer bars, which can be found in health food stores in Thailand, are interesting because they contain a large amount of real durian (as it says in the ingredient listing, real durian). The rest of the ingredients are mostly sugar and flour, but there is a definite taste and smell of durian from the wafers. Not something I'd eat all the time, and not something I'd think to even find in a health food store, but maybe the standards are different in Thailand.
Flourless Chocolate Cashew Cookies
Having eaten the combination of chocolate and cashew before, and enjoyed the flavour combination, I thought to make this version of the Flourless Cashew Cookies recipe that I had made earlier. I'm still playing the ingredient combinations, but these turned out like puffy cookies that stick a little to the roof of your mouth. An interesting combination, and one that came with great taste. This is a definite make-again cookie.Flourless Chocolate Cashew Cookies 1 cup cashew butter 100 g good dark chocolate (70%) 1/2 cup xylitol 1/4 cup soft tofu 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Heat chocolate over double boiler until just melted. Mix ingredients in medium bowl. Using two small spoons, form into ball using heaped 1 teaspoon of dough for each cookie. Arrange on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies until puffed, golden on bottom and still soft to touch in center, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to racks; cool completely.
Shredded Pork & Burdock Root
We've recently been using burdock root, also called gobo, in various, mostly Asian, dishes, as burdock root is know for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant properties. Burdock root comes out crunchy with an earthy undertone, I've liked it in most dishes I've tried it in. I came across this recipe on the 'Net, and, liking pork, decided to try it. The first time I made it, I used some frozen Thai birds-eye chilis, it came out really tasty and good spicy as well - the gobo worked well with the pork; the second time I made it, I used Sichuan doubanjiang chili paste, it also came out tasty. The black vinegar works well with the pork as well.Shredded Pork & Burdock Root 3 Tbsp rice bran oil 4 chilies (1 Tbsp doubanjiang) 1 medium-sized burdock root, finely julienned 1 large carrot, finely julienned 275 g pork, julienned or sliced thin 1-2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce 1 cm ginger, minced 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tsp Chinkiang black vinegar white pepper
Over high heat, add oil and chilis to a large wok. Once the chilis start to blister, add the burdock root. Stir and keep the wok moving. Cook the burdock for about four minutes until burdock starts to darken and gets softer.
Add carrots and continue cooking another minute or two until carrots soften. Remove veggies from wok and reserve.
Add pork to hot wok, season well with white pepper. Once pork starts to sear add soy sauce. Once pork is cooked rare, remove any excess fat and add garlic and ginger. Cook another minute. Add reserve vegetables and vinegar.
Continue cooking until pork starts to caramelize and you can really hear the wok sizzling. Remove the chilis and use as garnish. Serve hot with rice.
GT's Organic Raw Kombucha - Original
Kombucha is one of my favourite drinks, raw, bubbly, healthy goodness, much better than any sugared pop. I've come across several new suppliers in the various health food stores I frequent here, this one is from California. G.T. Dave has been making kombucha since 1995; one of its main ingredients is "100% pure LOVE!!!". This is Original flavour, the ingredients are just, besides the LOVE, water, kombucha culture (yeast and bacteria) and tea. This is raw kombucha, there are strands of the culture floating at the bottom. GT's kombucha tasted pretty good; I'd like to investigate the other flavours in his line. The bottle cost me under $4.
Flourless Cashew Cookies
Having enjoyed Sweets from the Earth Flourless Cashew Cookies and looking round the 'Net for a recipe that would duplicate it, I managed to cobble together this recipe. Sweets from the Earth uses tofu to replace egg or oil (and don't call them Flourless Cashew Tofu Cookies, which I debated doing). Most of the original recipes also called for 1 cup of sugar; I decreased it by half as you can see, with little loss in flavour. I still have to work on this to make it more of a firm cookie, was thinking of removing some of the oil that comes with the cashew butter. Still, these were quite tasty and easy to make! Finally, like peanut butter, these stick a little to the roof of the mouth.Flourless Cashew Cookies 1 cup cashew butter 1/2 cup golden brown cane sugar 1/4 cup soft tofu 1 tsp baking soda 1/4 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 180C/350F. Mix ingredients in medium bowl. Using two small spoons, form into ball using heaped 1 teaspoon of dough for each cookie. Arrange on 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper, spacing 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies until puffed, golden on bottom and still soft to touch in center, about 12 minutes. Cool on sheets 5 minutes. Transfer to racks; cool completely.
Crudessence Kombucha Clarté
The last of the four different flavoured kombuchas from the Montreal, Quebec based company Crudessence features green tea and lemon (actually lemon tea). It also has ginger in it. If it had more ginger flavouring, it would be my favourite of the four, but it definitely came a close second to the Passion with rosehip and hibiscus. I would definitely drink this again.
Toblerone Fruit and Nut
i like chocolate bars with fruit and nuts (raisins or currants and almonds or hazelnuts). What the people at Toblerone have done with this bar, is to add raisins to their regular and very popular chocolate nougat triangle bar. The raisins I found to be very small, though it did make the toblerone a little tastier. Give it a try, if you like toblerone, and want something a little different.
Manamim Cubes
Many companies make crispy wafers with hazelnut filling, these were made in Israel. They came very cheap. I don't like that they are only hazelnut flavoured (I see why they are cheap), and I found them very sweet and will not ever eat them again.
Maitre Truffout Haselnuss
The Austrian chocolatier Gunz appears to make some of their products in Italy (a good place if you are wanting to make something with hazelnuts). This is a milk chocolate bar, and its ingredient listing is not that good, mostly sugar. The bar cost less than $2.
How does it taste? The hazelnuts were very small, the bar itself melted very easily and was not too sweet. I like the hazelnuts of this, but I don't think I would get this bar again.
Jamie Oliver - Green Pesto
Not everything Jamie Oliver touches is good in flavour. Jamie Oliver has recently gotten into prepared foods, this is one of several I saw in the supermarket. I would say this is a real disappointment, given Jamie Oliver's premise of fresh flavours and food, this tasted "old", with muted flavours and like it was made from dried basil leaves. I think I could have made it fresh far better.
Mars Planets
These came as a Christmas present from Germany. They are a mixture of three different chocolate-covered candies, one Crispy, one Creamy and one Caramel-y. They come in different sized balls. Interesting combination of crunchy and chewy.


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I was told to leave a tap running slightly if it happens again
(PRWEB) March 2, 2011
Although losing the water supply in your home can be a real inconvenience, it can have even more serious consequences if it occurs within your small business. A recent incident at a café in Lincolnshire may have reminded local homeowners of just how important having water supply insurance could be. The commotion occurred at Tea at the Bridge, a quaint eatery in Horncastle, last month.
When the supply pipe outside froze over during the cold snap, owner Michael Clarke was left without water for three weeks. According to the local paper the Horncastle News, the determined entrepreneur did all he could to keep his business running. Rather than shut up shop until the issue was sorted, he collected litres of water every day to fill a tank and even scooped up river water to flush the toilets.
When Mr. Clarke contacted his local utility provider, Anglian Water, it told him to "wait for the thaw", but after two weeks of no running water, an inspector was dispatched to the scene. It was then that the problem with frozen pipes under the shop was fully realised – something not helped by the fact they dated back to the Victorian era. Once the issue was sorted, Mr Clarke told the newspaper of the advice he was given by the firm. "I was told to leave a tap running slightly if it happens again," he said.
Speaking to the newspaper, a spokesman for Anglian Water said: "We apologize for the delay in restoring supply to Mr. Clarke's property after his supply pipes froze in the extremely cold weather. During this time we did everything we could to help, including delivering bottled drinking water."
While Mr Clarke and his tea shop battle on through their water supply problem, it may not be as easy in your home; families rely on water for much more than warming brews – washing, cooking and general hygiene are all high priorities in the average home. For this reason, it's worth regularly reviewing your household insurance policies – and water supply cover could be a really savvy investment.
While your local utility provider looks after the portion of your water supply pipe beyond your property boundary, it's your responsibility to maintain and repair the part immediately below your property. With this type of insurance in place, you can claim up to £3,000 to fix your underground water supply pipe – a huge amount which could come in really handy in an emergency.
There's also the option to claim £500 for the permanent reinstatement of things pulled up during the repair, such as concrete, tarmac, block paving or the lawn. You can even claim cash if you need to stay in a hotel during the work – just the sort of peace of mind you need if you can't live without your home comforts.

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Thought for the day
Late did I love you, o ancient and new Beauty; late did I love you. You were within me, while I was outside of myself. I sought you outside; I flung myself disgracefully onto the beautiful things of creation. You were with me, and I was not with you. Those things that would not exist if they were not in you, held me back, far away from you. You called, and your cry forced itself upon my deafness. You shone, and your brilliance chased away my blindness. You gave forth your perfume, I breathed it, and behold; now I long for you. I tasted you, and I am hungry for you, I thirst for you. You touched me, and I have burned with desire for the peace that you give. When I am united with you with my whole being, I shall no longer feel pain or fatigue. My life, utterly filled with you, will then be true life. You make lighter the person whom you fill. Now, since I am not yet filled with you, I weigh upon myself… Lord, have mercy on me! My bad sorrows fight with my good joys. Will I come out of this battle victorious? Have mercy on me, Lord! Poor being that I am! Here are my wounds. I do not hide them from you. You are the doctor, I am ill. You are merciful, and I am wretched.
Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the ChurchConfessions X, 27
Often it is tempting to add to a truth in order to make it "more true". Someone once reminded me that "adding to the truth does not make it more true, it makes it false."
This was the commentary from the daily readings of the Church. Often I find myself feeling this way only to realize I have fallen in love with the creation and not the creator.


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Beth is back! And wouldn't you know it, she's got her own little take on how to avoid getting the swine flu. Here it is ...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
How to avoid getting the swine flu
Labels: Funny things
3 comments:
- tamlovesran said...
- April 30, 2009 at 9:36 AM
- Craig Peihopa said...
MWAH! nothing like puckering up on the nose of a pig that has been in the trough! Hmmm
- April 30, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Goldenrod said...
My daughter said, "Eeeuuu!" :(
- April 30, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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Overlord - X-Box 360
Rave Master - GameCube
SingStar - PlayStation 3
Rave Master - GameCube
SingStar - PlayStation 3
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (2000)
Developer: Ubi Soft
Platform: Sega Dreamcast
Purchase Date: 06/23/2001
Follow the pretty butterflies.
Rayman 2 was first released on the Nintendo 64. This Dreamcast version contains vastly improved graphics compared to that first release. As a matter of fact, the sharp and clean texture works in this game still look incredible even to this day. Rayman 2 is a successful 3D platformer that is able to maintain cohesive and polished platforming elements. It is one of the best platform adventure games ever made, especially on the Dreamcast after the arrival of the disappointing Sonic Adventure. For a game that is more slow-paced than Sonic, Ubi Soft was able to add a lot of dynamic stages into this awesome title. In this game, the limbless Rayman must save the world from a group of Robo-Pirates. All the characters are very well designed from the smallest eye-candy characters that roam the game's lush and highly stylized environments all the way to Rayman's sidekick Globox as well as his mechanical foes. There are many things to collect and mini games to unlock - I haven't found all of them myself so there's a good reason for me to jump on this game again in the future.
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Because our house move is only intended to be temporary we are now renting a property for the first time in almost 30 years. It's brought home to me the difference between being a tenant and an owner. Although buying a house can be fraught with difficulty, as long as you can afford the price you do at least feel equal to the vendor in the battle of wits that constitutes housing transactions in England and at a time when houses are difficult to sell it's easy to feel that as a buyer you have the upper hand. I know what we felt that way towards our buyers when selling Starcross Towers and we went out of our way not to upset them.
Renting is different: you may "offer" to buy, but you "apply" to rent, with all that that implies. There are endless forms to fill in, credit checks to be undertaken, employment and personal references to be taken up, bank references to be obtained, "application fees" to pay (which as far as I can see represent 100% profit for the agent) and at the end of it the landlord reserves the right not to rent to you if he doesn't feel like it! Not to mention the fact that you can be made homeless after six months on the landlord's whim.
Even after your application has been accepted there are security deposits and advance rents to pay and, as a final indignity, regular visits from the agent to check up on how you are looking after your home! It's not even cheap: we are paying far more in rent than I've ever paid for a mortgage even when interest rates were 15% and over.
We don't intend to be renting for long - just long enough to find a property "up north" that we won't have at "apply" to buy!
I can see why people live on boats!
Saturday, 22 January 2011
4 comments:
- Nev Wells said...
Not thought about putting you stuff in store and living aboard ?
- 22 January 2011 at 16:40
Is Middlewich "up north" enough for you ?? I may be putting my house on the market soon, would you like details ? (3 bed, T&M side with 57' mooring)
- 22 January 2011 at 17:26
- Starcross said...
T&M side at Middlewich sounds ideal to me, but my other half has aspirations for "being near the sea and the hills" and last time I was in Middlewich I didn't notice either!
Don't think I haven't thought about it, but see above! Oh well, I can dream . . .
- 23 January 2011 at 10:56
Can't agree more with your comments re renting. We have had to rent a couple of times in the past and have always felt to be second class citizens.
- 9 February 2011 at 12:20
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This was a very original game! I really felt like I could get into it! I was amazed at how hard it got at times. It was just the same kind of moves you had to memorize. The music was fantastic! The little sounds were nice too.
I guess you just had to try everything with this. I thought it would at least be easy in the first few levels. I had no idea what hard thing was going to come up next. Thanks for introducing me to this! I thought it said, "Move the X" at first.


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Vive la France !
Nous partageons
votre notre douleur…
The world sings out for France
Placido Domingo led a performance of La Marseillaise at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, as thousands around the world joined in solidarity with the French people following the attacks in Paris.For the full effect of this extraordinary footage, it's worth turning the sound on.
Posted by Channel 4 News on 15 ноября 2015 г.


text: On December 16, Mrs. Benefiel's second graders at Redwood Christian Schools held a bake sale to raise money for the homeless. Their "Bake Sale for the Homeless" not only had goodies, but also had students passing out napkins, helping serve, and telling jokes to all waiting in line — and it was a very, very long line! In preparation for the event, the students were broken into committees and planned every detail, and with the help of their supportive parents, the event was a tremendous success. These Precious Little Ones are truly a Blessing and reminded everyone about the true meaning of Christmas. And they raised $405 in sales and donations.


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One of my favorite sites dealing with the Church of Scientology is preserved right here. A Also as a bonus they have preserved the original Veritas site that preceded it in time. Along with the Anonymous Postcards and of course the Squirrel Watcher. One of my fav internet rags at the time!
Probably the source of the two above website was a series of posts back in the heady days of usenet that where posted on the newsgroup Alt Religion Scientology beginning in 1997 from the ARSCC, CC for central committee "Librarian".
Amazingly almost 20 years ago!
My how time flies! Yet here we are today in early 2017 with David Miscavige still at the helm of the Titanic that was once the Church of Scientology while the crew arranges the deck chairs which are metaphorically these so called "Ideal Orgs". A topic I may get to at some point in the future but for now:
Is the IRS really in control of the Church of Scientology?
Before I answer that let's look at what Ron said back on the 29th of June in 1965 to Saint Hill Special Briefing Course students:
"…I want to thank you for your very good attention today and apologize to you for not having talked to you… One of those weeks was mine oft the other one was pure pique against IRS and so forth over in Washington trying to seize Scientology in the United States, and I had to tell them no. And I told them no. And they're told for the moment. Now I will draw a deep breath and wind up some more steam and say no a little bit louder next time, and then maybe they won't try again."
Well unfortunately they may have succeeded in seizing Scientology 1st of October 1993 with the Secret Closing Agreement and the creation of the "Church Tax Compliance Committee".
What it basically did was make the Church leadership instead of a tax attorney or enrolled agent responsible for Tax Compliance under IRC 501 C iii thus basically deputizing them as IRS Agents.


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Villareal pledge to hang on to Jozy [Sky Sports]
Best female soccer player in world signs with WPS(L) [LA Times]
How Berbs is blowing it for Man U [BBC]
Sure, it's Arsenal-centric, but this is pretty damn funny stuff about Bolton [Arseblog]
Guy from England's ninth level into final group for a spot on Seattle Sounders. This is just so embarrassing to me that a MLS squad spot some window glazer (maybe) from Thornaby. Any idea what the show is that they are referencing? [Gazette Live]
Friday, January 9, 2009
Friday Backpasses: Cool graphs
Villareal pledge to hang on to Jozy [Sky Sports]
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- Mike Georger said...
Anyone want to do me a solid and give me text updates of the 'pool game tomorrow? I have to drive back to Pennsylvania and sadly will miss it if I want to get back at a respectable hour.
- January 10, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- Adam said...
JJF3 where you at with your picks? I was 9-1 with 1 score correct, so I'm getting better, lets see if I can get a few more scores right now.
Villa 3-1 WBA
Arsenal 2-1 SFB
Everton 3-2 Hull City
Fulham 2-0 Blacburn
Boro 1-2 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-1 West Ham
Pompey 2-4 Citeh
Stoke 0-3 Liverpool
United 1-1 Spartak(really I'd just rather a meteor hits)
- January 10, 2009 at 2:59 AM
- John Dakar said...
drop me a PM on blogger and i'll hit you up with sms updates. cheers!
- January 10, 2009 at 6:51 AM
- Mike Georger said...
Turns out I'm an idiot and can't figure out how to send a PM on here. But if anyone checks this, my number is 704-650-9009 and any score updates would be most appreciated.
- January 10, 2009 at 10:10 AM
- GS-1 said...
The Show is called "Seattle Sounders FC SuperSearch." Go to youtube for commercials. See the first episode online here:
Visit www.GOALSeattle.com :)
- January 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- John Dakar said...
done and done
- January 10, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- phil said...
From the Yahoo! liveblog of the gooners-SF Bolton match:
Bolton came here to defend and Arsenal are making their task easier than it should be. Wenger's men have showed a lack of imagination thus far and will need to find some inspiration in the second period.
- January 10, 2009 at 11:06 AM
- jjf3 said...
Adam, posted this a few posts ago (also, congrats on the 9-1):
Best week of my picks ever: I went 6-4, but yet again with no exact scores...this psychic business is surprisingly harder than I imagined, despite seeing ads for them everywhere...
here goes absolute shite:
Aston Villa 3-1 West Bromwich
Everton 2-1 Hull City
Fulham 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (this hurts me)
Middlesbrough 0-2 Sunderland
Newcastle United 2-1 West Ham
Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester City
Arsenal 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
Stoke City 0-3 Liverpool
Wigan 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United 2-2 Chelsea
too many beers in to be doing this. I presume that means I'll go 9-1... :)
- January 10, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- jjf3 said...
Bendtner of all people, nicely done for Arse
- January 10, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Adam said...
You need too many beers in you and it needs to be stupid late to go 9-1
- January 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM
- jjf3 said...
How did Stoke NOT put that in?
- January 10, 2009 at 12:44 PM
- phil said...
Pool begins with Torres and Keane on the bench. Predictably, they have seen most of the ball, but have nothing to show for it. Rafa is truly a puzzling man.
- January 10, 2009 at 1:00 PM
- John Dakar said...
reina caught out of the box too often. is he playing at gomes today?
- January 10, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- jjf3 said...
WTF is going on with Pool? I take my dogs to the groomers and come back at 65 minutes into the game, and its STILL 0-0...
- January 10, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- phil said...
John, if you had Michael Dawson in front of you at centre-half, you'd find yourself off your line too often, as well. Gomes is often forced out by inept defending by Dawson, Bale, and BAE.
- January 10, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Mike Georger said...
Thanks for the updates.
Sadly I ended up flipping my car in PA last night and totaled it, so I guess pool drawing wasn't the worst thing that happened to me ... maybe
- January 11, 2009 at 4:52 PM
- The Ghost of Ibee said...
jjf3, i dunno its so frustrating to play a stoke city, and see yossi starting and kuyt at the lone central striker role, then he takes out riere not yossi. you already know xabi is out what are you doing??? WE MUST GET POINTS!!!
then of course, its the game after the tirade and Stoke is pushing us around the whole first half and we get no calls and looky there, Lampard gets a yellow on a questionable call 3 min in, and ManU runs out a B team and crushes Chelski...
i love rafa and he miles better than any gaffer we've had in some time, but running out a not your best squad after that interview?
what was expected?
- January 11, 2009 at 6:13 PM


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...as in slower. After having lots of time to really focus on our family during the conference, I came back home to realize that we were really stretched too thin. The boys and I were doing something every day of the week. K is only 4 and a half! I'm not even sure how our week evolved to be that busy. I've always nodded in agreement when people talk about how children need lots of time at home and space/time to play. But I think part of why we were doing something every day was that I wanted that adult interaction; another part was because I wanted to form some social ties early for the boys in the local homeschooling community. I wanted to make sure they had friends and weren't lonely because they were homeschooled. I wanted homeschooling to be the norm in their world. But after the conference where I saw the difference between 4, 5, 6, and 7 year olds, and preceded by a long conversation with my mother the week before, I no longer feel like the clock is ticking. In all honesty, the friends I chose for them now may or may not be the friends they choose for themselves at age 7, when they really begin to want to socialize. And as my mother said, "When I was four, I only went to the grocery store." And you know, when I was four, I only went to the grocery store, too, really. So, why am I pushing, especially when it has always been a push, and the only one having a good time is me? The boys have always done much better one on one with another family, so that is what we are going to do: just invite friends over to play on a regular basis.
So! We are no longer doing Monday Friends, we are no longer going to the library story time (although we'll visit the library in the afternoon once a month), Enki co-op is on hold, and we will not be doing Eurythmy on Fridays with the Waldorf Homeschooling group. We *will be going to the grocery store on Wednesdays. But if a full-blown online grocery delivery service ever stays in business long enough for me to find them, you can bet we aren't going to the grocery store either.
Our mornings are now completely free. We haven't gone anywhere in the last week, and it has been great. And we have the afternoons for adventures, maybe an errand, maybe visiting friends or family. We even had friends over today that we hadn't seen in months.
Why the Tree of Life?
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- maya7/12/07, 1:55 AM
Jennifer, it was great for me to read this post. I've been having many of the same realisations. I keep thinking, who were my friends when I was 5 yr s old? I have no idea! I was in school and incredibly shy. The friendships I made that were truly lifelong were from about 7 yrs and up. We're cutting way back too and it's been wonderful to see how much better we all do with that.ReplyDelete
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I was just back from my 3rd anniversary lunch date with Mrgrammarindahouse. We didn't go to a fancy restaurant (we do not even know one!) and our choice was Subway, our favourite sandwich shop. The sandwich was considered okay since they were out of healthy Italian bread. We're both craving for Doritos Melt but again, they were out of Doritos. I asked them to use Ready Salted Walkers instead of Doritos and it tasted weird, but I managed to finish it without any helps from Mrgrammarindahouse :). It was the best lunch date ever even the conversation during the lunch was all about my research (I have this syndrome called PostMeetSupervisorEffect where I tend to repeat what my supervisor had told me to other people, even my friend(s)/partner didn't want to hear it). Anyway, happy anniversary sayang and thanks for the lovely lunch :)
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
3rd Anniversary Lunch Date
Posted by DeLancrettLurpak at 8/04/2009 10:14:00 pm
Labels: Celebration, Restaurant/Cafe
4 comments:
- Rozie said...
happy anniversary kak mimah & abg wandi ;)
- 4 August 2009 at 23:47
- melovesfood said...
tenkiu rozie..ini baru pre-anniversary..the real one will be makan2 kat malaysian hall..pastu post-anniversary makan kat satay house.. hikhik... style student nye celebration..
- 4 August 2009 at 23:53
- Nana said...
happy anniversary to u and u =)
- 5 August 2009 at 09:25
- melovesfood said...
thanks sze!
- 5 August 2009 at 17:39
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We watched a movie called Snowglobe the other night on ABC Family. Z. liked it, I think. It had most of the flaws and limitations of a made-for-tv-movie, although surprisingly not the one of entirely obscuring race.
It is about utopia, actually, which is what leads me to mention it here. It has one of the most interesting anti-Platonic utopian lines in it – said in the context of tasting "Christmas" in a bar, first over eggnog & cinnamon schnaps, and then over cherry brandy – namely: "Perfection comes in lots of flavors."
There is even a nod in the script towards the alternative view: "If it's perfect, how can you vary it?"
Because, as we would know if we were an ancient Greek philosopher, there can't be any change in perfection, since once something is perfect, any change in it would involve a diminution in perfection, since if it would involve an increase in perfection, whatever changed wouldn't have been perfect before it changed. That view at least implicitly denies the possibility of changes that neither increase nor diminish perfection. The idea that "perfection comes in lots of flavors" involves a different philosophy of change, or of difference, or both. We have to imagine a reality in which changes or differences, rather than diminishing perfection, can change some feature or taste of the thing without diminishing its precision, delight, adequacy, or whatever it is we are noting when we speak of its perfection. Or, perhaps, change along with other changes to maintain an equilibrium of perfection. So, if we're a contemporary architect-bartender, or screenwriter, or celebrator of diversity, we can think that there are some contexts in which there are endless, potentially infinite, versions of perfection. In these contexts, the definition of perfection can't include any one entity's or even situation's being all-sufficient.
This line is a direct commentary on the utopian content of the movie, which hinges on the different perfections of a fantasy world of smiling, harmonious but distinctly innocent and simple characters of "the village" inside a Christmas snowglobe, who live a magical life without change, without conflict, without scarcity, without animosity, and almost entirely without interest, and those of the more real-life characters of "Brooklyn" who have jobs, babies on the way, dysfunctional families without boundaries, insecurities and uncertainties, histories and resentments and things like that, but who are also potentially lead rounder, more satisfying lives.
One of the key differences, clearly, is that the real-life characters (in this fantastic melodrama) have histories, pasts and futures, while the snowglobe characters live in a kind of eternal present. [The Ghost of Christmas-Being-and-Time?] What initially looks like culture, then, is less genuinely cultural and more strictly environmental – people wear the clothes they wear, do the jobs they do, celebrate Christmas in the way they do, just because, not because there is any meaning or history or relationship to some prior problem or decision embodied in it. Although the snowglobe people don't quite strike us as animals, they do strike us as less than fully or satisfactorily human – something like pets or dolls or cartoons, certainly not quite capable of navigating the adult world, the human world, the real world, without supervision and assistance.
So there are different [allegedly] perfect worlds, in this movie, and the trade off between perfections is presented as the trade off between static pleasantness devoid of genuine meaning, and dynamic reality replete with dissatisfaction, against which marvelous or wonderful moments stand out all the more vividly and delightfully. In this latter world, where there is challenge and endeavor, there can also be real and enduring happiness; misery is not the only alternative. So while the real world [of the movie] is not utopia, it's real; reality, in the discourse of the film, is itself a desirable quality.
[I suppose I could point out that, in the end, neither of the two "perfect" worlds proves itself to be perfect as much as "preferable". Both are limited in some way, and the characters are required to choose between them on the basis of a calculus that recognizes more preferable and lesser evil features of these finally all-or-nothing worlds.]


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TNA iMPACT! – 05/04/2010
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TNA iMPACT! Report – 05/04/2010
Commentators: Mike Tenay & Taz
Christy Hemme opens the show with the rules for a match that will take place tonight called a Lockbox Challenge. It will be an elimation style match with the winners of the each fall getting keys to one of four lockboxes. The prizes include Tara's spider, the Knockouts Title, an open contract for match and opponent of choice, and walking around the ring in their underwear. TBP comes in and says they will win all of the boxes and the prizes inside. Rayne says they will get what they want, deserve, and expect. Lacey says she'll walk around in her bra and panties and everyone wins.
Hogan is out to the ring with Jarrett and Abyss and Hogan and Abyss both have mics. Hogan says that Team Hogan has some horsepower and that Flair is up to his old tricks, but he can't be the big dog unless he beats Team Hogan. Abyss says Flair has never dealt with someone like Abyss in his whole career, and when they get in the cage at Lockdown Flair will learn the meaning of pain and suffering. Abyss says it doesn't matter who is on Flair's team, because Abyss and the rest of Team Hogan is going to kick their ass. Flair comes down the ramp with Chelsea, Desmond Wolfe, Sting and Beer Money. Flair mocks Hogan's team and formally introduces his team. Flair says he has a Hall of Fame ring, and that he's going to shove it down Abyss's throat in St Louis at Lockdown. Hogan says Flair has an impressive team, but not to sell him short, and that Flair will find out who the rest of Hogan's team is when the time is right. Flair and his team begin to make their way to the ring, but Jarrett tells them to hold up, and he wants to talk to Sting, without his bat. Jarrett wants to know after all of this time, why did Sting finally turn to the "darkside". He slaps Sting in the face and Sting hits him with the Scorpion Death Drop and rolls out of the ring before Abyss can grab him. Flair tells his team to go after Abyss and Wolfe hits him with the baseball bat. They all join to go after Hogan but they are interrupted by Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam. They clean house and Abyss gets back up and hits Desmond Wolfe with a big boot to clear they ring. Mike Tenay announces that Rob Van Dam will face off against James Storm after the commercial break.
Rob Van Dam vs "Tennessee Cowboy" James Storm
This match is already underway when we come back from commercial and RVD sends Storm outside with a kick to the head from the middle rope. He goes for a baseball slide but Storm avoids it and sends RVD headfirst into the guardrail. He takes the match back in the ring and hits RVD with a snap suplex followed by a rear chinlock. RVD fights out and hits a kick to put Storm down. He hits a clothesline off the ropes and hits Rolling Thunder for a two count. Storm hits a desperation enziguri and hits the Eye of the Storm buts only gets a two. RVD turns it around and hits a front slam and goes up top. He hits the split-legged moonsault and gets the three count.
Winner: Rob Van Dam
After the match, RVD is celebrating and Storm turns him around and smashes a beer bottle over RVD's head. Medical staff and security goes out to check on RVD and Storm tries going to continue the attack, but security stops him and gets him out of the ring. RVD is still being check on and there is blood all over the towels. Storm is still taunting him on the ramp and Jeff Hardy comes out and attacks him from behind before being separated by security. Hardy is checking on RVD, and Robert Roode sneaks in and hits Hardy with a spinebuster from beind. Beer Money leaves the ring and makes their way up the ramp while RVD is still being looked at.
Christy is with one of the teams for the Lockbox Challenge, which consists of Hamada, Tara, ODB and Angelina Love. She starts with Tara and she says this match is a joke and that TNA is out for ratings, but she will go out and pin someone. Angelina says it's not fair but nothing is fair in wrestling and that she will go for Tara's Knockout title. Tara gets upset by this and says if she wants to try and steal the title then that's how we'll do this and walks off. ODB says she's going after the contract and she wants to wrestle AJ. This leaves Hamada by herself with Christy. She speaks Japanese into the camera and looks confused.
TNA Global Championship:
Big Rob Terry (c) vs Homicide
Homicide goes after Terry before the bell but has little effect. Terry picks him but the neck and then slams him down to the mat with a overhead press slam. He hits a big hip toss and then piefaces Homicide to the ground. Homicide keeps trying to get in some offense but is unsuccessful as Terry catches him and hits a powerslam for the win.
Winner and STILL Global Champion: Rob Terry
After the match, Homicide recovers and hits Terry from behind with a chair but it has no effect on him. Terry screams and Homicide hits him right in the face with another chair shot, and again it doesn't faze Terry. Big Rob picks him up and hits a chokeslam and when he turns around his head is bleeding. Orlando Jordan's music starts to play and he is on the top of the ramp wearing a Mardi Gras style mask. He squirts something on his chest and eats some strawberries. Big Rob is shaking his head and looks pissed about everything that was going on.
Lockbox Elimination Tag Team Match
Tara, Angelina Love, ODB & Hamada vs The Beautiful People & Daffney
Madison and Tara start the match and after Madison hits some offense Tara hits a Widow's Peak for a really quick three count. Tara gets the win and both her and Madison are out of the match. During the commercial there is another elimination as we see Hamada miss a moonsult and Daffney hits the lobotomy for the pin. This match is now down to Velvet Sky and Lacey against ODB and Angelina Love. Velvet is in control and has ODB on the ground with a rear choke applied. She fights back and hits a corner splash and a fallaway slam. ODB kips up and tries a quick pin but is unsuccessful. Velvet comes back with a DDT and gets a pin. Angelina is in and takes it to Lacey. Lacey misses a moonsault and Angelina hits the Lights Out for the three count and the final key.
Winners (receive keys): Tara, Daffney, Velvet Sky & Angelina Love
Ladder Match (Winner receives Cage Key for Lockdown)
Mr. Anderson vs Kurt Angle
Mr. Anderson goes for the ladder and suplexes Angle onto it. He thinks about going for the key but sets in the corner instead. Angle reverses and hits Anderson with a belly-to-belly into the ladder. Angle runs off the ropes but Anderson throws the ladder at Angle and begins to climb it. Angle cuts him off an Angle hits an Angle Slam off the ladder and both men are down. Angle gets up and kicks Anderson out of the ring and tries to climb the ladder himself. He is slowly making his way up but Anderson tips the ladder and Angle crashes to the ground on the outside. Angle is struggling to get back up as Anderson is climbing the ladder again. Angle is on the turnbuckle and missile dropkicks the ladder to send Anderson to the mat. He hits another side suplex on Anderson and Angle is holding his ribs.
Angle lays the ladder down and puts Anderson on top of it. He pounds away at Anderson's head and Angle goes up top to hit a huge moonsault, but hurt his ribs in the process. He sends Anderson shoulder first into the ringpost and attempts to climb the ladder once again. Anderson grabs the dog tags off of the ringpost and hits Angle in the back to stop him from climbing the ladder. He is choking Angle with the chain but Angle is still able to somehow climb the ladder. He has the key by his fingertips and is struggling to pull it down but he is still being choked by Anderson. Finally, Angle falls off the ladder as he has been choked out. Anderson easily climbs the ladder and gets the key to end the match.
Winner: Ken Anderson
JB is in the back with Hogan and he is asking about Bischoff taking things into his own hands. Hogan says he isn't happy about it, but he won't air dirty laundry without Eric being there. Bubba comes into the conversation and Hogan wants to know why Bubba is running with the wrong crowd. Bubba says he is having fun and that hanging with Hogan kind of sucked. Hogan tells him to have fun and Bubba leaves. Jay Lethal now walks over and is mumbling something to Hogan but Hogan doesn't look happy to see him. Lethal says he'll go find his Mega Powers tights and Hogan says sarcastically, "Hey Mach, go find mine!"
Christy is with Matt Morgan and when she says one-half of the tag team champions, he quickly cuts her off and says Hernandez didn't help him win them, but almost made them lose the belts. He keeps referring to himself as "We" and says we will keep defending and staying the champions. Christy asks him what he means since he is the only one standing there, and he doesn't elaborate and says we will defend the titles against the winner of the next match and walk off.
Team 3D vs Motor City Machine Guns
Winner receives a Tag Team Title Shot
Sabin and Brother Ray start out in a tie up before Ray gains control with a forearm shot. Sabin tries to wear down Ray with kicks and hits a springboard crossbody for a two count. Shelley and Devon tag in and Devon has Shelley isolated with a bear hug before Shelley tags out and Sabin tags in and hits running forearms on Devon and nails a double dropkick on both Ray and Devon. Ray goes to clothesline Sabin but Sabin ducks and he hits Bubba instead. Sabin hits Ray with an enziguri and then they hit a crossbody neckbreaker combo but get a two count. Ray recovers and holds Sabin while Devon hits him with the Wassup off the top. Devon goes to get a table but is hit from behind by an interfering Syxx Pac, who slams his head off the ringpost. Nash and Hall are out too, and Ray goes to fight Nash but is dropped quickly by a left by Nash. It is revealed that Nash had brass knuckles and puts them back into his pocket and The Band gets all four participants back into the ring. Syxx Pac hits an X-Factor on Ray and Hall picks up Sabin for the Outsiders Edge. Syxx Pac goes under the ring and grabs the spraypaint. He tags Shelley with it and hits Ray in the head with the can.
Result: No Contest
The Band is still in the ring as Bubba makes his way down the ramp and gets in the ring. Nash has a mic and says he has a message. He says they might not be writing the checks, but they run the show. He says Hogan is worried about Flair and Bischoff, but he should be worried about The Band, because they are his biggest nightmares. He says they are tired of carrying him and he told Bubba that they are bad people. He says he doesn't care who like them, because he has three guys in the ring who do like him and that is all that matters.
JB is in the back with Pope D'Angelo Dinero and he says he is going to make history at Lockdown. He brings up what happened last week and says Chelsea distracted the referee, but it won't happen again. Desmond Wolfe walk in with Chelsea and says he doesn't even know why they are fighting again. He says he won and he should be facing AJ at Lockdown. Pope says if he thinks he should, then if Wolfe beats him tonight, then the title shot is his. Pope leaves Wolfe saying he should be ready for a whole new ballgame.
X Division Champion Doug Williams is in the ring saying he is the new X Division and that the other high-flying clowns should go back to the circus. He says they have an alternative, which is to go back to school and learn technical wrestling. Since he is a master at technical wrestling, he wants to be referred to by his full name, Douglas Williams. He announces he has arranged a gauntlet match between himself and Generation Me.
Gauntlet Match
Generation Me vs X Division Champion Douglas Williams
Jeremy starts first and puts Williams in an armbar before Williams gets to the ropes to break the hold. Williams goes to slingshot Jeremy into the turnbuckle but Jeremy reverses it and hits a moonsault from the middle rope. Jeremy hits a springboard faceplant from outside but only gets two. He tries to keep Williams down but Williams gets control and hits the Chaos Theory out of the corner for the first fall.
Max runs in and vaults over the top rope to take Williams down. He avoids a right hand by Williams by doing a backflip and then does another flip into a headscissors takedown. Max stays on offense and hits a scoop slam and a leg drop, then goes up top for a high risk move. Williams jumps up and kicks the ropes then puts Max in a guillotine type chokehold. Max tries to fight it, but is forced to tap out.
Winner: Douglas Williams
Williams keeps Max in the hold and won't let go. The ref is calling for the bell and finally Shannon Moore runs in and breaks it up. Williams retreats to the ramp and Moore says that there is no room in the X Division for boring ass wrestlers like Williams. He says he wants a title shot at Lockdown, and if he gets it all he has to say is "Welcome to Glamrock."
Team 3D is with Christy and all they want to know is what the hell happened. Ray says it was uncalled for, and that the Wolfpac are a bunch of disrespectful pricks. He says they have never met in the ring, but next week they will. Devon says they are from New York City, and that they are going to kick the Wolfpac's asses all over the Impact Zone.
Title Shot at Lockdown
Pope D'Angelo Dinero vs Desmond Wolfe
Wolfe goes after Pope before the bell but Pope meets him with some strong right hands. They fight for a little while outside before Wolfe gets control and the match is officially underway. Wolfe tries for the Tower of London early but Pope gets out of it. He goes for a DD Express of his own, but Wolfe kicks him to avoid it. Pope drops his kneepads and sets up for the DDE again but changes his mind and hits Wolfe with a Codebreaker for the three count.
Winner (and keeps his title shot): Pope D'Angelo Dinero
After the match, Pope is making it rain on the ramp but is attacked by AJ Styles. AJ throws Pope into the ring and hits him with the Styles Clash. He is standing over Pope and taunting him, but he is cut off by Abyss who runs in for the save. AJ quickly jumps out of the ring and this allows Desmond Wolfe to attack. Abyss fights it off but AJ gets back in and he and Wolfe team up on Pope and Abyss. Wolfe has a fire extinguisher and hits Abyss in the head with it as AJ continues to kick away at Pope as we go into a commercial.
JB is at the top of the ramp with the key winners from the Knockouts match earlier in the night. They have the stage set up with the lockboxes and winners like it is supposed to resemble the Deal or No Deal game. JB says it is time to find out who gets what in the "Lockbox Showdown" and the boxes where placed at random. She says Velvet Sky is up first and JB tells her what might be in the box and asks if she is ready. She opens the box and she gets the open contract, and she is calling the fans perverts, saying she isn't stripping for them. JB goes to Tara next, and he is really drawing this thing out. Tara opens her case and she gets Poison. She looks thrilled, but her mood changes when JB reminds her that because of this she is no longer Knockouts Champion.
The two remaining boxes will be opened up at the same time and JB hypes up the crowd. The cases are opened and Angelina gets the Knockouts Title and Daffney has to perform a striptease in the ring. Angelina is celebrating as Daffney tries to get out of the striptease. JB tells her if she doesn't do it she will be fired since she signed the deal for the match. Daffney reluctantly makes her way to the ring as cheesy stripper music plays. She removes her hat, followed by her choker as she growls at the camera. She goes to remove her top but stops, and pulls the straps down to her shoulders. She begins to continue, but is interrupted by Lacey Von Erich. Lacey hits Daffney with the Ugly Stick and begins to strip herself. She reveals white lingerie under her rope and dances around the ring.
While this is happening, Tara attacks Angelina for "stealing" her title. They fight their way into the ring and and they are rolling around on the ground as Lacey is dancing around the ring. Velvet Sky grabs a microphone and says eventhough Lacey turned up the heat, she shouldn't have upstaged Velvet. She says because of this she is cashing in her contract against Angelina next week. She says it's going to be a leather and lace match, and she is going to kick Angelina's ass all over the ring, and calls her a bitch. Tara and Angelina continue to fight and go after Lacey, who gets caught in the middle of them while trying to leave the ring. Security runs in the ring to break up the fight as Impact goes off the air.


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I would have stretched our whole trip into a month if I could have. I was even wishing for just 3 extra days, especially for this next part--visiting my family. But we had a tight timeline to work with, and my family is quite spread out over the area. It had been 4 years since I had been home, and 6 years since we had all been home together as a family. To put it in perspective, the last time Zeke went to visit my parents in Virginia, he was cutting his two top front teeth. On this trip, he lost both of those. :)
My parents had not met 2 of their grandchildren--wow!! And I knew that they all would have so much to tell their grandparents. It was going to be exciting, and the time would be way too short.
Our first stop was at my Dad & Dianne's. They have a beautiful little plot of land nestled deep in the Appalachian mountains. To access their road, we drove a highway that I drove many times alone as a young college student on my way to Alice Lloyd College. It brought back a flood of memories fresh and raw. My dad and I share a love of cameras. He also happens to have a Nikon, and I enjoyed trying out different fun lenses he had. He taught me some new techniques and answered some questions I have picked up along the way. :)
{My dad and Tirzah}
{The creek/river that runs through their property. I got to use Dad's tripod for this one, and he coached me along.}
We spent the night with Dad and Dianne, and I got up early again. It seemed to be a common theme on this trip. But we didn't have to sleep in our tent that night, we all slept in the house.
It was another glorious sunrise!
{Malachi on the drum set--a very popular item}
{Dad, Dianne, and Tirzah}
{This one was taken with an old 135mm lens. It is fully manual, and Dad sent this lens home with me so I can practice some more--sweet!!}
{Zeke and Zach became very good buddies. I'm really going to miss Zach!}
I can't believe we didn't pose for a family picture with Dad & Dianne. Or at least a picture of me with them!
We left Dad & Dianne's after lunch and from there we drove to the small town where I grew up, Rose Hill, VA. This is where my mom and Lee live. My nieces, Beth and Pippa, were waiting for us rather impatiently. My mom and Lee live on a farm. Lee also runs a construction business and my brother works with him. I was a twinge disappointed that there were no baby calves in the front yard for us to feed a bottle to (but I'm guessing that Lee is not disappointed--I saw the calves happily in the field with their mothers). Another interesting fact about my family is they raise tobacco--they have grown tobacco all my life. Maybe that will be a blog post for another time.
{Mitch and Malachi on a walk back from the saw mill}
{Mitch, Patrick, and Zeke with a young patch of tobacco in the background.}
{My beautiful niece, Pippa}
After visiting all afternoon with my mom, we loaded kids up (all except Zeke--who had started throwing up) and drove to visit two of my aunts and see my old stomping grounds. I didn't get many good pictures there, as it was getting to be dark outside. My Aunt Pam lives on my grandmother's old farm where I lived nearly my entire life before I went to college. It was so fun to run around on the farm again. She and Mitch fired up the 4-wheeler, and Mitch took each of the kids up on the hill overlooking the farm. This brings back even more memories for me--special memories of my cousins who lived in Bristol who would come down every year on Memorial Day and bring their 4-wheelers. Those were really fun times!! I'm glad my kids got to taste it. :)
{The White Rocks in the distance}
We got home late--again--probably close to or after 10 pm. Some kids slept in the house and some slept outside in the tent. I slept outside in the tent. It was the worst night ever. It was cooler, but the humidity was likely at 100%. It was so wet that everything inside the tent felt damp. Ick! So I was again up the next day at 6 am--trying to get dry. That's day 7 and another blog post, but I will say that it warmed up very quickly, the sun came out and dried our tent in a flash.


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Lawyer Claims Neymar's PSG Contract Is Missing A Certain Clause
Lawyer Claims Neymar's Paris Saint-Germain Contract Is Missing A Certain Clause
Reports linking Neymar with a move to Real Madrid have increased in the past few weeks, and now one of the player's lawyers has claimed there is a certain clause missing in his Paris Saint-Germain contract.
PSG Captain & Coach Defend Neymar's Cavani Penalty Snub
The 25-year-old became the world's most expensive player this season, when he moved from FC Barcelona to PSG for a fee of €222 million (R3.29 billion).
Marcos Motta, one of the lawyers who represent Neymar and deals with his contractual issues, has now claimed that his client does not have a release clause in his current deal.
"I can guarantee that there's no release clause in Neymar's contract," Motta told Radio Globo.
"Nor anything about objectives or ending the season as the top goalscorer."
The Brazil international only completed his move to the Ligue 1 side in August last year, but according to Motta, there was a month of negotiations before the transfer was completed.
"The father of Neymar Jr sent me a message in mid-July to ask me to travel immediately to the United States, and complete the contracts," he added.
Neymar Booed By PSG Fans For Denying Cavani All-Time Record
Neymar has made 23 appearances for PSG so far this season, scoring 24 goals and assisting 16 further strikes.
Are you surprised that forward does not have a release clause in his PSG contract? Have your say in the comments section below.


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Isaiah Canaan scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half and senior Donte Poole added 11 as No. 16 Murray State beat No. 21 Saint Mary's 65-51 for its most convincing win to date over a nationally recognized opponent.
The host Racers (26-1) have already clinched the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title, but were still short of victories over quality opponents since beating Memphis in early December before hosting this Bracket Buster matchup with the Gaels.
It was never very close.
Murray State jumped out to a 10-2 lead and never trailed, building a double-digit advantage early in the second half and cruising from there in front of a sold-out CFSB Center.
Matthew Dellavedova scored 17 points for Saint Mary's (23-5), which has lost three of four. Now the Gaels will face a 2,300-mile trek home and questions about their NCAA Tournament résumé.
Bowling Green 73, Morehead State 60: Senior Scott Thomas knocked down a career-high 28 points as host Bowling Green topped Morehead State.
Bowling Green drilled 60 percent (15-of-25) from the field before the break on its way to 57 percent (28-of-49) for the game. The Falcons also converted 63 percent (10-of-16) from beyond the arc in the first half en route to 54 percent (14-of-26) for the afternoon.
Senior Ty Proffitt led Morehead State with 18 points. He scored 11 straight MSU points during a four-minute stretch in the second half.
Bluffton 83, Transylvania 65: Despite a 24-point effort from forward Ethan Spurlin, Transylvania fell to conference rival Bluffton.
Fellow starter Barrett Meyer also scored in double digits for the visiting Pioneers (22-3) with 11 points.
Eastern Kentucky 78, IPFW 69: Senior Jaron Jones' 22 points led three Colonels in double figures as Eastern Kentucky defeated IPFW in McBrayer Arena.
Jaron Jones reached the 20-point plateau for the third consecutive game in the BracketBuster. Fellow senior Joshua Jones equaled a personal high with five three-pointers and finished with 17 points.
Kentucky Wesleyan 115, Bellarmine 113 (OT): Katie Behrens and Kristen Rowe came off the bench to score 30 and 26 points, respectively, as the Panthers picked up a Great Lakes Valley Conference road win.
A game that included 16 ties and 18 lead changes went to overtime tied at 100.
T'Essensce Phelps added 18 points and nine rebounds for Wesleyan (14-11, 8-9 GLVC), and Lauren Goffinet scored 16.
Bellarmine (13-12, 7-10) was led by Central Hardin graduate Kylie Brady with 36 points. Allison Matheis had 20 points and seven rebounds. Betsy Goodin, a junior out of Tates Creek, totaled 17 points and four assists before fouling out. Matheis fouled out, too.
Austin Peay 88, Morehead State 81 (OT): Morehead State senior guard Courtney Lumpkin hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds left to send the game to overtime, but host Austin Peay outscored the Eagles 12-5 in the extra period.
Lumpkin totaled a game-high 29 points on 9-for-20 shooting from the field and 4-for-8 on three-pointers. Junior forward Ashar Harris grabbed 15 rebounds to go along with nine points. She now needs just 13 more boards to reach 1,000 for her career.
In overtime, the hosts held the Eagles without a made field goal on five chances.
Transylvania 73, Bluffton 69: Jariana Gillespie poured in 26 points and forward Alex McKenzie added a double-double for visiting Transylvanian.
McKenzie pulled down 12 rebounds to go with her 10 points.
South Alabama 70, Western Kentucky 33: South Alabama outscored Western Kentucky 35-11 in the second half, leading wire-to-wire in a home victory.
No Lady Toppers scored in double figures. Ellen Sholtes led WKU with seven points, while Vanessa Obafemi added six on a pair of threes.
Georgetown 81, Lindsey Wilson 74: Four Blue Raiders in double figures wasn't enough as Lindsey Wilson fell to No. 17-ranked Georgetown College.
The Tigers also posted four double-figure scorers, led by Jessica Waddle and Andrea Howard each with 15 points.
Jasmine Brimm's 18 points led Lindsey Wilson, but the Blue Raiders made just 35.7 percent from the floor. Lindsey Wilson also committed 18 turnovers in the game.


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Ryder Cup 2010 photos: Golf is not just about sex and Tiger Woods. It is also about foursomes, four balls, the back nine and birdies at holes and shafts radical men. It's not just about sex - but it might as well be. In the middle of our pictures of Day 2 of the Ryder Cup has a picture of Rory McIlroy girlfriend Holly Sweeney, who resembles a young Hayley Mills is glad to be noticed. A swan facing the United States Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker.
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Laurie lived in Manhattan until she was
8. Her family moved to Long Beach, New York, a small beach
town on Long Island, where she attended public school
through high school. She spent her summers and weekends
exploring the dunes, beaches and boardwalk that surrounded
her. Her evenings were filled with beautiful sunsets on the
Her college experience was very cosmopolitan. She
studied art at the famed New York's Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT). After graduation, she studied painting
& drawing at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Laurie
began her career focusing on nudes using charcoal, pastel
and watercolor. The New York Times reviewed her
figurative drawings favorably, comparing her style as
reminiscent of the masters. She soon became adept
at pastel and acrylic painting as well.
She has received many awards at regional juried art
shows as well as gracing the covers of various
publications. Her artwork has been exhibited numerous times
at Art Expo New York, the preeminent
international art show, as well as other exhibits in
Atlanta, Pennsylvania and New York. In 1996 she had her
first One-Woman Show at Central Galleries in
Cedarhurst, New York. The following year, she
premiered her two favorite images as limited edition
graphics. Since then, Laurie has had numerous One-Woman
shows. Her artwork is sold and shown across the country.
To date she has 17 published limited edition graphics.
A Master of Natural Realism, Laurie has taught all
forms of art in her private studio and as an instructor in
the Adult Education System in Lawrence NY. She is a
member of various art organizations & has received numerous
awards for her work. She lived with her parents in Long
Beach until she married her husband Bob. They moved into
his childhood home in Woodmere, Long Island where they
lived for over 30 years. In 2002 Laurie and Bob moved to a
new residence in the picturesque and serene Tucson,
Arizona. They have 2 children, Gregg and Carol. Both of
their children are creative. Carol is a working artist as
well. Laurie and Bob enjoy weekending at quaint bed &
breakfasts up and down the eastern seaboard. They have
begun exploring the beauty of Europe together. We welcome
her back home to Long Island and her 8th one person show
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The TV was on in the background - I wasn't paying attention to what was on until some silly dialogue made me look up. I spent the next 2 hours seesawing between crying my eyes out or laughing at clever quips. I just got sucker punched by a movie! P.S. I love you is a movie about a woman who loses her husband to a brain tumor at the age of 35. Before he dies, he sets up a series of letters to be delivered after he's gone - they all end with P.S. I love you.
I wouldn't have watched it on purpose unless I was in the mood for a good cry, hence the sucker punch comment. It wasn't until I was further into it that I started to pick up what it was about and by that time I was hooked. And crying. A lot.
A good line from it was during a breakdown the wife was having, crying on her mother's shoulder, "God. I didn't come here for you to give me some bullshit honest answer. Why can't you just lie to me just once?" It was quite difficult trying to laugh while sobbing my freakin' face off but I managed it somehow.
Last night Dina & I went to G&E's for steak and cake. As always I (we) had a great time laughing and chatting. I think it's mandatory that E & I now end all of our sentences with "We're awesome." I'm not sure how that came about, I mean it's true and all, but y'know, I don't like to brag. lol
Today I swam the dogs, did some dishes, got a bunch of supplies ready for the next Tweak's Tug order, went food shopping, swam the dogs and myself, again and then made dinner. Talk about freakin' yummy! I made a lemon pepper chicken with onions, garlic and this wicked yummy lemony sauce. I also made myself a caprese salad using tomatoes that were perfectly ripe from my garden. De-lish.
Tomorrow is a big cleaning day - I plan on re-arranging the bedroom and hopefully reining in the out of control laundry situation. I probably won't be all that successful but here's to hoping!


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Barack Obama's Budget For 2012: A Complete And Total Joke
February 14, 2011
Is Barack Obama trying to play a joke on all of us? The budget that the Obama administration has submitted for fiscal 2012 is so out of touch with reality that it may as well be a budget for "Narnia", "Fantasy Island", "Atlantis" or some other mythical land. You can view the hard numbers for Barack Obama's 2012 budget right here. Obama's budget assumes that the U.S. will experience economic growth of over 5 percent for most of the coming decade. That is so far-fetched that "optimistic" is not the right word for it. It also assumes that U.S. government income (primarily made up of taxes on all of us) will more than double over the next ten years. Read More


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Hearing "Loops" are already in thousands of public locations worldwide to provide the hearing impaired with crystal clear hearing:
Sports Stadiums
Ticket Booths
Stores, Banks and More
Loops have even been installed around all 488 ticket booths of New York's noisy subway system.
In the Chicago area the, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, Landmark Cinemas in Highland Park, Art Institute of Chicago, many McDonalds Drive-Thrus, and hundreds of other locations are also looped.
To see how it eliminates all the subway uproar, watch this video:
How it Works
A loop is simply an electrified wire that circles a room, auditorium, theatre, place of worship, airport or any other public space. The loop transfers sound directly and wirelessly to a user's existing hearing aid. Because the technology eliminates distance from a sound, and ambient noises, those with hearing aids in many cases have better hearing than those without them.
Transmitting Device
The looped circuit starts right at your TV set or other device. The "audio out" of your TV, for instance, is attached a small transmitting device.
Wire Loop
The transmitting device converts the TV's sound to a magnetic signal then transmits that signal to the wire loop surrounding your entertainment room, or even single chair. The final arrangement in your media room.
The hearing aid user just presses a switch to activate a component called the "T-coil" present in most hearing devices.
The resulting sound is so crisp, clear, and rich that when many users cry when they hear "looped" sounds for the first time.
As looping has become more popular, more and more hearing aids have included "T-coils." (They act as antennae to pick up the looped signal). Currently about 80% of all new hearing aids contain T-coils.
Hearing loops work with any manufacturer's hearing aids. They also work with most cochlear implants.
As one audiologist put it when discussing looping:
Never in my audiology career has something so simple helped so many people at so little cost."
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I can't stand the guy - he is so far invested in the social democratic premise of nation-state politics that he can't see the wood for the trees - but the Turd does do a sterling job of linking up reports on the anti-ECFA rally in Taipei. The figure of 32,000 given by the Taipei police is a lowball figure he says, but J. Michael Cole (of whom I am no fan either) reckons the turnout must have been quite low. Either way, I agree with Cole that the protests never had a chance of preventing the implementation of the ECFA.
My view, which I reiterate time and again in my letters to the Taipei Times, is that the current opposition movement in Taiwan centering around the social democratic outlook of the Democratic Progressive Party is as good as finished and must be overthrown and replaced with an anti-government movement. There are no Uni kids involved - it's just the same old 60 something year old grandpa mango farmers. They can sell me mangos any time I choose, but they ain't selling ideas to the kids anymore.
Only someone like me can do that.
Monday, 28 June 2010
Michael Turton Reports On The Anti-ECFA Rally
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